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| rdfs:comment | - Dolphin D. Overton III (2 April 1926 - 25 March 2013) is a former United States Air Force aviator who became a flying ace during the Korean War. Overton's controversial tour in Korea led to his being removed from combat and denied his medals and victory credits, but he was subsequently reinstated with these.
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| Ribbon | - Air Medal ribbon.svg
- Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg
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- Korean War Service Medal ribbon.png
- Presidential Unit Citation .svg
- United Nations Service Medal for Korea Ribbon.svg
- Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg
- Silver Star ribbon.svg
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| Alt | - A multicolored military ribbon. From left to right the color pattern is; thin red stripe, thick blue stripe, thick white stripe, thin red stripe.
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| abstract | - Dolphin D. Overton III (2 April 1926 - 25 March 2013) is a former United States Air Force aviator who became a flying ace during the Korean War. Overton's controversial tour in Korea led to his being removed from combat and denied his medals and victory credits, but he was subsequently reinstated with these. Born in Andrews, South Carolina, Overton took an early interest in flying, and attended The Citadel for a year before enlisting in the United States Navy briefly during World War II. Afterward, Overton graduated from West Point and began a career flying the F-84 Thunderjet. In 1952, Overton volunteered to fly in the Korean War and flew 102 missions in an F-84 before transferring to the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and flying the F-86 Sabre. During a four-day time period in early 1953, Overton claimed five MiG-15 victories in MiG alley, certifying him as a flying ace. However, he was subsequently returned to the United States in shame after commanders charged him with insubordination for crossing the Yalu River into Manchuria for his victories. Subsequent research and debate has pointed to Overton as a scapegoat for an informal policy of US pilots regularly violating the Yalu River border into China, and that the US military discredited Overton as a way to prevent an international incident. Overton was finally given the medals he had earned in the war — including a Distinguished Service Cross and four Silver Star Medals — in 2009.
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