Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ambush Master
An Ex-SF friend of mine was killed during the filming of that movie.
Joe Svec had lived through a Claymore Mine blast in RVN that left him looking like a jig-saw puzzle and was killed during one of the jump/bail-out scenes.
|
May your friend have rested in piece!. That's some high speed low drag stuff, literally and figuratively.
I'll take a stab at my own question:
Mercury Seven:
1: Alan Shepard
2: John Glenn
3. Virgil "Gus" Grissum
4. Scott Carpenter
5. Gordan "Gordo" Cooper
6. Walter "Wally" Schirra Jr
7. Deke Slayton (dont know his first name) Proof that I didn't use google
I believe they were also referred to as "Astronaut 1"
I tried to get them in order of their flight schedule, but I may need correction on that.
I believe perhaps Scott Carpenter went after Gordo Cooper. Grissum lived the rest of his life with the "Blown Hatch" legacy. Never the less a hero in my world.