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==Background==

==Background==

Shell was born in tiny La Conner in Skagit County in northwestern [[Washington]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/11/local/me-shell11|title=Joe Shell (1918-2008):Ex-legislator challenged Nixon|date=April 11, 2008|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|accessdate=May 13, 2018|author=Valerie J. Nelson}}</ref> to Joseph Lieb Shell and the former Nell Schunemann. The elder Shell was an [[Native American|Indian]] agent for the United States Department of Interior in Washington State. When Shell was two years old, his family moved to [[San Diego]],  California, at which his father was a municipal and then a superior court [[judge]], and his mother was a homemaker. He also had a sister, Cheryl. Shell graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, at which he was senior class president and a key [[football]] player. One of his Hoover classmates was [[baseball]] superstar [[Ted Williams]]. Shell was recruited by the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], and [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, California, but instead he chose to attend the [[University of Southern California]] in [[Los Angeles]]. In 1940, he procured his Bachelor of Science in business administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bakersfield/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=107273816|title=

Shell was born in tiny La Conner in Skagit County in northwestern [[Washington]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/11/local/me-shell11|title=Joe Shell (1918-2008):Ex-legislator challenged Nixon|date=April 11, 2008|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|accessdate=May 13, 2018|author=Valerie J. Nelson}}</ref> to Joseph Lieb Shell and the former Nell Schunemann. The elder Shell was an [[Native American|Indian]] agent for the United States Department of Interior in Washington State. When Shell was two years old, his family moved to [[San Diego]],  California, at which his father was a municipal and then a superior court [[judge]], and his mother was a homemaker. He also had a sister, Cheryl. Shell graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, at which he was senior class president and a key [[football]] player. One of his Hoover classmates was [[baseball]] superstar [[Ted Williams]]. Shell was recruited by the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], and [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, California, but instead he chose to attend the [[University of Southern California]] in [[Los Angeles]]. In 1940, he procured his Bachelor of Science in business administration.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bakersfield/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=107273816|title=

|title=Joe Shell|publisher=''The Bakersfield Californian''|date=April 9, 2008|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref>

|title=Joe Shell|publisher=''The Bakersfield Californian''|date=April 9, 2008|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref>

==Football champion==

==Football champion==

A halfback, Shell was the captain of the 1939]] championship USC Trojans team, which played twice in the [[Rose Bowl]] in Pasadena, California, having defeated the previously powerhouses [[Duke University]] in 1939 and the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1940. Among his teammates was quarterback and team Most Valuable Player Ambrose Schindler, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. The "Thundering Herd", as the team was known, was coached by the legendary Howard Jones. It was not until the 2000s that USC finally acknowledged the national championship which had been won by the team, because newspaper rankings of the period &ndash; which over the years had come to be a more widely recognized standard &ndash; had been divided between two other teams.<ref>http://www.trojanwire.com/football/joe-shell-captain-american-hero.php; http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040808aaa.html http://www.legacy.com/bakersfield/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=107273816</ref>

A halfback, Shell was the captain of the 1939]] championship USC Trojans team, which played twice in the [[Rose Bowl]] in Pasadena, California, having defeated the previously powerhouses [[Duke University]] in 1939 and the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1940. Among his teammates was quarterback and team Most Valuable Player Ambrose Schindler, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. The "Thundering Herd", as the team was known, was coached by the legendary Howard Jones. It was not until the 2000s that USC finally acknowledged the national championship which had been won by the team, because newspaper rankings of the period &ndash; which over the years had come to be a more widely recognized standard &ndash; had been divided between two other teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trojanwire.com/2008/04/09/joe-shell-captain-american-hero/|title=Joe Shell: Captain, American Hero|publisher=Trojanwire.com|date=April 9, 2008|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=obit/>  

==Military pilot==

==Military pilot==