March 27, 2020
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 151 member and American Legion Post 19 Commander Mike Wilson has been named the 101st Grand Marshal of Bayonne, N.J.'s 2020 Memorial Day Parade. Wilson was presented with a sash at the…
February 27, 2020
Middletown, N.J., Mayor Tony Perry and the Township Committee named Dennis Beauregard its 2019 Distinguished Citizen of the Year on Jan. 21. Beauregard is the Middletown Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman and president of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter…
February 12, 2020
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 899, the Bordentown (N.J.) Veterans Advisory Committee and Homiak Transport Inc. recently spearheaded a holiday food drive that donated about 10,000 pounds of food to active-duty and retired military personnel Dec.…
January 25, 2020
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1068 received a $2,000 donation from Phil Cannella, Joann Small and Crash Proof Retirement in support of the annual Andrew F. "Doc" Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament. This is the fifth straight…
January 19, 2020
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 452 member Joe Ferrara joined Roosevelt Elementary School's Veterans Day event in Plainfield. N.J., on Nov. 4 to collect letters to active-duty troops from students. Held annually, the event features…
November 2, 2019
Mike Kelly, Jr., Vice Director of VVA Chapter 955 and a member of American Legion Post 184 in Wildwood, N.J., recently organized the donation of motorcycle to a young Iraq War veteran. Kelly's friend Carol…
October 10, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 12's Play HOOK-e members volunteered to support special needs children aged 6 to 16 at the third annual Wish’n to go Fish’n Outdoor Fun Day at Lake Julianna in Millstone…
September 3, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 452 joined the the Somerset (N.J.) Patriots baseball team to honor veterans and current members of the military on Aug. 25. The event honored the Guards of the Tomb of the…
July 17, 2019
The Exchange Club of Ocean City (New Jersey) named Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 955 named member Jack Hagan as the recipient of its 54th Annual Golden Deeds Award in June. The award recognizes a Cape May County or…
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…