Jack ReVelle, a US Air Force officer, played a critical role in preventing a catastrophic nuclear disaster during the Cold War. Unfortunately, his efforts to save the day would haunt him for the next 50 years, not to mention it would shorten his life.
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1. The Man Who Saved the World [NPR]
2. Dr Jack B ReVelle [Linkedin]
3. The Night Hydrogen Bombs Fell Over North Carolina [Our State]
4. 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash [Wikipedia]
5. Mark 39 nuclear bomb [Wikipedia]
6. 1961 hydrogen bomb potential accident impact [Daily Mail]
7. Nuclear-explosion simulator [Insider]
8. Nuclear Mishap [WRAL News]
9. Jack ReVelle shares the story with his daughter, Karen ReVelle [Story Corps]
10. Weapon Of Last Resort [Radio Free Europe]
11. The Top 10 Largest Nuclear Explosions, Visualized [Visual Capitalist]
12. The Goldsboro B-52 Incident | A Short Documentary [YouTube]
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