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    Military career. World War II. When the United States entered World War II, Glenn quit college to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps. [21] . He was not called to duty by the Army and enlisted as a U.S. Navy aviation cadet in March 1942.

  2. Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn Jr was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in July 1921, the only son of a master plumber and a schoolteacher. He went to the local high school, which now bears his name, and then to...

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  3. As a Marine fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War, Glenn flew 149 missions, withstanding 11 hits by enemy fire. Following the Korean War, he served as a test pilot for several years, working with Navy and Marine Corps jet fighters and attack aircraft.

  4. Dec 9, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn —A Marine Corps fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut, US senator from Ohio, and 1984 presidential candidate—died Thursday at the age of 95. Glenn, an Ohio native, flew 59 combat missions for the Navy in WWII flying the F4U Corsair and 149 combat missions during the Korean War.

  5. Upon the end of WWII, Glenn joined Fighter Squadron 218 on North China patrol and had duty on Guam. From June 1948 until December 1950 Glenn was an instructor in advanced flight training at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.

  6. Jan 19, 2017 · After the United States entered the Second World War, he elected not to complete his senior year. Instead, Glenn, already a licensed aviator, left college to become a fighter pilot, earning a...

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  8. John Glenn – “MiG Magnet”. BLUF: John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator and astronaut. He served in the Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, flying nearly 150 missions during World War II and the Korean War. In 1962 Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth.