Missile field site, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 1961.

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Missile field site, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 1961.

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Exact photo date unknown. Beginning September 11, 1961, the South Dakota missile field site broke ground. By 1963 all 160 launch facilities (missile silos) and 15 launch control facilities were manned, ready to defend the United States.

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1961
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National Parks Gallery
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