Programs

New Jersey High School Honors Vietnam Veterans

October 12, 2015

This May, students at Snyder High School in Jersey City, N.J., unveiled a memorial board dedicated to Vietnam veterans in the hallway of their school. The memorial board lists the names of veterans from Jersey…

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VVA Chapter 979 Visits Virginia High School

October 12, 2015

As part of VVA’s continuing education outreach program, VVA Chapter 979 of Kingsport, Tenn., visited Northwood High School in Saltville, Va., on Sept. 22 to speak with students about Vietnam and their experience there. Several…

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VVA Delegates from Chapter 23

VVA Passes AIVMI Resolution

October 9, 2015

In July, 756 VVA Chapter delegates representing 75, 363 members passed a resolution supporting the American Indian Veterans Memorial, Inc. (AIVMI) in their efforts to raise money for the new ‘Education Center at the Wall’…

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VA Support for Incarcerated Veterans

October 9, 2015

A veteran recounts the many suits he has worn in his life: when he was a young boy, during his time in the military, when he became incarcerated; and, with the help of the VA, his successful…

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Experimental Housing for Incarcerated Vets

October 9, 2015

A prison unit at Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Wash., houses around 130 veterans as part of a pilot project launched by the Washington State Department of Corrections. Inmates must be free of serious…

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Veterans Treatment Court

October 8, 2015

The Veterans Treatment Court program is a new model in the court system that supplies veterans with alternatives to incarceration by providing treatment, accountability and structure. Source: Video created by takepart.com and published on justiceforvets.org…

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CHAPTER 1071 SHARES VIETNAM EXPERIENCE

October 6, 2015

A few students raised their hand to the wall as they traced (more…)

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2015 VVA POW/MIA Ceremony

September 25, 2015

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Life on a $5 Bet by Edward J. Mechenbier with Linda D. Swink

July 28, 2015

Way back when, several Americans wrote about their experiences as POWs in the Vietnam War. The books by Robinson Risner and John Dramesi made a great impact on me because they graphically detailed the physical…

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Advance Appropriations: A Victory for Veterans

June 26, 2015

The highest legislative priority of Vietnam Veterans of America has long been the reform of VA healthcare system funding. Our goal, as a member of The Partnership for Veterans Health Care Budget Reform, has been…

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