One night In 1968, Ed Meagher was finishing his last shift at Clark Airways, which included authenticating and repeating messages for the nuclear-armed B-52 fleet in Southeast Asia. 

Then his phone lines started dinging, with signal after signal — and he couldn’t figure out why none were a match. 

This monologue is the second in our series with <a href="https://thewarhorse.org/">The War Horse</a>. 

Additional Resources

<a href="https://thewarhorse.org/airman-recalls-night-on-edge-of-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/">We Were at DefCon 2 — One Step From Nuclear War — and I Was Checking My Work</a>, Ed Meagher, The War Horse, 2024 

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Monologues (The War Horse Sessions): One Step From Nuclear War, and I Didn’t Even Know It

DEC 16, 202410 MIN
Things That Go Boom

Monologues (The War Horse Sessions): One Step From Nuclear War, and I Didn’t Even Know It

DEC 16, 202410 MIN

Description

One night In 1968, Ed Meagher was finishing his last shift at Clark Airways, which included authenticating and repeating messages for the nuclear-armed B-52 fleet in Southeast Asia. 

Then his phone lines started dinging, with signal after signal — and he couldn’t figure out why none were a match. 

This monologue is the second in our series with The War Horse

Additional Resources

We Were at DefCon 2 — One Step From Nuclear War — and I Was Checking My Work, Ed Meagher, The War Horse, 2024