The VVA Veteran

11/06/2025

Bob Mulholland, 1946-2025

Bob Mulholland, a longtime Vietnam War veterans advocate and Vietnam Veterans of America political adviser and government relations specialist, died October 19. He was 78. He served a 1967-68 in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division where he was wounded during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

A forceful and effective veterans advocate on the local, state, and national levels, Bob Mulholland was an active member of Butte County, California, Chapter 582; served as a delegate at many VVA National Conventions; and advised VVA national leaders on congressional political matters for decades.

“Bob was one-of-a-kind, a force of nature,” his wife Jane Dolan said. “Underneath his sometimes-tough nature he was many more things,” and “was especially immersed in helping and enjoying being with veterans.”

“We’ve lost a true friend and a fighter,” said Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.). “Bob Mulholland was a passionate advocate for his community.”

He “was always smiling; he was a happy warrior,” said former VVA Board member and California State Council President Jim Doyle, who had worked with Mulholland since the mid-seventies. “I never knew him to be angry, and I never saw him when he wasn’t smiling, regardless of the circumstances.”

11/03/2025

Here's Episode 42 of “Dispatches,” our video web series. In it, Arts Editor Marc Leepson interviews the long-time journalist and editor Philip Taubman and his brother William, an Amherst College Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Pulitzer-Prize-winning biographer. They’ll be discussing their eye-opening new book, “McNamara at War: A New History,” a first-rate, in-depth, cradle-to-grave biography of the controversial—to say the least--former Secretary of Defense who ran the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1968.

10/31/2025

Coming Monday, November 3, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern: Episode 42 of “Dispatches,” our video web series. In it, Arts Editor Marc Leepson interviews the long-time journalist and editor Philip Taubman and his brother William, an Amherst College Emeritus Political Science Professor and Pulitzer-Prize-winning biographer. They’ll be discussing their eye-opening new book, “McNamara at War: A New History,” a first-rate, in-depth, cradle-to-grave biography of the controversial—to say the least—former Secretary of Defense who ran the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1968.

10/15/2025

"The World's Most Dangerous Paper Route," a first-class documentary on the history of Stars and Stripes that contains a lot of material on the Vietnam War, is now available online. Find out where to look for it in Arts Editor Marc Leepson's just-posted review on Arts of War at https://vva.org/arts-of-war/the-worlds-most-dangerous-paper-route-an-uplifting-doc-on-stars-and-stripes/

09/29/2025

Chuck Howard's tour of duty with the Army's 175th Assault Helicopter Company in the Vietnam War is just one part of his autobiography, “Tales from the Cockpit,” which also recounts his long post-war career in helicopters with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Here's Hank Zeybel's review, just posted in Books in Review II: https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/tales-from-the-cockpit-by-chuck-howard/

09/28/2025

Ed Mann was not happy about taking part in the Vietnam War, but he did his duty and served a combat-filled, 1969-70 tour of duty walking point for a 1st Cavalry Division unit. He tells all in his remarkable new memoir, Jungle Ghosts. Here's Harvey Weiner's review, just posted on Books in Review II: https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/jungle-ghosts-by-ed-mann/

09/27/2025

As promised: The jam-packed September/October online edition is now live at https://vvaveteran.org/ Find out the big news that came out of the 2025 National Convention in New Orleans; learn about the best Vietnam War documentary films; and check out the feature article on the latest victory in VVA’s fight to preserve vital Ranch Hand Study data and biospecimens dealing with the health consequences of Agent Orange and other toxic defoliants during the Vietnam War.

09/24/2025

Coming (very) soon, the link to the online September/October edition of the magazine with a long feature on VVA's memorable and eventful 2025 National Convention--and much more.

09/17/2025

Robert Randlett joined the U.S. Army in the summer of 1968, went OCS, and served a year in Vietnam with a small Mobile Advisory Team in Quảng Trị Province. He tells all in his memoir, "Mike-37…: Thanks for Your Service." Here's Bill McCloud's review, just posted on Books in Review II:

Mike-37…: Thanks for Your Service (319 pp. $16.95, paper; $4.99, Kindle) is a detailed memoir of one man’s experiences during his year in the Vietnam War. Robert Randlett wrote the book, he s…