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Member AL Post 254, Mays Landing NJ, 17 years. Discharged in 1957, I had to think about it for awhile.
Like Hagar, never been to a meeting.
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53 years So. Whidbey 141 Hey guys don't feel bad.. Many WWI guys sure did not want us to join..
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As a Vietnam vet (had it easy, though) I must have been invisible...now I prefer to be that way. If they had made any effort to make guys welcome in that time period they probably would have accomplished something. As far as I'm concerned they blew it.
I'd rather be a member of this forum (and the old one) than to join some organization of good old boys that all went to high school together.
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I'm a Vietnam Army vet and don't belong to any of them. My impression is that they are often populated by people who like to hang out in bars, drink and smoke, and dwell on the past. That simply is not who I am. I don't mean to offend members active in their local organizations and I respect and thank those who participate in honor guards. To each his or her own. Carl
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I had an experience many otrher Vietnam vets had. When I tried to join the VFW after I returned from Vietnam, I was told "We don't want your kind."
That's an exact quote.
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I found the VFW did not want us after viet nam, now they are dying off at a 1000 a day, The vfw may go by the wayside as well.
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Originally Posted by
EOD Guy
I had an experience many otrher Vietnam vets had. When I tried to join the VFW after I returned from Vietnam, I was told "We don't want your kind."
That's an exact quote.
Odd how things/events are different. I went to Viet Nam exactly 14 days after I turned 18 yrs old. I spent 26 Months there returning exactly 62 days after I turned 20 yrs old.
Nobody batted a eye when I submitted my application and I was welcomed by all the "Ole Boys" but due to State Law I couldn't sit at the Bar nor could I buy a beer until I turned 21 yrs old. 
But then, I couldn't vote in any election then either.
RVN -8/29/66 to 10/14/68 - 1st CAV and ASA
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