We'll talk with novelist Carol Van Den Hende, whose latest work, Goodbye, Orchid, was inspired by combat-wounded veterans. We'll also share wartime love stories and maybe a Dear John letter or two! Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Jon Hemp, K-9 Handler and Vietnam Veteran. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Museum Curators Mike Kraus and Lisa Pettita join us for a walk through some of Soldier & Sailors Hall’s greatest 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 and YouTube.
Take a visceral dive into the combat experience through the eyes of a tank platoon leader on VBC Happy Hour. Galen Peterson is a West Point graduate who led a tank platoon in combat in Iraq and later commanded a tank company. He saw some of the heaviest fighting of the war in Sadr
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.
