Talk:Ground Observer Corps

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A personal recollection: The program was reinstated during the Cold War as (in my opinion) a propaganda move to involve civilians in the defense effort. Volunteers manned the posts in two hour shifts in towns around the U.S. to supplement the radar stations in Canada and the Northern U.S. that were part of the DEW Line (Distant Early Warning) to detect Russian bombers coming over the Arctic area. When a plane was detected a phone call was made to US Air Force tracking centers. We were to identify as closely as possible the altitude, direction, and how many engines we thought the aircraft might have. Sounds pretty silly now since we couldn't even get binoculars. Useful in the early years of WW II. As Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles were developed the program was cancelled. -dav4is (talk) 12:21, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

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