American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Joe Delia, 78, who joined the U.S. Air Force in Plainfield, N.J., in 1966. He attended Basic Training at Lackland AFB in Texas before specialty training as a Fuel Cell Technician at Chanute AFB. His first duty assignment was at Dover (Del.) AFB with deployment to MacDill (Fla.) AFB. In 1978, he was transferred to Da Nang in Vietnam for duty at the airfield there. He returned to Offutt (Okla.) AFB for his final duty. He separated in 1970 as a Staff Sergeant and began a 22-year career with Hewlett Packard as an electrical engineer, using his GI Bill to earn a technical degree in electronics; HP also provided advanced training to work on their equipment.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
