Guest Speaker: Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of Live faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection On Monday, June 5, Greg Wilsbacher will present a multi-media program, How the American Homefront First Saw D-Day. The program, sponsored by the Live, is free and open to […]
On July 29, Jack H. (“Nick”) McCall Jr. will talk about his book, Pogiebait’s War, chronicling the story of his father’s journey from a small town in Tennessee to World War II combat service with the US Marines in the vast Pacific from Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands to Guam and the Marianas. Jack McCall […]
Walk through History With World War II best-selling authors and actual WWII veterans November 3-4, 2023. The Live is excited to offer the Walk Through History Event. Be a part of history as you explore their stories. If you love the stories of history and like to learn about our […]
Brevard resident Milton Fletcher served in the U.S. Army Reserves as a rifleman in the 184th Regiment in the last battle of World War II, the Battle of Okinawa. His division was later ordered to receive the surrender of the Japanese Army in Korea. Fletcher is 97 years old. “We Shall Come Home Victorious,” a […]
Lt. Col. Ed Cottrell, USAF (Ret.), P-47 pilot, will talk about his recent meeting with a German Me 109 pilot. In 1944, these two pilots had the historic missions to destroy each other's planes—and perhaps lives--during the Battle of the Bulge. Age 102, Cottrell resides in Hendersonville. On December 17, 1944, the second day of […]