He also asked the Justice Department to compile an official list of 78 subversive organizations. Truman tried to demonstrate his own concern about the threat of Communism by setting up a loyalty program for federal employees. Partially in response to Republican Party victories, President Harry S. McCarthy first won election to the Senate in 1946 during a campaign marked by much anticommunist Red-baiting. Here, we present stories of the Cold War, told by veterans in their own words. Motivated not only by love of country and family tradition by also by the opportunities for education and travel offered by the military, these individuals served in a wide variety of non-combat roles. During this time period, the United States drew on the talents of a willing cadre of men and women who chose to join the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard. Stretching from the immediate post-World War II years until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War was marked by escalating struggles between the United States and its allies and the Soviet bloc.
While the Cold War may not have involved a formal declaration of war or clearly delineated front lines, it was anything but peaceful. This includes over 10,000 veterans in the Veterans History Project archive who served during the period known as the Cold War era. "Though the term “veteran” is often uttered in the same breath as “war,” many of America’s veterans served during times of peace.
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