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A Proud American: The Autobiography of Joe Foss
by
Joe Foss
,
Paul McCarthy
,
Donna Foss
Flying over Guadalcanal in the fall and winter of 1942-43, Joe Foss rewrote the aerial combat record books by becoming the first American to match legendary World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker's twenty-six victories, a feat that earned him the Medal of Honor.Remarkably, this high-scoring ace almost never made it into combat. Considered "too old" at twenty-seven, this superb
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Paperback
,
432 pages
Published
November 1st 1993
by Pocket Books
(first published 1993)
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The resume of Joe Foss portrays a highly accomplished man from the lot known as the “Greatest Generation”. He grew up on a rural farm in South Dakota and as a youth he envisioned a life full of aviation. When America entered WWII, Foss a highly skilled Marine Corps fighter pilot with a gift of 20-10 vision, wove his way to a primitive combat base at Guadalcanal where as a leader in the sky above he surpassed the victories of WWI “Ace of Aces” Eddie Rickenbacker and in the process he was bestowed
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