I did, however, come across the Apollo 15 Flight Journal for the last day of the mission, which appears to be just a transcript of the communication between the astronauts, flight controllers, and various recovery teams. Some sections have better comm than others, though, so in some cases the words were unintelligible and are just left out:
Recovery: Apollo 15, this is Recovery. Roger your [garble] on 243.0.But it gets worse. Which, of course, means that it gets funnier.
Scott: Recovery, 15. We're in good shape.
Recovery: We're in contact. We're in contact.After a while, whoever's doing the transcription just gives up.
Recovery: [garble] copying you loud and clear, [garble]. Okay, ARIA 1.
Recovery: [Garble.]
Spacecraft: [Garble.]
Recovery: [Garble.] Over.
Recovery: All right. [garble]
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I found this table several years ago, it's a good summary.
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-40_Entry_Splashdown_and_Recovery.htm
You want the range row. The LEO entries generally flew farther than the lunar return entries because of the shallower flight path angle at entry. Apollo 11 flew the farthest downrange of lunar return because they redesignated the landing site a few hundred miles to avoid a bad weather system. It wasn't far enough to skip; Apollo 11's trajectory lofted a bit but it never left the atmosphere.
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