Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (left), astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (facing away), and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis sit in the back seat of an open car in front of Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Clara Sproat Glenn, mother of Lieute
Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (left), astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (facing away), and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis sit in the back seat of an open car in front of Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Clara Sproat Glenn, mother of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, sits in the front seat of the convertible; a crowd of assembled workers looks on. The pad and service tower from which Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.
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