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LAUNCH COMPLEX 34

Friday, 27 January 1967

1831 Hours

Dedicated to the living memory of the crew of the Apollo 1:

U.S.A.F. Lt. Colonel Virgil I. Grissom

U.S.A.F. Lt. Colonel Edward H. White, II

U.S.N. Lt. Commander Roger B. Chaffee

They gave their lives in service to their country in the ongoing exploration of humankind's final frontier.

Remember them not for how they died but for those ideals for which they lived.

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IN MEMORY

OF

THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

SO OTHERS COULD REACH FOR THE STARS

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(A ROUGH ROAD LEADS TO THE STARS)

GOD SPEED TO THE CREW

OF

APOLLO 1