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Item Number: 999VI3238 (Record 542463)

Title:

Vietnam Center and Archive 2012 Guest Lecture Series - Dick Rutan - September 27, 2012

Language/Translation:

English

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Date:

27 September 2012

Collection:

Vietnam Center Collection

Media Type:

Moving Image (Digital)

Format:

Format not listed

Length:

123:57 min/sec

Thanks To:

The Guest Lecture Series is made possible by a generous grant from the Helen Jones Foundation

Description:

Dick Rutan served in the Air Force in Vietnam, flying over 325 combat missions. Following his time in the military, Rutan continued his aviation career, earning many honors, breaking many world records, and being inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1986 he was the first person to fly nonstop around the globe without refueling. He received the Presidential Citizen's Medal of Honor, and his plane "Voyager" now hangs in the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum

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Citation:

Vietnam Center and Archive 2012 Guest Lecture Series - Dick Rutan, 27 September 2012, Vietnam Center Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 25 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI3238>.