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John Glenn passes away - Proff - 12-08-2016 05:25 PM
John Glenn may have been the last true American hero. Marine pilot in WW II & Korea (Ted Williams was in the same unit & his sometimes wingman), astronaut, senator & presidential candidate - a truly remarkable man.
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John Glenn passes away - Seahawk Nation 08 - 12-09-2016 11:58 AM
-3rd person to ever conduct an independent sub-orbital human spaceflight (after Gagarin and Shepard)
-5th person in space
-First American to orbit the Earth
-First person to land (splashdown) in a spacecraft after orbital flight (the Russians landed on farmland, not water)
-Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978
-US Senator (Ohio) from 1974-1999
-Oldest person ever to go into space (77, in 1998)
-Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)
Quite the resume. He belongs to the stars now.