A Bleeping American Hero
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There's a story I heard once... don't know if it's true. I want it to be true.
The basics of the story seem true. You know that John Glenn and Ted Williams were lifelong friends. They flew together as Marines in Korea; Williams was often John Glenn's wingman. It was years before Glenn joined the Mercury Seven, years before he became the first American to…