written by Robert Von Bargen In 1963, I was a Navigator on alert at RAF Upper Heyford near Oxford in England. My crew had flown from our home station at Pease AFB in New Hampshire three weeks before. We were waiting for our replacement aircraft to arrive. We would not be released to fly The post The Replacement: A Story of Trans-Atlantic Aircraft Navigation Before the Age of GPS appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Written by Todd DePastinoBill Bonnamy has collected a fascinating and easily accessed archive of records, photos, stories, and ephemera related to the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division. Bill's father's service in the unit inspired the creation of the 319 Gliderman website (https://319gliderman.com) as tribute "to the memory and sacrifices made by these brave The post “Psychological Preparation For Combat”: A World War II Guide for Soldiers appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Streamed live on April 11, 2024World War II POW and Eighth Air Force expert Marilyn Walton leads an expert conversation about the experiences of prisoners in Germany.The experts also discuss fact and fiction in the depiction of POW camps in the Apple TV mini-series “Masters of the Air.”In addition to Marilyn and the VBC's own The post American POWs in Germany in World War II appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

written by Todd DePastino America's Tom Courtney who won the Men's Olympic Games 800-metres Final, shakes hands with Britain's Derek Johnson, who won silver and watched by bronze winner Norway's Audun Boysen, in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 26, 1956. (AP Photo) Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting Posy Courtney of Sewickley, The post Army Veteran Tom Courtney Was Once the Fastest Man in the World appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Streamed live on April 8, 2024 A large group of Veterans gathered to discuss their military service for a Veterans Breakfast Club Open Conversation. We talked about the 4/9 24th Infantry Division "Manchus," the experience of PTSD, and the use of buttons vs. brass zippers on Army fatigues. But the most robust, disturbing, and The post Drugs in Vietnam: Veterans Breakfast Club Open Conversation appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Streamed live on April 4, 2024 Les Schrenk’s story as a World War II ball turret gunner is one of courage, resilience, and unexpected humanity amidst the chaos of war. He was assigned as a ball turret gunner to the 327th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force, stationed at RAF The post World War II Ball Turret Gunner and POW Les Schrenk appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

written by Todd DePastino We continue to receive phone calls and emails from readers in response to John Barber's story about elephants in Vietnam. In that post, I asked readers if they had ever seen elephants being used by the Viet Cong, the NVA, or ARVN during the Vietnam War. George Kniss, who served The post More Elephant Stories from the Vietnam War appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Streamed live on April 1, 2024 Beth Reuschel is a professional military records researcher who helps families discover their legacies of service. She conducts research for people and also coaches them to do their own detective work. Through her expertise and guidance, dozens of people have tracked down service records of veteran parents, grandparents, The post How to Do Military Records Research appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Written by Beth Reuschel Military records researcher Beth Reuschel appeared on VBC Scuttlebutt and walked us through the process of military records research. Below is her Beginner's Guide that can help family members start their own legacy searches and discover the stories they never got to hear first-hand from parents, grandparents, and other ancestors and The post A Beginner’s Guide to Military Records Research appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more

Streamed live on Mar 29, 2024 The VBC and the Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center are holding a special Vietnam Veterans Day Event at the Heinz History Center on March 29, 2024. This event honors and recognizes all veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during the period The post Vietnam Veterans Day Program 2024 appeared first on Veterans Breakfast Club ..read more