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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...
Written by Todd DePastino The VBC returned from its trip to Karlovac, Croatia, to meet with veterans of the Croatian War of Independence, 1991-1995, and...
Written by Lee Kikel James M. Gavin (National Archives) VBC member Lee Kikel wrote a book, Perseverance: One Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Poland to America,...
Tom Pennie in Vietnam Written by Tom Pennie Steve Hecht teaches writing at LaRoche University in Pittsburgh. Last fall, he had Vietnam veteran Tom Pennie...
Photos by Gary Yon Rarely do we post photos of our recent VBC storytelling events, but, then again, we don’t usually have a photographer of...
Written by 1st Sgt. Thomas J. Korenich, 1st Infantry Division, World War II Carole Popchock sent me this moving tribute written by her father, Thomas...
Written by Captain John R. Manning John R. Manning was a combat officer with the 319th Glider Infantry Regiment in World War II. His story,...
Written by Todd DePastino When it comes to cities in Croatia, you might be able to name medieval Dbrovnik, the capital Zagreb, or perhaps the...
Written by Todd DePastino At our recent event at Grist House Brewing, Vietnam Air Force veteran Larry Woods showed me an unusual commemorative coin about...
