Written by Bill Priatko Coming up on age 93, Air Force veteran and former Pittsburgh Steeler Bill Priatko appears in a great commercial for the new Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor Museum at Acrisure Stadium. Before playing for the Steelers, Browns, and Packers, Bill led the Air Force Honor Guard for President Dwight Eisenhower
Written by Todd DePastino An army may march on its stomach, as Napoleon supposedly said, but it functions on its paperwork. Modern armies are large bureaucracies, and keeping track of who and what is where requires an army-within-an-army of clerks and record keepers. From 1912 to 1974, the US Army accounted for its personnel
Map of Allied bombing targets during Operation Argument “Big Week,” February 20-26, 1944 (USAAF) Glenn Flickinger with Todd DePastino World War II in Europe was the first and, most likely, the last great air war in history. Airplanes, of course, appeared in combat before 1939 and would again after 1945. But in
The series gives the viewer an up-close-and-terrifyingly-personal vantage on the air war over Europe in WWII (Apple TV+) written by Glenn Flickinger As history, Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air ranks right up there among the very best true-to-life portrayals of war. It’s equal to HBO’s Band of Brothers (2001) and The
B-24 Ball Turret Gunner, 1944 (IWM) written by Bob Podurgiel Writer and journalist Bob Podurgiel befriended WWII Ball Turret Gunner Santo Magliocca in the 1990s, when Bob covered local politics for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Santo served on a local borough council. Santo also came to our Veterans Breakfast Club events and shared
Ed in his P-47, 1944 written by Edwin Cottrell At 102-years-old, North Carolina resident Ed Cottrell regularly attends our Monday and Thursday night virtual Zoom programs. He’s shared his remarkable story with us over the years and will be our special guest accompanying us on our Air Field Tour of England in
