← BACK TO VBC BLOG The Only Color Footage of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945 Aboard the USS Missouri 77 years ago, Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s Fleet “Aerologist" (Navy-speak for meteorologist) borrowed a camera and shot the only color footage of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay. On September
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Army Tribute to Navy Peacoatby Dave Lozier Last year, in our fall 2021 issue of VBC Magazine, we ran a story on the Navy’s phase-out of the venerable peacoat in favor of the “Black Cold Weather Parka.” We received many responses, including this moving story
← BACK TO VBC BLOG 100-Year-Old WWII Ship Captain Tells All One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains from World War II. Jim served aboard LSM-144 and LSM-145 and traveled tens-of-thousands of miles across the Pacific in 1944 and 1945, including the invasions
← BACK TO VBC BLOG One of the Last Surviving US Navy Ship Captains from World War II Pays Tribute to the Amphibious Fleet by Jim Kehl Lt. James Kehl, 1946 One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl of Pittsburgh, PA, is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Leaked Video of F-35 Crash on the Carrier USS Carl Vinson No one "lands" on an aircraft carrier, the saying goes. They only "crash" in a controlled manner. On January 24, a F-35C Lightning II had an uncontrolled crash-landing on
