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Maintainers receive a special visit from Medal of Honor recipient

U.S. Air Force Medal of Honor recipient Col. (retired) Joe Jackson (blue shirt) has lunch with Hickam Airmen and provides a first-hand account of how he earned the Medal of Honor, at the Hale Aina Dining Facility, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Mar. 1, 2013. Col. Jackson received the Medal of Honor in 1968 for a heroic rescue of a combat control team pinned to an exploding special forces camp called Kham Duc, South Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)

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