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43. that's not 'all there is to it' you left a lot out

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 02:57 PM

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"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.

The first plane he flew after graduating training, though, was a far cry from a fighter or a rocket – it was the R4D, the Navy’s version of the classic C-47 Skytrain, according to Paul Kuppenberg’s 2003 biography of Glenn."

https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/john-glenn-combat-career/

John Glenn training over California in 1943

Lawrence didn't get it so wrong, and it had very little to do with the point he was making; one of the points you insinuated he'd likely gotten wrong but haven't bothered to mention.

That's on you. Neither this thread, nor Lawrence's intention in his diatribe was centered on that snippet of a bio - none of his points have a thing to do with Glenn's service.

None of his points he raised based on his CONGRESSIONAL and SENATE experience were made false by that mis-classification he made in that dozen or so word bio. Indeed, none of them were related in any way to that mistake you're focused on.

So I ask again. What did he get wrong, other than that piffle you've spent several posts on? That's in response to the initial insinuation you made.

Did you discern anything from his remarks that he got wrong yet that's not related to John Glenn's military service? Your posit...

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I was not inaccurate BeerBarrelPolka 14 hrs ago #42

that's not 'all there is to it' you left a lot out bigtree 14 hrs ago #43

What he wrote regarding the agreement BeerBarrelPolka 14 hrs ago #45

facts he mentioned about the agreement that he got right bigtree 13 hrs ago #48

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