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yep.

It's a fact.
the Mercury capsule splashed down in the waters fo the Turks and Caicos Islands, and our astronaut was taken to Grand Turk for his medical exam and de-briefing.

So it was, that Glenn returned to the US from orbit via Grand Turk.


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