 
Honoring proclamation
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Indiana State Representative William Friend reads a Speaker's Proclamation honoring Sept. 30 as a special day to remember Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom during a base rededication ceremony here. The base was originally named after the fallen astronaut in 1968 and was rededicated in his honor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)
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Posted: 10/6/2011
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Remembering those lost
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. --Cadets from the Purdue University Reserve Officer Training Corps' honor guard fold the flag during a base rededication ceremony held here Sept. 30. The flag folding ceremony is performed by Air Force honor guards around the world to remember those who have fallen in service to their country. The base was rededicated in honor of Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, who lost his life during a training mission aboard Apollo 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)
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Posted: 10/6/2011
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Patriotic songs
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Peru High School's swing choir sings patriotic songs during a special base rededication ceremony held here Sept. 30. The base was originally named Bunker Hill Naval Air Station. It was renamed to Bunker Hill Air Force Base in 1947. In 1968, the base was once again renamed Grissom Air Force Base in honor of Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, the American astronaut who lost his life during a training mission aboard Apollo 1. In 1994, the base was realigned to be an Air Force Reserve Base and was named Grissom Air Reserve Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)
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Posted: 10/6/2011
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Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom was one of NASA's original seven Mercury astronauts and the first man to fly in space twice. He died Jan. 27, 1967, in the Apollo 1 fire at Cape Kennedy, Fla. Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., is named in his honor. (NASA photo)
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Posted: 10/4/2011
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