The Wayne County Museum has David Prince's helmet worn by him in World War I. The type of helmet was designed in 1917. German troops called these helmets"salatschussel" meaning salad bowl, which they did resemble.
The logo on it is hand painted with three "Xs," standing for the 30th Division. If the logo is rotated by turning the helmet, you can read "OH", standing for "Old Hickory," Lt. Prince's division's nickname.
There is also a military coat worn by him during his service along the Mexican border near El Paso, Texas, for six months beginning July 1916. You can still see the outline of his sergeant's stripes on the sleeves.
--Cooter
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Showing posts with label Wayne County Museum. Show all posts
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Friday, May 6, 2016
World War I's Lt. David M. Prince-- Part 1: Officer Training and World War I
I was in the Wayne County Museum earlier this week and there is a display of a picture, uniform top coat, helmet and his Carnegie Medal.
Lt. Prince was my great uncle.
Lt. David M. Prince, Co. I, 119th Infantry. Born in Halifax, N.C., August 7, 1896 to David and Minnie Prince. As a child he moved to Goldsboro.
In May 1915, he joined the North Carolina National Guard and was assigned to Co. E, 2nd N.C. Infantry Regiment and made a sergeant with Lt. Zeno Hollowell.
He went to officer training at Camp Stanley near San Antonio, Texas and rejoined the regiment as a second lieutenant in Company I at Camp Servier, S.C., before deployment to France in May 1918 during World War I.
Lt. Prince was my great uncle.
Lt. David M. Prince, Co. I, 119th Infantry. Born in Halifax, N.C., August 7, 1896 to David and Minnie Prince. As a child he moved to Goldsboro.
In May 1915, he joined the North Carolina National Guard and was assigned to Co. E, 2nd N.C. Infantry Regiment and made a sergeant with Lt. Zeno Hollowell.
He went to officer training at Camp Stanley near San Antonio, Texas and rejoined the regiment as a second lieutenant in Company I at Camp Servier, S.C., before deployment to France in May 1918 during World War I.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Wayne County's Close Call With Nuclear Disaster-- Part 2: New Meaning to "Big Bang"
From the Wayne County Museum pamphlet.
"Joel Dobson will speak about the January 24th 1961 crash of a nuclear weapons-equipped B-52 bomber in northeastern Wayne County. One bomb was fully recovered but the bomb disposal unit could not locate the uranium of the second device. Each bomb was 250 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and, if detonated, would have killed all people within a seventeen mile radius.
Mr. Dobson is author of "The Goldsboro Broken Arrow." Signed copies will be available for purchase."
That would be an interesting book. I had just heard of this incident in passing and would have liked to see the presentation, but it was March 9th and I wasn't there.
Couldn't you have imagined a local resident waking up in the morning and finding a bomb that size in his back yard. Wonder what his first words would have been?
"I've Told That Neighbor Time and Again Not to Go Dropping His Stuff in My Yard!!" --DaCoot
"Joel Dobson will speak about the January 24th 1961 crash of a nuclear weapons-equipped B-52 bomber in northeastern Wayne County. One bomb was fully recovered but the bomb disposal unit could not locate the uranium of the second device. Each bomb was 250 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and, if detonated, would have killed all people within a seventeen mile radius.
Mr. Dobson is author of "The Goldsboro Broken Arrow." Signed copies will be available for purchase."
That would be an interesting book. I had just heard of this incident in passing and would have liked to see the presentation, but it was March 9th and I wasn't there.
Couldn't you have imagined a local resident waking up in the morning and finding a bomb that size in his back yard. Wonder what his first words would have been?
"I've Told That Neighbor Time and Again Not to Go Dropping His Stuff in My Yard!!" --DaCoot
Wayne County's Close Call With Nuclear Disaster-- Part 1
From a Wayne County Museum, Goldsboro, NC, pamphlet.
Not only does the building date from World War II, when it served as a USO Club for servicemen, especially from Seymour Johnson Air Base, but it has a great collection for a county museum (including a scale model of the Civil War Battle of Goldsboro Bridge) and always an interesting series of cultural events.
We saw the presentation on the Tuscarora Indians on my first Sunday in town (and written about in this blog), but also other presentations of interest.
One took place March 9th "Wayne County's Close Call With Nuclear Disaster." Now, if that doesn't draw your attention, I don't know what will.
Ducking and Covering! --Cooter
Not only does the building date from World War II, when it served as a USO Club for servicemen, especially from Seymour Johnson Air Base, but it has a great collection for a county museum (including a scale model of the Civil War Battle of Goldsboro Bridge) and always an interesting series of cultural events.
We saw the presentation on the Tuscarora Indians on my first Sunday in town (and written about in this blog), but also other presentations of interest.
One took place March 9th "Wayne County's Close Call With Nuclear Disaster." Now, if that doesn't draw your attention, I don't know what will.
Ducking and Covering! --Cooter
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