• Steven Zaley to Speak on his Father鈥檚 82nd Airborne WWII Experiences

    Transylvania County Library 212 South Gaston Street, Brevard, United States

    Steven R. Zaley, author of They Are Only Gone If They Are Forgotten: A Story about One of the Original Companies of the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Combat Team, Third Battalion, Headquarters Company, will speak on Saturday, March 18 at 2:30 PM. Click here to read more about this event

  • Guest Speaker Marjorie K. Eastman April 29, 2023

    Transylvania County Library 212 South Gaston Street, Brevard, United States

    Marjorie K. Eastman, author of The Frontline Generation: How We Served Post 9/11. Eastman鈥檚 10 years of military service included two combat deployments, one in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the other in support of Operation Enduring Freedom In Afghanistan. She started her military career in the enlisted ranks and achieved the rare opportunity of […]

  • David Tyson will share his experiences leading the CIA response to the 9/11 attacks

    Transylvania County Library 212 South Gaston Street, Brevard, United States

    David Tyson will give a firsthand account of the deployment of CIA鈥檚 Team Alpha (8 men) into Afghanistan immediately after September 11, 2001. The team was inserted behind enemy lines to link up with Afghan warlords and prosecute the war against Taliban and al-Qaida forces.

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  • How the American Front First Saw D-Day presented by Greg Wilsbacher

    Transylvania County Library 212 South Gaston Street, Brevard, United States

    Guest Speaker: Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of South Carolina 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.聽 The program, sponsored by the 51黑料网, is free and open to […]

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  • The Story of the P-51 Mustang Fighter From its Design to Combat Over Europe told by David Fairbank White and Margaret Stanback White

    One Brevard College Dr. Brevard, NC 28712 One Brevard College Dr., Brevard, United States

    David Fairbank White and Margaret Stanback White, authors of Wings of War, will talk about their book chronicling the story of the famed World War II P-51 Mustang, which allowed the allies to firmly wrest control of the skies over Europe from the German Luftwaffe. Read more

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