Todd DePastino

I teach and write history with a special expertise in disaster, carnage, mayhem, and misery. If it's the history of peaceful, well-adjusted, mainstream, or successful people or groups that interests you, you'll probably want to look elsewhere. I'm drawn to the down-and-out, the forgotten, and the doomed. I should probably get this checked. In addition to my teaching and writing, I'm also the co-founder of the Veterans Breakfast Club, a non-profit that gathers veterans together with their friends, families, and neighbors to share stories from their time in the military. Right now, our focus is on WWII veterans, and we regularly host 500 veterans and others at breakfasts around Pittsburgh. I'm getting quite an education at our breakfasts, which you can follow on my blog.