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  • VFW Names Virginia Post Winner of 2023 Community Service Award

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce SSG Jonathan Dozier Memorial Post 2894 in Chesapeake, Virginia, has been selected to receive the 2023 VFW Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award, a prestigious award that recognizes VFW Posts for notable and exceptional community service projects. In…

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  • A Cane is More Than a Crutch

    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…

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  • Posts with Strong Auxiliaries Do Well

    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…

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  • Cars and Courage

    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…

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  • ‘Nobody Has Bigger Hearts Than Bikers’

    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…

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  • ‘I Was Able to Help Them’

    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…

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