Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon ... He was called to active duty in the Navy In 1949 and served in the Korean War. After serving as a naval aviator from 1949-52, Armstrong joined ...
Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on the Moon and in doing so completely changed our view of the world. 18 years earlier, as a 21-year-old fighter pilot in the Korean War ...