| What Is PTSD? by Tom Berger |
| The essential feature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor. |
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| Peace and Friendship Among Nations by Tom Berger |
| On September 12, in Hanoi, the VVA Veterans Initiative Task Force was awarded the prestigious Medal for Peace and Friendship Among Nations in recognition of the continuing contributions VVA has made in the exchange of information about fallen Vietnamese during the war. |
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| One Belly-Dancing Marine: VVA's Mike Zimmerman by Tom Berger |
| It's hard to predict how a guy might become a belly dancer. Maybe even reinvent the whole genre. Or at least expand its, uh, horizons. Belly dancing isn't the kind of thing that floats into a guy's mind while he's waiting for halftime to end or driving home from work or sitting in a barber shop with a Sports Illustrated in his hands. It probably helps if you're open to new experiences. |
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| A Death in the Desert: The Legacy of Lori Piestewa by Tom Berger |
| More than three months after Pfc. Lori Piestewa's death March 23 in an Iraqi ambush near Nasiryah, the telephone calls still come every day to the Hopi tribal offices in Kykotsmovi, Arizona. |
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| A Veterans Day Reunion by Tom Berger |
| On Veterans Day, Jerry Barfield walked up to Tom Corey in a Washington hotel and introduced himself. Corey didn't recognize him. Barfield had seen Corey's name on an e-mail list some time before and was shocked at the sight of it. When he heard Corey would be at the Veterans Day dinner, he made inquiries. |
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| Double Cross At Ngok Tavak by Tom Berger |
| On May 10, 1968, at three o'clock in the morning at Ngok Tavak, a Forward Operating Base near the Vietnam-Laos border, a small force of U.S. Marines, a handful of Australian and U.S. Special Forces, and 122 ethnic Chinese Nungs working under the command of Australian Capt. |
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| A Long Time Coming by Tom Berger |
| In 1987, at a fish fry near Toledo, Ohio, a World War II veteran named Roger Durbin asked Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) a question about a memorial dedicated to those who served in the war. The question: Why wasn't there one? |
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| An Image Crystallized Lee Teter's Gift to Veterans by Tom Berger |
| Describing Lee Teter's painting Reflections carries two risks. The first is inadequacy. No words can capture it. The second is redundancy. |
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| A Winning Tribute: The Nevada Vietnam Memorial by Tom Berger |
| The quiet and powerful Nevada Vietnam Memorial is nestled inside Mills Park in the state capital named for the legendary frontiersman and scout Kit Carson. |
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| From Vision To Reality: The Evolution of the In Memory Plaque by Tom Berger |
| Eleven years after it began, Ruth Coder Fitzgerald sounds surprised to be talking about it in the present tense. To speak of its completion is to acknowledge the reality of the struggle's success, an outcome she always hoped for but whose likelihood she often described as "miraculous." |
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| For Those Who Lived: The Vietnam Women's Memorial by Tom Berger |
| The last thing I said to anyone I served with when I left Vietnam was that this place will never be anywhere but just over my shoulder for the rest of my life. |
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| Victor Westphall: "He Was A Father To All of Us" by Tom Berger |
| On Veterans Day 2002 four helicopters lifted off in a swirl of snow from the small airport at Angel Fire, high in the mountains of northern New Mexico. |
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| "My Life Is Complete": Virginia Warren's Visit to The Wall by Tom Berger |
| Thirty-three years after her son died rushing to the aid of a fallen Marine, Virginia Warren touched him and felt him reaching back, touching her. She knows it in her soul. She had heard that this kind of thing happened to the loved ones of others who touched the names. Now it had happened to her. |
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| Hope In Bipartisanship by Tom Berger |
| Veterans are indebted to Reps. Rehberg and Thompson for their leadership and commitment to a shining, if rare, example of real bipartisanship. |
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| Our Right To Know by Tom Berger |
| As I begin my term as chair of VVA's SHAD/Project 112 Task Force, I want to express my appreciation for the honor given me of being asked to take this important post. I will work diligently to fill the position vacated by our Vice President, Jack Devine, and to keep us moving forward. |
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| Freedom Flight's POW / MIA Message From Above by Tom Berger |
| Jim Tuorila's most memorable hot air balloon flight comes with a small bit of irony attached to one of its more prominent elements, altitude. The veteran balloon pilot and co-founder of Freedom Flight, Inc., a non-profit organization that raises awareness as well as hot air balloons, had flown hundreds of times. |
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| Monte Carlo Prince Celebrates First Year by Roger Munns |
| Prince Albert of Monaco has changed both his own image and the outlook of his Principality in his first year. |
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| Jackpot VVAs Twelfth Biennial Convention by Tom Berger |
| Any way you look at it, VVA's 12th biennial National Convention, which was held Aug. 10-13 at the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada, was a huge success. |
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| A VVA Action Plan For The Future by Tom Berger |
| Like every organization these days, VVA is in transition. To grow and remain relevant, we must change in order to respond to changes occurring around us. |
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| History Of The League's POW MIA Flag by Tom Berger |
| In 1971, Mrs. Michael Hoff, an MIA wife and member of the National League of Families, recognized the need for a symbol of our POW/MIAs. |
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| Honoring And Keeping Faith by Tom Berger |
| On September 17, 1999, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen officiated over a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| A Short History of the VVA by Tom Berger |
| Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is the only national Vietnam veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. |
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| Accomplishment Of The VVA by Tom Berger |
| Vietnam Veterans of America, the nation's largest and most successful Vietnam veterans organization, and the only Vietnam veterans organization chartered by Congress, is proud of what it has accomplished over the last twenty years. Those accomplishments are many and varied. |
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| The Gameshow With Iran by Adrian Barrett |
| The debates over Iran and their weapon producing capabilities is a joke. |
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| Economic Gain and Catholic Outrage by Adrian Barrett |
| Is Madonna trying to recapture the attention of the world by making a mockery of the Catholic faith? |
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