Greg Bozek commanded Armored Infantry in West Germany and was also Plans Officer with the Joint Staff. If you served in Cold War Europe, join us and share your story for this timely conversation! Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Air Force veterans Paul Hauser and Dwight Menard join us to talk about a little-known aspect of any air war: Weapons Control. Paul’s memoir, Inherently Dangerous, tells what it was like to direct US fighter jets, bombers, and tankers over Vietnam. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
You may know his books from the wildly popular “Undaunted Valor” series, but “Matt Jackson” is actually the pen name of Gary Bridges, a retired Army colonel and Silver Star recipient who started as a Huey helicopter pilot in Vietnam before commanding an air assault infantry battalion during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. If you flew,
Authors Annette Grunseth and Ruth Crocker share a common bond to Vietnam. Annette’s brother, Peter Langlois, served under Ruth's husband, David Crocker, in the 25th Infantry Division in 1968-1969. David never came home. Peter did, but the war had changed him. Annette and Ruth tell their stories in Combat and Campus: Writing Through War
We welcome back Museum Curator Mike Kraus and Collections Manager Lisa Petitta from Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum for another tour through the museum’s fascinating artifacts. Soldiers & Sailors is the largest veterans memorial in the US and a local treasure here in Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook
WWII veteran Bob Freligh joins us for a special event on the Battle of Leyte Gulf with famous author Ian Toll. Bob served as an Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13), flying from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, CV-13. On October 24, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, he and
