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Joseph Pescia Sullivan was born in San Francisco, California, on 7 January 1894.^[1] He entered the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 14 June 1913, and graduated early on 20 April 1920 due to World War I, ranked 131st in his class.^[2]

Sullivan was commissioned as a second lieutenant 6th Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 15 May 1917 and temporary captain on 5 August 1917. After training at the Infantry School of Arms at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, embarked for France on 17 March 1918. He was attached to the French 143rd Infantry Regiment [fr] from 27 May to 15 August, when he rejoined the 6th Infantry. He saw action in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne offensive before being severely wounded at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon on 16 October.^[2]

After being released from hospital on 7 November, Sullivan was sent to the The Artillery School at Saumur. On 1 February 1919 he joined the 15th Field Artillery Regiment in the occupation of the Rhineland. When the regiment returned to the United States in June, he was posted to the General Staff in Paris. He returned to the United States on 20 July.^[2]

Sullivan joined the 32nd Infantry Regiment at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, on 20 August 1919,^[2] and then the 44th Infantry Regiment there on 1 September. On 1 July 1920, he transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Monroe, Virginia, from June 1921 to June 1922, and was a language officer at the United States embassy in Tokyo, Japan, from June 1922 to December 1923.^[3]

Sullivan joined the 63rd Coast Artillery (AA) Regiment at Fort Winfield Scott, California. He was an assistant staff judge advocate with the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from June 1928 to July 1927, before returning to the 63rd Coast Artillery. The regiment moved to Fort Shafter in the Territory of Hawaii in February 1928, and he was a trial judge advocate with the Hawaiian Department from June 1928 to August 1929.^[3]

On 2 August 1929, Sullivan transferred to the Quartermaster Corps and became the officer in charge of the Supplies Division in the Hawaiian General Depot. ^[3] He was transferred to the Philadelphia in May 1931, and attended the Quartermaster School from 1 September 1931 to 1 September 1932. He then attended Harvard Business School, graduating with an Master of Business Administration degree in September 1934. While there, he was promoted to major on 20 March 1933. He was then post quartermaster at Fort Davis in the Panama Canal Zone until April 1936.^[4] He was quartermaster at the Atlantic Depot from 1936 to 1938, and then became the post quartermaster at Selfridge Field, Michigan.^[5]