April, 2025 Updates
BIG NEWS! Work on my next book is well underway, and plans are for a Spring 2025 release date with subsequent book signings and programs. Notice that I have not yet announced the subject matter or title. I can say that it is a WWII topic! Stay tuned for updates!
March 26, 2025: Speaking engagement & Book signing @ Bladen Community College. Enthusiastic audience & fun time! Always fun to visit my former place workplace!
Saturday May 10; Display at Fort Fisher State Historic Site;
Exhibition of Camp Davis memorabilia; NC Society of Military Historians annual conference; Temporary display for the one day only-upstairs in conference room
Sept. 26-27; Kinston Lenoir County Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
Tentative Plans: Displays of weapons, equipment, uniforms, fully functioning US Army field kitchen setup, WWII vehicles, bus tour of significant WWII sites in Lenoir County; Sat. night WWII-themed USO dance; My book “A Snapshot of K! Very excited to be a part of this unique event.
Original WWII USO Bldg. in downtown Kinston!
Saturday October 4; Fort Fisher Remembers its WWII Heritage
Fort Fisher State Historic Site will host a WWII event on Saturday Oct. 4, 2025. This will be first WWII-related activity at the site in two years and it is part of a group of local events in SENC that are commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of that conflict. Details on this always popular event will be forthcoming. I am planning on setting up a large display illustrating a AAA BN HQ in the field at Fort Fisher. The M42 Command Post tent, acquired a couple of years ago will be publicly displayed for the first time, in addition to my 1943 US Army Jeep and a slew of original US Army communication gear and field headquarters equipment.
Nov. 8: 2025 Veterans Day Parade-Wilmington
Details posted ASAP
Friday Nov. 7: WWII USO Dance-Community Arts Center, Wilmington
Scene from 2024 Veterans Day Parade
Speaking Engagement & book signing; Kinston Public Library, Nov. 7, 2024
Display for Home School program at CSS Neuse State Historic Site; Nov. 13, 2024… (Having “fun” after the program with staff & volunteers) Note that my jeep was inside the visitor center!
Display of WWII memorabilia from Camp Davis, US Army equipment, uniforms, field gear, small arms-including a bazooka. Hoping to have displays of Japanese and German war relics and memorabilia. The 1943 US Army Jeep will be on display in front of the USO Bldg.
Friday evening, Nov. 8, USO dance fundraiser for the historic USO Bldg. Check the Thalian Association of Wilmington (website) for additional dance details
Saturday Nov. 9, Southeastern NC Veterans Day Parade, Downtown Wilmington.
Driving my 1943 Jeep and jeep trailer in the parade; commemorating the 80th anniversary of the closing of WWII Camp Davis in Holly Ridge. Post-parade I’ll be back at the USO with my display and the jeep will return to the front of the Bldg.
Wed. June 5, 2024: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day! Displays & activities at the original WWII Wilmington USO/Community Arts Center:
John Moseley and me at the D-Day event. John was wearing the uniform of a US Merchant Marine CPO; I was dressed in mid-late war US Army Officer’s field outfit-’43 field pants, khaki officer’s shirt, 2 buckle boots, ’43 field cap…
My newest book, “A Snapshot of Kinston & Lenoir County During WWII” is now available via online sale on this website & in Kinston at the CSS Neuse State Historic Site & at the Queen Street Deli (both downtown Kinston)
Big Fall 2024!
Speaking engagement & display: Saturday October 12, Fort Fisher State Historic Site; time and exact topic to be announced!
WWII Uniforms, equipment, weapons, jeep on display at the Wilmington Community Arts Center/WWII USO: Friday-Sat. Nov. 8-9, 2024.
Upcoming Events: Southeastern NC Veterans Day Parade- Saturday November 9, 2024-planning on “Willy” the Jeep being in this year’s parade.
82nd Anniversary of Camp Davis Event- April 8, 2023
Despite poor weather, the 82nd anniversary event commemorating the “opening” of WWII Camp Davis was a huge success! The event was relocated into the Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire Dept. Bldg. (many thanks to the chief & firefighters!) and our various displays, exhibits, demonstrations and even two jeeps, were situated inside this spacious facility. Antiaircraft troops, WACs, and British troops were represented and the Topsail Island Historical Society set an exhibit on the WASPs. The HRVFD organized a hot dog cookout as a fundraiser and all the volunteers were treated to a complimentary lunch. a large crowd of between 400-500 turned out for the program which ran from 10 am to 4 pm. A special thanks to all the dedicated living history folks and vehicle collectors who made this event possible.