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Apr 20 2020

Past VFW Commander-in-Chief #StillServing Medical Workers

A past VFW Commander-in-Chief said he didn’t want to sit on the sidelines while the COVID-19 pandemic was happening across the country. Brian Duffy, who is a Gold Legacy Life member of VFW Post 1170 in Middletown, Ky., and his wife, Jean, a member of VFW Post 1170’s Auxiliary, made about four dozen face masks for medical professionals i...

Apr 17 2020

Texas VFW Post Provides Meals for Local Veterans and Citizens

Members of a VFW Post in southern Texas have made it their duty to make sure residents in their area are not going hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 21, VFW Post 9170 in Beeville, Texas, helped its local Coastal Bend Food Bank by providing food to area residents. Beeville is located about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio. “Our P...

Apr 16 2020

Firebase Illingworth Illuminated in a Titanic Horror

April was the deadliest month of 1970 for U.S. troops in Vietnam with 730 deaths. On the first day alone, North Vietnamese Army (NVA) units shelled some 115 targets throughout the country and launched 13 ground assaults. April 1 turned out to be the single deadliest day of the year when 70 GIs perished. At the center of that day’s carnage sto...

Apr 15 2020

VSOs Call on President to Uphold 48-Hour Review

President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the millions of veterans, service members, families and survivors that our organizations represent, we call on you to instruct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain the p...

Apr 15 2020

VFW Urges Congress to Pass the Major Richard Star Act to Ease the Financial Burden of Medically-Retired Veterans During COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars is urging Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act during this challenging COVID-19 pandemic to help put money back in the pockets of veterans who were forced to retire early from military service because of battlefield injury or illness. “Retirement pay and VA disability compensation are fun...

Apr 15 2020

‘We Acknowledged Their Words of Gratitude’

It was a long-time coming, but VFW Post 3522 in Charles Town launched its Veterans Table Program in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With origins dating back to December 1999, the program was designed to provide free food for veterans and their families. But it had garnered little interest among Posts since its introduction at a West Virginia’...

Apr 14 2020

Texas VFW Post Assists Older Members During COVID-19 Pandemic

A VFW Post in central Texas is providing relief to veterans and their families who have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. VFW Post 12161 in Buda, Texas, located about 15 miles southwest of Austin, in March started to assist older veterans who need to stay at home due to the shelter-in-place order from the state of Texas. Post 12161 i...

Apr 13 2020

VFW Helps Family in Their Darkest Hour

Johnie Wasley, 33, lives in Alvin, Texas, with his wife, Shelbi, and their three children. He joined the military to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and to do something good with his life. He served four years with the Marine Corps, in Iraq and Kuwait. While serving in Iraq, Wasley lost half of his platoon. “I lived but was certai...

Apr 10 2020

VFW Honors America’s Gulf War Veterans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) salutes the nearly 700,000 men and women who courageously served our nation during the Gulf War as we recognize the 29th anniversary of the cease fire between the Coalition and Iraqi Army on April 11. Our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen led the Coalition to vi...

Apr 10 2020

VFW Chaplain Still Serves by Making ‘One Mask at a Time’

A VFW Chaplain in Indiana is Still Serving her community in any way she can. VFW Indiana District 10 Chaplain Judy King said her usual quilting has slowed down this year because of the novel coronavirus, but when she saw COVID-19 numbers rising in the state of Indiana, she started cutting up her quilting fabric and started making face masks for her...