WWII veteran receives honorary diploma

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More than 70 years after Charles W. Benning left high school to serve in World War II, the Army veteran took care of some unfinished business Thursday.

Benning, 92, was due to receive an honorary diploma at a graduation ceremony at Yellow Springs High School with the more than 50 teenage graduates from the class of 2015.

The Springfield man said he never received a diploma because he joined the Army after the outbreak of war.

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Sean L. Jenkins, 48, of Atlanta, had approached school officials about giving his grandfather a diploma, noting it was Benning's decision put on a uniform and serve his country that led him out of the classroom in his native Yellow Springs.

“Over the years, he said the only thing he regrets was never having that opportunity,” Jenkins said in a recent interview.