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TEMPE,Ariz. — For more than a century, the men and women of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) have given selflessly to defend those throughout the world who could not fight for themselves. True heroes, these veterans have earned their good names through great sacrifice, but their honorable deeds are of no consequence to iden...
Many Americans think of Memorial Day as a three-day weekend at the beach, but to those of us who have worn the uniform and to our families, who also have sacrificed, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. Remembering is what a group of veterans had in mind in 1934 when they erected a simple memorial in the shape of a cross to honor 53,000 Americans...
Dear Comrades: There is an enemy in our midst that is having a devastating effect on our servicemen and women in the field and at home. That enemy is stress. Since 9/11, more military personnel and veterans have committed suicide than the total dead from both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, and this tragedy is occurring despite the best of...
I would just like to say thank you so very much to all the organizations that have supported this program with your contributions. It means so much that so many go out of their way daily to show us, the Soldiers, how much they appreciate the sacrifice that we give daily for our nation. I'm so glad to be a part of this generation to see how our cou...
As I talk to some of my peers that are either still on active duty or recently separated from the Army and tell them I am volunteering at the VFW, they commonly respond by asking, “So what are you doing? Sitting around drinking beer?” This is still a common misconception that many young veterans who’ve served in Iraq and Afghanis...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veteran radio personality, G. Gordon Liddy, has generously opened up the airwaves of his nationally syndicated radio program this Friday in support of VFW’s Unmet Needs program. G. Gordon Liddy of Radio America Network will host the Unmet Needs Radiothon, May 22, 2009, during the live broadcast of the G. Gordon Liddy...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This past weekend, the VFW, along with many other veterans’ organizations, assisted with the Historical Soldiers Relocation Project, one of the largest memorial ceremonies in the nation to date. The remains of more than 50 Cavalry, Infantry Soldiers, Indian Scouts and dependants from the 1860’s-1884 were intern...
The VFW Communications Department has announced winners of the 2009 WebAward Competition. The Websites were judged based on navigation, load time, design, and overall content. Entries were divided into two separate categories; VFW Departments and VFW Posts/Districts. The first place winner in the Department category is theDepartment of South Caro...
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is very pleased with the administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs. “This is a very good budget,” said Glen M. Gardner Jr., the national commander of the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U....
CHICAGO— Like many wives of deployed military personnel, Park Forest resident Rianne Toll is burdened by a heavy heart and a fuller plate. Her husband, Jeffrey Toll Jr., is in the Navy Reserve and has worked in an armory in Kuwait for the past eight months. His absence leaves the stay-at-home mom in charge of their three children - ages 1...
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