Memories of Apollo
Wed, 07/31/2019 - 2:34pm
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing brought back memories for Andru Peters.
In 1965, he was 25, fresh from the service, and looking for a job.
“Nobody would hire me because I was a veteran,” he said. “We were labeled ‘baby killers’ in 1965.”
But he had a security clearance, which helped him get a job at defense contractor Honeywell’s Stinson Ridgeway plant in Minneapolis.
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