182: The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Earl Smith tells the story of how on January 23, 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Two H-bombs—each 250 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Japan, fell to the ground and he dismantled them. Skip Reeves tel ... Show More

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