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May 11, 2007

Cumberland native serves Air Corps

William Joseph Kelly Jr. didn’t decide to sign up for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) at age 21 – Uncle Sam decided for him. During the World War II era, enlistment in the military was mandatory. “If you were physically fit, you went,” said Mr. Kelly, inducted July 15, 1941, at Fort Meade...
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