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    GORDON COOPER

    Dec 01, 2022 2 minutes

    B orn on 6 March 1927 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Cooper left school at the age of 18 and enlisted in the US Marine Corps. Upon his discharge, he moved to Hawaii to live with his parents, attending the island’s university before being placed on active duty

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