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WASHINGTON – On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) emphasizes the gravity of honoring and remembering the more than 140,000 former American prisoners of war and the more than 81,500 service members who remain missing and unaccounted for. It is the duty of every American to remember the men and women whose sac...
Families across the country are hopeful that one day the remains of their loved ones who went missing in war will be returned home. This includes the family of three sailors who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Karen Grantham, of Richmond, Missouri, attended a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) family update on March 23 in Kansas ...
For several years, VFW Post 1836 members had debated running a farmer’s market at their Post in Lufkin, Texas, but it never seemed to line up properly until last April. The opportunity finally presented itself when a local couple with experience managing a farmer’s market elsewhere moved to Lufkin looking for a new place to host their o...
Statement of Ryan M. Gallucci, Executive Director Washington Office Veterans of Foreign Wars to the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “Examining VA’s Challenges with Ensuring Quality Co...
The deadline for the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen scholarship contests is fast approaching. Any middle and high school students interested in participating should complete and submit their essays by October 31 at midnight. The Voice of Democracy contest, established in 1947, is open to students in grades 9 through 12. Each year, about...
WASHINGTON – On Sept. 18, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) will join together with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the U.S. Air Force. The men and women of “Big Blue” have proudly and honorably protected and defended our country for the past 77 years. Originally organized as part of the U.S. Army in 1907, the ...
VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” is assisting a veteran in her pursuit of a higher education. From 2008-2016, Amber Valencia served in the Army National Guard with the 100th Quartermaster and 422nd Signal Battalion. She was a water treatment specialist and a cable systems installer and maintainer. She was deployed to Ka...
Since 1998, the third Saturday of each September is set aside to commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day. It is a day to honor those who were prisoners of war as well as those still listed as missing in action. It also is one of six national observances when the POW/MIA flag can be flown. The other five observances are Armed Forces Day, Memori...
A VFW Post in the Rust Belt continues its mission of supply troops deployed to the Horn of Africa with much-needed care packages. VFW Post 470 in Erie, Pa., has gathered enough items to fill 52 large boxes. VFW Post 470 Commander Robert Depew said the most requested items for troops deployed to the Horn of Africa include: puzzles, sunscreen, baby w...
From its humble beginnings in a tailor shop in Columbus, Ohio, the Veterans of Foreign Wars has a rich history of service to those who have served in uniform to protect our freedoms — it is a history that spans 125 years as of this month. The VFW traces its roots to Spanish-American War veterans of Cuba and the Philippines who established sep...
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