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The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615815
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First National Convention Vietnam Veterans of America November 6-10, 1983
Agent Orange Bill Passed
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Case in Florida by Ed White
Marine Corps Marathon
New Hampshire Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Weekend
Formula for Success by Michael R. Flannery
Convention Call
Delegate Tax Deductions by Bruce Baltrusitis
Convention Volunteers Needed!!!
Minority Veterans Conference
VVA: Around the Nation by Mary Stout
Let's Set The Record Straight
Congratulations to New VVA Chapters
Chapter Address Corrections and Changes
Letters to the Editor
Employment Opportunities
Notes From Claims Service by David F. Addlestone
War The Roles and the Responsibilities
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Item Creation Date: September 1983
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2026 [Updated: 02 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615816
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[Number of Pages: 12]
Convention Update by Ginny Richards
VVA Honors NASA Astronauts
Uncertainty Haunts Kin of Vietnam War MIAs by David Waters
Canada's Unknown Soldiers by Doug Clark
SBA Seeks Award Candidates
Vietnam: A Television History
Has the Lesson of Vietnam Made America Wiser? by John J. Bochan
They, Too, Were Heroes by Brig. Gen Albin F. Irzyk
Office Donated to Mass. VVA
To Obtain DD 214 Without SPN Code by George W. Ewalt
VVA: Around the Nation
Chapter Address Corrections and Changes
Congratulations to New VVA Chapters
VVA State Councils
Membership Policies
In Memorium
Letters to the Editor
Convention Call - Workshops Planned for Convention
VVA Info Packets on Strongyloidiasis and Melioidosis Available by Lynda Van Devander
Notes from Claims Service: If the VA Says You Owe them Money, Read This... by Keith Snyder
The POW/MIAs: Where Are They? by James W. Maxwell
MIAs: A Live Issue That Should be Allowed to Rest In Peace by Walter F. Wook
Volume: 3
Issue: 5
Item Creation Date: October 1983
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2026 [Updated: 02 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615821
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[Number of Pages: 28]
Letters

Update
Outlook on POWs Still Murky
VA Budget Battle Certain
Vets Program Needs Prez's Pen
Turnage Drafted to Run VA
Back in the World by Mark Perry
No Increase Reported in Agent Orange Deaths
Litigation Strategy
Legal Services Training
Agent Orange Squeeze
Wanted: Executive Director
Listen Up
It Was 20 Years Ago Today ... 1966 ... The Pace of Combat Suddenly Quickens
Looking Back on Vietnam and Its Music by Charlie Clark
Book Review - Undercovers in 1985 For Books on Vietnam, it Was the Best of Years and the Worst of Years by Marc Leepson

Op-Ed - Should We Keep Building Memorials?
No: Give Money, Not Memorials by Art Hoppe
Yes: Memorials Help Heal Us All by Jan Scruggs

Member Discounts for Trips and Grits
First Outreach Phase 'Fini'
Chapter Notes by Mike Leaveck
A Voice from Home
The List Goes On by Cerphe Colwell
Locator
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Item Creation Date: February 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 11 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615822
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[Number of Pages: 32]
The Strange Saga of Steve Trueblood by Mark Perry
Letters
The Arts of War - The Sun Also Rises on Television's Vets by Marc Leepson
It Was 20 Years Ago Today ... 1966 LBJ Proposes 'Great Society' for Vietnam; Congress Votes $18 Billion Extra in War Aid; Casualties Up Sharply; Public Opinion in Dramatic Split
Back in the World by Mark Perry

Op-Ed
For What It's Worth Swords and Plowshares, etc. by Jeff Stein
The Myth of the 'Military' Woman by Susan Scheer

Books - The Gathering Storm by Marc Leepson

Update
'Grambo' Raids Leave Veterans Budget in Shreds
'Killer Bees' Sting White House on VA Home Loan Cuts
Abby's Advice? Get A 'Survival Guide'
Charter Bill Needs Your Support
Carlisle Opts for Home and Hearth
Kerry Staffer Joins VVA
Board Forges New Director
Chapters Plan Midterm Conference
VVA Sues Navy: Laird Memo at Issue
Success Shops for Small Business
Reagan Signs Jobs Bill
Listen Up
It's Never Too Late: Saving On '85 Taxes
Staff News
Chapter Notes by Jim Harbison
Locator
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Item Creation Date: March 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 11 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615516
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[Number of Pages: 64]
Too Old by John Francis - Texas company finds older workers do well
All American Commanders 1982-83
Unknowns - VFW Honor Guards recall Memorial Day of 1958 when WWII and Korean Unknown Soldiers were buried in Arlington
Loyalty Day, 1983 - A page of pictures highlighting 25th Anniversary of observance
VFW Honors Cadets - A page of pictures of presentations at service academies
State and Department Commanders 1983-84
10 Years Later by Patty Cooper - Vietnam veterans look back
The Haunting Question by Dave Chester - POW/MIA issue still a burning one
'Wake Up, America,' VFW Warns by James K. Anderson - A report on the Currieo-Rivers mission to Central America
The Swam Aways by Warren Maus - The story of the Wasp disaster 40 years ago
National Membership Recruiting Program - Prizes you may win
Service Wins - Judges name top in Community Activities

Regulars
Washington Wire
Memberhship
Mail Call
General Orders
VFW Service Office Success Story
Recent Books
Notices
Reunions
Shop with Old Sarge
Jest-A-Minute
Volume: 70
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: September 1983
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 07 Nov 2025 [Updated: 07 Nov 2025]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615818
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[Number of Pages: 28]
Letters

Back in the World
Interview - Vet Caucus in Congress Gets a Fast Lane Evans by Duncan Spencer
Judge Explains Agent Orange Payout
VA Home Loans in Capitol Hill Crunch
Black War Memorial Set for Capital
Lifer of the Month
Viet Vet is MIA in Mexican Drug War by Duncan Spencer
Small Business Loans Survive Reagan Hatchet
Dancing to the Vietnam Beat
New Vets Ally at Labor Dept
New VA Benefits Chief
Mobile Home Builder Bilked Vets

Spy Story - A Former CIA Officer Tells What Went Wrong in Vietnam - and How It's Happening Again in Central America by Ralph McGehee
California Split - The Inside Story of a VFW Rebellion by Patricia Hughes
Editorial - $180 Million Misunderstanding
Op-Ed Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Roland Nichols
Let's Draft the Yuppies by Pete Hamill
Chapter Notes by Mike Leaveck
Teenage Soldiers - Pentagon Winning with High School ROTC by Carl Hoffman
Frosting on the Cake: Surplus Veterans Benefits by Cotton M. Lindsay
Books - Patterns for Disaster by William F. Crandell
Movies - The Rambo Coalition by Vincent Canby
Just Ask Us by Keith Snyder and Mary Stout
Locator
Volume: 5
Issue: 6
Item Creation Date: June 1985
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 09 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615819
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[Number of Pages: 24]
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Ralph McGehee
Letters
Fiction Gopher Attack at Hill Five by Bob Hopkins

Update
Women Vets Profiled in New VA Study
Quote of the Month
Kerry Forces Senate Hearing on Jobs Bill
VA Chief Heads for Detroit
Weidman, Hayes Ask Congress Watchdog to Probe Mobile Homes
VVA Asks More Action on POW/MIA
VVMF Still Active
White House Conference on Small Business

Legislative Alert
Charter
More State Coordinators

Montgomery Health Care Compromise Termed "Courageous"
Revised Guide on Stress Disorder Available
DC Veterans Day Activities Planned
Vietnam Women Veterans Memorial Gains Support
Jeff Danziger is Permanently Suspicious - A Candid Interview with the outspoken Vietnam Veteran and Creator of "McGonigle of the Chronicle"

Books
Muddle on the Orient Express by Ralph McGehee
Back in the World: Writing After Vietnam by Frederick J. Stielow

At Least 49 of the VA's Doctors Found to Have License Problems by Margaret Engel
Editorial
Op-Ed - Rambomania Dishonors Our Fallen Comrades by Dennis Chericone
Convention '85
Legacy by Maureen Tan
Convention '83 Remembered
Chapter Notes by Mike Leaveck
Locator
Life Membership
New Chapters
Volume: 5
Issue: 10
Item Creation Date: October 1985
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 10 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615820
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[Number of Pages: 32]
Sky Pilots - Dick Rutan Once Dodged Enemy Flak Over Hanoi: Now He Wants to Fly Around the World on a Single Tank of Gas by Pete Earley
Letters
Quote of the Month

Update
Evans Named VVA Legislator of the Year
Business Group Links Hands with Viet Veterans
Rhoades Joins American Legion
40 Vet Groups Meet in Massachusetts
Montgomery Shocked by OMB Changes in GI Bill Testimony
Oh, Say Can You See? VVA Has a New Flag
Hollings Hops on Charter Bandwagon
White House Hosts Small Business Leaders by John Messmore

Convention Review
VVA's New Board Members
VVA National Board of Directors Meeting
Wide Range of Amendments Adopted at the National Convention
Resolutions Target Jobs, Small Business Aid, Women's Equality, Help for War Orphans
Convention Workshops Helpful to Many

Editorial - President's Message Dedication in Detroit by Bobby Muller
Op-Ed Flushed with Pride
Book Review - Doctor My I's Healing Takes an Egotistical Turn by Marc Leepson
Chapter Notes
I Watch by Pamela Berry
Battle Cry by Dennis Norman Gilbin
Locator
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: January 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 11 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615823
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[Number of Pages: 36]
The Right Stuff Gone Wrong? by Duncan Spencer
Letters
The Arts of War Get Out Your Handkerchiefs by Mark Leepson
It Was 20 Years Ago Today ... 1966 Vietcong Attack Saigon Airbase; U.S. Jet Downed in China; Dogfights with Russian Migs; Southern Troops Protest Leaders
Hearts & Minds by David Harrington ACSW
Back in the World by Mark Perry
VVA Clears Senate Hurdle on Way to Federal Backing by Duncan Spencer
From Vietnam to El Salvador by Asa Baber
Books - A Place Forever American by Bill Crandall
Behnd the Lines with Harry Summers by Marc Leepson

Point/Counterpoint
Vietnam Veterans' Nonstop Con Game by Joseph R. Kurtz, Jr.
Who's Conning Whom? by David Harrington

Update
A Stout-Hearted Woman
Gramm-Rudman Ax Falls on Entitlement Payments
Congress Slams VA Cuts: Reagan 'Abandoning' Vets?
VVMF Launches Search for Families: 108 Names to be Added to Memorial Wall
Last Push for Black Patriots Memorial
Back to Square One: Women's Agent Orange Study Stuck
New Vet Unit in Delaware
Listen Up
Staff News
New Chapters

Locked and Loaded The New Designer Army by Bill Crandall
Chapter Notes by Jim Harbison
Locator compiled by Connie Murray
Volume: 6
Issue: 4
Item Creation Date: April 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 11 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial49717
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[Number of Pages: 32]
Letters to the Editor

Short Rounds
Agent Orange's Brave Exposer Is Out on a Limb by James Litke
Study Rips Military Pension
Vets Rebuild Shrine on the Ashes
Nurse Mashes Van Devanter Book
Trivia Question of the Month
Groups Say Indochina Hurting by Ginny Richards
Agent Orange Judge Asked to Open Documents
Back in the World
Washington Round-Up by Patricia C. Hughes
Crumbs?
Vets React to Westy's Surrender by Patricia C. Hughes
Vets at The Wall Respond by Michael E. Murphy
The Enemy Westy Forgot Was Shooting at Me by William F. Crandell
Looking at the General by Danny Friedman
The Fall of Saigon Scenes from the Sudden End of a Long War by David Butler
Hawks Who Ducked - Key Conservatives Evaded Vietnam by Jane Mayer
Other Voices For Bobby Muller, The Struggle Goes on by John J. McGuire
What Price Glory? Don't Ask a Hero by Mike Royko

Editorials
Talk is Cheap
Letter from the Publisher by Jeff Stein
A Woman Scorned by Keith Snyder

Op-Ed Knocking on the Courthouse Door by Bart Stichman
Chapter Notes by Mike Leaveck
Arizona Vets on Search-and-Save Mission
Women Vets

Books
Cry of the Panther Reviewd by James Dickey
Fragments of a Soldier by Jim Fairhass

Television - Viet Vet Action Classics by Scott Helens-Martin
Theater - Fanfare for the Common Man by Joseph M. Puggelli
Locator
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Item Creation Date: March 1985
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615824
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[Number of Pages: 36]
Brothers in Arms by William D. Broyles, Jr. - All Quiet at the DMZ Flowers are Growing Where Battles Once Raged
Facing the Wall by Duncan Spencer and Lloyd Wolf
Declare War on Libya by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr.

Departments
Letters - A Cover-up on POWs?
Newsfront - More Progress on the Federal Charter
Stout Outlines VVA Agenda
Senate Opens the Door for VVA Chater Victory by Michael Gates-Brown

Back in the World - Vietcong Were Warned on Agent Orange
The Arts of War - Billy Crystal Goes to the Wall
Flashback: 1966 - MiGs Swarm at American jets
Hearts & Minds - Dr. Dave Takes on Two Wars
Poetry - Introducing William B. Ehrhart
Update - A Round-up of News for VVA Members
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Now a Reality The Dream Come True by Margaret Hodge
Daschle Urges Last Push for Hiring More Vets
Sonny Slams Reagan Cuts
Catterson for the Defense by Mark Perry
Combat Vets Go Jobless, Study Says
Listen Up
And Justice for All
Don Edwards Raps Lawyer Law
California: Give Them Shelter
Staff News
New Chapters
Chicago Parade Schedule
There's Something About a Train
Edgar Acts to Extend Vet Center Closing
What's in a Parade? by Jim Harbison

Chapter Notes - Vets Walk for the March of Dimes
Locator - Connie Murray Helps You Find a Buddy

Last Flight Out from the War Zone (for Bruce Weigel) by W. D. Ehrhart
Volume: 6
Issue: 5
Item Creation Date: May 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 11 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615826
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[Number of Pages: 32]
Seeing Red by Mike Mcintyre - Anger over Agent Orange
Pressing Mattes by Marc Leepson - Publisher Donald Graham Talks About Vietnam
We Love a Parade A Veteran Staff Report

Departments
Letters - Our Readers Agree to Disagree
Newsfront - Rich O'Dell Has a Dream
Hearts & Minds - More To, and From, Dr. Dave by David Harrington ACSW
Back in the World - Merc Mania is Scandalous by Mark Perry
Flashback: 1966 - 1966 Seems to Last Forever compiled by Elizabeth A. Stout
The Arts of War - Introduction to War 101
On Strategy - Bedecked, Bedraggled... and Bemedaled by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr.
Update - We Love a Parade
Poetry - Things That go Rhyme in the Night
Locator - All Vets Report to Lost and Found

Newsfront
The Vet as Workaholic - VVA's Rick O'Dell Fights for Equal Rights
The Arts of War Military Eggheads Breach Ivy Walls by Marc Leepson
Bookbeat

Update
That Toddlin' Town: Chicago Parade A Hit
"Hearings on Agent Orange Essential" - Kerry
New Memorial Endorsed
We'll Go To The Wall With You
VVA Slams Vet Groups on Judicial Review
Scruggs Honor Defeated: VVA Investigation Underway
House Approves Home Loan Hike
Muller Honors Dallas Chapters
Oregon Legislators Hear VVA Position
Maple Leafs Oui?
Staff News
Chapter 34 Takes Derby Hill
McCloskey Appointed to Veterans' Committee

Listen Up

Poetry
Willie by O. F. Brown
Missing in Action by Yusef Komunyakaa
Jungle Dreams by Roger Galvin
Maps Drawn in the Dust by Yusef Komunyakaa
Volume: 6
Issue: 7
Item Creation Date: July 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615827
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[Number of Pages: 36]
A Tale of Three Memorials by Tod Marder
The Bridge at Co Trai by Zalin Grant
VVA November Conference Set - A VVA Staff Report

Departments
Letters - We're All In This Together
Newsfront - Duncan Spencer on Francisco Muniz III
Hearts and Minds - More Vets Less Sex? by David Harrington
Back in the World - The Never Again Gang Rides Again by Mike Mcintyre
The Arts of War - Rambo Is A Secret Wimp by Marc Leepson
It Was 20 Years Ago - Battle for the Highlands Begins compiled by Elizabeth A. Stout
On Strategy - More on Black Veterans
A Thousand Words - Snapshots Tell It All
Update - 585, POWs and Nguyen Van Linh
Chapter Notes - More Chapters Have More Stories by Ed Henry
Locator - Connie Tells All by Connie Murray

Newsfronts
Survivor: Francisco Muniz and Minority Affairs by Duncan Spencer
Bookbeat by Marc Leepson
On Strategy Black Lifers - Betrayed By Their Brothers in Arms by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr.

Update
AU Training Prepares VVA Service Reps by Mike Mcintyre
POW/MIA Saga Continues
Dire Straits on VVA Reports
Hanoi Hack Fells Duan
VA Health Care Rules: Gramm-Rudman Hits
The Bottom Line Begins Publication
Washington State Memorial Set: Veterans' Day Set for Dedication
More on Chicago
Claxton Michigan Efforts Highlighted
Veterans and SBA Finnacial Help
Staff News
Down on the Bayou
VVA Obtains Court Injunction by Bart Stichman
Volume: 6
Issue: 8
Item Creation Date: August 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615830
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[Number of Pages: 40]
President's Message - We're Home! Now It's Time For a New Veterans Agenda
Scandal Hints Plague VA - Does VA Destroy Vet Documents? - A VVA Staff Report
The Letter From Deep Throat
Traditional Service Organizations Angered Over Information Requests
Internal Paper Scores VA Problems
VVA's Legislative Agenda: Raising The Stakes: Judicial Review, Agent Orange, Vet Centers, Challenges Provide Future by Mike Leaveck
Vet Centers on Endangered List - New Compromise Veils Vet Centers' Demise
"Unnatural Causes" Highlights Agent Orange Issue - NBC Drama Powers New Look at "An Issue That Won't Go Away"
Court Says VVA Suit Legit - Veterans Bare Alleged Invoice Packing Scheme
Vietnam-Era Veterans in Congress Caucus
VVA To Sue VA Over Agent Orange Compensation Rules - Lawsuit to Charge VA Negligence
AO Report Rips Reagan - Kerry Says White House Budget Honchos Causing CDC Delay
On His Watch An Interview with Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr. by Mark Perry
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Talks About Agent Orange - A Way to Save American Lives...
VVA Conference Emphasis on Service by Mary Stout
Eight Names on the Wall Belong to Women by Christopher Podgus
Facing the Wall by Duncan Spencer
Veterans Day in The Vietnam Era November 11, 1965 - November 11, 1985
Let's Not Use Vietnam Vets as an Excuse for TV Violence by Frank Bies
Volume: 6
Issue: 11
Item Creation Date: November 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial48202
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[Number of Pages: 48]
Baring the Battle - A VVA Staff Report - Joint House/Senate Committee Hears NARS Allegations
POWs/MIAs What the Numbers Say by Alan Pell Crawford

Letters
Noebook
Quote of the Month
Veterans Health Care Under Fire - Once Sacrosanct System Plagued by Criticisms, Investigations by Mike McIntyre
CDC Study Fudges Uniqueness Debate
Arts of War More Words to Film by Marc Leepson
Book Reviews to Be Free! Reviewed by Peter Katopes
Starlight Reviewed by Marc Leepson
Bookbeat reviewed by Marc Leepson
Twenty Years Ago Politburo Silent Over Thieu Threat: I Will Invade and Bomb the North compiled by Elizabeth Stout
Hearts and Minds - Alcohol, Abuse and Relationships Don't Mix by David Harrington
Then and Now - Wayne George, VVA Chapter 32 photographs by Joe Smoljan

Update
VVA Sues VA for Ignoring Homeless Veterans
Platoon Star Supports Vet Center
Important Convention Deadlines
News for Our Women Veterans
New Chapters
Leading the Vietnam Generation

Health Notes by Tom Sherwood
If It's Broke, Let's Give It Some Competition
Bring Your Family to the VVA Convention
Fourth Yearly Service Rep Training Scheduled May 1 Deadline
Bookclips
Chapter Notes compiled by Ed Henry
Locator compiled by Connie Murray
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
Item Creation Date: April 1987
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial48203
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[Number of Pages: 36]
Letters
Notebook
Rediscovering the War - Are the Conflicts' Darkest Secrets Yet to be Uncovered? by William Triplett
No Dam Dinbinphoo! Khe Sanh and the U. S. High Command - Twenty Years Ago Vo Nguyen Giap Dangled the Bait that Led to Tet by John Prados
Khe Sanh ... More Than Accidental by Mark Perry
Arts of War I-Beams From Hell by Mark Leepson
Bookbeat
20 Years Ago Today Westy Continues Troop Shift by Elizabeth Stout
20 Years Ago Today NVA Escalates Conflict in 1st CTZ: by Elizabeth Stout
Hearts and Minds - Vietnam Explains but Does Not Excuse by David Harrington

Update
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association - Pride and Fellowship for "Unique Group" by Ruth E. Thaler
William Stilwagen: Still Proud After All These Years by Bill Baessler
Vietnam Era Veterans? by Bill Crandell
Washington Project For the Arts
New Chapters
Then and Now photographs by Joe Smoljan
Convention News
Important Convention Deadlines
Convention Banquet
Chapter Notes compiled by Ed Henry
Locator compiled by Valencia Gardner
Volume: 7
Issue: 6
Item Creation Date: June 1987
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615825
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[Number of Pages: 32]
Where the Bloods Are - America's Black Vets and the Vietnam Experience by Thad Martin
Reagan Signs Charter - A VVA Staff Report
Still Active Duty by Mark Perry
Walking Point by Karin Schomer

Departments
Letters - Readers say 'We're Not Con-Artists'
Hearts & Minds - Dr. Dave Keeps on Truckin'
Flashback: 1966 - ARVN Battle Buddhists in Hue
The Arts of War - Still Waiting for Another Catch-22
On Strategy - Reservations on Using the Reserves?
Update - Equal Rights at the Top of the List
Books - Bravo for Bravo Burning
Poetry - Jan Barry Talks About the Toughest Art
Chapter Notes - Round-up of News Around the Country by Jim Harbison
Locator - This Month's Listings compiled by Connie Murray


Modern Minute Men - Reserves Should Keep Their Muskets Clean by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr.
President's Message It's Our Charter by Robert Muller
Op-Ed Why Vets Need Lawyers by Lou Baldasty
Viet Vets Walk Point by Karnie Schomer
POW Lawsuit Alleges U.S. Lies by Ronald Winter

Update
A Day in Court
New VVA Executive Director Named
Women Vets Given Special Recognition
VVA Adopts National Project
Calling all Lobbyists
VA Gets Serious About Debt
Massachusetts Reviews VVA
Muller Toasts Muskegon
National Board Sets VVA Agenda
Travels With VVA
Welcome New Chapters and State Councils

Listen Up
New Medal Honors Vets
Fly Your Own Colors
Books - Bravo Burning: An Old War Story Made Flesh by Marc Leepson
Poetry - The Measure of Our Lives by Jan Barry
Interstices & An Epitaph by Terry Hertzler
Volume: 6
Issue: 6
Item Creation Date: June 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615829
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[Number of Pages: 48]
Chaos in the Ia Drang Valley by William Triplett
An Interview with Clark Clifford by Marc Leepson
President's Mesage - Opening Salvos Designed to Cover Embarrassing Sellout by Robert Muller

Letters
Newsfronts - Skip Reoberts: Veteran as Activist by Duncan Spencer
Hearts and Minds - Ties that Bind and Heal by David Harrington
Healing in the Telling - Putting the Past Before Us by David Harrington
On Strategy - Flying False Colors by Colonel H. G. Summers, Jr.
The Arts of War - Conroy's 'Prince' Hits Pay Dirt by Marc Leepson
Bookbeat Reviews by Marc Leepson
Back in the World - Give Us Your Tired, Your Hungry ... by Mike McIntyre
20 Years Ago Today - October Lull... Oriskany Burns compiled by Elizabeth Stout
In Country Unsung Hero - Creighton Abrams by Mark Perry
Strum and Drang by Mark Perry

Update
VVA Names Cranston, Simpson and Edgar as Legislators of the Year at Special Capitol Hill Cremony
Say It Ain't So, Butch
Celebrating VVA's Charter
Judicial Review Resurrection Attempt Thwarted
On Donald Ivers
CIL's Furue Identifications Questioned by Alexa Davis
News From Washington by Bob Evans
Vigorous VVIG by Bill Crandell
Mea Culpa - The Editor
The Last Vet Center - Last But Not Least in Northern Virginia by Bob Evans
Poetry From Johnny's Song
Chapter 70 Celebrates Success by William Burke
Not Crazy, After All These Years
GAO Says VA Still Needs to Improve Agent Orange Programs
Stout/O'Dell Announce Candidacies
Congress Acknowledges Agent Orange Pointmen
Amicus Brief
September POW/MIA Recognition Day Draws National Attention
Agent Orange Study Secrecy Bared
Chapter Notes by Ed Henry
Quote of the Month - Safe Passage
Bookclips
Quote of the Month - In Dubious Battle
Locator compiled by Connie Murray
Volume: 6
Issue: 10
Item Creation Date: October 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615828
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[Number of Pages: 48]
On Station by George Wilson
The Iron Triangle - A VVA Staff Report

Departments
Letters - SOF Not All Bad
Newsfronts - Jim Harbison Crosses the Tracks
Hearts and Minds - Love is Not a Four-Letter Word by David Harrington
On Strategy - Vietnam as a Mixed Metaphor
Back in the World - VVA: Our Heroes are Really Bums by Mike McIntyre
20 Years Ago Today - Bombs Away compiled by Elizabeth A. Stout
In Country - War by Litigation
The Arts of War - It's the Tim O'Brien Age by Marc Leepson
A Thousand Words - The Second City is First
President's Message - All Is Not Quiet on the VVA Front
Update - Vet Centers, the VA and Vets
Chapter Notes - News from Across the Nation by Ed Henry
Bookclips - Writings on Vietnam

Locator - In Search of... compiled by Connie Murray

Newsfronts From the Wrong Side of the Tracks to Veterans Service by Duncan Spencer
On Strategy Vietnam and the Americas - A World of Difference by Colonel H. G. Summers, Jr.
In Country Making Westy Look Good by Mark Perry
What They Say, What They Do... What They Say They Do
President's Message Sunshine Patriots vs. Winter Soldiers

Update
The French MIA Experience by Zalin Grant
Vet Centers Under Fire by Mike McIntyre
News from Washington by Bob Evans
Making Alien Vets Feel Right At Home by Bill Herlich
Women's Study
Where The Boisjoli Are
Students Give Vietnam an 'A'
Vets with Heart Problems in Big Trouble - Congress
Welcome New Chapters
Gold in Them Thar Highlands
Blowing in the Wind
Project Walks Point on Agent Orange
VVA Takes on the Empire State - Wins by Michael Wildhaber
Harvey Hops into VA Job
New Renewal System
Chiseled Features
Board Meeting Summary
Volume: 6
Issue: 9
Item Creation Date: September 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial48199
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[Number of Pages: 36]
Under Covers in '86 The Best Vietnam Books of the Year by Marc Leepson
An Interview with An Ace Colonel Steve Ritchie by William Triplett
The Scandal Deepens In San Francisco, The VVA Takes The Stand- A VVA Staff Report

Letters
Newsfronts - Stu Steinberg: To Vietnam and Back by Duncan Spencer
Hearts and Minds - ACOA/PTSD Experiences Similar by David Harrington
20 Years Ago Today... Into the Iron Triangle: Operation Cedar Falls Begins compiled by Elizabeth Stout
Back in the World - Viet Vets in Industry Help Themselves by Mike McIntyre
Arts of War - Catch 22: Still the Best, After All These Years by Marc Leepson
Bookbeat reviews by Marc Leepson
President's Message We Will Search for the Truth by Robert O. Muller
Deep Throat Two - A Letter From the Inside

Update
Taking Off the Raps: New Advice for Chapters by Kim Sheridan
Women Veterans Advisory Committee Report
VA Merges Two Benefits Program Offices
Arlington Ceremony Honors American Indians
New Committee to Advise VA On Needs of Native American Veterans
Awards Info
Fourth Yearly Service Rep Training Scheduled
Badger State Vets Meet Kohn Honored
Corey Announces Candidacy
Catterson
The Play's The Thing
MA Agent Orange Call
Remains Identified
Art and Vietnam fest Planned
USAF Ranger Unit Holds First Reunion by David Grossi
How to Obtain Unit Records
New Chapters
Locator Services
Connecticut Vet Symbol of Community Service by Ronald Winter
Bookclips
Chapter Notes by Ed Henry
Locator compiled by Connie Muray
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: January 1987
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
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The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615831
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[Number of Pages: 40]
The War Comes Home - A VVA Staff Report
Ed Lansdale: The Original Vietnam Veteran by Marc Leepson
Vietnam and Cul Cha by Duncan Spencer

Letters
Quote of the Month
Hearts and Minds - Vet Centers Defended by David Harrington... > 20 Years Ago Today - Westy Wishes Everyone Merry Christmas. Vietcong Ignore Him compiled by Elizabeth Stout
On Strategy Was Defeat Inevitable? by Colonel H. G. Summers, Jr.
Back in the World - Our Newest Mafia: An American Bien Xuyen by Mike McIntyre
Arts of War - Nam - Nashville Style by Marc Leepson
Bookbeat reviewed by Marc Leepson
Poignant Time reviewed by Arnold R. Isaacs
A Missing Plane reviewed by Alexa Davis
Portrait of the Enemy reviewed by Peter Katopes
The War Comes Home - Agent Orange Findings Ignite New Debate - A VVA Staff Report
Vietnam Explodes Into Pop Culture by Duncan Spencer
Agent Orange A Publication of the Vietnam Veterans of America
What Is Agent Orange
Benefits From VA, SSA and Settlement Fund
Science! We Know Enough to Act Now
VVA Sues VA Over AP Comp. Rules
Agent Orange Lawsuits Against Chemical Companies
What You Can Do
Govt. Studies Flounder
Getting Help in Getting Benefits
Resources Available From Vietnam Veterans of America
Vet Centers

Update
VVA November Conference Highlights Veterans Service, Reaffirms Issue Commitments by Ed Henry
VVA Board Sets Goals by Mary Stout
Vietnam's First Combat Battalion Reunites
VVA Puerto Rico Concerns Highlighted
Maple Leaf Reunion Sparks Memories by Bob Evans
News From Washington by Bob Evans
Political Action and the Veteran - A VVA Staff Report
Elanor Alexander Honored by Doreen Spelts
Veterans Call for Veterans' Shelter
Legislative Scorecard
Messmore Announces For Office
New Chapters
VA Reports Licensing Problems Solved
Today is Veteran's Day by Steve Mason
JTPS Undermines Job Efforts - Messmore by Bob Evans
Bookclips
Chapter Notes by Ed Henry
Locator compiled by Connie Murray
Volume: 6
Issue: 12
Item Creation Date: December 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2026 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial615817
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[Number of Pages: 24]
Rhoades Meets with VA Chief
Smear Campaign Attempst to Defeat VVA Charter Bills
Eight Congressmen Bow to Political Pressure Despite VVA's Historical Record by Patricia C. Hughes
Unknown Vietnam Vet to Be Interred May 28 at Arlington
Agent Orange Settlement Could Cause Long Range Problems Amount and Lack of Verdict Leaves Issue Unresolved by P. C. Hughes
VVA Delegation To 'Nam Reports Agent Orange Research in Vietnam by Jim Rogers, MD
Leath Concerned at EVJT Delay by April, Only 3% Placed in Jobs
Angry Little Poem of Spring by Steve Mason
Akron Holds Super Kids Classic Physical/Mental Handicap No Barrier to Derby Participants, VVA Style by P. C. Hughes
Vets' Preference Act to be Commemorated
Legion's Bourie Named Vet Advocate of Year by Patricia C. Hughes
VA Chief Medical Director Custis Retires
Vietnam Documentary Available
EVJT Works! by Jeremiah Collins
Proposal: The Department of Veterans Affairs by Rep. G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery (D-MS) Chairman, House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Fifty-Four Remembered by Northern Michigan by Patrick J. Kline
VVA Testifies... Statement of Richard F. Weidman of the Vietnam Veteans of America before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Housing & Memorial Affairs May 3, 1984 re: VA Home Loan Garanty Program

Defense Report AUSA - Full-Time National Guard and Reserve Manning - A Must for the Total Army Concept
Vietnam Combat Artist Exhibits in Capital by Jeremiah Collins
In Memoriam - Paul Wappenstein

From Behind the Walls..
A Narrative by John Clark
Camaraderie by Troy Neal Akin
"Untitled" by Troy Neal Akin

Women Veterans...
Battlefields and Bedpans by Marilyn Edgerton-Mallard
War Is Hell by Lin McClenahan
She Was There by Sara McVicker
"Mommy, Did You Kill Anybody in the War?" by Norma Boris

In the News...
Agent Orange: Issue Far From Settled by Robert Muller

Opinion
Our Children's Learning Heritage What their Textbooks Tell Them about Vietnam by Willian Logan
Vietnam Revisited by Roland Nichols
Olympic Epilogue by Phillip Hontz
It Is As Cold as Death..

VVA Around the Nation...What They're Saying..
Fear of Agent Orange Troubles Australia's Vets by Barry Renfrew
Canadians Who Fought in Vietnam Even Worse Off than Americans
Vietnam Veterans Suicides Revealed
Chapter News
Calendar
Q&A
Prayer by Dick Heim

Locator Listing
Bool Review - Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter reviewed by Carol Van Strum
Healing & Hurting in Vietnam

Letters to the Editor
Minneapolis VVA a First
Overly Simplisitc?
Vietnam Vets Fire Back
A Day to Remember
Vietnam Trip
Thailand Vets, 1960-75
NH State Council Form
Subscription Rate Set

Hurrah to St. Paddy and VVA
Amputee Designs New Hand Wins Veterans Administration Approval

From the Heart...
Vietnam by John Mintz
Unnamed
Forgotten Love by Raymond J. Banks, Jr.
A Vietnam Vet's Poem by Richard S. Lovekin
Viet Nam War by Dennis A. Petway
Echoes
Angry Little Poem of Spring
Volume: 4
Issue: 5
Item Creation Date: May 1984
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 06 Feb 2026 [Updated: 06 Feb 2026]
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial49716
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[Number of Pages: 36]
Reagan Shifts Affect Vets by Dennis Rhoades
VA Chasing Vets Through Federal Courts
Vets' Visits to Vietnam Begin in Spring
CIA-Backed Contras Linked to Death Squads
New Charter Bill Introduced by Sen. Cranston
Boren Rebuffed on Orange Study Cuts - Move to Scuttle Effort Saved by Congressional Committee by P. C. Hughes
Secret Documents Sought in Agent Orange Case
Texas Attorney Files New $1.8 Billion Agent Orange Suit
Study Finds Dramatic Differences in Job Success Between Combat and Non-Combat Vets by Michael Leaveck
Vietnamese Children to Get Aid Under New VVA Program
Starbuck Shock by Patricia C. Hughes
The Law and You - Judge Slams Lawyers' Fees in Agent Orange Decision - But What's Next for Individual Claimants? by Keith Snyder
Viet War Not 'Over-Played' by P. C. Hughes
Miami Cardiac Unit Arrested by P. C. Hughes
Judge on Agent Orange: Over and Out
Holler from the Hollows Chapter 112 Receives Charter at National
Court Loosens VA's Grip on School Funds
Up Against the Wall - Another Vet Self-Destructs by Duncan Spencer
VA Nurse Scholarships Available for 1985-86 School Year
Agent Orange Lawsuit Deadline Extended
Vets' Advocate Leaves Key SBA Post by P. C. Hughes
Back to the Zone - Congressional Delegation Returns from Southeast Asian Trip
Tennessee Congressman Urges New Links With Vietnam by Mike Pigott
Discussions Progress on MIA's, Agent Orange and Amerasian Children by P. C. Hughes
Here We Come - The Kerry Charge by Christopher Lyndon
Vets Played Key Role in Kerry Triumph by Joe Bangert
Muller, Weidman Hit Back at Kerry Critics
R&D Research and Development in Health Care

VVA Around the Nation
Chapter News
So You Missed the Reunion by Rail
Chapter 131 Seeks Support for Heart Transplant by Ken Wunder
Incarcerated Vets' Chapter Launched in Washington State by Patrick Compton
Cellblock Vets Form Chapter
Chapters in Action

Chapter Notes Dee-Troit Scores A New Home With Liberal Use of Two-by-Fours by Mike Leaveck

Women Vetetans...
Vietnam Nurses Memorial Project
Woman Vet "Tells" Her Story by Catherine Sucher Greeley
The Women of Vietnam by Saralee McGoran

What They're Saying.. Latest Jobs Fair Targets area Unemployed Veterans
Veterans' Job Program Helps Employer, Workers by Candy McCampbell
New Plan Would Tax Disability Benfits Received by Veterans
Bulletin Board - National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week of February 14
Copies of HR 1961 Available
VA Appeals for Vet Lawyers by Patricia C. Hughes
Important Notice to All Vietnam Era Veterans
Letters to the Editor
Locator Listing
Sober Vets Advice for the Drinking Vet by Thomas Brinson, ACSW, CAC and Vince Treanor, MS, CAC
Vietnam and Central America... Light at the End of the Tunnel Vision by Don Inman
Legislative Forum... by Mike Leaveck
Muller Slams Reagan Cuts
Re: National League of Families Memo, Dated 11-21-84 by John Deering
Books
PVA Seeks Associate Research Director
Real to Reel Movies - War Games on Film Ten Great Antiwar Movies Are Now on Videocassette
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: January 1985
Collection: Burch Collection
Association: National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC) Collection
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Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 16 Feb 2026]
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Bamboo Connection - Newspaper - Kinston, North Carolina
Newspaper Item Number: 162Newspaper612492
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[Number of Pages: 12]
Issue Information: Special Edition
Item Creation Date: October/November 1986
Collection: Burch Collection
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Added: 06 Jan 2020 [Updated: 06 Jan 2020]
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 162Serial48301
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[Number of Pages: 56]
Features
Capitol Hill Conference Challenges Congress by Tim Dyhouse
'Remembrance' Captures Emotion of Veterans Funerals by Robert A. Fletcher

Three Marine MIAs - Fate Unknown? by Ric Hunter - As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the Mayaguez incident, the time is long overdue to tell the full story of the three Marines stranded on Cambodia's Koh Tang Island during the rescue attempt in May 1975.

Cambodia to Host VFW Post by Phelim Kyne - American vets in Indochina embark on a unique venture in a former war zone.

State Memorials Honor Korean War Dead by Joseph C. Moran
World War II Memorial Groundbreaking in November by Tim Dyhouse
Milwaukee: 'Genuine American City' by Janie Blankenship
'Marching Through Hell' in China by Richard K. Kolb

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
Membership
Member Benefits
Reunions & Claims
Volume: 87
Issue: 9
Item Creation Date: May 2000
Collection: Burch Collection
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Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 10 Nov 2025]
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