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NTS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION AND THE ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM. AND IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT FOR WHAT IS A SIGNAL -- SIGNATURE...
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| 00:07:19 |
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FREELY FREELY BUT WITHOUT REVEALING ANY NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS. FOR 50 YEARS, OUR WIVES DID NOT KNOW WHERE WE WORKED OR WHAT WE DID. THIS ALL CHANGED...
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| 00:18:06 |
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AN INVIGORATING AND ENLIGHTENING KA COUGHNY OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT FOR THE PANEL OF THESE COLD WARRORS TO TALK ABOUT THE MOST FAMOUS, BEST-KNOWN SECRET...
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| 00:22:01 |
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MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, AND ONE DAY, PERSONNEL CALLS ME AND SAYS WE HAVE THIS MESSAGE IN, AND I WENT DOWN THERE REAL QUICK, AND IT SAID, WOULD YOU BE...
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| 00:25:48 |
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AS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE, SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING. IF YOU GO BACK TO LATE 1940s, WE
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| 00:25:57 |
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WERE THE DOMINANT NUCLEAR POWER IN THE WORLD. IN FACT, THE ONLY ONE. IN 1953, I BELIEVE IT WAS,
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| 00:26:04 |
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THE SOVIETS TOOK AWAY
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| 00:26:06 |
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OUR THERMAL NUCLEAR MONOPOLY BY EXPLODING A THERMAL NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEY EARLIER HAD EXPLODED A NAGASAKI-SIZE WEAPON, BUT FIRST TIME THEY REALLY HAD...
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| 00:42:16 |
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WORLD AND WE DID THAT WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT WERE BUILT FOR
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| 00:42:20 |
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RECONNAISSANCE. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT
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| 00:42:22 |
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THE A-12 A-THE
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| 00:42:25 |
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SR-71,
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| 00:42:26 |
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AT F-12 AND
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| 00:42:28 |
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OTHER SPIN-OFFS OF THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TECHNICALLY THE BEST AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD. AND WE LED THAT LEAGUE FOREVER, IT SEEMED LIKE, UNTIL FINALLY,...
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| 00:43:13 |
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PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD. IF YOU KNOW A SATELLITE IS GOING
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| 00:43:16 |
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TO FLY OVER YOU EVERY 24 HOURS, YOU CLOSE THE HANGAR DOORS OR MOVE WHATEVER'S NECESSARY. YOU TAKE A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND YOU SPOT IT. WHILE I WAS...
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| 00:44:52 |
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OF SWEAT ON THE
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| 00:44:54 |
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GROUND, A DROP OF SWEAT HERE. THE OFFENSIVE LINE FIXES TELEPHONE TELEPHONES, REPAIRS AIRPLANES, LOADS 500 POUNDERS, COOKS MEALS, ORDERS PARTS AND SHUFFLES...
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| 00:45:50 |
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HERE. AND I'LL BE BRIEF ABOUT HOW I GOT INVOLVED WITH OX
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| 00:45:58 |
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CART. IT CAME ABOUT
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| 00:46:00 |
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IN 1962, WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM. I WAS ENLISTED AND WENT THROUGH THE SAME THINGS I THINK THAT RON DID, ABOUT GOING...
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| 00:48:24 |
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OF MINE GOT RECRUITED INTO THE SKUNK WORKS, WHICH IS PART OF LOCKHEED BURBANK. ANY HOW, MY BOSS GOT RECRUITED INTO THE SKUNK WORKS AND HE JUST WENT...
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| 00:54:08 |
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| 00:54:10 |
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GUY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> KELLY GOT TWEAKED BY THAT WHOLE PROCESS, AND HE CUT UP
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| 00:54:14 |
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THE TOOLING FOR THE AIRPLANE, THERE WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ANY MORE OF THEM BUILT. AT ANY RATE, I WAS A HAPPY YOUNG ENGINEER, I WANTED TO GET OUT OF...
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| 00:54:25 |
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I MOVED UP TO SUNNYVALE, ENDED UP WORKING ON MORE PROGRAMS. I KNEW THE
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| 00:54:32 |
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GUYS, I HAD THE CLEARANCES AND WE DID SOME THINGS THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT. >> COME ON. >> ANY HOW, IT WAS A -- IT WAS...
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| 00:54:58 |
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UP. THE PEOPLE THAT MADE IT WORK
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| 00:55:01 |
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WERE EXCELLENT. STARTS WITH THE PEOPLE BACK AT ADP, SKUNK WORKS, BUT INCLUDED THE FOLKS AT PRATT WHITNEY, AND JUST AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OF PEOPLE. AND...
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| 00:55:47 |
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BRIEFLY. I WAS FLYING F-106s UP IN McCORD AIR FORCE BASE, AND I GOT A MESSAGE ADDRESSED TO
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| 00:55:58 |
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ME PERSONALLY, THAT WAS ONE SENTENCE LONG, THE
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| 00:56:01 |
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CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED
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| 00:56:04 |
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STATES AIR FORCE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD VOLUNTEER FOR A PROGRAM OF GREAT INTEREST TO HIM. NOW, HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT OTHER THAN THE WAY I...
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| 01:04:21 |
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IT CAREFULLY SAID THE RUSSIAN TREADS ARE VERY VISIBLE AND
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| 01:04:26 |
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IDENTIFIABLE. AND I HAVE IT -- I TOOK THAT AND THEY CUT A LITTLE PIECE OFF THE AIRPLANE ABOUT TWO OR THREE INCHES. WHERE THEY PUT IT PAST YOU ON THE...
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| 01:05:17 |
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THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT MALE BONDING, LANDING. >> YOU WANT TO TELL THAT
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| 01:05:23 |
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STORY OVER AGAIN? >> YES. >> OKAY. >>
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| 01:05:27 |
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LAST MEETING STORY, OVER AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE LIST THING, YOU'LL FIND
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| 01:05:34 |
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THIS VERY FAMILIAR. BOB IS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND ONE OF OUR PILOTS DECEASED. BUT
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| 01:05:43 |
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WE WERE VERY CLOSE
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| 01:05:44 |
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FRIENDS AND
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| 01:05:46 |
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I WAS FLYING THE SAME
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| 01:05:48 |
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MISSION, TEST MISSION AT THE SAME TIME HE IS, AND I -- AS I LANDED, I MET HIM, AND HE SAID, HEY, DENNIS, YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT I DID TODAY. I'M...
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| 01:08:43 |
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MY
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| 01:08:45 |
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BACKGROUND WAS AS AN INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST. I DID A LITTLE DEED OVER THERE, DREW THE ATTENTION OF A TWO-STAR GENERAL. HE ADOPTED ME. HIS SON NEEDS...
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| 01:18:21 |
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FLOWN. I WONDER IF YOU COULD SHARE THOSE IMPRESSIONS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, JUST JUMP ON IN. GO AHEAD. >> I FLEW 43 DIFFERENT KINDS OF AIR FORCE...
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| 01:18:51 |
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OF COST AND UTILITY, AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY KILLED THEM. BUT THE EXCITEMENT OF FLYING THEM WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WORTHWHILE. I WOULD OFFEND ALL...
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| 01:20:06 |
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO AIRPLANES,
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| 01:20:10 |
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THE A WAS 5,000 POUNDS LIGHTER. 5,000 FEET HIGHER. IT HAD ONE INSTEAD OF
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| 01:20:20 |
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TWO, WHICH CAUSES SOME PROBLEMS, IN PUTTING IN THE CAMERA AND STUFF. WE HAD A GREAT BIG ONE, THEY HAD TO GO TO OTHER ROUTES TO GET THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND...
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| 01:22:09 |
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THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. THAT'S JUST PART OF THE GAME. ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT FROM A WARPLANE POINT...
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| 01:22:30 |
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PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS. SO THE U-2 THAT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, HAD ALL THOSE CAPABILITIES, AND WE COLLECTED THROUGH THE IRAQ...
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| 01:23:27 |
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ALASKA,
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| 01:23:28 |
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THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOVIET UNION. WE HAD A PICTURE THAT LOOKED LIKE A TELEPHONE POLE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT,...
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| 01:23:42 |
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LATER IT GOT SHOT DOWN. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT WAS. >> WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF PILOTS WERE SHOT DOWN IN VARIOUS KINDS OF AIRCRAFTS, THE PUBLIC WAS NEVER...
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| 01:24:08 |
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TRAINING IN ALASKA, I THINK THAT WAS MY SIXTH FORM OF SURVIVAL TRAINING I DID. BUT THE U-2 COCKPIT WAS PRETTY SMALL. WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT...
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| 01:24:23 |
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PARKA. AND WE WOULD LISTEN TO A GUY WHO WAS AN AUTHORITY ON SURVIVAL IN ALASKA, AND HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME TALKING ABOUT POLAR BEARS. HE CONVINCED...
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| 01:25:23 |
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AROUND INSIDE THE COCKPIT, I WAS LOOKING INSIDE FOR THE TIME BEING. THEN I NOTICED THE OIL
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| 01:25:31 |
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PRESSURE GAUGE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED FLUCTUATING, I SAID OH, STUFF. AND -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THEN I THOUGHT, MAYBE THIS WILL HOLD TOGETHER...
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| 01:26:06 |
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PARTLY STUPIDITY AND JUST IGNOREANCE OF THINGS GOING ON AND LUCK. AND EVERYWHERE I'VE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE, I WAS ISSUED THIS BAG OF LUCKS. WHEN YOU...
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| 01:27:35 |
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BUT NO U-2 AT THE MOMENT. I WAS THERE THREE
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| 01:27:38 |
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OR FOUR DAYS, BEING A HEAVY DRINKER, I SAID, HOW ABOUT LETTING ME GO -- GIVE ME SOME SIVVIES, AND GIVE ME A BEER AT THE CLUB. THEY SAID, NO WAY. THEY...
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| 01:29:27 |
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NO SECRETS CAN BE KEPT. SECRETS CAN'T BE KEPT, AT LEAST IN THE
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| 01:29:31 |
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MODERN GENERATION, I'D LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS
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| 01:29:34 |
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THAT. T.D., WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU. >> IT'S PROBABLY A GENERATION A.M. THING, OR THE PEOPLE THEY SELECT FOR THESE JOBS, BUT SECRECY NEVER SEEMED...
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| 01:30:04 |
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IT CAME WITH THE TURF, SO WE WENT THROUGH -- ALL THROUGH OUR CAREER, JUST REALLY NEVER WAS AN ISSUE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WE TALKED TO TODAY SAID,...
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| 01:30:54 |
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YOU. I HAVE THAT, AND I THINK THE
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| 01:30:57 |
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OTHER FOLKS IN THE PROGRAM DO TOO. AND THAT REALLY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN HAVE IN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, A SPOUSE THAT CAN HANDLE THE...
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| 01:31:52 |
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BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT IS,
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| 01:31:55 |
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WHEN TIME HAS PASSED DOES ANYONE CARE ABOUT THE SR-71. WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, WE WERE CONCERN ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY BEING CAPTURED BY SOMEBODY. ONCE...
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| 01:32:14 |
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ENOUGH MONEY THAT THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS? SECRECY IS A WAY TO LET THE CLOCK TICK A FEW MORE TIMES BEFORE THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE DOING....
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| 01:34:01 |
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GROUP, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE GOING FIVE DAYS A WEEK. I COMMENTED ON THE WIDOWS THAT ARE STILL WITH US,
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| 01:34:08 |
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50 YEARS LATER TODAY, THAT'S STILL PART OF THE FAMILY. THE SAME GIRLS, WE DON'T HAVE A DIVORCE RATE AT ALL, COMPARED WITH MOST CIVILIANS, ONLY BECAUSE...
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| 01:38:03 |
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A TRUE PRESS RELEASE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK I SPOKE ABOUT IT THAT WHEN THEY SAID NOT TO
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| 01:38:10 |
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GO AHEAD WITH THE PRODUCTION
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| 01:38:12 |
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PROGRAM, WE HEARD THAT THE TOOLING FOR THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN CUT UP, AND IT -- FOR ONE THING, THAT'S A LARGE
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| 01:38:21 |
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ASSET. WHEN A COMPANY IS HAVING TO KEEP A BUILDING FLOW OF TOOLS THAT COSTS MAYBE 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES ON IT. I DON'T...
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| 01:39:04 |
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CALIFORNIA. FRANK MURRAY AND I WENT THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE THREE YEARS AGO, THEY HAD IN THE WAREHOUSES DOWN THERE, HUGE WAREHOUSES, WE'RE TALKING -- JUST...
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| 01:41:10 |
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OF TITANIUM THEY GOT 10 POUNDS WORTH OF USEFUL PARTS. YEARS LATER, I WENT INTO MANUFACTURING MYSELF AND MADE MACHINE PARTS FOR THE AIRCRAFT. BY THAT...
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| 01:42:08 |
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SATELLITES. >> YEAH, HOW HIGH AND FAST. A-12. >> VERY LATE YOU COULD GET IT TO 90,000. FAST,
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| 01:42:24 |
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2.2MACH IS THE LIMIT, THERE ARE OTHER LIMITS. AND
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| 01:42:27 |
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REALLY,
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| 01:42:28 |
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ONE OF THE CRITICAL LIMITS WAS A COMPRESSOR INLET TEMPERATURE. THAT WAS
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| 01:42:33 |
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ONE THING YOU WATCHED CAREFULLY, IF YOU'RE GETTING NEAR THE LIMIT THERE, BECAUSE
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| 01:42:38 |
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THAT WOULD. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A DISASTER. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN UP CLOSE TO 3.3. I HAVEN'T BEEN MYSELF, BUT I'VE BEEN CLOSE....
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| 01:45:01 |
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LET'S -- YES? >> I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE SPEED ISSUE. THE THING THAT REALLY CAUSED THAT TEMPERATURE LIMIT WAS THAT THE COMPRESSOR BLADES...
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| 01:45:24 |
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WAS A STAINLESS STEEL HONEY COMB ON THE INSIDE OF THE INLET DUCT. AND THE COMPRESSOR BLADES WOULD WEAR INTO THAT HONEY COMB. AND AT NIGHT YOU COULD...
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| 01:47:04 |
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THAT MAKE IT OBSOLETE? AND I ASK THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STORIES WE HEAR THINGS FLYING AROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT NO ONE HAS EVER CONFIRMED. WHAT DO...
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| 01:47:42 |
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WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES. >> I THINK WE'VE GOT THE UAV WE'RE USING TODAY SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS THAT THEY COULD COVER ANY PARTICULAR...
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| 01:47:55 |
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PERIOD OF TIME WHEREAS YEARS AGO WE WOULD'VE HAD TO SEND
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| 01:47:58 |
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A PLANE UP AND DONE THE SAME THING. SO I THINK WE'VE COVERED THE
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| 01:48:02 |
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BASES. >> I'D LIKE TO DISAGREE WITH THAT A LITTLE
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| 01:48:04 |
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BIT. >> OKAY. >> AS YOU'LL SEE TOMORROW, THOSE ARE GOING -- UAVs THAT WE HAVE ARE BASICALLY FOR LOW THREAT ENVIRONMENT. AND THERE ARE OTHER ENVIRONMENTS...
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| 01:48:23 |
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CHINA, RUSSIA, OR
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| 01:48:25 |
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IRAN WHERE THEY HAVE MORE SOPHISTICATED DEFENSES. AT THAT POINT, THE UAV THAT
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| 01:48:29 |
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO LAST ABOUT TWO MINUTES. >> THEY WOULDN'T WORK THERE. >> SO I WOULD SAY THAT COMMENT YOU MAKE SHOULD BE BALANCED WITH...
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| 01:48:54 |
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AT SAM'S PLACE
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| 01:48:56 |
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AND HOW SICK -- >> FRANK. >> YOU TALK ABOUT EXOTIC TECHNOLOGIES AND EXOTIC BEVERAGES AND THINGS
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| 01:49:04 |
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OF THAT SORT. >> I'M ASKING THAT SORT OF SERIOUSLY IN THE SENSE OF WHAT THE COMRADERY AND CONDITIONS WERE. I KNOW YOU HEAR THE STORIES IN THE EARLY...
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| 01:49:17 |
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| 01:49:18 |
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FRANK? >> WELL, NUMBER ONE, IT WAS THE BEST BAR IN TOWN. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL. I ONLY KNEW
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| 01:49:25 |
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ABOUT SIX. >> AND NEVER CLOSED. >> AND NEVER CLOSED. HOUSE SIX WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE THE GUEST QUARTERS. SOMEBODY CAME VISITING 51, YOU KNOW,...
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| 01:49:41 |
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IN THERE. AND THEY DECIDED TO PUT A BAR IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THING. WELL, THAT RUINED IT AS GUEST
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| 01:49:46 |
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QUARTERS. BECAUSE NOBODY WENT TO SLEEP IN
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| 01:49:50 |
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THERE. BUT THE HOUSE SIX WAS A FIXTURE. AND I SPENT MY TIME IN THERE TOO. EVERYBODY DID. IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN. BUT OTHER AREAS OF THE CAMP...
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| 01:50:30 |
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GOOD THAT WE HAD A WEATHER MAN UP THERE NAMED WILLIE
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| 01:50:33 |
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WEST. HE WAS A GOOD POET. HE REALLY WAS. AND HE'S WRITTEN A BUNCH OF STUFF. AND SOME DAY WE OUGHT TO PUT ALL OF HIS POETRY ON THE WEBSITE SO EVERYBODY...
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| 01:51:54 |
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SQUASH GAMES ON THE SQUASH BOARD. TENNIS COURTS. WE'D GET UP THERE AND I REMEMBER SOMEBODY ONE DAY WALT GRAY, BLESS HIS SOUL, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE...
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| 01:52:56 |
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POOL THERE. >> THESE GUYS TELLING THE STORY, SWIMMING POOL, BASKETBALL COURTS, IT'S LIKE THEIR WIVES ARE HERE. OH, YEAH. >> THE ONLY THING I ENJOYED....
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| 01:53:07 |
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THE AREA. >> YEAH. IT WAS
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| 01:53:09 |
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THE
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| 01:53:10 |
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BEST. >> AND IF OUR
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| 01:53:13 |
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HOURLY FOLKS EVER FELT
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| 01:53:14 |
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THAT THE FOOD WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE, THEY'D THREATEN TO STRIKE. THEY'D CALL KELLY, NEXT
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| 01:53:20 |
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THING YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE A FRESH PLANE LOAD OF COOKS COMING OUT FROM
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| 01:53:25 |
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VEGAS. BETWEEN PRIME RIB NIGHT AND
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| 01:53:28 |
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STEAK NIGHT. >> AND THE OYSTERS. >> I TELL YOU. >> THE COYOTES
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| 01:53:33 |
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AROUND THERE. >> WE'D HAVE FRESH PASTRIES EVERY MORNING AT 10:00 AND YOU COULD GO BACK FOR FOOD ANY TIME YOU WANTED. THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF US. >> FRANK,...
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| 01:53:49 |
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GOT A HAIR THEY OUGHT TO TRAIN THE
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| 01:53:52 |
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PILOTS IN
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| 01:53:54 |
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| 01:53:55 |
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THE USE OF PARASAILING WITH A FULL PRESSURE SUIT ON. AND I MEAN, THIS IS NUTS. THIS IS CRAZY. SO ANYWAY, WE DECIDED THAT LAKE
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| 01:54:06 |
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MEAD WOULD BE THE OCEAN WE'D JUMP
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| 01:54:10 |
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INTO. THEY TRIED TO DROWN JACK AND ME AND OTHER GUYS GOT BY UNSCATHED. CAME OUT OF IT WITH THEIR HAIR ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT IT WAS REALLY HAIRY,...
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| 01:55:12 |
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WEREN'T IN THE BEST OF SHAPE. ONE OF THESE SIDE OF THE CANOPIES DOWN BY THE PILOT, THE STITCHING CAME APART -- AND ESPECIALLY THE WHOLE THING SLIPPED....
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| 01:56:16 |
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WERE WE SURPRISED WHEN THE AEC CAME IN WITH THE BOMBS. THEY USED TO FLY OVER WITH THEIR BOMBER PILOTS AND FIGHTER
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| 01:56:28 |
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PILOTS, AND WE PUT UP WITH THAT. WE THOUGHT THE WAR WAS ALL OVER WITH. AND LOW AND BEHOLD, ONE MORNING, THE FAMILY GOT KNOCKED OUT OF BED JUST ABOUT....
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| 01:57:47 |
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| 01:57:48 |
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THEY? >> I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT AREA 51 IS LIKE FROM THE CIVILIAN SIDE. WE'D COME AND THEY'D LET US IN, GOD BLESS THEM. WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH...
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| 01:58:02 |
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TO SHOOT US. BUT ANYWAY, WE GET THROUGH. AND THEN WE GO UP TO OUR MINE. WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF CABINS, THE DUMP
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| 01:58:10 |
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TRUCKS STILL READY TO RUN, 1939 DUMP TRUCK, 1940 DUMP TRUCK STILL RUN. ANYWAY, WE HAVE OUR OLD MINE THAT WE LOVE VERY MUCH. THE FAMILY STILL GOES OUT...
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| 01:58:46 |
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YOU. >> RECENTLY I DID A LITTLE THING IN ONE OF OUR NEWS LETTERS ABOUT THE GROOM MINE. WE USED TO WALK UP THERE OUT OF BOREDOM ON WEEKENDS OR SOMETHING.
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| 01:58:59 |
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AND THE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER WROTE ME A LETTER
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| 01:59:01 |
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RECENTLY AND SENT ME THE DIARY WRITINGS THAT HER GREAT
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| 01:59:04 |
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GRANDFATHER WAS
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| 01:59:05 |
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BURIED THERE. AND WE'VE BEEN -- WE'VE BEEN CORRESPONDING BACK AND FORTH. AND
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| 01:59:09 |
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I PUT HER WITH MARY POLOSKY DOING THEIR COLD WAR HISTORY PROGRAM. AND NOW THEY'RE CORRESPONDING. BECAUSE SHE SENT ME A LOT OF MATERIAL ABOUT WHEN THE...
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| 01:59:50 |
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HE WOULD --
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| 01:59:51 |
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THE BOYS THAT WOULD GO OUT AFTER
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| 01:59:53 |
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THE BOMB WAS SET OFF. THE BOYS THAT GO OUT FROM OUR CAMP, THEY WERE LIVING IN OUR CABIN. AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND CHECK TO SEE WHAT WAS DONE, YOU...
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| 02:00:49 |
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PEOPLE WILL BE SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THE STORIES OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE NOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF WISDOM FOR
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| 02:00:57 |
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THOSE WHO WILL BE TAKING YOUR PLACE ON THIS PANEL 50 YEARS FROM NOW, GOD WILLING, YOU'LL ALSO BE HERE TO HEAR THEM? >> CAN YOU GUARANTEE THE INVITATION?...
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| 02:01:30 |
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AND I WANT TO THANK THE ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT. IT WAS FABULOUS. I HOPE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN REAL SOON. THANK
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| 02:01:37 |
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YOU, ALL, FOR
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| 02:01:38 |
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| 02:01:40 |
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COMING. >>> YOU'RE WATCHING AMERICAN HISTORY TELEVISION ON C-SPAN 3. YOU CAN WATCH AMERICAN HISTORY TELEVISION EVERY WEEKEND STARTING SATURDAY AT 10:00...
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