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Veterans for Peace logo. Veterans for Peace is an organization founded in 1985. Initially made up of US military veterans of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War - later including veterans of the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War - as well as peacetime veterans and non-veterans, it has since spread overseas and has an active offshoot in the United Kingdom (which has ...
In the same year, he appeared in the anti-war documentary film Hearts and Minds, speaking about his life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. He founded Vietnam Veterans of America in 1978 and Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) in 1980. The VVAF co-founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which won a 1997 Nobel ...
The principal aims of the WVF are to defend the spiritual and material interests of veterans and victims of war and their families by all available legal means and to maintain international peace and security by the application to the letter and in spirit of the Charter of the United Nations and by respecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms set forth in the International Bill of ...
David Cline (January 8, 1947 – September 14, 2007) was an American anti-war and veterans rights activist.He was best known as National President of Veterans For Peace (VFP) from 2000 to 2006, Chapter Vice President of Alan Reilly – Gene Glazer VFP Chapter 21, and co-founder of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign. [1]
FIDAC (French: Fédération Interalliée Des Anciens Combattants, English: The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations) was established in Paris in November 1920, at the initiative of the veterans from World War I predominant pacifists, such as Hubert Aubert, director in UNC (National Combatants' Union), France, [1] and in particular Charles Bertrand, Secretary-General of UNC and ...
Reuchel, 93, is one of about 100 Korean War veterans from across the country who have been interviewed by Ryan Walkowski, 30, of Wittenberg. A valve technician for Midwest Valve Services in ...
United Spanish War Veterans (dissolved 1992) United States Submarine Veterans; United States Submarine Veterans of World War II (dissolved 2012) Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy; Veterans for Common Sense; Veterans for Peace; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Vietnamese American Armed Forces Association; Vietnam Veterans of America
They're not your average therapy animal, but Iraq War veteran, Darin Welker, says his pet ducks have been critical in helping him recover from an injury and cope with his post-traumatic stress ...