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10/8/2024 - To qualify for membership in the VFW you MUST meet the following TWO requirements: 1: Honorable Service – must have served in the Armed Forces of the United States and either received a discharge of Honorable or General (Under Honorable Conditions) or be currently serving. 2: Service in a war, campaign, or expedition on foreign soil or in hostile waters*. This can be proven by any of the following: - An authorized campaign medal (see a full list of qualifying medals a...
5/20/2015 - (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Singer, songwriter and entertainer Toby Keith has two deep and abiding interests aside from music: giving back to those who fight for our freedom and premium Mexican liquor. Therefore, in yet another meaningful display of support for America's veterans, Keith has announced that he will join with the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) in several initiatives to include donating a portion of sales of his critically-acclaimed Wild Shot Mezc...
5/23/2016 - DECATUR, TX – Twisted X Boots retail locations throughout the United States will be raising money in support of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States from Memorial Day through Independence Day. Twisted X will donate $1 per pair of shoes and $2 per pair of boots bought from its VFW Patriotic Collection back to the VFW. In addition, the company will also promote the VFW “Buddy Poppy” program at participating western retailers during the campaign. All donatio...
5/26/2016 - "This Memorial Day, Let's Build a WWI Memorial" By Joe Weishaar, Lead Designer The National World War One Memorial in Pershing Park, Washington D.C. As many Americans around the country take a moment to relax with friends and family this Memorial Day, I hope they take a moment to pause over their grills and swimming pools to ponder what the holiday really represents. It's been my absolute pleasure the last 10 months to be involved in what I often consider an overwhel...
10/7/2009 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Past VFW National Commander James N. Goldsmith passed away at a hospice care center on Saturday, October 3 2009. He was 64. James N. Goldsmith was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 2001. A Vietnam veteran, he joined VFW Post 5666, Flushing, Michigan, in 1967. He was a life member of VFW Post 4139 in Lapeer, Michigan. He served as All-State Post Commander in 1974, and in 1977 he earned recognition as an All-State and All-...
11/3/2009 - “It won’t happen in my lifetime,” Bob Shearer said as he added his name to the registry of Vietnam veterans diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Shearer was exposed to Agent Orange but never thought service connection to the disease would pass in time. His wife kept pushing though. Bob and Brenda Shearer lived on the small retirement he had from a government job. She owned a little antiques shop. When the ALS started to get really bad, times got hard...
9/21/2009 - Commander-in-Chief Tommy Tradewell says now is the time to act to ensure that a strong VA health care system is in place for future veterans. In Vietnam in October 1967, from the DMZ to the Mekong River Delta, U.S. forces were heavily engaged with the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). The area between Duc Pho and Chu Lai in I Corps was no exception to the fighting. Sent to Vietnam as part of the ongoing troop build-up was a young specialist 5 named Tommy Tradewell, who had...
8/18/2008 - ORLANDO, Fla. — At Monday night’s banquet, actress Ann Margret as well as Mickey Rooney, received VFW’s Hall of Fame Award. Ann Margret, who participated in Bob Hope’s USO tours in Vietnam in 1966 and 1968, said, “You represent the soul of this nation. We are eternally grateful. I give you my deepest respect and admiration.” She spoke emotionally about meeting Vietnam veterans so many years ago. “They were just boys doing a man’s job,” she said. The famed actress spoke...
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