Twelve-year -old Billy Doyle of Virginia Beach, VA., shakes hands with astronaut Michael Collins, Gemini-10 pilot, aboard the recovery ship USS Guadalcanal. At right is John W. Young, command pilot of the Gemini-10 spaceflight. Billy represented 41 youngsters permitted aboard the Guadalcanal to witness the recovery with their Naval fathers or close relatives, marking the first time dependents have been permitted aboard a ship during a Gemini recovery operation.
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Twelve-year -old Billy Doyle of Virginia Beach, VA., shakes hands with astronaut Michael Collins, Gemini-10 pilot, aboard the recovery ship USS Guadalcanal. At right is John W. Young, command pilot of the Gemini-10 spaceflight. Billy represented 41 youngsters permitted aboard the Guadalcanal to witness the recovery with their Naval fathers or close relatives, marking the first time dependents have been permitted aboard a ship during a Gemini recovery operation.