081025 - CubanCrisis.. Webner    

note: as/of June 2010 new contact info for Neil Webner is as follows:
Neil Webner
2063 Hartwell Lane
Indian Land, SC. 29707
nwebner@gmail.com                             

From: Neil Webner <nwebner@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Subject: From 55th Web Site
To: webguy@55srwa.org

Because of your interest or involvement in the 55th SRS, I wanted you to be aware of a new booklet about the Cuban Missile Crisis. My brother-in-law was killed during the crisis. "He Was A Hero" recounts the unusual nature of his particular mission, the number of coincidences surrounding it and rumors that were fostered by the continued secrecy of the Air Force. I wrote it to preserve the honor in which my brother-in-law, Capt. Bob Dennis, served his command. In that task, though, I found that the number who served with honor and made the ultimate sacrifice were very, very many. They all are heroes and it is their memories that are to be preserved.

Were it not for the help of those who served in the 55th (and some of them served with Capt. Dennis) and a son who lost his father in the tragic accident, this booklet could not have been written. I have passed along copies to many of them, but I cannot afford to give copies to all who should have it. Thus, I am offering my publisher's discount of $9 including postage to anyone who wishes a copy.

The booklet can be previewed (and purchased for the full price) from www.lulu.com/content/2217393. Those wishing to purchase a copy from me may do so via PayPal at NeilByDesign@earthlink.net or by sending a check to: 3151 Rivermill Dr., Columbus OH 43220.

Please pass this email on to others who you think would be interested.

Neil Webner

In October 1962, the United States and Soviet Russia nearly played into a world-wide nuclear holocaust which historian Arthur M. Schlessinger, Jr., called "the most dangerous moment in human history." War was narrowly avoided, but the U. S. had marshaled its full military might and was prepared to engage the former USSR on its own turf as well as in Cuba. Were it not for the readiness and dedication of our men and women in uniform, it may have been a different story.

But men did die during the Cuban Missile Crisis and one of them was my brother-in-law whom I hardly knew. Capt. Bob Dennis was an electronic warfare officer aboard a sophisticated B-47 outfitted for black ops reconnaissance when the aircraft went down in Bermuda, killing all aboard. Were it not for several coincidences, Bob would not have been aboard that flight. But then, was it really such a coincidence!