Petoskey WWII veteran never had to leave the U.S. By Tamara Stevens Hubert Hayes, 95, a retired dentist in Petoskey, is extremely modest about his service to his country during World War II. “I never left the U.S.,” he said, laughing. “I went where they told me to go and I did what they asked me to do and it worked out.” Where the military sent him was Biloxi, Mississippi, to Keesler Air Force Base. That was the first Hayes knew he was in the Air Force, he said. He didn’t req

Emmet County man recalls his WWII mission on the island of Iwo Jima Lawrence “Larry” St. Clair may be legally blind at 98 years old, but there is nothing wrong with his hearing. Having a strong sense of hearing at an early age is one of the factors that determined Larry’s direction in the military, and ultimately led to him serving in World War II on the island of Iwo Jima. “I was in the Army, but they assigned me to the Air Force communications because my hearing was so good