From Veterans Day Thoughts by Jim Murphy:

Veterans Day Nov. 11th in Ithaca, NY Finger Lakes Veterans Peace Coalition. JOIN US! Most of us here do not actively participate on this date. Veterans day is loaded with "Thank you for your service and references to saving our country." I think we all know better. We do have our own Tompkins/Ithaca Memorial Day Rite with Pete and Woodie songs and our poetry (Warrior Writers) while also hearing remembrances from Vets and families. But this year for Veterans Day, we will be passing flyers for "R.I.P. Medical Debt" aimed directly at VETERANS. As medical costs rise to unspeakable levels, so does un-payable medical debt. Our goal is to create awareness that the problem of medical debt owned by veterans can be ended by the passage of the New York Health Act. Meanwhile we want to publicize that giving to CureVetDebt.org will support a buyback and cancellation of existing Vet Debt in New York. For local Finger Lakes contacts, email me... Read More

In This Issue:

1. Forever Wars Demand Forever Opposition by Bill Branson
2. Report: The VVAW Thanh Binh School Library Project by Chuck Theusch
3. Thanks to Ellie Shunas by VVAW
4. Letter to the Editor by Edward Damato
5. Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
6. What Makes a Man (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
7. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
8. Mallory's Musings by Jack Mallory
9. The Old Monk (poem) by David Sangrund
10. The Story of a Memorial by Dennis Tribble
11. Memorial Day 2019 by James Christner
12. Veterans Day Thoughts by Jim Murphy
13. Carnage and Guilt by Tom Gery
14. On Campus After the War by Dan New
15. "Dear John" by Steven Curtis
16. VVAW and Friends by Nick Werle
17. The Backwash of War by Steve Krug (reviewer)
18. Maude and Me - A Reminiscence by Annie Luginbill
19. Recollections of Maude DeVictor by Barry Romo
20. Maude DeVictor, R.I.P. by Ann Bailey as told to John Zutz
21. James Duffy Remembered by Edward Damato
22. An Ode to Survival (poem) by Knute Niehoff
23. Larsen J. "Lars" Prip: Presente by Stanley Campbell
24. My Junior Year Abroad in Vietnam and What I Learned by Bill Thompson
25. The Forever War by Barry Reece
26. Letter to the Wall by Le Ly Hayslip
27. Dragonshead by John Bromer (reviewer)
28. Reluctant Soldier, Uneasy Veteran by Larry Kerschner (reviewer)
29. Enemies to Partners by Alan Batten (reviewer)
30. A Discomforting Letter From A Comfortable Town by Marc Levy
31. With Nixon in the Underworld (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
32. Photos from the Archives by VVAW
33. Talking Vietnam by Jan Barry (reviewer)
34. Thank You for Your Service by John Ketwig (reviewer)
35. Another Brother by Larry Kerschner (reviewer)
36. Vietnam Reconsidered by John Zutz (reviewer)
37. A Poet's Awakening by John Crandell (reviewer)
38. Killing From the Inside Out by John Ketwig (reviewer)
39. Passing in Front of the Flag by Larry Craig (reviewer)
40. Lost in Vietnam by Minnie Warburton (reviewer)
41. A Very Personal View of Vietnam by Ed White (reviewer)
42. Waking in Havana by Ann Hirschman (reviewer)
43. Poisoned Fruit of JFK's Assassination by John Ketwig (reviewer)
44. The Myths That Masked An Imperialist War by Woody Woodruff (reviewer)
45. The Man Who Fell From the Sky by Patrick McCann (reviewer)
46. Memories of a Vietnam Veteran by Ed Vail (reviewer)
47. Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
48. Monument to Stupidity #1 Sponsorship opportunity by Billy X. Curmano
49. I Started Learning the Real History of Vietnam by Mike McCain as told to Richard Stacewicz
50. Fifty-five Years Ago: Into the American War Against Vietnam by Joe Miller
51. Chapter Three: The Child by Paul J. Giannone
52. More Photos from the Archives by VVAW
53. Soft Targets - Part Three by Joseph Giannini
54. Beautiful Nicaragua by Louis DeBenedette
55. The Pizza Man by Peter Mahoney
56. The Base (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger