Yea me too, used to stop school so we could watch the lift offs in class on the grainy little B&W TV.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Quick funny story...
The Leonard F. Mason was patrolling the Pacific off of China c1947, and during one shore leave on the mainland, a bunch of sailors organized a baseball game. It got hot while they played, and some of the sailors hung their shirts on nearby trees. Well, doesn’t some Chinese dude steal one sailor’s shirt and run off with it. The sailor chased him down, tuned him up a little, and retrieved the shirt.
Next thing you know, this group of baseball-playing sailors is taken into custody by a local Chinese army platoon! Things got a little dicey, but Captain Merrill finally traded some supplies from the Mason in return for his sailors. (It’s a true story, even if it does have a certain Mr. Roberts / Ensign Pulver ring to it.) I cracked up when my Dad told me about it. I couldn’t help but envision Tony Curtis getting in the middle of things, doing some wheeliing and dealing.
Semper Fidelis and FRegards,
LH