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Legislative Priorities & Policy Initiatives for the 118th Congress – March 2024

March 13, 2024

Chairmen Tester and Bost, Ranking Members Takano and Moran, and distinguished members of your respective committees. It is my pleasure to appear before you to present the highlights of our legislative agenda and policy issues…

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Legislative Priorities & Policy Initiatives for the 118th Congress

March 2, 2023

Good afternoon, Chairmen Tester and Bost, Ranking Members Takano and Moran, and distinguished members of your respective committees. I am pleased to appear before you today to present highlights of our legislative agenda and policy…

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July 11, 2019

Gen. Wesley Clark to be Honored at Vietnam Veterans of America’s 19th National Convention

(Washington, D.C.)– Gen. Wesley Clark, who retired from the Army as a four-star general in 2000, will receive the Vietnam Veterans of America Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, July 18, during VVA’s 19th biennial National…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Mattingly Invited to National Memorial Day Concert

June 13, 2019

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1104 founder and VVA Kentucky State Council President Jack Mattingly and his wife, Kathy, participated in the 30th Annual National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D.C., on May 26. The event…

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