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Thank a Veteran! Do you know a veteran in the Pittsburgh area who is making a difference in the community? Nominations are now open for...
Efforts are underway to fly Great Britain’s only Douglas C-54 Skymaster to Germany in 2024 for the 75th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. The Skymaster,...
During World War II, Pan Am Airways became the most important civilian component of the US military airlift, flying over 90 million miles worldwide in...
Written By Ray Voith Ray Voith invites everyone who came of age during the Vietnam War to share their stories of that tumultuous period. You...
Written by Bill Moran At our last Veterans Breakfast Club event, we talked about the uses and abuses of the M1 steel pot helmet, which...
Written by Todd DePastino The Inter-American Geodetic Survey (IAGS) was the most important Cold War project you’ve never heard of. Its mission was to map...
The US Air Force turns 75 on September 18, the date when the Air Force formally separated from the US Army under the terms of...
Written by John H Davis Writer, veteran, and “the most tattooed person with a Harvard degree,” John H. Davis, stumbled upon the Veterans Breakfast Club...
Written by Todd DePastino Friday night High School football games are not just customary in Western Pennsylvania. They are nearly sacred community rites. Dana Tabay...
Passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act as part of the larger PACT Act has focused attention once again on the contaminated water at the...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGWhy Didn’t Marines Wear Helmet Bands in Vietnam? The Army called it “Band, Helmet, Camouflage, US” and issued it to soldiers...
Aboard the USS Missouri 77 years ago, Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s Fleet “Aerologist” (Navy-speak for meteorologist) borrowed a camera and shot the only color footage of...
