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Remembering when U.S. came close to nuclear war

Agreement reached late on Oct. 26, 1962

Ursula Stewman holds an Army photograph of her late husband, Sgt. Terry Stewman. The couple and their young daughter were traveling to the U.S. on the U.S.S. Geiger when news reports came out that the Russians had placed missiles in Cuba and the U.S. was on the brink of war.

1021CUBAN-stewman1 — Ursula Stewman holds an Army photograph of her late husband, Sgt. Terry Stewman. The couple and their young daughter were traveling to the U.S. on the U.S.S. Geiger when news reports came out that the Russians had placed missiles in Cuba and the U.S. was on the brink of war.

Ursula Stewman grew up in Nazi Germany, so she knew the meaning of war. But nothing had quite prepared her for what would happen during her first trip across the Atlantic Ocean on a troop transport ship. She was with her G.I. husband and two young children.