In honor of Black History Month, we invite Black Vietnam Veterans to share their stories of service on VBC Happy Hour. We also welcome a broader conversation about race in the military, past and present. We talk with some of these veterans as well as historian Samuel Black, author of Soul Soldiers: African Americans
The US Space Force is the youngest and least understood of the service branches. Carved out of the Air Force by passage of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, USSF was the first new military service since the creation of the Air Force itself in 1947. Join us for a conversation about all things Space
On the anniversary of the Tet Offensive, we talk with veterans of that crucial 1968 turning point in the Vietnam War.We’ll also talk with Vietnam veteran and author Ray Gleason, who’s compiled a “Grunt’s Dictionary” of Vietnam jargon.And get an answer once-and-for-all to the question of "What is a Warrant Officer"?Sponsored
Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart flew twenty combat missions over Germany and France as a B-24 pilot, an experience that shaped the rest of his life. Robert Matzen, author of Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe, and Janie McKirgan, President-Executive Director at The Jimmy Stewart Museum, talk with us about Stewart’s military service
During the Cold War, thousands manned remote radar stations around the world to serve early warning of possible nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Especially Airmen served at radar installations—mostly small, mostly far from towns or air bases—throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Cold, barren, far from medical services, these radar sites presented a challenge
We talk with Tin Can Sailors about serving aboard medium-sized Navy warships called “Destroyers” that are both agile and heavily-armed. 21-year Navy veteran Jacob Vaught, Executive Director of Tin Can Sailors (The National Association of Destroyer Veterans) talks about his service and the work of the Tin Can Sailors organization. We’ll also have
