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== Background ==

== Background ==

The only child of Joe B. Finley, Sr. (1899–1979), and Florence Finley (1897–1973), Finley was educated at the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Holding Institute in Laredo, since closed. He rode a train for twenty cents per day from the Callaghan Ranch, wherehe was reared, to Laredo in order to attend Holding.<ref name=georgiou/> Finley served for four years in the [[United States Army]] in the Pacific Theatre during [[World War II]],<ref name=obit>Joe Bartlett Finley,Jr., ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 13, 2011, p. 8A.</ref> a member of the Texas Army National Guard's 112th Cavalry Regiment, which saw 434 days of combat. Finley was alongside the battleship ''U.S.S. Missouri'' when the Empireof [[Japan]] signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945, which effectively ended the war in the Pacific.<ref name=finley/> He was an admirer of [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]], the liberator of the [[Philippines]] in 1944 and later the first [[United Nations]] commander in the [[Korean War]]. Finley possessed a great knowledge of military history.<ref name=georgiou>Nick Georgiou, "Finley loved family, friends: Wife: UISD founder respected by all", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 12, 2011, pp. 1, 12A.</ref>

The only child of Joe B. Finley, Sr. (1899–1979), and Florence Finley (1897–1973), Finley was educated at the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Holding Institute in Laredo, since closed. He rode a train for twenty cents per day from the Callaghan Ranch, wherehe was reared, to Laredo in order to attend Holding.<ref name=georgiou/> Finley served for four years in the [[United States Army]] in the Pacific Theatre during [[World War II]],<ref name=obit>Joe Bartlett Finley,Jr., ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 13, 2011, p. 8A.</ref> a member of the Texas Army National Guard's 112th Cavalry Regiment, which saw 434 days of combat. Finley was alongside the battleship ''U.S.S. Missouri'' when the Empire of [[Japan]] signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945, which effectively ended the war in the Pacific.<ref name=finley/> He was an admirer of [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]], the liberator of the [[Philippines]] in 1944 and later the first [[United Nations]] commander in the [[Korean War]]. Finley possessed a great knowledge of military history.<ref name=georgiou>Nick Georgiou, "Finley loved family, friends: Wife: UISD founder respected by all", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 12, 2011, pp. 1, 12A.</ref>

== School board service ==

== School board service ==