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INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

First Published in 1994

INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders orbited the Moon for the first time. Before the mission launched, the Apollo 8 crew was told they would be making a live television broadcast to the largest world wide television audience ever assembled. This is the story of what they chose to say during this momentous occasion.