Reed / True Family's in Minnesota:Information about Alan Bartlett Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard (b. 18 Nov 1923, d. 21 Jul 1998)
Notes for Alan Bartlett Shepard:
Note: DESCENDANT OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER RICHARD WARREN
AMERICA'S FIRST MAN IN SPACE (MAY 5, 1961), THE FIFTH TO WALK ON THE MOON
COMMANDER OF APOLLO 14
AWARDED MEDAL OF HONOR, 1979
Shepard walked on the moon in 1971 and is the first to hit a golf ball on the moon.
"Alan Shepard is a true American hero, a pioneer, an original. He was part of a courageous corps of astronauts that allowed us to reach out into space and venture into the unknown." --George W.S. Abbey, Director of the Johnson Space Center,Houston, TX
Sources:
1) Carl Sheperd Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=cshepe33&id=I1659
2) David W. Piepho Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dwpiepho&id=I44184
3) Jim Baker Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=wesslingbaker1&id=I4907
4) Stephen Lawson, ancestry of Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
http://kinnexions.com/kinnexions/cousinss.htm#AShepard
5) NASA, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Dies
http://www.nasa.gov/shepard.html
6) Chronology of Shepard's life
http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/chronicle/special/shepard/stories/shepardchron.html
More About Alan Bartlett Shepard:
Education: 1944, United States Naval Academy.
More About Alan Bartlett Shepard and Louise Brewer:
Private-Begin: Private
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