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More Than Memories

Finding Meaning in Veterans’ Stories Anthropologist and Veteran Charles O. Warner III Is Sounding Reveille to Gather Veterans So They Can Connect, Heal, Educate, and Inspire VBC delegation gather at the “Museum of the Homeland War Karlovac-Turanj” near Zagreb, Croatia (Warner – 2024) Stories surround us. From the bar at the local

What Is a Veteran?

Written by Todd DePastino In the US, to pose the question is to invite this answer: A veteran is someone who wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount up to and including their life. The “blank check” quip is not the full story, of course, but

Admiral Clifton “Ziggy” Sprague and the Battle Off Samar (Battle of Leyte Gulf), October 1944

written by Glenn Flickinger Imagine yourself a high school principal leading a group of school buses on a field trip. Suddenly, without warning, out of the blue, a ferocious storm appears ahead. Swirling tornadoes engulf your buses, buffeting you with wind and debris. Drivers and students are paralyzed with fear.

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