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About Sound Recording
Accession Number:
WH-075-002
Digital Identifier:
JFKWHA-075-002
Title:
Telephone Conversation with Colonel Glenn Aboard the USS Noa, 20 February 1962
Date(s) of Materials:
20 February 1962
20 February 1962
Description:
Sound recording of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr aboard the USS Noa. In his remarks President Kennedy congratulates Colonel Glenn on the successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 6 test flight (also known as Friendship 7), during which he became the fifth person in space and the first American to orbit the Earth.
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Physical Description:
1 audio tape/reel (1 minute)
Contributor(s):
Glenn, John Herschel, 1921-2016
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Glenn, John Herschel, 1921-2016
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Archival Creator:
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. White House Army Signal Agency. (05/01/1954 - 1962)
Sound Recording:
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