Editing Joe Foss (section)

==Aerial victories==
[[File:Foss (Guadalcanal).jpg|thumb|Profile drawing of a Grumman F4F Wildcat flown by Joe Foss (Guadalcanal, {{circa|1942}})]]
The Marine Corps credits Foss with 26 air victories, and Marine ace [[Robert M. Hanson]] with 25 victories. However, the Marine Corps credits Marine ace [[Gregory Boyington|Gregory "Pappy" Boyington]] with 28 American victories. This is due to Boyington's (22 Marine victories) wartime claim of 6 victories scored while serving with the [[Flying Tigers]] ([[American Volunteer Group|American Volunteer Group-AVG]]) in [[China]] at the beginning of World War II, prior to him rejoining the Marine Corps;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Boyington_G.htm |title="Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMCR (Deceased)" |access-date=2006-02-17 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806113319/http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Boyington_G.htm |archive-date=August 6, 2007 }} ''Who's Who in Marine Corps History''; retrieved August 3, 2011.</ref>

AVG records show that Boyington was paid for 3.5 enemy aircraft destroyed (2-air, 1.5-ground).<ref>Ford, Daniel quoting Dr. Frank Olynyk. [http://www.warbirdforum.com/vics.htm "Victory credits."] ''Stars and Bars: A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace'' via ''warbirdforum.com'', 1995. Retrieved: August 3, 2011.</ref> The American Fighter Aces Association credits Boyington with 24 victories (22 with the Marine Corps and 2 with the AVG).

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! Date !! Total !! Aircraft Types Claimed
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| October 13, 1942 || 1 || A6M [[World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft|Allied reporting name: "Zeke"]] destroyed (Cactus)
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| October 14, 1942 || 1 || A6M "Zeke" destroyed (Cactus)
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| October 18, 1942 || 3 || 2 A6M "Zekes" and 1 [[Mitsubishi G4M|G4M "Betty"]] destroyed (Cactus)
|-
| October 20, 1942 || 2 || A6M "Zekes" destroyed (Cactus)
|-
| October 23, 1942 || 4 || A6M "Zekes" destroyed (Cactus)
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| October 25, 1942 || 2 || A6M "Zekes" destroyed (Cactus)
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| October 25, 1942 || 3 || A6M "Zekes" destroyed (Cactus)
|-
| November 7, 1942 || 3 || 1 [[Nakajima A6M2-N|A6M2-N "Rufe"]] and 2 [[Mitsubishi F1M|F1M2 "Pete]]s" destroyed (Cactus), but was shot down by the rear gunner of a Pete he shot down. Postwar records show the Japanese lost only one Pete that day.<ref>Hackett, Bob, Sander Kingsepp and Allan Alsleben. [http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kamikawa%20Maru_t.htm "Tokusetsu Suijoki-Bokan: IJN Seaplane Tender Kamikawa Maru: Tabular Record of Movement."] ''Japanese Auxiliary Seaplane Tenders,'' 2006. Retrieved: July 9, 2012.</ref>
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| November 12, 1942 || 3 || 2 G4M "Bettys" and 1 A6M Zero destroyed (Cactus)
|-
| November 15, 1942 || 1 || [[Aichi E13A|E13A "Jake"]] destroyed (Cactus)
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| January 15, 1943 || 3 || A6M "Zekes" destroyed (Cactus)<ref>[http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2740/foss-joseph-jacob.php "Foss, Joseph Jacob."] ''Congressional Medal of Honor Society.'' Retrieved: January 15, 2012.</ref>
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