Monday, November 22, 2010

Tyson Soldier's Son Grew Up to be Mercury Astronaut

Who knew that Leroy Gordon Cooper, Sr.--the father of Mercury Astronaut "Gordo" Cooper--was a soldier at Camp Tyson? While Cooper was stationed at Camp Tyson, the family lived in Murray, where the future astronaut went to school. -Shannon McFarlin

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