Join us on Saturday, June 20, at 11:00 AM at the Etowah Library. This is a free event, Simon Gurdal will talk about his service in WWII in the Belgian Army, serving under British Field Marshall Montgomery.
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鈥攁nd perhaps lives--during the Battle of the Bulge. Age 102, Cottrell resides in Hendersonville. On December 17, 1944, the second day of […]
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. 鈥淲e Shall Come Home Victorious,鈥 a […]
