Watching his aging World War II veteran father neglect his cane because it made him appear “vulnerable” in public, VFW Life member Tom Ashmore set off on a journey that led him to Cane-Fu. With an extensive martial arts background dating back to formal training in judo at 14 years old, Ashmore, 78, contacted Grand…

VFW has made great strides this year in membership. At press time, the organization was on track to hit 102 percent in membership. VFW’s Membership Department offers congratulations to everyone helping to make this possible. To keep this trend going, VFW Membership Associate Director of Post Development and Revitalization Corey Hunt urges Posts that may…

Members of VFW Post 10380 Green Township, Ohio, held their ninth annual “Cars and Courage” car show on April 29 to raise funds for their veterans’ programs. The car show, a blend of more than 85 vintage and exotic cars lined across the parking lot of the Diamond Oaks Career Campus in Cincinnati, Ohio, helped…

It had been 15 years since Michael Polsley rode a motorcycle, feeling the rush of wind hiss as he traveled fast and steady down an open road. A Vietnam War veteran, Polsley’s favorite pastime had been stripped from him by the utterance of a name given to symptoms he was beginning to experience in his…

Irene Hosking was 24 years old when she joined the Army Nurse Corps more than 80 years ago. Her brother – two years her junior – survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. That pivotal moment provided the impetus for Hosking’s enlistment on May 15, 1942. She met her husband, Louis W.A. Hosking, while based at…

During the dog days of summer last year, kindness found its way to several struggling veterans in Chico, California, who had fallen on hard times and ended up homeless. As if snatched from the pages of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations,” it all began with an anonymous benefactor who in early July approached VFW Post 1555…