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Serial Item Number: 018Serial48312
Pages
48
Media Type
Serial
Credit
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Collection
Charles Bates Collection
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Volume
79
Issue
5
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) - Serial - Kansas City, Missouri
Publication
VFW
Publisher/Org.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
City
Kansas City, Missouri
Country
United States
Frequency
Monthly
Type
Serial
General Note
Frequency Varies / Subtitle: Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine / Varying Title: VFW Magazine
Dates
Publication: January 1992
General Note
Features
Is VA Health Care On Its Way Out? by Gary L. Bloomfield - A move is afoot that could transform VA medical centers into national health care centers for the poor. Has the Department of Veterans Affairs reneged on its congressionally mandated obligation to serve veterans only?

50 Years Ago This Month - Bridgehead in Ulster. The first American troops to reach the European Theater landed in Northern Ireland. Tens of thousands of GIs passed through this tranquil countryside on their way to the war against Hitler.

Adopting the Nation's Highways by Hal Rubin - Concern for a clean environment has led numerous VFW Posts to join the Adopt-A-Highway program. California is a prome example. Such projects provide a high community profile for the organization.

Step Out to Better Health by Paul Martin - Want to live longer? Then get out and walk. The author tells what a pleasure exercise can be. In this age of health consciousness, walking is the one activity open to everyone.

Indochina Interlude: The Advisory War, 1957-1964 by Richard K. Kolb - Years before the U.S. committed combat troops to Veitnam, GIs were waging a shadow war there. Early counterinsurgency efforts - doncudted by advisers, special operatives and helicopter crews - produced mixed results.

Columns
Command Post: VA Secretary Out of Touch, Commander-in-Chief Bob Wallace adresses a critical issue confronting the nation's veterans - health care
The Magazine and It's Future by Adjutant Geneal Howard E. Vander Clute, Jr.
Washington Wire
Introducing the VFWs Department Service Officers
For Your Files

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
Claims
Reunions
VFW in Action
Membership
Member Benefits
Seeking
General Orders
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=018Serial48312
Citation
VFW, 018Serial48312. No Date, Charles Bates Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=018Serial48312, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
018Serial48312, Charles Bates Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 15 Jan 2002 [Updated: 07 Nov 2025]

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