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Why the B-17 Flying Fortress Was Safer Than the...
← BACK TO VBC BLOGWhy the B-17 Flying Fortress Was Safer Than the B-24 Liberator by Todd DePastino “What a marvelous plane that was and...
“NEVER forget where you came from.”
That was Navy vet Derek Sasone’s response to watching this clip Brig. Gen. Doug Satterfield talking on VBC Happy Hour on January 3. We got...
The Cold War Origins of NORAD’s Santa Tracker
by Todd DePastino This Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will track Santa Claus’s progress around the globe, as it has since...
“Don’t Forget to Write”
by Mark Gleeson Many thanks to WWII Merchant Marine veteran Mark Gleeson for submitting this story about an embarrassing incident in Boot Camp. My mother...
6th Graders Raise $1,000 for the VBC with “Home...
Many thanks to the 6th graders at Jefferson Middle School in Mt. Lebanon, PA, for raising $1,000 for the VBC through their World War II...
Sneak Peak of the New Korean War Veterans Memor...
Susan Kee, a historian and tireless advocate of Korean War veterans, sent a moving email the other day with a 6-minute behind-the-scenes Military Times video...
A Terrible Student Loan Forgiveness Program Mad...
If you’re a service member or veteran with student loan debt, you may be in luck. A federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF) that...
106-Year-Old Recalls Pearl Harbor Aboard the US...
Aboard the battleship USS California, Dec 7, 1941. The time: 7:55am. Wayne Shelnutt was nursing a hot cup of coffee after breakfast when someone screamed,...
“NEVER forget where you came from.”
← BACK TO VBC BLOGThe Cold War Origins of NORAD’s Santa Tracker by Todd DePastino This Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)...
How the 82nd Airborne Got Its Patch
by Todd DePastino Courtesy asomf.org Calling all 82nd Airborne Veterans! Tonight we talk All American Division history with author and veteran Bob Dvorchak. Legend has...
How This WWII Veteran Got His Thanksgiving Day ...
  WWII D-Day Veteran Warren Goss shared this Thanksgiving story with us. The VBC wishes everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving! ATTEND AN EVENTSUBSCRIBE TO...
Since When Do Planes Catch Other Planes?
by Shaun Hall Video from DARPA via AirForceMag.com Paratroopers are often asked at the Veterans Breakfast Club, “Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?”...