 Today's National Anthem singer is a 98-year-old Pompton Plains, New Jersey native who served in World War II as part of General Patton's Third Army. Today, he is fulfilling a long-held dream to honor the life and memory of his best friend, Joe Romano, who was killed in action in World War II. Singing our National Anthem is Gabe Vitalone. Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so brought the twilight whose broad stripes and bright stars through