Volume 3 of the Ashe County Veterans History Project is available, now.
The latest in a series of books honoring veterans from Ashe County, North Carolina- the books feature veterans’ own accounts, family stories and photographs. Imaging Specialists in Sparta, NC is proud to have helped the Ashe County Public Library with their Ashe County Veterans Project. World War I Troops await transport in this photo from Robert Godbey in Volume II of the Ashe County Veterans History Book. Robert Godbey 1894-1980 See Mr. Godbey’s story at the Ashe County Library Veterans History Project. Find more about him and other volumes in his expansive account of his service at the Ramsey Library, UNC AshevilleFrom Volume I of the project book in 2018. Mr. Gentry is at the far left, posing with his sling shot in this great photo from Operation Desert Storm.We added this public domain image of the “Bow view of USS Nicholas (DD-449) underway off San Francisco on 15 January 1944,” to Clint Johnson’s article in Volume III. It is the ship depicted on the cover of his book, Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars from which the article is taken.Photos of Lieutenant Colonel Lory Whitehead, her father and grandfather from her story in Volume III.Two photos of WWII vet, Bob Nuckolls submitted by Sandra Church for this year’s edition.
