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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I was only 12 years old, but it seemed to me that most Americans were more aggressive than afraid, at least the ones I talked to. We knew we'd kick those Russki's butts good! Of course that was probably what I picked up from friends my own age, and most of us had no idea what was really at stake at the time.
I'm sure the more mature and thoughtful people at the time hoped it would work out the way it did.
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Steve.. at the time I was only 1/3 your age.. now I'm well over 3/4 your age.. catchin up!
I was much too young to really understand what was going on.. but I can remember how seriously the adults would get about it.. kind of made it frightening for a young kid.