THANKS FOR MY EVERYTHING

JAMES L. Devoss

First Lieutenant, United States Air Force
Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, Purple Heart
2017 Inductee, Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame

DOCUMENTS, MEDALS, AND PATCHES

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orders March 1967 newspaper article crest state rep recognition
Randolph Air Force Base assignment, March 1967 Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, April 1967 Dress headgear officer insignia, March 1967 Recognition from State Representative Joe Kolderman, Jr., 94th Legislative District
       
newspaper clip graduation program booklet pilot certificate Takhli booklet
"Members of Class 68-F," July 1967 Undergraduate Pilot Training Graduation Program, April 1968 (PDF)

F-105 pilot certificate, provided upon completion of School for Combat Training, December 1968.

 Welcome to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (January, 1969; PDF)
       
jungle survival certificate flight routes mission report June 1969 1969 letter
Certificate of Completion, PACAF Jungle Survival School, January 1969 Flight routes, Vietnam Air Force after-action mission report, June 1969 Condolence letter to Roberta DeVoss from 354th Squadron Commander, July 1969
       
thanks 1969 bars crest patch plane and patch
Thank you letter for Jim's "participation" in actual rescue filming, August 1969 Uniform insignia, awards, wings rank, November 1969 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron patch F105 Thud Driver patch, 354th colors
       
bush letter ford letter physical results aviation medal
Letter from Former President George Bush, 1998 Letter from Former President Gerald R. Ford, 2001 VA-determined long-term results of high-speed ejection, 2014

Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame induction award, 2017

PHOTOS

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officer training school officer training school uniforms Jim DeVoss, suit and hat
Officer training school arrival, Lacklund Air Force Base, January 1967 Officer training school arrival, Lacklund Air Force Base, January 1967 Newly commissioned second lieutenants, USAF; DeVoss and Chris Cross, Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, March 1967 Officer training school graduation photo, Lakeland Air Force Base, March 1967
       
uniform, Grand Rapids pre flight pre flight Jim DeVoss in plane
Newly commissioned second lieutenant home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after Officer Training School, March 1967 T-37 instructor departing prior to DeVoss' first T-37 solo flight, July 1967 T-37 cockpit preflight check, Randolph Air Force Base, July 1967 First solo T-38 flight, Randolph Air Force Base, October 1967
       
pre flight in pool in pool in pool
T-37 taxiing, Randolph Air Force Base, July 1967 Traditional celebratory "first T-37 solo flight" dunking, July 1967 Traditional celebratory "first T-37 solo flight" dunking, July 1967 Traditional celebratory "first T-37 solo flight" dunking, July 1967
       
Jim DeVoss flight suit Jim DeVoss, flight suit plane Jim DeVoss goofy
Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, T-37 phase of training; infamous "Taj Mahal" in background, July 1967 Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, T-37 phase of training; infamous "Taj Mahal" in background, July 1967 Clowning around, KIA Vietnam T-37 training, July 1967 T-37 "fueling," Randolph Air Force Base, August 1967
       
Jim DeVoss goofy graduation Jim and Roberta DeVoss, Randolph graduation helmet plane
Clowning with Captain Paul May, Randolph Air Force Base, September 1967 T-37 phase training graduation,
Randolph Air Force Base, October 1967		 T-37 phase training graduation,
Randolph Air Force Base, October 1967		 T-38 phase "promo" photo, Randolph Air Force Base, October 1967
       
plane in air Jim DeVoss flight suit your Air Force is awake Jim DeVoss in cockpit
T-37 in flight over south Texas, October 1967 "Clowning" during T-38 training, Randolph Air Force Base, December 1967 "Clowning" during T-38 training, Randolph Air Force Base, December 1967 UPT graduation photo in T-38 cockpit, Randolph Air Force Base, March 1968
       
plane in sky ceremony looking up at plane Jim DeVoss with plane
T-38 in flight from Texas to California, January 1968 Parade for class 68-F graduation, Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, May 1968 Pre-flight prep, McConnell Air Force Base, June 1968 F-105 orientation, McConnell Air Force Base, June 1968
       
plane in sky flight class Jim DeVoss, flight suit plane Thailand, March 1969
F-105 on final approach, McConnell Air Force Base, November 1968 First all UPT graduates of F105 combat training class at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, December 1968 (DeVoss is kneeling, 3rd from right) 354th "promo" photo at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, February 1969 Personal transport at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, April 1969
       
hospital Jim and Roberta DeVoss, hospital get well board cockpit uniform
Recovering at home, apartment in Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 1969 With the world's greatest caregiver (aka Roberta DeVoss), August 1969 First "I love me" wall on apartment in Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 1969 F-105 cockpit and ejection seat
     
Jim DeVoss and PJ pj art airzoo induction
With Lorenzo "Tony" Willis 32 years after he, and others, saved DeVoss; SOCOM Annual Medical Conference in Tampa, Florida, December 2001

Artwork by Lorenzo "Tony" Willis, 2001

[see TRIBUTE for recognition of Tony]

 Michigan AirZoo Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, 2017  
       

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