[THECOLONEL]

RICHARD WALKER, A FRIEND AND FELLOW USMC AVIATOR, WHO FLEW WITH JOE FOSS IN WORLD WAR II, HAS ADVISED THAT JOE FOSS WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT ON 12-30-2002.

VMF-121 WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

BG JOSEPH JACOB FOSS - MEDAL OF HONOR - WILL LATER BE INTERRED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, " WHERE VALOR PROUDLY SLEEPS."

A FULL OBITUARY WILL FOLLOW.

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