Did you wink at the full moon on Aug. 31? It was an appealing and quirky little salute to astronaut Neil Armstrong, requested by his family after his death on Aug. 25. Of course we would honor Neil Armstrong with a wink! If we’re old enough, we sat before our televisions transfixed as Armstrong exited the Apollo 11 lunar module to take man’s first step onto the moon. But there were no televisions for Americans fighting in the jungles of Vietnam in 1969. They heard about it over two-way radios. And like all American troops in wartime, they cracked jokes.
