written by Daria Sommers The VBC got to know writer and filmmaker Daria Sommers through her award-winning feature-length documentary Lioness, which tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who were part of the first program in American history to send women into direct ground combat. We screened the film and
Americans over the age of 75 might remember when November 11 was called “Armistice Day,” commemorating the ceasefire on the Western Front of World War II. In 1946, 38-year-old civic leader and WWII Navy veteran Raymond Weeks worked channels to get a message to Army Chief of Staff, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Because the US
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald today presented U.S. Army Veteran Harry J. Van Riper with the 2023 Dr. Charles J. Martoni Veterans Service Award during a ceremony at the county Courthouse in Pittsburgh. The award recognizes individuals who continue their service to the country following their discharge from military service. Mr. Van Riper was
written by Todd DePastino Vietnam Veterans and great spirit Jerry Augustine sent this photo taken this week at Beman Middle School in Middletown, Connecticut. The photo captures the meeting of 7th graders and Jerry, member of The Veterans of the Vietnam War, Middletown, Inc., which comes into the school every year around Veterans Day
written by Bob Connor Vietnam veteran Louie Dunham acquired an NVA helmet while serving as an MP in Vietnam in the 1960s. He returned home with the helmet and kept it for over 50 years. Recently, he posted on Facebook that he'd like to give it away, perhaps even return it to Vietnam. In
written by Curtis McLachlan Curtis McLachlan is a Vietnam veteran who owns Curtis McLachlan Construction & Remodeling in Carson City, Nevada. He also runs the Vietnam War Memorial Museum in Carson City. SP4 Curtis McLaughlin, June 1970-April 1972, Vietnam In 1969, just after I’d graduated high school in the Los Angeles area,
