Who among us can say, with any degree of certainty, exactly what they were doing on this date 56 years ago?
Well, maybe some can . . . and maybe there are some that weren't even born 56 years ago.
Anyway, as it so happens (as it was meant to happen) Mike has documentary evidence of what he was doing on November 3, 1964. Yes, as part of his PsyOps training, he was kneeling on the grass outside some barracks in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, getting a first-hand look at the capabilities of a psychological warfare unit. Wow!
So that was the big event of that day. Of somewhat lesser interest was the presidential election also taking place on November 3rd, won by LJB over Barry Goldwater.
Below, the reverse of the "1st Psy War Bn" leaflet.
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My stepdad took me to the Republican convention which was held at the Cow Palace in July 1964. I think that's the closet real event I can reference for that specific time period. Rockefeller was the dark horse they hoped would prevent Goldwater from taking the nomination, but that didn't happen.
That was the beginning of the "Republican Revolution" which went on to get Reagan elected, and turned that party to the far right in the decades since.
Interesting. I expect that I voted absentee for LBJ, but can't really remember.
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