I was in the Officers Club on Barber’s Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, where my new husband was stationed. We watched the landing and moon walk in the crowded bar on a couple of TVs—black and white, of course.
It was the peak of Viet Nam but my husband had ‘shore duty’ in Hawaii and I taught Freshman English at a community college. On reflection, it all seems unreal. America in 1969 was unreal. Lynne Smith 5 Tabor Hill Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781-258-1175 Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Jul 2024, at 9:15 PM, JMG at Lincolntalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > That evening I was with a group of friends on campus, where we worked as a > summer camp counselors with middle schoolers. We indulged in some > then-illegal substances, and gathered in front of an old b&w TV. What struck > me was not the grainy images, but the sound: I was really hearing voices from > the moon in real time! That seemed most extraordinary. > >> On Jul 21, 2024, at 10:14 PM, Vicki Konstandakis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Small world >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 21, 2024, at 10:12 PM, Vicki Konstandakis <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> I was 19 years old in awe with the landing on the moon only to fast >>> forward on my life to work in the NASA department at Draper lab - who were >>> responsible for the guidance system and to work for the engineer who >>> trained the astronauts for the guidance system. >>> >>> My son had a show and tell in the fourth grade where we showed the kids the >>> actual NASA film of the landing. A helmet and gloves for them to try on. >>> >>> It was pretty cool but also pretty stinky :-) >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jul 20, 2024, at 6:41 PM, JMG at Lincolntalk >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> An old friend collected these stories 25 years ago: >>>> https://wherewereyou.com/ I think you can still add more. >>>> >>>> Jennie >>>> >>>>> On Jul 20, 2024, at 3:34 PM, Leslie Turek <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I was in a tiny apartment in Harvardon Square, watching on a tiny >>>>> portable black and white TV with my new boyfriend. >>>>> Leslie >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 20, 2024, at 2:30 PM, Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Where were you? >>>>>> https://www.space.com/see-full-buck-moon-celebrate-apollo-55-anniversary >>>>>> -- >>>>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>>>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>>>>> Browse the archives at >>>>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>>> -- >>>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>>>> Browse the archives at >>>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>>> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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