by Curator | Jan 12, 2021 | Living Histories
Jimmy McKinney – Driving a Howitzer with The Big Red 1 By Michel Robertson North Carolina native Jimmy McKinney was working at a paper plant when he received his draft notice in May 1966. “I’d been married about three years, with no children. I preferred it to be me...
by Curator | Jan 8, 2021 | Living Histories
A Dubious Honor:Having Flown a U-2C with the Canopy Open by Richard “Duke” Woodhull One fine day in 1968, I accompanied a squadron mate of mine to Palmdale in a T-33, for the purpose of retrieving one of our U-2Cs that had been loaned to another...
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...
