World War II Honoree

Davis Franklin Bellamy

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waynesboro, Virginia

Honored By

Elizabeth B. Huffer

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED APRIL 1943. SERVED AS A MEDICAL TECHNICIAN IN THE PACIFIC. INVOLVED IN INVASIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND NEW GUINEA AT LUZON, LINGAYEN GULF AND LEYTE. ON JANUARY 16, 1945 WHILE TRAVELING FROM NEW GUINEA TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE SHIP SS KYLE V. JOHNSON WAS HIT WITH A KAMIKAZE PLANE. HELPED TREAT MANY WOUNDED AND DYING MEN. THEN, SERVED IN OCCUPIED JAPAN. RECEIVED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED JANUARY 1946.