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Sep 18 2024

'We Deserve to Have Our Family Home'

Families across the country are hopeful that one day the remains of their loved ones who went missing in war will be returned home. This includes the family of three sailors who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Karen Grantham, of Richmond, Missouri, attended a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) family update on March 23 in Kansas City, Missouri. Three of Grantham’s family members still are missing more than 80 years after their deaths. Grantham said two...
Sep 18 2024

Fresh Produce

For several years, VFW Post 1836 members had debated running a farmer’s market at their Post in Lufkin, Texas, but it never seemed to line up properly until last April. The opportunity finally presented itself when a local couple with experience managing a farmer’s market elsewhere moved to Lufkin looking for a new place to host their operation last year, opening a window for Post 1836 membership to do it. “Our team at Post 1836 has a goal to return to a place of promine...
Sep 18 2024

Examining VA’s Challenges with Ensuring Quality Contracted Disability Compensation Examinations

Statement of Ryan M. Gallucci, Executive Director Washington Office Veterans of Foreign Wars to the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “Examining VA’s Challenges with Ensuring Quality Contracted Disability Compensation Examinations” Washington, D.C. Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member Pappas, and members of the sub...
Sep 18 2024

VFW Youth Scholarship Contest Entries Due October 31

The deadline for the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen scholarship contests is fast approaching. Any middle and high school students interested in participating should complete and submit their essays by October 31 at midnight. The Voice of Democracy contest, established in 1947, is open to students in grades 9 through 12. Each year, about 25,000 high school students enter the audio-essay competition. The national winner will receive a $35,000 scholarship, which helps...
Sep 17 2024

VFW Wishes the US Air Force a Happy 77th Birthday

WASHINGTON – On Sept. 18, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) will join together with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the U.S. Air Force. The men and women of “Big Blue” have proudly and honorably protected and defended our country for the past 77 years. Originally organized as part of the U.S. Army in 1907, the Air Force became a separate military department when VFW Life member, President Harry S. Truman, signed the National Security Act of 1947. Toda...

 

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