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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 Another Agent Orange Victim: In Memory of Norman (Bill) F. Williams Jr. by Beverly Williams:
Norman F. Williams Jr., known to family, friends and anyone who met him as Bill, was born on July 17th, 1944 in Jackson, MS. When he was six weeks old, his family moved to Norman, OK and then at six years old, moved to Little Rock, AR. He grew up there and lived there until he joined the Marine Corps.
He was greatly influenced by both his parents. His mother was Cherokee Indian, and Bill spent a lot of time with her family growing up. Many of his beliefs were formed by those early years. His spirituality, sense of honor and obligation, and love of nature and all things natural were bred and ingrained in him from birth. His father was Welsh and a geologist. He served as State Geologist of Arkansas for almost 50 years. But more than that, he was a Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserve after a stint in the Army during WWII. His love of this country as well as his sense of duty and service were passed on to his son... Read More
In This Issue:
- VVAW to Sponsor Children's Library in Vietnam by Bill Branson
- Why Are We Still VVAW? by John Lindquist
- From the National Office by Joe Miller
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- No Health Care System is Perfect: But I'll Take VA Health Care by Jack Mallory
- The Hardest Challenge With Homeless and On the Edge Veterans by Jim Murphy
- Either Save the VA or Stop Making Veterans by Jim Wohlgemuth
- On Listening to Veterans by Jack Mallory
- Thank You for Your Service (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- The VA Treats Me Well by Allen Meece
- Me and the VA by Leon Wengrzyn
- Students Thank VVAW for Classroom Visit by VVAW
- National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) Holds First Ever Triennial by Kevin Basl
- Celebrating the Life of Terry J. DuBose, A Leader of VVAW in Texas by Alice Embree and Renee DuBose
- Fred Wallace, RIP by Muriel Hogan
- Dan "Oakbear" Moeller (1951-2018) by John Zutz
- Trauma (poem) by Gregory Ross
- 1967 (poem) by Christine Hague
- For Those Not With Us by David Sandgrund
- Another Agent Orange Victim: In Memory of Norman (Bill) F. Williams Jr. by Beverly Williams
- VA - Fayetteville 2012 (poem) by Norman (Bill) F. Williams Jr.
- Autumn's Story by Autumn W.
- STUCK by Gregory Ross
- The Positive Power of Dissent by Paul Nichols
- Body Count is the Wrong Statistic by Al Wellman
- Thank You for Your Service: Now Get Lost by Sally-Alice Thompson
- We Have to Speak the Truth by Patrick Finnegan
- Trump Visits Troops (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Remembering Jeff Sharlet and Vietnam GI by Marc Levy
- A Review of Earth Songs II: Poems of Love, Loss and Life by W. D. Ehrhart (reviewer)
- Photos from the Archives, Part 1 (photos) by VVAW
- Don't Thank Me for My Service by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Imprisoned at Alcatraz - for Opposing War by Elaine Elinson
- Caverns of the Soul by Donald McNamara (reviewer)
- Middle Blue by Daniel C. Lavery (reviewer)
- Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- My Path Through Paralysis by Dale Hoefer (reviewer)
- The Great Alone by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- To The Brink Once Again by John Crandell (reviewer)
- No Thanks by Bonnie Caracciolo (reviewer)
- Don't Thank Me For My Service by Larry Kerschner (reviewer)
- Road to Reconcile by Nadya Williams (reviewer)
- Hopes and Promises Lost, Stolen and Betrayed: Interest Payments on the 100-Year-Old Debt by Joe Miller (reviewer)
- Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Bill X. Curmano
- Monument to Stupidity #1 Sponsorship opportunity by Billy X. Curmano
- Photos from the Archives, Part 2 (photos) by VVAW
- Do What You've Got To Do by Dave Cline as told to Richard Stacewicz
- The Quiet Time by Marc Levy
- Adventures of a Buffer Technician by Gregory Ross
- In A Yokohama Hospital On My Way Back Home, 1969 by rg cantalupo
- The Stolen Story by Tom Gery
- The Betrayal by Paul J. Giannone
- Journalists Arrest (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Coming Out of The Footlocker As A Military Dependent by Herb Mintz
- Soft Targets - Part Two by Joseph Giannini
- Recollections: Returning to the Delta by Dan New
- National Security (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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