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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 Dave Cline: 1947-2007 by Ben Chitty:
Dave Cline, 2006
This eulogy was delivered at David Cline's funeral, September 19, 2007, Jersey City, New Jersey. Ben Chitty is a long-time member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
My name is Ben Chitty. I'm here on behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War to say a few words about my friend David Cline. There are people here who knew him longer, people here who saw him more often, people here and everywhere who speak better than me. But Dave Cline recruited me back into VVAW more than twenty years ago, and that's why I'm here.
Cast your mind back to the mid 1980s. Reagan was in the White House, and quashing our country's all too brief flirtation with a new kind of foreign policy. The CIA and the War Department were reviving old tricks and rehearsing some new ones – in Afghanistan, in Lebanon, in Grenada, in Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua... Read More
In This Issue:
- VVAW and 40 Years . . . We Must Continue! by Ward Reilly
- From the National Office by Barry Romo
- Testify - Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan by Aaron Hughes
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- My View - On the 40th Anniversary by John Zutz
- Wrong Guy (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Bill Davis: 1948-2007 by Richard Stacewicz
- My Tribute to My Husband Bill Davis by Joan Davis
- Memories of Bill Davis by
- Dave Cline: 1947-2007 by Ben Chitty
- Dave Cline is Dead by Dennis O'Neil
- We're Still Here, Where and When We Need to Be by Joe Miller
- Memories of Dave Cline by
- A Tribute to Dave Cline by his old friend, Martin Zehr (poem) by Martin Zehr
- Remembering David Cline (poem) by Woody Powell
- VVAW's Legacy by Jan Barry
- Honored to Attend the VVAW 40th Aniversary by Al Hubbard
- After Action Report: VVAW's 40th Aniversary by Willie Hager
- Well, What Are We Still Fighting For? by Horace Coleman
- It Is Never Too Late To Get Involved by Mike Kerber
- Coaching Winter Track in Time of War by W. D. Ehrhart
- Hey Hey Uncle Sam . . . by Marty Webster
- Here We Are by Horace Coleman
- Why I Fight by Tom Baxter
- Letter to the Editor by Dave Kreckel
- Operation First Casualty - Part IV by Amy Meyers
- VVAW Recognizes May 4 Task Force at Kent State by Bruce Hyland
- You Can't Wage Peace with the Barrel of a Gun by Paul McGuire
- War Supporters "Spit" on Iraq War Vets in DC by Ward Reilly
- The Game of the Century: IVAW vs. the Neocons by Ward Reilly
- Camouflage Blues by Ray Parrish
- Meeting Our Congressman by Stanley Campbell
- VVAW California Central Coast Chapter in Full Swing by Steve Crandall
- Here We Grow Again by Marty Webster
- Chicago Memorial Day 2007 by Ken Nielsen
- Memorial Day 2007 in Columbus, Ohio by Mark Hartford
- The New Private Warriors by Martin Smith (reviewer)
- Veterans' Testimony by Anne Pyburn (reviewer)
- Oxy, the Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- Savage Grace Unplugged (poem) by Mike Pounds
- September poem and porn (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Good News - Good News Bad News (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Mistake by Michael Nelson
- VVAW Kentuckiana 2007 Summer Activities by Carol Rawert Trainer
- A Salute to Moe Fishman by Bill Davis
- Our Louisville Contact Arrested by Marty Webster
- Absent of Grace and Mercy by Rich Raitano
- Pentagon Can't Account (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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