← BACK TO VBC BLOG Five Things You Should Know about July 4th, Independence Day Todd DePastino Our nation’s July 4th birthday has a fascinating history that runs deeper than backyard barbeques and gaudy fireworks. Here are Five Things You Should Know About July 4th Independence Day. 1. Independence Day should be
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Pedal to the Metal in a White-Knuckled Race Against Time by James Donzella, The War Horse June 15, 2022 James Donzella worked, for a while, as a colonel’s driver in Pleiku, Vietnam. Photo courtesy of the author. Somewhere between my 14th and 15th birthdays, my
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Remembering Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm On VBC Happy Hour in February 2021, we had a wonderful conversation for the 30th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, otherwise known as the First Persian Gulf War of 1991. Architect Randy Schumacher is chief of
← BACK TO VBC BLOG The Great D-Day Crossword Puzzle Scare Todd DePastino On 2 May, a British intelligence officer doing the London Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle noticed No. 17 across: "One of the U.S." The answer, he knew, was "Utah." Ordinarily, nothing remarkable about that. But this was
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Rescued from the Tomb of the Unknown The Saga of Vietnam KIA Lt. Michael Blassie Pete Mecca The saga of the Vietnam crypt of the Tomb of the Unknown is perhaps the darkest chapter of the US Department of Defense’s long-running effort to account
