← BACK TO VBC BLOG My American Dream Began in Da Nang, 1972 by Kim Mitchell James and Kim Mitchell. Photo courtesy of author. No one who joined our VBC Happy Hour with Kim Mitchell and Bao Tran in 2020 will ever forget their gripping story of
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Leaked Video of F-35 Crash on the Carrier USS Carl Vinson No one "lands" on an aircraft carrier, the saying goes. They only "crash" in a controlled manner. On January 24, a F-35C Lightning II had an uncontrolled crash-landing on
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Did George Washington Require Soldiers to Be Vaccinated in 1777? The answer is yes, though what we call a “vaccine” didn’t exist in 1777. Instead, people protected themselves from the deadly smallpox virus by inhaling crushed smallpox scabs (gross!) or having
← BACK TO VBC BLOG The Great SeaBee Train Robbery of 1950 After the landing at Inchon, South Korea, on September 15, 1950, a patrol of ten SeaBees volunteered to go behind enemy lines and commandeer several locomotives located at the Kirin brewery. The Seabees captured
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Rendel Bergman’s "The Unwelcomed" One of our Vietnam Marines, Ren Bergman, sent this moving poem dedicated to Vietnam vets. My 18th birthday, January 31, 1968, was the first day of the Tet Offensive. 246 US service members died that day, making
