Some Photos from the 2000s

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 Passing Through A Gate by W. D. Ehrhart (reviewer):

Passing Through A Gate: Poems, Essays, and Translations by John Balaban Copper Canyon Press, 2024 John Balaban may be the most unusual writer ever to have emerged from the American War in Vietnam. He was never in the military, but he probably saw more action than three-quarters of the American service personnel who served in Vietnam. He requested and received conscientious objector status from his draft board, so he chose to do his alternative service in Vietnam. Initially tasked with teaching at the University of Can Tho, he found himself without a job when the university was flattened during the Tet Offensive soon after he arrived in Vietnam. He subsequently managed to get a position with a non-governmental organization called the Committee of Responsibility to Save War-Burned and War-Injured Children.... Read More