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the Government during the was as a [[strikethrough]]water[[/strikthrough]][[strikethrough]][[?]] using[[/strikethrough]] seaplane[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]]. While Hutchinson was helping to rig a plane, a wing crate was accidently dropped on his leg and a protruding nail caused an ugly flesh wound. Blood poisoning developed and Hutchinson was hospitalized for two months, leaving him in a weakened, run-down condition. As a result he was unable to pass a physical examination for a commission in the service.

Following the war, Hutchinson returned to California and signed up as an instruction at a flying school in Riverside which a short time later went out of business.

In 1919 Hutchinson quit the flying game and went to Death Valley where he [[strikethrough]]became[[/strikethrough]]was employed by The Pacific Coast Borax Company.

During World War II, Hutchinson was a civilian Naval Aircraft Inspector at Ryan Aircraft Company, San Diego, California, from 1942 through 1945. He [[strikethrough]]is now[[/strikethrough]] retired and lived [[strikethrough]]at[[/strikethrough]]in La Jolla, California until his death in 1975. He [[strikethrough]]is[[/strikethrough]]was a member of the Early Birds,

Flying Pioneer [[strikethrough]], Early Bird[[/strikethrough]] Joseph R. Hutchinson devoted much of his early life to flying, building planes and giving instruction, and is richly deserving of his noteworthy place in early American aviation history. [[strikethrough]]Still living, he enjoys the memories of his early days of pioneer flying.[[/strikethrough]]