In December 1972, President Richard Nixon ordered one of the most intense bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War. Known as Operation Linebacker II, or the Christmas Bombings, the operation sent waves of American B-52 bombers against targets around Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam, in an effort to force a breakthrough in stalled peace negotiations.
Tonight we will talk about the future of war, rather than the past. By all accounts from the battlefields of Ukraine and elsewhere, unmanned aircraft have transformed modern warfare. Once expensive, highly specialized weapons used primarily for surveillance and targeted killings, drones have become inexpensive, widely available tools of war. They locate the enemy, strike
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club and the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown for a special screening of a documentary preserving the voices and memories of 17 military veterans from the Youngstown area. Produced by the Veterans Breakfast Club in partnership with the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, the film brings together interviews with veterans who served
Join us Monday, October 12, for VBC Live with retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Joe Finch, a decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot and author of *Angel’s Wing: A Year in the Skies of Vietnam." Finch arrived in Vietnam in 1969 as a young lieutenant assigned to A Company, 25th Aviation Battalion—the “Little Bears”—of the 25th Infantry
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club and the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown for a lunch lecture with historian Todd DePastino about the millions of American women who were mobilized for World War II. In 1941, Wonder Woman appeared as the first female superhero. The timing was apt because with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on
Join us in Bethel Park, PA, for a FREE VBC storytelling event where you’ll meet a remarkable collection of people, each with a story to tell. Our breakfast location in Bethel Park, PA, is our largest, where the group can reach over 250 people. Our veteran attendees range from WWII and Korean War through the
