World War II Honoree

Pete Arvizo, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Chandler, Arizona

Honored By

Mariano Vasta

Relationship

Family Friend

HIS SERVICE BEGAN AT: FORT MACARTHUR IN SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA. HE BECAME A MILITARY POLICEMAN ASSIGNED TO THE 377TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY (COMBAT SUPPORT). HE SERVED FROM 1943 THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE WAR. HIS OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED: MILITARY POLICE DUTIES AND PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS ASSAULTS IN THE ANZIO INVASION OF ITALY, ASSAULTS IN NAPLES, FOGGIA, ARNO AND ROME, ITALY, CAVALAIRE, FRANCE, MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA AND RHINELAND, NORMANDY AND THE GERMAN INVASION AS WELL. HIS CITATIONS INCLUDE: SIX BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.