Gen. Frank Armstrong, born in Hamilton, North Carolina, was a highly acclaimed military figure whose exploits during World War II later became the subject of a best-selling novel and the hit movie Twelve O'Clock High. He lived for a time with his grandparents J.A. and Annie Deborah Long Hobbs in Williamston and spent the remainder of his formative years in Hobgood, North Carolina. He married Vernell "Fluffy" Lloyd on March 15, 1929, and they had one son, Frank A. "Dutch" Armstrong III. Dutch and his wife, Vera, had one daughter, Lloyd Armstrong.