by Commander | Sep 22, 2021 | News
You are invited to Transylvania County’s Veterans Day Observance to honor all veterans on Thursday, November 11 at 11:00 AM in front of the museum (next to the Transylvania County Courthouse) at 21 East Main Street in Brevard. The keynote speaker will be Ken Corn, a...
by Commander | Dec 31, 2020 | Living Histories
Above, Hallimore (standing, 2nd from left) with buddies In part one, Hallimore described search & destroy missions, “bunker-busters,” and life in the Vietnam Delta. One Fires, We All FirePart 2by John Hallimore Our armament would typically...
by Commander | Dec 22, 2020 | Living Histories
One Fires, We All FirePart 1by John Hallimore Veteran’s Creative Writing Workshop,5th meeting February 24th, 2016 Having grown up during the 50s and 60s, I enjoyed watching TV westerns. I had a pretty good idea of what the typical cowboy ambush involved. There is a...
by Commander | Oct 30, 2020 | Living Histories
An excerpt from “Welcome Home, Brother: Memoirs of Vietnam War Veterans” by Michel Robertson. Lt. Cdr. Grady L. Jackson, senior Bombardier/Navigator assigned to VA-75, an attack squadron of the US Navy known as the Sunday Punchers, arrived in Vietnam’s Tonkin Gulf...
by Commander | Oct 19, 2020 | Living Histories
75 years ago, the world’s largest and deadliest war ended when the Empire of Japan surrendered to Allied Forces. Most living veterans from WWII are in their 90’s now. South Asheville resident Carl Jackson, a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot, is 97 and happy...
