BUD BARNES, right, dismounts from his ride at the Albany Veterans Parade as volunteers greet him. Ray Johnson of the American Legion Post 51 nominated Barnes as Veteran of the Year.
Barnes was stationed in Europe where his crew distributed munitions and blew up defunct ones from WW I.
CENTENARIAN W.E. “Bud” Barnes served in the military since he was 17 years old.
Barnes joined the Army Air Force in Aberdeen during WW II
