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A plaque in the memorial. It reads:

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GRISSOM HALL

Named in honor of Virgil I. Grissom, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A.F., engineer, pilot, and trailblazer of space. His death on January 27, 1967, was the tragically high price his nation had to pay for its determination - and his - to conquer space.

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