by Curator | Sep 10, 2021 | Living Histories
Interview with Myrl Jean Hughes By Janis Allen WWII Pacific Theater Myrl Jean Hughes tells her story: “I grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, 100 miles from the Canadian border. My dad owned a printing business, printing stationery and booklets and other things. I had a...
by Curator | Apr 29, 2021 | Living Histories
The Thomas Greenway Story By Ken Corn Polk county resident Thomas Greenway stands over his dining room table and spreads out a pile of old black and white photographs he took in Korea seventy years ago. VP Ken Corn talks with Korean War Combat Medic Thomas Greenway at...
by Curator | Apr 19, 2021 | Living Histories
The Service of the Transylvania County Honor Guard By Doug Poad Like the Marines, the Transylvania County Honor Guard is “looking for a few good women and men,” but not just former Marines. The Honor Guard welcomes veterans of any branch of our Armed Forces looking...
by Curator | Apr 8, 2021 | Living Histories
Private Bradford Freeman of Caledonia, Mississippi and Colonel Ed Shames of Virginia Beach, Virginia are the only two living members of the “Band of Brothers” 101st Airborne Division, WWII. An Interview with Bradford C. Freeman By Janis Allen Brad Freeman...
by Curator | Mar 29, 2021 | Living Histories
By Michel Robertson The photos in this article are of local Vietnam War veterans, many of whom you may know. See whether you’re able to recognize them! Today, March 29th, is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, a day of remembrance established by the Vietnam War...
by Curator | Mar 19, 2021 | Living Histories
Rutherford County resident Gil Mays (center) with his crew next to their TBF Avenger onboard the U.S.S. Yorktown in 1944. There were three crew members: pilot, turret gunner and radioman/bombardier/ventral gunner. An interview with WWII pilot Gil Mays and his son...
