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“Veterans Are So Special” by Emily Gordon Cold War Army veteran Marshall Gordon passed along this essay by his great-granddaughter Emily about why Veterans Day is special...

by Todd DePastino Vietnam Veterans are special. They’re the only veterans who have holiday dedicated to them. March 29 is designated as National Vietnam War...

John Mitchell, Rick Rogala, Stu Russell, and Earl Phares were captured by North Korea in 1968 and held for 11 months as POWs. They join...

Lt. James Kehl, 1946 One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl of Pittsburgh, PA, is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains from World War II. Jim...

by Todd DePastino President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey. This speech...

by Kim Mitchell James and Kim Mitchell. Photo courtesy of author. No one who joined our VBC Happy Hour with Kim Mitchell and Bao Tran...

Jack Barsky shares his stranger-than-fiction story tonight. To everyone, Jack appeared as a mild-mannered computer programmer. But in truth, he was a Russian “Illegal”—among the...

In honor of Women’s History Month, VBC Happy Hour is proud to welcome Admiral Sandy Stosz, a 40-year Coast Guard veteran and first female commandant...

There Will Always Be Storms by George Zwaagstra George Zwaagstra, Royal Canadian Air Force, 1954 George Zwaagstra was born in Tjerkwerd, Friesland, the Netherlands in...

WWII Navy WAVE codebreaker Julia Parsons is celebrating here 101st birthday today! We’ll talk with Julia and celebrate her day with special guests, including the...

by Todd DePastino The citizens of Los Angeles were on edge. A Japanese submarine had just shelled the Ellwood Oil Fields in Santa Barbara. Press reports of...

Today on VBC Coffee Hour we mark the 77th Anniversary of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising. Brent “Westy” Westemeyer joins us to talk about the...