World War II Honoree

Edward Eugene Belet

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Blairstown, New Jersey

Honored By

Edward Eugene Belet

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ON ATTU IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAMPAIGN. CAROLINE, GILBERT AND MARSHALL ISLANDS, UP TO MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, SAIPAN AND TINIAN. HE WAS AT THE LAST FIGHTING AT IWO JIMA TO IE SHIMA ISLAND AND THEN TO OKINAWA. RECEIVED THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON, 2 SILVER STARS WITH BRONZE ARROWHEAD, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH A BRONZE BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, LEGION OF MERIT MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION AND AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. SERVED JULY 1941 TO DECEMBER 1982.