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Pearl Harbor Day 2014, a Navy Centenarian’s First Birthday Celebration Since 1941

By Shad Meshad / December 5, 2014

The message came in on our website from the caretaker for a vet. Richard Miller, a Vietnam vet, wrote to…

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More than a Day of Remembrance

By Shad Meshad / November 6, 2014

Veterans Day is next Tuesday. Our nation has seen twelve years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war has…

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Vet-to-Vet: How We Know It Works

By Shad Meshad / October 28, 2014

As Veterans Day approaches, I wanted to highlight a couple of veterans’ successes by sharing stories that show the importance…

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Tribute to Robin Williams: the NVF Honors a Silent Benefactor

By Shad Meshad / September 15, 2014

It was 1987, a little over ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, when Good Morning, Vietnam opened…

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The Vietnam Experience Changed My Life

By Shad Meshad / September 13, 2014

“The Vietnam experience changed my life. I knew that if I survived Vietnam when I got back I owed it…

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Treating PTSD: Maybe It’s Time for Another Look at Our Options

By Shad Meshad / August 28, 2014

From Shad Meshad’s Blog at the Huffington Post Just about the time I was working to develop and lobby for…

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Losing a Hero: Remembering James Garner

By Shad Meshad / July 31, 2014

You probably knew him as Maverick or Rockford. He was an icon in film and television. At the National Veterans…

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No Laughing Matter: Vets and the VA

By Shad Meshad / July 7, 2014

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a duck walks into the VA… Sometimes exaggerating to the point of absurdity…

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