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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule with Navy Frogmen (Underwater Demolition Team) onboard as they work to stabilize the capsule and recover the crew to the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of Navy Frogmen (Underwater Demolition Team) recovering the Apollo 8 capsule. The USS Yorktown (CVS-10) can be seen in the background.
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Photograph of crewmen preparing to lift the Apollo 8 capsule onto the aft elevator of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule, with its flotation devices still attached, being lifted aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). A SH-3 Sea King can be seen in the background.
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Photograph of Yorktown crewmen unhooking the Apollo 8 capsule from a crane after it was brought aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule as it is being brought aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of crewmen on top of the Apollo 8 capsule working to unhook it from a crane aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the three Apollo 8 astronauts standing on the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). From left to right are: James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman.
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Film Negative showing the Apollo 8 astronauts arriving on the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide of the Apollo 8 astronauts walking down a red carpet laid out for them on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Slide of the Apollo 8 astronauts walking down a red carpet laid out on the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide of the Apollo 8 capsule in the hangar bay of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide of the Apollo 8 astronauts inspecting their capsule on the hanger deck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the ABC news crew in front of the Apollo 8 capsule on the hanger deck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of astronaut James Lovell Jr. giving some of the celebratory cake to crewmembers of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) following the successful recover of Apollo 8.
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Color slide titled "Astronaut Anders". The slide shows astronaut William "Bill" Anders eating with the Yorktown's crew.
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This photograph shows members of Air Group Three aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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Ensign E.J. Hauser (middle) of Air Group Three, Rear Admiral Arthur Radford (left) and another sailor celebrates the 17,000th landing on the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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This letter authorized Pierre Grace to travel from Hawaii back to the West Coast of the United States of America. This letter also references the Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet...