Steve Vogel

Journalist & author of A Task Force Called Faith. @washingtonpost & @armytimes alum. Previous: Betrayal in Berlin, Through the Perilous Fight and The Pentagon

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

Thanks! A Task Force Called Faith, my book about Chosin Reservoir, just selected as winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award in the Operational-Battle History category @USArmyMuseumFdn @USArmyMuseum @mccaffreyr3 @KoreanWarVets https://t.co/qsLGDOqqpQ

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

@ljffatima Many thanks, much appreciated. I enjoyed writing it!

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

New review from ARMY magazine: "Steve Vogel, an experienced journalist and military historian, tells this exceptional story of leadership, endurance and unit loyalty under the harshest conditions in an exceptional way. . . "A Task Force Called Faith" is a compelling and inspiring testament to the fighting spirit of American soldiers, Marines and their Korean comrades." @AUSAorg @mccaffreyr3 @KoreanLegacy https://t.co/2dNEXtp57U https://t.co/QtQirDl5NQ

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

Thanks, @TWilliamsAuthor - very pleased you received that Pentagon copy. I enjoyed our discussion of A Task Force Called Faith!

[Tony Williams @TWilliamsAuthor]

Book #20 2026

.@steve_vogel has penned an elegantly written, mostly architectural history of the making the Pentagon. He recounts all the interesting personalities and architect’s and military’s struggles with FDR and the related bureaucracies to get it built. The story is dramatic and compelling.

The section on the attack on 9/11 moved me to tears and makes the reader feel as if he is there. Had to read that part in one sitting.

While I would have liked to have seen more coverage over the operations occurring within the Pentagon, it is still a great history.

Personal note: before she passed, my mother-in-law met the author, asked him to sign it, and gave it to me for a Christmas gift. I’ll never forget.

Check out my interview with Steve on his most recent Korean War book .@BRInstitute Scholar Talks on YouTube! .@penguinrandom

4.5/5⭐️

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

Looking forward to @NOLAbookfest Mardi Gras for the mind! I'll be signing copies of A Task Force Called Faith on Saturday, Mar. 14 https://t.co/TWiourAgjQ

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

Tonight, Mar. 5, 2026, 7 pm ET, join me for a free virtual discussion hosted by MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk about A Task Force Called Faith @mccaffreyr3 @KoreanWarVets https://t.co/TWiourAgjQ Register: https://t.co/psA3nbACvh

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

Many thanks @TWilliamsAuthor

[Tony Williams @TWilliamsAuthor]

Book #7 2026

.@steve_vogel offers a gripping heroic and tragic story about the U.S. Army task force regiment that fought against overwhelming odds against the Chinese at the Chosin Reservoir along with the more famous USMC forces. Highly recommended!

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Much of the mourning for the late great @washingtonpost has rightly focused on how democracy dies in darkness at the national level, which is hugely important. But the evisceration of Metro coverage is every bit as devastating because there is no comparable news outlet keeping local governments and institutions honest.

Eight of my 20 years at the Post were spent on Metro, which was the heart and soul of the Post under the legendary @dongrahamdc1. The undertakers now running the paper have all but wiped out the metro staff, leaving just 12 reporters, according to reports, to cover a region of 6.5 million people.

We had twice that many journalists in Fairfax alone back in the day. And it mattered. Reporters are the eyes and ears of the community, keeping tabs on people in power. We were there for every supervisors meeting, every school board meeting. We pored through planning commission documents and campaign filings.

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We were there for the more uplifting stories too, the cops who broke a cold case, the educators who turned around a struggling school, the residents who rallied to help neighbors in trouble, the student athletes who won the big game, the entrepreneurs who started something new.

Our friend @SariHorwitz who has won more Pulitzers than I can count, wrote so movingly online about the Post (https://t.co/lxame7tiSF). To recognize how indispensable local coverage is, you need only look at her holy-shit investigations of a broken child welfare system, rampant police shootings and the corporate-fed opioid crisis, stories that opened eyes and led to change.

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Will Lewis was too busy to join the call to tell his staff he’s destroying the @washingtonpost sports department yesterday … but he did have time to walk the red carpet at NFL Honors here in San Francisco today. Amazing.

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

Here's my conversation with Steve Richards for the Speaking of Writers podcast https://t.co/pdbkyrNZE1...

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

A real pleasure to join @torietweet @davidaldridgedc Claude Jennings and James Grady for this discussion @DCBooksChatter https://t.co/is2ydx5KmC https://t.co/TWiourAO9o

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

This is tonight, Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 pm ET @USArmyMuseum https://t.co/TWiourAgjQ https://t.co/6Zw6S3RmL0

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

I'll be giving a virtual book talk for @USArmyMuseum Thursday Dec. 11 at 7 pm ET about A Task Force Called Faith, telling the story of the Army soldiers who gave all at Chosin. Free @mccaffreyr3 @KoreanWarVets https://t.co/6Zw6S3RmL0

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

I'll be giving a virtual book talk for @USArmyMuseum Thursday Dec. 11 at 7 pm ET about A Task Force Called Faith, telling the story of the Army soldiers who gave all at Chosin. Free @mccaffreyr3 @KoreanWarVets https://t.co/6Zw6S3RmL0

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

OTD 75 years ago, December 7, 1950, the lead elements of the 1st Mar Div and 31st RCT survivors that had fought their way out from Hagaru-ri reached the key way point of Koto-ri, held by the 1st Mar Regiment and soldiers from the 2nd Bn, 31st Regiment, which had never reached Chosin. The 2nd Battalion troops could scarcely recognize the 31st RCT survivors, who came in wearing a hodge-podge of outer garments picked out of Marine supply dumps to replace the bloodied and torn uniforms in which they had arrived in Hagaru. “Some seemed to be in shock even though they continued to walk,” said PFC Norman Deptula. https://t.co/2dNEXtoxim

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

@clendob45 @mccaffreyr3 Appleman's East of Chosin was a great resource, but my book uses Chinese military records that were not available to him that prove the Chinese force was much larger than Appleman believed. A Task Force Called Faith also brings the story to present day recovery of MIAs

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

@AncientLoggie @mccaffreyr3 Sad but true. The book tells the story of the fight of the survivors to correct the historical record, ultimately resulting in the awarding on the Presidential Unit Citation to the 31st RCT in 2000.

[Steve Vogel @steve_vogel]

@GoHappyAlways @mccaffreyr3 Agree 100 percent