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Lot #477
Wally Schirra

Future Apollo 7 commander anxiously awaits his trip, “Needless to say, Donn, Walt and I are pleased to have been designated as crew members for our first Apollo flight.”

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Future Apollo 7 commander anxiously awaits his trip, “Needless to say, Donn, Walt and I are pleased to have been designated as crew members for our first Apollo flight.”

TLS signed “W. M. Schirra,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, July 6, 1967. Letter to a gentleman, written before his final space flight on Apollo 7. In part, “Needless to say, Donn, Walt and I are pleased to have been designated as crew members for our first Apollo flight and we are grateful for your good wishes…I am returning the banner as, regretfully, I cannot carry it with me on the flight. We receive thousands of requests from all over the world similar to yours and I am sure you can understand the impossibility of granting such requests.” In fine condition. COA Scott Cornish and R&R COA.

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