THE SILENT SENTINELS
The Silent Sentinels: Minuteman Artwork Revealed tells the story of the men and women who have operated, maintained, secured, and supported our Minuteman missile system through art, much of which is hidden below ground in areas rarely seen by the American public. Since 1961, Missileers have served as the Silent Sentinels across Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Missouri providing a key leg of America’s nuclear deterrence triad. These Missileers found perfect canvases in the large concrete walls for artistic expression....
A Beautiful 324-Page Coffee Table Book
READERS' VOICES
TESTIMONIALS
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"I considered a highlight of my career as a military historian to be asked to write a testimonial to this fantastic book.
Stunning is the only word I can think of to describe "The Silent Sentinels." Not only does it cover the Minuteman artwork in exquisite detail, but it places all of this into context....
David K. Stumpf, Military Historian
Author of Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined
Amerian Nuclear Warfare
THE AUTHOR
Jim Warner is a retired Air Force Colonel who has spent his adult life involved in the
United States Air Force nuclearmissile systems. He joined Air Force ROTC on a dare in the middle of Vietnam war protests and never looked back. A Distinguished Graduate of the Holy Cross College AFROTC program, Jim started as a Minuteman II missile combat crew member
at Ellsworth AFB, SD, and spent the next 27 years of his Air Force career as a missile operator, instructor, competitor, staff officer, evaluator, and maintenance squadron commander, with additional assignments in acquisition and require ments across locations including South Dakota, California, Belgium, Wyoming, Colorado, and the Pentagon.
Jim Warner, Col, USAF (ret)
AAFM Executive Director
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