Joseph Park Moorer (October 18, 1922 – February 26, 2014) was a vice admiral in the

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. Born in

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, he was the younger brother of Admiral

Thomas Hinman Moorer Thomas Hinman Moorer (February 9, 1912 – February 5, 2004) was an admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy who served as the chief of naval operations from 1967 to 1970, and as the seventh chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 ...

. Joe Moorer graduated from the

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in 1941 and served in the

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and in the

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. From 1977 to 1980, he served as Commander in Chief of

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, headquartered in

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, England.http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/EMERITUS/Moorer-%20Joseph%20P.pdf He retired in 1980 and died at his Florida home in 2014. TH Moorer with JP Moorer

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