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NH 69524-KN Square-knot-work

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Title: Square-knot-work
Caption: Frame for a photograph of President Nixon talking with the Apollo Eleven astronauts after their return from the moon in July 1969. The astronauts are in the quarantine chamber aboard USS HORNET (CVS-12). The square-knotting is the work of Lieutenant W.J. Schmelz, USCG (Ret), of Boulder Creek, Colorado, and presented by him to President Nixon in 1970.
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Catalog #: NH 69524-KN
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Square-knotting by Lieutenant W.J. Schmelz, USCG (Ret).
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: Color Photo, Artifact
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