Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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7, 10 Survival Gear
McDivitt
7,11 Crew Pickup
McDivitt
Whit e
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Whi te
over the side .
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We didn' t use any of our survival gear.
We
di dn ' t pull it out .
We just left i t exactly
where it was.
I disconnected the l anyard so
we wouldn' t inadvertly pull it out .
As soon a s F.d got into the life raft a heliocopt er
come over toward us and I mot ioned for Ed to
get into t he sling and go on up .
He didn' t want
to.
He wanted to be the last man up and I
wasn' t going to leave my sinking ship .
He wasn ' t getting up with t he captain going
first so he went up last.
No .
Ed got int o the sling and got a nice pickup .
I got a Gulf of Mexico pickup .
He dragged me
out of t he water, bumped me up against t he
heat shield and t he spacecraft, but it was a
good pickup t hough.
Shoot , I was so happy to
be out there in that nice cold salt water
blowing in my face ,
I was dipping my hands in
it and slinging it over my head.
Di d you notice the stability of that heliocopter?
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