Written by Todd DePastino All he did was give candy to children. But in doing so, Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen inadvertently launched one of the greatest diplomatic missions of the Cold War. A Douglas C-54 Skymaster dropping candy over Berlin (Museum of USAF) In November 2020, we welcomed the 100-year-old Berlin Airlift hero
written by Roger Housen On our March 6 VBC Happy Hour with Purple Heart Women Warriors, retired Belgian Army colonel, Roger Housen, spoke about why he and Duke Leopold of Arenberg of Belgium supported publication of Out of the Shadows: Voices of American Women Soldiers, written by Vietnam Marine veteran Ron Farina. Several people
We're grateful to Briana Smith at KDKA-TV Pittsburgh for her story about the Veterans Breakfast Club and the power of storytelling and story-listening. In this week's KD Sunday Spotlight, we show you the power of listening. Behind every veteran lies strength, sacrifice, and inspirational stories. The Veterans Breakfast Club gives people the chance to listen
Written by Todd DePastino Retired Navy captain and national security expert Jerry Hendrix recently published a must-read article in The Atlantic arguing that “the United States has ceded the oceans to its enemies. We can no longer take freedom of the seas for granted.” Even if Hendrix is wrong or overstates the case, the essay is essential
Written by Todd DePastino March is Women's History Month, something that would not have been possible during the Cold War, when Women's Day, March 8, was a Communist holiday with radical associations. On our VBC trip to Vietnam in 2018, we checked into our hotel at Halong Bay on March 8. As each woman in
We're happy to announce our Spring 2023 in-person program event schedule. This will be our 15th year of VBC storytelling breakfasts, where people of all backgrounds, veterans and non-veterans, come to listen and learn, connect and heal, and say thank you to those who’ve served. Breakfast starts at 8:30am, and the program begins at 9:00am. We
