Joseph Henry "Joe" Connally

Conflicts & Campaigns

• Air Offensive Japan; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Tinian; May 9, 1945 - November 5, 1945
• (B-29 departed Tinian with atomic bombs on August 6, 1945 to Hiroshima, August 9, 1945 to Nagasaki)

Significant Duty Stations

• Enlisted; Fort McPherson, Georgia. Discharged; Army Air Base, Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Aerial Gunnery School, Tyndall Army Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida (6 weeks)
• 20th Air Force, 462nd Bombardment Group, 769th Bombardment Squadron

Decorations & Citations

• Air Crew Member Badge (B-29 Super Fortress); Distinguished Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters
• Air Medal with oak leaf cluster; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three battle stars
• American Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Army service number 14-154-097. Born; Pine Park, Georgia. Home of record; 400 1st Ave. NE, Cairo, Georgia. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1943. Guard on CHS football team. Alternate captain 1942. Played defensive end University of Georgia. 1949 Orange Bowl (Texas 41 - UGA 28). Graduate of UGA 1949. Assistant football coach Decatur High School, Decatur, Georgia 1949. Was named football coach for Decatur High School but went to Auburn University as assistant football coach before the 1950 season started. Line coach University of Auburn (1950 - 1983). He coached Auburn Tiger Baseball 1958, record 17-8-0. Burial; Auburn Memorial Park Cemetery, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama.