By Todd DePastino For more than thirty years, Vietnam veteran and artist Thomas Morrissey has been trying to build a proper Vietnam War memorial in the heart of Providence, Rhode Island. The effort has moved through hopeful starts, unexpected setbacks, new committees, and long bureaucratic stalls. But Tom has kept pushing. He’s determined that
By Todd DePastino Thanksgiving 1950. Huge snowstorm in Pittsburgh. "Mild Blizzard" in Chicago. And, in Korea, hope for a quick end to war. General Douglas MacArthur’s stunning landing at Incheon two months earlier had swung the war in the United Nation's favor. Seoul was back in UN hands. President Harry Truman praised the
By James MatsuokaIf you find yourself driving on Route 66 in the high desert Colorado Plateau passing through Gallup, New Mexico, consider stopping at the Comfort Suites just east of the city. It’s a regular chain hotel, tucked behind a Denny’s and Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, but inside the lobby is a small museum dedicated
By Todd DePastino The release of the movie Nuremberg coincides with the 80th anniversary of the opening of the famous Nazi War Crimes trial on November 20. The movie is a historical drama based on Jack El-Hai’s book, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting
By Colonel (Ret.) Dr. Peter M. Tan We are pleased to announce that Army Colonel and VBC Member, Dr. Peter Tan was inducted into the United States Veterans Hall of Fame, on November 8, just two days after receiving a similar honor from the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. Dr. Peter M. Tan, a
By Todd DePastino Every Marine celebrates the USMC's birthday on November 10. Some attend balls with cakes, swords and special messages from the Commandant and Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune. But the story of how that date became the Marine Corps’ official birthday is complicated. Not a simple matter of the Second Continental
