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Donald Conroy (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps colonel and a member of the Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War. He was also a veteran of World War II and served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War.
May 14, 1998 · Col. Donald Conroy, a storied Marine fighter pilot whose domestic code dictated that he never strike his daughters and not begin beating his sons until after they had learned to walk, died on...
May 15, 1998 · But the 1976 autobiographical novel “the Great Santini” by his eldest son, Pat Conroy, revealed the father to be a brute who verbally and physically abused his wife and seven children.
May 10, 1998 · Donald Conroy, the father of best-selling author Pat Conroy and the subject of his son's novel "The Great Santini," died of colon cancer in 1998. He was a Marine fighter pilot who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Donald Conroy was born on 4 April 1921 in Chicago, IL. He left Saint Ambrose College in Davenport, IA, to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Conroy was later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and designated as a Naval Aviator.
Oct 24, 2013 · Donald Conroy, a Marine pilot and Vietnam veteran, was a harsh and abusive father who inspired his son's novel and memoir. Pat Conroy, a best-selling author, shares his complicated relationship with his father and his own struggles with health and writing.
Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars.
