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[i]Particularly noteworthy on this photo/mission, since the addition of the flag to the suit occurred for the first time on Gemini IV, and specifically the flag was added because the crew was told they could not have another mission emblem (or a name for the spacecraft). The crew was going to name the spacecraft the "American Eagle" and therefore when they were told they could not use the name, they decided to go with the flag. Also the photo is noteworthy because for most of the time during the spacewalk, White kept the gas gun in his right hand, though for this image it was in his left.[/i]
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