Media Gallery
Before the War
Joe (left) and his younger brother Roy (right) with their beloved pet dog Skip
Joe (left) with Roy (center) and his older sister Lindler (right)
Joe and Martha Anne at their wedding in North Charleston on July 2, 1971
Martha Anne pins flight wings on Joe’s uniform at the completion of Rotary Wing School
Joe and his younger brother Roy with a mess of doves they killed before he left for Vietnam
One of two items handed to Lt. Joe Tallon as he was leaving for Vietnam, this is a New Testament given by Liz Cobb.
One of two items handed to Lt. Joe Tallon as he was leaving for Vietnam, this set of brass knuckles was given by Harry Tallon “in case the fighting gets in real close.”
During the war
Han River in Vietnam which empties into the South China Sea in Da Nang
Mohawk aircraft sit in their protective revetments in this image of the Marble Mountain Army Airfield in the vicinity of Da Nang, Vietnam
Maintenance being performed on an OV-1 Mohawk aircraft
Joe seated at his desk in the motor pool office at Marble Mountain
SSG Dubose seated at his desk in the motor pool office at Marble Mountain
Joe with the misfits from the motor pool section of the 131st Military Intelligence Company
1st Lt. Joe Tallon standing outside of his Mohawk holding the mission packet before leaving on a flight mission over North Vietnam
Family dinner in 1972 at Woodlawn Avenue in North Charleston while Joe is in Vietnam; seated at the table (L-R) are Freddie Bootle (Joe’s brother-in-law), Harry (back to camera), Bertha (Joe’s mother), Roy, and Martha Anne
Joe seated in a Mohawk with Specialist Yarborough who served as an observer on many of Joe’s missions in Vietnam
Specialist-5th Class Daniel Richards
Seated under a Mohawk, Specialist Daniel Richards who flew together with Joe for the first time on their final mission in Vietnam
Vietnamese currency that Lt. Joe Tallon sent home in a letter to Martha Anne
The colorful headband inscribed with VIET NAM that members of the motor pool misfits collectively wore for esprit de corps
Joe’s handwritten list of some members of his motor pool misfits team
Joe’s Spud Party Suit that unit Mohawk pilots had made in Thailand
Cover of the 131st Military Intelligence Company yearbook during Joe’s 1972 deployment
Copy of a letter written by Joe to Martha Anne in late July 1972 from Vietnam
After the War
Joe on the Blue Ridge Parkway during convalescent leave with Martha Anne in late 1972
Joe standing with his beloved hunting dog Cocoa in early 1973
Joe with his new shotgun and his stepside pickup truck in early 1973
Joe standing in his first big garden plot in Fayetteville, North Carolina in late summer 1973
Joe holds a stringer of largemouth bass in South Carolina in the late 1970s
The converted shrimp boat called the Bridget in Copahee Sound north of Charleston
Joe’s cousin Larry “Bubba” Cobb with whom Joe entered the shrimping business in the late 70s
On his front lawn, Joe stands proudly next to “It’s a Boy” sign upon the birth of Matthew in June 1979
Co-Authors Joe and Matthew together on a bicycle in early 1980
Co-Authors Joe and Matthew stand together on the front porch in spring 1981
Co-Authors Joe and Matthew together at Joe’s graduation from the Citadel in 1981
Joe pins on the airborne wings for his youngest son 2nd Lt. Josh Tallon upon graduation from Airborne school in 2005
Chance encounter with General William Westmoreland in Folly Beach, SC during the summer of 2001