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Navy Invites ��Ϲ�� to Ship Commissioning

May 18, 2022 | News

Board member Colonel Larry Chapman, USMC Ret. and Curator Emmett Casciato set up a booth for the ��Ϲ�� at the commissioning ceremony of the USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) on May 14th, in Charleston, SC. Photo by Michel...

Joe Cooper, WWII and Korean War Veteran

May 18, 2022 | Living Histories

Japanese “Betty” on fire. Photo courtesy Joe Cooper.Joe Dayton Cooper U.S. Navy, WWII – PacificDecember 27, 1941—December 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,...

Joe Cooper survived the burning of WWII’s USS Ommaney Bay and served again in Korea

May 17, 2022 | Living Histories

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...

Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II

Apr 20, 2022 | Guest Speaker Program

Dr. Sean McMeekin "Stalin-not Hitler" Author of eight books, Dr. Sean McMeekin will share his discovery: “Stalin—not Hitler—was the animating force of World War II in this major new history,” based on his 2021 book of the same name as this program. From the book's...

Ukraine Crisis 2022 – Presented by Friedrich K. Jeschonnek

Apr 3, 2022 | Guest Speaker Program

Ukraine Crisis 2022: Origins, Impact, and Challenges for the West. On Thursday, July 14, at 3:00 p.m., in the Rogow Room, in the Transylvania County Library, Friedrich K. Jeschonnek, airborne Colonel (Ret.) of the German Army, will present the free program “Ukraine...

“The Big E” USS Enterprise – MCPO Clyde Jones, USN (Ret.)

Mar 8, 2022 | Living Histories

USS Enterprise, "The Big E" -- A Recipe for Success It’s been said that an Army marches on its stomach, attesting to the importance of well-provisioned forces in the military. For Clyde Jones, “serving” in the Navy took on new meaning as he directed the preparation of...

Veterans ��Ϲ�� Reopens with World War II Jeep Exhibit

Feb 27, 2022 | News

BREVARD, N.C. – The ��Ϲ�� is open for the 2022 season, and new this year is an exhibit featuring a World War II Willys Jeep.The exhibit places the restored 1943 Jeep in front of an Army Post Office (APO) somewhere in the European...

Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid that Avenged Pearl Harbor

Feb 20, 2022 | Guest Speaker Program

Author James M. Scott James Scott’s expertise and the focus of his acclaimed research and writing is the Pacific theater of World War II. In addition to Target Tokyo, Scott has written The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan, Rampage:...

Iran Hostage Rescue Attempt – Operation Eagle Claw

Feb 20, 2022 | Guest Speaker Program

U.S. Army Special Forces On Thursday afternoon, April 14, at 2:00 p.m., Phillip Hanson, U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Major (Ret.), pictured here while serving as a Green Beret in Thailand in 1971, will present the free program “Operation Eagle Claw: Iran Hostage...