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The Quiet Dignity of Neil Armstrong

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The Quiet Dignity of Neil Armstrong
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of NASA's Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, inside the Lunar Module the 'Eagle' on the surface of the Moon during the mission, July 20, 1969. Space Frontiers/Getty Images
Ronald J. Rychlak
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I was 11 years old when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. I remember my parents calling me in from the backyard to watch history being made on our black and white Zenith television set.

Ronald J. Rychlak
Ronald J. Rychlak
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Ronald J. Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten chair in law and government at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of several books, including “Hitler, the War, and the Pope,” “Disinformation” (co-authored with Ion Mihai Pacepa), and “The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East” (co-edited with Jane Adolphe).
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