Records of the U.S. Senate. 1789 - 2015. Committee Papers. 1958 - 1976. Photograph of Naval Personnel Performing Recovery Operations of Friendship 7
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Glenn, John, 1921-2016
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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...
