Skywatch! Shafter's Ground Observer Corps, 1952-57

Skywatch! Shafter's Ground Observer Corps, 1952-57

Courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. Copyright Shafter Historical Society. All rights reserved. First of three parts. IN THE 1950s SHAFTER BECAME ONE OF THOUSANDS OF TOWNS across America to have sky observation posts manned by volunteer civilians who watched the skies for enemy (Soviet) aircraft during the Cold War. This program, called the Ground Observer Corps, was also known by the name...