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Note from Google Books

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Google Books finds several mentions of his name in late-1940s University of Minnesota yearbooks. They're snippet views so I can't see the text, but I wonder if he attended temporarily.

Also this about a career move in 1958. Blythwood (talk) 23:29, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added his associate degree from the University of Minnesota. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk05:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that Leland Kirkemo, the skipper of the ship that recovered the crew of Apollo 13, was played by Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell in the movie? Source: " This tour was made memorable because the Iwo was the primary recovery ship for the Apollo-13 space mission. He had the ship positioned within view of the landing of the Apollo capsule, and they literally wrote the book for future recovery efforts. It is not well known that astronaut James Lovell played Dad in the Apollo 13 movie." [1]
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks mostly solid. It's a bit dependent on his obituary and sections of his early life feel getting close to being a close paraphrase of it, although I realise no extra source is available on this period I've added extra citation positions to make clear the ultimate source of all the text. I've added two extra reliable sources, a Popular Science report and a mention on the Smithsonian's website. Blythwood (talk) 23:33, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Lovell has passed GA, so added it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:22, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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