Record #:

5487

Author(s):

Cooke, Robert J.

Abstract:

William Ashe was a man who saw what needed to be done and gave 100 percent effort to do it. Cooke discusses his life in politics before the Civil War and his assignment as Assistant Quartermaster in charge of all rail transportation east of the Mississippi during the war.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Mar 2001, p1-8, il, por, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ashe, William Sheppard, 1813-1862

Record #:

21562

Author(s):

Cooke, Robert J.

Abstract:

Cooke recounts the wartime experiences of Henry Murphy of Burgaw, a carrier pilot aboard the USS Enterprise in the South Pacific during World War II. Murphy was flying an Avenger torpedo plane along with his two-man crew during a major two-day attack on Formosa on October 12, 1944, when his plane was shot down killing all three men.

Source:

Recall (NoCar F 252 .R43), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Spr 2011, p9-12, il, por, map, bibl

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations