Q: “What major events do you remember from the Cold War?” A: “I consider the Korean and Vietnam wars to be part of the Cold War era. I remember the Vietnam War particularly well. We continually saw gory photos of Vietnam and Korea in newspapers especially during the Vietnam War. Many of the photos were of American soldiers coming home in coffins, which really made me angry. I remember doing bomb drills at school. There was constant “nervousness” because there was the threat of nuclear war. As I got older during the war, I wasn't too worried because I realized that the Soviets didn't want to be destroyed just like we didn't want to be destroyed. I thought if it happened it might have happened because of a fatal mistake: both parties made a mistake or overreacted. " Q: Could you tell me more about the bomb drills you did at school? Were you scared? A: “Here's what would happen. The teacher would suddenly yell "Leave!" randomly during class. We would duck, hide under the desks and we stayed there for a certain period of time; I don't remember how long it was. Once the drill was over, the teacher said everything was fine It was certainly scary for us because we were all well aware of what the threat was. As I said, the photos we often saw in the newspapers had put ideas in our heads. in which I thought I wouldn't make it through my twenties because of the bomb. However, that didn't stop me from living a normal life. You won't wake up every day thinking that you're going to die that day because of the bomb. However, the threat was always in the back of our heads. Even though this was in the 1950s; a very quiet period nationally. Th... middle of paper......ted to live in peace and prosperity." Q: "What else do you remember about the Cuban Missile Crisis" A: "Americans were becoming very concerned about the placement of missiles in Cuba that were in range to strike the United States. I remember seeing photos of Cuban missiles. This was a highly dangerous and provocative act by the Russians. Maybe I told you about it before. I remember the real night of the crisis. I was with a friend in a bar in West Hollywood and I didn't know what the outcome of the crisis would be and whether we would soon find ourselves in a nuclear conflict. The accident occurred in Cuba; away from West Hollywood. We still felt we were in grave danger." I interviewed my grandfather, seventy-seven years old. He currently lives in Marina Del Rey. During the Cold War era, however, he lived in various parts of Los Angeles and Malibu.