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Showing Original Post only (View all)Who is old enough to remember the "under the desk" [View all]
"Atomic bomb" drills in school?
They were still doing those when I was in Junior High. The way we put then it was:
"Duck under your desk, put your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye."
Those drills started when I was in grammar school and cause me to have recurring nightmares about bright flashes and nuclear clouds over Los Angeles on a regular basis. I lived about 20 air miles from L.A., in a small citrus farming town.
I hated those drills and the dreams they caused, but it made me an opponent of nuclear energy.
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Yup--I remember exactly that from a 1-room country school near Hayward, WI.
Jackpine Radical
Sep 2013
#163
Growing up near a military base, we were definitely going to kiss our tails good bye
bluemarkers
Sep 2013
#107
Ours was a BOMARC base. We knew it was just down the road, but it never was a big deal.
Thor_MN
Sep 2013
#113
They built a Nike Ajax launch site right behind the tennis courts at my High School.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#141
Conelrad! I remember that! IIRC it was a feature of our tsunami alerts on O'ahu.
Hekate
Sep 2013
#159
I remember watching News Reels at the Movies about the progress of the Korean War.
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#26
New River, Corvallis, Norwalk High... Do you remember the Lakewood Sheriff's Air Raid Siren?
cherokeeprogressive
Sep 2013
#83
St. Paul ES, Foster Road ES, Benton JHS, and I woulda went to John Glenn, but we moved.
Iggo
Sep 2013
#102
Got that down in college chemistry. A sense of 'we're not quite here,' but damn, it's still great.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#142
Yup! Such good times! What ever happened to that wonderful world in which we all worried
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#40
We were out in the hallway..(some schools have indoor hallways)..down on the floor, against the wall
Tikki
Sep 2013
#41
I remember when they were doing the tests and watching them from the schoolyard.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2013
#84
I remember. even at a young age, I thought it was incredibly stupid, and asked what we were
niyad
Sep 2013
#97
Not only that! I'm old enough to remember the first time they started doing drills
AAO
Sep 2013
#111
me! Army brat - raised on army bases, we were always having those things. "cover your neck"!
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2013
#119
I remember that, the dog tags we were given and the assignments as to who'd die at school or home.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#138
Duck & Cover, Sputnik, Cuban missiles, assassinations, moon landing, U-2, VN War, Watergate...
pinboy3niner
Sep 2013
#153