As bad as Pearl Harbor was, I think decades of being on the brink of nuclear was pretty frightening for kids. And the only couseling we got was “get under the desk!” I remember seeing missile launches from Vandenburg and thinking the war had begun.
Yes! I remember being a child in the ‘60s and having drills where we had to “duck and cover” under our desks. As if that would really help LOL!
It was a very scary time.
Take care, FRiend!
Julie
When I was a kid I always wished I had been born some other time because I was always worrying about Russia bombing us with nuclear bombs. I remember getting under the desk for drills thinking it wouldn’t do any good.