Texas Tech University

The VVA Veteran

Serial Item Number: 162Serial615817
Pages
24
Media Type
Serial
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Volume
4
Issue
5
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: May 1984
General Note
Rhoades Meets with VA Chief
Smear Campaign Attempst to Defeat VVA Charter Bills
Eight Congressmen Bow to Political Pressure Despite VVA's Historical Record by Patricia C. Hughes
Unknown Vietnam Vet to Be Interred May 28 at Arlington
Agent Orange Settlement Could Cause Long Range Problems Amount and Lack of Verdict Leaves Issue Unresolved by P. C. Hughes
VVA Delegation To 'Nam Reports Agent Orange Research in Vietnam by Jim Rogers, MD
Leath Concerned at EVJT Delay by April, Only 3% Placed in Jobs
Angry Little Poem of Spring by Steve Mason
Akron Holds Super Kids Classic Physical/Mental Handicap No Barrier to Derby Participants, VVA Style by P. C. Hughes
Vets' Preference Act to be Commemorated
Legion's Bourie Named Vet Advocate of Year by Patricia C. Hughes
VA Chief Medical Director Custis Retires
Vietnam Documentary Available
EVJT Works! by Jeremiah Collins
Proposal: The Department of Veterans Affairs by Rep. G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery (D-MS) Chairman, House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Fifty-Four Remembered by Northern Michigan by Patrick J. Kline
VVA Testifies... Statement of Richard F. Weidman of the Vietnam Veteans of America before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Housing & Memorial Affairs May 3, 1984 re: VA Home Loan Garanty Program

Defense Report AUSA - Full-Time National Guard and Reserve Manning - A Must for the Total Army Concept
Vietnam Combat Artist Exhibits in Capital by Jeremiah Collins
In Memoriam - Paul Wappenstein

From Behind the Walls..
A Narrative by John Clark
Camaraderie by Troy Neal Akin
"Untitled" by Troy Neal Akin

Women Veterans...
Battlefields and Bedpans by Marilyn Edgerton-Mallard
War Is Hell by Lin McClenahan
She Was There by Sara McVicker
"Mommy, Did You Kill Anybody in the War?" by Norma Boris

In the News...
Agent Orange: Issue Far From Settled by Robert Muller

Opinion
Our Children's Learning Heritage What their Textbooks Tell Them about Vietnam by Willian Logan
Vietnam Revisited by Roland Nichols
Olympic Epilogue by Phillip Hontz
It Is As Cold as Death..

VVA Around the Nation...What They're Saying..
Fear of Agent Orange Troubles Australia's Vets by Barry Renfrew
Canadians Who Fought in Vietnam Even Worse Off than Americans
Vietnam Veterans Suicides Revealed
Chapter News
Calendar
Q&A
Prayer by Dick Heim

Locator Listing
Bool Review - Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter reviewed by Carol Van Strum
Healing & Hurting in Vietnam

Letters to the Editor
Minneapolis VVA a First
Overly Simplisitc?
Vietnam Vets Fire Back
A Day to Remember
Vietnam Trip
Thailand Vets, 1960-75
NH State Council Form
Subscription Rate Set

Hurrah to St. Paddy and VVA
Amputee Designs New Hand Wins Veterans Administration Approval

From the Heart...
Vietnam by John Mintz
Unnamed
Forgotten Love by Raymond J. Banks, Jr.
A Vietnam Vet's Poem by Richard S. Lovekin
Viet Nam War by Dennis A. Petway
Echoes
Angry Little Poem of Spring

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=162Serial615817

Citation
The VVA Veteran, 162Serial615817. No Date, Burch Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=162Serial615817, Accessed 12 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
162Serial615817, Burch Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 06 Feb 2026 [Updated: 06 Feb 2026]