One thing that Admiral Byrd stated in a press conference after his defeat at Antarctica was that the Antarctic continent should be surrounded by a “wall of defense installations since it represented the last line of defense for America.” Although the U.S. and Russia had been allies during the war, suddenly the “Iron Curtain” was created and we and the Russians became ‘enemies’. (Note: Some say that the animosity of the Cold War directly following WWII was only an […] Read More