Career
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Smith or "Colonel Joe" worked with the United Service Organizations as Chief of the Armed Forces Entertainment Office. He traveled with many of the celebrities who performed for the United Service Organizations including Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Junior., Jim Nabors, Raquel Welch, among many others Joseph Smith was offered the position of the Director of Entrainment for the Disney Corporation, which he promptly turned down, as well as turning down a multimillion-dollar deal for the writing of his personal memoirs.
Smith died in 1983 due to a massive heart attack.