When WWII and Korean War veteran Joe Cooper, age 100, received the “Make-a-Wish” honor at the North Carolina Veterans Home in Black Mountain and asked for his wish, he answered, “A trip back to the Veterans Museum and a ride on a train.”
Cooper made his trip Wednesday to the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas in Brevard.
At the courthouse gazebo, museum founder/curator Emmett Casciato introduced N.C. Veterans Home Administrator Kylie Conkin, Brevard Mayor Maureen Copelof and Transylvania County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jason Chappell to speak in honor of Cooper’s service to the country.