Item COLD WAR 27/112 - Transcript of interview with pilot [and astronaut] John Glenn, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with John (Herschel) Glenn, Jr, US Senator for Ohio, 1975-[1997], relating to Glenn's qualification as a fighter pilot and his arrival in Korea, Dec 1952; Glenn's opinion on whether the USA was justified in its involvement in the Korean War, 1950-1953; the popularity of US military involvement in Korea amongst the US population, Jun 1950; the air war in Korea, 1950-1953; Glenn's participation in jet versus jet air combat, 1953; Glenn's awareness that Soviet pilots were serving in North Korean and Chinese units in Korea, 1953; Glenn's respect for enemy pilots in Korea, 1953; the operational flying of Grumann F-9 Panthers and North American F-86 Sabres over Korea, 1953; the comparison between the US F-86 Sabre and the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 'Fagot' as fighter aircraft, 1953; the US operational instruction for pilots not to pursue enemy aircraft across the Yalu River into Chinese airspace, 1953; Glenn's accounts of air combat over Korea, 1953; the human cost of US military involvement in Korea, 1950-1953; the lack of US public interest in the Korean War, 1953. 19pp