Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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were 48 miles from the ship. Well, anyway, I was
pretty sure we were 48 miles from the ship.
Then
I heard them calling back and forth saying the
helicopters were only 15 or 20 miles away, and they
were there in just a.bout nothing flat .
We had a
good status report on where everybody was.
They
were on our frequency, and I could hear them
dumping their swimmers into the water and standing
by and t hrowing smoke bombs out and seeing the
dye markers ; and we ha.d more activity than the
fourth of July.
7.4 Systems Configuration
McDivitt
Okay, as we hit the water, Ed closed the inlet
snorket to make sure we didn ' t get any £umes in as
I punched the farachute .Jettison.
Shortly after
that when we decided for sure that we wouldn't see
any fumes-~ve sort of talked about it a little bit
and I peeked out and I guess you peeked out.
Didn't
see anything but steam coming out of the thrusters
and then saw the dye marker out there--
I reached
up and re-opened the inlet snorkel.
White
That's right.
McDivitt
I put the recirc valve at 45 degrees.
White
Actually, shortly after we got on the water, I