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General Note: Frequency Varies / Subtitle: Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine / Varying Title: VFW Magazine

Publication: October 2003

General Note: Top Story
Marines Remember Beirut 20 Years Later by Al Hemingway
Memorializing the Noble Act of Marines in Lebanon by Carole Moore
With France Like This, Who Needs Enemies? by Gary Turbak

Features
Grenada Remembered with Pride by Al Hemingway
Memories of Somalia Remain Vivid by Janie Blankenship
Courage and Conviction Will Make VFW Excel, Says Chief by Richard K. Kolb
Leading the Organization by Tim Dyhouse

Battle of Chu Lai by Al Hemingway - Part of the more commonly known Operation Starlite, this August 1965 Marine-Main Force Viet Cong battle was the first major American engagement of the Vietnam War.

Learn While You Travel by Gary Turbak

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
VFW in Action
Membership
Member Benefits
Reunions & Claims

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Citation: VFW, 574Serial148305. No Date, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=574Serial148305, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 574Serial148305, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive