Written by Todd DePastino A great new space for veterans and the military community is coming Pittsburgh this summer, and the Veterans Breakfast Club is excited to be a small part of it. It's called the Tom Reed Armed Forces Veterans Center, and it represents a vast expansion of the Career Center that has
written by Rich Doerr Congratulations to Rich Doerr whose photo from our Vietnam trip last year for won Honorable Mention in the Travel Interclub Competition of The Photographic Society of America. The Photographic Society is a large organization with some international member clubs. Rich was among our travelers to Vietnam in November-December 2023, and
written by Larry "Kim" Hart A kind social worker named Whitney Stiger at the Pittsburgh VA Community Living Center Inpatient Hospice Unit told us about a Vietnam Era veteran, a former artillery officer named Larry "Kim" Hart, who was in hospice and had a last request. Kim wished to see published the poem below, titled
written by Todd DePastino PVT Elden Smith - Camp Claiborne May 1942 Among the many records, photos, stories, and ephemera collected at Bill Bonnamy's website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, is the remarkable story of Elden Smith from B Battery. Elden was a sergeant from West Virginia
written by Todd DePastino America's Tom Courtney who won the Men's Olympic Games 800-metres Final, shakes hands with Britain's Derek Johnson, who won silver and watched by bronze winner Norway's Audun Boysen, in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 26, 1956. (AP Photo) Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting Posy Courtney of Sewickley, PA. She told
Written by Todd DePastinoBill Bonnamy has collected a fascinating and easily accessed archive of records, photos, stories, and ephemera related to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division. Bill's father's service in the unit inspired the creation of the 319 Gliderman website (https://319gliderman.com) as tribute "to the memory and sacrifices made by these brave
