| |
| |
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

WORLD WAR II VETERAN JOE FOSS AT NEWS CONFERENCE - World War II veteran Joe Foss talks to reporters at a news conference to launch Microsoft's "Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater" game, November 9, 2000 in Washington. Foss, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor, shot down 26 enemy aircraft during World War II. Microsoft's game development team interviewed Foss and used many of his war experiences to shape the new combat simulator. Reuters/Photo by Jeff Christensen

Joe DiMaggio in Dugout with His Son April 19, 1946 - Joe DiMaggio, Yankee center fielder, has his small son, Joe DiMaggio, 3rd, 4 1/2 years, in the dugout to watch his dad "bone down" a bat before the start of the game at Yankee Stadium. With colorful ceremonies, in which Annamary Dickey sang the National Anthem, and a Congressional Medal of Honor winner pitched the first ball, the Yanks opened their season against the Washington Senators.
|
|
|
|
|