Carrol
On 9/7/2011 10:22 AM, Mark Bennett wrote:
> Huh? AMVETS is still around, at least the organization that was formed
> after WWII. I've donated tons - literally - of old junk to them.
>
> http://www.amvets.org/
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Carrol Cox<cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 9/6/2011 7:32 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> BTW, all joking aside, is there any difference between the American
>>> Legion and the VFW? Do either have place for nonjingoistic veterans like
>>> yourself? Does any other org?
>>>
>>
>> Veterans for Peace
>> Vietnam Veterans Against the War
>> Iraq Veterans Against the War
>>
>> After WW1 there was the group called the AMVETS, formed specifically to
>> provide an alternative to the Legion. It didn't survive.
>>
>> Re VFW -- that was the one place where Vietnam Veterns WERE in effect spit
>> on in some locals: They were called LOSERS.
>>
>> Carrol
>>
>>
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