Pinning Ceremony for Museum’s New Pathfinders

Pinning Ceremony for Museum’s New Pathfinders

The museum’s new Pathfinders received their Pathfinder pins from museum curator Emmett Casciato at the WNC Military History Museum on August 17. Attending training to become guides at the museum, these volunteers learned basic procedures for operating the...
Vietnam: Two Eras, Two Kinds of Warfare

Vietnam: Two Eras, Two Kinds of Warfare

Andrew “Gunny” Boyko joined the Marines in 1964 and was sent to Vietnam in August 1965. Reflecting on his time, Boyko notes that it was as if he went to two different wars. When he was in Vietnam from 1965-1966, the enemy was a guerrilla organization that did not...