page_title: Joe M. Jackson
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Joe M. Jackson / Later life
caption_attribution_description: English: Colonel Joe M. Jackson
context_page_description: Joe Madison Jackson served as a career officer in the United States Air Force and received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War. On 12 May 1968, he volunteered for a dangerous impromptu rescue of three remaining Air Force members trapped at an overrun Army Special Forces camp. While the camp was still under heavy enemy fire from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, he skillfully piloted his C-123 cargo plane and rescued the three men.
context_section_description: Jackson continued to serve on active duty in the Air Force for several more years, both at the Pentagon and on the faculty of the Air War College.  He eventually retired after 33 years of active duty service. He resided in the state of Washington.  On May 14, 2010, NBC News highlighted his weekly contributions over 18 years to a local church that provides meals to the hungry.
  In 1997, Col. Jackson was inducted into the Airlift/Tanker Hall of Fame. In 1998, Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. A section of Georgia State Route 34 in Coweta County, Georgia is named for him.
  Jackson died on January 12, 2019, at his home in Washington state at the age of 95.
caption: Plaque honoring Jackson at the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame
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