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Jerry McConnell

Gerald A. "Jerry" McConnell, 92, of Hampton, died Sunday, February 19, 2017, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill, Mass., surrounded by his loved ones. He was born May 27, 1924 in Altoona, Pa., the fifth son of the late John E. and Grace (Fletcher) McConnell.

Jerry served ten years with the US Marine Corps and participated in the landing against Japanese Army on Guadalcanal and another ten years with the US Air Force. After moving to Hampton in 1957 he started his community activities serving in many capacities.

He shared 72 years of marriage with his wife Betty P. (Hamilton) McConnell. In addition to his wife, family members include nieces and nephews.

McConnell's e-book about Guadalcanal, "Our Survival was Open to the Gravest Doubts"

Most Recent Articles by Jerry McConnell:

Rep. Frank Wolf R-VA cracks constitutional whip on Justice Dept spending

The April 14, 2014 Editorial of the Washington Examiner had some good news for Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public (I wonder if there really might be a couple with that name; I've been fascinated with names ever since I once spotted the name [not fiction] Justin Case.) But I regress.
- Thursday, April 24, 2014

The REAL Americans Begin to Fight Back to Re-Claim Our Country

Just recently while I was gathering notes here and there in an effort to truthfully inform my readers of what is happening to our beloved country and not the ruinous, distortioning terms of the far left; I mean VERY FAR LEFT; I came upon an online column by Larry Kudlow for MoneyNewss.com, published on April 04, 2014, titled, "Charles Koch Fights Back" and it struck me that everything that I had been seeking was staring straight at me.
- Tuesday, April 8, 2014

U.S. Now World's Top Energy Producer - China Now Top Energy Consumer

Not long ago the United States was labeled as being the world’s greatest energy hog and the accompanying criticism from our world neighbors was we weren’t producing enough for our own needs let alone any production for export to other energy needy countries.
- Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The Second Biggest Liar in America Accuses Koch Brothers of Lying About ObamaCare

Harry Reid's assault on the Koch Brothers
Will wonders never cease? The biggest liar in America was strangely silent about the fact that his second-in-command of recently producing falsehoods actually one-upped him with the latest 'Big Whopper' not produced at the local Burger King factory. And you would have thought that when the subject was so relative to his personal name he would have at least announced his vocal approval.
- Monday, March 24, 2014

Obama To Stab Backs of Military Again By Reducing Pensions 10%

Not content with reducing military levels to dangerous and even suicidal plateaus of pre -WWII strengths but with cutting personal pay for military personnel who will put their lives on the line ad infinitum; Obama now plans as well on cutting the military retirement pension plans to involve personal contributions from their newly lowered rates of pay for their service.
- Tuesday, March 18, 2014

America Is Losing, uh, Has Lost Its Freedom of the Press

America Is Losing uh, Has Lost Its Freedom of the Press
Our media, with one exception, are totally without shame and their left-wing communist executives should be punished as any anti-American entity should for abandoning the entire population of our country in their worship of Socialism, Islamic terrorists and communism.
- Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Extolling the Faults of Minimum Wage Makes Liberals More Dense

I have no idea how many columns I have written exposing the down sides to enacting and constantly increasing the minimum wage; but it has only created more density in the gray matter of Liberals, that is, if in fact, Liberals actually do have some gray matter.
- Saturday, February 22, 2014

Down and Dirty Politics Feature Greedy Pols With USA In 2nd Place

I do suppose that we have had dirty politicians in our midst since the year one, but lately their stenches grow more odious and they provide living proof that term limits is not only desirable but should be mandatory, Democrats Who Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline Own Shares in Competing Companies
- Thursday, February 20, 2014

Obama and Schumer Co-Conspirators In Muzzling Freedom in America

I would think that just about every last one of the real United States citizens would consider an outright violation of the Constitution by ANY elected federal official would be considered an impeachable offense or at the very least, a high crime. To violate any American citizen's rights as written in our Constitution should be grounds for impeachment, punishable by lengthy prison terms.
- Friday, February 14, 2014

LA Top Cop Relocates to Maine, Learns Truth About Armed Citizens

Sometimes it takes a while for the factual truths to emerge, but they usually always do. Take the case of police officer James Craig, who began his career in one of America's hottest or hot-beds, Los Angeles. Officer Craig spent 28 years in that venue and was an avowed supporter of gun control which in that heavily crime infested city.
- Monday, January 6, 2014

Bad News Daily for the Obama Administration But They Still Ignore It All

Almost daily, and often, several times daily we see postings on the Internet and in various political journals and newscasting blogs and daily bleats saying that the curtain of deceit is being lifted from all the communications networks over this great land of ours along with intercontinental sources. The great lid of secrecy is slowly being hoisted allowing the truth to flow in and out at its free will.
- Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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