The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 4, January 27, 2002, Article 9

MEMORIES OF GENERAL JOE FOSS

  Bob Cochran writes: "The article about General Joe Foss
  being "hassled" about his Congressional Medal of Honor
  jogged my memory.  When I first started working for
  Hewlett-Packard in 1973,  I was calling on Land Surveyors
  and Civil Engineers in the upper Midwest.

  I often flew Frontier Airlines in those days, as it provided the
  best service to the smaller cities in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
  and South Dakota.

  If I haven't lost my mind completely, I believe that General
  Foss ("Call me Joe") was also President of Frontier Airlines
  at that time.  I can distinctly remember his by-line in their
  "in-flight" magazines, and the wonderful viewpoint he brought
  to the adventure of "puddle-jumping" from town to town in a
  Convair 580 Turboprop!  One story in particular stands out,
  one in which Governor Foss and many members of the South
  Dakota Legislature were "snowed in" for several days at the
  State Capitol building.  They slept in the halls, ate bread
  sandwiches, and, according to the former Governor, passed
  quite a few bills!

  In World War II Joe Foss was credited with shooting down
  26 enemy aircraft and received the Congressional Medal of
  Honor.  When he returned to South Dakota he was instrumental
  in organizing the South Dakota Air National Guard."

  [Here's a web page with more background on Foss. -Editor
  http://www.westnet.com/~ssherman/usmc_foss.html ]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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