Vietnam Veterans and the VFW - jointheelite.org

[jimtraner]

I'm a card carrying VFW member and proud of it. I came home in '69 and had the same experiences as a lot of folks did. But I don't sit on bar stools and cry about what happened 40 years ago. That's for losers.  Looks like there a bunch of folks that need to suck it up and move on. My Post is helping give scholarships to kids, helping vets get the benefits they earned, assisting veterans in need and generally trying to improve the plight of the younger veterans returning home. Do you?

[MongoTheLloyd]

Don't join the VFW. I am a lifetime member. I would sell my membership back in a heartbeat, if possible. Search "VFW Members Duct Tape a Flag Burner..." and watch the video. Watch vets brag about acting as judge, jury and executioner as they violate their sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution by violating the rights of a person who, while he might have been a scumbag, was protected by the Constitution. Google Libery Institute to see the neo-con religious nuts the VFW has teamed with

[mjfowler]

I went in the service immediately after Saigon fell. The local VFWs in Dayton, OH would not recognize Viet Nam vets as "Veterans of Foreign Wars".

Now VFW is losing its membership due to attrition. I guess their past attitudes are going to reduce their viability in the future. I would not join them for any reason.

[Slickdapj]

Served proudly in VN, and recently in Iraq. I will not darken the door of a VFW establishment. God Bless anyone who is a member, but I won't be one.

[celtichero9]

Very Interesting!

[nash912]

Vietnam helicopter pilot. They didn't want me then. Screw them. I will never set foot in a VFW. No need to try to be friends now. I support our troops as an individual. The VFW has wasted a lot of postage on me over the years.

[MongoTheLloyd]

@nash912 Right on! The DAV and AMVETS are for veterans. The VFW is for themselves.

[Airsoftattack123]

I am 13 and I play drums in band with 3 of my friends. We are working on our next song called "Put these lyrics on there graves" as a tribute to Vietnam veterans. We are a Christian band and write songs about.

the KKK

Gay hate is wrong

Teen suicides bullying and teen pregnancy's

How Christmas is celebrated in a Selfish way

Jesus

and others.

God bless!

[keymankeys1960]

Welcome home

[SocTrangWarrior]

They didn't want us when they had plenty of the WWII vets as members. Now that those vet numbers are dwindling rapidly they realize they need us if they want to be a viable organization. They didn't want us then, I don't want them now.

[jka1946]

You are as wrong as "they" were. Vietnam veterans run the VFW now. The past and present National Commanders are & were Vietnam veterans. Believe me when I say this: "without the VFW there would be no VA! You are retaliating against your Vietnam veteran brothers!

[SocTrangWarrior]

@jka1946 I am not wrong in what I said. I don't care who is running the VFW now you can't change history.

[Ssmittyful]

I live in a neighborhood where 2 Vietnam Vets dont belong to the VFW but, two individuals that never served in the military are members (associate members?)

[jka1946]

The VFW has Auxiliaries. They have a Mens Auxiliary and a Womens Auxiliary. These are open to people that have had a parent, grandparent, brother, or sister that has been deployed. You cannot become a member unless you were in the military, deployed, and honorably discharged. Other veteran organizations like the Legion and AmVets have auxiliaries also.

[tripwire36]

What you all experienced when you first went to the VFW as a NAM VET. I experienced at my local post as an OIF/OEF VET I experienced the felling I was not wanted and that has been the way since I been there

[koolperson99]

No one who served should have to feel that way when they come home. Every single Soldier should be regocnized and appreciated for all that they have done to serve. God Bless.