A visit to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on October 2, 2021.
I visited the gravesites of 10 NASA astronauts, and other notable veterans buried nearby. All sites are close to the Memorial Amphitheater and/or the mast of the U.S.S. Maine. This is the second of four videos covering the astronaut gravesites.
Order in the video:
Section 7A:
- Stuart A. Roosa
- S. David Griggs
- Stephen D. Thorne
- Frank Reynolds, Journalist
- Lee Marvin, Actor
- Joe Louis, Boxer
- Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
- Michael J. Smith
Section 35:
- John H. Glenn
Section 46:
- Francis R. "Dick" Scobee
- Michael P. Anderson
- Laurel B. Salton Clark, MD
- David M. Brown, MD
- Henry W. "Hank" Hartsfield Jr.
- Audie Murphy
For information on the astronaut gravesites visited in this video, as well as biographies and walking directions to each site, visit robcorkspeaks.com/astronauts.
For more information on the cemetery visit www.arlingtoncemetery.mil and also download the cemetery's app to help you find specific grave sites and other locations in the cemetery.
Astronaut images courtesy of NASA, images.nasa.gov.
*Updates:* The memorial to the Apollo 1 crew has been installed near the gravesites of Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee in section 3, not at the location shown in this video. I covered this in a subsequent video, • Arlington National Cem...
I have added the names of other notable gravesites that I visit in the video, including Medal of Honor recipients Pappy Boyington and Audie Murphy. In the video I incorrectly referred to them as "winners" of the Medal of Honor. Learn more at www.cmohs.org.
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