• Enlisted Army Air Corps 08/05/1942
• 579 TTS, Miami Beach, FL - Pvt
• 377 Bomb Squadron, Columbia Air Base, SC - Sgt
  
• Shipped out to North Africa via South America starting on 04/26/1943
• Assigned to 12th Air Force, 310th Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Squadron
• Possibly stationed at following locations:
• Berteaux Airfield, Algeria
• Dar el Koudia Airfield, Tunisia
• Menzel Temime Airfield, Tunisia
• Phillippeville Airfield, Algeria
• Ghisonaccia Airfield, Corsica, France
  
• Promoted to Staff Sergeant on 09/10/1943
• Transferred to 380 Bomb Squadron on 12/16/1943
• Completes 50th mission in Feb, 1944. (02/06/1944?)
  
• Returned to US on furlough in late March, 1944. 
• Spent time at Don Ce-Sar Convalescent Center in St Petersburg, FL, 5/1/1944 - 8/?/1944
• Assigned recruiting duties in 6th Service Command, Chicago, IL, 9/6/1944 - 10/14/1944
• Assigned to Typist School at Chanute Field, IL. 
• Re-assigned back to Don Ce-Sar Hospital on 12/15/1944
• Discharged by 04/06/1945

Enlistment Info

WWII Memorial Page

• 496 - 07/16/1943 letter to Dot. Joe has 11 missions in, and he describes some of the Arab towns that he's visited. 
• 602 - 02/06/1944 letter to Dot. 49 Missions completed. Asks Dot not to remember old times in letters; it makes it harder for him. 
• 693 - 05/23/1944 letter to Dot. At Dot's request, Joe describes some of the missions he's been on and what his combat experiences have been like. What it's like to lose a buddy. 
• 38 - 02/01/1945 letter to Frank. Joe's having trouble sleeping due to combat dreams; hoping mightily for a discharge, but unclear if he can get one. He weighs less than Frank now. He describes the kind of thoughts he'd have during a mission, and relates a story about some infantry men who were tasked with filling in on combat flights: they refused after just a few missions.