We hope that the Soviet government genuinely desires to settle the differences between East and West in a peaceful manner over the conference table.

But they need the help of an active and alert Ground Observer Corps to spot low-flying enemy planes that might sneak under our radar network.

The second Ground Observer Corps,[3][4][5] with programmatic aims and methodologies similar to the first, was organized in early 1950, during the Cold War.

[8] By 1952 the GOC program was expanded into Operation Skywatch, consisting of 750,000 volunteers aged 7 to 86 years old working in shifts at over 16,000 posts and 73 filter centers.

[13] The second GOC program ended in 1958[14] with the advent of automated Army (Missile Master) and Air Force (SAGE) radar systems.