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B-24 Ball Turret Gunner, 1944 (IWM) written by Bob Podurgiel Writer and journalist Bob Podurgiel befriended WWII Ball Turret Gunner Santo Magliocca in the 1990s,...
Ed in his P-47, 1944 written by Edwin Cottrell At 102-years-old, North Carolina resident Ed Cottrell regularly attends our Monday and Thursday night virtual Zoom...
Written by Bob Connor VBC veteran Bob Connor served with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam War and has been assisting the Vietnamese government with...
Publicity photo taken in the cockpit of Harry’s P-51 at Ramitelli Air Base in Italy after his April 1, 1945, mission when he shot down...
B-17 flies through heavy flak to Ludwigshafen, Germany, September 1944 (USAAF) written by Steve Snyder VBC member and guest Steve Snyder is author of Shot...
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5718) nicknamed “The Widow Maker” of the 94th Bomb Group in flight (Wikimedia Commons) written by Todd DePastino “What...
Earlier this year, actor Austin Butler appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and said the best part of starring as “Buck” Cleven in...
Written by Todd DePastino On March 13, 2023, the Veterans Breakfast Club held a special program in honor of Canine Veterans Day. Three veteran dog...
Written by Alan Krause In 2022, we posted an article about Frederick Hart’s Three Servicemen Statue which stands near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,...
Written by Todd DePastino The United States Coast Guard celebrates August 4 as its birthday. On that day in 1790, the very first United States...
Written by James Matsuoka In addition to our storytelling programs, the Veterans Breakfast Club also organizes veteran-related travel experiences, from day-trips to nearby museums, bases,...
written by Nadia Rupniak, PhD As the child of a WWII veteran, I was undoubtedly exposed to his combat trauma and presumably this may have...
