The VVA Veteran

January/February 2024

February 9, 2024

In this issue: SMALL TOWN CELEBRATION:  On Veterans Day 2023, the small town of Slater, Iowa, north of Des Moines commemorated the occasion with the opening of its “Stories of Our Vietnam Veterans” exhibit at the…

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November/December 2023

December 13, 2023

In this issue: VETERANS DAY 2023 AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL:  This year's Observance celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Vietnam Womens Memorial. Diane Carlson Evans, the founder of the Vietnam Womens Memorial…

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September/October 2023

September 27, 2023

In this issue: TO BE DETERMINED: Full coverage of the events in Orlando at the 2023 National Convention, including the important vote "not to put an expiration date" on VVA.    [On the cover] A REASON FOR BEING: A…

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July/August 2023

August 3, 2023

In this issue: IN MEMORIAM: The Joint Armed Forces Color Guard from the Military District of Washington standing tall on Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 29, 2023.    [On the cover] DREAMS…

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May/June 2023

May 30, 2023

In this issue:   AT THE WALL:   Carnations at the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2023. The red flowers honor those who lost their…

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March/April 2023

April 11, 2023

In this issue:   LONG OVERDUE:   The National Native American Veterans Memorial was formally dedicated on November, 11, 2022, on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., along with…

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January/February 2023

February 14, 2023

In this issue: MAKE MUD, NOT WAR:   A 1st Air Cavalry Division trooper uses his poncho to shield himself from a driving monsoon rain as his buddies huddle in a tent in June 1970. Though…

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November/December 2022

September 26, 2022

In this issue: MASSING OF COLORS:  Color Guards from 33 Vietnam Veterans of America chapters from across the country gathered at The Wall on Veterans Day to take part in the VVA-sponsored Massing of the Colors. The…

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July/August 2022

August 11, 2022

In this issue: Thomas H. Corey 1944-2022 Former VVA National President, Vice President, and Secretary Tom Corey, died June 7 at age 77. Corey was drafted into the Army in 1966 and severely wounded in Vietnam…

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May/June 2022

June 5, 2022

In this issue: ANOTHER KIND OF TRUTH: Herb Lotz’s Vietnam War Photography Photographer Herb Lotz was drafted and served in Cu Chi with the 25th Infantry Division in 1968. The days were quiet, and Lotz documented…

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