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Irwin</p></div><h2>Living With an American Hero –I Called him Daddy</h2><p>We are reprinting this to celebrate Apollo 15′s 40th anniversary. [Ed]</p><p>A real life story by Jan Irwin-Ewing</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Jan Irwin-Ewing,daughter of the late Apollo 15 Astronaut James Irwin,has been kind enough to allow Echoes of Apollo to publish this short story about living with an American Hero. Jan we thank you for the privilege of allowing us to tell this small part of your story. I am also honored that Jan and her family has been kind enough to offer spiritual support to me personally during a trying time in my life. Following this story I have placed an advertisement for them. Please click and read. But first this short bit of history told in the first person.</p><h2>I Called him Daddy</h2></div></div><p style="text-align:justify;">The day of my birth was pretty indicative of what life would be like having a father who was not just a type “A” personality,but was one whose life journey was on a course for something greater than any of us could have imagined. Early that morning of my birth,my dad called and asked my mom if she could hold off from giving birth until he got back. He could not tell mom what he was about to do because it was top secret. So well my mom was being wheeled into the labor and delivery room at the hospital at Edwards Air Force Base;my father was being wheeled out onto the tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base ready for his maiden flight of the YF12A the predecessor to the SR71 Black Bird. Life with dad was never boring.</p><div id="attachment_3178" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width:310px;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3178 " style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;" title="Mary Irwin,Jan Irwin-Ewing,James B Irwin,Jim Irwin Jr.,Joy Irwin-Schtakleff,Jill Irwin-Christensen" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810054927im_/http://echoesofapollo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mary-Irwin-Jan-Irwin-Ewing-James-B-Irwin-Jim-Irwin-Jr.-Joy-Irwin-Schtakleff-Jill-Irwin-Christensen-300x254.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="290"/></p><p class="wp-caption-text">Mary Irwin,Jan Irwin-Ewing,James B Irwin,Jim Irwin Jr.,Joy Irwin-Schtakleff,Jill Irwin-Christensen</p></div><p style="text-align:justify;">Although I was just 4 when dad was training to go to the moon;I never really saw it as something out of the ordinary. Before dad was accepted in to the Astronaut program,we lived in Colorado Springs,CO. Dad had a job at the Chitlaw Building,and he worked with Air Force strategist and intelligence. When He was finally accepted on his final submission for the program he began flying from Colorado Springs to Houston and Cape Canaveral. My mom tells the story that almost every time dad had to fly out we would go to Pete Field to see him off and I would cry and pout because daddy was leaving again. I of course did not see the significance of what was taking him away from me;I was always happy when he came home! Life got so busy for dad that we finally had to move to Houston,TX.</p><p>During our time in Houston,all of our family friends at the time had their dads involved in the space program. In our neighborhood in Houston we lived next door or down the street from other astronaut families. That was our life. My mom cut out the press releases,news clipping,photos and any other important information;we still have those albums in a box waiting for our children to discover them. But as kids,living through that time of Apollo 15,life itself was ordinary for us. We had birthdays,argued with my brother and would gather around the television like all the other families and watched the next flight to the moon. Due to my age at the time,it honestly didn’t dawn on me that my dad really had anything to do with all that,I knew he was an astronaut but everything was so surreal for me.</p><p>Photo:My family taken on top of the VAB building at the Cape.</p><p>————————————————–</p><p>I would like to help Jan and her family,given that they have supported me in a time of trouble. Please consider reading and clicking below:</p><p>“The worlds most powerful Anti-Oxidant –Is not a fruit or berry. 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