In September 1990, I was a young Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy helicopter pilot stationed on the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. The buildup to Desert Storm was going full swing and a large Congressional delegation arrived on Bahrain to visit with the sailors, soldiers and airmen who were daily arriving in the region.
I had the privilege of meeting then Senator John Glenn and flying him from Bahrain out to the Battleship USS Wisconsin. I can honestly say that he was and remains one of the few politicians that I genuinely respected and admired. He never uttered one complaint about riding in an old, hot H-3 helicopter in temperatures around 100 degrees for the 30 minute ride out to the Wisky. I suspect it was not his first time riding in the H-3 over the ocean, since many astronauts did.
All that aside, I always considered him an American hero who served our nation with great distinction, a living example of both "Ut Prosim" and "Invent the Future". May he Rest In Peace.
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