The Veterans Breakfast Club (VBC) is the nation’s premier non-profit for connecting veterans with their fellow Americans through inspiring stories of service. We’re the place where veterans can share what they’ve seen and done—and where everyone can listen and learn.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club for a special screening of the new film Pressure, the gripping historical drama about the meteorologists, military planners, and impossible decisions behind the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
- Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026
- Location: Phoenix Theatres Chartiers Valley Luxury 14(1025 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017)
- Admission: $15
- Seating is limited and advance registration is required.
- Registration: Register for the event here.
Set in the tense days leading up to June 6, 1944, Pressure explores one of the most consequential weather forecasts in modern history—the forecast that determined whether Operation Overlord would proceed or fail. The film brings to life the pressure, uncertainty, and human drama behind the Allied invasion that changed the course of World War II.
Before the film, VBC Executive Director and historian Todd DePastino and VBC host Glenn Flickinger will offer a brief historical introduction providing context on D-Day, the Allied planning effort, and the real-life figures portrayed in the movie. Following the screening, attendees are invited to stay for a 30–45 minute audience discussion and Q&A about the history behind the film, the accuracy of its portrayal, and the enduring significance of D-Day and military decision-making under extreme pressure.
Whether you’re a history enthusiast, veteran, film lover, or simply curious about the unseen story behind D-Day, this event offers a unique opportunity to experience Pressure with historical context and community conversation.
The Veterans Breakfast Club invites you to a Zoom-only screening of Mobile Riverine Force, followed by a live conversation with the film’s director, Jeff Arballo and Mobile Riverine Force veterans. Registration is required.
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The war in Vietnam is often remembered in jungles and rice paddies—but some of its fiercest fighting took place on the rivers.
Join us for a special Zoom-only screening and live discussion of Mobile Riverine Force, a powerful new documentary from filmmaker Jeff Arballo that brings to life one of the most unique—and least understood—fighting forces of the Vietnam War.
The Mobile Riverine Force was a rare experiment in American warfare: a joint U.S. Army and Navy strike force operating deep in the maze of rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. Launched in 1967, it combined infantry, armored boats, floating bases, and helicopter support to take the fight directly to Viet Cong strongholds in terrain where roads were few and the enemy knew every bend in the water.
In Arballo’s film, that story is told not through narration alone, but through the voices of the men who were there—soldiers and sailors who lived, fought, and often died together in a kind of war unlike any other. Drawing on personal interviews, rare footage, and firsthand accounts, the documentary aims to preserve and honor the legacy of this Army–Navy brotherhood and the thousands who served—and sacrificed—in the Delta.
Following the screening, we’ll be joined live by filmmaker Jeff Arballo and veterans of the Mobile Riverine Force for a conversation about the film, the history behind it, and the lived experience of riverine warfare—what it was like to move through narrow canals under fire, to launch assaults from floating bases, and to serve in one of the most dangerous environments of the war.
This is not a lecture. It’s a chance to listen—to hear directly from those who were there and to ask questions about a chapter of Vietnam that still deserves wider understanding.
Important Details:
- This is a Zoom-only event (not livestreamed)
- Pre-registration is required to attend
- Attendees will receive viewing access and Zoom link upon registration
If you’ve ever wondered what the war looked like beyond the headlines—down in the brown water—this program offers a rare opportunity to see it and hear it from those who lived it.
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The Veterans Breakfast Club (VBC) is the nation’s premier non-profit for connecting veterans with their fellow Americans through inspiring stories of service.
Our goal is to build a nation that understands and values the experiences of our military veterans so that every day is Veterans Day.
We do this by bringing together–in-person and online–men and women from all walks of life, all ages and eras, and every branch of service to talk about what they’ve seen and done. We want to hear how people’s military service has shaped them. “Every Veteran Has a Story” is our slogan. We want to hear every one.
We share the stories we hear in our weekly VBC Bulletin email newsletter and our quarterly VBC Magazine. We also record a weekly podcast, The Scuttlebutt, about military culture from the people who lived it.
We do all this because we believe the best way to thank a Veteran is to listen.
Listening is what the VBC has been doing for the past 15 years, when we held our first small event outside of Pittsburgh. Since then, we’ve held over 1,000 programs in-person and online and have welcomed over 20,000 different people at our events, Veterans and non-Veterans coming together to listen.
We value every veteran’s experience, no matter who they are or when or how they served. We’ve seen up close the power of storytelling, as the memories shared at VBC events connect, heal, educate, and inspire an ever-expanding circle of listeners.
THE VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT
Preserving veterans’ stories so that this living history is never forgotten.
We pair passionate VBC volunteers with military veterans for one-on-one oral history interviews over Zoom. If you are a veteran, or you know a veteran, who would be interested in sharing his or her story with us, let us know. If you are someone interested in conducting these interviews, please reach out!
At any given event, you might hear from the newest members of Space Force to a 101-year-old World War II veteran.
We’ve welcomed Tin Can Sailors and Montford Point Marines, Vietnam Sky Soldiers and Cold War intelligence officers. We’ve heard stories from the Horn of Africa to Antarctica, the Bering Sea to Diego Garcia, and all points in between.
LORAN Coast Guardsmen and Radar Station Airmen have told us about serving in some of the most remote places on earth.
Korean War veterans have borne witness to their “forgotten war.”
Other “forgotten warriors” shared their memories of Beirut, Grenada, and Mogadishu.
Some of the first women authorized for combat shared stories of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of the Purple Hearts they received.
