Mystic Veteran, 95, Sees WWII Memorial For First Time

Virgil Huntley, 95, of Mystic, saw the World War II memorial for the first time on May 26 as part of the Connecticut American Warrior Day of Honor trip.

The program raises money to fly veterans from Bradley International Airport to Washington to see the WWII Memorial and others.

Huntley was drafted and served in the Connecticut National Guard 192^nd Field Artillery Battalion, part of the 43^rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army.

He served from 1941 until 1945 in Guadalcanal, the New Solomon Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines. 

The program also flew Edwin Burke, 90, of Mystic. Burke joined the U.S. Navy and served from 1942 through 1945, as a special gunner on merchant ships assigned to protect other ships.