PAYING RESPECTS:  VVA Veteran Photographer Joe Gromelski was on hand for the Veterans Day 2024 commemorations at Arlington National Cemetery in November when he captured a moving moment at a veteran’s graveside following the official remembrance ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Memorial Amphitheater.    
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JUSTICE FOR EDGEWOOD VETERANS:  VVA Veteran Contributing Writer Bill Triplett goes over the history of the Army’s secret biochemical 1950s experiments and explains the unexpected wide-ranging implications of a recent court decision involving the Edgewood veterans’ VA benefits claims.

A TRIP TO VETERANS GROVE:  VVA Veteran Associate Editor Trevor Strunk chronicles Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Chapter 1008’s contribution to the pioneering Veterans Grove community center near Harrisburg, which offers a range of services for formerly homeless veterans living in the center’s 15 tiny houses.

MUSICAL MUSINGS:   A deep dive into the wider meaning behind the pop music that servicemembers listened to during the Vietnam War. ALSO:  Associate Editor Trevor Strunk goes back to the movies to look at two noteworthy Vietnam War films: Marshall Thompson’s 1964 A Yank in Viet-Nam, the first Hollywood movie about the war, and Michael Cimino’s Oscar-winning 1978 movie, The Deer-Hunter.

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