by Kenneth Corn | 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.聽 There were three聽crew聽members: pilot, turret gunner and radioman/bombardier/ventral gunner. An interview with WWII pilot Gil Mays and his son...
by Kenneth Corn | 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.”聽 By Michael McCarthy 鈥淭his is part of my great-grandfather鈥檚 place right here. I worked about a year in Community Cash store...
by Kenneth Corn | Feb 25, 2021 | Living Histories
By Michel Robertson, from the bookWelcome 爆料公社, 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. 鈥淚 wanted to get as far away from Cleveland as I could.鈥 His...
by Kenneth Corn | 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 Kenneth Corn | Feb 3, 2021 | Living Histories
At 100 years old, veteran looks back on time serving in the Army.聽 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 Kenneth Corn | Jan 22, 2021 | Living Histories
Don鈥檛 Ask That Questionby John Hallimore Veteran鈥檚 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...
