written by Alan Krause I was not able to attend the VBC Scuttlebutt's Open Conversation about Marc Leepson’s proposal that the term “Combat Veteran” be deleted from the Vietnam Veterans lexicon. But I did view it on YouTube. It was a well conducted meeting and easy to watch and listen. In regard to the
Bell UH-1 Huey Tail Rotor Chain, Vietnam (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association) written by Todd DePastino During Rosemary Thunder Schwoebel's recent presentation about her book, A Vietnam Memoir: Adventures of an American Red Cross Donut Dolly, 1968-69, she raised her right arm and displayed a artifact I'd never seen or heard of before:
Written by Todd DePastino WWII veteran Guy Prestia passed away at 102 years old just hours before he was scheduled to share some stories with us at our breakfast in Sewickley, PA. In losing Guy, a treasured voice of the Veterans Breakfast Club has fallen silent. Even more, our nation has lost perhaps its
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
Written by Lori S. Stewart Army WAC Vietnam veteran Pat Jernigan passed along this fascinating obituary of Doris "Lucki" Allen, written by Lori S. Stewart, Army historian at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICE) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Lori wrote this for the USAICE newsletter for July 28-August 3, 2024. Doris Allen
