Thank you to Charles D. Carter for contributing this great old image of JFK and the troops assigned to the missile commands around Monroe and Dade counties after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

President Kennedy traveled Homestead Air Force Base to award the Air Force and Army units the Presidential Meritorious Unit Citation for their role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is the only time in history, according to the U. S. Army Center for Military History, that a Presidential award was given to a unit facing a combat situation for not having to actually engage in warfare.

Charles D. Carter, was stationed at the original Nike site in Carol City, and he has a very informative website on South Florida's missile sites at:
http://www.Nike252.org and he can be contacted at NikeHistorian@Nike252.org