Browsing Senator John H. Glenn Oral History Project by Title
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Interview of Annie Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 1)
Glenn, Annie, 1920- ( 1997-10-31 )Mrs. Glenn talks about a state dinner she and Senator Glenn had just attended at the White House. The dinner was in honor of Jiang Zemin, the President of the People’s Republic of China, who she had met previously during ... -
Interview of Annie Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 2)
Glenn, Annie, 1920- ( 1997-11-07 )Mrs. Glenn discusses her childhood growing up in New Concord, Ohio. She first lived inside the village, but later on moved to a piece of property just outside of the village where her parents (Dr. Homer and Margaret Castor) ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 1)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1996-10-25 )Senator John Glenn was asked about the changes which have occurred in New Concord, Ohio since his boyhood days. This interview concludes upon Senator Glenn’s completion of high school. New Concord is a small rural Midwest ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 10)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-04-28 )Senator Glenn discusses his post-World War II duty assignments in the United States, China, and Guam during the years 1946 to 1948. In late 1945, following his temporary assignment at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 11)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-05-12 )Senator Glenn discusses his duty assignments from 1948 to just prior to his combat tour in the Korean War in 1953. Following his return from overseas duty in China and Guam, Glenn was assigned as an instructor at the Naval ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 12)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-06-09 )Senator Glenn provides an update about the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into campaign finance reform. He expresses frustration about the fairness of the process involved in submitting and voting ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 13)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-06-23 )Senator Glenn provides an update to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into campaign financing. Glenn states the investigation had "reached such a ridiculous state of affairs on lack of cooperation" ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 14)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1998-03-13 )Senator Glenn discusses his combat experience during the Korean War as a U.S. Marine Corps fighter/bomber pilot. He provides some details about his efforts to gain a transfer into a combat squadron in Korea. The Korean War ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 15)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1998-03-23 )Senator Glenn discusses his temporary assignment flying fighters with the U.S. Air Force from May to July 1953 during the Korean War. He talks briefly about the public perception of the Korean War and contrasts it with ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 16)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1998-03-27 )Senator Glenn discusses the Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC and his activities as a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Station in Patuxent River, Maryland. Glenn characterizes the Korean War as the "forgotten war." He ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 2)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1996-10-28 )This interview is based on notes Senator Glenn made during a conversation he had with his parents in 1964 about life in New Concord, Ohio during Senator Glenn’s boyhood. Clara Glenn enjoyed poetry and would recite poems ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 3)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1996-12-06 )Senator John Glenn cooperated with President William Clinton during the president’s reelection campaign. Glenn was impressed with President Clinton’s proposed changes in budgeting and taxes to produce a balanced federal ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 4)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1996-12-12 )After discussing his college experiences and life in New Concord, Ohio, Senator Glenn describes his training as a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He details some of the social customs in New Concord, ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 5)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-01-16 )Senator Glenn describes the diversions from training when his squadron was stationed in El Centro, California prior to being shipped overseas, including rabbit hunting, swimming, and a ski trip. His squadron, VFO-155, left ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 6)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-02-07 )Senator Glenn describes the place and his activities when he heard that Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was driving to the chapel at Muskingum College to hear Annie (Castor) Glenn’s organ recital. After discussing the idea ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 7)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-02-10 )Senator Glenn summarizes his experiences during World War II. He states that in comparison to later wars, the vast majority of Americans supported the war because the enemy had territorial ambitions. He talks about his ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 8)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-04-07 )Senator Glenn summarizes the factors behind his decision not to run for a fifth term in the United States Senate in 1998. Saying, "There is no cure for the common birthday" Glenn states his age (77) and the fact he would ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Brien Williams (Session 9)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 1997-04-18 )Senator Glenn discusses the upcoming hearings by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on campaign finance reform brought about by alleged abuses during the 1996 presidential elections. He provides background information ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Jeffrey Thomas (Session 17)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 2008-03-07 )Senator Glenn discusses his duties as a desk officer at the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and his Project Bullet record setting transcontinental flight in July 1957. Following his assignment as a test pilot at the Navy Air ... -
Interview of John Glenn by Jeffrey Thomas (Session 18)
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 ( 2008-04-21 )Senator Glenn discusses the selection process for, and the early training of, astronauts in NASA’s Project Mercury program. In 1957, during his assignment at the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C., Glenn ...