Cumberland County's most legendary moonshiner is known not for his brew but for his contributions to the M1 carbine - a key firearm for troops in World War II, Korea and the early years of Vietnam.

David “Carbine” Williams, a gunsmith who served time in prison for murder, left behind a complicated legacy. North Carolina State Archives A moonshiner tinkered with gun parts in prison, then made ...

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At about the same time on July 21, 1921 that history was being made off Hampton Roads, Virginia with the sinking of the former German battleship Ostfriesland by experimental bombs dropped from a ...