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Corky Kelly Nets West Point Appointment Merit First
Corky Kelly aged 19 informed his mother Mrs J Watson Pedlow in Media Pennsylvania that he received a personal letter from President Eisenhower declaring his appointment to West Point. He earned the placement through a demanding exam and his own merit while studying at Dickinson College Carlisle. His father Captain Colin P Kelly Jr. died in World War II after his aircraft was shot down near Pearl Harbor.
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