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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 Coyote Weather by John Ketwig (reviewer):
Coyote Weather: A Novel of the 1960s
by Amanda Cockrell
Northampton House Press, 2023
Coyote Weather is a novel by an acquaintance. We met briefly at a book introduction event for a mutual friend. When she learned that I am the author of two books about the Vietnam War, she asked if I would take a look at her upcoming book and let her know what I thought.
Amanda Cockrell has a Master's degree in English and creative writing from Hollins University, an institution that is highly respected for its writing programs. In fact, Ms. Cockrell was the director of the MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) program in children's and adolescent literature at Hollins for many years and remains involved in the writing community at that school... Read More
In This Issue:
- VVAW Library Project Updates - Spring 2023 by Chuck Theusch
- While Comrades Fade, Hard Lessons Remain by Bill Branson
- Memories of Marty by VVAW
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Updates from Across the Pond by John Lindquist
- Going AWOL by rg cantalupo
- Mekong Medicine by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- At Smedley Butler's Grave (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- Afterwards (poem) by Woody Powell
- Dan Ellsberg: A Personal Reflection by W. D. Ehrhart
- Ninth Solidarity Tour to Vietnam by Veterans of the American War by Nadya Williams
- Please Come to Chicago: Notes on the 2023 Veteran Art Triennial and Summit by Walter Nygard
- Passing Time: Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- My Road to "Spookville" by Joe Miller
- My Young Friend An by Tony Cokely
- I Am the Wall (poem) by Hurf Sheldon
- America and Vietnam, 1954 to 1963: The Road to War by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- If You Ain't Cheatin', You Ain't Tryin' by John Zutz (reviewer)
- Photos from the VVAW Archives by VVAW
- MASH Doctor in Vietnam by Steve Krug (reviewer)
- What We Teach by Alan Donohue
- Putin's War Strategy (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Fifty Years Ago by Allen Meece
- The Sixth Extinction (poem) by Woody Powell
- Alone With Just Numbers (poem) by David Connolly
- Corn, Coal & Yellow Ribbons by Susan Dixon (reviewer)
- Sunlight on Brass (poem) by Marc Levy
- Nice To Be Special (poem) by Rich Peters
- Wounded Knee (poster) by VVAW
- VVAW Remembers Native American Struggle by Ann Hirschman
- Wounded Knee Bust by VVAW
- 1973: A Year of Unity and of Struggle by VVAW
- The Horror, The Horror . . . by Ed White (reviewer)
- And Then Your Soul Is Gone by Jim Wohlgemuth (reviewer)
- Southern Voices by Susan Dixon (reviewer)
- Coyote Weather by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Dear John by Edward Hagerty (reviewer)
- Putin Promoting Russian Adoptions of Captured Ukrainian Orphans (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- VA Admission (poem) by Jan Barry
- Oxy, The Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- More Photos From the VVAW Archives by VVAW
- A Tribute to John Prados by Ellen Pinzur
- Louis De Benedette, ¡Presente! by VVAW
- Memories of Steve Klinkhammer by John Zutz
- Cornelius Hawkridge Obituary by John Ketwig
- In Russia Everyone is Reading Orwell's Ninteen Eighty-four (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Grave Removal in Northern Quang Tri Province, late 1966 by Paul Nichols
- From Dealey Plaza to Gulf of Tonkin by John Crandell
- Keep Singing by George Critch
- Letter to the Editor by Rashid Patch
- Some Things You Never Forget. . .Or Forgive by Roger Quindel
- Ammunition (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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