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    California's Golden Parks
            Nike Missile Site
                
                    
                        
                            Season 1
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 167
                        
                    
                
            
            
            During the tense years from 1953 to 1979, the United States Army built and operated a total of 280 Nike missile-firing batteries in the United States. Today, a dedicated group of volunteers works in partnership with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area on the continuous task of restoration at site SF-88, which has been turned into a museum.
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