On this special day, I am repeating a story about Vincent Speranza. Here’s to all of our veterans and in memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you for your service!

“It took 65 years for Vincent Speranza to find out that his actions in Belgium during World War II had been immortalized — for his ingenuity with the beverage that the country is famous for producing.”

Read the full story about Vincent Speranza in Stars and Stripes here: Former paratrooper recalls WWII incident that led to beer fame

 

Vincent Speranza Inspired Airborne Beer

Watch Vincent Speranza, a former infantryman machine gunner with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment during WWII, tell his story in the video below.

Want to learn more about Vincent Speranza? Read his book titled Nuts!: A 101st Airborne Division Machine Gunner at Bastogne, available at Amazon.com.

Note: Featured image of Vincent Speranza with bottles of Airborne beer provided courtesy of David Spencer/State Journal Register.