Is there a Veteran you want to honor on Veterans Day? Or a story you’d like to share? A tribute, song, or poem to offer? If so, let us know and plan to do it on the world’s first-ever Vet-A-Thon, a 24-hour live stream Veterans Day event from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 11. The celebration will honor veterans nationwide and offer special features every hour for a full day, including guest hosts from across the globe, community tributes, veterans’ stories, military history, GI humor, Armed Forces trivia, archival videos and interviews, giveaways and more. You can participate in the Vet-A-Thon via Zoom. Let us know when you want to join us, and we’ll make sure to put you on the program! Sponsorships are available.
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Ray Amelio
Amber Spells
VET-A-THON KICKOFF!
Veterans’ stories & military trivia about the 5 branches of service
The Marine Corps in Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom with Linguist and Archeologist Josh Cannon
Video Premier of VBC Reviews Military Rations
with VBC Media Producer Ellie DePastino
The Invasion of Iraq (2003) and the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004)
with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
USMC veterans Mak Kelly and Rex McIntosh
Fathers and Sons Share Stories of Service
Mak Kelly, USMC with his father, Gary Kelly, USMC
WWII Stories from the Other Side
Lars McKie and Nick Devaux present the greatest WWII Log Book Stories from across the globe
The 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month
We Remember the first Armistice Day with Historian Greg Yoest
War Memorials from Around the Country
with Historian and Tour Guide Mary Klepper.
Thank you to Amber Spells for sponsoring this hour!
Special Forces Hour
with VBC Board President Mike Cherock, USN and Special Forces veterans
Thank you to Jones Lang Lasalle for sponsoring this hour!
Stories from Navy Seals
Navy Seal Bob Newman with Navy Vet and VBC Board Member Lamont Gourdine.
plus Nascar Driver Lt. Cdr. Jesse Iwuji
Thank you to Westinghouse for sponsoring this hour!
Pritzker Military Museum and Library Tour
Thank you to Westinghouse for sponsoring this hour!
The One Percent
Army Command Sgt. Majors Bart Womack, Marvin Hill, and Dr. Mittie Smith
Plus Navy Lt. Cdr. Anthony Cosby
Thank you to Westinghouse for sponsoring this hour!
Marine Corps Hour
with the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Desert Storm veterans Col. Kemper and Board Member & Col. Brad Washabaugh
VETlanta
Connecting Veterans with Community
Black Veterans’ Stories
with Navy vet Gary Ammons of Mu Beta Phi and TV Anchor and Scuttlebutt co-host Kathryn Ghion
Military Chaplains Hour
Rev. Michael Wurschmidt, Rev. David Duprey, Pastor David Park, Rev. Scott Ruthven, Rev. Eric Fenton, Rev. Wes Clare, Rev. Andrew Tibus
Hosted by Rev. Ben Wright
Good Morning, Vietnam!
Armed Forces Vietnam Disc Jockey and Radio Host Dennis Woytek
OIF & OEF Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
with Army vet and Scuttlebutt co-host Ryan Ahl
Travels with Harley
Christopher Holshek and & VBC Board Member Hughes Turner discuss Combat Operations in Iraq and National Service RIDE
Thank you to Pleiger Plastics for sponsoring this hour!
WWII: The Air War
With P-51 Pilot Joe Peterburs and Pilot and author Jay Stout
Hosted by Greatest Generation Live’s Glenn Flickinger
Thank you to TAB Pittsburgh for sponsoring this hour!
WWII: The Old Breed
With Eugene Sledge’s son Henry Sledge
Hosted by Greatest Generation Live’s Glenn Flickinger
Thank you to CASCO USA for sponsoring this hour!
The First American to Fall in WWII
Australian Historian David Waye and the little-known history of the Mining of Bass Strait
Thank you to the Sha’nini George Foundation for sponsoring this hour!
The Army National Guard
With VBC Board Member and Col. John Pippy
Thank you to PGS TEK for sponsoring this hour!
Military Humor
with TikTok star and Vietnam Navy Corpsman Ray Amelio.