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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 Reflections on My Recent Trip to Vietnam by Joan Davis:
This past February I spent three weeks traveling throughout Vietnam with a brief stop in Cambodia to see Angkor Wat. I planned the trip with my new partner, an old anti-war activist who I met after my late husband, Bill Davis died in 2007. For Bill and I, the Vietnam War was not just history. As a National Coordinator of VVAW for over twenty years, Bill remained committed to helping veterans and fighting against this country's endless wars until he died. Until I retired from high school teaching in 2011, I taught a semester elective on the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement to high school seniors in a public high school near Chicago. So my trip to Vietnam was more than just a vacation.
Memorial at Ha Long Prison in Hanoi.
Going without Bill was difficult, although I'm not sure he would have wanted to return. Like so many vets he talked a lot about VVAW's work but was selective concerning what he shared about his time in Vietnam... Read More
In This Issue:
- 50 Years of VVAW by Joe Miller
- Reflections on My Recent Trip to Vietnam by Joan Davis
- VVAW 50th Anniversary by VVAW
- Editor's Note by VVAW
- 20 Years of The Veteran by Barry Romo
- 50 Years Since Dr. King's "Declaration of Independence" by Joe Miller
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- Gimme an "F" by Stephen Sinsley
- Memorial Day Memories by Pete Zastrow
- The Human Cost of War by Joseph Giannini
- Veterans and the Affordable Care Act: Why the Repeal Would be Devastating by Jen Tayabji
- Our Conundrum (poem) by Barry L. Reece
- No Thanks by Tom Dixon
- 50 Years Later - Reflections on the Vietnam War by Warren Hunt
- Trump Card (poem) by Susan R. Dewar
- VVAW, Then and Now by Al Donohue
- Carl Douglas Rogers, R.I.P. by Jan Barry
- Photos from the Archives by VVAW
- Three Stars by John Ketwig
- Ralph Kall R.I.P. by Stanley Campbell
- Remembering Tom Hayden by Carl Davidson
- Remembering a True American Hero by John Ketwig
- ...Another Brother by Louie DeBenedette
- National Guard Troops May Be Used to Round Up Aliens (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Our Neighbor by Daniel Corral
- Boots (poem) by David Sandgrund
- LWA: Living While Angry by Gregory Ross
- Mr. President, Hear Our Pleas by Susan Schnall
- The New Agent Orange: Military Burn Pits in Afghanistan and Iraq by H. Patricia Hynes (reviewer)
- Stick Vet (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
- My Part in the War: 1968-1970 by Martin Treat
- Veterans Must Join the Poor People's Campaign for a New Winning Strategy by Rev. Shawna Foster
- Reporting Back on Standing Rock by Daniel Corral
- The Light Where Shadows End by Daniel Lavery (reviewer)
- The CIA as Organized Crime by Larry Craig (reviewer)
- Vietnam Dreams by R. G. Cantalupo (reviewer)
- Search & Destroy (poem) by R. G. Cantalupo
- Pearl Harbor Memories by Michael Nelson
- The CIA and the Phoenix Poem by Sanford Kelson (reviewer)
- T-rump Preamble (poem) by Michael McGraw
- Fight Song (poem) by Michael McGraw
- Changes: The Coming of Age in the South During the Vietnam War by Dr. Bob Vadas (reviewer)
- Photos from the Archives Part 2 by VVAW
- Long Way Out by Daniel Lavery (reviewer)
- Vietnam: A History of the War by Allen Meece (reviewer)
- A War Hero - and a Peace Hero by Hamilton Gregory (reviewer)
- Making America Great Again (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- The Campaign to Demilitarize Public Schools by Gerald R. Gioglio (reviewer)
- Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- My Lai Massacre Anniversary by Mike Hastie
- Stick Vet, part 2 (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
- Unspeakable by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Destroyer (poem) by Allen Meece
- The Girl in the Picture (poem) by Doug Rawlings
- My Last Few Days Across the Pond by David Sandgrund
- Stick Vet, part 3 (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
- Trump Moves the Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight by Harry Petrequin
- This is Where We Have Come by Jim Wohlgemuth
- Stick Vet - Introducing Chick Vet (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
- RECOLLECTIONS: Nixon's Revenge by Steve Miller
- Trump Budget (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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