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Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Capt. Nikolai Shumkov | Himself - Capt. Nikolai Shumkov | Unowned | |
Capt. Ryurik Ketov | Himself - Capt. Ryurik Ketov | Unowned | |
Theodore Sorensen | Himself - Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President | Unowned | |
Dino A. Brugioni | Himself - Dino A. Brugioni, CIA Analyst | Unowned | |
Robert McNamara | Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968 | Unowned | |
Rudolph Rump | Himself - Rudolph Rump, Radar Man, USS Blandy | Unowned | |
Capt. Charles Rozier | Himself - Capt. Charles Rozier, USS Cecil | Unowned | |
Capt. Alexi Dubivko | Himself - Capt. Alexi Dubivko | Unowned | |
Robert J. Tavenor | Chief Petty Officer | Unowned | |
Mike Vardy | Ketov (uncredited) | Unowned |