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[[Image:JGlenn.jpg|right|thumb|John Glenn]]
[[Image:JGlenn.jpg|right|thumb|200px|John Glenn]]
'''John Glenn''' (1921 - ) was the first American [[astronaut]] to orbit the [[earth]] and the oldest person to orbit the earth.
'''John Herschel Glenn''' (Cambridge, Ohio, 1921 - ) was the first American [[astronaut]] to orbit the [[earth]] and the oldest person to orbit the earth.
Glenn served as a [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] pilot in [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. He flew 59 missions in the F4U Corsair in the last year of World War II, and flew the Panther and F-86 Saber over Korea, shooting down three [[MiG-15|MiGs]] in the Saber. On February 20th, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, doing so three times in the space capsule ''Friendship 7''.
Glenn served as a [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] pilot in [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. He flew 59 missions in the F4U Corsair in the last year of World War II, and flew the Panther and F-86 Saber over Korea, shooting down three [[MiG-15|MiGs]] in the Saber. On February 20th, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, doing so three times in the space capsule ''Friendship 7''.
[[Image:Friendship 7 1962, NASA.jpg|thumb|left|Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule, 1962.]]
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''Glenn has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions, and holds the Air Medal with 18 Clusters for his service during World War II and Korea. Glenn also holds the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Korea, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the China Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Navy's Astronaut Wings, the Marine Corps' Astronaut Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.'' [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html]
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Getting involved in [[politics]], John Glenn was elected as a [[Democratic]] [[senator]] for the state of [[Ohio]] serving from 1975 until his retirement in 1999.
Getting involved in [[politics]], John Glenn was elected as a [[Democratic]] [[senator]] for the state of [[Ohio]] serving from 1975 until his retirement in 1999.
== External links ==
*[http://www.johnglennhome.org/john_glenn.shtml John Glenn]
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