Belton Y. Cooper

Belton Cooper grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and attended the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Michigan. He served as an Ordnance officer with the 3rd Armored Division during World War II.

Mr. Cooper was awarded five service stars on his Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign medal: serving in the field from the Invasion of Normandy in 1944 through the Allied invasion of Germany in 1945. He was also awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation, the Belgian Fourragere and the Bronze Star Medal.

His primary duty during the war was the "recovery, repair, and maintenance" of US tanks during the war. As part of that duty, he regularly traveled through "the void", an area ranging from a few miles to as many as 50 miles (80 km) between the

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