Armstrong was especially happy for this as he was prone to motion sickness as a child and could experience nausea after doing long periods of aerobatics.
Armstrong then took part in Bob Hope's 1969 USO show, primarily to Vietnam, where some soldiers would ask questions about how a man could be sent to the Moon, but they were still stuck fighting the war.
Armstrong was played by Mark Wheeler in the 1995 film Apollo 13, by Jeffrey Nordling in the 1996 TV movie Apollo 11, and by Tony Goldwyn in the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
Armstrong held the position of executive vice president of Ellis Mills of Pottstown and director and secretary of the Wilmar Realty Corp. in Pottstown, both in Pennsylvania.
Armstrong served on the board of directors of the former Andrew W, Wood Co., the former Vandot Realty, the former Aero Vac Corp., Capital City Travelers Aid, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady County Child Guidance Center, Western Gateway Broadcasting Co., and served as past president and on the board of directors of the Industrial Development Council.
Armstrong was a past trustee of the Ellis Hospital board of trustees and in 1977, he was named trustee emeritus of the hospital.
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