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On the recordFebruary 19, 1962
Some years ago, as a Marine pilot, he raced the sun across this country--and lost.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following the Orbital Flight of Col. John H. Glenn, Jr.

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