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WASHINGTON— The reward fund for the cross-shaped Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial that was stolen Sunday night just increased from $25,000 to $125,000, thanks to the generosity of a decorated combat veteran who wishes to remain anonymous. "We are extremely grateful for the $100,000 contribution to the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial reward fu...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. learned yesterday that the cross-shaped veterans' memorial in the Mojave Desert was torn down Sunday night by someone or persons with no respect for the dead or the nation's laws. "This was a legal fight that a vandal just made personal to 50 million veterans, military personnel and their...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saluting the president for signing into law yesterday the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (S. 1963), a bipartisan bill introduced last fall by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii). "This new law will go a long way to helping our injured...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — VFW has announced the winners of the 2010 National Publications Contest. Two full-time journalism professionals served as judges for the competition. The winning publications in each category are: Department Publications Large (25,000 or more members) ...
The freedom and security that citizens of the United States enjoy today are direct results of the bloodshed and continued vigilance given by the United States Armed Forces over the history of our great nation. In 2004, U.S. Congress passed a resolution proclaiming May as National Military Appreciation Month, calling all Americans to remember those...
President Ma Ying-jeou met with Mr. Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), and Mr. Allen Kent, Adjutant General of the VFW, at the Presidential Office on the morning of April 26. The president extended a cordial welcome to the gentlemen on their visit to Taiwan. The president noted t...
WASHINGTON — After seven months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling to tear down a cross-shaped veterans memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert Preserve, but the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. said there is still work to be done before the 76-year-old memorial is seen agai...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is thanking President Obama for signing H.R. 4887 into law yesterday to recognize all Department of Defense TRICARE and nonappropriated fund healthcare programs as meeting minimum essential coverage standards under the new national healthcare law. "On behalf of m...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two home-town and national icons, the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Headquarters and the Kansas City Chiefs, have joined forces to highlight and honor the service and sacrifice of the millions of military members who have, or are fighting, to preserve our freedoms and liberties at home and abroad. The Kansas City Chief...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is backing legislation introduced today by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to create a veterans jobs bill to help ease the rampant unemployment rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. "The nation’s economy is showing signs of improvement, but the unemployment rate of current war veter...
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