We welcome 88-year-old Bud Mendenhall of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to talk about his Navy service in the Korean War, when he participated in the Siege of Wonsan, the longest naval blockade in modern history. Bud dropped out of school at age 17 in 1952 to join the Navy and “see the world.” After Boot
On May 2, 2023, Pittsburgh Steeler and Vietnam Veteran Rocky Bleier joined the Veterans Breakfast Club to share his remarkable story of going to war, coming home, and fighting back to Super Bowl victory. Rocky joins us courtesy of UPMC for Life to tell his awe-inspiring story. You all know the outlines of that
Will Bardenwerper served as an Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry officer in Iraq and is now author of a remarkable book, soon to be made into a major motion picture, about Saddam Hussein’s last days in 2006 and the twelve US soldiers assigned to guard him before his execution. According to USA Today, The Prisoner in
Tonight's guest, 99-year-old Bob Miller, joined the Navy before Pearl Harbor and spent the next six years serving on 11 different ships. From the Jr. Naval Reserve, which he joined at age 13, Bob then entered the real Navy with Boot Camp at Newport, Rhode Island, in early 1941. Bob started service on the
We talk with Iraqi Interpreter (now US Marine) Mike Azad, Iraq War veteran and Marine Corps infantry officer Jeff Phaneuf, and Special Forces Officer LTC Doug Livermore. All are leaders of No One Left Behind (NOLB), the veterans-founded nonprofit that rescues interpreters and their families from Iraq and Afghanistan. If you watched the State
Bring your questions and curiosity to this conversation about our VBC trip to Vietnam. Even if you don’t plan to travel with us in November, you’ll still learn a lot about the country, the people, and what VBC Travel looks like. How should I pack? What’s the food like? What will we see? How
