by Commander | Mar 8, 2022 | Living Histories
USS Enterprise, “The Big E” — A Recipe for Success It’s been said that an Army marches on its stomach, attesting to the importance of well-provisioned forces in the military. For Clyde Jones, “serving” in the Navy took on new meaning as he directed...
by Commander | Jan 28, 2022 | Living Histories
From Welcome Home, Brother by Michel Robertson John “Larry” McCall graduated from high school in 1967 and was drafted into the Army in 1968 at age nineteen. He and nine other young men from his North Carolina mountain community reported to Fort Bragg for basic...
by Curator | Oct 4, 2021 | Living Histories
WWII Merchant Mariners Get Long-Deserved Recognition As Combat Veterans by Ken Corn Brevard resident and World War II veteran Harold Wellington (pictured above) traveled to Baltimore for the 2020/21 American Merchant Marine Veteran Convention and Congressional Gold...
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...