William C. Diman, WW2 Army Air Corps, P47 fighter pilot celebrated his 102nd birthday with one of his two son's and their extended families Sept. 18 at Brentwood by the Bay Assisted Living where he lives. Diman in the U.S. Army on Monday, Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He wanted to be an aviator and taught himself algebra in preparation for the tests he knew he would face in flight training school. Diman flew a P47 Thunderbolt, flying 113 sorties in the European theater. After the war Diman returned to Rhode Island. He and his wife Angela raised a family in Warwick. He retired after having worked at C.I. Hayes Company for 37 years. (Submitted photo)