VIDEO: A Tribute to Lifelong Medfield Resident Vincent 'Red' Palumbo

The video above is courtesy of Medfield.TV

Vincent "Red" Palumbo was a lifelong Medfield resident and sadly, on March 29, Palumbo passed away after a brief illness while at the Thomas Upham House, according to his obituary on website. He was 93 years old.

Palumbo graduated from in 1936 and was inducted into the Medfield Wall of Fame, according to his obituary. He served as a Bombardier during World War II with the 306th Bomb Group, United States Army Air Corps and was honored on May 27, 2011 in Medfield with other World War II veterans at the .

Palumbo was the owner of for 60-plus years in Medfield and Walpole and was the founder of Medfield Little League, according to his obituary. The lifelong Medfielder also played professional baseball for four years and once pitched against Ted Williams while playing for the Air Corp team out of Camp Edwards.

Funeral services for Palumbo were held on Tuesday, April 3 at and he was buried at Vine Lake Cemetery with military honors.

Medfield Patch pays tribute to Palumbo through the following Medfield.TV video interview between Town Historian Richard DeSorgher and the lifelong Medfield resident, courtesy of Medfield.TV. The interview took place on May 27, 2011 after Palumbo and other Medfield World War II veterans were honored with the re-dedication of a World War II plaque outside of the .

"I had a great deal of admiration and respect for him," DeSorgher said of Palumbo. "[In the Medfield.TV interview] he tells about his life here in Medfield and his service in World War II, etc."

DeSorgher said the interview lets people who did not know him, exactly who he was.

"There is a lot you can tell about him through the interview," DeSorgher said.