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Vancouver woman recalls father’s role in building Apollo 11

By Erin Middlewood, Columbian Managing Editor for Content
Published: July 20, 2019, 6:02am
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Libby Montoya-Bunkley of Salmon Creek looks over a photo of her late father, Herb Montoya, as he is pictured with the Apollo 11 capsule he helped create, on Monday at her home in Vancouver. Her father was an engineer with Rockwell International.
Libby Montoya-Bunkley of Salmon Creek looks over a photo of her late father, Herb Montoya, as he is pictured with the Apollo 11 capsule he helped create, on Monday at her home in Vancouver. Her father was an engineer with Rockwell International. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian Photo Gallery

Fifty years ago today, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.

It took about 410,000 people to put them there. One of them was Vancouver resident Libby Montoya-Bunkley’s late father, whom she proudly described as “one of the top Hispanics who worked on the capsule.”

Heriberto Fernandez Montoya — H.F.

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