"Glad you didn't ask me, " quipped mission commander Curtis Brown Jr.

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"Let the record show, " said commander Curtis Brown Jr.

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Though that book has become an icon the movie version starred Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood it was the job it led to for which Gurley Brown would ultimately become world famous.

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