Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum Expands Iraq and Afghanistan Display

Now occupying a larger space at the museum, more exhibits and personal histories are on display. Come in an see what's new.

B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" Visits Centennial Airport
June 16, 2011

The Exprimental Aircraft Association's touring B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" visited Denver again in June 2011 with it's annual visit to Centennial Airport sponsored by Wings Over The Rockies.

We were on hand to grab a few pictures of the plane as it made it made its public flights and have made a slideshow. We also shot some video of the plane and a couple of interviews with B-17 veterans and will post excerpts soon. We'd thank Signature Flight Support for their assistance in providing facilities for the interviews and helping make this annual event happen.

Seeing this plane in the air is all the more special upon hearing of the loss of the the touring B-17 "Liberty Belle" in Illinois. Flying warbirds from this era are few and far between and you should take the chance to see these historic aircraft any chance you get.

Live Fire Mission Audio From The Vietnam War

Vietnam veteran Rick Rokosz served as a communications specialist who coordinated artillery fire to support infantry forces. His duty was to direct mortar and field artillery fire on the enemy as quickly as possible to support ground forces engaged in close combat. Live fire support also helped air units get on the scene for bombing and napalm runs and allowed helicopters to evacuate wounded soldiers from remote locations. He saved a few recordings of the conversations controllers had with front line troops and pilots and has shared them with warexperience.org. Here are a couple of examples of typical communications between these units in mp3 format.

Medical evacuation mission

Live fire support of combat forces

Darrell Mudd Returns To Vietnam - Follow His Blog

Vietnam veteran Darrell Mudd is spending nearly a month in Vietnam doing research for his upcoming book...his first trip back since he served there in the early 1970s. He's writing a blog about his daily experiences on the trip. Follow his journey here.

Dr. Dan Clayton Speaks At Veterans Day Event

The Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum held it's 5th annual Veterans Day celebration at the Broomfield Civic Auditorium, and Dr. Dan Clayton was the keynote speaker. He addressed the audience about the work he has undertaken with the Center to preserve the memories of war veterans .

Dr. Clayton also moderated a discussion concluding The Broomfield Public Library Foundation's One Book One Broomfield event, which selected Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation" as the book Broomfield residents were to read and reflect on. Among the panelists at that discussion were John Atkinson, Bob Ball, Paul Murphy and Bob Seeber, all previous presenters during the Stories From Wartime series the Center For The Study Of War Experience puts on every year.

B-25 Bomber Visits Colorado

The "Pacific Prowler" flown by Jim Terry visited the Denver area in June making several stops while flying tours and also appearring at the Rocky Mountain Regional Fly In at Front Range Airport.

See a Quicktime movie of it's stop at the Erie Regional Airport

Rick Crandall Flies on B-17!

June 2006 saw a visit from one of the last flying B-17s in the world, The "Aluminum Overcast". For pictures and video from the event click here.

Congratulations to Rick Crandall as well for his 15th anniversary as host of KEZW's Breakfast Club. A number of his friends from the Center were on hand for the on-air celebration June 16th at the Wellshire Inn.

No Way Out

Susan Shear's No Way Out program details her family's struggle to escape Germany before the Holocaust through over 500 saved letters across three continents. Their story is now told through dramatic readings and includes a lesson guide for teachers designed to use the correspondence in teaching the Holocaust to students.

CNN Crew Visits Stories From Wartime

On March 29, 2005, a crew from CNN visited the Stories From Wartime class to videotape Vivien Spitz presenting an account of her service as a court reporter at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials of Nazi doctors. The CNN feature aired during Newsnight With Aaron Brown, in late April and included excerpts of her presentation at Regis. For more detail's on Vivien Spitz's book "Doctors From Hell" visit the Books Page.

Vivien Spitz talks with Rick Crandall while being taped by CNN cameraman during the March 29th Stories From Wartime program.

The 60th Anniversary of D-Day In Normandy

Rick Crandall, the CSWE's Nathan Matlock, veteran Phil Antonelli and his wife Romana attended the 60th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. Rick did a live broadcast from the beaches of Normandy that aired Sunday June 6, 2004. Phil Antonelli attended the commemoration festivities and provides a visual record of the event.

Click here to see pictures from the trip

Click here to hear Phil Antonelli describe his thoughts revisiting Normandy 60 years later.