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[i]In December 1968, just days before the launch of Apollo 8 - the first lunar orbital flight with the three-man crew of Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William Anders - Buckley recalls getting a phone call from Borman with a request: "He asked me to take care of a dignitary who was coming to KSC and give him a low-key visit." Then Buckley learned who the dignitary was - Charles Lindbergh. "He talked a lot about his own historic flight," said Buckley. Only 41 years had passed since Lindbergh's solo airplane crossing of the Atlantic, and now three men were poised to cross the sky and circle the moon. Lindbergh and Buckley later joined the Apollo 8 crew at their traditional pre-launch meal Dec. 21, 1968.[/i]
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