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'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 — September 1, 1983<ref>Generally accepted date of death. See below for theories on his survival.</ref>), was a [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].
'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 — September 1, 1983<ref>Generally accepted date of death. See below for theories on his survival.</ref>), was a [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].
==Early life and education==
==Early life==
McDonald was born on April 1, 1935 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref name="Killing"/> His family was "a family of physicians", and he was a cousin of [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].<ref name="Killing"/> He graduated from Darlington High School, a nondenominational school, in 1951, and in 1953 he graduated from Davidson College with a degree in history.<ref name="Killing"/><ref name="BDUSC">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000413 McDONALD, Lawrence Patton, (1935 - 1983)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved September 4, 2016.</ref> After that, he attended Emory University School of Medicine, graduating in 1957, did training at Grady Memorial Hospital for urology,<ref name="Killing">[https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Other Violence against Members of Congress]</ref> and did his postgraduate training in urology at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, graduating in 1966.<ref name="BDUSC"/>
McDonald was born on April 1, 1935 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref name="Killing"/> His family was "a family of physicians", and he was a cousin of [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].<ref name="Killing"/> He graduated from Darlington High School, a nondenominational school, in 1951, and in 1953 he graduated from Davidson College with a degree in history.<ref name="Killing"/><ref name="BDUSC">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000413 McDONALD, Lawrence Patton, (1935 - 1983)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved September 4, 2016.</ref> After that, he attended Emory University School of Medicine, graduating in 1957, did training at Grady Memorial Hospital for urology in Atlanta.<ref name="Killing">[https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Other Violence against Members of Congress]</ref>
From 1959 to 1961, McDonald served in the U.S. Navy as a flight surgeon, being stationed at Keflavik naval base in [[Iceland]].<ref name="Killing"/> He met and married his first wife, Anna Tryggvadottir, here, and they would have three children together.<ref name="Killing"/> It was also in Iceland that McDonald would learn about and grow to strongly oppose [[Communism]].<ref name="Killing"/> He worried that the policies of the U.S. were helping to further Communism and its goals.<ref name="Killing"/>
After he left the Navy, McDonald practiced medicine at the McDonald Urology Clinic in Atlanta and did his postgraduate training in urology at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, graduating in 1966.<ref name="Killing"/><ref name="BDUSC"/>
==McDonald aboard KAL 007==
==McDonald aboard KAL 007==