"Nuclear Birds in the Everglades is a concise history of the 2nd Missile 52nd Air Defense Artillery (2nd/52nd)"--Excerpted from introduction.

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The Cold War --The Cuban Missile Crisis -- America responds -- Homestead-Miami Air Defense -- The 2nd Missile Battalion, 52nd ADA -- The batteries of the 2nd/52nd -- Battalion Hq and Hq battery -- Battery A -- Battery B -- Battery C -- Battery D -- Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) -- Nike missiles and missile site.