Leo K. Thorsness

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Leo K. Thorsness (born February 14, 1932) is a decorated United States Military veteran and retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. Thorsness was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in the Vietnam War, for an air engagement on April 19, 1967. He was shot down two weeks later and spent six years in captivity as a prisoner of war. Wikipedia
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February 14, 1932
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  • COL Thorsness

    Colonel Leo K. Thorsness, USAF, Ret. Medal of Honor Recipient
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  • American Valor . Stories of...

    As pilot of an F-105 aircraft, Lieutenant Colonel Thorsness was on a surface-to-air missile suppression mission over North Vietnam.
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  • Bio, Thorsness, Leo K.

    REMARKS: 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV SYNOPSIS: All Thorsness' missions were Wild Weasel Missions, sometimes called "Iron Head Missions".
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  • Leo K. Thorsness

    Thorsness graduated from the 54-G Aviation Cadets and became an officer and jet pilot. In 1966, Thorsness was sent to Vietnam, part of a squadron of F-105s. The F-105s were large, potent aircraft of the 1950s and '60s, designed to destroy enemy missile
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  • Col. Leo K. Thorsness

    Leo Thorsness earned the Medal of Honor for one of the epic solo battles of the Vietnam War, but didn't know Congress had awarded it to him until years later. The award wasn't announced publicly; as Thorsness was a prisoner of war. ... Leo Thorsness e
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  • Wild Weasel Dogfight: Leo...

    Leo Thorsness enlisted in the Air Force in 1952 at the age of nineteen, largely because he had a brother serving in Korea. Though he didn't make it to Korea himself, he stayed in the military, becoming an officer and a fighter pilot. In 1966, he went to
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