[PW] Vietnam Vets and VFW

[Daphne Drewello]

Thank-you to Sherry Langston-Hardin, Sally Waters,
and others who treated my question with respect.

I just found the following at

http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/Lb71502.pdf

HR 3838 -Veterans of Foreign Wars Charter Amendment Act (Smith,

Christopher)

Order of Business: The bill is scheduled to be considered on Monday, July 
15, 2002, under a

motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Summary: H.R. 3838 amends the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 
to allow

any member of the Armed Forces who has received special pay for duty under 
hostile fire or

imminent danger to be a member of the VFW. Currently, the charter only 
allows members

who served honorably and received a campaign medal for service or who have 
served

honorably for a specific period on the Korean peninsula. H.R. 3838 allows 
members of the

Armed Forces who served in Somalia or Kosovo, for example, to be eligible 
for VFW

membership.



Daphne Drewello

Alfred Dickey Library

Jamestown, ND