The mission of the American Veterans Center is to guard the legacies and honor the sacrifices of all American veterans. Through oral history preservation, educational programs and civic events, we pass their stories on to the next generation so that they are never forgotten.
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ICYMI check out this week's latest AVC interview featuring Mark Nutsch. After 9/11 Captain Nutsch led a U.S. Army Special Forces 12-man team of Green Berets, designated Operational Detachment Alpha 595 on America's first mission into Afghanistan to seek out those responsible for the attacks.
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ICYMI check out this week's latest AVC interview featuring Peter Bergen, one of the few American's to have met Osama bin Laden in person prior to the 9/11 attacks ==> https://youtu.be/M459WHMpDe4
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This week's video features journalist and best-selling author Peter Bergen. He is widely considered to be the world's leading expert on Osama bin Laden and one of the few Westerners to have met bin Laden in person.
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This week's video features FDNY Firefighter Sal Cassano. A 3-star chief on 9/11 Sal's quick thinking helped him survive the collapse of the WTC's North Tower.
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Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the world continues to feel the impacts of that day. On 9/11 Bill McMahon fought for his life escaping the WTC's South Tower.
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This week's AVC video features Dick Winters, Vietnam Veteran and cousin of famed "Band of Brothers" leader Major Richard D. Winters ==> https://youtu.be/HOeL2_h454s
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This week's video features an incredible interview with Marine Corps Fighter Pilot and NASA's Artemis III Commander Randy "Komrade" Bresnik ==> https://youtu.be/VKrA7rKBHlc
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This week's video features WWII Veteran and 82nd Airborne legend Henry Langrehr. Henry would jump on D-Day and would experience brutal combat in the Hedgerows of Normandy before being captured and making a daring escape ==> https://youtu.be/gj_y99NW2lg
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Floyd Moreland served two tours in Vietnam with Lima Company 3/9 from 1966-1967. In this interview Moreland talks about the intense fighting he faced along the DMZ outside of Con Thien ==> https://youtu.be/xa1JxJXwb2I
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In December 1944, Germany launched its final major offensive on the Western Front, catching Allied forces by surprise in what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge. At the heart of the fighting was the Belgian town of Bastogne, a vital crossroads that American forces were ordered to hold at all costs.
Among those defenders was Private First Class Bradford Freeman of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. After parachuting into Normandy on D-Day and fighting through Operation Market Garden, Freeman and his fellow paratroopers found themselves surrounded in the frozen forests outside Bastogne. Despite freezing temperatures, constant artillery fire, and dwindling supplies, Easy Company helped hold the line until relief arrived. Freeman was wounded in the leg during the battle.
The men of Easy Company would later become known around the world as the Band of Brothers, but long before they became legendary, they were young Americans answering the call to serve.
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