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The VVA Veteran

Serial Item Number: 937Serial615880
Pages
56
Media Type
Serial
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Collection
Roger Donlon Collection
Volume
15
Issue
11
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: November 1995
General Note
Letters
President's Message - Bringing Them Home by James L. Brazee, Jr.
1995 Veterans Day Events

Snapshots of The Past by Jim Belshaw - Red Wilson, A B-52 pilot show down over Hanoi and taken captive for 101 days, is confronted with photographs that bring back vivid memories of his personal loss 23 years ago.

Government Relations - A VVA Government Relations Staff Report
FY 1996 VA Appropriations / Budget Reconciliation Reached
VVA Testifies on Needs of Minority Veterans
Missing Service Persons Act Advances
Priority Health Care for Agent Orange and Persian Gulf Syndrome
VVA Collaborates on Pilot Project to Examine 2,4-D Alternatives
House Committee Forwards Housing and Employment Bill
House, Senate Differ Over Montgomery G.I. Bill
Medal of Honor For Alfred Rascon Not Just A Remote Possibility

Health-Care Reform Update - Eligibility Reforms Pass In House Veterans' Affairs Committee by Kelli Willard West
Veterans Benefits Update - Incarcerated Vets Win Right To Exam by Bill Russo, National Service Representative
From the National Chaplain - Taps by Rev. Phil Salois, VVA National Chaplain
Report on Minority Affairs - New Beginnings by Oscar Flores

Weather at 6:00 Bobbie The Weather Girl by Stan Sirmans - Bobbie Keith's tour of duty as weather girl for Armed Forces Vietnam TV played a key role in maintaining morale for American troops in Vietnam.

Special Insert - 1995 Convention Resolutions
Platoon 1005 - Milton R. Waters, Jr. by W. D. Ehrhart
Arts of War - Dead Presidents: Turning A Robin Hood Tale of Redemption Into "Nam In The Hood" by Marc Leepson
A Literary Recon Mission On The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Marc Leepson
Book Of The Month: No Place To Hide - Gerry Carroll's Unintended Trilogy reviewed by Stan Sirmans
Book Of The Month II: Brothers And Sisters In Arms reviewed by John Clark Pratt
Membership Notes by Candy Berkebile
New Chapter
Member Profile: Mary Miller - Continuing The Tradition by Duncan Spencer
Chapter Profile: Chapter 441 - Almost Home by Charlie Hand
Calendar - VVA National, Regional, & State Meetings in 1995 & 1996
Locator compiled by Tracie Houston
Reunions
Membership Matters - From The Fifty Yard Line by Gregory V. Floberg, Director of Membership Affairs
National Office Mailing for October
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=937Serial615880
Citation
The VVA Veteran, 937Serial615880. No Date, Roger Donlon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=937Serial615880, Accessed 07 Mar 2026.
Pub Credit Line
937Serial615880, Roger Donlon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 05 Mar 2026 [Updated: 05 Mar 2026]

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