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He was there for a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from his time in the Army, Bellizana has lived in Gibson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after graduating from Southdown High School in 1964, he found work with the Job Corps in Kentucky. He was homesick. After a two-month stint he returned to Gibson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of weeks later, he got his draft letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Being young, I didn&#8217;t give it a second thought,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 1965, he officially became a member of the military. 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