← 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 Who Are Your Favorite WWII Generals? Historian Stephen Taaffe, author of Marshall and His Generals, joins us on Greatest Generation Live to discuss how General George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U.S. Army during World War II, selected his
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Missing in Korea: The Curious Case of Major Samuel P. Logan, Jr. In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we welcome David and Mike Logan to our VBC Happy Hour to talk about their father, B-29 pilot Samuel P. Logan, Jr.,
← BACK TO VBC BLOG WWII GI’s “Trail of Broken Hearts” Included a Stop at Arlington Farms, a.k.a., “Girl Town” (Library of Congress) Ed Kolasinski (Dave Kolasinski) Dave Kolasinski emailed to say he’d recently
← BACK TO VBC BLOG September 6, 2021 September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. It’s important that veterans are provided with resources when they need help. The number of veterans reaching out to the VA’s Veterans Crisis Line skyrocketed during the last two weeks of August,
