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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Milton O'Kelley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bauxite, Arkansas

Honored By

Arnold A. Wright

Relationship

Friend

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Activity During WWII

DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN JANUARY 1942 AND SENT TO CAMP CAMPBELL FOR 34 WEEKS OF TRAINING. ASSIGNED TO THE 782ND TANK BATTALION GOING TO GERMANY. UNIT LOADED ON A TRAIN AND SENT TO ST. VALERY, FRANCE. SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT CAUSED THE TRAIN TO RUN THROUGH THE TRAIN STATION AT ST. VALERY. A LOT OF THE MEN WERE KILLED AND MORE INJURED. THE 782ND WENT THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY AND WAS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA WHEN THE WAR ENDED.