got the reply! here it is:
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The pin in our library here at Phi Delta Theta Headquarters is no urban legend. I will quote the letter that is signed by Neil Armstrong and displayed with his Phi Delta Theta badge. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Washington, DC., "This badge of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity was placed aboard the Apollo 11 and carried to the surface of the moon by the lunar module "Eagle" on mankind's first lunar landing, July 20, 1960." Neil A. Armstrong, Command Pilot.
The part of the story you mentioned about him pinning it onto the flag is incorrect, of course, but he did, indeed, take the badge with him on Apollo 11. As a side note, we also have a pair of tiny flags, one U.S. and one Phi Delta Theta, which Neil Armstrong took with him in March of 1966 aboard the Gemini VIII, during the first docking of two spacecraft. Let us know if we can answer any other questions for you. One of our staff members is a Chi Omega and has been advisor to the Chi Omega chapter at Miami U. She might also be able to help you with these types of questions. Good luck with your endeavors.
Laurie Rosenberger
Assistant to the Executive Vice President
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back to me.....
people get so wrapped up in themselves and their org that they stretch the truth and make perfectly valid (and kinda cool) information and stretch it to the unbelievable. as both DeltAlum and i have said, it's not the fact that a pin was on the moon, it that people have INSISTED that it was/is PINNED up there, taken off, worn while Neil Armstrong danced the jig, etc. gosh, the next thing people are going to insist is that there was an initiation held up there during one of the missions.
let's stop the bragging and focus on spreading the TRUTH. think about things LOGICALLY.
so, congrats to you phi delt!
