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Astronauts Corps, then Peace Corps

#OTD in 1969, President Nixon announced that Neil Armstrong would serve as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the @PeaceCorps, a role Armstrong would serve from 1971–1973.

A video on Armstrong's life: https://go.nasa.gov/3umHlDi
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