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Topic: Reddit: Apollo "deputy chief of TV and radio"
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Captain Apollo Member Posts: 260 From: UK Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 08-05-2012 04:35 PM
On the website Reddit (Q/A here and full thread here), there is someone claiming to have been the "Deputy Chief of TV and Radio" during the Apollo missions. Among the things he claims: When they got to the moon, Armstrong was the first one on the moon, and Aldrin passed the camera down to Armstrong. When we got pictures back at 4 o'clock in the morning, everybody wanted them for the newspapers and magazines. I had a whole photographic lab standing by to prepare the stuff for issuance. Problem was, I didn't know who was who because everybody looked the same in the space suits. But I figured Aldrin passed the camera to Armstrong, so the famous picture of the astronaut by the flag, I figured had to be Aldrin. So that's who I said it was. When Aldrin came back, he told me no, first thing Armstrong did was pass the camera back to me. So that is Armstrong by the flag, not Aldrin. We sent out corrections to everyone, of course, and some people printed the corrections, but most people and newspapers still think it's Aldrin. I suggested that after that they have some distinguishing marks, so since then the mission commander has a stripe on his sleeve. But I always feel like that was my contribution to screwing up history. I think he's a fraud — can you list the many errors? |
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-05-2012 05:29 PM
Sounds pretty fishy to me. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-05-2012 05:37 PM
There are indeed a good number of errors, but if he is 97 years old and recounting his stories to his grandson as claimed, then this may be more due to memory issues or the natural embellishments that are built up over years than his being an outright fraud.I quickly scanned the pages and didn't see his name. Has it been shared? It shouldn't be too difficult to verify if he was on Richard Underwood's photography team or worked with Julian Scheer. |
canyon42 Member Posts: 238 From: Ohio Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 08-05-2012 05:37 PM
Well, either a fraud or he's losing his recollections. That whole thread has some goofy sections in it. | |
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