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The VVA Veteran The VVA Veteran is the bimonthly publication of Vietnam Veterans of America. http://www.vvaveteran Congress.

The VVA Veteran is a publication of Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.® A veterans service organization chartered by the U.S.

George Uhl joined the U.S. Marine Corps in September 1963 and spent the last year of his enlistment, 1966-67, serving in...
01/12/2026

George Uhl joined the U.S. Marine Corps in September 1963 and spent the last year of his enlistment, 1966-67, serving in the Vietnam War as a radioman with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines in the 3rd Marine Division at Phu Bai Combat Base. Here's Bob Wartman's review of “Sudden Death,” Uhl's new Vietnam War memoir, just posted on Books in Review II: https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/sudden-death-by-george-uhl/

Alan Hansen served a 1970-71 tour of duty as a U.S. Army 1st Lt. with the Army Security Agency's 509th Radio Research Gr...
01/10/2026

Alan Hansen served a 1970-71 tour of duty as a U.S. Army 1st Lt. with the Army Security Agency's 509th Radio Research Group in Nah Trang. He ran the unit's Quartermaster branch among other duties. His new war memoir, "Through a Soldier's Eyes," focuses on his serious relationship with a Vietnamese woman and his quest to continue it after his Army discharge. Here's Harvey Weiner's review, just posted on Books in Review II: https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/through-a-soldiers-eyes-by-alan-john-hansen/

Bill Thwing joined the U.S. Army in the fall of 1965 with the draft breathing down his neck. He chose Military Intellige...
01/07/2026

Bill Thwing joined the U.S. Army in the fall of 1965 with the draft breathing down his neck. He chose Military Intelligence, went OCS, and served a 1967-68 tour of duty in Vietnam with the 519th MI Battalion in Saigon and later as an Intelligence Officer attached to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in the Nhà Bè District south of Saigon. He tells all in his new memoir, "Vietnam Days." Here's Bob Wartman's review, just posted on Books in Review II:
https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/vietnam-days-by-william-c-thwing/

01/05/2026

Here's Episode 44 of “Dispatches,” our video web series. In it, Arts Editor Marc Leepson interviews Steven Grayhm, who wrote, directed, and stars in “Sheepdog,” an extraordinary new film, as a young Army war veteran struggling to hold his life together, and the award-winning actor Vondie Curtis-Hall, as a Vietnam War veteran with his own issues who comes into his life at a tumultuous time. The movie opens in theaters nationwide on January 17.

Coming Monday, January 5, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern: Episode 44 of “Dispatches,” our video web series. In it, Arts Editor Mar...
12/31/2025

Coming Monday, January 5, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern: Episode 44 of “Dispatches,” our video web series. In it, Arts Editor Marc Leepson interviews Steven Grayhm, who wrote, directed, and stars in “Sheepdog,” an extraordinary new film, as a young Army war veteran struggling to hold his life together, and the award-winning actor Vondie Curtis-Hall, a Vietnam War veteran with his own issues who comes into his life at a tumultuous time. The movie opens in theaters nationwide on January 17.

T.C. Brown joined the Air Force at 18 in 1968, intending to join a USAF band. Naturally, the Air Force sent him to Secur...
12/24/2025

T.C. Brown joined the Air Force at 18 in 1968, intending to join a USAF band. Naturally, the Air Force sent him to Security Police School and he went on to work as a USAF MP in Taiwan and in 1970-71 at Bien Hoa Air Base. Brown tells all in his memoir, "Made in Taiwan." Here's Bill McCloud's review, just posted on Books in Review II:
https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/made-in-taiwan-by-t-c-brown/

The just-posted online edition of the November/December issue features an illustrated look at the 2025 Veterans Day cere...
12/22/2025

The just-posted online edition of the November/December issue features an illustrated look at the 2025 Veterans Day ceremonies at The Wall in Washington, D.C.; a look at the work of The Donut Dollies in the Vietnam War; and a short history of VVA's 40-year-plus fight for the understanding of, and treatment methods for, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.

Plus, Arts Editor Marc Leepson reviews the documentary, "Inside Stars and Stripes: The World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route," and the feature film, "A Little Prayer," which centers on the emotional fallout of a father and his son’s wartime service on their family.

All that, and more, at https://vvaveteran.org/

Peter Arnett, the pioneering, New Zealand-born Vietnam War and War and Persian Gulf War correspondent, died December 17 ...
12/19/2025

Peter Arnett, the pioneering, New Zealand-born Vietnam War and War and Persian Gulf War correspondent, died December 17 at age 91. Arnett came to South Vietnam in 1962 to cover the fighting for the Associated Press and soon made a name for himself as a fearless reporter who spent much of his time close to the action. He was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam in 1965.

Arnett received the Vietnam Veterans of America President's Award for Excellence in the Arts at the 1995 National Convention following the publication of his book, "Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad: 35 Years in the World's War Zones."

For a full obituary, go to: https://deadline.com/2025/12/peter-arnett-dead-cnn-correspondent-1236652411/

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The VVA Veteran is the bimonthly magazine published by Vietnam Veterans of America, the only congressionally chartered U.S. Veterans Service Organization that has worked since its beginnings (in 1978) on behalf of Vietnam War veterans and their families. Our founding principle is “Never Again Will One Generation of Veterans Abandon Another.”

Visit our on-line edition at http://vvaveteran.org/37-6/37-6_index.html, our Books in Review II web page at https://vvabooks.wordpress.com, and our Arts of War on the web page at https://vva.org/publications/the-arts