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The VVA Veteran

Serial Item Number: 2022Serial613860
Pages
52
Media Type
Serial
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Veterans of America Collection
Volume
16
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 1996
General Note
Letters
President's Message - Holding True The Founding Principle by James L. Brazee, Jr.

VVA Homeless Symposium: A Photo Essay text by Bill Crandell photos by Michael Keating - Homeless Veterans Task Force brings together the "best & brightest" warriors for the homeless.

Government Relations
Congress Passes Vital Agent Orange/Housing Provisions
Homeless Veterans Programs Extended
Short-Term, One-Time Help For Homeless Veterans
President's Signature Makes Missing Service Personnel Act A Law
Presidential Advisory Committee On Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
NAS Report on Agent Orange To Be Released
VVA Meets With Civil Service Chief on Veterans Preference
VVA Homeless Symposium Sparks VA Town Meeting In Washington
VA To Limit Points in Refinancing Homes

Health-Care Reform Update - Accrediting VA Hospitals by Glenn Rogers
Veterans Benefits Update - Impact of VA Shutdown by Bill Russo
Committee Report: Agent Orange - The Ongoing Battle For The Truth by George Claxton
From The National Chaplain - Taps
Report on POW/MIA Affairs - The Long And Winding Road by Mike Nash
Veterans Initiative Report - Numbers, Numbers, Everywhere by Jim Doyle

Depleted Uranium: One Man's Weapon, Another Man's Poison by Bill Triplett - Evidence mounts, providing a link between depleted uranium and Gulf War syndrome.

Travels to the Othre Side of Heaven by Wayne Karlin - American and Vietnamese authors reconcile the past in a new anthology

Long Day's Journey Into Night by Jim Belshaw - Seven veterans tell the story of their emotional return to Vietnam

Platoon 1005 - Joseph B. Taylor by W. D. Ehrhart
Arts of War - Ian Copeland, A.K.A. "Wild Thing": The Rock World's Top Vietnam Vet by Marc Leepson
Books in Review: Your Literary Companion To An Exotic, Faraway Land by Marc Leepson
Book Of The Month: Worlds of Hurt: Reading the Literatures of Trauma - Translating the Pain of War Into Images reviewed by Jeff Loeb
Membership Notes by Candy Lyons
New Chapters
Member Profile: Terry Nolan - Business As Usual by Duncan Spencer
State Council Profile: When Disaster Strikes, Who Ya Gonna Call? by Jim Doyle
Calendar - VVA National, Regional, & State Meetings in 1996
Membership Matters - Outreach to Hispanic Veterans by Gregory V. Floberg
Locator compiled by Tracie Houston
Reunions
1996 National Leadership Conference - VVA 2000
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2022Serial613860
Citation
The VVA Veteran, 2022Serial613860. 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=2022Serial613860, Accessed 07 Mar 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2022Serial613860, Vietnam Veterans of America Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 06 Jun 2024 [Updated: 05 Mar 2026]

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