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I lived in Hawaii at the time. Back 50 years ago there was usually a long delay (usually a day) for national news to be broadcast in Hawaii. I suspect I was still sound asleep at 9:00AM EDT for the launch. We saw a tape delay of it later of course.
The landing was a prime time event for us. When they returned to Earth, we lived on Hickam AFB and when the "moon germ" containment module came from the Navy ship to the Air Force for transport back to the mainland it passed within a few blocks of our house. We watched the Navy ship with them sail past the Officer's Club on Hickam. They unloaded the crew and the module and I knew the likely route.
I rode my bicycle along side and Neil waved right to me. Somehow I suspect he would not have remembered me as much as I remember that moment and his smile.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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