WEST YARMOUTH - Robert Newell Hamilton, 91, of West Yarmouth, died July 20, 2016.Bob was born in Philadelphia on June 14, 1925, to Gertrude Clara Wing and Taylor Sinclair Hamilton. Dreaming of flying, he enlisted in the Navy in a pilot training program (V5) in 1943. But the Navy had over-recruited for the V5 program, so he was assigned to a light cruiser out of Norfolk, Va. When the war was over, he was honorably discharged, but he entered the Reserves and served again from 1948-56, [...]
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