Adamo was born in Alcamo, Sicily. Adamo and his brother Girolamo "Momo" Adamo both immigrated to the U.S. and became members of the Los Angeles crime family. Momo became the underboss of the family under crime boss Jack Dragna. When Dragna died in 1956, Frank DeSimone became the new boss and demoted Momo. After this both brothers relocated their base of operations to San Diego where they became closely associated with the Matranga and LiMandri family's. In San Diego, Joe was a soldier in the crew of "Papa Tony" Anthony Mirabile and upon Mirabile's murder in 1958 became the capo of the Los Angeles family's San Diego faction.
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