World War II Honoree

Leo Hunter Bellieu

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Norman, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED ARMY SERVICE IN 1943. COMPLETED PILOT TRAINING IN THE U.S. AND WAS SENT TO PANAMA FOR ADDITIONAL COMBAT PILOT TRAINING. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A PILOT WITH A FIELD ARTILLERY GROUP. FLEW COMBAT RECONAISSANCE MISSIONS OVER BELGIUM, AND GERMANY ALONG THE RUHR AND RHINE RIVERS. REMAINED IN CENTRAL GERMANY AFTER THE END OF THE WAR SERVING WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION UNTIL 1946 WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE STATES AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.