It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-seven years later, VVAW is still going strong-- continuing its fight for peace, justice, and the rights of all veterans.
Explore these pages; see what we've done, what we do, and why we do it. The struggle continues, perhaps these days more than ever. VVAW has never stopped working to protect the welfare of those who served their country.
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Latest Commentary:
From the National Office
50 years ago, in January 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were signed, and many assumed the war was over. In fact, the US continued the killing for two more years.
Even then, with the US defeat and withdrawal in 1975, the shooting and bombing b...
Taken from "Serving the Children of Vietnam" by Bill Branson Read More
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Excerpt From THE VETERAN: Now OnlineTaken from Busted: A Vietnam Veteran in Nixon's America by Joe Miller (reviewer):
Busted: A Vietnam Veteran in Nixon's America
by W. D. Ehrhart
(McFarland, Revised Edition, 2021)
I first became aware of W.D. (Bill) Ehrhart through his poetry in Winning Hearts and Minds (1972), published by 1st Casualty Press. At the time, I was in the Chicago chapter of VVAW. My next "encounter" was when I picked up the paperback of Marking Time (1986) published by Avon Books. [Later republished as Passing Time (1989, 2023).] That brought me back to Vietnam-Perkasie (1983), published by McFarland & Co. So I was catching up with Bill and his story by 1987.
In the spring of 1988, while teaching political science at the University of Northern Iowa, I was invited to present a paper at an international conference on "Vietnam and the West" at the University of Swansea in Wales. The most important event at that conference was my chance to meet Bill Ehrhart. And, it was by chance.... Read More
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