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VA claims can be confusing and even frustrating. One of our great VA contacts sent this quick guide that might help Veterans file a well-grounded...
Written by Harry Van Riper I don’t know where I’d be without the Army. Before Vietnam took my arm, the Army saved my life. Harry...
Written by Todd DePastino Twenty years ago, the prospect of a bionic arm controlled by the mind of an amputee was the stuff of science...
written by Todd DePastino In the world-changing year of 1945, one of the biggest shocks came on April 12, the day the 32nd President of...
written by Carole Wagener For Bill and Carole Wagener, 1969 was The Hardest Year. Newlyweds separated by 10,000 miles, Bill served in the 865th Engineer Gas Generating...
written by Bob Bukk Lieutenant Commander Michael John Estocin, USN, 1964 (NARA) VBC member Bob Bukk recalls Medal of Honor recipient Michael J. Estocin, Naval Aviator who...
Written by Todd DePastino The Berlin Airlift, which began 75 years ago on June 25, was one of the United States Armed Forces’ finest hours....
Written by Ron Farina Of the almost 2 million Americans who have received Purple Hearts since World War II, only about 500 have been women....
Written by Todd DePastino All he did was give candy to children. But in doing so, Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen inadvertently launched one of the greatest...
written by Roger Housen On our March 6 VBC Happy Hour with Purple Heart Women Warriors, retired Belgian Army colonel, Roger Housen, spoke about why...
We’re grateful to Briana Smith at KDKA-TV Pittsburgh for her story about the Veterans Breakfast Club and the power of storytelling and story-listening. In this week’s...
Written by Todd DePastino Retired Navy captain and national security expert Jerry Hendrix recently published a must-read article in The Atlantic arguing that “the United States has...
