Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (3 April 1926-27 January 1967), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force—He flew Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7, 1961), narrowly surviving the capsule's sinking; commanded Gemini 3 (Molly Brown, 1965); & was chosen to command the first Apollo mission (1967), had he & his crew not perished in the Apollo 1 fire; namesake of Grissom, a crater on the far side of the Moon.
James Darren, "I'll Be Seeing You" from This One's from the Heart (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
Commentary:
"…I'll be looking at the Moon,
I'll be looking at the Moon,
I'll be looking at the Moon,
But I'll be seeing you."
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