Written by Todd DePastino On March 13, 2023, the Veterans Breakfast Club held a special program in honor of Canine Veterans Day. Three veteran dog handlers shared their stories and talked about the history of working dogs in the military. March 13 marks the anniversary of the creation of the War Dog Program by
Written by Alan Krause In 2022, we posted an article about Frederick Hart’s Three Servicemen Statue which stands near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC–The Wall. The statue has a flaw noticed by many veterans: the soldier on the left carrying the M-60 machine gun on his shoulders has two bandoliers of ammunition
Written by Todd DePastino The United States Coast Guard celebrates August 4 as its birthday. On that day in 1790, the very first United States Congress under the new US Constitution approved a sprawling piece of legislation with a wordy title to match: “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the
Written by James Matsuoka In addition to our storytelling programs, the Veterans Breakfast Club also organizes veteran-related travel experiences, from day-trips to nearby museums, bases, and historic sites to two-week battlefield tours of Europe and Vietnam. Our next trip is to England to visit WWII airfields. We will return to Western Europe in September
written by Nadia Rupniak, PhD As the child of a WWII veteran, I was undoubtedly exposed to his combat trauma and presumably this may have affected me. However, pinning down exactly how I was affected has proved quite perplexing. Generational trauma is defined as: “the transmission of trauma or its legacy, in the form
Written by Todd DePastino The VBC returned from its trip to Karlovac, Croatia, to meet with veterans of the Croatian War of Independence, 1991-1995, and to discuss the seemingly simple question: "What is a Veteran?" Croatians have recently adopted the word "Veterani" to describe those who have served in the armed forces. The word
