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JFKWHP-1962-02-23-B
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-74-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn (wearing red dress), daughter, Lyn Glenn (wearing yellow dress), and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden, left of Mrs. Glenn) stands behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn and his family; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back) stands at far right.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-72-62
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) presents the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern, in profile) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Standing on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom (mostly hidden on far edge of image), Congressman George P. Miller (California), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (wearing red dress), Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, and Governor Farris Bryant of Florida. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (wearing yellow dress), his son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden behind Major General Davis); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) stands behind David Glenn. [Damage at upper left of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-68-62
President John F. Kennedy (third from left) and others attend the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. First row (L-R): Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, President Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis (partially hidden on far right edge of image). Second row (L-R): Senator George Smathers of Florida (partially hidden), astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (hidden behind the President), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (hidden behind Glenn), his son David Glenn, and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (partially hidden); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) sits behind David Glenn.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-65-62
President John F. Kennedy (third from left) and others attend the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. First row (L-R): Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, President Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis (mostly hidden on far right edge of image). Second row (L-R): Senator George Smathers of Florida (partially hidden), astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (hidden behind the President), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (hidden behind Glenn), his son David Glenn, and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (partially hidden); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) sits behind David Glenn.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-62-62
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) presents the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern, in profile) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Standing on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller (California), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (wearing red dress), and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (wearing yellow dress), his son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden behind Major General Davis); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) stands behind David Glenn.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-5-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Looking on (L-R): Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller of California (partially hidden), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, left of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden, left of Mrs. Glenn), unidentified (in back, partially hidden), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag (New York), and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (wearing sunglasses).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-46-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center), steps up to view the interior of the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile, behind Mrs. Glenn) at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (directly in front of President Kennedy) look on from right. Others looking on include (L-R): Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in profile, right of Senator Magnuson), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind Glenn), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (partially hidden, right of Senator Kerr), Congressman Dante B. Fascell of Florida (facing the camera, right of Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in profile, right of Mrs. Glenn), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, behind Lyn Glenn), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in profile, behind Dr. Gilruth), Congressman A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida (behind and to the left of Vice President Johnson), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (behind and to the right of the Vice President).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-44-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (facing away and shaking hands with Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth) stands at far right; astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (in profile) stands on the platform above, left of the capsule. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (partially hidden, right of Senator Magnuson), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (right of Congressman Boland, facing camera), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in profile, right of Mrs. Glenn), his son David Glenn (partially hidden behind Lyn Glenn), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind David Glenn), and Congressman A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida (far right, behind Dr. Gilruth).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-43-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile, fourth from right) at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (partially hidden behind Senator Magnuson), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in profile, right of Mrs. Glenn), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind Glenn), Congressman Dante B. Fascell of Florida (in front, second from right), and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (in front, at far right); astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (back to camera) stands on the platform above, left of the capsule.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-41-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. President John F. Kennedy (third from right, with back to camera) stands at far right with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden). Others pictured include: astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (standing on platform above, left of capsule), Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), his son David Glenn (left of Glenn), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind David Glenn), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (on far right edge of image).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-4-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, gesturing toward Lyn Glenn) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Looking on from the platform (L-R): Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller of California (partially hidden), unidentified (in back, partially hidden), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag (New York), and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (wearing sunglasses).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-39-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, left) greets those gathered at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to welcome him upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. Standing with the group (L-R): White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, Congressman Paul Rogers of Florida (back to camera, shaking hands with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn), Lyn Glenn, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in front), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy), Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma), Congressman George P. Miller of California (reaching out to shake hands with the President), Governor Farris Bryant of Florida, Senator Spessard L. Holland (Florida), Senator George Smathers (Florida), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts), and Glenn's mother Clara Sproat Glenn. Air Force One is visible in the background at left. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-34-62
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, speaks from a lectern at the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Seated on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, President John F. Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, and Governor Farris Bryant of Florida. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (mostly hidden behind Dr. Gilruth), Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (partially hidden), Senator George Smathers of Florida (partially hidden behind Administrator Webb), Glenn's son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (partially hidden), astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden), and Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden); Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) sits behind David Glenn. An unidentified man stands in the foreground at right, in front of the space capsule Friendship 7.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-3-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Looking on (L-R): Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden on edge of image), astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller (California), Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in back), and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (wearing sunglasses).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-2-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden on edge of image), astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Congressman George P. Miller (California) look on from left; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (back to camera) stands at far right; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (right of David Glenn) stands in back.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-1-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, and daughter, Lyn Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Congressman George P. Miller (California) look on from left; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (first from right) stands with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (in profile); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (right of David Glenn) stands in back.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-51-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien (in back, left of Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma), Senator Kerr (behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, facing away), Glenn's son David Glenn (partially hidden, over Glenn's shoulder), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (mostly hidden, in back, right of David Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, behind Vice President Johnson).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-45-62
John H. Glenn, Sr. (holding hat) and Clara Sproat Glenn, parents of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), look inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (behind Clara Glenn), his daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away), and Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (far right, behind Lyn Glenn).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-42-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile, at far right) at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), his son David Glenn (partially hidden behind Lyn Glenn), and Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, left of Glenn).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-30-62
John H. Glenn, Sr. (center) and Clara Sproat Glenn, parents of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), look inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, facing the camera), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (right of Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (right of David Glenn, partially hidden), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-29-62
John H. Glenn, Sr. (center) and Clara Sproat Glenn, parents of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), look inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (facing the camera), Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (right of David Glenn, in profile), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-28-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (reaching into the capsule) shows his parents, John H. Glenn, Sr. and Clara Sproat Glenn, the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (in back, second from right), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-27-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (reaching into the capsule) shows his parents, John H. Glenn, Sr. and Clara Sproat Glenn, the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (in back, second from right), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away).