Date: November 11, 2023
Time: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
Location: zoom App, YouTube, Facebook
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The Veterans Breakfast Club’s Veterans Day VET-A-THON is a 12-hour online program bringing veterans from around the nation together to share their stories of service with the public. You’ll hear from veterans from every walk of life and branch of service, from World War II to the present. Guest hosts from across the globe will help share Veterans’ stories, military history, GI humor, Armed Forces trivia, and information for veteran and military families. Join us!

11am-12pm: VIETNAM THROUGH MY LENS

1st Infantry Division combat photographer and journalist Stu Richel

12pm-1pm: VETERANS AT WORK at FEDEX GROUND

FedEx Ground veterans from around the country share stories of service

1pm-12pm: HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTER

Survivor Kurt Leuchter joins us to share his unforgettable story

2pm-3pm: THE WWII LOGBOOK PROJECT

Our friends Lars McKee from Sweden and Nick Devaux from St. Lucia update us with stories from their record-breaking logbook.

3pm-4pm: VETLANTA: ATLANTA’S VETERANS COMMUNITY

Two USAF veterans, Scott W. Luton and Lloyd Knight, and one Marine, Kevin Horgan, talk about the Atlanta veterans community.

4pm-5pm: VETERANS AT WORK at FEDEX GROUND

FedEx Ground veterans from around the country share stories of service

5pm-6pm: WWII SUBMARINE VETERAN JULIAN MOSES

Glenn Flickinger speaks with WWII veteran who fought undersea in the Pacific

6pm-7pm: 100-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN WWII VETERAN NICK JANICKI WITH SCOTT MASTERS

Canada’s Greatest History Teacher hosts a conversation with 100-year-old WWII veteran Nick Janicki, who served with the 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment in Europe

 

7pm-8pm: LIONESSES

Daria Sommers speaks with members of Team Lioness, the first women in combat in 2004

8pm-9pm: THE SOLDIER’S TRUTH: ERNIE PYLE AND THE STORY OF WWII

Glenn Flickinger speaks with author David Chrisinger, who walked in Ernie Pyle’s footsteps and wrote about what he discovered

9pm-10pm: WALKING GUADALCANAL

Marine Dave Holland, leading expert on Guadalcanal, walks us through the battle site

10pm-11pm: NATIONAL VETERANS ART MUSEUM sponsored by ARCHER CORPORATE SERVICES

NVAM Executive Director Giselle Futtrell gives us a tour of the museum’s treasures

Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.

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