In December 1992, 1,800 United States Marines arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, to spearhead Operation Restore Hope. Brad Graft was one of those Marines. Hear him talk about his service and the amazing historical fiction novels he's written since then. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Tonight, we remember Tet with Vietnam veterans who served during 1968. Tet should be remembered like Pearl Harbor or 9/11--as a world-changing event and turning point in US history. We'll discuss that history, hear first-hand accounts, and talk about lessons learned. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health. Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
We mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 77th anniversary of Auschwitz’s Liberation, with Scott Masters and Pinchas Gutter, a Holocaust survivor from Poland. Pinchas was just 7 years old when the war began. He and his family were captured in April 1943 and deported to Majdanek death camp, where his mother, father, and sister
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William “Gus” Pagonis takes a rare break from running his 40-acre horse ranch to join our VBC Coffee Hour next week to talk about leadership and lessons learned from masterminding logistics for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-1991. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health. Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Joining VBC Happy Hour will be USS Pueblo veterans and POWs Rick Rogala and John Mitchell who were captured in 1968 and held for 11 months in North Korea. Author Jack Cheevers will also be on hand to give the broader history of the Pueblo crisis, which rocked the Lyndon Johnson White House as
“Why Did I Survive?” is a question that haunts many combat veterans, including Col. Joe Tedeschi. On October 4, 1966, the C7-A Caribou Joe was on crashed into Hon Cong Mountain near An Khe. Joe survived and would spend many years searching for answers to the question. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health. Simulcast
