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Doug Olson is a veteran #StillServing in Stoughton, Wisconsin. Olson, a Life member at VFW Post 328, does whatever he can to give back to his community, including volunteering at local events and helping his VFW Post. Every week, Olson searches obituaries from the surrounding area to maintain a list of deceased veterans to be honored at the VFW&rsq...
VFW Life member and Post Quartermaster Jackie Robinson is #StillServing with VFW Post 4934 in McComb, Mississippi, her local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Jackson State University National Alumni Association. She also serves on the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority Board Region 7 and ...
When Evan Tyler Cruz became active with VFW in 2022, the first thing he inspired in his fellow Post 904 members in Loomis, California, was to find new ways to serve veterans. A skilled arborist with experience in managing sick and fallen trees, Cruz joined Post 904 Senior Vice Commander and Service Officer Shawn Simmons in establishing two work par...
VFW Life member Anthony Freire was born in Holtville, California, and lives in Wildomar, California. He joined the Navy in 1982 and served around the world, including on the island of Diego Garcia and Luzon Island in the Philippines; in Pyeongtaek, South Korea; at Fort Meade in Maryland; at the Naval Station Rota in Spain; at Naval Station Submarin...
Henry Hooper II sat at his home, nestled along a swath of colonial houses overlooking the Mississippi River on a cloudy November morning in Memphis, Tennessee. The river, like Hooper’s own life, passes through many destinations, touching many lives along the way, but ultimately running in one direction. For Hooper, that has always been the so...
Despite inclement weather and frigid temperatures, more than 100 veterans attended the first-ever VFW Department of Missouri’s District 5 “Veterans Helping Veterans.” Held on the manicured lawn of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 28, the event was hosted by District 5 to help connect local ...
Four VFW Posts on Long Island, New York, were selected this year to receive grants from the Suffolk County Grant Program. The grants are funded through the Suffolk County Veterans Marathon & Half Marathon, which just celebrated its eighth year. Lindenhurst Post 7279, Rocky Point Post 6249, Sayville Post 433 and Huntington Station Post 1469 each...
With the weight of his son on his shoulders, Mathius Carter walked down to the hockey rink inside a crowded Allstate Arena for the Chicago Wolves’ opening ceremony on Military Appreciation Night in March 2022. The Wolves’ staff had told him it was a spectacle, selling his 5-year-old son on the idea of a great time. When the loud and spo...
As the nation celebrates Black History Month, VFW commemorates black veterans for their military service throughout history. Here are a few stories of black men and women who made history in the military. MARINES NAMES FIRST BLACK FEMALE MAJOR GENERAL In December 2022, President Joe Biden appointed Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock to the grade...
Late last year, the VA announced that it planned to open several new facilities for veterans seeking health care. The clinics will serve veterans, service members and families in underserved areas around the world, according to the VA. One of the new clinics is located within Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation. PARTNERING WITH THE CHEROKEE NATION The...
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