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Belinc, Joseph Anthony, Cpl.
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Home Town Coketon
Date of Passing Apr 27, 2000
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CORPORAL JOSEPH ANTHONY BELINC INITIAL ENLISTED ON 19 JULY 1938 AND SERVED UNTIL 18 JULY 1941. ON 3 FEBRUARY 1942 CPL BELINC REENLISTED AND WAS SENT TO THE PACIFIC AS A AIRPLANE PROPELLER MECHANIC WITH THE 481ST SERVICE SQUADRON, USAAF. CPL BELINC WAS SENT HOME AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1945. ON 27 APRIL 2000 JOSEPH BELINC PASSED AWAY IN SOUTH GATE MICHIGAN AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY IN THOMAS WEST VIRGINIA.
Description (Papua Campaign 23 July 1942 to 23 January 1943) In another effort to take Port Moresby the Japanese landed troops at Buna, Gona, and Sanananda in July 1942. At first the Allies could offer only feeble resistance to the enemy forces that pushed southward through Papua, but the Allies were building up their strength in Australia. By mid September Fifth Air Force had superiority in the air over New Guinea, and the Japanese drive had been stopped. The Allies then began to push the enemy back, with Fifth Air Force ferrying supplies and reinforcements to the troops fighting in the jungle. Buna was taken on 2 January 1943, and enemy resistance at Sanananda ended three weeks later.
