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The Apollo 13 Flight Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. stands alongside President Richard M. Nixon during the playing of the National Anthem after presentation ceremonies awarding the Apollo 13 Flight Crew the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The President, Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. Lovell, Mrs. haise, Dr. and Mrs. Swigert, and Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator arrived in Air Force One from Houston, Texas to greet the Apollo 13 astronauts on their arrival from Pago Pago, Samoa.