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Originally Posted by Astrophe
My most vivid memory of Castro's Cuba, was around the events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis....I think that was in 1962. I was in high school at the time and I can recall my mates talking about the possibility of a nuclear war and the end of the world. We were all on tenterhooks for several days, until the Soviets backed down. Scary times.
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I remember it.
In my classes we all shook hands and basically said our goodbyes as we did not think the Russians would back down. The prospect of war was presented that no one would be alive after the first twenty four hours.
I recall the cold war we were in constant fear of war.
Alex