VietNow
National Magazine
Rich Sanders
VietNow National President
By Rich Sanders VietNow
National President

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Each new issue of the VietNow
National Magazine brings a new article
by National President, Rich Sanders.
We've recently begun collecting
a few of the most recent. Just click any
of the links to read the entire article.
Spring 2011
Charlie's POW Jacket
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
You remember Charlie, don't you? He's the guy standing over there, wearing that old POW jacket. I wonder why he's still wearing that thing.
Read more.
Winter 2010
Relating to Modern-Day Veterans
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
Let's be sure we don't have powdered sugar on our chins.
Read more.
Spring 2010
Pineapple Avenue
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
Volunteers of America and VietNow helping veterans with a two-year Veterans Transitional Housing unit.
Read more.
Fall 2009
POW/MIA: How do We Keep the Fires Burning?
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
I have been witnes to, or part of, several happenings
in the past year that have caused me to ask that question
in more of a desperation tone than from an inquisition
perspective.
Read more.
Spring 2009
The Last Vietnam Veteran
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
It's 2049, and you are the last living
Vietnam veteran. What's it going to be
like when you see people at "The Wall"?
Do you think they will understand?
Read more.
Fall 2008
CAUTION! Personal Story:
Proceed at your
own risk.
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
Remembering Robert J. Acalotto, POW/MIA,
whose name appears alphabetically at the
top of our government's list of "Last
Known Alive (LKA) servicemen from the Vietnam
War."
Now is not the time to give up on men like
Acalotto.
Read more.
Winter/Spring 2008
The Message Once Was, "POW/MIA: You Are Not Forgotten."
Is that still true today? Look around and see for
yourself.
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
Does anyone remember using the words “As
long as it takes?” in regard to the POW/MIA issue? It's
time to put the POW/MIA bracelets back on, lift the
POW/MIA flags high, and say it loud: “Bring ’em
home! Bring ’em
all home!." Read
more.
Summer/Fall 2007
It's Your Call: Want to Help a Vet in a VA Hospital?
TheTroops in the Field? Anyone You'd Like to Hear
From? VietNow Phone Cards Are the Answer.
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
Communication is essential: VietNow phone cards have
served veterans for many years. For years VietNow
has periodically sent packets of calling cards to the
Voluntary Service department of each VA hospital in
the nation. In recent years we have added military
hospitals and Fisher Houses to our distribution list. Read
more.
Winter/Spring 2007
Kids
Still Say the Darndest Things
And they still "get it."
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
A past recipient of VietNow's Sons and Daughters In
Touch (SDIT) scholarship enclosed an essay with a thank-you
letter he sent to VietNow Headquarters. It's the story
he had written from his mother's point of view at the
time his mother's father (his grandfather) was shot
down in Vietnam. His words describe that time as his
mother had lived it as a third grader. Read
more.
Fall/Winter 2006
War on Terror Veterans
Need Our Help
PTSD: It's not just for Vietnam veterans.
By Rich Sanders, VietNow National President
Why are some veterans affected by certain
traumatic experiences, while other veterans
who have experienced similar trauma seem
to have no lingering problems? Why do the
symptoms of PTSD seem very outwardly predominant
in some veterans, while others seem to
be able to keep their inner feelings suppressed
and controlled? Recent statistics showed
that slightly more than 15% of Vietnam
veterans were diagnosed with PTSD in a
1986 survey, while a screening of Operation
Iraqi Freedom showed a 78% rate of PTSD
symptoms. Read more.
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