Pilot Remembers John Glenn Before He Became An Astronaut

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Before becoming an astronaut, John Glenn was a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War.
Harold Gibson remembers John Glenn, before Glenn became a national hero.
“It feels like it was yesterday,” Gibson said. “I flew with the 39th fighter squadron, he was with the 25th fighter squadron.”
Six decades ago, in 1953, both served as fighter pilots in the Korean War, sometimes on the same missions.
“We had 48 airplanes airborne,” G