Joining the Marine Air Corps in WWII, he earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses in the Pacific, winning two more in the Korean War.
Joining the Marine Air Corps in WWII, he earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses in the Pacific, winning two more in the Korean War. He became a test pilot, and is credited with the first transcontinental supersonic flight. In 1959, he was named one of the seven first-generation American astronauts, and in 1962, in Friendship 7, was the first American to orbit the earth. FTP, name this pilot, astronaut, and politician from Ohio who will soon go into orbit once again.
Joining the Marine Air Corps in WWII, he earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses in the Pacific, winning two more in the Korean War.
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