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Chapter 441 Seeks Help Placing Flags
January 7, 2020
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 441 has issued a plea for help in placing almost 200 American flags along Highway 101 in Newport, Ore., on national holidays. The chapter took the job over from aging World…
Chapter 805 Displays Traveling Wall
August 8, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Umpqua Valley Chapter 805 brought the Oregon Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial to the Deschutes Historical Museum Aug. 3–4. The Deschutes Pioneer Association and the Deschutes County Historical Society sponsored the weekend appearance. The…
Chapter 805 Supports Funeral Ceremonies
May 17, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 805 supported ceremonies transferring the cremains of 28 unclaimed and forgotten veterans to proper burial facilities this week. The transfers were the result of a two-year search by Carol Hunt,…
Chapter 805 to Exhibit Traveling Wall
December 7, 2018
[caption id="attachment_13237" align="alignright" width="300"] Umpqua Valley Chapter 805[/caption] Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 805 will exhibit its Oregon Memorial Traveling Wall inside the Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum in Florence this week in conjunction with…
Chapter 805 and AVVA Laid Wreaths in Oregon
December 27, 2017
VVA Umpqua Valley Chapter 805 participated in the laying of wreaths with Wreaths Across America on December 16 in Roseburg, Oregon. (more…)
AVVA Chapter 805 Educates at Agent Orange Meeting
October 6, 2017
AVVA Chapter 805 of Roseburg, OR held an Agent Orange Town Hall in September. (more…)
Chapter 805 Remembers Oregon’s Fallen
June 6, 2017
Vietnam veterans and those who had friends or relatives who perished in that war got a chance to see the traveling Vietnam War Wall during the Memorial Day Weekend at the Roseburg National Cemetery in…
Chapter 757 Prevents Homelessness for Vietnam Veteran
March 8, 2017
Chapter 757 of Brookings, OR stepped up to prevent a Vietnam veteran and his cat from going homeless after his home caught fire. Air Force veteran Bob Prindle lost everything in a fire and was…
Chapter 805 Dedicates Battle Cross Memorial
March 7, 2017
Chapter 805 will dedicate a battle cross statue to the 58,000 fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Roseburg, OR. The chapter sold nearly 4,000 calendars to raise the…
Chapter 392 Helps Veterans Get Health Care
July 12, 2016
Portland, Oregon, Chapter 392 is part of a new local veterans group coalition, the American Military Veterans Outreach Organization. Led by Iraq War veteran Tina Kennedy, the group provides outreach to veterans who are not…