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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Ms. Elaine B. Joyce
Born Rochester, MI 8 May 1923, died Merritt Island FL 1 March 2005.
Joe was a Navy pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II in Squadron VS23 stationed on the aircraft carrier Lexington and was recalled during the Korean War.
He joined United Airlines in 1956 and was a flight engineer on DC-6s and Boeing 720s, co-pilot on DC-8s and 747s, and Captain on 727s.
One of Joe's favorite memories was recalling how he circled overhead while the peace treaty with Japan was being signed at the end of World War II and that his torpedo bomber was the first US airplane to land in Japan.
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