Island World War II veteran Clarence Miller Bannister turned 100 years old on New Years Day, Jan. 1. The senior Bannister was a sergeant in the U.S. Army and first inducted into the service on June 28, 1943; he was honorably discharged on Feb. 24, 1946 at the former Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Clarence […]
Bob Penney is one of the last surviving veterans of World War II on Martha’s Vineyard. He lives on Oak Bluffs Harbor, and turned 100 on August 21. He enlisted in the Navy, but never left the U.S. during the war. I was a freshman at Tufts University when Pearl Harbor came along. I figured […]