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The Pittsburgh Pirates honored the Veterans Breakfast Club at PNC Park on Monday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Pirates Charities highlight sthe VBC’s work...
Simple question. Complicated answer. That’s often how history works.Victor Jorgensen photo, Times Square, August 14, 1945 (National Archives) August 14 is the anniversary of V-J...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGRemembering Major League Baseball’s Purple Heart Pitcher, Lou Brissie Shredded by a German artillery shell, Cpl. Lou Brissie refused to allow...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGWhen Veterans Stormed the Capital: The March of the Bonus Army of 1932, part 2 On July 28, 1932, General Douglas...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGThis Day in History: The National Personnel Records Center Fire in St. Louis 17 million veterans’ files burned up in the devastating...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGWhen Veterans Stormed the Capital: The March of the Bonus Army of 1932, part 1 On July 28, 1932, General Douglas...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGIn last week’s VBC Bulletin, we linked to a War History Online story on drop tank canoes: detachable light-metal external fuel...
Todd DePastino Our nation’s July 4th birthday has a fascinating history that runs deeper than backyard barbeques and gaudy fireworks. Here are Five Things You...
On VBC Happy Hour in February 2021, we had a wonderful conversation for the 30th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, otherwise known as the...
On 2 May, a British intelligence officer doing the London Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle noticed No. 17 across: “One of the U.S.” The answer, he knew,...
by James Donzella, The War HorseJune 15, 2022 James Donzella worked, for a while, as a colonel’s driver in Pleiku, Vietnam. Photo courtesy of the...
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