The Veterans Breakfast Club’s WWII expert Glenn Flickinger holds a wide-open conversation about World War II—strategy, weapons, leadership, turning points, home front, the whole sweep. Bring your big questions and your niche curiosities. Glenn will field them all with clear, evidence-based answers and plenty of context. And if he doesn't know the answer, he'll defer
Naval historian Craig L. Symonds talks about his new book, Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War II. Symonds follows one cohort from plebe year to the fleet, using the Class of ’40 to tell a larger story about America’s rapid transition from peace
Join us for a FREE VBC breakfast at Ridgecrest Senior Living in McCandless on Wednesday, September 17 at 8:30am. Please RSVP for this free breakfast event by calling 412-623-9029 or emailing betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org. Everyone is welcome, veterans and non-veterans, and the breakfast will be provided for free courtesy of Ridgecrest Senior Living. We plan our usual
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club and the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown for a special public luncheon lecture with historian Todd DePastino, who will bring to life the dramatic story of the Berlin Airlift of 1948–49, one of the most daring humanitarian efforts in American history. For nearly a year after World War II, US
Join us in Bethel Park, PA, for a 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 Post-9/11
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club for an unforgettable evening with Colonel John R. Bates, USMC (Ret.), whose extraordinary 39-year career in the United States Marine Corps (1966–2005) spans three wars, five decades, and a lifetime of service defined by courage, conviction, and grit. Col. Bates enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1966, dropping out of
