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A History of the Nike Missile Base at Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton, Illinois | by John J. Dunphy | Medium
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Local Army Air Defense Nike missile bases were a fact of Cold War life before the Cuban Missile Crisis
![Former Nike Missile Site in Gaithersburg Not Deemed Historic; Buildings Likely To Be Demolished - The MoCo Show Former Nike Missile Site in Gaithersburg Not Deemed Historic; Buildings Likely To Be Demolished - The MoCo Show](https://s44899.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-3.30.35-PM.png)