Medal of Honor for Vietnam hero Barnum Jr.
Marine Captain Harvey Curtiss Barnum Jr. of Cheshire Conn received the Medal of Honor in a ceremony led by Secretary of the Navy Paul H Nitze for heroic action December 16 1965. His parents and brother watched as he commanded a rifle company and mopped up an enemy force with complete disregard for his own safety.
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No Emergency Plan Given For Capsule Escape
NASA executives told the Senate Space Committee a fire atop a rocket during an Apollo test killed three astronauts. They acknowledged lack of an emergency plan and underestimation of fire dangers, saying designers are creating an escape hatch to allow two second emergency opening.
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Roger B. Chaffee
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NASA
James C. Webb
George E. Mueller
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