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
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.