Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project
Speaker will be Patrick Cubbage. Patrick went into the Army in 1968 and to Vietnam in 1969 to serve with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. The work of this organization is done in conjunction with the National Veterans History Project which is sponsored by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. All video taped Read more…
Lehigh Valley History Project Roundtable
Come! Learn of Our History from a Local Point of View Lehigh Active Life Center 1633 Elm St., Allentown, PA Thursday, September 28, 2023 7:00 P.M. (1900 hours) _____________________________________________ Speaker: Ralph Leroy Timmons, U.S. Army Career Veteran Ralph Leroy Timmons will share some of his experiences and accomplishments as a Read more…
NMUSA Vietnam Veterans Honor Bus Trip
Remember the first time you were bussed to an Army post?
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: Vietnam Veterans! Want a Day at the Army’s New Museum for Free?
2023 Vietnam Veterans Honor Bus Trip to the National Museum of the U.S. Army October 28, 2023, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Vietnam Veterans are invited to join the Army Heritage Center Foundation on an all-expenses-paid Honor Bus trip to the National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA) at Read more…
Tidbits
LVMAC — Photos of Lehigh and Northampton Vietnam Veterans Wanted for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Source: VVMF’s Education Center Webpage
The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), in partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (VVMF) — the nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1980 to build a national memorial dedicated to all who served with the U.S. armed forces in the Vietnam War — is asking that you help them locate more than 600 photos of Pennsylvanians who sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam War and for whom VVMF has no photos. As of 14 August, twenty-eight on the list are from Lehigh and Northampton counties. (more…)
LVMAC NEWS
LVMAC News — Babb-ling on About Military History
In This Issue
- Mr. Babb Talks About the Veterans History Project Roundtable
- Veterans Affairs Committee Develops Its Operating Budget
- Looking Forward on the Homelessness Front
- 2013 Scholarship Season Opening
- Re-looking Our Employment Programs
- Health Care Initiative Progressing
- Project Healing Waters Events Set for 2013
- Focus on Colleges Begins
- Report on the War Veterans Council
- DoD/VA News
MR. BABB TALKS ABOUT THE VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT ROUNDTABLE
David Babb, a historian and interviewer for the Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project Roundtable, a member organization, spoke to the Council at its business meeting on 17 January 2013.
His organization was formed in 2007 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization two capture the stories of all wartime veterans and also those who served on the home front. It collects documents and preserves their personal experiences and then shares those stories with both the public and the Library of Congress. To date about 200 interviews have been done. (more…)