by Commander | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Photo caption: Seated from left: WWII Veteran James Brush, camper Kate McDaniel (holding book), Kyla McDaniel (age 6), WWII Veteran Verl Luzena, and his son, John Luzena Standing, from left: Evelyn Brush (wife of James Brush), and parents Michael and Rachel McDaniel...
by Commander | Jul 1, 2019 | News
“The Best Birthday Ever!” Eleven-year-old Michael Wigington, from Tupelo, Mississippi, has been following D-Day veteran George Sarros on the Veterans History Museum social media for several months. As Michael’s June 4 birthday approached, his mom, Amy Wigington,...
by Commander | Jun 24, 2019 | News
Tune in on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Emmett Casciato will be honored on TV with Caring for the Carolina’s Award On Tuesday, June 25 at 12:30 pm, please tune in to WSPA-TV, (CBS Channel 7, Spartanburg), when museum curator Emmett Casciato will receive the...
by Commander | Jun 5, 2019 | News
D-Day Paratrooper Charles Dickson holding his WWII photo Ray Pegram with French Medal of Honor given on June 6, 2016 on Utah Beach, France D-Day Veteran Lawrence Hoffman remembers Eisenhower’s timing of the D-Day invasion, as shown on this 1944 newspaper D-Day...
by Michel Robertson | Dec 9, 2018 | Living Histories
Brevard native Jimmy McKinney was married and working at the Ecusta plant when he received his draft notice in May 1966.”There were a lot of us from Transylvania County,” McKinney recalled. “It was the biggest draft since the Korean War, taking guys...
