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Pearl Harbor Day 2014, a Navy Centenarian’s First Birthday Celebration Since 1941
The message came in on our website from the caretaker for a vet. Richard Miller, a Vietnam vet, wrote to…
Read MoreMore than a Day of Remembrance
Veterans Day is next Tuesday. Our nation has seen twelve years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war has…
Read MoreVet-to-Vet: How We Know It Works
As Veterans Day approaches, I wanted to highlight a couple of veterans’ successes by sharing stories that show the importance…
Read MoreTribute to Robin Williams: the NVF Honors a Silent Benefactor
It was 1987, a little over ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, when Good Morning, Vietnam opened…
Read MoreThe Vietnam Experience Changed My Life
“The Vietnam experience changed my life. I knew that if I survived Vietnam when I got back I owed it…
Read MoreTreating PTSD: Maybe It’s Time for Another Look at Our Options
From Shad Meshad’s Blog at the Huffington Post Just about the time I was working to develop and lobby for…
Read MoreLosing a Hero: Remembering James Garner
You probably knew him as Maverick or Rockford. He was an icon in film and television. At the National Veterans…
Read MoreNo Laughing Matter: Vets and the VA
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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