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1961 Press Photo Father and Mother of Virgil I. Grissom

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Caption: Mitchell, Ind: Dennis and Cecil Jrissom of Mitchell, Indiana, father and mother of U.S. astronaut VIRGIL I. GRISSOM are pictured on their front porch here 7/21 after their son made his suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral. When asked by a newsman if she would like her son to make the first flight to the Moon, Mrs. Grissom replied.

The front and back of this photograph are pictured below.

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