Splashdown: The Rescue of a Navy Frogman - Softcover

John Wolfram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979394414 ISBN 13: 9780979394416

Publisher: Entry Way Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

On July 20, 1969 America did the impossible. Astronaut Armstrong's left boot sank into the charcoal-like powder as the citizens of Earth held their breath in wonder. They listened in awe as his words resounded through space and time. That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind. Four days later, in the midst of the media's frenzied activity aboard the USS Hornet, the space capsulte Columbia burned through the Earth's atmosphere and SPLASHED DOWN into the Pacific Ocean. UDT/SEAL John Wolfram, a member of the Navy's elite Special Forces and trained in spacecraft recovery, leaped from a Sea King Helicopter into the waves of the Pacific Ocean to become the first person on Earth to greet the astronauts.

About this title

About the Author

John Wolfram joined the US Navy in 1967 and graduated from Underwater Demolition Training in Coronado, California in May 1968. As a Navy UDT/SEAL, he was twice deployed to the war in Vietnam, where he received a Purple Heart from a leg wound inflicted during battle with the Viet Cong. John assisted in the Apollo 10 astronaut and space recovery and was the first frogman in the water to rescue Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins after their historical moon landing.

John is the author of Many Voices. He is now involved in missions work around the world, with special interest in the country of Vietnam. Visit him at johnwolfram.org.

Edition details

• Publisher: Entry Way Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979394414
• ISBN 13: 9780979394416
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Illustrator: Various
• Number of pages: 293
• Editor: Tammy Barley, Editor