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Photo # 80-G-430048:  Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, June 1951

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Admiral Charles Turner Joy, USN (Retired), (1895-1956)

Charles Turner Joy was burn in St. Louis, Missouri, on 17 February 1895. Commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916, he served in the battleship Pennsylvania for more than four years, including the period of the United States' participation in the First World War. In 1923, after receiving a graduate education in engineering, he began two years as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Yangtse Patrol. This was followed by a tour as Executive Officer of the Asiatic Fleet destroyer Pope, an assignment with the Bureau of Ordnance, sea duty in the battleship California, and service at the Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, Virginia. In the mid-1930s, Lieutenant Commander Joy was Commanding Officer of the destroyer Litchfield and was on the staff of Commander Destroyers, Battle Force.

Between 1937 and 1940, Commander Joy was an instructor at the Naval Academy. He then became Executive Officer of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis. In 1941 he was Operations Officer for Commander Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet and, for several months after the United States entered World War II in December of that year, helped plan and execute combat operations against Japan. Captain Joy commanded the heavy cruiser Louisville from September 1942 until June 1943, during which time she was active in the Aleutians and South Pacific war theatres. After an important war plans tour in Washington, D.C., Rear Admiral Joy became commander of a cruiser division, leading it through nearly a year and a half of intense combat service against the Japanese.

Commanding an amphibious group when Japan capitulated in August 1945, Joy was soon assigned to duty in China. He was in charge of the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, Virginia, in 1946-49 and was then sent back to the Western Pacific to become Commander Naval Forces, Far East. Vice Admiral Joy held that position until mid-1952, directing much of the Navy's effort during the first two years of the Korean War. From July 1951 he was also the senior United Nations Delegate to the Korean Armistice talks. His final assignment was as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. Retired in July 1954, Admiral Joy subsequently made his home in California, where he died on 13 June 1956.

The destroyer Turner Joy (DD-951), 1959-1991, was named in honor of Admiral Joy.

This page features selected views of Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN (Retired), (1895-1956).


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Photo #: 80-G-430048

Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN
,
Commander Naval Forces Far East

Photographed 9 June 1951.
Note his Nikon 35mm camera.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: NH 96379

Liberation of Seoul, Korea, September 1950


Senior U.S. commanders assembled for the formal ceremonies in which General of the Army Douglas MacArthur returned the Capital city to the Republic of Korea Government, 29 September 1950.
Those present are (from left to right, facing camera):
Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Commanding General, First Marine Division;
Major General David G. Barr, U.S. Army, Commanding General, Seventh Infantry Division;
Brigadier General Thomas J. Cushman, USMC, commanding forward echelon, First Marine Air Wing, and
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Far East.
Photographed by Sgt. Ed Barnum, USMC.

U.S. Marine Corps Photograph in the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: 80-G-668794

Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN
(left),
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Far East, and
Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN,
Commander, Seventh Fleet

On board USS Missouri (BB-63), off Korea on 18 October 1950, during preliminary operations for the Wonsan invasion.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-421480

Wonsan Operation, October 1950


Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Far East (at left), is greeted at Wonsan airfield by Major General Field Harris, USMC, Commanding General of the First Marine Air Wing, 19 October 1950.
Elements of the Wing had arrived at Wonsan by air on 13-17 October. Flight operations were sustained by aerial resupply until the landing beaches were opened on 26 October.
Note MGen. Harris' shoulder holster and ammunition for a .38 caliber revolver.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-424550

Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews
(right)

Talks with Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Commander Seventh Fleet, (left) and Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, Commander Naval Forces Far East, (center), upon his arrival at Wonsan airfield, North Korea, for Korean war conferences.
The original photograph is dated 23 November 1950, but may have been taken on 20 November. See James A. Field, Jr., "History of United States Naval Operations Korea" (1962), page 250.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-432028

Korean War Armistice Negotiations


United Nations' delegates stand by a U.S. Air Force H-5 helicopter with General Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Army, Commander in Chief United Nations Command, prior to take off for the initial Armistice talks meeting, 10 July 1951. They are (from left to right):
Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN,
Major General Laurence C. Cragie, U.S. Air Force,
Major General Paik Sun Yup, Republic of Korea Army,
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Chief Delegate,
General Ridgway, and
Major Henry I. Hodes, U.S. Army.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-431923

Korean War Armistice Negotiations


United Nations' delegates Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN (left), Major General Henry I. Hodes, U.S. Army (center), and Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (right), on the steps of "U.N. House" at Kaesong, Korea, during the early days of the Armistice talks.

Photo is dated 19 July 1951, nine days after the start of formal negotiations.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-436371

Korean War Armistice Negotiations, Panmunjom, Korea


United Nations' delegates to the conference, 30 November 1951.
They are (from left to right):
Major General Howard Turner, USAF
Major General Lee, Republic of Korea Army
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Senior Delegate
Rear Admiral Ruthven E. Libby, USN
Major General Henry I. Hodes, U.S. Army, and
Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
RAdm. Libby was RAdm. Burke's relief on the delegation.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-K-12253 (Color)

Korean Armistice Negotiations

U.N. Command Delegates Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN (left), and Major General William K. Harrison, U.S. Army, walk to their helicopter after a conference session at Panmunjom, 7 May 1952.
This was the date that Communist prisoners of war at Koje-do captured Brigadier General Francis Dodd, the POW camp commandant.
MGen. Harrison relieved VAdm. Joy as Senior Delegate on 22 May 1952.

Taken by Photographer's Mate First Class Frank Kazukaitis.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-K-12255 (Color)

Korean Armistice Negotiations

U.N. Command Senior Delegate Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, gives correspondents a report following a conference session at Panmunjom, 10 May 1952.
On this date the Communist prisoners of war at Koje-do were holding as their captive Brigadier General Francis Dodd, who was the POW camp commandant at the time of his capture on 7 May.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: NH 98265

General Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Army,

Commander in Chief Far East and United Nations Command

Says "good-by" to Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Commander Naval Forces, Far East, and Senior United Nations Delegate to the Korean Military Armistice Conference. General Ridgway was leaving Asia to become the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Photograph released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 10 May 1952.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: NH 68542

President Dwight D. Eisenhower
(left, front)

Visiting the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 17 May 1953. Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, the Academy's Superintendent, is standing beside the President.
Just behind and to the right of VAdm. Joy is Commander Edward L. Beach, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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