From a contemporary press report:
Age 70 of Fawn Lake in Spotsylvania, Virginia, formerly of Marshall, Virginia, died August 12, 1997 in the Richmond, Virginia Medical Center.
From New Jersey, Rear Admiral CONOLLY was a 1948 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and had also received his masters degree from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. His 37 year naval career included both sea and shore tours of duty. He was also a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Ann D. Conolly; a daughter, Heather Woodward of Marshall, VA; three sons, Paul Conolly of Bowling Green, VA, Christopher Conolly of Granada Hills, CA and Peter Conolly of Fredericksburg, VA; a sister, Ann Hughey of Potomac, MD; a brother Richard L. Conolly of Gaithersburg, MD; and eight grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 20, 1997 at 1 p.m. in the Fort Myer Chapel. Burial will follow in Arlington National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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