"The Eagle Has Landed" <Tab/>Neil Alden Armstrong, born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5 1930, was the first man to step foot on the moon. He began learning how to fly at age 14 and earned his wings two years later. After his graduation from high school, he enrolled at Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering on a Navy scholarship. Mr. Armstrong was called to active duty after two years of college and …
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…his historic journey, Neil Armstrong wrote: "Luna is once again isolated. Two decades have passed without footfalls on its dusty surface. No wheeled rovers patrol the lunar highlands. Silent ramparts guard vast territories never yet visited by man. Unseen vistas await the return of explorers from earth. And they will return." <Tab/>Who would of thought this young 14-year-old pilot from Wapakoneta, Ohio would have such a "universal" impact on history.