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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
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THE COPPER RIVER CURRENT
GLENNALLEN ALASKA
Dear Friends:
feockiS^Doiris me in saying a heart felt
thank you to all of our friends in Alaska
for all of your telegrams, cards and letters!
expressing sympathy and love during this
time of severe testing. Every one is sin- •=
cerely appreciated and we are indeed grate
ful to you all. The following is an excerp
from Jim’s Commanding Officer's letter of
explanation...many of you have asked for
the details:
‘'Captain Vincent J. Joy Jr., was assigned j
as Command Center Operations Officer with j.
the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing. His duties j;
have been performed in an exceptional
manner, and he justifiably earned the re
spect and admiration of his fellow officers
and airmen.
We are proud of our association with Vincent
as his day to day actions typically exem
plified his principles of belief in God,
Country, and dedication to duty. His loss
cannot be easily adjusted to by any of us;
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BEAUTIFUL JADE AND BLACK DIAMOND GIFTS
LOTS OF NEW BONE CHINA AND GLA33&ARE
NEW THIS YEAR: STUFFED ANIMALS AND TOYS
DON'T FORGET YOUR RIDS WITH BABE AMD HER
JINGLE BELLS AND SLEIGHl
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
OPEN
EVENINGS
however, I realize the feeling of loss by
his loved ones is much greater...il
Signed: Sincerely,
G.B. Simler
Colonel, USAF
Commander
May I add a note, reducing the voluminous
letter to a few terse facts: Jim was not
flying his own aircraft (single seat F-lol)
but itfas on an important official flight to
Japan from Okinawa in a T-33 jet aircraft.
He was not pilot, another Captain was pilot
on this trip. Weather was zero-zero as they
approached the Yokota Air Base in Japan;
ground radar control descent and approach
was used; the pilot was directed by radar
to go around Mt. Fujiama, then was cleared
for further descent, lo: 35 PM radio contac'
was lost with the plane, ten minutes later
a Japanese farmer reported he had heard an
explosion and seen a fire on Mt. Oyama
(20 miles SSE of Yokota AB). Weather
prevented the search operation until morn
ing when ground parties confirmed the two
fatalities. Jim’s wife Eleanor and daughter
-Lynn-Y^l—and son Jimmy (?-§•) wore; flown
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WE WISH A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON TO EACH
AND
EVERYONE l
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back to Georgia, her parent’s home, where,
on Saturday, November 30th, the Joy’s third
child was born in the Bainbridge, Georgia
hospital: David Austin Joy, 71bs. 14 ozs.
Kadena Air Base
A
memorial service was held in Okinawa at th
e
base chapel on November 27th. Captain Joy’s
church in Philadelphia, the Church of the
Open Door, held a Memorial service on
Sunday December 1st; A funeral service was
conducted in the Brinson Methodist Church,
Brinson, Georgia, the home church of Eleanor
Joyc Interment in the National Cemetary at
a
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and a vena special
Andersonville, Georgia, with full military
escort and honors was on December 4th.
King David said, relative to the death of his
son: The Lord hath given, the Lord hath taken
ax^ay; Blessed be the name cf the Lord! This
is our feeling, too. We are told in the Bible:
not to sorrow as those who have no ho'e, for
we know that Jim is with the Lord. He .accept
ed Christ as his Saviour when a boy at
Copper Center. Heaven is much dearer to us
now!
Thanks again for all of your expressions of i
sympathy and love; we long to be at home
in Alaska with you all sometime around the T ?
first of the year.
Sincerely,
Vince and Beckie Joy
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE DEC.5, 1963
GR. DILUTING Alaska high school students soon
will be able to enjoy the benefits of special
ized training offered at various Western
public colleges and universities without
payment of non-resident tuition, Govt/nor
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William A. Egan said today. '
The opportunity will be made available,
starting in the fall of 1964, under a new
plan brought into being by the Western
("lCHP)ate Com“ission f6r Higher Education
Under the program, participating schools wil
permit out-of-state students to enroll at
resident or in-state tuition in selected
ropu^s .and^^ram^jvrt^^ ^ ^^cie
"u~. vuates and graduate levels.
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