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written by Carole Popchock While listening to VBC Greatest Generation Live programs about the Air War in World War II, I remembered a family story...
Written by Todd DePastino A great new space for veterans and the military community is coming Pittsburgh this summer, and the Veterans Breakfast Club is...
written by Rich Doerr Congratulations to Rich Doerr whose photo from our Vietnam trip last year for won Honorable Mention in the Travel Interclub Competition...
written by Larry “Kim” Hart A kind social worker named Whitney Stiger at the Pittsburgh VA Community Living Center Inpatient Hospice Unit told us about...
written by Todd DePastino PVT Elden Smith – Camp Claiborne May 1942 Among the many records, photos, stories, and ephemera collected at Bill Bonnamy’s website...
written by Todd DePastino America’s Tom Courtney who won the Men’s Olympic Games 800-metres Final, shakes hands with Britain’s Derek Johnson, who won silver and...
Written by Todd DePastino Bill Bonnamy has collected a fascinating and easily accessed archive of records, photos, stories, and ephemera related to the 319th Glider...
written by Robert Von Bargen In 1963, I was a Navigator on alert at RAF Upper Heyford near Oxford in England. My crew had flown...
written by Todd DePastino We continue to receive phone calls and emails from readers in response to John Barber’s story about elephants in Vietnam. In...
Written by Todd DePastino Up to the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on April 4, 1949, the United States largely abided George...
Major Patricia “Momma Bear” Justice in the O.R. at FOB Shank, Afghanistan August 7, 2013: Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank, Logar Province in Afghanistan: Patty...
Written by Beth Reuschel Military records researcher Beth Reuschel appeared on VBC Scuttlebutt and walked us through the process of military records research. Below is...