Joseph "Joe" Stanley (January 28, 1908 – March 15, 2012) was an American Retired United States Air Force Colonel. Stanley, a veteran pilot of World War II, served as the commander of Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida during the 1950s.[1]
Stanley was born on January 28, 1908, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1935.[1] Stanley commanded a B-17 squadron during World War II.[1] He became the commander of Eglin Air Force Base during the 1950s.[1] Stanley was also stationed in Vienna, Paris, Egypt and Berlin during his Air Force career.[1]
Stanley and his wife moved to the Westwood Retirement Resort in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, in 1994.[1] His wife, Betty, died in 2003 on her 100th birthday.[1] Joe Stanley died on March 15, 2012, in Florida at the age of 104.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Barlow, Kari (2012-03-16). "Former Eglin Commander dies at 104". Northwest Florida Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20120319163924/http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/fort-48253-passes-beach.html. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
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