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In this continuing series profiling veterans of World War II, Samuelson recounts the exploits of William Lashley, who was born in Leaksville. Lashley served with the 2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, U.S. Marines and went ashore with the invasion force on Okinawa on Easter Sunday 1945. He was in command of the Marine radar stations on shore which were on duty 24 hours a day because the Japanese planes were flying 24 hours a day. After the war he returned home and entered the retail business.
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Neale explores the necessity of military bands. Do they provide a service or are they just for show? Using the 26th North Carolina Regimental Band and others from the Civil War period as examples, he describes their importance as morale boosters during battles and on the march as well as other duties as couriers, stretcher bearers, guards, wagon train escorts, service in the hospitals, and caring for the wounded. Bands today still carry out their two-fold responsibility of musical and combat support; however, federal funding and finding qualified musicians has been steadily declining since 1993.
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Samuelson states that there will probably not be another American combat ace after the Vietnam War ended. General Steve Ritchie, of Reidsville, is the last fighter pilot to earn that distinction by shooting down five North Vietnamese MIG 21 aircraft in 1972.
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Mays recounts the wartime exploits of Melinda Pritchard Blalock, who was one of a number of women soldiers during the Civil War. She went to war as her husband's brother. Although they were both Unionists, they decided it was easier to join the Confederate forces in Eastern North Carolina, and then cross to the Union lines later. Both served in Company F, 26th Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Mays reveals how they escaped, where they served with the Union forces, and where they lived on their return to North Carolina.
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Samuelson recounts the exploits of Colonel Robert K. Morgan of Asheville, who was pilot of the Memphis Belle, the first B-17 heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. At that time in 1943, squadron crew losses were as high as 80 percent, and those who completed 25 missions were sent home. Morgan later flew B-29s and completed 26 missions over Japan. Today, the Memphis Belle is in the Memphis Museum.
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Harris recounts the life of William Muse, one of many North Carolinians who put their lives on hold to serve their state during the Civil War and then passed into history. Muse was born in Pasquotank County. He served on a number of vessels in the US Navy, but resigned his commission when the Civil War began. His last command was as Captain of the Ironclad North Carolina, and he died before the war ended.
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In this continuing series profiling North Carolina veterans of World War II, Samuelson recounts the experiences of L. Bethel Griffith of Leaksville, who served as part of the \"Lost Company\" during the war. He was part of Company A, Tenth Amphibian Tractor Battalion, which landed troops during island invasions, brought in ammunition and supplies, and took back the dead and wounded. Company A became separated from its battalion in 1943 and was in combat with various other units without pay or mail for seven months. He was discharged in 1945.
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In this continuing series profiling North Carolina veterans of World War II, Samuelson recounts the experiences of Conrad \"Gus\" Shinn of Spray. He was a multi-engine pilot in the South Pacific and flew onto islands where fighting was taking place bringing in blood and medical supplies and taking out the wounded--sometimes under fire. He continued flying with the Navy after the war and took part in special secret operations in Antarctica. In 1956, he was the first pilot to land and take off from the South Pole. Mount Shinn, Antarctica's third highest mountain, is named for him.
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Leonard Day, of Morehead City in Carteret County, joined the US Navy on April 9, 1917, three days after Congress declared war on Germany. Harrington recounts his experiences and the ships he served on. On March 4, 1918, Fireman First Class Day and five other North Carolinians were numbered among 306 passengers and crewmen aboard the USS Cyclops which left Barbados bound for Baltimore. Between March 4 and March 13, the ship and everyone on board vanished in the infamous Bermuda Triangle. No trace has ever been found. Day was declared officially to have \"died\" on June 14, 1918.
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Ferebee was born on a Davie County farm near Mocksville. After college he joined the Army Air Force before World War II began and trained as a bombardier. He flew over 60 missions over Europe and earned a reputation as one of the best bombardiers in the Air Force. He also made two friends who would be important to him later in the war--Paul Tibbets, a talented pilot, and Theodore van Kirk, a skilled navigator. In 1944 he was ordered back to the US by special request of Colonel Tibbets. On August 6, 1945, with Tibbets flying the Enola Gay, bombardier Thomas Ferebee dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in wartime on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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Mackintosh recounts the life of then Lieutenant Henry Rowan Lemly of Forsyth County who graduated from West Point and went on to take part in the war against the Sioux Indians with the Third Cavalry under the command of General Crook. He was in a number of battles, including the capture of Crazy Horse and was serving as captain of the guard at Camp Robinson when Crazy Horse was killed. The article includes some of Lemly's writing about the Sioux Wars. He held a number of positions before he finally retired in 1920. He is buried with his wife in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Johnson was flying the last of his twenty-five combat missions, this one to bomb the submarine pens at Bremen, when his B-17 was shot down. He and his crew crash-landed in Holland and were soon taken prisoner by German soldiers. Johnson recounts his time as a prisoner of war during the last month of World War II.
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Register of Clinton describes his experiences aboard a troop ship bound for the Philippines in a letter written to the Masonic Lodge in Clinton, Hiram Lodge, No. 98.
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On July 25, 1950, North Korean troops invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War. Sixteen nations, including the US, committed troops to defend South Korea. Almost 800 North Carolinians were killed. One, medic PFC Bryant E. Womack of Rutherford County, was killed March 12, 1952. He was twenty years old and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In May 1955, work began at Fort Bragg for a hospital to be built in his name. Womack Army Hospital is today a major army medical center and the only such facility honoring an enlisted man.
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This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the Confederate Veteran, Vol. 1, No. 12, December 1893. It presents readers with a description of the typical Confederate soldier and gives North Carolinians a picture of what their fighting men looked like.
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