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Charles Abell of Houston racked up a long list of injuries and illnesses during his 30-year career in the Navy: a separated collar bone, shoulder paralysis, degenerative disc disease, hearing loss, tinnitus, degenerative hip, sleep apnea, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, depression and insomnia. But as he was preparing to retire, the Penta...
“The past couple years have been really hard on us. My husband Andy has experienced a lot of pain in his back and doctors can’t seem to figure out why,” says Ashley George. “He was medically discharged from the Army and hasn’t been able to work.” George served three years in the Army as a Specialist and was depl...
Statement of Raymond C. Kelley, director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with respect to Pending Legislation.
With over 1,700 VFW Service Officers across the globe, no one understands the frustration of the VA claims process, better than the VFW. The process can be confusing and one that service members and veterans shouldn't try to navigate alone. Since 2007, VFW Life Member, Nathan Weinbaum (and U.S. Navy veteran) has been serving veterans and helping th...
"This Memorial Day, Let's Build a WWI Memorial" By Joe Weishaar, Lead Designer The National World War One Memorial in Pershing Park, Washington D.C. As many Americans around the country take a moment to relax with friends and family this Memorial Day, I hope they take a moment to pause over their grills and swimming pools to ponder what the holida...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – From the earliest days of America’s founding, our great nation has been blessed with generation after generation of patriots willing to lay down their lives in defense of our freedom and way of life. This Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the heroic patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice – those who bravely rose up and fought f...
Today, staff members of the VFW National Headquarters joined local VFW members in Concordia, Mo., to pay tribute to motorcyclists participating in the annual cross-country “Run for the Wall” motorcycle ride. Nearly 400 riders made a pit stop for fuel in Concordia on their annual journeyto the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.,to hono...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Commander John A. Biedrzycki Jr. and Kansas City Mayor Sly James took part in a wreath laying ceremony at the National World War IMuseum today to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the deployment of the Lafayette Escadrille. The Lafayette Escadrille was a French fighte...
Heather De Jesus first learned about veterans’ advocacy and the VFW in college. She knew almost right away it was her calling. After graduation, she was hired as a VFW Claims Consultant for the VA Regional Office in San Diego. Four years later, she met the Patterson family and made the type of difference in a veteran’s life she always d...
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