A caravan of five buses loaded with 270 World War II veterans were set to leave Turtle Creek Casino on M-72 about 5 a.m. today [5/28/2004] and head for Washington. The group is believed to be the largest contingent of veterans attending from one location... Veteran Paul Mills, 82, of Traverse City “The people we were fighting against were trying to control the world,”...William Turner, 84, of Traverse City...said he feels sorry for American soldiers serving now in Iraq, learning first-hand of the horrors of war he experienced so long ago. “I wake up on a really hot night and I can still smell the flesh and hair burning,” he said...Frank Tosiello, 85, an Elmwood Township veteran said he hopes the memorial stands as a legacy to “the devastation that war can produce - to remember that war is not the best solution to problems.”