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March/April 2016

In this issue:

SAVED BY THE BOSS: How Bruce Springsteen Rescued VVA In the early years, things weren’t looking so good for Vietnam Veterans of America. Unpaid rent was only one of the financial headaches, and VVA founder Bobby Muller considered closing shop. Out of the blue, Bruce Springsteen said he’d help. [Read more] [on the cover]
“SAVED BY THE BOSS: How Bruce Springsteen Rescued VVA”


Illustration by Phil FehrenbacherHEPATITIS C: The Rest of the Story
The September/October issue of The VVA Veteran included “Good News on Hepatitis C Testing & Treatment.” In this issue the history and politics of this life-threatening disease—and VVA’s part in it—are discussed. [Read more]


A REASON TO CELEBRATE: Victory for Victims of Biochemical Experiments After seven years of legal wrangling, the unwitting victims of the Army’s biochemical testing programs were handed a big victory—and some measure of vindication: Victims must be told about the experiments in which they were involved, and the Army must provide health care. [Read more]


photographs BY LINDSEY M. BIER

KILLING GHOSTS: Knoxville Chapter 1078 Returns to Vietnam Fourteen chapter members traveled together in December to Saigon and the Mekong. Some looked forward to the trip; others were apprehensive. They all learned something about their former enemies and about themselves. [Read more]

photographs BY LINDSEY M. BIERphotographs BY LINDSEY M. BIERphotographs BY LINDSEY M. BIERphotographs BY LINDSEY M. BIERphotographs BY LINDSEY M. BIERphotographs BY LINDSEY M. BIER


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