Certificate Designating Admiral Arleigh Burke a Member of the Realm of Project Mercury Recovery Force
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| Realm of Project Mercury Recovery Force
Order of Astronaut and Spacecraft Retrieval - Know ye by these presents that Adm. Arleigh A. Burke USN Chief of Naval Operations is hereby designated member by virtue of providing forces for the recovery of United States First Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., on completion of his historic space flight on 5 May 1961. [signature] F.V.H. Hilles RADM U.S.N. Commander Project Mercury Recovery Force |
