Former Nuclear Fallout Shelters a Grim Reminder Of Cold War Brinksmanship

Former Nuclear Fallout Shelters a Grim Reminder Of Cold War Brinksmanship
A picture taken in 1971 shows a nuclear explosion in Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia in the South Pacific. AFP/Getty Images
Allan Stein
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At the height of the Cold War, when America’s children were taught to “duck and cover” in the classroom, Sharon Packer was determined to make sure her family would survive a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.

“I built my first bomb shelter when I was 8 years old. I dug a hole and worked with plywood so we could survive,” Packer recalled decades later in an interview with The Epoch Times.

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