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April was the deadliest month of 1970 for U.S. troops in Vietnam with 730 deaths. On the first day alone, North Vietnamese Army (NVA) units shelled some 115 targets throughout the country and launched 13 ground assaults. April 1 turned out to be the single deadliest day of the year when 70 GIs perished. At the center of that day’s carnage sto...
President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the millions of veterans, service members, families and survivors that our organizations represent, we call on you to instruct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain the p...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars is urging Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act during this challenging COVID-19 pandemic to help put money back in the pockets of veterans who were forced to retire early from military service because of battlefield injury or illness. “Retirement pay and VA disability compensation are fun...
It was a long-time coming, but VFW Post 3522 in Charles Town launched its Veterans Table Program in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With origins dating back to December 1999, the program was designed to provide free food for veterans and their families. But it had garnered little interest among Posts since its introduction at a West Virginia’...
A VFW Post in central Texas is providing relief to veterans and their families who have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. VFW Post 12161 in Buda, Texas, located about 15 miles southwest of Austin, in March started to assist older veterans who need to stay at home due to the shelter-in-place order from the state of Texas. Post 12161 i...
Johnie Wasley, 33, lives in Alvin, Texas, with his wife, Shelbi, and their three children. He joined the military to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and to do something good with his life. He served four years with the Marine Corps, in Iraq and Kuwait. While serving in Iraq, Wasley lost half of his platoon. “I lived but was certai...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) salutes the nearly 700,000 men and women who courageously served our nation during the Gulf War as we recognize the 29th anniversary of the cease fire between the Coalition and Iraqi Army on April 11. Our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen led the Coalition to vi...
A VFW Chaplain in Indiana is Still Serving her community in any way she can. VFW Indiana District 10 Chaplain Judy King said her usual quilting has slowed down this year because of the novel coronavirus, but when she saw COVID-19 numbers rising in the state of Indiana, she started cutting up her quilting fabric and started making face masks for her...
For the past two years, VFW Post 2913 Commander Dave Rogers has pioneered a way to connect local veterans with citizens of Patchogue and surrounding areas through storytelling. Now despite a COVID-19 crisis swarming the nation, Rogers, a 14-year Army veteran, found a way to maintain the recommended physical distance without socially distancing both...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce it has selected the national top three teachers in its annual Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award contest. Established in 1999 and named after former VFW National Commander John Smart and retired VFW Quartermaster General Larry Maher, the award...
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