Charlie, I'm surprised you omitted the incident with Joe Foss. Foss, a
WWII Marine ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor winner, was flying
from Phoenix to address the cadets at West Point. He was searched and
questioned extensively because he had with him an object that looked
like a throwing star with a sharp pin on the back - his Medal of Honor.
To be honest, he also had a Medal of Honor commemorative nail file and
a dummy bullet on a keychain with him. But, as a WWII ace and Medal of
Honor winner, retired reserve general and former governor of South
Dakota - and at 86 years old - he hardly fit the profile of a
terrorist. As I recall, they asked him at one point why he hadn't just
put his medal in his checked luggage. Incredible.

John Martin