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Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) recognizes Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Cpl. Freddie Stowers. Stowers started his Army career at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where he joined the First Provisional Infantry Regiment on Oct. 4, 1917. The Sandy Springs, South Carolina, native was part of the first military draft of World War I. ...
Since its formal partnership in 2013, VFW and the Student Veterans of America (SVA) have worked to advocate for improvement to benefits for studentveterans around the world. Both veterans’ organizations are led by veterans serving their communities and other veterans. The Ohio State University SVA chapter Vets 4 Vets is just one of the more t...
Students in the Garfield, N.J., school district were in for a treat at Christmastime thanks to VFW Post 2867 in Garfield. Pre-k, kindergarten and first-grade students had the opportunity to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Post home. Each child walked away with a gift and a tummy full of snacks. Post Commander Irwin Wasserman said this was the Post...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Representatives from CDW presented a $10,000 donation on behalf of its CDW Gives program to VFW Quartermaster Debra Anderson today in support of the vital programs and services the VFW offers to our nation’s service members, veterans and their families, free of charge. “The VFW was thrilled to receive this donat...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) celebrates African-American History Month throughout the month of February. “Our African-American service men, women and their families have made, and continue to make, remarkable impacts on our military,” said VFW National Commander William “Doc” Schmitz. “Th...
U.S. Staff Army Sgt. Bill Foulk was happy to get home from another training exercise, turn in all his stuff and cut loose. In December 1989, as he was settling in at his home in Tacoma, Wash., just outside of Fort Lewis, he got the call. “I thought it was a joke,” Foulk said. “We had been doing rehearsal missions for Panama all ye...
Re-introducing a Vietnam War veteran to martial arts set the course of one future veteran’slife and spurred his desire to help others. Clay Worley, who discovered the ancient art form in his youth, served in the Army from 1997-98 with the 1st Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division in Bosnia and from 2003-04 with the 82nd Airborne Division...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – "In light of today's announcement from the defense department that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of Iran's retaliatory strike and President Trump's remarks which minimized these troops’ injuries, the Veterans of Foreign Wars cannot stand idle on this matter. TBI is a serious inj...
Iraq War vet Randy Dexter remembers when he thought about suicide all the time. But then he met a golden retriever named Ricochet, who would forever change his life. A certified therapy dog living in southern California with her owner, Judy Fridono, Ricochet met Dexter during a six-week Canine Inspired Community Re-integration (CICR) session. Frido...
Four Purple Heart recipients participated in the 37th annual VFW magazine-Donnan Gulch Outfitters Disabled Veterans Antelope Hunt this past October near Broadus, Mont. Doonan Gulch Outfitters is owned and operated by Russ and Carol Greenwood. The couple started hosting the annual hunt in 1982 because they didn’t like the way Vietnam War veter...
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