Bucks County Dedicates Bridge in Newtown for Fallen Soldier, Silver Star Recipient

Bucks County dedicates bridge in Newtown for fallen soldier, Silver Star recipient

As Bucks County residents marked the close of the holiday season in January 1969 – decorations were coming down, students were returning to class, and forecasters were looking for the next snowstorm – a 19-year-old Newtown man known to friends as Billy was in the jungles some 8,700 miles away from home. It was the wilds of Vietnam; anything but home sweet home. The Vietnam War was raging and William Herbert McDonnell was here. A Warrant Officer …

Newtown Bridge Honors 19-Year-Old Pilot's Sacrifice In Vietnam

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