Brevard College intern Samuel Hipp (far right) listens as three WWII veterans tell their stories. From left are Dorothy Managan, Harold Wellington and Pooch Pace.

An interviewer from Witness to War, an organization dedicated to preserving veterans' stories on video, recently interviewed 21 local veterans in Brevard's Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas. Martin Madert, who has recorded more than 1,000 veterans' stories in the United States, was invited to Brevard by museum board member Ken Corn.

The veterans who shared their stories will receive copies of a DVD containing their interviews. A DVD will be provided to the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas, which members of the community may come in and watch at any time during museum open hours.

Michel Robertson and Janis Allen Vietnam veteran Pete Lillard (left), Martin Madert and Vietnam veteran Bill Robertson.

Sam Hipp, a Brevard College student interning at the museum, sat down with three of the veterans gathered for their video interviews and listened to them tell their stories - a unique opportunity to learn history from those who lived it.

Curator Emmett Casciato said, "This museum is not only about artifacts or things. It's about people. This is living history. This is how we fulfill our mission: Honor, Educate, Preserve."

The Witness to War Foundation was founded in 2001 by Atlanta-based entrepreneur Tom Beaty. Its web address is http://www.witness 2war.org.

The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas is open Wednesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is located at 21 E. Main St. beside the courthouse. For more information, visit http://www.the veteransmuseum.org or call (828) 884-2141.