West Roxbury/ Boston- Signed up for life insurance, $10,000 (Military file 38)
In Boston (MF 44)
In Boston for physical examination (MF 6)
oyce receives orders from Adjutant General Adams to report to Honolulu. He was to take a train to San Francisco where he would board a boat to take him to Hawaii. He had to have done these orders by July 9, 1941 (MF 41)
Joyce’s previous orders to go to Honolulu on June 11 were backed up until July 1, 1941. In other words, the day Martin Joyce leaves for Hawaii gets pushed back about 3 weeks. (MF 42)
Reported to Hawaii as assistant officer and put in charge of planning and supervising installation of radio stations for all units in the area. (Joyce’s travels, MF1)
Arrived in Hawaii (MF 44)
Ordered to seize all radio units held by Japanese and German aliens in Hawaii → Pearl Harbor (MF 1)
Appointed Officer in charge of RADAR where he assigned Radar equipment to the Units and installed Radar stations and radio communications for Aircraft Warning in Hawaii. Ordered to go to New Caledonia and Guadalcanal (Joyce’s travels, MF1)
Joyce ordered to go to Noumea, New Caledonia and the surrounding countries for a period of three months (until August, 1942) (MF 60)
Ticket given to Joyce in order for him to travel from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco (MF 57)
Ordered to Orlando, FL for temp. duty fighter command school (MF 59)
Joyce took inspection trip to Guadalcanal, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Hebrides, checking the radio units. While on this inspection trip he received orders to return to Hawaii and from War department Orders to report to Headquarters 850 signal service as Communications officer. (MF 37)
Joyce is asked to move from Ft. Mason, CA in San Francisco to Camp Crowder, Missouri for duty as Radio Communications Officer. (MF 56)
Sailed from Hawaii, to Camp Crowder (Joyce’s Travels, MF 37)
Arrived at Camp Crowder (Joyce’s Travels, MF 37)
Joyce departed Camp Crowder with the 850th Signal Service Battalion for overseas duty (Joyce’s travels, MF 37)
Charged with installation of radio units in India, the Middle East, and South Africa (MF 1)
In command of POW camp 131
Joyce arrives in Egypt (Joyce’s travels, MF 37)
Joyce relieved from his position in Cairo and is asked to go to Tripoli, Libya (MF 45)
Ordered to travel from Tripoli, Libya to Sfax, Tunisia. (MF 29)
Ordered to travel to Oran, Algeria.
Left Oran, Algeria (MF 39)
Assigned to War camp 128. (Hanging folder1) In charge of security, layout of work, feeding, clothing, and Housing and Hospital Care in Prisoner of War Camp 128 Tizi Algeria. (Joyce’s travels, MF 1)
Ordered by rail to go to Algiers, Algeria from camp 128 in Tizi, Algeria
Oran, Algeria (POW camp)
Mascara, Algeria
Assigned to be commander of Prisoner of war camp 131. (Hanging folder1) (MF48)
In between Joyce’s return from Orlando and his departure for Camp Crowder, Joyce returned to his radio units in Guadalcanal, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Hebrides. (MF 37)
Fly to Palermo, Sicily, to escort 17 Italian civilians and 3 officers, then return to Libya (Joyce’s travels, MF 20)
Joyce was in Prisoner of War Camp 131 in Oran, North Africa
Charged by the Commanding General with making a survey in the city of Oran, North Africa to regulate traffic. (Joyce’s travels, MF 1)
Transferred to Military Government, England as Deputy Administrator of A1A3 State Team and was also assigned to the Staff Study Program of ECAD where he was in charge of the Public Safety Section. He was also assigned as the Commanding Officer of the F1F2 City Team and after he entered Germany was assigned to the G-5 Section of the 7th U.S. Army. (Joyce’s travel, MF 2)
After hearing that the Dachau Concentration Camp was still standing, Joyce was attached to the 45th division which took command during the liberation of the Camp. Joyce helped the prisoners regain strength and organized transportation to all European countries. After Dachau was liberated, he returned HQ 7th army as chief Public Safety Officer for the western Detroit U.S. military zone. He was charged with the supervision and organization of all city and state police departments in the area, he was also asked to constantly check the German employees. (Joyce’s travels, MF 2)
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Joyce has retired from the state police voluntarily and has met all the requirements needed to do so. Joyce is to be taken off the payroll of the state police starting on July 1st, 1946. Joyce’s pension is to be decided by the Board and Joyce has finished his job with the state police.
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