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In January 1978, a small group of Vietnam veteran activists came to Washington, D.C., searching for allies to support the creation of an advocacy organization devoted exclusively to the needs of Vietnam veterans. VVA, initially known as the Council of Vietnam Veterans, began its work. By the summer of 1979, the Council of Vietnam Veterans had ...
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
Thảo Griffiths (Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo) was born in 1978 in Ha Giang, Vietnam.From 2007 to 2016 she was Country Director for Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) - an American Non-Governmental Organization which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 with close partnership with the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam on banning landmines.
For nearly 40 years, Alliance's Vietnam Veterans of America Thomas A. Mangino Chapter 157 has been helping men and women who served in Vietnam between Nov. 1, 1955 and May 7, 1975, or in any duty ...
This category includes organizations of or for veterans, based in the United States of America or for veterans of that country's armed forces. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Flag etiquette course offered. I'm the president of the Vietnam Veterans of America El Paso Chapter 844. I would appreciate you in helping us put out information to the public, especially teachers ...
Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot-high black granite monument dedicated to the 23 Harlingen soldiers killed during the war from 1961 to 1975. As part of the project, city ...
In 1989, a group of Vietnam veterans from West Texas gathered at Texas Tech University to discuss what they might do, in a positive way, about their experiences in Vietnam. [13] Their meeting was spearheaded by James Reckner, a Texas Tech military history professor and Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, [ 14 ] who had become concerned with his ...