Sgt. Jack Edward Shelly
Jack at home on leave before going overseas, 1941
Jack's last civilian photo before inlisting in the Marine Corps.
Jack at home on leave before going overseas, 1941
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Hello, I'm Mr. Ed
About Me
- Mr. Ed
- I'm 70 years old and have lived in the Akron-Tallmadge, Ohio area all of my life. For 10-years (1957-1967) I lived most summers at our home in Cook Forest, Pa. I'm a U.S. Army veteran (1971-1973). I collect many things such as: antique cars, antique firearms, movies, movie props, old newspapers and posters, Wyatt Earp items, Civil War items, John Wayne items, items from the old west including Native American items, just about anything historical. I've been married for 47-years. My wife and I have a son and a daughter and three granddaughters and two great grandchildren.
Jack is buried at Mount Peace Cemetery in Akron, Ohio. Section 26, Lot 88, Grave 1
Jack's grave and military marker
From the Akron Beacon Journal
U.S. soldiers drive the wounded from the front lines during the fight to take Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands, June 1944
U.S. Marines advance on occupying Japanese forces in Tanapag, Saipan in June 1944
U.S soldier offers his hand to a woman leaving a cave
Marine comforting woman and children
Black troops on Saipan, June 1944
Saipan civilians commit suicide rather than surrendering to American troops. Around 1,000 civilians perished this way
Marine Sgt. Angelo Klonis
Sgt. Klonis was captured by the Japanese. I don't know if he ever made it home.
July 1944, a Marine looks at the bodies of Japanese soldiers killed during the battle for control of Saipan
On the Marianas Islands, an American soldier comforts a wounded comrade during the fight
Marines in fox hole near front lines on Saipan, 1 July, 1944
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