Open Conversation includes newly married couple Beverly Detovsky and Doug Reichman, who first met in the Navy in the 1970s, 101-year-old Julia Parsons on being honored in Washington DC, for Memorial Day, and the incredible story of Larry Murley, taken prisoner by the NVA in Vietnam and escaped. We also talked about the Air

Tonight we welcome literary legend and Vietnam Marine Karl Marlantes. One of the greatest war writers in history, Karl gave up a Rhodes Scholarship in 1967 to join the Marine Corps and fight in Vietnam. He recounts his experiences in two masterful books, Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, and memoir, What It

Thriller novelist Andre Lewis Carter comes aboard VBC Happy Hour to talk about his Navy career and the book it inspired, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. We talk about race and racism in the military, including perspectives from Vietnam-era Army veteran Robert Ximines, retired Command Sergeant Major Bart Womack, and Navy

We commemorate the the 78th anniversary of D-Day with Collections Manager Lisa Petitta and Curator Mike Kraus from Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, which holds thousands of artifacts from WWII. They will present the history of D-Day through select one-of-a-kind objects from the vault, telling the stories of those who landed in

USAF pilot Robert Sawhill was held prisoner at the Hanoi Hilton for five-and-a-half years. He returned home whole and healthy, despite the torture he endured. How did he do it? Joining us to discuss this question are members of the Sawhill family, along with Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Bob Podurgiel and Carol Dlugos of the

Ground has broken for the new National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, TX. On Greatest Generation Live, we talk with Museum Content Officer Robert Shenk, and also with the family and biographer of WWII pilot John “Red” Morgan, Medal of Honor recipient whose story was dramatized in the movie Twelve O’Clock High. Sponsored