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(More customer reviews)John Wolfram's Splashdown is an amazing story of personal courage, conviction, and triumph over a variety of difficult and sometimes life-threatening situations. The section describing his two tours of duty in Vietnam as a US Navy UDT/Seal are especially harrowing. His conversion to Christianity during his Vietnam deployment undoubtedly saved his life. The most interesting part to me, however, is his participation in the recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts after they splashed down in the Pacific in July 1969. To have been a major player in that vital rescue operation at the end of such a monumental mission must have been an experience of a lifetime. John's writing candidly captures all the ups and downs, and the excitement of the times perfectly. Splashdown is an inspiring book.
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On July 20, 1969 America did the impossible. Astronaut Armstrong's left boot sank into the charcoal-like powder as the citizens of Earth held their breath in wonder. They listened in awe as his words resounded through space and time. That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind. Four days later, in the midst of the media's frenzied activity aboard the USS Hornet, the space capsulte Columbia burned through the Earth's atmosphere and SPLASHED DOWN into the Pacific Ocean. UDT/SEAL John Wolfram, a member of the Navy's elite Special Forces and trained in spacecraft recovery, leaped from a Sea King Helicopter into the waves of the Pacific Ocean to become the first person on Earth to greet the astronauts.
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