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The Lampasas Dispatch reported on several incidents during the “invasion,” including injuries to hundreds of paratroopers sustained during the Operation Longhorn simulation exercises. monique brand | dispatch record -
The Lampasas Dispatch was in on the “invasion” as well. monique brand | dispatch record -
Lampasas residents who didn’t comply with the rules were arrested by the military police during Operation Longhorn. monique brand | dispatch Record
The Army maneuver was quite real. For some Lampasans, it was just too unreal to believe it could happen — and it was all a drill.
In the early 1950s, the threat of nuclear war and communism loomed over much of the Western Hemisphere. And for 18 days, it darkened one city in the Hill Country more than anywhere else.
It started with a broadcast from the local radio station KHIT:
“Shortly after…