CALUMET – Joe Enrietti was joined on Monday by about 150 friends and family in celebrating his 100th birthday at the Siskiwit Reception Hall and Conference Center in Calumet. In his century of living, Enrietti has seen or experienced what most of us just read about or see in T.V. documentaries.

Enrietti was born in Mohawk, on June 9, 1925, in the home built by his grandfather, Vincent Enrietti, on Union Street. He was 15 years old when the United States entered World War II, and after graduating from Calumet High School in 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assigned to the 8th Air Force, Enrietti became part of the 789th Squadron, 467th Bomb Group, stationed at Rackheath air base, about five miles northeast of Norwich, England. Staff Sergeant Enrietti served as a tail gunner in

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