Armstrong had a good childhood. Armstrong was “born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930” (“Neil Armstrong”). Armstrongs parents names are Viola Armstrong and Stephen Armstrong (Hensen 276). Armstrong's father had a job that caused him and his family to move several times. He had two younger siblings one was a boy and the other was a girl. His grandmother is Caroline Korspeter and his grandfather is Willis Armstrong. Armstrong was in Boy Scouts and he worked his way to earn the title of Eagle Scout. When Armstrong was …show more content…
He took a liking to flying after his first airplane ride. Armstrong was even a “gofer for pilots at the local airports” (“5 Facts”). Armstrong worked a lot of different jobs to “pay for his flight lessons” (“Armstrong 26”). He earned his “pilot's license before his driver's license” (“Armstrong 26”).
Armstrong did so much during his adult life. He earned a Navy Scholarship to Purdue University in Indiana. He entered Purdue University 1947. Part of his scholarship allowed him to be trained as a pilot in the Navy. Armstrong left college and went to serve in the Navy after the called him for active duty. He flew military aircraft for his branch in the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Armstrong “flew 78 combat missions” while serving (Van 46). He was 20 when he started to fly combat missions. Armstrong was shot down once during the Korean War (“Neil Armstrong”). He then returned to Purdue University and received a “B.S. in aeronautical engineering in 1955” (“Van 46”). The first thing Armstrong did after graduating was marrying another graduate from Purdue University, Janet Shearon on January 28, 1956. They