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The sign which accompanied the rescue net.
It read
Helicopter Rescue Net and Hoist
This is the Billy Pugh rescue net (named for its inventor) and hoist used to lift Apollo 8 astronauts James Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders aboard a helicopter for transfer to the recovery aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Yorktown.
| Time picture taken | Tue Jun 19 13:46:06 2007 |
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Apollo to the Moon Gallery National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC |
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