He was a great hero during the Cold War. If any of you have never seen the movie “ The Right Stuff”, I recommend it.
The Right Stuff is in our movie library and we watch it at least once a year, it had just the right blend of heroics, mysticism and macho, a really great movie. And, of course, the book was great too. I won't say better because this is one movie that is as good as or possibly better than the book IMHO.