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Korea 1951
24th IDA web master Editorial Note: This is Mario Iezzoni’s story of how he,
nearly 60 years later, was able to identify a fellow GI whom he had carried to
an aid station very badly wounded in April 1951 in Korea. It was a GI that
Mario had met shortly before when they reported as replacements to the 24th
Infantry Division. It was a task exacerbated by Mario’s then difficulties with
the English language. Its results are most satisfying in that the unknown GI’s
family was touched by Mario’s efforts. I was involved in Mario’s search in that
I was in E company, 19th Infantry Regiment, in the 4th Platoon with two of the
men mentioned in the first paragraph in the below article, Bill Valetta and
John Kelly. The following pages are copied of Mario’s “book,” which he kindly
gave me a copy. Not all are legible, for which I am sorry. Tom J. Thiel, Web
master. June 18, 2012.
We first met in Sasabo, Japan, the end of February, as a group of four: you (John
James Early), John Kelly, William Valetta and me (Mario Iezzoni). We boarded the
ship for an overnight trip to Pusan, Korea, where we transferred to a train heading
north.
On the train, they gave us 5-in-1 ration. We had to find a fifth person to share the
ration. I heated the large can on a cardboard fire between the rail cars. At Division
Rear, we were welcomed and assigned to our regiment 19th Inf. "The Rock of
Chickamauga". Where we learned the 'Art of War' by those well experienced.
On March 23, 1951, we received our Company assignments: you, Bill and Kelly went
to E Company, I went to G Company.
On 10 April 51, we went by road march to MLR (main line of resistance) to replace
the current outfit occupy their positions while they went back into reserve.
Some two hours after dark, we moved along the ridge, with interval between us, to a
down finger, to a point where we stopped in place for an hour plus. Then, we slowly
moved down in the dark to a staging area for the attack at dawn.
Before we arrived to the staging area, freezing rain started, snow - rain, light rain
turning to fog later.
The attack started, within a few hours we were on the ridge.
The fourth Plt setup a defensive mortar position, where I unloaded my mortar
rounds, some 20 yards below the ridge. I was told to take up a guarding position by"
that large rock". The rock was large with a thin crevice.
I positioned to its right towards the up going finger ridge and came under fire and ran
for cover to the crevice. The crevice was too thin to fully cover my body and he kept
shooting at me there for a long time. With each shot, I squeezed in deeper... Sgt Alley
yelled over to me, "He is after you" I answered, "Yea, I know". Thanks to God he
missed every time but the zinging of the bullets hitting the rock are still in me.
With the wet and cold chill, someone stated a fire that turned into a large smoking
bonfire that the enemy could zero in on.
Many took turns warming at the fire, some 20 yards from my me. At some point, I too
went for a warm up and return to my position where I decided the crevice was safer.
It was not long when two incoming 120mm mortar rounds landed near our gun
position causing four casualties:
 Brown Claude S. Pvt2
 Dubois Alfred E Pvt2
 Coleman Ellis Sgt
 McMinn Clark Pfc
Calls went for medic but before any medic could come, we were counter-attacked.
The guarding platoon on the ridge started running downhill yelling counter-attack,
counter-attack.
I was by the wounded, with no hesitation, we loaded our wounded on their poncho,
ran down hill, the enemy shooting at us until we were out of site. Thank God none, of
were hit.
At the bottom of the hill, we had to cross a large open field leading to our positions on
the mountain. I was the end man going off the hill and at the first two attempts
crossing the field where automatic fire caused us to return back to cover along the
tree line. We were carrying at least three wounded on ponchos, one walked, McMinn,
and two spare carried our belongings.
The two spare men relieved me and a Korean from carrying Sgt Coleman who was
very badly wounded and we took over their big bundles. On the third crossing
attempt, I went first and sure as hell the enemy had me zeroed in, bullets hitting
through me and all around. I tossed the bundle over my head and ran deep into the
woods for cover where I noticed a stretcher with a wounded man on it.
I looked him over and noticed that his eyes were closed, had a gashed long deep chin
wound. The loose bandage well exposed the open wound that was not bleeding.
He opened his eyes and said, "Please don't leave me."
He is alive. When I saw the gap in his front teeth, I recognized him as one of us on the
train. He once more said not to leave him. I called to him "Kelley it's me Iezzoni" and
he repeated, "please don't leave me." I said, hoping to assure him "It's me Iezzoni, we
won't leave you...”
I called him "Kelley" knowingly not John Kelly who came from Ireland but John J.
Earley whose name I was not able to pronounce to his liking, saying "Hear-ley" not
"Earley."
We carried him for hours until just before dusk when a group of supply carriers also
making their way back passed the MLR, friendly line, took over the stretcher. I
followed them to the Aid Station arriving in the dark within an hour. I must have
passed out outside the tent because the next thing I knew it was 8:30 a.m. and went
looking for my outfit that had gone to retake the hill. I was greeted with "Where the
hell were you?"
Some time passed I went to the aid station asked a medic about Earley, calling him
Kelley."
Did Kelly make it?" I asked.
He said, "No" he died three hours after you brought him in. He had lost too much
blood. I said, "But he was not bleeding."
He said, "He was also shot in the back."
This explains why he was on the stretcher in the first place.
Notes:
1. I noticed a medical jeep with side-stretchers abandoned on a back dirt road, some
70 yards from where I found John. I took it that earlier the enemy had them under
fire. In my mind, I hoped to pass this to his family someday and with many helpings,
God's will be done, 11 Apr 2010.
2. The award came as a result of sometime later on reserve. A guy came to G
Company asking me about 11th of April 51. I told him, he wrote it all down. In
November, 1951, I was awarded the Bronze Star with "V" for Valor.
Tony the
Tailor’s Son a War Hero
By BILL O'GUREK, Times News, May 25, 2010
When Mario Iezzoni came
to the United States from Italy in
1947 he simply wanted to
be an "average American." As a
teenager, he enlisted in the
Army after the outset of the
Korean War. A little more than a
year later he was exposed to the
horrors of war and found himself
in a bad situation, one which
later resulted in his be- ing
awarded a Bronze Star.
As they began retreating downhill, Mario and five
others volunteered to stay
behind and carry the injured
down the mountain. With
the enemy in close pursuit,
they used ponchos to create
makeshift stretchers, but
continued their retreat amid
showers of gunfire.
"The Chinese were
shooting wildly," Mario said.
We got to the bottom of the
hill, crossed an open area
and bullets were whistling.
They were firing automatic
weapons. It was a miracle
none of us were hit. "
Son of "Tony the Tailor,”
an Italian immigrant who settled in Lansford with his wife,
Mario and some of his friends
joined the military not long after
the first American was killed in
action on July 4, 1950.
Sixty years later and now a
resident of Summit Hill, the
highly-decorated soldier has
quite a gripping story to tell
about how he came home from
the war with a Bronze Star
Medal.
“My whole idea was, to come to
America, join the Army, get educated
and someday go back to Europe to
give my friends and family a ride on an
Army jeep," he recalled. At age 17, he
joined the Army "to get an education,"
eventually undergoing 14 weeks of basic training and eight weeks both for
advanced infantry and armored infantry training. "I was only 129 pounds,
but by the time I was done with basic
training, I wasn't afraid of anybody,"
he recalled.
With the war in Korea escalating,
Mario, an ammo bearer for a 60-mm
mortar team, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry
Regiment. As the need to have fresh
troops was paramount, he was sent to
the front lines near the 38th Parallel in
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Mario Iezzoni
April, 1951. "It was the 10th when we
went to the front line," he recalled.
"That night, we moved into enemy territory and got down to the bottom of
the hill. There was freezing rain and
snow, and fog all over the mountain. I
don't know why, but I wasn't afraid. I
even wondered if the Army gave you
something to not be afraid.”
"George" Company eventually
advanced down the other side of the
ridge before Iezzoni found himself
retreating to take cover in a crack
between two rocks after a sniper
opened fire to his right. "For an hourand a-half to two hours I was pinned
down. Bullets were zinging and flying
everywhere. It was wet and cold, but I
stayed there a long time," he recalled.
Just a few hours later, 120-mm mortar
rounds exploded against the Americans
who had been guarding the ridge
against a counter-attack, injuring four
soldiers.
During the retreat, Mario
came across a wounded
soldier who had apparently
been left for dead. "I looked
at him, his eyes were closed and he had
a wound in his chin. When he opened
his eyes, I thought, 'Oh my God, he's
alive.'" The soldier begged Mario,
"Please don't leave me.”
Mario carried the man, thought to
be a soldier named Kelly who he had
met when they went to Korea traveled
together on a ship transport. “He was
between 220 and 240 pounds. He was a
burden, but I carried him for 6 hours,
maybe, 2-1/2 to 3 miles," Mario said.
Eventually, Mario was able to get the
injured soldier to an aid station after
which time he collapsed.
Six weeks later he learned “Kelly”
died three hours after making it to the
aid tent, apparently succumbing to a
loss of blood.
Mario Iezzoni, Life Member 1229
29 W. Amidon St., Summit Hill PA
18250-1401 Tel. 717-645-9326
Volume 64 Issue No.
Original Message
-tr'rom: Merry Helm -
To: mario iwoni
Sent Sunday, December26,2010 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
Good morning, Mario. Who would have ever thought such a chain of circumstances
could be set in motion? I feel truly blessed to have been a small part of it, but I am
particularly blessed to have a friend like you who knew he had something to make
peace with
and did. God bless you and your family, Mario.
Peace and love,
-
Merry
From: mario iezzoni
Sent: Saturday, December 25,2010 5:51 PM
To: Merry Helm
Cc: mario iw.oni
Subject: Merry Christmas
I said before THAIIK YOU. You made an OLD soldier and the families of
a soldier that GAVE IT ALL finally close their wounder of something that
Merry
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happened long ago.
My search started after your e-mails in Oct 2fi)6 and concluded w/ this
CHRISTMAS...
Pace e Bene da mario
24 December,2010
Mario,
Thank you so much for your wonderful Christmas Wishes.
I hope this season finds you and your family in the best of health and sprits.
Should there be any problems, may I take the liberty of prescribing red wine.
This past year, in particular, 1l April 2010, was a poignant one.
Perhaps the most endearing memory my family has had since 1951. When our uncle,
John Earley, was Killed In Action in the Korean War, we never knew what the
circumstances were that caused his death. He was to be buried in a Military
Cemetery until one of his own uncles wrote to President Truman explaining that the
deceased soldier, John Earley, was an only son and the pride of his family. He
needed to be entombed in his hometown of Waterburlr, Connecticut. In particular,
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to give closure to his father's enduring grief.
With grace, you end your family made the long journey from Pennsylvania to
Connecticut to join us in a somber, yet great moment of closure. That sunny' warm
Sunday April morning at The New Saint Joseph's Cemetery in Waterbury will
forever be one of the most memorable and fulfilling days for us. And more
importantly, it will be a great memory and source of, respect for the United States,
in particular, the United States Army, for our children.
We often dream of heroes, we read of them, we wonder if we could ever be one,
imagine what it would be like to be know one...we met a true Hero on 11 Aprit 2010.
For you Mario are a true Hero in every sense of the word. Brave, Chance Taking
Selfless, Determined, Caring, Patriotic, Quiet, and Holy. Your Bravado is one to be
emulated by future generations of men.
You committed a heroic act in the spring of April, 1951 in an unknown mountainous
range of Korea, to save a wonderful lrish-American Soldier you hardly knew other
than as a passing friend you met on a Troop Ship while being transported to War.
For years you could not recall his name and the event haunted you.
Finally, in a dream, he came to you, John Earley. And so began the journey.
He is at peace now. Now that the young Soldier who so valiantly tried to save him,
who carried him to the Aid station for hours under enemy fire, was linally able to
say goodbye, and, with his family, pray at John Earley's grave in Waterbury,
Connecticut.
So, we have found closure because of you, Mario.
We, the Dolan and Earley family are eternally grateful to you and your beautiful
family, especially this Christmas of the year 2010.
Thank you Mario for all you have done. You have served a great nation proudly
and made an everlasting, positive impact on a small family from Waterbury,
Connecticut.
May God Bless You and Your Family during this Holiday Season and many, many
more joyous seasons to follow.
Salute'
Your good friend,
-Jim Dolan
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Since childhood l was tond the stO山 田 of my unclら
especntt fron ht壼 色 r】壺 thy,whO was my
Gmndmotheら as wen asstOtt hm my fatheL It WaSa dw知
日 血 g b10w tO the Dohn famlly
when he was k鵬 醸 in Koret cDne thatl belleve my Grandmother neverfuw reCOVered hm,
hCDWeVeち hお sLort Шb has served as inspintion lo all of us
I've oten wondema whatac力 ほmy happened that fateful day in Korea and your ponng Las
certainly given us instht
l do hope allis wem翻 だth you.I thank you fbr your servECe t0 0ur grent country and yOur herolc
attmptto save my LEl山
3nd yOur family.
=May God Bless yo■
shOund yOu have the tinら I wound 10ve to spttk wtth you again,either by‐ m8n or telephone.
Coincndently,I Wasbom Apn ll,1968,some 17 years to the day that」 ohm Earley died.
RespectFuuy,
Jim Dolan Southington,CT
I had Mttor CCXDper Checkin a book puttogether by Joe Sweeney9 who gathered an the morlling
repo■卜 and wrote a bedk thatincl■ dOd an the KIAsin 19th R ItxttL卿 ℃yotar Keuys both
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C WaS tOld at the Aid StattDn that"MY Kelly― John J Eaney'l died 3Lぉ after l got hin there due
to loss ofbHood from a shotin the backp che spening direrence was in their lst nameJohnエ
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Ⅱq 24th lnf D市 AP0 24ea(り are further鶴 gd t0 0rgn hdica餞 EDCMR"mAR 51.
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haVe nO FOuDrd Ofa John tt everbingtheL ney checked computerrecords as
wdltt hard bomd book for ma Now on to otlr nextaddress.
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StteCt:Re:Komm WarP呵 磁 From Jim Dohm
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saddled up and moved out befrre d.ylight- Our mission was to take a hill and ridge line offto the easr We
moved out in a lateral direc*ion, getting to the hill we
were to ta&e iust after noon.
The hills in Korea are very se,ep. The only way to take
one is to follow the fingers that nrn frour the top to tLe
valley below. This -akes a large-force assault impossible. A small forcre, a squad or a platoon, has to work its
wayup.ach finger.
Our ptatoon was not the assault platoon tlrat &y, so we
vraited in the r"lly at the bottom of tlre hil[. We were
called up later in *e afternoon ro guard the right flank.
Apparent$, th-e;, t}ought the Reds nidt 11.y to cbcle
around b€hind us- Machine gun and dfle Gre rras
lro1>
ping orrer our heads as rre carvled up ovcr the edge of
this fioger on the right flank. Needless to say, we didn,t
stand up. This wa,s my 6rst encounter with enem5r fire
in KoreaThe other phtooa
hild to take tLe hill that day, so that
eveuingwe pulled back and dug
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I dug my foxLOL and Sgt ThOnlas was my fonOle
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had an c由 は blmketthat l gave him tO use.
We were nota―kedthatnttht
Ⅲ d 12 1951
At dり 鼈Lち itwas Ourplatoont tumto leadthe a_ult
― Lger Ofthe Ы I Lrd knObstt direrentpoints.The
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then set up a
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set up on t怒 騰 t knOb.Then the secOnd squad Pulled
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Tom Theil gave me ve4r good info to follow.-
Mario
I have only been lomcly been following your efforts, and never understood how everyone fit
'
together.
But I knew John Kelly and BiIl Vellette ve4r well, having served with both in the 4th platoon,
E/19th from when I errived in Korea about May l95l until each of them left, Kelly from injuries
and Bill by rotation. Of course the photo of Kelly and Vallette is my photo. I heve a lot Eore
with them.
Kelly was badly wounded in the pitch black of the night of July 7, lgil, fi.om e short rcund of
our own ertillery es we were withdrawing after taking maybe 5 miles of territory in N.Ii The
resmn I remember this m well is thet a fellow basic treinee from Bowling Green OH nrmed Art
Schwind was killed also by a short artillery round on the way north.
Kelly was within r few feet of me at the time as we wene both in the same squad (actually I think
he had mede squad lerder), I was carrying the 57mm rccoillcss. I did oot know it wes Kelly thet
was hit nntil some time later as the line kept moving and Kelly was teft with medics. IIe was
evacueted by helicopter in the moroing. \Ye got a letter frrm John later when he was
rccuperating in a U.S. hospital gnd all that I rrcmember of it was that he said one leg was about
two inches shorter than the other.
I searched for John meybe five years or so ago and found him still in NYC. Ifowever, my contact
was with his son, also named John, who told me his father was badty afilicted with Alzheimerrs.
But he said that when he showed him the photos I had sent (one of which was the one attached to
your emeil) his father beamed from eer to ear! That is the hst I have on that contect because his
son has not followed up with me and I got too busy doing other things.
Valletta also was one of my very good friends in E Company- IIe and I argued a lot about CT
and NY Yankees versus OH snd the Indiens, I remember him telling ebout catching the train
from Waterbury to Yankee Stedium, and how jeatous that made me. I remember one summer
day we rerc ettacking elong with the rifle pletoon of Norm Williams (the same one we were with
on the Kelly incident), BiIl was carrying the bullry 4$pound 57. Norm geve the command "fir
beyonets'f and Bill in his ever rcady humor said to me "this damned thing does not bave any
bayonet mount!'r I also rcmember going to mass with Bill.
Bill wes wounded on November 1O 1951, but I do not recall anything of the action associated
with his wound. The site seys he was rctumed to duty but I no longer recall Bill after thet I
don't know if he went to Jepan with the Division but do not think so as I was on the firrt rotation
home from Japan and he was not with me on the William Wiegal on the trip home. I learued
from Merry of Bill's death. I do not think he married.
I of course did not know you then or Earty.
Some time ago you s€nt r copy of a micmfilm that has atl four of your names; I presume tbet
was when you got to Korea, Mrrch 1951, But you state about Kelly having wounds to his chin
and back How did he incur these if he was going north? Since it was March 1951, and both
Kelly and Valletta were draftecq he would not have gotten to Korea beforc then I thinlc
Also' fyi serial nos between the microfihn and the online cesualg base I use verify for Kelly and
Velletta.
Mario, there is a mention of a book Is this your book? What does it contain?
And linally as you know I am still doing the Taro Leaf. This munds like a story and I would like
to csrry it What do you think about that?
Thanks for including me with your distribution.
Tom Thiel
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Snbirt Mcrry Clrir&lc
Waterbury, CT.
sirce ctiH'h;d r
Gnrdnotler,
ws toH tre rbri.:r of my rncr, e+etieny f,rom hir sistcr Krttn rlo wes my
as wdl , rbliee aou ruy frtkr. it
-." . .!.ryirheg bbr to ttc Doru -rrily
yrs killcd in Korca,
one thet I believe my Grandmother never foIly recovered from,
howwer, his short life has seIved as impiretion to all of us.
Ite often wondered whrt ectudly heppered th.t f.tefot dry in Korce end your pocting hes
certeinly given us itrsighr
I do hope elt b well witt you. I thark yon for your senice to orr gr€.t countr5r end yorr hcroic
rttempt to srve my uncle- May God Bless you and yorr frmily.
ShouH you heve the time, I would l,ove to speek rith you egain, either by emeil or telephone.
Coincklently, I was bom April 1l' 1!16E, some 17 yeers to the dey thatJohn Earley did.
when he
RespectfuIIS
-Jim Dolen Southirgton, CT
l.Email \fra TherKoreen lYer Proiect Remembrance Entries
From: Jim Dohn
Email: jcdubliner@aolcom
Sobject: John J. Earley
Mr. Iezoni,
I am the great-nephew of John J. Eerley, who was from Weterbury, CT.
Since childhood I was told the stories of my unclg especially from his sbter l(ethy' who wes my
GrrndnotLer, rs well rs storks from my fitler' It ras e devisteting bl'ow to the Dolen family
when he was kil|ed in Konea, one tLet I believe my Grendnother never frIIy rccovcrcd from,
however, his short life hes serwed es inspintbn to ell of us.
I've often wondered whet ectuelly happened thrt fateful day in Korea and your pctirg has
certeinly given us insight
I do hopc all is well with you. I thank you for your scrwice to our grcat country and your hexric
attempt to save my uncle- May God Bless you ald your femily.
Should you have the time, I wouH love to speak with you agrin, eitter by email or telcphone.
Coincirtently, I wes born April ll, 196& some 17 ycars to tte day that John Earley died.
Respectfully,
-Iim Dolan Southington, CT
2. Ciao Jim, You gave me CIilLI-S ALL OYERil tLis e-meil.
I must esk if yonr family knows tLe uame of John Kelly, from NY Clty end lreland' a good
thcm. I was
friend of John J Errty. I met trem on tte ship going over and becemc a trio
assigned to G Co and they to E Co. on the 23rd of march 51.
It was our lst sttaclq 11 Apr 51, I canird John J Errly to the Aid stetion that dey.
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3.Mr. Iezoni,
Thenk you so much for responding!
I related your posting to my frther and he told me how he vividly remembers the lest time
he saw hb uncle, John Earley alive. He was welking home from school for lunch end saw hb
uncle
poslletrger in e car being driven to the train station in New Eeven after being home for loave.
IIe recalls hb uncle weiving e1 him. Per[rpe he was waivitrg goodbye.
I'm e state trooper in Conuecticut end I drive throngh Waterbury every dey during my
commute to the Banecls in Litchfield- I'Il mrke it e point to go to SL Andrews Health Center
es
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and ettempt to trnd John Kelly.
Do you know if there ere eny morairg rcports or o$er documcltrtiDn evaihble
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vith rtgards to
Apr 1!!51? My fiffcrrrd Irorld bc crriorr b rcd
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more to come!
Wetertury, CT.
Since chiHhood I wrs toH the storirs of my unclg especially from his sister l(ettn who wes my
Graudmother, rs well rs stories from my frtLer. It ws e devishting blow to ttc Dolen fimily
whcr he rrs killed in Korcq ore thrt I bcliewe my Grrndmother never folly rccovercd from,,
howwcr, his short [fe lrs scrved es inspintbn to rll of us.
I've often wondered whet rctuelly happencd ttrt frtcful dey in Korcr end your pocting has
certddy given us ilsight
I do hope dt b well with you. I tlent yor for your scrwice to our great oountry and your hcrcic
ettempt to save my uncle. May God Bless you end your frmily.
ShouH you hrve tte time, I wouH hve b speek wih you qgrin, citter \r e-meil or tclepbole.
Coinciden0y, I wss bom April 11, 196t, mme 17 yearr to the day ttet John Eerley dicd.
Respectfrlty,
Jim Dohn Sou&ington, CT
I had Maior Coopcr check in a book put togetber b5r Joc Sweeney, who gsttercd etl tte morning
reports and wrote a book tlat ircludcd ell the KIAs h lfth IR I bclieve your lGltlrs both
sunived tle wrr. Whether or lot we ever fnd them, your sacrifrce was wortL it Bless yon for
seving his life.Merry
Neither Kelli nor Kelly, or enything cloce, are in Joe Sweeney's booli
(I was toH at the Aid Stetion &rt "MY KellyJohn J Ear&y" died 3hrs efter I got hin there due
to lm of blood from a shot in the beck) (The spelling difierence res in tteir Ist nrme John J.
and just JOHN. I hrd beel looking for the difiercnce in tteir lrst neme Kelly, Kelly Etc-)
.
l. The fol named EM having been esgd to tle lfth Inf Regt fr Eq 2/th Inf Div per Per 9 SO 77
Hq 24th Itrf Div AFO 24 ce(?) are frrther asgd ro orgr indicrted. EIrcMR 23 mAR 51.
John J Errley US5l0!01914 Pvt-2 4745 W Urasgd Jun52 2lmon Co .Eri
John Kelty US5f62&t5 hd-2 4745 W Unrsgd Jun52 2lmon Co ,E,'
Mario Iezoni RA13353191 hrt-2 4745 RAUJul53 3yrs Co ,'G'r
r+Villiam J Yalletta Us5f0!r19m Pvt-2 45/7 W Jun 52 2lmos Co ,Etr
Kelley, Kelly, Cullp Culley (IIURLEY)
Way beck ir 1951, when I was 17 yeers old, on my way to the Korean \Yar I
became friends with three guys: an lrishmanJohn Ketl, born in Ireland but hailing
from Nrry York City; another lrishmanJohn J. Earley, borln in the USA,
Waterbury, CT; an Itelian, William "BiII" Valletta, also born in \Yaterbury, CT.
I had a close relationship with Kelly mostly because we were both foreign-born
and our accent and pronunciation of certain words was discussed often. My inability
to say "Earley" which I pronounced "Hearley' beceme a battle between Earley and
me. He would correct me for not pronouncing his nameo r thought, only to find out
58 years later that it was not "Irurley" but "Earley" where all the time I thought I
was being corrert on "Hearley". I finally came to terms by calling him "Kelly'i, the
American/Irishman. This name stays in my memory for more than fifty years.
when he was wounded, I called him "Kelly" and, in the aid station, I asked if
Kelly made it. AII my life I thought that I carried Kelly to the aid station where he
died due to loss of blood three hours later. During the fifty plus years I often thought
of contacting his family and telling them how he died.
All I knew of him was: He wes not married, He was a good bit older, IIe was
from Ohio( not true).
His name wrs not spelled K-E-r-Ly but could be K-E-L-L-E-y or c-u-L-L-y
once r searched on the internet for'John Kelley Kelty cully state of ohior. In
2006 I started asking others over the internet and when i.eoito reunions, asking
for someone with the last name of "Kelly" or some variation of that spelling.
I was trying to reach John Kelly from New york city. only he would be able to
tell me where the other Kelley originated.
Bits of information started arriving after everyone had given up on finding the
man I knew as Kelley. In a dream it came to me that the differenci could be in ttreir
first name and not the last Sure as hell, I checked the daily reports to see who died
on April, ll, 1951 and fo-und John J. Earley died of wounai tnat day. John Ke[y
was wounded in July and returned to the USA!
In my company 'G' lfth the roster listed a Robert Earley L from ohio. He was
also wounded but on the t3th of April
The four G co wounded llth April were coleman, McMinn, Brown, Dubois" I
carried running Coleman off the hill w/ enemy shooting at us.
Robert Earley and I went on R&R to Japan l0 Aug 51-... reason why my thinking
that John J. Early (the other Irishman) was from Ohio?
we all met at the grave site of John J Earley in waterbury, cr, New st Joseph
cemetery, April, 11, 2010 and t'HURLEy's grave was also nearby'f an other reason
why Earley was correcting my pronounceation of his last name.
6vny it took 5E
Years to find his family that is not in the name of Eartey!!!)
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Receired. Ercellcnt lhelk you end tiuk you Peri for me- I will slor rhir to my faDily this
memorialdey.
Thenk yoo ior your service to my frnit5r erd, norre importeEdy, tienk you for your ccrrvic. to
our gre.t coErfuY.
Pcace,
Your friend,
Jim
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fiom Nery llavea CT, I bavta't frud aay personal idamfim ftet you don't akeady kmw- Ooly one
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copies of all mrning reports, so
b to bc e4cctod Shanld yar be intaested in learning mae about
fte acti<n on April I l, 1951 ttrt futramtioa b couained in tte rcca& at rb Nrcimal Archive tocated
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Mario,
I was just reviewing some of the paper workwe've found regarding my
great uncle, John Earley.
What a discovery it's been. AII thanks to you.
Before the New Year is rung in, I wanted to send you great thanks for
your correspondence, Mario. You are truty a wonderful man.
As we approach April 11, 2010, I am pleased to let you know that there
will be a graveside senrice at the Cemetery in Waterbury Ct. My brother,
the Reverend Michael Dolan will celebrate.
There will be family from hrt. Earley's side, as small as we are, however, a
celebration of his life and service will follow.
\Uith my father's insistence, you will stay at my house or we will put you
and your family up in a local hotel.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, start planning. And Please! Invite the
entire famrly for the weekend! It's all on us. seriously. Get all of them up
here.
Oh, perhaps if we behave, my wife will tet us go to the Casino. We have a
hook at Mohegan Sun.
Thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New year Mario, my family and
I thank you and love you.
Go Army!
Affectionately,
-Jim
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