Army veterans Roymel Brooks, Sr., Stephen Church, Brian Jenkins, and other members of Black military fraternity Mu Beta Phi join us to talk about their service in the military and to the community.
Today on VBC Coffee Hour we mark the 77th Anniversary of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising. Brent "Westy" Westemeyer joins us to talk about the battle, the photo, and Harold "Pie" Keller, the Marine Brent recently proved was in Joe Rosenthal's famous photo.
The Marine Corps as we know it was born in WWII under the guiding vision of powerful generals you’ve probably never heard of. Historians David Ulbrich and Stephen Taaffe join Glenn Flickinger and VBC Greatest Generation Live to talk about them.
We'll talk with novelist Carol Van Den Hende, whose latest work, Goodbye, Orchid, was inspired by combat-wounded veterans. We'll also share wartime love stories and maybe a Dear John letter or two!
Jon Hemp, K-9 Handler and Vietnam Veteran.
Museum Curators Mike Kraus and Lisa Pettita join us for a walk through some of Soldier & Sailors Hall’s greatest artifacts. Soldiers & Sailors is the largest veterans memorial in the US and a local treasure here in Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health.
