Writer Ella Winter, in a 1937 discussion conversation with novelist Thomas Wolfe, said: “Don’t you know you can’t go home again?” Wolfe then asked Winter for permission to use the phrase as the title of his new novel “You Can’t Go Home Again” – published in 1940 after he died. His hometown was Asheville, NC.
Judging by the likes of Marine LtCol (Ret.) David McMillan, indeed, you can go home again.
McMillan, a native of the Carter community, has pulled tours of duty in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Japan and South Korea during 22 years in uniform. Today he’s back in Knox County for a second tour of service with Knox County Rescue (KCR). He is the KCR Chaplain and a member of two of its primary teams – Search and Rescue (SAR) and the Water Team.
Today, we’re honored to have McMillan as this week’s Our Town Hero…