Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Cottrell served in the U.S. military during World War II. There was a time Ed Cottrell did not know if he was going to make it ...

On Dec. 17, 1944, the second day of the Battle of the Bulge, American P-47 pilot Ed Cottrell's engine was shot up by a German Messerschmitt. In the same battle on the same day, German pilot Karl-Heinz ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Fifteen aviation students from Arden’s Christ School and their instructors listened intently as Hendersonville resident and World War II P-47 Pilot Ed Cottrell described his harrowing ...

There was a time Ed Cottrell did not know if he was going to make it home alive. Now, the 102-year-old World War II veteran is being honored with a French Legion of Honor medal. Cottrell enlisted in ...