Veteran's History Project - Everett L. Kelley

Everett L. Kelley

Private First Class

U.S. Army

World War II

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.

Everett L. Kelley did his part in the effort to help bring down the Nazi regime in World War II.

At the tender age of 18, he knew the Selective Service would be after him. He made his way to the U.S. Army recruiter's office in Scottsbluff. He listened to what the man had to say, and followed the instructions...