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Astronaut, Politican, Businessman: John Glenn
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America has fewer and fewer men whose careers distinguished many stages. But one of them is John Glenn Jr. , whose accomplishments include:
| | born July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio (pretty important day if you are him) |
| | Marine Corps fighter pilot - flew 59 combat missions in WWII |
| | ordained Presbyterian elder |
| | corporate executive |
| | politician - United States Senator (D-Ohio) (1975-1999) |
| | the third American to fly in space |
| | the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962 |
| | the oldest person to have entered orbit - in 1998 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery at age 77 |
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