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Chapter 1021’s Belle Honored
November 26, 2018
[caption id="attachment_16038" align="alignright" width="215"] NAUM's Marie Nicholson presents Don Belle with honors.[/caption] Don Belle, a member of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1021 in Mount Airy, N.C., was honored during “An Evening to Remember” in…
Chapter 885 Honors N.C. Veterans
October 23, 2018
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 885 held an event Oct. 4 in downtown Wilmington, N.C., to honor the area's Vietnam veterans, including the service members who did not make it home from the war. The event featured…
Chapter 994 Event Addresses PTSD
October 20, 2018
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 994 joined Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7339 and American Legion Post 108 in sponsoring a resolution in Franklin, N.C., focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The resolution designates Oct. 27, 2018,…
Chapter 124 Dedicates Memorial
October 11, 2018
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 124 recently unveiled a 5-foot-by-4-foot black granite memorial on the grounds of the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, N.C., after a one-year push to create something more permanent than visits from…
Chapter 654 Hosted Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day
January 5, 2018
A large crowd turned out for the 16th annual Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day ceremony on April 29 at Camp Lejeune’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gardens hosted by VVA Jon Panarese Chapter 654 in Jacksonville, North Carolina. …
Chapter 966 Assists in Ceremony Saluting Veterans
November 8, 2017
Chapter 966 participated in the 12th Annual Moore County Veterans Memorial Program at the Carriage Oaks Veterans’ Memorial in Carthage, NC in early November. (more…)
Chapter 885 Honors Friend to Veterans Community
October 17, 2017
Wilmington, NC Chapter 885 honored Rosalie Calarco, who works on constituent issues for North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, at the June chapter meeting. (more…)
Chapter 885 Assists with Camp Lejeune Claims
July 3, 2017
Chapter 885 of Wilmington, NC is assisting people who have gotten ill from contaminated water at Camp Lejeune with applying for their benefits. (more…)
Chapter 1116 Works on Suicide Prevention
February 22, 2017
Chapter 1116 is working with the Disabled American Veterans in Morganton, NC to offer a suicide prevention workshop. The two groups will be using the training from the QPR Institute, which stands for “Question, Persuade,…