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Carey Carpenter

Vietnam Service - United States Navy

Carey Carpenter - United States Navy

Vietnam Service – United States Navy

Vietnam Service Ribbon - United States Navy

“I was on-board the Nathanael Greene, a Fleet Ballistic Missile Nuclear submarine, during the
Vietnam War. The sub carried 16 nuclear missiles and the crew often talked about what we would do if we launched.”

“We had enough firepower to destroy half of the world and if we launched it meant that Russia had destroyed the other half. But if we launched, the world as we knew it would be gone. What would we go back to?”

“We tried to figure out the best place to go considering the winds and the likely attack. We decided the best spot would be as close to Antarctica as we could get.”

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