Domenic Giarrusso has spent his life in aviation. At 101 years old (at the time of this writing), he served as an Army Air Corps flight engineer and mechanic in North Africa and Italy during World War II. After the war, he worked as an aircraft mechanic and supervisor at the Naval Air Rework Facility at Quonset Point until the base closed in 1973. He was born in Providence on January 30, 1923, the fourth of eight children. He will be 102 years old in January, 2025.