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  • America Supports You: GIs' Kids Fly High at Space Camp

    07/28/2005 6:20:14 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 236+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | July 27, 2005 | Samantha L. Quigley
    HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 27, 2005 – Fifteen military children took a giant leap for 'kidkind' this summer. It was 36 years ago on July 20, 1969, when real astronaut Neil Armstrong announced he was taking "one small step for man, one giant step for mankind" on the moon. The students were selected from nearly 200 applicants who applied for the Bernard Brown II Memorial Scholarship Fund that covers all expenses involved in sending military children to Space Camp here, said retired Army Lt. Gen. Don Jones, who chairs the committee that raises funds for the scholarships. Space Camp, founded in...