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TAPS
Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night. |
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Born: July 08, 1923 at
Venango Township, PA
Entered Service in the US
Army from Cambridge Springs, PA
Earned
The Medal of Honor During World War II For heroism June 25,
1944 at
Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, France
Died: November
23, 1944 at the age of 21
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Corporal
Kelly's unit was pinned down by heavy enemy machinegun fire
emanating from a deeply entrenched strongpoint on the slope
leading up to Fort du Roule at Cherbourg, France. Corporal Kelly
volunteered to attempt to neutralize the strongpoint. Arming
himself with a pole charge about ten feet long and with 15
pounds of explosive affixed, he climbed the slope under a
withering blast of machinegun fire and placed the charge at the
strongpoint's base. The subsequent blast was ineffective, and
again, alone and unhesitatingly, he braved the slope to repeat
the operation. This second blast blew off the ends of the enemy
guns. Corporal Kelly then climbed the slope a third time to
place a pole charge at the strongpoint's rear entrance. When
this had been blown open he hurled hand grenades inside the
position, forcing survivors of the enemy guncrews to come out
and surrender.
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