News & Commentary from Veteran Writers/Activists
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1970. I am sitting on the edge of a stone fountain in a plaza in downtown Vancouver, watching the peace demonstration all around me. Having deserted from the United States Army just a few months ago, I finally have Landed Immigrant status, a job, and a rented room of my own. As was the tradition of American army deserters in Canada, I am wearing my army field jacket with my name … [Read more...]
Over the last year I have been working closely with the VA and the court system as a mentor coordinator in a Veterans Drug Court. One of the first people I encountered when I found out about this opportunity to serve one of the objectives of VFP (seeking justice for veterans and victims of war) was a Vietnam combat vet named Robert Murphy. Robert is a service officer with the VFW. As such he has done a great deal to get … [Read more...]
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