CONWAY — Conway American Legion Post 46 members paid tribute to Conway World War II veteran Bruce Comer with a surprise parade in his honor last Friday, two days before he turned 103 years old.
Legion members gathered at the U.S. Forest Service’s Saco District office at 2:30 p.m. and then followed the post’s Color Guard across the Kancamagus Highway to Towle Road to the Cornerstone Mobile Home Park, where they presented a 103rd birthday card to Comer.
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