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When James Reese Beaty was honorably discharged from the Army in December 1991, the next chapter of his life would carry the need to continue serving. The upstate South Carolina native returned home and began working for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office as a detention officer. There, in the spring of 1998, he discovered how hecould help. ...
Statement of Emily Devito, Associate 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 “Removing Barriers to Veteran Homeownership” Washington, D.C. Chairma...
WASHINGTON — On this day 80 years ago, the sleeping giant was violently awakened. America in 1941 was working on itself. Following the end of the Great Depression in 1939, Americans were just beginning their economic recovery and had returned to their isolationist stance on foreign affairs. Even though they were upset with the carnage ravishi...
In the small town of Clinton, Maryland, about 20 miles south of the nation’s capital, Friday afternoons set the stage for what’s become a local tradition. Amidst social and economic hardships brought on by the global pandemic in 2020, VFW Post 9376 in Clinton presented its community with an alternative to social gatherings by hosting dr...
Jacob Chapman Sr. was a 39-yearold Army vet who served withthe 48th Brigade as a medic in Bosnia. He had a wife and five children when he died suddenly on July 30, 2020, in Panama City Beach, Florida. With a 70 percent VA disability rating, Chapman was a master woodworker and owned a custom cabinet shop. He was the sole source of income for his fam...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The more than 1.5 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary is saluting the life of one of their own, retired U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.). “The senator’s story is an American story," said VFW National Commander Fritz Mihelcic, who said like young Americans everywhere, 19-year-old Bob ...
Jeremy Miller lives to shatter preconceived barriers, basking in the enlightenment waiting on the other end of them. As a former Green Beret, it comes with the territory. With an insatiable thirst for clawing at his limitations, he followed a final tour of duty in Afghanistan with the Army National Guard in 2010 by taking up ultra running The Westf...
Alex McKenna has been part of the VFW family since he was 5 years old. His enthusiasm for the VFW has only grown now that he is a member. Mostrecently, he worked to charter a new Post in Virginia in less than six months. McKenna’s grandfather, who was a WWII veteran, was a charter member of Post 7462 in Piermont, New York. His dad, a Vietnam ...
VFW Post 4217 in Warm Springs, Oregon, for the first time in its history, earned All-American Post honors for 2019-2020. For Post Commander Tamera Calhoun Coffee, who has led the Post since 2013, this honor was something she and her Post members worked hard to attain. “This was something I had been thinking about for some time,” Calhoun...
Vietnam veterans most likely have vivid memories of the Army’s UH-1H Iroquois “Huey” helicopters. The most commonly used helicopter in the Vietnam War, the Huey was used for troop insertions and extractions as well as medical evacuations off the battlefield. While “Huey” was its nickname, its true name of Iroquois was ...
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