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Politics: President Lyndon B. Johnson Newsletter for 2019-01-20 ( 1 items )  
Remembering a Legend: Air Force Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Joe Jackson (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Nearly 50 years after receiving the Medal of Honor, Air Force legend Col. Joe M. Jackson passed away Jan. 12, 2019, at the age of 95. Known as an Air Force Hero of the Vietnam War, then-Lt. Col. Jackson was awarded the prestigious medal on Jan. 16, 1969, by President Lyndon B. Johnson, for his selfless, heroic actions in combat. "We are saddened by the loss of Medal of Honor recipient Col. Joe Jackson, his amazing story of h more PR