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When Carl Les Fordahl left the Vietnam War in 1971, his art, a collection of paintings, photographs and combat sketches, went into a closet before resurfacing again two decades after his service. The art, which captures locations and moments during the Vietnam War, drew interest from other veterans who over the years encouraged him to donate it to ...
A Post in the Great Lakes State distributes hundreds of Buddy Poppies to its community. Members of a VFW Post in Paw Paw, Michigan, continue to keep the tradition of distributing Buddy Poppies to community members. VFW Auxiliary member Barb Alden said her husband, Jim Alden, commander of Post 2532 in Paw Paw, Michigan, and their grandson, Milo, wer...
VFW members around the world delved into VFW’s third annual Day of Service this year, an initiative to engage veterans, service members and local advocates in a widespread attempt to make a meaningful impact in their communities. This year’s Day of Service built on the success of the previous two years, as VFW Posts in all 50 states, as...
Since 2013, members of VFW and SVA have had the opportunity to make their voices heard on Capitol Hill. The veterans involved in the VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program are allowed to meet lawmakers and administrators responsible for implementing veterans’ policy on Capitol Hill. VFW’s collaboration with SVA provides students with a ...
Whether you are travelling to the VFW National Convention next month in Louisville, Kentucky, going to a family reunion, or taking a vacation, you will find a variety of travel pieces at the VFW Store to help you get ready for your trip. The VFW Store carries two luggage tags for your contact information. One tag has a U.S. flag design and the othe...
Approximately 3.3 million veterans have served since Sept. 11, 2001, and nearly half of them had deployments to combat zones. Not surprisingly, veterans with combat experience are more likely to have had traumatic experiences. According to a PEW Research study in 2018, seven out of 10 of these veterans knew someone who had been injured or killed an...
This month, VFW magazinecontinues its “Destination Post Series.” The series will feature 125 VFW Posts located in sought-after tourist destinations. Featured VFW Posts are those that make a real difference in the communities in which the Posts are located. This month’s article takes VFW magazine readers to the Memphis, Tennessee, ...
On the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, three members of the VFW Department of Montana participated in bringing home the remains of an unidentified Marine killed in action at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands more than 2,000 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor. VFW Post 10010 member Tim Sowa of East Helena joined Post 276 members Mike Pr...
WASHINGTON — On June 14, The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the United States Army and the flag it has carried while fighting for freedom since the American Revolutionary War. On June 14, 1775, the following entry was written into the journal of the Second Continental Congress: ...
To provide some respite from his career as a pilot in the Air Force, Ryan Roulette, 38, likes to trade his cockpit for the inside of a stock car, shredding rubber at 180 mph on weekends. For Roulette, who in 2021 raised the stakes by becoming the only active-duty Air Force officer to race professionally in the ARCA Menards Series, the competitive s...
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