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John Glenn, A Hero Well Before Orbiting Earth
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Fifty years ago, John Glenn was alone on top of a rocket waiting to  blast into space and around the Earth. In these times, when people can  become suddenly famous for doing so little, it may be good to recall the  daring and imagination of that moment on Feb. 20, 1962.
Two  Russians, Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov, had already dauntlessly  orbited the Earth. The Soviets kept their missions secret until they  were under way, but John Glenn would fly with the eyes of the world  watching every second.
He was a hero before he ever pulled on a silver spacesuit. John Glenn  was a small-town guy from the heart of America — New Concord, Ohio,  population 2,651, and they’re very proud — who left Muskingham College  to enlist when he was just 20 and Pearl Harbor was bombed.
He  became a U.S. Marine fighter pilot in the South Pacific — which is a  long way from New Concord — flying 59 missions during World War II, and  then 90 more in Korea, where his wingman was Ted Williams, a mere Hall  of Fame baseball player.
John Glenn was a  mild-drinking, clean-joking, fair-haired flyboy among fighter jocks, but  his fellow pilots hailed him respectfully as Magnet Ass, for all the  shrapnel his plane took.
(via NPR) (listen)


At least he didn’t get “Squarehead.” Or “Shaky.”


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    Fifty years ago, on February 20th, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and the third American...
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    I love that his wingman was Ted Williams!
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    I think in “We Seven,” the ghostwriters changed it to “Ol’ Magnet Tail.” Because 1960s America just wasn’t ready for...
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    At least he didn’t get “Squarehead.” Or “Shaky.”
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    GODSPEED, MAGNET ASS.
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