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Screven County stadium rededication to honor namesake, Vietnam vets
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Organizers of a ceremony rededicating the Screven County High School football stadium to its namesake, Maj. Charles L. Kelly, hope to honor Vietnam War veterans from throughout the area at the event preceding Saturday night's football game in Sylvania. Kelly, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot with the 57th Medical Detachment, was killed in action in Vietnam on July 1, 1964, and the stadium was named for him the next year - 49 years ago. But over the years, some confusion arose over whom the field was named for, say organizers such as Sylvania Mayor Margaret Evans.
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