Showing posts with label Neil Armstrong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neil Armstrong. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Top Ten Navy Sailors of All Time-- Part 2: SEALs, Armstrong and Kennedy
6. Michael Monsoor Navy SEAL Medal of Honor recipient. Dived on top of a grenade and saved comrades. Iraq
7. Richard Marcinko Founder of the famous SEAL Team 6.
8. Neil Armstrong Well, you know what he did.
9. Dr. Jonny Kim Medic and sniper for SEAL Team 3. Went to Harvard Medical School. Now a candidate for astronaut.
10. John F. Kennedy PT-109
11. Roy Boehm Fought off sharks when his ship, the USS Duncan, sank in WW II and founded the Navy SEALs.
Okay, 11, Not 10.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Dead Page: Moon Man
NEIL ARMSTRONG, August 25th.
This man would have been notable even without the famous trip. He was a pilot flying missions during the Korean War and in both the Gemini and Apollo space programs.
July 20, 1969, I was in Goldsboro, North Carolina, watching the grainy black and white images at friend Ronnie's house and thinking this is nothing short of amazing. I remember walking outside and looking at the Moon and thinking, "Wow, there is a man getting ready to step onto it."
Everyone in the house was watching.
Then, we heard "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." WOW!!
Then, "I'm going to step off the LEM now." That would be the lunar module. DOUBLE WOW!!
At 2:56 UTC (?), it was around 9 PM in Goldsboro, those even more famous words, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." WOWWWW!! Couldn't have said it better myself, even if there is some question of whether there was an "a" before man.
Either way, we know what you were saying.
And, then, talk about your man who always tried to aoid the spotlight.
Whenever I look at the Moon, I will think about you.
Thanks.
This man would have been notable even without the famous trip. He was a pilot flying missions during the Korean War and in both the Gemini and Apollo space programs.
July 20, 1969, I was in Goldsboro, North Carolina, watching the grainy black and white images at friend Ronnie's house and thinking this is nothing short of amazing. I remember walking outside and looking at the Moon and thinking, "Wow, there is a man getting ready to step onto it."
Everyone in the house was watching.
Then, we heard "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." WOW!!
Then, "I'm going to step off the LEM now." That would be the lunar module. DOUBLE WOW!!
At 2:56 UTC (?), it was around 9 PM in Goldsboro, those even more famous words, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." WOWWWW!! Couldn't have said it better myself, even if there is some question of whether there was an "a" before man.
Either way, we know what you were saying.
And, then, talk about your man who always tried to aoid the spotlight.
Whenever I look at the Moon, I will think about you.
Thanks.
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