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posted 03-29-2018 03:30 PM            

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Am trying to trace a reference that backs up the "You saved 1968" telegram from a Valerie Pringle, sent to Frank Borman/Apollo 8 crew.

Does anyone have a verified source for this? Is it just Hollywood artistic license?

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posted 04-07-2018 02:58 AM            

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Thank you, Robert. That is perfect.

I wonder who it was from and where the telegram ended up. Would be quite an artifact.

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posted 04-07-2018 07:44 AM               

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For what it is worth, I have searched my files of Chicago newspaper clippings from the Apollo 8 mission and found no reference to the, "You saved 1968," telegram. For some unknown reason I have always associated that phrase with Time magazine.

I did find a political cartoon from the Dec. 31, 1968 issue of the Chicago American, a Republican-based evening newspaper owned by the Tribune Company. It shows Father Time holding up the glove (with Apollo 8 written on it) of a rather beat-up cartoon-ish boxer, labelled U.S., who is standing above the dust cloud representing 1968 Shortcomings. Father Time is shouting, "Tough Fight, but We Won!"

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posted 04-07-2018 09:54 AM               

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Sounds like a great bit of folklore or fact that has apparently never been totally traced or confirmed.

For myself, laying underneath our Christmas tree on the night of Dec. 24, 1868 and hearing the crew read from the Book of Genesis was an unforgettable moment in my life.