Texas Tech University

The VVA Veteran

Serial Item Number: 2022Serial613852
Pages
48
Media Type
Serial
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Veterans of America Collection
Volume
15
Issue
6
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: June 1995
General Note
Letters
President's Message - The Unkindest Cuts Of All by James L. Brazee, Jr.
Witness For The Defense by Jim Belshaw

Guiding Light: An Inerview With Vet Center Director Alfonso Batres by Jim Belshaw - Vet centers often hire Vietnam veterans because they are sensitive to their clients' needs. "That's a powerful outreach tool," says Alfonso Batres, head of the VA's Readjustment Counseling Service. He makes a strong case for keeping the centers independent. Reporter Jim Belshaw explores this realm.

Common Bonds: The Successful Appeal Of The Vet Centers by Jim Belshaw

Government Relations - A VVA Government Relations Staff Report
Vietnam Vetterans Decry Most Severe Budget Cuts Ever
Victory Gained for Veterans Employment Programs
Testimony on Revised Claims Procedures
Hearing On VA Vocational Rehabilitation Explores Moving Vets
White House Meeting Furthers VVA Agenda

Veterans Benefit Update - Recent Court Decisions On Veterans Benefits by Bill Russo
Report on POW/MIA Affairs - And In This Corner... by Thomas F. Mannin
Report On Minority Affairs - Junteenth: In Celebration of Black Freedom by George Duggins
From the National Chaplain - Taps by Rev. Philip G. Salois, M.S.
Committee Report: Nominating - Moving It To The Floor by Bruce Thornton
Committee Report: Associate Member Liaison - Operation Friendship Launched By Joann Harkins
National Task Force On Homeless Veterans - Past, Present, and Future by Robert R. Piaro, Jim Bouley, and Paul L. Sutton
What Price Freedom? - The Struggle Continues by Jane Hamilton-Merritt

1995 Candidates Statements - Meet the candidates: With just two months to go before the national convention in Houston, the candidates tell you why they deserve your vote.
VVA Roundup '95 Seventh Naitonal Convention Vietnam Veterans of America
Platoon 1005 - Jack Ramsell by W. D. Ehrhart
Arts of War - Diary of Two Soldiers: Stevan Smith's Poignant Film of Brothers in Arms by Marc Leepson
Books in Review - That Fateful Year: David Marr Makes The Case for 1945 by Marc Leepson
Book Of The Month: Busted: A Vietnam Veteran in Nixon's America - All The Rage reviewed by John Clark Pratt
50 Years Ago Today - Americans Quell Japanese Resistance on Okinawa by Stan Sirmans
Calencar - VVA National, Regional, and State Meetings in 1995
Membership Notes by Gayle O. Garmise
Member Profile: Stephen Kerry Bramham - Midnight In The Offices of VVA by Duncan Spencer
Chapter Profile: Chapter 25 - Fasten Your Seatbelts by Charles Hand
National Office Mailing For May
Locator compiled by Tracie Houston
Reunions
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2022Serial613852
Citation
The VVA Veteran, 2022Serial613852. 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=2022Serial613852, Accessed 09 Mar 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2022Serial613852, Vietnam Veterans of America Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 06 Jun 2024 [Updated: 04 Mar 2026]

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