1:25:56EP 69: What They Never Told You About the Nuclear Missiles Guarding America's Cities
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How many missile batteries surrounded Chicago during the Cold War? About twenty, says Charles O'Hearn, and he helped run them. In the 1950s and '60s, Army Nike missiles sat in underground magazines along Lake Michigan, at Belmont Harbor and in Burnham Park, ready to rise on elevators and launch at Soviet bombers almost instantly.
Topics: Indianapolis, the Draft & Basic Training · Pulled Off the Ship to Korea, Sent to Germany · Re-Enlisting for the Nike Missile Program · Nike Sites on Chicago's Lakefront · Cincinnati, West Germany & Ohio · White Sands & the Safeguard Program
