To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, WHRO listeners share their memories of that historic night.
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Dennis Frasca
July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. All Month, we have been asking listeners to share their memories of the historic moment. We were alerted that Denni…
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Karen from Norfolk
Karen was a ten year old and like the NASA workers, her breath until they hearing "The Eagle has Landed." She watched with her family, including her grandmother who was born in 190…
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Dennis Frasca
July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. All Month, we have been asking listeners to share their memories of the historic moment. We were alerted that Denni…
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Dennis Frasca
July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. All Month, we have been asking listeners to share their memories of the historic moment. We were alerted that Denni…
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Dennis Frasca
Dennis Frasca, a resident of VB, was instrumental in working with Grumman on a simulator that was used in the early work ups for Apollo 11. He shares with us his memories and obser…
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Chris Beisel
In July 1969, 22 year old Chris Beisel was playing in a band at the legendary Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach. He recalls how the manager of the club stopped the band and d…
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Judy Flowers
Judy Flowers of Virginia Beach was on vacation with her husband and young daughter in July 1969. They were in Kitty Hawk at a rental home that had no television ( in fact, as she r…
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Mike from Norfolk
Mike remembers seeing the moon landing with his parents and grandmother. They watched it on a small 1940s vintage television that belonged to his grandmother.
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Debra Wallace Dise
Debra Wallace Dise recalls being at a Boy Scout Jamboree in Idaho and with no tv at the campsite, her dad took her to a bar to watch the moon landing.
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Alison Schoew
Alison Schoew shares her memory of the moon landing, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and her mother.
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Ron Wolf
Ron Wolf of Virginia's Eastern Shore had tickets to see Cream in concert and he remembers how he band would not come out and play until after they saw the moon landing.
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Jim Kirkpatrick
Jim Kirkpatrick was a youth leader at a church run camp in July 1969. He gathered with campers in a dining hall to watch the landing. He remembers being in "the mountains of Virgin…
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John Rovenolt
John Rovenolt from Norfolk Virginia recalls the monumental crusade and Walter Cronkite’s tearful reaction to the moon landing.
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Brenda Barkley
Brenda Barkley was planning her wedding in the summer of 1969. She watched the moon landing with her grandfather, who was also her wedding photographer.
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Dan Taber
Dan Taber from Virginia Beach reflects on how it felt to be a pilot and watching the moon landing while in a bunker in Vietnam.
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Rebecca Adams
Rebecca Adams was in London’s Trafalgar Square at the end of a European vacation. She watched the landing on a giant screen with citizens from around the world. She remembers as Ne…
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Steve Corneliussen
Steve Corneliussen of Poquoson was an exchange midshipman in Norway above the Arctic Circle. He says it was in the middle of the night, watching a small TV in his ship’s ward room,…
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Beverly Caine Baker
Beverly Caine Baker of Virginia Beach recalls eating pizza and watching the moon landing. Her aunt, Katherine Johnson of "Hidden Figures" fame, was instrumental in the advancement…
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Bill Zimmerman
Bill Zimmerman of Norfolk reflects on staring at the moon on the evening of July 20, 1969, and recalling the incredible moment realizing that man had stepped foot on it.
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Lou Roberts
Lou Roberts of Norfolk recalls how she and her husband Sid, an ODU engineering professor, were in Sweden in July 1969 and were toasted at a dinner party in celebration of the moon…