National Veterans Art Museum Tonight on VBC’s Memorial Day Program

Tonight at 7pm, we welcome the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) to share and discuss a special Memorial Day exhibit. To mark the day, check out NVAM’s renowned Vietnam Dog Tag exhibit. Inscribed with the name of a Vietnam KIA, each of the 58,307 dog tags was hand stamped with a vintage Graphotype machine by a veteran. The tags hang in order of date of death. The installation is the only memorial other than The Wall in Washington, D.C. to list all those killed in action during the Vietnam War. Tonight, we’ll also have family of 1^st Lt. Robert C. Styslinger, who died at age 28 on November 29, 1950, at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Styslinger’s remains were among those in the 55 boxes sent to the US from North Korea after President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un in June 2018.

Honoring Gold Star Families with the Woody Williams Foundation

This Memorial Day, the Scuttlebutt teams up with WTRF's Veterans Voices host Kathryn Ghion for a special conversation with President and CEO of the Woody Williams Foundation, Chad Graham. The Woody Williams Foundation is a charitable 501c(3) nonprofit organization that pursues specific endeavors and goals through the vision of Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams. The Foundation encourages, with the assistance of the American public and community leaders, establishing permanent Gold Star Families Memorial Monuments in communities throughout the United States. A big thank you to D&D Metal Recycling and Auto Salvage for sponsoring the Scuttlebutt! Watch here

Vietnam Mystery Memorial Still Has People Scratching Their Heads . . . and Mistakenly Declaring it “the First”

Thanks for Dan McPoyle for passing along an old news item I somehow missed about the discovery of a Vietnam War memorial no one remembers ever seeing before. There are no records of it, and no one knows anything about it. The monument is on private property in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and is not small. The memorial possesses two distinctive features that makes it stand out and baffles observer. Check out more here. Images from legion.org

VBC Memorial Day Event

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We’ll be joined by the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM), as well as the family and friends of Army First Lt. Robert Charles Styslinger, who died on November 29, 1950, in the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. Styslinger’s remains were among the 55 boxes turned over to the United States by North Korea in 2018 and identified through DNA testing. He will be buried on June 7 at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Veterans Breakfast Club

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Every Wednesday at 9am ET on Zoom; simulcasted to Facebook and YouTube. Just like our usual veterans storytelling breakfasts, but made virtual! BYOB(reakfast)! With Tony Lauri and Carl Smith of Dignity Memorial, Veterans’ burial benefits and the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Also with Jen Broughner of Vitalant and Jerry Paldino of Veteran Employment Services.
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Special Event:
Remembering D-Day

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Join the VBC for a special event commemorating D-Day: June 6, 1944. Glenn Flickinger hosts.
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