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STORIES A Brief History of LRD - by C. Mac Jones Ghosts On The Glacier - New York Times article about John Cooper's last climb Recovery Operations Contributions of Tom Holt - by John Stonesifer Apollo Command Module Bilge Pump - by Jim Peacock LRD's Whirling Dervishes - by C. Mac Jones Whirling Dervishes #2 - by Mike Collins Splashdown 50 Onboard USS Hornet - by John Stonesifer Reaching For The Stars: Apollo 11 Anniversary Brings Back Special Memories For Houston Methodist Clear Lake Volunteer - Clear Lake Hospital newsletter article about volunteer George Richeson Remembering Ron Simantel - by Ron's LRD Friends The Least Known Flight Control Position for Gemini - by Royce McKinney GT-3 Canary Island - by Royce McKinney Local photographer recounts chronicling Apollo landing Citizen Times article about Navy Photographer Milt Putnam's Apollo 11 experience, published July 14, 1969 CINCPAC - by John Stonesifer Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia - 2007 essay by Milt Heflin Engineers Developing Germproof Apollo Suit - by Arthur Hill, Chronicle Science Editor The Terminal Landing System (TLS) and Landing Operations Test Vehicle (LOTV) - by Larry Schmitt Remembering Dick Gordon - by Paul Kruppenbacher Parachutes To Petticoats - by Larry Schmitt Apollo Boilerplate #1207 - by C. Mac Jones My Years With NASA - by Paul Chaput (Paul wrote this in 2007 after taking an early retirement in 1986) Apollo 11 Dual Recovery Team Leaders - by John Stonesifer Remembering Ed O'Briant - by C. Mac Jones et al. Orion EFT-1 Recovery - by Milt Heflin Safety in Recovery Operations (1967 Paper) - by Jerry Hammack and John Stonesifer MQF - LRD's Airstream - by C. Mac Jones NASA's Lost Boilerplate - The Story of BP-1227 - by Eddie Pugh (major update on 9/15/17; previous edited version was published in April 2016 issue of "Spaceflight", magazine of The British Interplanetary Society) Recovery Helicopters - by John Stonesifer The BIG Story - by C. Mac Jones Travels With Randy - by Denny Holt Remembering Randy Stone - by C. Mac Jones Coming Full Circle and Hanging 'Em Up... - by J. Milt Heflin Before The Retriever There Was The Ethel H - by Milt Windler Apollo-STS Last Landings - by C. Mac Jones NASA and DoD - Partners in Recovery - by Jerry Hammack Recovery War Stories - by Dave Peterson Apollo Hawaiian Treats - by Paul Kruppenbacher ARD-17 Operation on Apollo 5 and Apollo 10 - by Denny Holt A Memorable GT-2 Recovery - by Paul Chaput Overview of Launch Site Recovery Operations - by Rip Kirby LRD Reunion - 1989 Remembering Doc Stullken - by Denny Holt Monkey Business - by Doc Stullken Splashdowns - by John Stonesifer Apollo Experience Report - Communications Used During Recovery Operations - by John Hoover Apollo Experience Report - Development And Use Of Specialized Radio Equipment For Apollo Recovery Operations - by Bill Middleton & Frank Breshears Apollo Experience Report - The AN/ARD-17 Direction Finding System - by Bill Chase & Bill Middleton Apollo BP-1101/1101A - by C. Mac Jones NASA Motor Vessel (MV) Retriever - by C. Mac Jones Where Are They Now? - by C. Mac Jones Jammed Hatch Jones - by C. Mac Jones In A Confined Space - Enterprise story re: John Hirasaki Rocket Man - Ottawa Spirit article re: Wayne Koons The Space Race: Spacecraft Recovery - Leatherneck article re: Wayne Koons Gemini Static Article #5 - Water Egress Trainer - by C. Mac Jones Apollo BP-1102/1102A - Water Egress Trainer - by C. Mac Jones Apollo CM-007/007A - by C. Mac Jones John Hirasaki And The Moon Men - by David Hitt, Stories In My Pocket Blog (Submit your LRD stories/memories by email to C. Mac Jones at cmjesq@comcast.net.)

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