I go back further,,,, into the 50s for grade school. I remember the” get under your desk and cover your neck with your hands” drills.
I go back further,,,, into the 50s for grade school. I remember the” get under your desk and cover your neck with your hands” drills.
Me, too. Later in high school we changed that to “bend over and kiss your azz goodbye”.
Just made identifying the bodies easier,, we lined up in the hallways by alphabetical order.
,,, into the 50s for grade school. I remember the” get under your desk and cover your neck with your hands” drills.
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Likewise grade school 40’s/50’s and remember the ‘Fall Out Shelters’. When I went to Boot Camp (Navy) in ‘56 after 1 ABC instruction period/class, I decided to NEVER trust an adult again, no matter what they said - if they could ‘lie’ about the desk and covering your head was adequate ‘protection’, they would be able to lie about anything. Of course in ‘54 they were still having Sailors on the OPEN DECKS of ships face away from a nuclear blast - Oh yes, make sure your pants were tucked in your socks and shirt sleeves and collars buttoned and have your counter on....
I was at either the Pentagon or NAVCOMMSTA Cheltenham during Bay of Pigs and Kennedy Assassination .. some ‘fun’ times but I don’t remember any ‘panic’ on our part, Just doing our job.....
I lived in Florida during the nuclear stand-off with Cuba/Russia. We each had to bring a gallon of water and a blanket to school and store it there. I’m sure that and the protection of a school desk was all I needed to survive a nuclear attack.