Foss again contracted malaria, and was sent home to the Klamath Falls, Oregon Rehabilitation Center. In February 1945, he became operations and training officer at the Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, California."Brigadier General Joseph Jacob Foss, ANG (Deceased)." usmc.mil. Retrieved: August 3, 2011.
Foss again contracted malaria, and was sent home to the Klamath Falls, Oregon Rehabilitation Center. In February 1945, he became operations and training officer at the Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, California."Brigadier General Joseph Jacob Foss, :ANG (Deceased)." usmc.mil. Retrieved: ?August 3, 2011.