Hometown
Passaic, New Jersey
Honored By
Mr. Thomas J. Costello
PARATROOPER 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, SICILY. TRUCK HE WAS RIDING IN RAN OVER A LAND MINE, JOE WAS BLOWN INTO A TREE HUNG THERE FOR AWHILE AND DROPPED TO GROUND AFTER FOUR OPERATIONS THEY SAVED HIS LEG, FOUR OTHERS RIDING WITH WERE KILLED.