The same battle the USS Battleship North Carolina was at, too. “I’m the only one around here that saw that gunfire,” said Bourgault. Now at 100 years old, he’s alive to tell the tales to ...

One of those veterans is here in Wilmington, and he celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday at the USS Battleship North Carolina. “She fought in all the major battles in the Pacific, had a spectacular ...