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THE VETERAN is the newspaper of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. In 1971 and 1972 it was published as 1st Casualty. From 1973 to 1975, it was published as Winter Soldier. In 1975, it became THE VETERAN.
THE VETERAN was the first voice of Vietnam veterans in America, and has consistently addressed issues of peace and justice. Original articles on Post Traumatic Stress and Agent Orange have appeared since its first year of publication.
THE VETERAN still continues publication two times a year. Articles from recent issues are available below.
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 From Christmas Bombings 1972 by Susan Schnall:
Susan Schnall.
On Sunday, March 17, 2013 CBS aired an episode of Amazing Race where contestants were traipsing through the remnants of American B-52 bomber shot down by the Vietnamese during the Christmas Bombing in 1972. Known as the Stratofortress heavy bombers, the B-52's along with Marine tactical support aircraft, dropped over 20,000 tons of bombs, destroying Hanoi and Haiphong, including Bach Mai Hospital. From December 18, 1972 until December 29, 1972, 729 sorties killed over 1600 Vietnamese and knocked out 80% of the country's electrical supply. And what was the military gain? Why did President Richard Nixon order this reign of terror on a country and its people thousands of miles from the United States? What was the threat posed to the people of the United States by the Vietnamese?... Read More
In This Issue:
- Veterans and Nurses Fight for Improvements at the Jesse Brown VA by Robert Clack
- Remembering the Christmas Bombing by Interview with Barry Romo by Jen Tayabji
- From the National Office by Bill Branson
- VVAW Military and Veterans Counseling Closing: VVAW Still Fights On by
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- Corpses, Corpses (poem) by Tim Bagwell
- Celebration of the Life of David Cline by Susan Schnall
- COVVHA Testifies to the Institute of Medicine by Heather Bowser
- Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century by Bruce Franklin
- Kill Anything That Moves by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Turse's Take on US Atrocities in Vietnam by Horace Coleman (reviewer)
- Confessions of a War Criminal by R. G. Cantalupo
- Stop the Killing! Ground the Drones! by Louie De Benedette
- A Veteran's Perspective on Gun Violence by Thomas Bayard
- The Gun Line by Gregory Ross
- It's People Who Kill People... With Guns by Bill Andrews
- The Dark (poem) by August Steiner-Zehender
- "Violence is as American as Cherry Pie!" by Horace Coleman
- Guns by Harold Pettus
- Oxy, the Smart Bomb by Bily X. Curmano
- Worries at the Pentagon (cartoon) by Jeff Danzinger
- Women in Combat: Can We Talk About This? by Jerry Lembcke
- How to Live with Killing (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Cheating the Reaper (poem) by W.D. Ehrhart
- Christmas Bombings 1972 by Susan Schnall
- Nixon Sabotaged Paris Peace Talks and Our Future by Daniel C. Lavery
- Telegram by
- John Piester - An Unsung Hero by Cindy Piester
- Hagel Critics (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Vietnam: A Time Capsule by Suzanne Cogan
- When He Was Good by Marc Levy
- Creative Transformation Through Art Therapy by Trina Irish
- Forming Relationships of Understanding Promotes Healing by Amy Blumenshine
- Student Response by John Ketwig
- No Fear (poem) by Paul Nichols
- Jimi (poem) by William J. Reiter
- Uncoiling (poem) by Paul Hellweg
- The Gun Problem No One Talks About: Shooting Ranges in Schools by Rick Jahnkow
- America, Listen To Your Veterans by Rick Harrienger
- A Message of Gratitude by Dan New
- Saudis Now Providing Arms for Syrian Arms (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- To End All Wars by Tom Blakemore (reviewer)
- Look Not Unto the Morrow by David Swanson (reviewer)
- US to Supply Non-lethal Aid (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- A Warriors Psalm from Vietnam (poem) by Sgt. Charles F. Harrienger, Jr.
- RECOLLECTIONS: Christmas Forty Years Ago: Random Thoughts About the Roar of War Planes by Douglas M. Mason
- In the foxhole with neocons (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- 2012 VVAW Events (photos) by
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