Glenn Flickinger and Todd DePastino will continue their discussion of the the VBC's WWII Tour of Italy in October 2026, where they will spend 14 days following the path of the Allied forces through one of the most grueling campaigns of World War II. Todd and Glenn will also talk with Italian Campaign expert, 45th
One week before the Tet Offensive of 1968, a small, unarmed Navy intelligence ship called the USS Pueblo was attacked and captured by North Korea. The seizure of the Pueblo became its own crisis running parallel to Tet, trapping 82 American sailors in a struggle for survival that lasted nearly a year. One of those
Rumors abound of Santa's visit to our year-end event on Saturday, December 20 in Bethel Park, PA. Santa, a veteran of the 101st Airborne, will arrive in jump boots. Let's hope he lands without incident! Our breakfast location in Bethel Park, PA, is our largest, where the group can reach over 250 people. Our veteran
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club and the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown for a special public luncheon lecture with historian Todd DePastino, who shares the true story of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914. It came four months into the most brutal war Europe had seen in centuries. German, French, and British troops had slaughtered
Edward Ford and Alan Chiasson came to Afghanistan with long résumés in uniform and out. Ford was a Force Recon Marine with combat tours in the Gulf War, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan before moving into high-end security contracting. Chiasson was a Navy Hospital Corpsman and Texas paramedic who’d spent years providing high-risk medical support on
Come to our live, in-person breakfast in Sewickley, PA. We meet at Christ Church Grove Farm (249 Duff Rd, Sewickley, PA 15143). You’ll walk in, pick up your name badge, pay $20 ($15 for VBC Members, no cost for those who don’t eat), and meet others who are there to hear and share the stories.
