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written by Todd DePastino Charles Willson Peale, 1776, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons At first glance, it’s a stupid question. He was Commander-in-Chief for 21...
written by Todd DePastino Just after midnight on January 30, 1968, tens of thousands of Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regulars attacked...
written by Briana Hilton (UnSplash) Nestled in the heart of historic Boston, the Old North Church Memorial Garden stands as a poignant tribute to those...
written by Todd DePastino On January 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that America’s war in Vietnam was over. A peace treaty had been signed...
written by Todd DePastino Happy 95th Birthday to Popeye, one of the few Americans to serve in four branches of service (Merchant Marine, Coast Guard,...
written by Todd DePastino Last October, Elizabeth Anne Helm-Frazier contacted me to call upon folks to send birthday cards to Romay Johnson Davis, one of...
written by Todd DePastino, with special thanks to Mary Klepper A professor of mine once said statistics are useful not as answers to questions but...
written by Mary Klepper In December, I made a pilgrimage to Kanchanaburi, Thailand, a site made famous by the 1957 David Lean classic, The Bridge...
In conjunction with the release of the highly-anticipated Apple TV+ series, Masters of the Air, VBC historian host Glenn Flickinger has created a 10-part livestream...
written by Todd DePastino Our last full day in Vietnam was a free one in Ho Chi Minh City. Since our hotel is located in...
written by Todd DePastino Today, we head to enemy country, 35 miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City to a place once known as the...
written by Todd DePastino We often say there was no one Vietnam War. There were many. A unique version of the war was fought in...
