Had the pleasure of driving him around in a golf cart at a RV fly-in I helped organize in Las Cruces back in the day. He was the ‘aircraft judge’. We had fun, and it was a real honor to get to meet the guy who commanded the first manned spacecraft out of earth orbit.
He had a handwritten letter on the wall in his hangar house there congratulating the crew of Apollo 8. Gave us a tour. It was written by Charles Lindberg.
Rest in Peace, sir.