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Email: wtjoyce@prodigy.net

Maj. Terry Joyce was raised in Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University. He entered the Air Force in 1960 through the ROTC program and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for his first assignment. The X-15 was the big item at Edwards then and Terry escorted the media around because he was in public affairs. He and his wife, Peg Dunn, were married while he was at Edwards.

Terry’s next assignment was navigator training at Waco, Texas, followed by nearly seven years in EC-121s at McClellan Air Force Base, in Sacramento, Calif. He got lots of Southeast Asia time and a Distinguished Flying Cross while in EC-121s.

From California, the Joyces headed back to Indiana and an ROTC instructor’s job for four years. By this time, they had a son and a daughter. Then, it was on to Charleston, followed by two years in the Philippines and back again to Charleston. Terry retired from the Air Force in 1982 and joined The Post and Courier, the daily newspaper in Charleston. He was the paper’s military reporter for 17 years.

He retired from the paper on Jan. 1, 2005. He and Peg still live in Summerville. Their daughter has three children and lives in Louisville, Ky. Their son and his wife live in Spartanburg, S.C., and have two children.