Jackson filled in as a professional officer in the United States
Air Force and got the Medal of Honor for gallantry far in excess of what
was required amid the Vietnam War.
On 12 May 1968, he volunteered for a perilous off the cuff save of
three residual Air Force individuals caught at an invading Army Special
Forces camp.
While the camp was still under overwhelming adversary fire from
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, he skillfully guided his C-123
load plane and protected the three men.
Jackson was an ardent model airship fan in his childhood.
Jackson enrolled in the Army Air Corps in March 1941, a couple of
days after his eighteenth birthday celebration, with expectations of
being a plane technician.
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