Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
kleinbl00 · 3345 days ago · link · · parent · post: TIH: July 9, 1962-In order to assert our dominance, the USA nukes space!
My dad was tracking TRAAC and Injun for the Air Force as part of his engineering co-op. He was stationed in Honolulu. Watched the whole thing go down. Said it turned the sky the color of green jello. Over the next few days his satellites died. So the Air Force moved him to Thule, Greenland to track different satellites. He said the sun set the day the DC-3 landed and didn't come up again until it took him away. Easily 80% of my father's stories revolve around Honolulu or Thule. It's safe to say that this one event had a more profound effect on his life than any other.
WanderingEng · 3345 days ago · link ·
They transferred him from Honolulu to Thule? What, was he sleeping with a general's daughter or something? Was he there when they lost that nuke through the ice?