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Todd DePastino is founder and executive director of the Veterans Breakfast Club, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to sharing veterans’ stories with the public. He’s author of the award-winning “Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front” (W.W. Norton) and six other books. He has a PhD in American History from Yale University and has taught at several places, including Waynesburg University where he won the Lucas-Hathaway Award for Teaching Excellence.