There’s this guy who looks like Gen. Buck Turgidson from Dr. Strangelove—big guy, all decked out in a bomber jacket. He was straight out of central casting. We said, “What do you need?” He said, “See those planes? Every one is loaded with nukes—tell me where you want ’em.” We looked over and there were rows of B-52s, wingtip to wingtip. I joked, “Gosh, don’t tell the president!” Capt. Cindy Wright, presidential nurse, White House Medical Unit: I remember how different it was, landing at Barksdale. We’d gotten off the plane and we were at war.
