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On July 20, 2025, the Air Force reported that Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, died at F.E. Warren AFB when an M18 spontaneously discharged while he...
One of the great things of working with veterans and their families is hearing stories that don’t make it into textbooks. For those of us...
Below is the story of Marvin C. Wolfe, a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company I. Marvin fought...
The VBC–and the world–lost one of its most beloved veterans ever to share his story with us. Jake Larson—decorated World War II veteran and unlikely...
Cecilia Gaerlan, Executive Director of the Bataan Legacy Historical Society, emailed us to let us know that a bill has been introduced in the U.S....
Shoichi Yokoi as a young Army Sgt. A tailor by trade, he was conscripted in 1941. In 1944, after U.S. forces retook Guam, he was...
Written by Jeanne “Sam” Christie (with Todd DePastino) When I left Vietnam in 1968, I packed away the experience like a duffel bag and moved...
Written by Brock Cornell Gold Star Wife and VBC Member Becky Nyren shared this extraordinary essay written by high school senior Brock Cornell. Brock had...
Bockscar Crew photographed on August 9, 1945, at Tinian Naval Base the day it dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Standing from left: Maj. Charles Sweeney,...
Japanese children, seeing a Marine for the first time, eagerly reach for chocolates offered them by SSgt Henry A. Weaver, III. (National Archives) By Morton...
By Daria Sommers Lisa Rogak’s new book Propaganda Girls: the Secret War of the Women in the OSS brings to light the clandestine roles played...
Written by Todd DePastino In a special livestream with the Explorer Vessel Nautilus crew of the Ocean Exploration Trust, we heard about the crew’s recent...
