Tonight, Glenn Flickinger welcomes NYT best-selling author Daniel James Brown. Dan’s latest book, "Facing The Mountain: A True Story Of Japanese American Heroes In World War II" tells the story of four Japanese-American soldiers, who volunteered for the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team that fought in Italy, France, and Germany. It also tracks the

Retired Army Major Mike Perkins wants Sgt. Ed Eaton to receive a Medal of Honor for what he saw the 20-year-old sniper do on April 3, 1969, atop a downed Huey in the Mekong Delta. Armed with an M-16 and a broken M-14 sniper rifle, Eaton held off a platoon of Viet Cong until

We're live with a Veterans Writers Panel hosted by Ken Kaszak. Thank you to our sponsor, Tobacco Free Adagio Health

If you served overseas during the Cold War, you likely used a MARS—“Military Auxiliary (or Affiliate) Radio System”—to phone home. MARS was a network of military and amateur radio operators who created high frequency radio “phone patches” connecting servicemen and women across the world to folks back in the US. Tonight, on VBC Happy

Tonight, we hear the stories of KGB agent and Soviet spy, Jack Barsky, and Brigadier General Steve Blanton. Thank you to our sponsor, Tobacco Free Adagio Health

Most students of WWII have heard of Kamikaze –Japanese for “Divine Wind”--who launched suicide air attacks against Allied ships. Fewer know the term Kaiten—meaning “Heaven Shaker”—the word given to the Kamikazes’ underwater counterparts. Tonight, on VBC Happy Hour, we welcome (live from Japan!) members of Kaiten Kenshokai, an organization made up of family members