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...
by Curator | Mar 4, 2021 | Living Histories
Thomas Greenway tells his story from his home near Columbus, North Carolina. “They call you ‘Doc’ on the front line.” By Michael McCarthy “This is part of my great-grandfather’s place right here. I worked about a year in Community Cash store...
by Curator | Feb 25, 2021 | Living Histories
By Michel Robertson, from the bookWelcome Home, Brother: Memoirs of Vietnam War Veterans Young Ray Pavlik had not heard of Vietnam when he graduated from high school in 1964 and enlisted in the Navy. “I wanted to get as far away from Cleveland as I could.” His...
by Curator | Feb 10, 2021 | Living Histories
An Interview with Korean War Veteran Bill Lack By Mike McCarthy I grew up in Meridian, Mississippi and my father and mother were divorced in 1940. My father was automatically drafted into the military before WWII started. Then his two brothers got called in after he...
by Curator | Feb 3, 2021 | Living Histories
At 100 years old, veteran looks back on time serving in the Army. By Ken Corn Old Fort, North Carolina, resident and WWII veteran Harry Viruet celebrated his 100th birthday in May this year. Viruet was born in 1920 and joined the US Army when he was nineteen, a year...
by Curator | Jan 22, 2021 | Living Histories
Don’t Ask That Questionby John Hallimore Veteran’s Creative Writing Workshop 4th meeting, February 17th, 2016 Coming home from Vietnam to America amidst college sit-ins, peace protests, passionate political debate, and random cultural turmoil is not a fond memory. My...
