Written by Todd DePastino While reading Bill Bonnamy’s website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, I was reminded just how long and drawn out the Normandy Campaign was in World War II. Look at the map above, available here, and you get a sense of how contained, contricted, and prolonged
written by COL William R. Licht (USA, Ret) (US Army) “There is only one ground offensive weapon in Vietnam: the Land Clearer.”
Written by Todd DePastino Bill Bonnamy’s website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, contains a growing treasury of information, documents, photos, and stories from and about all things 82nd Airborne. Most of the material has come from family members of those who served in the division in World War II
written by Carole Popchock While listening to VBC Greatest Generation Live programs about the Air War in World War II, I remembered a family story about the death of my father’s first cousin, Frank Ladesic. Frank Ladesic was a B-24 pilot in the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy. My family had always understood that
written by Rich Doerr Congratulations to Rich Doerr whose photo from our Vietnam trip last year for won Honorable Mention in the Travel Interclub Competition of The Photographic Society of America. The Photographic Society is a large organization with some international member clubs. Rich was among our travelers to Vietnam in November-December 2023, and
written by Todd DePastino PVT Elden Smith - Camp Claiborne May 1942 Among the many records, photos, stories, and ephemera collected at Bill Bonnamy's website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, is the remarkable story of Elden Smith from B Battery. Elden was a sergeant from West Virginia
