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Show THE BRAND OF DIRECT ACTION FOR WHICH HE WON FAME AND THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IN WORLD WAR If. I-- - aged - the--" farm f or awhile."" He worked his" way through Augustana and Sioux Falls Colleges and the University of South Dakota, where he got his degreejn business administration in 1940. He joined the Marines soon after and won his pilot's wings. f - ,rv 7 I, -- t", vrii Ou. - - r- - V. A". I ( 1 f.A 2 For shooting down 26 enemy Aircraft, Foss received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Joe and a pert girl named June Shakstad made music together in the Washington High School band in Sioux Falls. She played tenor saxophone and he played baritone saxophone in the next chair. They were married in 1942 and Joe went to the Pacific with the Marines two weeks later, destined to become one of America's great war heroes. Joe and June have not had the best that fortune could give, but no one has ever heard themTcom-plai- n. Their first daughter, Cheryl June, was born KINDERGARTEN COWGIRL V during Joe s second tour of overseas duty in June, 1944. She has cerebral palsy. Joseph Jacob, Jr., died at birth in September, 1945. Mary. Jo was born a year later Joseph Frank was born in August 1951. He had a severe case of polio but is now almost r recovered from its aftereffects. These circumstances have made Joe and June active in behalf of crippled children. He has headed the South Dakota Society for Crippled Children, helped in a rrive that built a hospital for them in Sioux Falls, and is a prominent member of the National Society, In fact, two hours after he learned that he had been elected governor, Foss was flying to Boston to attend a convention of the National Society for Crippled Children. Joe has had other tough breaks. One was in business. His flying service and aviation school was doing well when his hangar and planewere destroyed by fire in February, 1953L Insurance rates on that typeof business are prohibitive, so Foss was wiped"out But he grinned wryiyiand bounced back, this time in an automobile agency and garage business. H hm m way wfffc In his campaign for governor. Foss' nhvsical en durance was phenomenal He fixed up a Piper Cub plane with durable landing gear so he could practically land in a plowed field, and flew 11,000 miles visiting voters. THE AAND Unly IVHITEST-WHIT- E YOUVE CUEAT4EST-CLEA- N ",, t "Joe can" make a plane do tilings it wonlT&'Tfor other pilots, his passengers swear. ' MA plane just seems to come alive in his hands," says Hoadley Dean, who managed his campaign. . Foss has a natural instinct for navigation, and a photographic memory for landscapes and terrain. "We flew from Sioux Falls to Pierre four times in six rnonths,w says Dean, "and each time we flew right smack over the same haystack. I think he was his mouth. r Flying is Joe's love and his pride. "If I ever get so I can't fly better than anyone else in this squadron, riI quit,T he told pilots in his Air National Guard squadron when he became the first to check out in a jet plane. He is one of the healthiest specimens ever to sit in a governor's chair, and his vision is unique. He has 20-eyesight, meaning he can see at 20 feet what people with supposedly perfect vision can see at 10 feet He had it when he joined the Marines 10 and he has it today. An avid sportsman, Foss goes every Fall in the Black Hills with a group of lawyers and businessmen who are constantly amazed by his tirelessness and his vision. Says Huron lawyer Leo Temmey, Joe brings down deer when they're so for away that 1 can't even see the animals!' His friends are betting that his political foresight will equal his eyesight. . 7 ' deer-hunti- ng ) gives you ( ri n new-tormu- la J "" Washes doHies really vyhrte, really clean! FAB GETS THE DinT OUT-REAL- LY OUT: leaves clothes really clean and white. In fact, no soap, no other detergent gives you so much active plus two such fabulous whitening ingredients. To dirt-remov- er, get the really clean, white wash you want yes, FAB WASHES CLOTHES THE WHITEST-WHIT" E AND ' CLEAM ES-T- CLEAN VOlAE EVER SEEN ! get Fab! Fab is milder to hands than even leading floating "soaps! 0 7 NO BLUING! NO BLEACH IWG (&ccept for Stubborn Stains) -- |