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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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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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LTC Trent Klug
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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
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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I remember that incident.
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
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Amazing how anyone could be so unaware of what the Congressional MoH looks like. A shuiiken "throwing star", really?
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Cpl Vic Burk
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Nice post Major.
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