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Growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we have known. >> kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s, and he's not really aware of many of the events. like in one of the episodes, the whole family is watching the apollo 8 take off, but i'm just sitting there trying to call a girl. >> the first episode of "the wonder years," anybody who saw it remembers the ending where the first kiss with winnie and kevin arnold. the song they play is "when a man loves a woman." that moment seemed so pure and so real. ♪ when a man loves a woman can't keep his mind on nothing e...

His childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. >> hey, steve -- looks like his baby brother and girlfriend have found each other. >> she's not my girlfriend. >> kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we've known. >> kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s, and he's not really aware of many of the events. like in one of the episodes, the whole family is watching ...

Town here patriots point, south carolina. a lot of us associate this aircraft carrier with our american war history, also played an integral part in the space race. a vietnam veteran and part of the navy seal team that rescued or at least recovered three astronauts off the coast of hawaii when apollo 8 capsule splaciousd down. all part of the mission you spent about a month and a half training for; is that right? >> very true. all of that is very true. frank boreman, anders and lone wolf were the lovell were the. >> we are coming up on apollo orbiting the moon 11 times how significant was that...

Patriots point every single year they tell me. and as you saw earlier in the show and you can find this on social media as well. we did an extended hit. an extended version of the story we did at 6:30 with the u.s. navy seal who helped out in the space race as well. there is a lot of history here. not just american war history but after apollo 8 had orbited the moon 10 times and did big splash down and recovery a thousand miles off the coast of hawaii. the uss yorktown came and picked those three astronauts up and we got to talk to one of the divers. yes, it's such a cool place to be. i love c...

And jim an ders had been training to fly the first flight around the moon. >> we kind of feel this flight has set the pace to begin in ernest our lunar landing apollo program. >> the count down to lift-off for apollo 8 is t-minus 50 mince and counting. this will be the first manned flight of the saturn 5, the largest rocketman has ever built. and it has the explosive potential in its fuel of 2 1/2 million tons of tnt. >> broadcasting the launch of the saturn 5, i never got over it. >> we have ignition sequence time. >> and i was supposed to be talking all through this. >> the engines are on. >...