Edwin C. Bearss, 90, served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and is a noted historian known for his work with the Civil War and World War II. He was badly wounded by the Japanese during the war and hospitalized for two years before his honorable discharge. After that, he returned home to his native Montana.
He was chief historian of the National Park Service from 1981 to 1994 and is now chief historian emeritus. Even at his age, he still does tours and talks as if he were actually there.
His lecture on Jan. 11th is being sponsored jointly by the New Bern Civil War Round Table and the New Bern Historical Society.
--Gone a Bearss'n. --Old Secesh
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