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there are milestones in human progress

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that mark recorded history in my

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judgment

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this nation's orbital pioneering in

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space

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is of such historic stature

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representing as it does

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a vast advancement that will profoundly

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influence the progress of all mankind

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it signals also a call for alertness

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to our national opportunities

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and responsibilities

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it requires physical

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and moral stamina

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to equal the stresses of these times

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and a willingness to meet the dangers

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and the challenges of the future

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john glenn throughout his life

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has eloquently portrayed these great

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qualities

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and is an inspiration to all americans

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this film

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in paying tribute to john glenn

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also pays tribute

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new concord ohio wasn't on many maps

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until february 20th 1962

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it came to fame in a single day with an

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american adventure that history will

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call

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in the american image this pleasant

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little city typifies a nation's ideal

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way of life

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a man might make a good life here in the

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and a boy might let his imagination

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soar he might explore the wonders of the

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wide world all about him life's simple

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mysteries

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with bright discovery daily opening

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doors to knowledge

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he can look away to distant places to

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exciting adventures hidden only by the

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horizon

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like this boy

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like boys everywhere

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young john glenn dreamed of the future

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as he looked to far away new frontiers

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why

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he might even learn to fly

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this town and these people

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they knew john glenn as a schoolboy as a

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teenager and as a neighbor

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like mayor taylor they followed his

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career as he blazed a trail across the

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high sky

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i watched john glenn grow up from a

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freckled face red-headed lad in the man

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you all know today

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john's you

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and his life today

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are an example for all americans to

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follow

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new concord high

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like these youngsters john attended

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school here

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his principal and teacher was harford

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he was an excellent student

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and he graduated with honors from our

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high school

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i taught johnny

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and hundreds of others that our

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democracy

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is a priceless heritage

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and that we should preserve

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and if at all possible make some

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contributions to it he has made a

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significant contribution

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in his mission in space

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and this fine new school in new concord

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hits the john glenn high school

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with its first graduating class

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receiving diplomas

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young john helped his father about this

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shop when he wasn't in school or acting

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as lifeguard in the summer at high y

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camp or at college

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john went on to college at muskingum

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right in new concord the high regard of

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the college is expressed by its

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president dr glenn mcconagh john's

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conquest of space has captured the

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and the imagination of all america

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so have his superb qualities of

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john found time for athletics winning

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miss kingdom coach ed sherman recalls

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john glenn's athletic record

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john played football right here on this

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field

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he was captain of his high school team

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and played center for the college

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he has proven the value of teamwork both

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as an athlete and later as an astronaut

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just like these boys

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john took an active part in our physical

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fitness program

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he proved that a good mind and a good

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body always go together

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campus discussions are inspired by the

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first orbital flight of an american

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i think that john glenn by his flight

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has given us an opportunity to see that

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while we have a chance to do something

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for our nation too maybe i'll even go

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somewhere sometime we have the same

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opportunities that he has then proved by

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his flight that there are still many

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frontiers to be explored in concord

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and that just shows how very vital our

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glenn always had a strong spiritual side

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as dr charles moorhead recalls

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john glenn attended sunday school and

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services at this church when he was a

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boy like randy bradley here

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let's attend services for a moment at

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john glenn's church

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john and annie were married at this

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church by dr henry evans

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he made a most handsome couple

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dawn in his marine uniform

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annie a beautiful happy bride

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they both recognize the importance of

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the spiritual things of life as well as

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the mental and physics

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trial is also great for those who wait

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as recalled by annie's parents homer and

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margaret castor

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johnny's orbital flight was a real test

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of courage for annie too

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she was a very brave girl

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annie had complete faith in the space

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just as she had confidence in everything

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this house was home for john glenn

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john glenn senior and mrs clara glenn

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are gratefully proud of their son's

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accomplishments

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thomas floyd prepared for his orbital

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flight as were the other astronauts and

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the entire team

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in a way john has been preparing all his

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life for his venture into space

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as a small boy his idea of a holiday was

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a visit to the airport

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and when he grew up it was no surprise

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to us when he decided to learn to fly

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flight commanded young john's major

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he received his first flying lessons

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from pilot harry clever

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this is john's life record with my

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flight training at pensacola and corpus

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christi many aviators have won their

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wings here like these cadets john went

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on to corpus christi texas to learn

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the navy's thorough training prepared

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lieutenant john glenn for wartime action

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in the south pacific

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flying 59 missions in corsairs like

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these he joined in blasting enemy

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until there was peace and glenn returned

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to corpus christi as advanced flying

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instructor until

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major john glenn came back to combat

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to fly 90 missions to shoot down three

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following korea john glenn came home to

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flight test the supersonic f8u crusader

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to flash across the nation california to

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setting a supersonic speed record of

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record-breaking altitudes and speeds

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pressed onward until it was time for man

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until the word was

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chosen from many americans who answered

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these astronauts dedicated themselves to

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with alan shepard learning about

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weightlessness as it will be encountered

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and gus grissom becoming acquainted with

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the stress of greatly increased gravity

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as wally shara masters manual spacecraft

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three years of engineering skill and

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scientific experimentation have gone

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into this historic atlas launching

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its component parts have come from

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countless sources devised and fabricated

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by many thousands of technicians in

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and this

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the motive power

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carefully raised to position on its

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with power to develop 360 000 pounds of

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thrust

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with capability to swiftly lift the

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spacecraft and its passenger as high as

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to inject the spacecraft into orbit at

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and now the word is go as the spacecraft

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is lifted into its position atop the

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this spacecraft six feet across at its

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ten feet tall

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built to withstand heat shield

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as the wind rushes by at more than 15

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as the astronaut prepares for space

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flight

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for adventure into outer space

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mercury control waits and watches with

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the atlas standing ready to throb into

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life

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and so is john glenn

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at the gantry elevators lift glenn to

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the 11th level

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the spacecraft level

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glenn takes his place in friendship

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mercury atlas

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is ready

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and so is the astronaut

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the countdown is underway at cape

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as all the world holds its breath and

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he checked for the umbilical god stayed

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roger the clock is operating we're

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clock is started

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roger

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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oh that view is tremendous

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the word is go

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and john glenn is go

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and with him go all of mankind's dreams

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of someday touching the unattainable

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stars

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under a tropic sun the tracking ship

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rosenaut waits and follows his course

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as he flashes towards the coast of

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to john glenn belongs an awesome

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panorama of the earth below

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beyond human sight friendship seven

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makes a slow boat out of the sun

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as the spacecraft girdles the earth

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every 90 minutes

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like a shooting star at five miles a

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second seventeen thousand five hundred

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miles an hour

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john glenn streaks away from today

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into the night of tomorrow

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racing towards the dawn of yesterday

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as glenn cites the lights of perth and

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rockingham

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as he flashes over australia across the

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pacific

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to contact waiting ground stations at

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wymas mexico

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[Music]

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and california awaits

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as friendship seven streaks home to the

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land of its origins

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and unseen comets lining across the

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united states in eight lightning minutes

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of flight

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completing three history-making circuits

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of the globe john glenn fires retro

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rockets to slow the spacecraft to direct

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[Music]

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are they ever it feels like i'm going

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then the first ominous note the first

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warning of possible disaster a chilling

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signal flashes an indication that the

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capsule's heat shield may be loose

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the astronaut might perish like an

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earthbound meteor and 3000 degrees of

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re-entry heat without the heat shield

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strapped over it the retro pack might

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hold it in place

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cape canaveral makes the decision

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[Applause]

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question

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we are recommending that you leave the

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rental package on through the entire

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re-entry as all the world listens and

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stands still

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and helplessly hopes cape control shows

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the way

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using fly-by-wire control for re-entry

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john glenn rides his craft through the

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vastness of space towards the curving

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globe beneath

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as science in its amazing exactness

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selects the caribbean from all the

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oceans of the earth to receive

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friendship seven as it blazes into the

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a fireball

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the fiberglass surface of the heat

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shield is starting to oblate to melt and

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vaporize as a glowing electrically

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charged wake streams back to block off

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communication

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as the earth's atmosphere slows the

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[Music]

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go give out

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800 feet in beautiful shoot

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shoot looks good

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rate of descent has gone to about 42

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feet per second

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the chute looks very good

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[Music]

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hello mercury recovery this is

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friendship seven do you receive

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i have you officially uh roger what is

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your estimate on recovery time over uh

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ready for impact almost down

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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comes the voyager

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transported now to the aircraft carrier

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randall

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in four hours and 56 minutes

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john glenn has streaked through three

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days in three nights

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and over 81 000 miles

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never a journey so far

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never a traveler so welcomed by the

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world

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so brief a journey in time

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so far the way

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so long the hours for those who wait

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as annie glenn has waited

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[Music]

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as all the world has waited

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to salute the glenn

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as the president of the united states

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arrives at cape canaveral

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to be greeted

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with john and annie glenn

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by the cheers of thrilled lines of proud

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americans

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in ceremonies at mercury control center

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president john f kennedy presents the

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nasa distinguished service medal to

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as annie and lynn and david glenn

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proudly share applause with the other

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astronauts

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and with the world

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as john's parents learn first-hand about

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friendship seven

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as does marine corps commandant general

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david m shoot

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and the president of the united states

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and this rainy day in washington is a

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happy day as the president and the

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astronaut arrive to drive through

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rain-washed crowd-flooded streets to the

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white house for a reception

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as john and annie glenn with vice

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president lyndon johnson greet

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distinguished guests including astronaut

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alan shepard

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godspeed john glenn

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god's speed into the future

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into even greater accomplishment

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into the hearts of all americans

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welcome to washington welcome back to

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this planet

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from the nation's capital to the towers

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of manhattan to the ticker tape parade

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of new york

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cheering crowds roar a mighty welcome

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shared by all americans

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by free people everywhere

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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and across the land

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the scene is the same and the heart is

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the same

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as john glenn comes home to new concord

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[Applause]

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at the capitol there's an introduction

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by the speaker of the house the

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honorable john mccormick

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members of the congress

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it is a privilege and i deem it a high

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honor

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to present to you a brave and courageous

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american

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a hero in world war ii and in the korean

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conflict

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who recently

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in a most notable manner added glory and

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prestige to our country

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the first united states astronaut to

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have achieved

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orbital flight

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lieutenant colonel john herschel glenn

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[Applause]

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mr speaker

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mr president

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i am only too aware of the tremendous

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honor that's being shown us at this

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joint meeting of the congress today

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this has been a great experience for all

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of us on the program and for all

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americans i guess too

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and i'm certainly glad to see that pride

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in our country and its accomplishments

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[Applause]

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i know i still get a real hard to define

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feeling down inside when the flag goes

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by and i know all of you do too

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[Applause]

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the launch itself was conducted openly

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and with the news media representatives

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from around the world in attendance

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this is certainly in sharp contrast with

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similar programs conducted elsewhere in

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the world and elevates the peaceful

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intent of our program today i know that

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i seem to be standing alone on this

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great platform

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just as i seem to be alone in the

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cockpit of the friendship seven

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spacecraft

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but i'm

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not there were with me then and with me

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now

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thousands of americans and many hundreds

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of citizens of many countries around the

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world

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who contributed to this truly

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international undertaking voluntarily

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and in a spirit of cooperation and

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understanding we are all proud to have

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been privileged

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to be part of this effort

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to represent our country as we have

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as our knowledge of this universe in

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which we live increases

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may god grant us the wisdom and guidance

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to use it wisely

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[Applause]

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and crown thy good with brotherhood

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from sea

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to shining sea

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in the pattern of all our free american

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traditions

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john glenn's trailblazing venture into

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space has shown the way for human

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progress

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for brotherhood around the world

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his story speaks of people and places

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and industry

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of the greatness that is america

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it sings of the unselfish aims of a

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nation striving constantly for peace

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directing all its power and persuasion

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toward the preservation of freedom

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in its majesty and magnificence

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this is the land

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in all their historic greatness

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these are the people

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and the john glenn story is their story

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it throbs with a nation's restless

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energy

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it soars with the adventurous spirit of

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americans everywhere

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across this vast spread land

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in all its towns and cities

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on all its far-flung farms and ranches

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deep in its reaches of forests and

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plains

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of winding roads and rivers

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majestic mountains and lakes and sea

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lashed shores

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people turned their eyes and hearts

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toward the high sky

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sending their hopes and prayers writing

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through space

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with john glenn in friendship seven

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as all the world watched

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and hoped

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with mankind's wonderment about the

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universe

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finding an approach at last toward

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fulfillment