White House Naval Photographic Center Films, 12/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. Materials Relating to "President Johnson Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medals to Astronauts Grissom and Young" Project, ca. 3/26/1965 - ca. 3/26/1965.

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White House Naval Photographic Center Films, 12/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. Materials Relating to "President Johnson Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medals to Astronauts Grissom and Young" Project, ca. 3/26/1965 - ca. 3/26/1965.

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The series contains film and sound recordings related to the motion picture film, "President Johnson Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medals to Astronauts Grissom and Young," including silent film footage that was not used in the finished film. The finished film includes footage of President Lyndon B. Johnson presenting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal to Astronauts Virgil (“Gus”) Grissom and John Young. The ceremony took place in the White House East Room on March 26, 1965.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...