Oval Office Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy - Oct. 22, 1962

Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for posting President Kennedy's address to the nation on October 22, 1962.
The brink of potential nuclear war ...
Not surprisingly, JFK did not mention the botched CIA operation from April 17, 1961 as 1,400 Cuban exiles were launched in what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.

I was in second grade in Upper Darby, PA when this speech was given. We had civil defense drills every now and then. Essentially - get under our wooden desk and stay there until told to leave.

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. SFC William Farrell TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLLTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MSG Andrew White TSgt David L. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter LTC (Join to see)

How well I remember those days, thanks for sharing. I often wonder what JFK would have accomplished had he lived.

Great man!