This Day in Maney Family History

Picture of John Fox Maney in a foxhole somewhere in Europe during WWII

John F. Maney during WWII

On this day, March 17, 1943, one week after he was inducted into the army, my dad, John Fox Maney, departed on a train from Van Wert, OH for basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood. He was 20 years old at the time. What a way to spend St. Patrick’s Day!