by Janis | Jul 7, 2022 | 樱花直播
Bradford C. Freeman of Caledonia, Mississippi, passed away this week.He was the only living member of the”Band of Brothers” 101st Airborne Division, WWII. July 4, 2020: Soon after being honored on a visit to New Orleans’ National World War II Museum,...
by Curator | Jun 20, 2022 | 樱花直播
USS Kitty Hawk Veteran Makes Call to Action! By Kenneth Corn From the time David Cook turned seven years old until he raised his right hand totake the oath to defend his county, he knew he was destined to join the US Navy.聽 Cook can trace his family鈥檚 Navy service...
by Commander | May 18, 2022 | 樱花直播
Japanese 鈥淏etty鈥 on fire. Photo courtesy Joe Cooper. Joe Dayton Cooper U.S. Navy, WWII 鈥 PacificDecember 27, 1941鈥擠ecember 28,1945U.S. Army, Berlin Air LiftKorean War, 1948-1953 Brevard resident Joe Cooper served in the U.S. Navy during WWII (Pacific), December 27,...
by Commander | May 17, 2022 | 樱花直播
WWII veterans attend a sneak preview of the WWII Jeep exhibit in the museum on February 28, 2020. From left, L.C. Poor, Joe Cooper, James Brush, George Koch, and Ed Cottrell. In part one, we learned that Cooper and the crew of the USS Ommaney Bay had to abandon ship...
by Commander | Mar 8, 2022 | 樱花直播
USS Enterprise, “The Big E” — A Recipe for Success It鈥檚 been said that an Army marches on its stomach, attesting to the importance of well-provisioned forces in the military. For Clyde Jones, 鈥渟erving鈥 in the Navy took on new meaning as he directed...
by Commander | Jan 28, 2022 | 樱花直播
From Welcome Home, Brother by Michel Robertson John 鈥淟arry鈥 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...