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To the moon and back

Buzz Aldrin will talk about his struggles with depression and alcoholism tonight at McLean Hospital’s annual dinner at Boston’s InterContinental Hotel. Buzz Aldrin will talk about his struggles with depression and alcoholism tonight at McLean Hospital’s annual dinner at Boston’s InterContinental Hotel. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)
By Rob Verger
Globe Correspondent / July 14, 2009

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On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to set foot on the moon. Four days later, completing a journey of more than 800,000 miles, Aldrin, Armstrong, and Michael Collins splashed down in the Pacific. The world was different afterward, and so were the lives of the three men. (Full article: 501 words)

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