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This is fantastic. I can only imagine the kind of courage it would have taken to volunteer for this 60 years ago.

• PhasmaFelis 9y ago
  I'm not sure "courage" is the word. They'd been assured by trusted authority figures that it was completely harmless. Maybe "naive trust".
  • eridius 9y ago
    2 colonels, 2 majors, and another officer. I think they were the authority figures.
    • PhasmaFelis 9y ago
      Maybe "stupid", then.