The Inter-American Geodetic Survey (IAGS) was the most important Cold War project you’ve never heard of. Its mission was to map the vast uncharted regions of Latin America... and collect on-the-ground intelligence in the process. The IAGS school at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, educated thousands of Latin American senior officers, some famous, some infamous.
This week in 1947, the United States Air Force was born as an independent branch of service. If you are a USAF vet, please join us to celebrate and share your story. Sponsored by D&D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health.
One of the most imaginative, unique, and successful elements of the US war effort in Vietnam was the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF), a joint Army-Navy venture in the Mekong Delta launched in 1967. Joining us to talk about the MRF are self-described “old River Rats” Cliff Fejfar and Ed Werle, as well as Jeff and
The VBC held an in-person dinner to honor WWII veterans. In attendance were 10 WWII veterans. Filmed on location.
Author Rona Simmons joins us to discuss her new book, A Gathering of Men, a moving tale drawn from life of members of the famous 100th Bomb Group of B-17s in World War II. Rona is also author of the important The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines. She
