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A VFW Post in the Land of 10,000 Lakes held a special ceremony to commemorate Vietnam War veterans for National Vietnam War Veterans Day in March. As reported in Virginia, Minnesota’s Mesabi Tribune, emotions ran high at VFW Post 4456 in Gilbert, Minnesota, during a moving tribute for the area’s Vietnam War veterans. Attendees were amaz...
Held under the flapping shade of the U.S. flag, VFW Post 3137 members in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, hosted a community gathering for their semi-annual retirement of old and tattered flags on April 6. Against a picturesque view of the shimmering Atlantic Ocean, the ceremony opened with remarks from Post 3137 Commander Bo Stallings, followed by a...
Statement of Patrick Murray, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the...
VFW Post 10904 in Manchester, Tennessee, hosted its annual Vietnam-era Veterans Honors Dinner on March 28. Now in its seventh year, the dinner’s purpose is to recognize Vietnam veterans and to treat them as they should have been treated when they returned home from Vietnam. The Vietnam-era veterans in attendance were told: -“Thank you f...
A VFW Post in San Diego accepted help from its community when it needed a new refrigerator after the Post’s had broken. When the original stopped, volunteers at the Post were in the process of cooking hundreds of meals for displaced flood victims. During an interview with CBS 8 in April, volunteers told the news station that the Post’s ...
The third annual VFW Day of Service kicks off on the first Saturday of May, May 4. That date marks the start of veteran-led community service projects to take place throughout the month. The Day of Service T-shirt, available at the VFW Store, gives your team a uniform look and helps highlight the inspiring ways veterans continue to serve in communi...
On March 18, VFW Post 637 Operations Manager and VFW Auxiliary Department of Virginia Guard Cara Buckley led a ceremony paying tribute to 12 fallen female war heroes at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, which has more than 12,000 names on its wall. The ceremony hosted several dignitaries, which included VFW Department of Virginia Commander Gar...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Grand Ole Opry is scheduled to salute the U.S. Military with a return of the red carpet parade and what has become a highlight of the year, the special Salute the Troops Opry performance Tuesday, May 21. Among the artists scheduled to perform are Opry member Craig Morgan, who serves as an Army Reserve Warrant Officer an...
Veterans with PTSD who recall the trauma that caused it often process those memories as present experiences, according to a study published last November. The study found that the human brain processes PTSD differently than other memories. The scientific journal Nature Neuroscience published a study titled Neural patterns differentiate traumatic fr...
WASHINGTON – More than three decades later, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) continues to pay tribute to the nearly 700,000 military men and women who served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, commonly referred to as the Persian Gulf War. April 11 marks the 33rd anniversary of the cease fire signed between the coalition and the Iraqi ...
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