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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...
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These items are the air travel related ephemera that Lieutenant Pierre Grace saved as he returned home following his service in World War II.
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A hexagonal bronze medal with a spread eagle holding three arrows in its talons and a shielding covering the body. The reverse has a small laurel branch at the bottom and reads "For Military Merit."...
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A round, bronze medal with a wave pattern border around the outside. The central design is of an eagle holding arrows and laurels surrounded by the words "United States of America - Navy" on blue...
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A bronze, compass rose medal featuring a diving eagle with lightning bolts in its talons. The medal has a fleur-de-lis at the top and no markings on the reverse. The medal hangs from a blue ribbon...
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A bronze, Templar cross medal with a four-bladed propeller overtop and sitting on a square made of rays. The reverse is blank, and the medal hangs from a bronze bar. The Ribbon is navy blue with three...