Written by Bill Barber Bill Barber served with the First Force Reconnaissance Company, Third Reconnaissance Battalion in I Corps Vietnam in 1965-1966. He stayed in the Marine Corps after returning from Vietnam and went on to serve in Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Panama Invasion. Bill write the following poem, "All Purposed to Glory," while
Photos by Rich Doerr Vietnam veteran and master photographer Rich Doerr traveled on our VBC Vietnam Tour last year and took a striking set of slice-of-life photos of the country, from Hanoi to the Mekong Delta. One of these photos, "Selling Fruit in Halong Bay," won an Honorable Mention in a national competition. Rich
Written by Todd DePastino While reading Bill Bonnamy’s website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, I was reminded just how long and drawn out the Normandy Campaign was in World War II. Look at the map above, available here, and you get a sense of how contained, contricted, and prolonged
An aerial view of a hangar area at RAF Upper Heyford (USAF) Written by Bob Von Bargen I was at Upper Heyford RAF Base near Oxford in England. My KC-97 air refueling combat crew was pulling an alert tour to support operations in Europe during the Cold War. Our alert crew building
written by COL William R. Licht (USA, Ret) (US Army) “There is only one ground offensive weapon in Vietnam: the Land Clearer.”
Written by Todd DePastino USAF Master Sergeant Al Claycomb has written five children's books dealing with life's big issues: loneliness, loss, faith, and friendship. Al served an astounding 44 years, from 1979 to 2023, working on, then later managing, the mighty Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, the largest aircraft in the world. But as a young
