Widow Marion E. Kelly with son Colin P. "Corky" Kelly, III
Her husband, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. died December 10, 1941 pilot B-17C Flying Fortress 40-2045 Killed In Action (KIA) when he bailed out but his parachute failed to open for unknown reasons and was killed on impact roughly six miles east of Clark Field near Mount Arayat on Luzon in the Philippines.
Caption: "Men Must Fight and women must weep but Mrs. Colin P. Kelly, Jr. shown wih her 18-month-old son, Colin 3d, refuses to give way as she discusses the heroic death of her husband."
Credit: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Date: December 13, 1941
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