World War II veteran turns 100

Lomira, WI

A longtime American Legion member, Edward Kelroy, turns 100 on Oct. 11, 2022. Edward was born on the Kelroy homestead farm north of Byron, Wis., on Oct. 11, 1922. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served as a radio operator aboard a LSS (Landing Support Ship), participating in the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific theater off Okinawa during WWII.

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