Connally recalls WWII spotter planes and Iwo Jima mission
The article recounts Lt. Connally flying single engine spotter planes over Iwo Jima, observing artillery, enduring long hops, and surviving a near fatal anti aircraft shell strike that damaged the cockpit and radio before pilot Hazelwood landed the craft. The Lone Star also notes his heroics.
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Foolhardy leatherneck and brothers meet at Ulithi
James Reston Jr describes Merrill Connally’s wartime deeds from Guadalcanal to Bougainville and Ulithi. The two brothers reunite at a makeshift bar near the armada, share two beers each, then pour the beer into the sand in a teetotal ritual.
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Merrill L. Connally
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James Reston Jr
Merrill Connally
Guadalcanal
Ulithi
Merrill
John
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