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Neil Armstrong's Frogman Talks NASA Training, Apollo 11, and Being A Part Of The

Neil Armstrong's Frogman Talks NASA Training, Apollo 11, and Being A Part Of The

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John Wolfram joined the US Navy in 1967 and graduated from Underwater Demolition Training in Coronado, California in May 1968. As a Navy frogman, he was twice deployed to the war in Vietnam, where he received a Purple Heart from a leg wound inflicted during battle with the Viet Cong. John assisted in the Apollo 10 astronaut and space recovery and was the first frogman in the water to rescue Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins after their historical moon landing. John is the author of Splashdown, The Rescue of a Navy Frogman first published in 2008. He is now involved in missions work around the world, with special interest in the country of Vietnam. In 2018 he raised funds to build a Memorial Bible College in central Vietnam to honor five fallen SEAL teammates and three home town friends. Find out more about John here:https://www.johnwolfram.com/

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Neil Armstrong's Frogman Talks NASA Training, Apollo 11, and Being A Part Of The

Neil Armstrong's Frogman Talks NASA Training, Apollo 11, and Being A Part Of The

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