Cuban+Missile+Crisis,+October,+1962

Cuban Missile Crisis, October, 1962 by Oscar Bennett, Det A II, 1959 - 1963, 1966 - 1967

Note, this information was from a phone call when Oscar called to tell me what he remembered about that time. I was writing as fast as I could and these are the notes I took down. -Don Skinner

We stayed at the Floridan Hotel in Tampa, Florida because there was no room for us on the base. We worked in the J2 section at McDill AFB and worked around the clock. We kept track of missiles on Cuba and on ships in the area. We plotted possible air strikes on missile sites. We also plotted beaches for possible Marine landings and drop zones for the Special Forces. Everything was a go for the next morning, then at 22:00 hours we got the call and President Kennedy canceled the attack on Cuba. Oscar named Yatsu Yoshihiko and Marvin Beck as two who were there with him.

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