A VETERAN’S STORY: The Ultimate Flyboy
By Pete Mecca Arranging an interview quickly turns into something even more…
A VETERAN’ STORY: The Nose Gunner
A dismal 25% of B-17 and B-24 bomber crews completed their 25…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Mister Incorrigible
Job description from a WWII B-17 training manual, “The inflight Armorer-Gunner inspects,…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Coming Home – Part II
Shot down in enemy-held territory while on a bombing run in Vietnam…
A Veteran’s Story Goes On The Air
One of our frequent writers, Pete Mecca, has been offered his own…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Unarmed and Out of Fuel
By Pete Mecca On Dec 6, 1941 a flight of thirteen B-17…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Dustoff in Burma?
By Pete Mecca A ‘dustoff’ in Burma? Pete, you mean Vietnam, right?…
A Veteran’s Story: Kilroy Was Here!
'Kilroy Was Here' - this iconic doodle with its accompanying phrase became popular graffiti the…
A Veteran’s Story: Caribou to Santabou
By Pete Mecca Born and raised in Cajun country, Alan Gravel received…
A VETERAN’S STORY: “Hitting The Silk” Over Burma
By Pete Mecca From a special article in the New York Times…