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Members of Chapter 1059 Appreciated on Veterans Day

Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, FL commemorated Vietnam veterans with a special Veterans Day program. The ceremony, with a spotlight especially on Vietnam veterans, was ac...

Chapter 607 Sponsors its Fourth Vietnam Memorial

The Veteran Affairs medical center in Tuskegee, AL is the site of a new black granite Vietnam monument that was sponsored by Chapter 607 . The 3 feet tall monument bears the the names of 34 s...

Chapter 268 Restores Civil War Memorial

Chapter 268 has finished restoring a long-forgotten Civil War memorial featuring Lockport, NY soldiers in time for a Veterans Day re-dedication. The chapter received funding from over 70 ind...

Member of Chapter 267 is Veteran of the Year in Michigan

U.S. Navy veteran Charles E. “Andy” Anderson will be honored as the 2016 Dearborn Veteran of the Year by the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council (DAWVC). Anderson is the second vice president of t...

A Friendly Chat Between Marines and Viet Cong

By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes staff writer DA NANG, Vietnam — Fifty years ago, two of the men sitting around this table at the Red Beach Resort were enemies of the United States. They were ...

VVA Achievement Metal Awarded to Pete Wagner

During The Villages (FL) Chapter 1036 's November General Membership Meeting, Region 4 Director Craig Tonjes presented Chapter President Pete Wagner with the VVA National Achievement Medal. The...

VVA Members in Dayton to Welcome Home Honor Flight

Honor Flight of Dayton, OH will sponsor a free trip to Washington, DC for veterans to visit the memorials during Veterans Day weekend. The 92 World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans wi...

Chapter 862 Waddles Into Annual Duck Race

The annual VVA Beaver County, PA, Chapter 862 Duck Race took place in August during the Hookstown Fair. Chapter members sold more than two thousand $5 tickets, and two thousand rubber du...

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