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If you served in the Navy or Coast Guard since 1973, you’ve watched Trial by Fire, a harrowing 18-minute, 44-second film of the USS Forrestal...
One morning in 1971 in a village in Binh Phuoc province, South Vietnam, Jim Roberts’ Mobile Advisory Team received a call about an incoming helicopter....
As the nation and the world prepare to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, join us live in-person or...
Our program with Francis Gary Powers, Jr., three weeks ago prompted stories and responses from participants, including a memory from Air Force veteran Ron Stachevich...
The Beaver County Times captured a great shot of Gene Bowser in his WWII Navy jumper at our picnic last week, the VBC’s first in-person...
The Veterans Breakfast Club has partnered with Vitalant (formerly, Central Blood Bank) to address our nation’s critical blood shortage. The VBC Blood Drive is part...
We received notes from Vietnam veterans about our Scuttlebutt episode on the music of war, especially Vietnam. Here are two remembrances by Vietnam veterans Rich...
by Todd DePastino Ten years ago, I toured the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, with a group of World War II veterans,...
Syrian Su-22 being shot down by US F/A-18E (US Navy) Our guest with Pete Mecca on Thursday night at 7:00pm, USAF Col. (Ret.) Cesar “Rico”...
by Derek Sansone (wikipedia.org) Military history is rife with D-Days—but none like the one that took place 77 years ago on June 6, 1944. Operation...
Nothing sparks a trip down memory lane quite like music. This week on The Scuttlebutt we are joined by Vietnam veteran, Donn Nemchick (Navy), Post...
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