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Written by Todd DePastino If you travel through Terminal 2, Concourse B of one of the busiest airports in the world, you can learn in...

Written by Todd DePastino VBC members Becky Nyren and Andy Nigut, with USAF EOD veteran Charlie Warner III, present a wreath in memory of the...

Written by Todd DePastino We’ve all learned to be skeptical of social media truths, so when Betty sent me the following screenshot of a claim...

Written by Ben D. Martin In 2022, I wrote a post arguing that we should celebrate Independence Day on July 2nd, since that’s when the...

Written by Bill Bonnamy Bill Bonnamy travels the footsteps of the 319th Glider Field Artillery of the 82nd Airborne Division, in which he father, William,...

Written by Todd DePastino I’m convinced that Navy jargon exists mainly to befuddle the rest of us. But our main seafaring branch of service can’t...

(Dwight D. Eisenhower Library) Written by Todd DePastino One of my favorite historical documents is a hand-written statement that was never released to the public....

Written by Todd DePastino D-Day Quiz 1 / 13 What are the code names of the two remaining British invasion beaches? Check 2 / 13...

Written by Bill Barber Bill Barber served with the First Force Reconnaissance Company, Third Reconnaissance Battalion in I Corps Vietnam in 1965-1966. He stayed in...

Photos by Rich Doerr Vietnam veteran and master photographer Rich Doerr traveled on our VBC Vietnam Tour last year and took a striking set of...

Written by Todd DePastino While reading Bill Bonnamy’s website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, I was reminded just how long...

An aerial view of a hangar area at RAF Upper Heyford (USAF) Written by Bob Von Bargen I was at Upper Heyford RAF Base near...


