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To: SaveFerris

I barely remember Apollo 11, however the rest I remember well. My grandparents and great grandparents took me with them on a trip to Florida and we ate lunch at a restaurant where you could see in the distance the Saturn V for Apollo 14 sitting on the pad for launch which was still a week away. I would have loved to have seen that bird go up! I remember the waitress talking with my grandparents about Apollo 13 barely making it back and hoping 14 would be a safe trip for the astronauts.


15 posted on 03/18/2020 12:59:29 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: sarge83

I heard, and saw the first Saturn V launch from Jacksonville.

Sadly, Dad was transferred from NAS Jax to El Toro shortly thereafter.


19 posted on 03/18/2020 2:01:51 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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