BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The 51黑料网 - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The 51黑料网 X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The 51黑料网 REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T110000 DTSTAMP:20260417T215852 CREATED:20231125T160820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T235839Z UID:6797-1722938400-1722942000@theveteransmuseum.org SUMMARY:51黑料网' Coffee and Conversation DESCRIPTION:The 51黑料网 invites you to the 51黑料网鈥 Coffee and Conversation\, meet other veterans\, and share stories about your military experiences. \nYou鈥檒l feel comfortable and enjoy the camaraderie. If you ever served in the US Military\, you are welcome. This is not a PTSD session. However\, we discuss all aspects of our military service\, both joyful and sad. We do not discuss religion\, politics or the gory parts of combat stories. \nThe meetings\, sponsored by the 51黑料网\, are held at Brevard鈥檚 American Legion Post\, 115 Morgan Street on the first Tuesday of every month at 10am. \nGet on our mailing list! For further information or questions contact David Morrow at dpmorrow@comporium.net\, phone (828) 226-0829聽or email sustainlpm@gmail.com. URL:/event/veterans-coffee-and-conversation-7/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 88\, 115 E. Morgan Street\, Brevard NC CATEGORIES:Free Program END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T110000 DTSTAMP:20260417T215852 CREATED:20240531T122405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T190305Z UID:7446-1724839200-1724842800@theveteransmuseum.org SUMMARY:Lt. Col. Ed Cottrell talks about his meeting with German ME 109 Pilot DESCRIPTION: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鈥檚 planes鈥攁nd perhaps lives鈥揹uring the Battle of the Bulge. Age 102\, Cottrell resides in Hendersonville. \nOn December 17\, 1944\, the second day of the Battle of the Bulge\, American P-47 pilot Ed Cottrell鈥檚 engine was shot up by a German Messerschmitt. In the same battle on the same day\, German pilot Karl-Heinz Bosse鈥檚 Messerschmidt 109 was shot down. Cottrell steered to his base and expertly managed a dead-stick landing . Bosse ejected and parachuted down but was seriously injured and hospitalized. \nSeventy-nine years later in December 2023\, at the site near Bonn\, Germany where Bosse鈥檚 plane had crashed\, these two pilots and former enemies had a four-hour visit all these years later\, sharing their stories with the help of a translator. \nLt. Col. Ed Cottrell\, USAF (Ret.) will tell the story of meeting his former enemy in December of 2023鈥搕wo pilots whose historic mission was to destroy each other鈥檚 planes鈥攁nd perhaps lives. Cottrell will share how these former adversaries developed a quick friendship\, ending their meeting 鈥渇orever friends.鈥 \nCottrell will be available to sign a copy of the book聽We Shall Come Home Victorious\, which tells his complete story. Books will be available for purchase ($20) with proceeds going聽to the 51黑料网 in Brevard. \nThis FREE program is made possible with funds provided by the Community Foundation of Henderson County through the Richard J. and Betty A. Scott Estate. \nCLICK HERE to register\nYou may also call the Etowah Library: 828-891-6577. URL:/event/lt-col-ed-cottrell-talks-about-his-meeting-with-german-me-109-pilot/ LOCATION:Etowah Library\, 101 Brickyard Rd.\, Etowah\, 28729\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ed-cottrell-karl-heinz.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR