Apollo 12 Astronaut who became the third person to walk on the moon. Along with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, he set an eight-day space endurance record.
His family lost their considerable fortune during the Great Depression.
His natural intelligence was marred by dyslexia, and through the tireless work of his mother, he found a way to overcome it.
His father left the family when he was very young, and his mother was left to tend to his education alone.
President Jimmy Carter presented him with a medal of honor for commanding the Skylab 2 mission to repair the Skylab space station.
