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39. if YOU can't get that right...

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 12:23 PM

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wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn

Military service
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United States Navy
United States Marine Corps

After Pearl Harbor, Glenn first tried to sign up with the Army Air Force – but instead ended up as a Naval Aviation Cadet. He transitioned to the Marine Corps, though, and was sent to the South Pacific.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/john-glenn-combat-career/

"I was doing test work for about four years. I lucked into that, too, because ... it was the first of the Navy and Marine supersonic fighters, and attack aircraft were just being tested, and that's when I hit Patuxent [Naval Air Station, Maryland]," said Glenn. "It was a great time to be there. ... I came off test duty and was assigned to the old Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington as a project officer. ... About six or seven months after that was when they started looking for astronauts, and I immediately volunteered.

https://allhands.navy.mil/Stories/Display-Story/Article/1840493/john-glenn/

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