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On December 17, 1997 President Bill Clinton presented Roger Chaffee the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, our Nation’s highest honor for Astronauts. In the above photo (left to right) Donna Chaffee Young (Roger's Sister), her husband Dick Young, Cheryl Chaffee Marshall (Roger's Daughter), Martha Chaffee (Roger's Wife, holding the Congressional Space Medal of Honor), President Bill Clinton, Stephan Chaffee (Roger's Son), Cory Chaffee (Stephan's Daughter), David Pequet (Donna Chaffee Young's Son), Don L. Chaffee (Roger's Father, seated)

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