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John Glenn Published Speech to Congress After Friendship 7 Flight

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Title	John Glenn Published Speech to Congress After Friendship 7 Flight
Subject	Presidents and Politics Transportation Science and Technology Glenn, John, 1921- Space flight Astronauts
Place	Cambridge (Ohio) Guernsey County (Ohio) New Concord (Ohio) Muskingum County (Ohio) Washington (District of Columbia)
Description	This is a special printing by the U.S. Government Printing Office of the speech delivered by John Glenn to a special joint session of Congress on February 26, 1962 after his historic flight on the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962. The publication is four pages and measures 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). John Herschel Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921. When he was a child, the family moved to New Concord, Ohio. In March 1941, Glenn left Muskingum College before earning a diploma to participate in World War II. He joined the navy, earned his airman's wings, and transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps. He flew 59 fighter bomber missions in the war, mostly in the Marshall Islands. He remained in the military after World War II and fought in Korea as a combat pilot. During the Korean War, Glenn was famous for low bombing and strafing runs, and he volunteered to participate with the U.S. Air Force in combat north of the Yalu River. In 1954 Glenn won an assignment as a Marine test pilot, and in 1957 he planned and piloted Operation Bullet, a transcontinental flight from California to New York that established a new record for speed. In April 1959, he was selected as one of seven Mercury astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn was launched into space in the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship Seven spacecraft after eleven attempts. Glenn orbited the earth three times and successfully landed. After the flight, the celebration included a speech by Glenn to a joint session of Congress and a ticker-tape parade for him in New York City. In 1965 Glenn retired from the Marines as a colonel and developed a business career. He joined Royal Crown Cola, first as a member of the board of directors and later as the president of Royal Crown Cola International. He resigned as an executive officer in 1969, but remained on the board of directors. Turning to politics, Glenn campaigned in 1970 for the U.S. Senate but lost in the Democratic primary to Howard Metzenbaum. In 1974 he won a landslide election to the U.S. Senate. In 1983 he announced his candidacy for president, but later withdrew. Glenn was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 as the first four-term senator from Ohio. On October 29, 1998 John Glenn became the oldest man in space when the shuttle Discovery launched into space with him on board.
Creator	Glenn, John, 1921-
Date of Original	February 26, 1962
Collection	John Glenn Collection
Source	Published material RG57/a
Submitting Institution	Ohio State University, John Glenn Archives
Type	Text
Format	speech

Title	Om1999_1911433_006
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1999_1911433_006.tif
Image Height	5468
Image Width	4196
File Size	6632.841 KB
Full Text	• • "/ know I still get a real hard-to-define feeling down inside when the Flag goes by~and I know that all of you do, too." Lieutenant Cofone, Jo„n H. Glenn ae„resses ioin, nteet.n, of Congress. Fe.rua, ¦y 26, 1962

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