ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The crew of the USS Hornet had just finished a tour of duty destroying mines in Vietnam and when it got the call in early June of 1969. It was a totally different assignment that ...
On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, returning the first men on the moon to Earth. A SeaKing helicopter safely delivered astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, ...