BILL THE PATCH Posted January 6, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 6, 2018 This is leo Kelly born and raised in Utica NY, moved to the Glens Falls ny area after the war. Him and his son in law volunteer to help put up the Christmas decorations in the Catholic Church I work at. He is 94 years old, smokes cigars everyday, is sharp as a tack. He's a great guy. He is a 100th div, 399th INF regt vet. He was kind enough to sign my 100th div unit history book. He has some great stories he shared with me. He was a lineman after the war and retired the same. One story I will share is because he thinks it's funny. His squad was in a house somewhere in Germany the other half was across the street, he said a German tank pulled up Right in front of his window. He was on the second floor. He had a rifle grenade he thought wow I'm gonna get this tank. (He starts to chuckle). So he shoots , the grenade bounces off the tank go across the street and hits the building where the rest of his squad is.nobody got hurt. He said boy were they pissed. He said the tank took off and so did he. Even at reunions they wouldn't let him forget the incident. A true WW2 hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted January 6, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 6, 2018 Bill, thanks for sharing this, my grandfather served near Leo in K Company in the 397th. I love the story about the rifle grenade and the tank. Sounds like the rest of the guys in his squad sure were lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted January 6, 2018 Share #3 Posted January 6, 2018 Great story! Thanks for sharing!Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted January 7, 2018 Share #4 Posted January 7, 2018 Great to see they are still out there. Enjoy the friendship. A lot of us are jealous. Give Mr. Kelly our thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 9, 2018 Share #5 Posted January 9, 2018 Good post Billy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed 2 tha Teeth Posted January 20, 2018 Share #6 Posted January 20, 2018 Great story! Our group reenacts Leo's company and we interviewed him in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted January 20, 2018 Awesome, where are you guys out of? Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed 2 tha Teeth Posted January 20, 2018 Share #8 Posted January 20, 2018 PA mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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