VFW
Serial Item Number: 346Serial615517
- Pages
- 56
- Media Type
- Serial
- Credit
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
- Physical Location
- Stacks Periodical Collection
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Collection
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 8
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) - Serial - Kansas City, Missouri
- Publication
- VFW
- Publisher/Org.
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
- City
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Type
- Serial
- General Note
- Frequency Varies / Subtitle: Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine / Varying Title: VFW Magazine
Dates
Publication: April 1990- General Note
- In the Field - In the seventh installment of the VFW program series, the National Veterans Srevice's Midwest field operation is profiled
'Boys of '98 by Richard K. Kolb - From the ranks of the men mobilized for the Spanish-American War in 1898 came the founders of america's premier overseas veterans organization
Serving Disabled Veterans by Frederick Downs, Jr. - The VA's Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) helps ease the physical losses of hundreds of thousands of veterans each year. As the PSAS's director points out, caring for the needs of these most deserving of veterans is a top priority
Don't Risk Your Disability Compensation by Frederico Juarbe, Jr. - A recent General Accounting Office report suggests that certain diseases are unrelated to military service. VFW believes otherwise
The Zumwalt Tragedy by Gary Bloomfield - Agent Orange profoundly affected three generations of one American family. Elmo Zumwalt, III fought as courageously against cancer as he had fought against the Viet Cong in Vietnam. Both he and his father, who ordered the spraying of the herbicide, have left a unique legacy for others to derive strength from.
A Decade of Concern: VFW and the Agent Orange Issue by Frederico Juarbe, Jr. - From the very beginning, the VFW has waged a campaign to win disability compensation for veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam
Agent Orange Advisor Zumwalt Responds - VFW Magazine's interview with Adm Zumwalt, special Agent Orange advisor to the VA secretary, provides some new insight into a controversial issue.
In Recognition - One of the VFW's long-standing resolutions was partially fulfilled last June when the crew of the USS Liberty was honored with a memorial library in a small Wisconsin town. As a sidebar, actions that rate the Combat Action Ribbon are listed.
Baltimore: America's 'Monumental City' by Blaine Taylor - The VFW's 91st National Convention will be hosted in one of the most interesting cities on the East Coast.
Columns
Command Post: Commander-in-Chief Wally Hogan reiterates the VFW's Enduring Commitment to Disabled Veterans
Washington Wire
Past Chief Dies
Veteran Views: Japan and the Burden of Defense by J. Thomas Murphy deals with a current issue of utmost importance.
Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
Member Benefits
VFW in Action
Membership
Chaplain's Corner
General Orders
Claims
Reunions
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=346Serial615517
- Citation
- VFW, 346Serial615517. No Date, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=346Serial615517, Accessed 02 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 346Serial615517, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 07 Nov 2025 [Updated: 07 Nov 2025]
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