At 88, WWII vet from Edina gets to skydive again

by: NICK WOLTMAN , Special to the Star Tribune
Updated: November 13, 2012 - 12:19 PM

Bill Connell's first jump occurred when his plane was shot down in the Pacific in 1944. Now he has gone skydiving twice, and he's hoping to do it again.

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