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News from Ukraine, which is bracing for an attack of 100,000 Russian troops massed at its border, made me think of the Ukrainian veterans who attended our VBC breakfast in November 2019 as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Six Ukrainians joined our breakfast and spoke about
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Why the B-17 Flying Fortress Was Safer Than the B-24 Liberator by Todd DePastino “What a marvelous plane that was and beautiful to fly.” That’s what WWII B-17 pilot Tom Wiley said to us once at a VBC breakfast several years ago. Tom was
That was Navy vet Derek Sasone’s response to watching this clip Brig. Gen. Doug Satterfield talking on VBC Happy Hour on January 3. We got a lot of comments on the life lessons Doug shared from his 40-year Army career in which he rose from private to a one-star. Here are Derek’s
by Todd DePastino This Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will track Santa Claus’s progress around the globe, as it has since 1955. That was the year Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup received a misdirected phone call from a child looking for Santa. It began with a Sears
by Mark Gleeson Many thanks to WWII Merchant Marine veteran Mark Gleeson for submitting this story about an embarrassing incident in Boot Camp.My mother was a schoolteacher with many “Thou Shalt Nots.” Thou shalt not be late. Thou shalt not forget to study. Thou shalt not get bad grades. Woe unto those who
