National Veterans Foundation Blog and News

My Personal Thoughts on Our Dad, a World War II Vet Allan Isaac Klemp, January 20,1921 – April 6, 2018

By Ron Klemp / May 15, 2018

This May we will be observing another Memorial Day holiday. Reflecting on our WWII veterans, We often hear that each…

By Shad Meshad / May 2, 2018

This phrase was in common use as far back as 2007. Phil Klay, a Marine vet writing in The New…

By Shad Meshad / April 3, 2018

With the replacement of David Shulkin as VA Secretary, the second largest department of our federal government (after the Department…

By Shad Meshad / March 28, 2018

47 years of working with Veterans. I thought I’d run into every kind of challenge they face. Then, recently I…

By National Veterans Foundation / March 27, 2018

National Veterans Foundation President & Founder Shad Meshad has been working for decades on a pardon case here in California,…

By Shad Meshad / February 28, 2018

Recently a vet I know called me about his brother. They both served in Iraq, at different times. One brother’s…

By National Veterans Foundation / February 1, 2018

The National Veterans Foundation’s Outreach team, Micheal Washington & Gerald Hillard in conjunction with Car Clubs’ Eastside Classics and La…

By Shad Meshad / January 10, 2018

“War changes you, there’s no denying that. It’s useless to say it doesn’t or that you’ll get over it. You…