John Glenn was born in Cambridge Ohio on July 18, 1921 and went to college at muskingum Ohio and as he finished he went to a cadet training facility for the U.S navy. And didn't leave till he earned to be in the navy and become a fighter pilot and drop off goods to his fellow com rads and he risked his life count less times just for his country. But John didn't feel like the navy was a difficult enough for him so he decided to go to the army where he served for many years and fought in 92 battles. Two of those battles are battles we know about today which are the Korean War and world war 2 but he didn't fight in world war 2 until he earned his ranking in the marines so he decides challenging himself to the extreme.