Vet-A-Thon welcomes Friend of the VBC, Daria Sommers, to talk about her longstanding work to share the stories of our women veterans. Daria is a historian, writer, and filmmaker, who created the Lioness documentary. Lioness, released in 2008, is the story of the first women who served in combat in Iraq in

Vet-A-Thon welcomes back FedEx for a conversation with four veterans. FedEx’s Jenny Conner leads the discussion. Les Jackson and Angelica Tenorio served in the US Army, Mick Hanna in the Australian Army, and Geoff Abthorpe in the Canadian Army. Each came to the military from different backgrounds, but all gained lessons from

Vet-A-Thon's second hour focuses on the stories of two FedEx Ground employees who served in the Army after September 11, 2001, Andrew Gordon and Donnie Wilson. Both give testimony to the benefits and burdens of military service. Andrew Gordon served in the Army for just short of nine years as a Staff

Vet-A-Thon opens with a BANG with Stu Richel, Army veteran who who served as a combat photographer and journalist with the 1st Infantry Division. Stu went on to work as an actor and playwright for over 30 years. His one-man stage play, “Vietnam … Through My Lens,” has been performed across the

U.S. Ambassador Mr. Theodore R. Britton Jr. talks about his World War II service as one of the first 20,000 Black Americans in the United States Marine Corps. Ambassador Britton graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Training at Montford Point in 1944, before serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After

“Imagine if there were a series of events that nearly caused an intercontinental nuclear war, and all of it was kept secret for decades.” That is what happened in November 1983 when the world came closer than it ever has to nuclear war. And hardly anyone recognized it. Join us to discuss