Some Photos from the 1970s

It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-nine 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.

Latest Commentary: From the National Office Like a broken record, the Trump follies seem stuck in a groove, and the ruling classes are still dancing to that tune. We are as tired of this playlist as we're sure many of you are. It is hard to be positive while the constant barrage of lies, corrupt... Taken from "Fight Back. Resist. Stop the Bombings. Stop the Wars." by VVAW National Office Read More

Excerpt From  THE VETERAN:  Now Online

Taken from The GI Bill's Broken Promise to Black Veterans: A Black Veteran's Perspective by Charles Henderson:

My name is Charles Henderson, and I am a veteran who served in the United States Army during the war in Afghanistan. I was inspired to write this piece because there remains a tremendous lack of public knowledge about one of the greatest injustices committed against African American veterans in American history: the systematic denial of GI Bill benefits to a million Black World War II and Korean War veterans. It is a story that many Americans have never been taught, while others continue to ignore or deny the painful realities of our nation's history. As a Black veteran myself, I was shocked that I had never learned about this subject in grammar school, high school, or even college. It was only within the last several years, through conversations with some of the last surviving Black World War II and Korean War veterans, that I began to understand the true extent of this injustice.... Read More