More than 140 high school diplomas were conferred on veterans of World War II and the Korean War at ceremonies in Waterboro Saturday. Here Everett Whitten Jr,.chats with his uncle, Tommy Whitten, 85, who dropped out of school and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in New Guinea and the Philippines in the Second World War. Everett Whitten Jr. accepted a diploma on behalf of his father, Everett Whitten Sr., whose aircraft was shot down over Burma during World War II. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)