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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 Marching on the 4th of July by Meg Miner:
Fourth of July is notoriously hot and humid here in the corn fields of central Illinois. Seven years ago I wouldn't have dreamed of spending that date at a parade much less in one. But sometime after 9/11/01, I joined up with AWARE (Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort: www.anti-war.net) a group of activists in Champaign-Urbana. In 2003, AWARE started entering the annual C-U pageantry for patriotism called Champaign County Freedom Celebration.
Joe Miller, Dave Carr and Barry Romo on the Fourth of July in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Each year, AWARE's entry in the parade lampoons the chosen theme in some way. One year, the official theme celebrated the newly-passed No Child Left Behind Act, so AWARE built a float with a WWI-sized tank pointing at a one-room schoolhouse. (What these creative people can't do with a cardboard box!... Read More
In This Issue:
- State of Disunion by Horace Coleman
- From the National Office by Joe Miller
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Off We Go! (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- Marching on the 4th of July by Meg Miner
- GI Rights Organizing by Aaron Davis
- Veteran's Benefit Play by Steve Crandall
- Medical Discharges for Returning Veterans of OIF and OEF by Lane Anderson
- Watermelon Slim Supports IVAW by Suzy Webster
- Oxy the Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- Courageous Soldier Chooses Conscience Over Career by Carol Rawert Trainer
- Working with IVAW by Suzanne Webster
- Patriotic Oil Guys (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- The Legacy of Agent Orange is a Continuing Focus of VVAW by Paul Cox
- RNC in St. Paul Reveals Neocon Dream of (Police) State by Ward Reilly
- Another Deja Vu Flash by Willie Hager
- Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War by Kurt Hilgendorf (reviewer)
- IVAW Anti-Warriors Descend on Monument Circle by Martin Smith
- Teach Your Children Well by Steve Crandall
- Oil Comapnies Get No-Bid Contracts Back in Iraq (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Allegedly So ... by A Veteran
- Beating Bogus Discharges by Ray Parrish
- Vietnam Veterans and Asbestos Exposure: Important Health Information by Samanth Catalano
- My Personal Journey with PTSD by Michael Orange
- Sgt. Israel Garcia Leaves Afghanistan (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Strife & Life (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Interview with Richard Stacewicz by Kurt Hilgendorf
- Getting on the Bus for Justice by Kim Scipes
- Lost and Found by Simi Linton
- Recollections of Gainesville by Bill Shunas
- Have Courage, We Will Win by Lt. Ehren Watada
- In Search of The Happy Medium by Erik Lobo
- Memorial Day and the California Coast Chapter of VVAW by Steve Crandall
- Vets in Action by
- The Replacement by Joseph Giannini
- The Democrats' Favorite General by Martin Smith
- PTSD Blues (poem) by Louis A. Griffiths
- brief encounter (poem) by Dayl Wise
- Warrior King by Aaron Davis (reviewer)
- Still Faces: Ghostly Place (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Photo Jim Dumb by Marc Levy
- History Repeats Itself (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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