Air Force legend, Medal of Honor recipient, Joe Jackson dies at 95

Thank you, my friend SSG(P) (Join to see) for making us aware that 95-year old Medal of Honor recipient, Retired Air Force Col. Joe M. Jackson, who "was a veteran of three wars and Air Force legend, has died Sunday January 13, 2019, in Washington state..

Prayers for his grieving wife Rosamond Jackson and two children Bonnie and David.
Rest in peace Joe M. Jackson!
"His death leaves James P. Fleming as the only other living Air Force Medal of Honor recipient, according to Military Times Hall of Valor Curator Doug Sterner.
Jackson, a native of Newnan, Ga., was famous within the aviation and special operations community for his daring rescue of a team of Air Force combat controllers who were stranded at the besieged airfield of an abandoned Army Special Forces camp during the Tet Offensive.
His exploits saved the lives of three men, but risked his own, as the airfield had been the site of multiple U.S. aircraft shootdowns and aircrew fatalities over the past 24 hours.
Although Jackson has passed, his exploits and the significance of the battle he took part in were recorded in the Southeast Asia Monographs, Volume V-7, at the Airpower Research Institute of Maxwell Air Force Base, as well as first-person accounts archived by the Library of Congress.
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CPL Cody Voye thanks for letting us know about the death of a three war legend COL Joe Jackson. May he Rest In Peace as he certainly did his time elsewhere!