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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.
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Latest Commentary:
From the National Office
Well, not that we are surprised, but the Trump chaos machine keeps churning. The circus has so many rings right now, it's hard to keep up. By the time this paper lands in your hands, who knows what new atrocities will be there to greet us.
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Taken from "Deadly Distractions, Costly Consequences" by VVAW National Office Read More
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Excerpt From THE VETERAN: Now Online Taken from The Day Madame Nguyen Thi Binh Came To Visit by Fredy Champagne:
One day, we got a call from our friend Cherie Clark, who said that an important delegation of Vietnamese would be visiting California and wanted to meet the veterans of Garberville. We had been sending delegations to Vietnam to build medical clinics and leading peace walks through the major cities in protest of the US Embargo against Vietnam.
I had previously met Nguyen Co Thach, the Foreign Minister in Hanoi, to obtain permission to bring 12-man teams to begin rebuilding Vietnam, just as Oliver Stone had written in the last lines of Platoon. Both Nguyen Co Thach, representing the North Vietnamese, and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, representing the South Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government, were involved with the Paris Peace Accords. Both were signers of this document. It was truly an honor to have met them.... Read More
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