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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Nearly 30 years later, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. continues to honor the service and sacrifice of our nation’s Gulf War veterans. Tomorrow marks the 28th anniversary of the cease fire, and we recognize and thank the men and women who fought and selflessly sacrificed to liberate a nation from tyranny. Of...
Statement of Patrick Murray, Deputy Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To “Pending Legislation” WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Levin, Ranking Member...
A trifecta of bells that have been on U.S. soil for more than a century were returned to the Philippines last year — a move the VFW supported — despite opposition from some veterans. The bells’ odyssey began Sept. 28, 1901, during the Philippine-American War, when Filipino villagers attacked U.S. troops in Balangiga in the provinc...
Blic Dacat labors daily clearing the dense Carolina pines and constructing fences from the wood he gets. He plants crops, burns brush and tends to the goats. Some might mistake Dacat’s abode for an abandoned farmhouse. For that matter, at first sight, Dacat appears to have no home at all — his clothes are stained and frayed, and his han...
Cybersecurity is based on constant escalation of the technological stakes. Every new advancement in defensive technology seems to be met and surpassed by criminals and their latest developments. Then the cycle goes around again. This proverbial arms race has kept the question of personal data security relevant for years, even as the systems used to...
For Bob Smith, a monetary victory he earns for a veteran filing a VA claim is not as important as what the approved claim does for the claimant and his or her family. For example, one of his most meaningful victories was for a surviving spouse. Smith, a VFW-accredited service officer in Jerome, Idaho, said the spouse was seeking assistance with med...
Kansas City, Mo. – For the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., and for our nation, tomorrow is an important day dedicated to honoring and recognizing a generation of veterans for their sense of duty, unselfish devotion and courageous willingness to put their country first. Tomorrow is National Vietnam War Veterans Day. From February 1961 &n...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is saluting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie for saying during congressional testimony yesterday that he would recommend the Justice Department not contest a recent federal court ruling that will benefit some 90,000 so-called Blue Water Navy veterans. His support to mov...
Alex Yawor, who served in the Marine Corps from August 1942 to February 1950 with Headquarters Co., 3rd Bn., 25th Marines, 4th Marine Div., as a rifleman, has created 149 oil paintings since 2009. When he returned home from World War II, after having participated in battles on the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Iwo Jima, Yawor said he did not leave h...
Joint Statement of The Co-authors of the Independent Budget: Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans Paralyzed Veterans of America Before Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate With Respect To “The President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for the Department of V...
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