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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 On the Ho Chi Minh Trail by Susan R. Dixon (reviewer):
On The Ho Chi Minh Trail: The Blood Road, The Women Who Defended It, The Legacy
by Sherry Buchanan
(Asia Ink, 2021)
Between 1965 and 1975 the United States dropped some 7.5 million tons of bombs on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, more than double the weight of bombs dropped on Europe and Asia during the entire Second World War. While there were multiple and changing objectives to the bombing, a major one was the disruption of the flow of men and materiel to the south. Consequently, much of that fury was directed at what the Vietnamese called the Trường Sơn Road and the United States named the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
The Trường Sơn Road /Ho Chi Minh Trail threaded through the Trường Sơn Mountains, known in the West as the Annamite Range, that runs roughly north-south through almost the entire length of Vietnam... Read More
In This Issue:
- Afghanistan: Another Rich Man's War Ends by Bill Branson and Joe Miller
- VVAW Library Project Begins Construction by Chuck Thuesch
- PTSD (poem) by Lawrence Christie
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Afghanistan: Who's Responsible? by W. D. Ehrhart
- Reflections on the Afghanistan Debacle by John Ketwig
- War Fever (poem) by Jan Barry
- Being With You (poem) by Diane Ford (1971)
- The Latest on SOVA: Save Our VA From Privatization by John Ketwig
- These Old Bones (poem) by Nowlin Haltom
- The Importance of the "VA Advantage" by Suzanne Gordon and Russell Lemle with intro by Jim Wohlgemuth
- Taliban Inherits Ton of US Weaponry Left Behind (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- VVAW Library Project Begins Construction photos by VVAW
- Remembrance of Ann Bailey by John Lindquist
- Memories of Ann Bailey by John Zutz
- Ring Around the Red Squad: Memories of Annie Bailey by Joe Petzel
- Annie Bailey: In Her Own Words by as told to Richard Stacewicz
- Annie Bailey photos by VVAW
- Uniforms, Rage, Medals and Citations by Joseph Petzel
- Ellsberg Lesson by Bill Johnston
- A Crucible Endured by John Crandell
- Put A Flag On It by Amber Zora
- Contested Identity: Schuyler vs Schuyler by Arthur H. Dorland
- F-35 Fighter Now Estimated to Cost 100 Million Each (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Operation Peace on Earth and Statue of Liberty by Bobby Clarke
- VVAW and the Literature of War by Elise Lemire
- Dissenting POWs by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Uncle Ho by Jim Hale
- Conscientious Objector by Gerald R. Gioglio (reviewer)
- Bikes for Education in Vietnam by Nadya Williams with David Clark
- Jersey City, NJ: Honoring VVAW Member Clarence Fitch at James J. Ferris High School by Joe Hirsch
- Bronze Star (poem) by rg cantalupo
- Home, 1970 (poem) by John Samuel Tieman
- On the Ho Chi Minh Trail by Susan R. Dixon (reviewer)
- Oxy, A Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- Photos from the VVAW Archives by VVAW
- Memories of Dewey Canyon III by Barry Romo as told to Jeff Machota
- A Soldiers' Home Companion by Marc Levy
- After Two Decades US To Pull Out of Afghanistan (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Keep On Singing by Michael Orange
- Bayonet Etiquette (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- Veterans Day (poem) by Daniel E. Rihn
- A Tale of a High School Class Going to War by Ed White (reviewer)
- The Shadows From Which We Rise by rg cantalupo
- Invisible Wounds, Part Three by Joseph Giannini
- I Want to Kill a Commie for Mommy by John Zutz (reviewer)
- Gold Star Mothers by Tom Gery
- Army Recruiting After Kabul Withdrawal Not Getting Any Easier (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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