Thursday, June 22, 2017

A young John Glenn poses next to the tail of his damaged F-9 Panther. His aircraft was hit with more than 700 pieces of shrapnel, earning him the nickname "Magnet Ass" from his fellow fighter pilots.


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  1. Wow. That's a lotta daylight through that hole. They don't call Grumman the Iron Works for nothing.

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  2. John Glenn was a truly great American. A heroic man.

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  3. I'm betting the crew chief wasn't smiling when he saw THAT.

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