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VVA, initially known as the Council of Vietnam Veterans, began its work. By the summer of 1979, the Council of Vietnam Veterans had transformed into Vietnam Veterans of America, a veterans service organization made up of, and devoted to, Vietnam veterans. Bobby Muller and Stuart F. Feldman were among the organization's co-founders. [2]
Frustrated with how Vietnam War veterans were treated upon their return to the United States, both by the general public and the government, Christian became an advocate and veterans leader. [11] He founded the United Vietnam Veterans Organization (UVVO), [ 12 ] whose members joined Vietnam Veterans of America at the 1985 VVA National ...
The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF), [1] established in 1980, now the Veterans for America (VFA), is a Washington, D.C.-based international humanitarian organization that addresses the consequences of war and conflict. The founder of VVAF is Bobby Muller, a former U.S. Marine lieutenant and Vietnam veteran.
The building will house the offices of the planned Braintree, Holbrook and Avon veterans district as well as meeting and office space for Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans posts.
He gained national recognition as an anti-war activist, serving as a spokesperson for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization. Kerry testified in the Fulbright Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where he described the United States government's policy in Vietnam as the cause of war crimes.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) was introduced in 1980, providing education benefits to veterans who served after the Vietnam War. VEAP allowed eligible veterans to contribute to an education fund, with the government matching their contributions to help cover the costs of education and training.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 47,268. [1] The district covers an area of 1,133 km 2. The district capital lies at Ba Tơ. [1] In April 2012, there have been multiple reports of an outbreak of an unknown fatal disease in the area around Ba Tơ. See Quảng Ngãi skin disease outbreak for more details.