This Military Service Page was created/owned by
GySgt Lewis Beasley (Ray )
to remember
Marine SSgt Lewis Beasley.
If you knew or served with this Marine and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
Contact Info
Home Town Colington Island, NC
Last Address Colington Island, NC
Date of Passing Sep 05, 1965
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
VMGR 252, 2nd MAW Cherry Point, NC 1959-1963. MAG-12, Iwakuni, Japan 1963-1964 I&I Duty, Grosse Ile, Michigan 1964-1965
Other Comments:
C-117, C119 "Box Car" Crew Chief.
Cold War Event - Cuban Blockade
From Month/Year
October / 1962
To Month/Year
October / 1962
Description The blockade began October 21 and, the next day, Kennedy delivered a public address alerting Americans to the situation. In his speech, he warned a frightened American public that the missiles on Cuba were capable of hitting Washington, D.C. or anywhere in the southeastern portion of the country, the Panama Canal, Mexico City or “as far north as Hudson Bay, Canada, and as far south as Lima, Peru.” A military confrontation appeared imminent when Kennedy told his audience that he ordered the evacuation of the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and put military units on standby. Boldly, he stated, “one path we shall never choose is the path of surrender or submission.”
Khrushchev responded by sending additional ships—possibly carrying military cargo—toward Cuba and by allowing construction at the missile sites to continue. Over the following six days, the Cuban Missile Crisis, as it is now known, brought the world to the brink of global nuclear war while the two leaders engaged in tense negotiations via telegram and letter.
Fortunately by October 28, Kennedy and Khrushchev had reached a settlement and people on both sides of the conflict breathed a collective but wary sigh of relief. The Cuban missile sites were dismantled and, in return, Kennedy agreed to close U.S. missile sites in Turkey.
