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written by Todd DePastino Inspiring VBC Magazine’s focus on the 1983 War Scare this issue was our 40th anniversary conversation with former Intelligence Officer and...
written by Lawrence Obrist (Lawrence Obrist) In 1968, I served as an Army social work and psychology specialist in Company D of the 25th Medical...
written by Nadia Rupniak, PhD Marcin Rupniak (Nadia Rupniak) The transition from military service to civilian life presents many challenges for Servicemen and Servicewomen. They...
written by Todd DePastino Ten miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis and across a busy highway from the International Airport is Historic Fort Snelling, birthplace of...
written by Todd DePastino I continue to be enthralled by Bill Bonnamy’s immense effort to trace the footsteps of his father, William M. Bonnamy, who...
written by Todd DePastino Stanislav Petrov, ca., 1983 Just past midnight on September 26, 1983—25 days after the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007—Lt....
written by Marilyn Walton Apple TV+ WWII Eighth Air Force historian and US POW expert, Marilyn Walton, sent us a response to her viewing of...
written by Lt. Col. Renita Foster WWII Eighth Air Force historian and US POW expert, Marilyn Walton, sent us a response to her viewing of...
written by Todd DePastino History often happens when we’re not paying attention. That was the case in the early 1980s, when even those serving in...
written by Bob Von Bargen Robert McNamara meeting with Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House (LBJ Library photo by Yoichi Okamoto) My experience...
written by Todd DePastino (Museum of American Armor) Road accidents were a problem in World War II Britain, despite the effective ban on all private...
written by Rona Simmons Simmons aboard Italian ocean liner with father I’m a brat. My father was a retired, career-military lieutenant colonel in the US...
