Cold War
The emergence of nuclear weapons and a period of comparative tranquility amongst Texas' inhabitants and neighbors saw the end of conventional fortifications in Texas. However, forts in Texas served as home bases for major US Army units, and also served as important training areas for the US military and her various allies during the Cold War.
Forts of this period include:
- Fort Bliss (near El Paso, TX)
- Fort Hood (near Killeen, TX)
- Fort Sam Houston (in San Antonio, TX)
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Famous quotes containing the words cold war, cold and/or war:
“The Cold War isn’t thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn’t sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)
“It was so cold I almost got married.”
—Shelley Winters (b. 1922)
“This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)