Charles Turner Joy (17 February 1895 – 6 June 1956) was an admiral of the

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during

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and the

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. During the last years of his career, while fighting leukemia, he served as Superintendent of the

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. The destroyer USS ''Turner Joy'' (DD-951) was named for him.

Early life

C. Turner Joy was born in St. Louis,

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, on February 17, 1895. Commissioned as an ensign in the Navy upon graduation from the

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in 1916, he served in the

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for more than four years, including the U.S. participation in

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Interwar period

In 1923, after receiving a graduate education in engineering, he began two years as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Yangtze Patrol. This was followed by a tour as executive officer of the

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, an assignment with the Bureau of Ordnance, sea duty in the battleship , and service at the Naval Mine Depot at

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. In the mid-1930s, Lieutenant Commander Joy was commanding officer of the destroyer and was on the staff of Commander Destroyers, Battle Force. From 1937 to 1940, Commander Joy was an instructor at the Naval Academy. He then became executive officer of the

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World War II

In 1941, Captain Joy was Operations Officer for Commander Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet. For several months after the United States entered World War II in December, he helped to plan and execute combat operations against Japan. He commanded the heavy cruiser from September 1942 to June 1943 during which he was active in the Aleutians and South Pacific war theatres. After an important war plans tour in

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, 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 Navy.

Postwar and Korean War

Commanding an amphibious group when

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capitulated in August 1945, Joy was soon assigned to duty in

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. He was in charge of the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, Virginia, in 1946 to 1949 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

. From July 1951 to May 1952, he was also the senior

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Delegate to the Korean Armistice talks. His experience in this role led him to write a book, ''How Communists Negotiate''. In the book, he detailed a number of different tactics that were used during the talks to delay, frustrate, and create useful propaganda for the North Koreans. His observations included the fact that the communists would set shorter chairs for the UN delegates so that the communists would tower over the UN delegates in propaganda photographs. He said "the recall of General MacArthur gave further reason for the Communists to believe we were a ' paper tiger'." His final assignment was as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Last years and legacy

Retiring in July 1954, Admiral Joy subsequently made his home in

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. He died at the U.S. Naval Hospital in

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on 6 June 1956. He is interred at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery. The destroyer , 1959–1991, was named in honor of Admiral Joy. Turner Joy Road at the Naval Academy is also named in his honor.

Decorations

Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy's ribbon bar:Valor awards for Charles Turner Joy , Military Times Hall of Valor
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References

*Obitutuary, Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1956, p. 7

External links

history.navy.mil/photos: biography of C. Turner JoyFinding aid to C. Turner Joy's papers at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University
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