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 Watching 'Nam Flicks: The Deer Hunter vs. Apocalypse Now in Particular by John Crandell (reviewer):
All of these years later and I wake from a Covid dream late in May. I've just wandered through Martin Sheen's cluttered apartment. The floor, the cabinets, walls, and ceiling are all purple haze. I need a shower and the bath is overgrown with blue elephant grass. Stinking, I go into the field instead and pointman Scheppers is blasting a sawed-off shotgun. I grab and aim but never fire. In '81, at his 300-square-foot mansion on Yosemite Drive, he and I argued about the merits of The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now. A decade had already elapsed since we'd been reassigned from Nam to Fort Hood. He was down on both films due to his wont of verisimilitude. I tried to point up the expressive wonders of the latter but to no avail. His Air Cav bud nicknamed Gridsquare once said of him that he'd ate too much raw sauerkraut and no amount of Budweiser would ever make up for it. His parents experienced World War II in situ in Germany... Read More
In This Issue:
- Stand Up For Your Rights by Bill Branson
- Another VVAW Library Project Launches by VVAW
- Agent Orange's Long, Brutal Reach by Jan Barry
- War's Long Reach (poem) by Jan Barry
- To the Future (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Ukraine and Vietnam: Nothing is More Precious Than Independence and Liberty by Mike Woloshin
- Bricks to Putin (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Radio Free Devens by Marc Levy
- Returning by E. C. Streeter
- We Still Need To Oppose Privatizing the VA by John Ketwig
- Coming Home by Fred Samia
- Through the Looking Glass (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- Barry Romo in Vietnam, 1972 by as told to Richard Stacewicz
- Report from Hanoi: Vietnam Revisited by Barry Romo
- Coming Home In Vietnam by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Waging the War Within by Timothy Farley (reviewer)
- Two Reviews of Self-published Books by Min Warburton (reviewer)
- He Was Right (poem) by Larry Booth
- PTSD (poem) by Woody Powell
- Our Veterans by Kim Scipes (reviewer)
- And in the End by Tony Cokely
- Draftee (poem) by rg cantalupo
- Help for Children in Vietnam Who Lost a Parent to COVID-19 by Bhavia Wagner
- Photos from the VVAW Archives by VVAW
- Peace Marching in Vietnam 1993 by Stephen Sossaman
- Back To The Beginning - The Supposed Necessity of It All by John Crandell (reviewer)
- Two Books Are Better Than One by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Remembrances (poem) by rg cantalupo
- Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories by Min Warburton (reviewer)
- 50th Anniversary by Jim Wohlgemuth
- Watching 'Nam Flicks: The Deer Hunter vs. Apocalypse Now in Particular by John Crandell (reviewer)
- Paths of Dissent by Timothy Farley (reviewer)
- Long Shadows by John Fournelle (reviewer)
- Tiger Papa Three by John Bromer (reviewer)
- Cleaned and Oiled (poem) by Woody Powell
- After We Are The Ones To Survive (poem) by Larry Kerschner
- The Last Full Measure by Allen Meece (reviewer)
- Not Funny by Bill Potvin
- Bright White Light (poem) by Larry Kerschner
- Warpath by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- Michael Gold (1946-2022): Intrepid Veterans Advocate by Edward Damato
- An Extraordinary Veteran and Life: A Daughter Remembers Ashby Leach by Janet Lynn Leach Kelly
- Vet Battles For Better Life: Free Ashby Leach by VVAW
- Second Veteran Art Triennial Dives Into the Meaning of the Long Wars by Rachel Dukes and Aaron Hughes
- Memories of My Time in RVN by Paul Byrnes
- Remembering Olongapo by Al Wellman
- China Beach Surf Club - Part 2 by Joseph Giannini
- Reflecting on Returning to Vietnam by Fred Ptucha
- Big Bloody (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Tear by Tear by Michael Orange
- Calling Putin (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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