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Rhode Island Post on Track with Donation

https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2017/9/rhode-island-post-on-track-with-donation

9/5/2017 - Efforts from a Rhode Island VFW Post have provided Afghanistan War veteran Tim Underwood with an all-terrain wheelchair, improving his quality of life. Underwood, who served in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 with the 3rd Sqdn., 61st Cav, 4th BCT, 4th Inf. Div., was wounded in April 2010. He was shot three times (once in the throat/jaw, once in the spine and once in the kidney), and spent roughly seven months hospitalized. As a result, Underwood is paralyzed from the waist...

Purple Heart Vets Return to Vietnam

https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2017/8/purple-heart-vets-return-to-vietnam

8/3/2017 - Thanks to VFW’s Kahle Fund, nine Vietnam veterans who received Purple Hearts during the war returned to Vietnam in April for an all-expenses-paid excursion. The 10 days in-country included visits to Hanoi, Hue, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and points in between. Since 2005, 142 wounded Vietnam vets have returned to their former battlefields courtesy of the Ralph Charles Kahle Jr. Endowment Fund, which was established in 1999 following a $1.1 million bequest from Kah...

World War I Veterans Who Shaped Future Decades

https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2017/3/world-war-i-veterans-who-shaped-future-decades

3/30/2017 - Since the birth of our nation, many veterans have gone on to greatness in a variety of fields. From U.S. presidents to well-known authors, athletes and actors, WWI is no exception. Here is a look at some of those famous vets from the “Great War.” Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) b. Lamar, Mo. 33rd President Ranked No. 7 (a “near great”) among U.S. presidents, Harry Truman (1945-1953) brought the war in the Pacific to a swift end in 1945. He also launched the Truman Doctri...

'Commander George Lisicki Veterans Apartments' to open on October 27th

https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2011/10/commander-george-lisicki-veterans-apartments-to-open-on-october-27th

10/24/2011 - [Carteret] Mayor Dan Reiman will be joined by the Borough Council, residents, and military veterans on October 27th for a Ribbon Cutting ceremony, formally unveiling “The Commander George Lisicki Veterans Apartments,” Carteret’s first veterans’ apartment building. The project has been dedicated in honor of past National Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Commander George Lisicki, an advocate of a number of nationwide programs and services. The ceremony will begin at 3:00 p...

Marine Dreams of Teaching Abroad

https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2016/5/marine-dreams-of-teaching-abroad

5/16/2016 - When Aaron Dubois, 28, of Shakopee, Minn., decided to join the military, he saw it as an opportunity to better his life and help his loved ones. "I chose the Marines because I felt like if I could complete the training, there was nothing I could not accomplish," said Dubois. "More than anything, I felt like there was a lot of strife in the world and I did not want my friends or family to be the ones who dealt with it." Today, after four years as a Marine, Dubois is prepa...