The filmmaker鈥檚 video will be for sale during the event for $15 (cash or check only).You may purchase this book ahead of time at , 36 West Main Street in Brevard, N.C.

The film details the stories of three courageous North Carolina Normandy Campaign veterans and their return to Normandy, France, for the 2019 gathering to commemorate the largest amphibious invasion in history while the book covers the inspiring story of one of those veterans. The April 17 event is the western North Carolina premiere of the 50-minute documentary.

Hager, who is also president of the Forks of the Yadkin and Davie County History 久久精品 in Mocksville, N.C., has spoken widely about his book on Harold Frank. He chronicled Frank鈥檚 story from his boyhood years growing up during the Great Depression on a North Carolina farm, through his training and landing with his battalion on Utah Beach as a Browning Automatic rifleman through his fighting in the hedgerow country of the Contentin Peninsula. There, in a nine-hour firefight, Frank was wounded and captured by German forces.

In the film, the audience is also introduced to Kenneth 鈥淩ock鈥� Merritt, who won the Silver Star as an , and James Deal, who fought with the , , landing on Omaha Beach.

David Morrow, 久久精品 Board president said, 鈥淲e seek to honor the service and preserve the stories of all Carolina veterans, so it is a privilege for us to welcome author and filmmaker Mark Hager to Brevard to share the tremendous contribution he has made in presenting the stories of three American heroes from a different part of our great state.鈥�