Joseph was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on Aug 12, 1917, the youngest child of Italian immigrants. His father was John Mangin (1875 - 1948), and his mother was Concetta DeVincentis Mangin (1877 - 1959).
In the early 1940s, Joseph went to live with his sister, Rose Mangin Akre and her husband in Falls Church, Virginia outside Washington, DC. There he met Dorothy Parker (1923 - 2004). They married and Joseph brought Dorothy to Erie. There they raised three children: two sons and a daughter.
During World War II, Joseph served in the Army Air Corps in the Burma-China theater. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Joseph was a plasterer by trade. He was also a talented woodworker, making many items of wooden furniture that always had that "Joe Mangin" signature look to them.
Joseph died on Aug 1, 2002, just short of his 85th birthday.
In the early 1940s, Joseph went to live with his sister, Rose Mangin Akre and her husband in Falls Church, Virginia outside Washington, DC. There he met Dorothy Parker (1923 - 2004). They married and Joseph brought Dorothy to Erie. There they raised three children: two sons and a daughter.
During World War II, Joseph served in the Army Air Corps in the Burma-China theater. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Joseph was a plasterer by trade. He was also a talented woodworker, making many items of wooden furniture that always had that "Joe Mangin" signature look to them.
Joseph died on Aug 1, 2002, just short of his 85th birthday.
Joseph was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on Aug 12, 1917, the youngest child of Italian immigrants. His father was John Mangin (1875 - 1948), and his mother was Concetta DeVincentis Mangin (1877 - 1959).
In the early 1940s, Joseph went to live with his sister, Rose Mangin Akre and her husband in Falls Church, Virginia outside Washington, DC. There he met Dorothy Parker (1923 - 2004). They married and Joseph brought Dorothy to Erie. There they raised three children: two sons and a daughter.
During World War II, Joseph served in the Army Air Corps in the Burma-China theater. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Joseph was a plasterer by trade. He was also a talented woodworker, making many items of wooden furniture that always had that "Joe Mangin" signature look to them.
Joseph died on Aug 1, 2002, just short of his 85th birthday.
In the early 1940s, Joseph went to live with his sister, Rose Mangin Akre and her husband in Falls Church, Virginia outside Washington, DC. There he met Dorothy Parker (1923 - 2004). They married and Joseph brought Dorothy to Erie. There they raised three children: two sons and a daughter.
During World War II, Joseph served in the Army Air Corps in the Burma-China theater. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Joseph was a plasterer by trade. He was also a talented woodworker, making many items of wooden furniture that always had that "Joe Mangin" signature look to them.
Joseph died on Aug 1, 2002, just short of his 85th birthday.
