With a salute to the greatest generation, Senator Reed visited the Brookdale West Bay assisted living facility in Warwick today to honor 98-year-old World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor Clinton Baer. Before a crowd of well-wishers that included Mr. Baer’s family, friends, and fellow residents, Senator Reed presented Mr. Baer with the military honors he earned in combat but never received.
Born in Swansea, Massachusetts, in 1918, Mr. Baer enlisted in the United States Army Air Force (AAF) in June 1940 at the age of 21. Prior to officially entering active service in Providence, he worked as a farmhand.
Mr. Baer earned the rank of Sergeant and served with distinction as an Airplane Crew Chief in the Pacific Campaign, the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Northern Solomons Campaign, and the Mandated Islands Campaign of World War II.
