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

Publication: February 1998

General Note: Features
Sinking of USS Maine Brings War With Spain by Michael D. Haydock
Memorial Preserves Memory of Maine's Crew by David M. Gosoroski
Newest Generation of War Vets Emmerge from Persian Gulf by Tim Dyhouse
VFW Scores Victory for Bosnia Vets
Presidential Pledge to Pull Troops From Bosnia Broken by David M. Gosoroski
Facing Down the Soviets: Cold War on NATO's Southern Flank by David Colley and Richard Kolb

From the Battlefield to the Sports Field by David M. Gosoroski - During the Vietnam War, the number of professional athletes who served in Vietnam could almost be counted on two hands. For the few who did, the experience left a lasting and mostly meaningful impression.

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
VFW in Action
Membership
Member Benefits
Jest A Minute
Reunions & Claims

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Citation: VFW, 574Serial90415. No Date, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=574Serial90415, Accessed 01 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 574Serial90415, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive