Undated, unidentified clipping in a scrapbook at the Saranac Lake Veteran's Club.
This photograph was published a third time, with a caption reading "2nd Lieut. James A. Kelley of Saranac Lake, who is stationed at the U. S. Army Air base at Charleston, S. C. He entered the service Oct. 1, 1942 and trained at San Antonio and Greenville, Tex., and at fields in New Mexico. He is now ready for overseas duty. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Kelley, Sr., reside in the Berkeley apartments."
Undated, unidentified clipping in a scrapbook at the Saranac Lake Veteran's Club.
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James Albert Kelley was a World War II veteran; he was reported missing in action. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Kelley.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, June 4, 2005
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By Howard Riley
...Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Kelley of the Berkeley Apartments were notified on May 2, 1944 that their son, Lt. James Albert Kelley, pilot of a B-24 Liberator Bomber had been reported missing in action over Austria since April 12...
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Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 9, 1944, reprinted November 12, 2016
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By Howard Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kelley, Sr., of the Berkeley Apartments yesterday received their first letter from their son, Lieut. James A. Kelley, who is a prisoner of war of the German government. The letter is the first word they have had of their son since he was reported a prisoner of the War Department on May 19. At that time the War Department notified Mr. and Mrs. Kelley that he had been taken prisoner after being shot down over Austria. Lieut. Kelley's letter was dated May 12 and was from Stalag Luft No. 1, the camp where he is being held prisoner. The camp is located in the northern part of Germany near the east Prussian border. Unable to say very much Lieut. Kelley reported that he was all right, had enough to eat and a place to sleep. He asked for news of his family and said he was anxious to hear from them. The flier-pilot was shot down over Austria on April 12 while participating in a B-24 bomber raid over the country.
