Vietnam Veterans Of America
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc. (VVA) is a national non-profit corporation founded in 1978 in the United States that promotes the interests of United States military veterans of the Vietnam War era. It is funded without any contribution from any branch of government. VVA is the only such organization chartered by the United States Congress and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam veterans and their families.
The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code.
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“I told them I’m not going to let Vietnam go the way of China. I told them to go back and tell those generals in Saigon that Lyndon Johnson intends to stand by our word, but by God, I want something for my money. I want ‘em to get off their butts and get out in those jungles and whip hell out of some Communists. And then I want ‘em to leave me alone, because I’ve got some bigger things to do right here at home.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)