The VVA Veteran
Serial Item Number: 2022Serial613840
- Pages
- 80
- Media Type
- Serial
- Credit
- Vietnam Veterans of America
- Physical Location
- Stacks Periodical Collection
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Vietnam Veterans of America Collection
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
The VVA Veteran (Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.) - Serial - Silver Spring, Maryland
- Publication
- The VVA Veteran
- Publisher/Org.
- Vietnam Veterans of America, inc.
- City
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Country
- United States
- Type
- Serial
- General Note
- 1993- / Varying Title: VVA Veteran / Earlier Title: Veteran
Dates
Publication: March 1994- General Note
- Letters
President's Message - Veterans Initiative Picks Up Momentum by James L. Brazee, Jr.
Health-Care Reform Update - The Only Game In Town - An Advocacy Staff Report
Opening Rounds - For All The Right Reasons by Mokie Pratt Porter and Gayle O. Garmise
Report on POW/MIA Affairs - The Long And Winding Road by Thomas Mannin
Report on Minority Affairs - Come Together Right Now by Frederick L. Neblitt
Finance Notes - Charitable Contributions And The IRS by Carl Stout
Committee Report
Government Affairs - Accrediting VA Hospitals by Glenn Rogers
Claims and Adjudication - Cry The Beloved Islands - A VVALSP Report
The Balanced Budget Amendment Defeated - An Advocacy Report
The Last Full Measure of Devotion by Marc Leepson - After almost a decade of burying the Vietnam War and its soldiers, grassroots efforts emerged to honor those who fought in that controversial conflict. There are now memorials in every state and territory in the U.S., as well as some on foreign soil. Marc Leepson looks at a sample of these commemorative endeavors.
Larger Than Life - B. T. Collins by Marc Leepson
Something Positive Out of Something Painful by Joseph Cerquone
VVA Chapter Memorial Activity
The Invisible Men - How VVA Advocates Help Incarcerated Veterans by Joseph Cerquone - Those who fought in Vietnam who are locked away in the nation's prisons are the most forgotten veterans of all. VVA's constant efforts to improve their lives have given these men hope that there is life for them beyond the walls. Joe Cerquone explores how VVA advocates are helping veterans on the inside.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Fugue-State by Marc Leepson
Arts of War - Of Near Death and Publishing by Marc Leepson
Books - Advise and Dissent by Marc Leepson
Book Review: Dak To - A Walk on The Wild Side by Eric McAllister Smith
20 Years Ago Today - Indictments, Indictments Everywhere by Gayle O. Garmise
Calendar - VVA National, Regional, and State Meetings in 1994
Chapter Notes by Gayle O. Garmise
New Chapters
Member Profile: Phil Borgia - The Future's So Bright, You Gotta Wear Boxing Gloves by Duncan Spencer
Chapter Profile: Chapter 227 - Telling It Like It Was by Charles Hand
Locator compiled by Gayle O. Garmise
Reunions
Advertising Section
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2022Serial613840
- Citation
- The VVA Veteran, 2022Serial613840. No Date, Vietnam Veterans of America Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2022Serial613840, Accessed 09 Mar 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 2022Serial613840, Vietnam Veterans of America Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 06 Jun 2024 [Updated: 27 Feb 2026]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu