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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Oscar Heyward Bellamy, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Florence, South Carolina

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

He served as a radio operator on the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Converse in the Pacific, surviving a night-time engagement off Rabaul and kamikaze attacks near Bougainville as well as a typhoon.