UNLIKELY STORY:  VVA Veteran Senior Writer and Arts Editor Marc Leepson shares the incredible Vietnam War story of Doug Hegdahl, the youngest and lowest-ranking American POW captured in North Vietnam and held in the Hanoi Hilton, in an exclusive excerpt from his bestselling new book, The Unlikely War Hero: a Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton.    
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A NEW HOPE:  VVA Veteran Contributing Writer Richard Currey takes a deep dive into what’s behind the striking results treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder with a technique known as Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories Therapy, plus, VVA PTSD and Substance Abuse Committee Chair Tom Hall’s input on the promising new methodology’s potential to be a “silver bullet” in PTSD treatment.

REAL RESULTS WITH VR:   An in-depth report on how VA clinicians are on the cutting edge with implementing new immersive virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented realty treatment techniques.            

VETERANS DAY 2024:   An illustrated look at the solemn commemorations at Arlington National Cemetery and at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., where VVA Officers, Board members, committee chairs, and national staffers joined a grateful nation in honoring those who served.

TIP OF THE CAP:  In honor of the CAP Marines’ work in Vietnam—including the 540 men who lost their lives in the war—the Combined Action Program Veterans Association dedicated a Monument on the grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.  

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