Alan Shepherd

Alan Shepherd. Self: Golf: The Greatest Game. Alan Shepherd was the first American in space and the only one of the original Mercury astronauts to walk on the moon. Born in Derry, New Hampshire on November 18, 1923, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy after graduating from the Pinkerton Academy in 1940. After his graduation from Annapolis in 1944, he served in the Pacific Ocean during the rest of World...