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Stewards-Mate First Class Charles Walter David Jr., US Coast Guard Photo (Wikipedia) Charles David, Jr. was a Steward’s Mate on the USCGC, Comanche in 1943....
Image from the U.S. Navy via military.com Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle made history in July 2020 as the US Navy’s first Black female fighter pilot....
At our VBC events, we often hear veterans talk about the beautiful zipper sound of the Warthog. Anyone in ground combat over the past 30...
The heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh should live in fame as the ship that saved the carrier USS Franklin on March 19, 1945, after a devastating...
She never took her $73.13-a-month Veteran’s Pension. Helen Jackson sits with portrait of her husband, a Civil War Veteran. Image from cherryblossomfest.com Until three years...
@Smag94_ is the account of Sarah M., who has a lot of cool TikTok videos about Basic Training and Drill Sergeant life. Here is one...
The Story of Eugene Ely, the First Navy Test Pilot Ely at Tanforan Racetrack shortly before takeoff. Note the football helmet on his head and...
Image from the Marine Corps Times. Dorothy “Dot” Schmidt Cole died on January 7 in her North Carolina home at age 107. She was the...
Image from Smithsonian Magazine. Two years ago, Smithsonian Magazine published a great map put together with painstaking research of US military activities in 80 countries...
Donut Dollies image from coffeeordie.com I’ve decided my favorite branch of service are the Donut Dollies, nickname for the American Red Cross’s Supplemental Recreational Activities...
From The Atlantic: A destroyed Iraqi tank rests near a series of oil-well fires during the Gulf War, on March 9, 1991, in northern Kuwait....
. . BioMoreBio https://veteransbreakfastclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ruth-appleton.mp3 We heard Ruth Appleton’s story about her service as a U.S. Marine in May of 2017 at Memorial Park Church in...
