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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 Memories of the Winter Soldier Investigation by Barry Romo as told to Jeff Machota:
Interview with Barry Romo conducted by Jeff Machota on March 6, 2021.
JM: Jeff Machota - Interviewer
BR: Barry Romo
JM: So, as 1971 started, where were you living? What was your role in the anti-war movement and VVAW at that point? So, January of 71.
BR: I was just a member of the local anti-war group, which was at our community college. We had a ton of people. I was doing GI anti-war work by working and helping provide security for the GI projects in San Diego and LA. In San Bernardino, we had three projects, one at Twentynine Palms, one at Norton Air Force Base, and one at March Air Force Base, which was a B-52 base.
JM: So, you were not affiliated with VVAW at this point; this was organic anti-war stuff that had formed in that area?
BR: Right, and 90% of males were Vietnam vets, in fact. Everything from Marines, Army and Air Force. I can't remember having a Navy vet... Read More
In This Issue:
- Fascism is Not an Option by VVAW National Office
- We Have To Be Winter Soldiers by Bill Branson
- Agent Orange Update by John Lindquist
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Recollections of 1971 by VVAW members
- Defund the Pentagon by John Ketwig
- R. I. P. Alan Canfora by VVAW
- Thoughts on Sacrifice by Jack Mallory
- VVAW Library Project: Changes and Updates by Chuck Theusch
- Memorial Day by Paul Hague
- The Night You Returned (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- Spreading Goodwill: Supporting Education of Poor Children in Vietnam by Bhavia Wagner
- Memories of '71 by Jan Barry
- Memories of the Winter Soldier Investigation by Barry Romo as told to Jeff Machota
- 50 Years Ago by John Lindquist
- Dewey Canyon III: A Limited Incursion into the Country of Congress by as told to Richard Stacewicz
- Decades Later (poem) by Daniel E. Rihn
- Recollections: Nearly 50 Years as a Member of VVAW by Mike Woloshin
- From 1971 to Today's VA, My Little Buffet by Jim Wohlgemuth
- First Week by Marc Levy
- Veterans Day, 1971 by Peter P. Mahoney
- Tucker Carlson Criticizes Women in the Military (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Photos from the VVAW Archives - Dewey Canyon III, April 1971 by VVAW
- In Loving Memory of Candida "Candi" Mestayer-Culp by John Lindquist
- Candi Mestayer-Culp Memories by VVAW Family
- Memories of Dennis Kroll by Pat Lisi
- Fighting Sleep: The War for the Mind and the US Military by Joe Miller (reviewer)
- The War Against Ourselves by Sunny Miller
- The Age of Illusions by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Vietnam Veterans Unbroken by rg cantalupo (reviewer)
- Battle Green Vietnam by Tom Gery (reviewer)
- Brothers in the Mekong Delta by Bart House (reviewer)
- A Very Different Book About Vietnam by Ed White (reviewer)
- Taking Fire by Tom Gery (reviewer)
- Patriotic Dissent by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Elsewhere Than Vietnam by Steve Krug (reviewer)
- TAPS: The Silent Victims of the Vietnam War by Bonnie Caracciolo (reviewer)
- Then the Americans Came by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- More photos from the VVAW Archives - Dewey Canyon III, April 1971 by VVAW
- FTA! Behind the Scenes on the Anti-war Show Tour in Asia by Elaine Elinson
- Talismans by E. C. Streeter
- A Day in the Gulf of Tonkin: 1972 Christmas Bombing Campaign by John Barton House
- US Troops Stationed Inside the Capitol (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Silent Scream by Paul Giannone
- Peaches (poem) by rg cantalupo
- The Ducks On the Hoi An River (poem) by rg cantalupo
- Section 60 at Arlington (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Memorial Day for the First Dead (poem) by Larry Kerschner
- An Ally Confronts the Draft by Jeff Koon
- Chasing the Light by John Crandell (reviewer)
- I Ain't Marching Anymore by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Sharing Experiences In Songs Is Helping Vietnam Vets to Heal by Bill Christofferson (reviewer)
- Rats by Jim Richardson
- Troops Take Up Defensive Positions in the Nation's Capital (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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