Identified Envelope

Envelope identified to Martin J. Joyce - Hq Company, 331st Infantry Regiment

Original WWII Army Cover with bicolored border, dated July 22, 1944. The envelope was sent by Pfc. Martin J. Joyce #35931126 to Mr. Ira M. Smith, Registrars Office, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The address the envelope was sent from was APO #83 which was in Occupied, Germany on this date.

Pfc. Martin J. Joyce

Private First Class Martin J. Joyce Jr.

Martin John Joyce Jr. was born on March 15, 1926, in Youngstown, Ohio, as the son of Martin E. and Mary (Healey) and Martin E. Joyce and was a longtime area resident.

Martin Joyce enlisted (#35931126) on August 7, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a 1944 graduate of Ursuline High School, where he was captain of the football team and elected to the All City Team and the Ursuline High School Hall of Fame. During the war he was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. For his service he was awarded, among other decorations, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the European African Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal with three Campaign Stars for Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe and the Bronze Star Medal.

After arriving back home in the US, he married his wife, the former Anne Conaboy, on February 7, 1948. He then graduated from Youngstown College in 1950. Martin Joyce worked for Republic Steel Corporation in the open hearth division, for Bucheit Construction Company, and also sold real estate. Marty managed and coached in the Mill Creek Jr. Baseball League for over 30 years with the Kirby Sweepers team, was one of the coaches of many tournament teams and was a trustee for the league. He was responsible for the starting the Girl’s Pigtail League and was instrumental in lights being constructed at the Mill Creek Jr. League fields.

Martin J. Joyce died on June 23, 2011.