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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. He grew up in an average American middle-class home. His father worked as a plumber, and his mother worked as a teacher.

Glenn's passion for aviation ignited at a young age. He said that he would often watch planes that flew over his hometown. The small town boy grew up dreaming of a career that would launch him into the skies. This fascination with flight and airplanes would shape his future, his passion driving him to become a celebrated US Marine aviator, and a pioneering astronaut in the golden age of humanity's first foray into space .

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Early Life and Military Service

After graduating from high school in 1939, Glenn enrolled at Muskingum College but left to join the U.S. Naval Reserve shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

He would go on to serve as a Marine Corps pilot. He bravely flew 59 combat m