Upcoming Events & Activities! A very busy November 2024!
Saturday Oct. 12, Fort Fisher State Historic Site
Speaking engagement at the NEW Fort Fisher Visitor Center; My topic Camp Davis & The Fort Fisher Firing Point; 80th Anniversary of the closing of Camp Davis and the Fort Fisher WWII facility. Power Point presentation with display of Camp Davis & Fort Fisher WWII memorabilia. Book signing for all my WWII books! Free and open to the public.
POSTPONED due to delay in opening of new visitor center at Fort Fisher… Stay tuned for the new date… Severe weather & torrential rains delayed the restoration of the fort
November 7; Kinston Public Library, 6:30 PM
PowerPoint presentation on Kinston & Lenoir County During WWII & book signing. Display of WWII artifacts, with some rare Kinston post cards from WWII. Free and open to the public. Presentation in the library auditorium.
Friday Nov. 8, Historic USO Bldg, Community Arts Center, 2nd & Orange Streets, Downtown Wilmington.
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.