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A Marine’s Letter Home Paul Keaveney, of Smyrna Beach, Florida, served in Vietnam as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Force Recon Company, First Marine...

Finding Meaning in Veterans’ Stories Anthropologist and Veteran Charles O. Warner III Is Sounding Reveille to Gather Veterans So They Can Connect, Heal, Educate, and...

Written by Todd DePastino In the US, to pose the question is to invite this answer: A veteran is someone who wrote a blank check...

Officers skylarking on deck, during the Great White Fleet’s World cruise, 1908. They appear to be participating in a wheelbarrow race, possibly during 4th of...

Written by Bob Von Bargen I want to commend you on the superb presentation regarding “Masters of the Air” that you facilitated on Greatest Generation...

Written by Bob Von Bargen It was just another cargo mission in “Old Shaky.” The C-124’s engines roared as we climbed to altitude from Ramey...

written by Glenn Flickinger Imagine yourself a high school principal leading a group of school buses on a field trip. Suddenly, without warning, out of...

written by Todd DePastino On October 16, 1942, Convoy 125 (SL 125) sailed from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, England, unaware it was about to be...

written by Todd DePastino Viking Bags contacted us to ask how the VBC could help connect their company–which makes motorcycle luggage and parts–connect with the...

Written by Todd DePastino WWII veteran Joe Gortiz passed away at 102 years old after falling and breaking his hip this past summer. Until then,...
Written by Todd DePastino Highlights of the first day of the 2024 Imperial War Museum’s Duxford Air Show included a jaw-dropping and eardrum-rattling display of...

Courtesy USAF veteran John Kramer written by Todd DePastino The highlight of our WWII Air Fields Tour of England earlier this month was accompanying 102-year-old...


