How to Clear a Jungle: The 62d Engineer Battalion (Land Clearing) in Vietnam
written by COL William R. Licht (USA, Ret) (US Army) “There is only one ground offensive weapon in Vietnam: the Land Clearer.”
After 44 Years in the Air Force, Vet Turns to Children’s Books
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
The Mystery Behind the Masters of the Air Photo
Written by Todd DePastino It’s not “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” by Joe Rosenthal or “V-J Day in Times Square” by Alfred Eisenstaedt. But the photograph of an air crew returning from a bombing mission in World War II has become an icon of sorts since author Don Miller put it on the
Do You Have a Gliderman Story?
Written by Todd DePastino Bill Bonnamy’s website devoted to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, contains a growing treasury of information, documents, photos, and stories from and about all things 82nd Airborne. Most of the material has come from family members of those who served in the division in World War II
One Family’s Fog of War: What We Were Told – and Not Told – about My Cousin’s Downed B-24 Liberator in World War II
written by Carole Popchock While listening to VBC Greatest Generation Live programs about the Air War in World War II, I remembered a family story about the death of my father’s first cousin, Frank Ladesic. Frank Ladesic was a B-24 pilot in the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy. My family had always understood that
The Tom Reed Armed Forces Veterans Center
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
