The VVA Veteran
Serial Item Number: 2022Serial613841
- Pages
- 64
- 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
- 4
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: April 1994- General Note
- Letters
President's Message - Never Stop Learning by James L. Brazee, Jr.
Walking the Chemical Tightrope by William Triplett - The research on the health effects of Agent Orange and the research into the causes of health problems in Desert Storm veterans is beginning to show an ominous similarity: A damaged or distressed immune system. Investigative reporter Bill Triplett looks into the effects of chemical warfare and how it is creating havoc with the body's systems.
Vetreans Initiative Update - Returning The Things They Carried by Bill Crandell
Legislative Advocacy - VVA Presents Legislative Priorities To Congress - An Advocacy Staff Report
Health-Care Reform Update - The Congressional Meat Grinder - An Advocacy Staff Report
The Six-Dollar Hammer
Claims and Adjudication - Getting What's Coming To You - A VVALSP Report
'94 National Leadership Conference
Start Spreading The News - How The VA Reaches Out To Homeless Veterans by Joseph Cerquone - Of the country's homeless, studies show that one-third are veterans. Under Secretary Jesse Brown, the VA has begun to address the needs of this overlooked population. Reporter Joe Cerquone takes a look at one VA outreach team in the nation's capital as it attempts to help these veterans.
Brother, Can You Share $1.13 Billion? - The VA Summit on Homelessness Among Veterans by Joseph Cerquone
Semiannual Committee Reports
Agent Orange/Dioxin Committee - George Claxton
Economic Affairs Committee - Brenda Glenn
Government Affairs Committee - William C. Duker
Membership Affairs Committee - J. David Kaiser
Minority Affairs Committee - George Duggins
POW/MIA Committee - Thomas Mannin
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee - Vernon Valenzuela
Public Affairs Committee - Judith McCombs
Education Subcommittee - K. R. Zack Earp
Veterans Advocacy Committee - Brian Campbell
Veterans Affairs Committee - Linda Schwartz
1993-95 VVA National Committee Chairs
AOCAP National Symposium
Arts of War - In The Realm Of The Sensual by Marc Leepson
Books - In The Heat Of The Night by Marc Leepson
Book Review: Achilles In Vietnam - Learning From The Classics by W. D. Ehrhart
20 Years Ago Today - Supreme Court Paves Way For Kent State Suit by Gayle O. Garmise
Calendar - VVA National, Regional, and State Meetings in 1994
Membership Notes by Gayle O. Garmise
New Chapters
Member Profile: George C. Duggins - Taking It To The Streets by Duncan Spencer
Chapter Profile: Chapter 293 - All Along the Watchfires by Charles Hand
To Boldly Go Where No Region Has Gone Before by Jim Merlini
Locator compiled by Gayle O. Garmise
Reunions
Advertising Section
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- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2022Serial613841
- Citation
- The VVA Veteran, 2022Serial613841. 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=2022Serial613841, Accessed 07 Mar 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 2022Serial613841, Vietnam Veterans of America Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 06 Jun 2024 [Updated: 02 Mar 2026]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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