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When a new Orange Heart Memorial sprouted on the fertile grounds of the Springfield Memorial Gardens in Tennessee last year, the 532 names inscribed on the bronze cenotaphs humbled Ken Gamble. Each name, that of a Vietnam War veteran, presented Gamble, a Vietnam War veteran himself, with another reason to continue his mission to honor those who fig...
Iraq War veteran Trisha McCulloch said she struggled with pelvic health issues through most of her seven-year Army career and beyond. But at the time, she didn’t know what was wrong. McCulloch said that during her first year of service, she suffered military sexual trauma, or MST, after being sexually assaulted. McCulloch said that gradually,...
“How am I going to pay for this? Is it even worth it? Will I have time? How will I find work when I’m done?” Those questions and more flooded Corey Phillips’ mind as he contemplated going to college after service. Today, Phillips, 31, and his wife Sarah live in Saltville, Virginia, with their four children, one “angry&...
Over the last five years, VFW Post 3769 members in Pikeville, Kentucky, have weekly basked in the energetic and affable company of canines. Dubbed “Veteran Dog Days at the Pound,” most veterans from Post 3769 took up the weekly tradition after Quartermaster Darian Hylton realized the power of canines in holistically helping veterans str...
Last year saw a number of firsts for female veterans across the country. From the deep southern lands of Alabama to the Great Lakes bordering Minnesota and the mountain ranges of Nevada, female veterans etched their names in the histories of the nation’s military services. For Women’s History Month, VFW salutes all female veterans and h...
A VFW Member in Connecticut helped organize a project that will bring a much-needed veterans monument to the town of Stonington. Anthony Lombardo, who served in Panama during the Korean War, said that Stonington, Connecticut, only has one veterans monument, which commemorates the town’s veterans of World War I. Lombardo, who served in the Arm...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marc Garduno was elected quartermaster general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States today by special election of the National Council of Administration to fill a vacancy in the position due to the retirement of Debra Anderson. "I’m so thrilled and honored to be in this position,” said Garduno. &l...
Three VFW Posts in Georgia were named for women who made an impact in both the military and the combat veterans’ organization. VFW Department of Georgia State Quartermaster Jeff Carroll, who was an All-American State Commander in 2019 through 2020, said he believes that Posts should be named after anyone who earns it. “I think women pla...
The plan had consisted of a fundraiser to raise money for an operation at the Mayo Clinic on behalf of veteran Greg Crane, but things changed. When VFW Post 280 members in Columbia, Missouri, heard that their fellow member had died on the operating table, they contacted his family to ask if they wanted to continue with the fundraiser. Through adver...
The three oldest children of Malcolm Loepke well remember Aug. 17, 1969. Chris, the oldest who was 13 at the time, remembers the knock on the door of his family’s Elwood, Ind., apartment. Dawn, who was then 11, remembers pulling into the parking lot with her mom, Diane, and her younger brother, Don. Dawn recalled her mother letting out a gas...
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