[R-390] OT Apollo 11 Mission

[rbethman]

Bill,

As I had just come off a patrol, I put away the PRC-25 that as the 
"medic" I carried as the second radio on the patrol.

Others:

It is amazing how our lives were intertwined on THAT day!  It seems that 
"most" were active military OR veterans.  Interesting to read the 
different places we were and what we were doing!

Bob - N0DGN

Bill Kulze wrote:
> Boy, it's been a long time since I felt like such a puppy! I was 12 
> years old, spending the summer in Islip, NY on Long Island with my 
> uncle, aunt and cousin. Watched it on their old BW TV, maybe 12" or 13", 
> with rabbit ears. Could barely make out what was happening. Same TV we 
> watched the Mets on. They were die-hard fans, and that was their big 
> pennant year. I remember Walter Cronkite covering the moon landing. IIRC 
> he was without words for a bit and kind of choked up. My dad worked for 
> IBM in Owego, NY and I remember going to the Broome County Airport a few 
> years earlier when he flew down to Huntsville, AL to work on the landing 
> module. I guess there's a piece of him on the moon still. Flew on a big 
> prop plane with Mohawk Airlines. Stood up on the observation deck and 
> watched it go. He was also a ham, W2NVD, and he's why I'm one now.
>
> Bill KC2SUO
>   

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