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On April 13, members of VFW Post 10804 in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, along with American Legion Post 186 members, local first responders and family celebrated Post 10804 member Gus Preno’s 109th birthday with a parade that honored his service. Born in 1917, Preno enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and was on board the USS Melville during t...
When she was 16 years old, Janae Sergio was dropped off at an emergency night shelter in Hollywood, California, by her mother, who would not be returning for her daughter. Having only brought a single backpack, Sergio believed her stay at the shelter would only be temporary. Sergio would soon begin her long journey of self-actualization, overcoming...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is pleased to announce starting May 1, participating Burger King® franchise restaurants will kick off their annual fundraiser to raise money throughout the month of May in support of the VFW’s National Veterans Service (NVS), helping to ensure the VFW can continue to provide serv...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to honor our nation’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander service members, veterans and their families throughout the month of May. The Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacif...
Statement of Kristina Keenan,Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United StatesSenate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. ChairmanMoran,Ranking MemberBlumenthal,members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) today applauded a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hencely v. Fluor Corp., which restores a critical legal pathway for injured service members seeking accountability from government contractors. In a decision issued April 22, 2026, the court vacated a lower-court ruling that had br...
Like so many of the men he served alongside, Norm Brown enlisted in the U.S. military to give back and do something meaningful. But unlike most of them, he was not an American. Brown, 83, is from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. “When we got out of high school in 1961, me and my two friends were interested in joining the Marines,” he sai...
Two years ago, members of VFW Post 1617 in Derry, New Hampshire, embarked on an ambitious journey: to document the more than 1,500 veterans buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, located in East Derry, New Hampshire. The Post noticed that over the years, volunteers for their Memorial Day events had trouble discerning veteran graves from non-veteran graves...
Statement of Nancy Springer, Deputy 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 “Examining VA Benefits: Pension and Fiduciary, and VA...
“I see the old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak and let no enemy ever haul them down.” These historic words were spoken by General Douglas McArthur on March 2,1945, after the recapture of Corregidor by the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team. The “Rock Force” Commander Colonel George M....
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