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

Publication: March 2008

General Note: Women in Today's Military are Paving New Path by Janie Blankenship
Base Services Ease Deployment Stress by Kelly Lanigan
States Filling Gaps in Veterans Benefits by Kelly Lanigan
St. Patrick's Day Parade has Military Roots by Kelly Lanigan
A Final Salute

Sappers Take a Beating at Liberty Bridge by Kelly Lanigan - On March 19, 1969, Leathernecks of the 11th Marines at firebase Phu Lac 6 and the 1st Bn., 5th Marines at a nearby command post administered a blow to NVA infiltrators.

Dong A Tay: A Costly Victory in the A Shau Valley by Tim Dyhouse - B Co., 1st Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., had no idea what it was getting in for when it tackled this mist-shrouded mountain in March 1969.

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
Issues Up Front
VFW in Action
Membership
Reunions & Claims
Member Benefits
Young Vets in Focus

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Citation: VFW, 574Serial418423. No Date, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=574Serial418423, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 574Serial418423, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive