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Former Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Jackson, a pilot during the Vietnam War and one of the oldest living Medal of Honor recipients at age 92, attends the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore's 33rd annual awards dinner in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015. Jackson volunteered to rescue a three-man Air Force combat control team from a special forces camp in Kham Duc, where a forward outpost had become overrun by hostile forces.

Former Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Jackson, a pilot during the Vietnam War and one of the oldest living Medal of Honor recipients at age 92, attends the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore's 33rd annual awards dinner in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015. Jackson volunteered to rescue a three-man Air Force combat control team from a special forces camp in Kham Duc, where a forward outpost had become overrun by hostile forces.

Former Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Jackson, a pilot during the Vietnam War and one of the oldest living Medal of Honor recipients at age 92, attends the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore's 33rd annual awards dinner in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015. Jackson volunteered to rescue a three-man Air Force combat control team from a special forces camp in Kham Duc, where a forward outpost had become overrun by hostile forces.

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