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In the quiet rural town of Fredericksburg, in the Hill Country of central Texas, a respected and trusted African-American family in the community had three sons who all enlisted to serve in World War II. Lee Roy Phillips served as a Navy Seabee and John Phillips served in the Air Force. Another son, Paul Phillips Jr., served with the Army’s 2...
Members of VFW Post 10380 in Green Township, Ohio, were at their recruiting best at the 161st Harvest Home Fair in September. Held in Cheviot, Ohio, a suburb near Cincinnati, the fair kicked off with a parade through the city’s downtown. Life member Bill Ostermeyer pulled his Iwo Jima-themed float while the Post’s 2½-ton truck wa...
For the past few years, a task force at a Missouri university has made it its goal to give many Doughboys of World War I the proper recognition for their acts of valor. A team from Park University’s George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War — located in Parkville, Missouri, near Kansas City, Missouri, — is working on th...
For well over a century, the VFW’s National Veterans Service (NVS) office on Capitol Hill has been devoted to serving veterans. With 1,900 VA-accredited service officers, including 27 service officers at Pre-Discharge offices on military installations, NVS recovered more than $10.2 billion in earned VA benefits on behalf of more than 550,000 ...
There’s a calm surrender within Donna Zephrine every time she finds herself pedaling her kayak along the tides that flow across Long Island Sound. The Army veteran and Bay Shore, New York, native spent several years fighting off her PTSD and a growing sense of isolation brought on as a side effect of the overwhelming transition from active-du...
For three consecutive years, VFW Post 7096 in Brooklyn, New York, has achieved 100% membership. Focused on supporting veterans as well as uplifting area youth, its dedicated members demonstrate the good work that is possible when many band together. In addition to providing vital assistance to its members — like suicide prevention and informa...
At 17 years old, Foley A. Parker enlisted in the Marine Corps and was deployed to Vietnam. After sustaining an injury, he was discharged right before he turned 20. “I was really young when I went in and really young when I got out,” he said. “It was a horrible transition. I found myself lost.” As a young man, Parker realized...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce the inaugural VFW Day of Service — a dedicated day of service led by VFW members throughout the country and the world. The VFW Day of Service is an outgrowth of the organization’s #StillServing campaign launched in 2020 to recognize the ongoing dedication o...
While celebratingBlack HistoryMonth, the VFW is commemorating Black veterans for their service and contributions to military history. Like all veterans, African-American men and women have been an integral part of every VFW qualifying war. Here are stories of just some of the black men and women who made history in the military. COAST GUARD AWARDS ...
Statement of Kristina Keenan, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To Honoring Our Promise: Reviewing the Effectiveness of Ser...
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