Some Photos from the 1990s

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.

Latest Commentary: From the National Office Our politics and political unity were forged in our opposition to the war in Vietnam. Some of us were drafted, others volunteered. Many fought in the jungles, some in the rear or offshore. Many of our fathers and uncles fought fascism. All of us changed... Taken from "On the Necessity of Struggle" by Bill Branson Read More

View the 1971 50th Anniversary Pages and Guestbook

Excerpt From  THE VETERAN:  Now Online

Taken from New VVAW Library and Learning Center Update by Khoi Tran:

Binh Dinh, Vietnam March 14, 2024 I have been working with the many officials that the Library of Vietnam Project has befriended since 1999. My first translation was with the People's Committee of Bong Son in Hoai Nhon District, Bong Son, Binh Dinh in December 2011. This is my thirteenth year. Now, we are back in Binh Dinh Province. It is in this province, where I was born, that I worked at various jobs, including in the private sector for an East Indian National Sugar Cane Company and, more recently, in the public sector for the Provincial People's Committee Department of Planning and Investment. Thanks to the Vietnam Veterans Against the War grant, we are now building a library at An Nghia, and it is our history with the provincial governments here in Binh Dinh that has eased our introduction. An Nghia is an impoverished area near An Khe. This is the first foreign NGO grant in this district since the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975.... Read More