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Old 12-31-2002, 12:29 PM
THECOLONEL THECOLONEL is offline
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Unhappy JOSEPH JACOB FOSS

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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Old 01-01-2003, 08:59 PM
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Unhappy JOSEPH JACOB FOSS

The death of BG JOSEPH JACOB FOSS was announced in late afternoon on Wednesday 1-1-2003.

A number of different forums have been and will be posting obituaries and remembrances.

Here are a number of web sites that you may wish to review that are not all in the mainstream.


- www.sdpb.org/TV/foss -

- www.nrawinningteam.com/bios00/foss.html -

- www.lawzone.com/half-nor/foss.htm -

- www. mastermason.com/elriadclowns/joe_foss.htm

- www.acepilots.com/usmc_foss.html -

- www.gnt.com/~jrube/text/mohfoss.html -

- www.hunterbronze.com/joe_foss.html -

- http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...y/joe-foss.htm -


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Old 01-03-2003, 04:51 PM
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Joe Foss, who died Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., had quite a life. As a Marine Corps pilot in World War II, he shot down 26 enemy planes in four months, winning a medal of honor. In 1955 he became governor of South Dakota, but his political career ended when he lost a House race to another World War II pilot, George McGovern. He had many careers after that, though: He spent six years as the first commissioner of the American Football League. He hosted two television programs in the '60s and '70s, "The American Sportsman" on ABC and the syndicated "The Outdoorsman: Joe Foss." He served as president of the National Rifle Association from 1988 to 1990, and in 2001 he established a nonprofit organization "to build an understanding of freedom, its cost and patriotism in school-age children," the Los Angeles Times reports.

The Times' obit doesn't, however, mention the incident that most recently put Foss in the news: As we noted last year, Foss was hassled by America West Airlines' security staff when he tried to board a plane while carrying his Medal of Honor.

Foss was 87; may he rest in peace.
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