General Note: Frequency Varies / Subtitle: Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine / Varying Title: VFW Magazine

Publication: January 1993

General Note: 50 Years Ago This Month Two intriguing articles by Bill Wagner
Fire Balloon Campaign Claims Six Oregon Lives
Nisei Achieved Intelligence Coups

'Something Must Be Done Immediately,' Says Former VA Commission Head
Placing a Face with a Name

A National Tribute Moves the Nation by Steve Van Buskirk - The Veterans Day gathering surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedication stirred bittersweet memories for many veterans and families.

'A Horror of Death and Destruction.' - Twenty-five years later, the impact of Vietnam's 1968 Tet Offensive is still debated. Tet also was a high water mark for the VFWs humanitarian efforts.

Bit Leagues Drained by Manpower Demands by Gary Bloomfield
Shooting Competition Strengthens Character by Galen Geer
Corregidor and Bataan Revisited by Gary L. Bloomfield
America's Last Cuba Vet of '98 Is a Living Link to the Past by Steve Ban Buskirk
Easy Steps to Establishing a Post by Joe Ross

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
UDT-SEAL Museum - A Living Memorial
VFW in Action
Membership
Member Benefits
General Orders
Claims
VETS: Reunions

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3122Serial615457

Citation: VFW, 3122Serial615457. No Date, Lawrence D. McDougal Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3122Serial615457, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 3122Serial615457, Lawrence D. McDougal Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive