Posted on Dec 16, 2022
America250: Marine Corps and Air Force Veteran Joe Foss - VA News
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ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Capt Joe Foss scores his 20th kill. (2) Capt. Joe Foss downs a Betty in his VMF-121 F4F. (3) Capt. Joe Foss saves the day on Guadalcanal. (4) Capt. Joe Foss leads VMF-121 Wildcats against battle cruiser Hiei.
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A great hero and the pride of South Dakota!
After 9/11, Foss was traveling to a speech and the security folks confiscated his Medal of Honor thinking it was a weapon like the shuriken and was going to throw it in the trash. Thankfully, someone else recognized the Medal for what it was
After 9/11, Foss was traveling to a speech and the security folks confiscated his Medal of Honor thinking it was a weapon like the shuriken and was going to throw it in the trash. Thankfully, someone else recognized the Medal for what it was
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
Amazing how anyone could be so unaware of what the Congressional MoH looks like. A shuiiken "throwing star", really?
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