Hey recruits, do you have the RIGHT STUFF? Cuz John Glen did!!

[Joshbrown]

When the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, Glenn quit college to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Never called to duty, he enlisted as a U.S. Navy aviation cadet in March 1942. Glenn attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City for pre-flight training and continued at Naval Air Station Olathe in Kansas for primary training, where he made his first solo flight in a military aircraft. During advanced training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, he accepted an offer to transfer to the U.S. Marine Corps.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

When the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, Glenn quit college to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Never called to duty, he enlisted as a U.S. Navy aviation cadet in March 1942. Glenn attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City for pre-flight training and continued at Naval Air Station Olathe in Kansas for primary training, where he made his first solo flight in a military aircraft. During advanced training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, he accepted an offer to transfer to the U.S. Marine Corps.

He went on to set a cross-continental record in the D558-II (I think that was the plane), then, of course, went on to NASA. The rest is history.

 

[tksirius]

Meh. Edgar Mitchell was better.

 

[Joshbrown]

He went on to set a cross-continental record in the D558-II (I think that was the plane), then, of course, went on to NASA. The rest is history.

Happy memorial day to all those who fought for the USA. The best nation in history.