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Sign on the base of the Stafford bust. It reads

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Thomas P. Stafford

Lieutenant General United States Air Force

America's 13th Man into Space

Fighter Pilot    Test Pilot Astronaut    Author

Pilot Gemini VI Dec. 1965 Commander Gemini IX June 1966 Commander Apollo X May 1969 Chief, Astronaut Office 1969-1972 Commander, Apollo-Soyuz July 1975

Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff Research, Development and Acquisition 1978-1979

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