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One of the awards presented to Gus Grissom.

It reads

Life Membership
Alamogordo
Chamber of Commerce
Presented to
Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom
In Recognition of Valuable
Services Rendered

March 7 1966

The flight of Molly Brown was on March 23, 1965, so this award was presented about a year after that flight, and about a year before the scheduled flight of Apollo 1.