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That gaiety hides a deeper, lasting pain at losing loved ones in combat. A 2004 study of Vietnam combat veterans by Ilona PIvar, now a psychologist the Department of Veterans Affairs, found that grief over losing a combat buddy was comparable, more than 30 years later, to that of bereaved a spouse whose partner had died in the previous six months.
Regardless, the U.S. government officially refers to all as "Vietnam-era veterans." [2] In the United States, the term "Vietnam veteran" is not typically used in relation to members of the People's Army of Vietnam or the Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front) due to the United States' alliance with South Vietnamese forces. [3]
The week-long activities rekindled a sense of brotherhood among the veterans and a feeling that they shared an experience that was too significant to ignore. In 1983, VVA took a significant step by founding Vietnam Veterans of America Legal Services (VVALS) to provide assistance to veterans seeking benefits and services from the government. [3]
Many programs and resources have been implemented across the United States in an effort to help homeless veterans. [19]HUD-VASH, a housing voucher program by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Administration, gives out a certain number of Section 8 subsidized housing vouchers to eligible homeless and otherwise vulnerable U.S. Armed Forces veterans.
National Vietnam veterans group plans dissolution; Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame honors icons, veterans gather for Thanksgiving.
(The Center Square) – Increased access to benefits for veterans and their long-term care are included in legislation that easily passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. Named for ...
Nov. 15—Caldwell County members of the Daughters of the American Revolution believe it is never too late to honor national heroes who served in the Vietnam War. The Tucker's Barn Chapter of the ...
During the Vietnam War, the use of the helicopter, known as "Air Mobile", was an essential tool for conducting the war. In fact, the whole conduct and strategy of the war depended on it. Vietnam was the first time the helicopter was used on a major scale, and in such important roles.