Joe Foss
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Joseph Jacob Foss was a United States Marine Corps Major and a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his role in air combat during the Guadalcana
Portrait of Foss as Governor, c. 1955-1959
Foss during World War II
Watercolor of U.S. Marine Captain Joe Foss shooting down a Zero over Guadalcanal in October 1942
Foss stands with Cactus Air Force commander MajGen Roy Geiger.
Charles Lindbergh
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles, flying alone f
Joe Foss
…oldest son of Mary Esther (née Lacey) and Frank Ole Foss. He was of Norwegian and Scottish descent. At age 12, he visited an airfield in Renner to see Charles Lindbergh on tour with his aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis. Four years later, he and his father paid $1.50 apiece to take their first aircraft ride in a Ford…
Portrait c. 1927
"Daredevil Lindbergh" in a re-engined Standard J-1, c. 1925. The plane in this photo is often misidentified as a Curtiss "Jenny".
Lindbergh as a young 2nd Lt., March 1925
"Certificate of the Oath of Mail Messengers", executed by Lindbergh