Arthur J. Connell. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SPEECH TO: ARTHUR J. CONNELL:
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This ceremony changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day. With the President are:Alvin J. King, Wayne Richards, Arthur J. Connell, John T. Nation, Edward Rees, Richard L. Trombla, Howard W. Watts.ONE-HALF OF A NATION!
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Monday, Sep. 13, 1954 The American Legion last week elected a new national commander: Seaborn P. Collins Jr., 42, a wartime transport pilot who runs a realty business in Las Cruces, N. Mex. He succeeded Arthur J. Connell of Middletown, Conn., who led the Legion's "Back-to-God" movement and who, Legionnaires said, may be the last national commander dating from World War I.
