Bummer. He commissioned me an ensign in the Navy

Never knew his exact place in history until about a decade later when I was walking through the Smithsonian Air & Space.

RIP Astronaut Cernan. You have served your country well.

In response to this post by PhotoHokieNC

Posted: 01/16/2017 at 6:44PM

RIP Gene Cernan, last man on the moon. -- PhotoHokieNC 01/16/2017 6:00PM

The youngest still alive is 81. The oldest is 86 ** -- 48zip 01/16/2017 6:49PM

Bummer. He commissioned me an ensign in the Navy -- EDGEMAN 01/16/2017 6:44PM

I wish I had met Cernan -- 133035Hokie 01/16/2017 7:51PM

My mom went to school with Shepard -- Jethro Tull 01/17/2017 11:03AM

+1. That's a cool story, Edge. ** -- MP4VT2004 01/16/2017 6:50PM

One of the guys in my AOCS class was the son of an Admiral. -- EDGEMAN 01/16/2017 7:06PM

Isn't the vision test done as part of a physical at or before induction? -- Hokie360 01/16/2017 7:55PM

Both, but the NAMI physical was very thorough. -- EDGEMAN 01/16/2017 9:38PM

Bummer. He commissioned me an ensign in the Navy

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