Inside VVA Chapters
Chapter 949 Holds Annual Appreciation Picnic
June 30, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Tri-State Chapter 949 held its annual Military and Veterans Appreciation Picnic June 1 at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington, W. Va. The cookout was free to all service members, veterans and guests; the…
Chapter 648 Honors Area’s Fallen
June 29, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 648 held a Memorial Day service on May 30 at the Talbot County Courthouse in Easton, Md. Member Lee Young Jr. placed a wreath at the Vietnam Monument to honor the 11…
Chapter 435 Honors Hmong Veteran
June 28, 2019
About 100 veterans including members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 423 posthumously honored the service of Say Chao Thao last month in a ceremony in Lynnwood, Wash. Thao was a member of the CIA's secret…
Chapter 385 Rededicates Memorial
June 27, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Medina Chapter 385 helped rededicate a war memorial in Medina, Ohio, on Memorial Day. About 150 people attended, although the renovation wasn't quite complete — some 477 engraved pavers were installed…
Chapter 957 Places Flags on Vets’ Graves
June 21, 2019
Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 957, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4639 and American Legion Post 39 joined to place more than 1,250 flags on the graves of former service members buried in the…
Chapter 9 Participates in Detroit Parade
June 20, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Detroit Chapter 9 manned floats in the city's Memorial Day parade May 27. A military truck, the South Vietnamese Veterans and the Thu Duc Military Academy Alumni Association of Michigan also marched in…
Chapter 1071 Hosts The Wall that Heals
June 19, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1071 is now hosting The Wall That Heals, a 3/4 replica of the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial, with Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, Colo. The wall will be open to visitors 24…
Chapter 594 Joins Memorial Day Remembrance
June 18, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Firebase Chapter 594 joined the 38th annual Memorial Day Remembrance at the Coral Ridge Funeral Home and Cemetery in Cape Coral, Fla., May 27. Cape Coral Mayor Joe Coviello led the Pledge of…
Chapter 355 Joins Memorial Day Tribute
June 17, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 355 posted flags at the annual Santa Clarita (Calif.) Memorial Day Tribute on May 27. Sponsored by Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Veterans Memorial Committee and Eternal Valley Memorial Park and Mortuary,…
Chapter 955 Helps Dedicate POW/MIA Chair of Honor
June 14, 2019
Bill Davenport, a member of Vietnam Veterans of America's Michael P. Callahan Chapter 955, researched the names of area POW/MIAs ahead of the dedication of a Prisoner of War (POW) Chair of Honor at Wildwood, N.J.'s…