Moon landing well remembered by boomers
“Where were you when man landed on the moon?” is a defining question of the baby boomer generation.
Many boomers, who ranged in age from 5 to 23 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon 40 years ago today — on July 17, 1969 — recall watching the momentous event on television.
“It really gave me a lifelong interest in space travel and the stars,” David Niles, a 52-year-old Wauwatosa resident, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
He was one of several Wisconsinites who shared their memories of the “giant leap for mankind” in today’s Journal Sentinel. One of them, Sam Freeman, was involved with monitoring Apollo 11’s navigation system from GM’s AC Electronics division in Oak Creek. “We were on pins and needles in the monitoring room and then [Neil Armstrong] finally said, ‘The Eagle has landed.’ We felt real good about the whole thing,” Freeman said.
Read more Apollo 11 memories in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Read about how Sen. John McCain, Sally Ride and others remember that day (USA Weekend)
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