Last of the Glow Worms

Download or read book Last of the Glow Worms written by Jeff Woodward and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.S. Army deployed thousands of nuclear warheads throughout Europe as a deterrent to Soviet ambitions. The end of the Cold War saw the decommissioning of much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the phasing out of support personnel. This memoir by one of the Army's last "glow worms" chronicles his career as a nuclear weapons specialist--from 17-year-old recruit to participant in Operation Silent Echo, codename for the removal of all tactical warheads throughout Asia and Europe.