John Glenn Handwritten Speech to Congress After Friendship 7 Flight

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I am aware of the tremendous honor being shown us 
by this joint session of congress.  When I think of [word crossed out] 
the [crossed out] past sessions that involved heads of state and 
notable persons, I can only be most humble to know 
you consider our efforts in the same class. 
This has been a great experience for us all 
and I am glad to see that pride in our country and 
it's accomplishments are not a thing of the past.  I still 
get a hard-to-define feeling inside, when the 
flag goes by and I know most of you do, too. 
Exper parade [written above] May we never lose that feeling. 
The Flight of Friendship 7 on 20 Feb. involved 
not only [crossed out] much more than [written above] one man in the spacecraft in orbit. but he [crossed out] 
[star] represented so many thousands of people [crossed out] (Introduce Annie + folks) [written above line] 
[caret] Beyond that [written above line] many thousands of people were involved.  Contractors and 
subcontractors in many different fields, civilian, 
military and civil service, all joining their efforts 
toward a goal. This would not have been [crossed out] 
possible without the support of the American [crossed out] 
people as expressed through the Congress [crossed out] 
prior to that, [crossed out] There was [written above line], of course, was [crossed out] the vision from 
your congressional area of responsibility that established 
this national program.