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

Publication: August 2008

General Note: Keeping Alive the Memory of the Doughboy by Richard K. Kolb
It Would Not have Happened Withouth VFW: A GI Bill for the 21st Century is Reality by Tim Dyhouse

Blinded by War by Kelly Lanigan - When told through the experiences of seven veterans - from Vietnam and Iraq - who lost their sight on the battlefield, the perseverance of the human spirit is genuinely inspiring. To assist in their journeys, the Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation Center has made truly remarkable technological strides.

A Final Salute

Hiep Duc: 'Dealth Valley' by Keith Nolan - From Aug. 17-29, 1969, men of the Army's 196th Light Infantry Brigade and the 7th Marines battled the Communists in the Que Son Mountains, preventing the destruction of this symbolic resettlement village. It was one of the largest and most intense engagements of the later war.

Return to Vietnam Soothes Old Wounds by James Rowoldt - In March, nine Vietnam vets returned to the former war zone courtesy of VFW.

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

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

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=574Serial440623

Citation: VFW, 574Serial440623. No Date, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=574Serial440623, Accessed 01 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 574Serial440623, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive