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World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Joseph Jacob Foss, U.S. Marine Corps
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Awarding Medal of Honor to Recipient Joe Foss
Washington, D. C.: Captain Joseph J. Foss, U. S. Marine receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt for his outstanding heroism as a flyer in the Pacific area where he knocked 27 Jap planes out of the sky. Left to right, Mrs. Mary Foss, mother of the Captain, Capt. Foss and his wife. Mrs. Joseph Foss is helping arrange the medal ribbon around the neck of her hero husband as the President presents the medal on May 18, 1943.
Two aces walk with another famous aviator. Charles Lindbergh , right, visited the Pacific combat areas several times to help Army, Navy, and Marine Corps squadrons get the most from the respective mounts. Here, the pioneer transatlantic flier visits with now-Maj Joe Foss, left, and now-Maj Marion Carl, center, in May 1944.
TIME OF THE ACES: Marine Pilots in the Solomons
by Commander Peter B. Mersky, U.S. Naval Reserve
Using hit-and-run tactics, Capt Joe Foss flames a Japanese Zero over Henderson Field in October 1942.
Painting by Ted Wilbur, courtesy of the artist.
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