This is one of the photographs shown to President Kennedy on October 16 1962 showing medium range ballistic missile launch sites being readied in Cuba. | submitted photo
MUSEUM MATTERS
Ben Pate
As early as August 1962 there were concerns about the Soviet Union shipping missiles to Cuba. Reports on the ground said that trucks were passing through small towns in Cuba with loads that were too long to make turns.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020