Pennsylvania WWII Veterans Bonus application submitted by Joseph :Lizut on 21 March 1950 and his grave marker in Saint Josephat's Cemetery, Pittsburgh (Allegheny county), Pennsylvania,.

Joseph enlisted at Pittsburgh, PA on 3 September 1942

On 26 October 1943 Pfc Lizut was transferred from ABC Fort Benning, GA to Company D, 508th PIR.

Pfc Lizut was injured in action on 4 January 1945 and evacuated to a field hospital;.  He returned to duty four moths later on 8 April.

He was transferred to the 101st Airborne Division on 28 May 1945.

His military decorations include the Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for his participation in Normandy assault.