For Black History Month, the Veterans Breakfast Club hosts a special event screening and discussion of the documentary film, Black Uniform, featuring Black veterans serving between WWII and present day speaking on why they entered the military and what they've given to their country. This heartfelt film shares their experiences and highlights the role that

We welcome Major General William M. Matz Jr., a distinguished retired U.S. Army officer, whose new book, My Toughest Battle: A Soldier’s Lifelong Struggle with Polio, chronicles his journey of overcoming polio and his distinguished military career. In August 1944, at a young age, Matz contracted polio, resulting in paralysis of his right leg. Despite

VBC Scuttlebutt Open Conversation is a friendly, interactive gathering of veterans, friends of veterans, and history nerds where we discuss whatever aspects of military service, past or present, or the veterans community that are on our minds. Join us to swap stories, good and bad, at home and overseas, old and new. At the VBC, veterans from

To mark Valentine's Day, we dedicate to military love stories, from World War II to the present. If you know a couple who met while one or both were serving in the military, let us know, and we will invite them to share their stories! We're grateful to UPMC for Life and Tobacco Free Adagio

Nick Cressey and Josh Muri join us to share two amazing WWII B-26 Marauder stories from WWII. On June 4, 1942, during the pivotal Battle of Midway, Josh's grandfather Lt. James P. Muri piloted  “Susie-Q,” into history with an audacious attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Muri and his crew were part of a