One-Session Class: The Yom Kippur War: Israel's Last Conventional War
Monday, October 26, 2020 11:15 AM - Monday, October 26, 2020 12:45 PM
In October 1973 Israel fought and won the existential Yom Kippur War. We will discuss this conflict from the perspective of an ICBM Launch Officer who happened to be on alert during the crucial tank battle between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights.
On one day in 1973, Dick Scott arrived at his pre-departure briefing for his scheduled Titan II alert expecting a routine day. It was anything but routine.