In the wake of our conversation about returning Japanese WWII flags to families in Japan, Vietnam veteran Jim Roberts casually mentioned he used hoax souvenir flags for bartering with unsuspected GIs. Jim wrote about this in his book, MAT 111, Dong Xaoi, Vietnam, 1971. Jim spent a year in Vietnam as part
One of our Vietnam Marines, Ren Bergman, sent this moving poem dedicated to Vietnam vets. My 18th birthday, January 31, 1968, was the first day of the Tet Offensive. 246 US service members died that day, making it the deadliest 24 hours of the Vietnam War. It was also the day I
Celebrate the Army Birthday with us! June 14 @ 7pm ET Colonial Americans disliked standing armies so much, they fought a war for two months before creating one. From the first shot at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 to the Second Continental Congress’s resolution creating the Continental Army on
← BACK TO VBC BLOG 7 Things Vets Should Know About VA Loans with the hot housing market, more veterans may be looking to use their VA mortgage benefits. Here, courtesy of Money Magazine is the 2021 Guide to VA Loans: 7 Tips for Veterans. Devoting one’s
Let's hear their stories. It was 73 years ago today that President Harry Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, allowing women to serve in the military as regular members. Not all states recognize the day officially. But today let’s take a moment to listen to and honor the stories
(Malcom Browne for AP) On one of our VBC trips to Vietnam, a sight at the Pagoda of the Celestial Lady in Hue stopped me in my tracks: a baby blue Austin sedan on display beneath the Pulitzer Prize winning photo that had introduced millions of Americans to the word,
