Posted on Feb 17, 2021
Why are the younger Veterans avoiding the Veteran Service Organizations? - US Veterans and...
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Why are the younger Veterans avoiding the Veteran Service Organizations? - US Veterans and...
Posted from usveteransmagazine.comPosted in these groups: 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Disabled Veterans
The American Legion
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Disabled Veterans The American Legion
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Returning from Vietnam in 1969, I took a break in service. I joined the local VFW, but quickly got tired of hearing how "my war" was not really a war like "their war. This post was mostly a bunch of old men sitting around and talking about "the big one," telling war stories.
They did not like our music, they did not like our dancing, they did not like the race of some of us. Overall, they did not like anything about us and did not want us in "their" post.
So, I obliged.
Now those organizations are crying?
They did not like our music, they did not like our dancing, they did not like the race of some of us. Overall, they did not like anything about us and did not want us in "their" post.
So, I obliged.
Now those organizations are crying?
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MSG Stan Hutchison
SPC (Join to see) - Probably so. And I wonder if they are doing the same as the old WWII vets,,,,,
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SGT Lorenzo Nieto
Brother I could not have said it better, I tried just like you did and got kicked to the curb, I just wanted to become a part of something but it seemed like I wasn’t worth it that’s how it made me feel to this day I am a member of nothing, I was proud to serve my country just to stupid to see my country was not proud of me it’s something you never get over you just give up on the system I know many Vietnam veterans that feel the same way.
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My guess is many are doing so for the same reasons we did during and after Vietnam. We weren't welcome. So we told them to F*** all the way off and went our own ways. Many of us discovered the value in them too many years later.
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PO2 Joseph Chantiny
I had a first class PO tell me about this: "Either you'll move on or they will" (talking about our division and why I shouldn't be bothered by anyone).
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For one, my ex-father in law is the secretary, and I don't have a second....
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