Joel Brand Laseter, Cls 40, of Plant City, Fla., on May 16. He joined the Marine Corps and flew Corsairs in World War II, commanding a squadron of B-25s in the Pacific Theatre. Following the war, he worked to repatriate prisoners of war to China, Japan, Russia and the United States, and continued to work in China to help re-establish the country’s presence in world banking. In civilian life, he worked as a manufacturer’s representative and for pipe fitting extrusion businesses. His travels took him to more than 80 countries and all seven continents; in 2002 he became one of the oldest people to visit the U.S. Research Station at the South Pole, and he visited the North Pole on an icebreaker ship the following year. He made visits to game camps in Africa and celebrated his 90th birthday in Myanmar.
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