North Texas Chapter Information |
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Who We Are |
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Our Chapter Officers |
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Our Members |
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Our Members Families Still Serving |
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State TAVV Board Members |
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Other TAVV Chapters |
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TAVV Constitution |
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TAVV By-Laws |
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TAVV Application Form |
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Our Chapter Newsletter |
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Newsletter Archive |
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Upcoming Events |
Our Fallen..... |
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"Taps........" |
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Wichita County |
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Surrounding Counties |
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The Rest of Texas |
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North of the Red |
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The Rest of Oklahoma |
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In Operation Desert Storm |
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In Operation Enduring Freedom |
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In Operation Iraqi Freedoom |
Our Missing...... |
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Wichita and Surrounding Counties |
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The Rest of Texas |
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North of the Red |
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The Rest of Oklahoma |
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In Operation Desert Storm |
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In Operation Enduring Freedom |
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In Operation Iraqi Freedom |
Hear Our Voices |
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Hear Our Voices |
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A Tribute to Us from Children of Vietnam Vets |
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Can You Hear Me Now? |
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I'll Take It From Here |
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A Poem for Veterans Day 2002, by a Vet |
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10 Things You Should Know BEFORE You Protest about Iraq |
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A Soldier Died Today |
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A Letter to the Dixie Chicks |
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"Father of War" |
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Letter from a US Navy Corpsman |
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A Letter to Terrorist from a US Navy Pilot |
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The Things That Make A Soldier Great |
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Forgotten Soldiers |
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God, Are You Real? |
Important Web Links For All Veterans |
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Facts vs Fiction: The Truth About the Vietnam War |
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Oklahoma City VA Hospital Phone Numbers |
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Wounded Warrior Project |
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Honor Their Service *Care Packages For Our Troops* |
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Request Copies of Military Personnel Records |
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Military Report - The Military's Largest Benefits Update |
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The Vietnam War Resource Guide |
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Vietnam’s Collection and Repatriation of American Remains |
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Veteran to Veteran |
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Gateway to VA Health and Benefits |
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Vietnam Veterans Counseling Service |
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JPAC - Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command |
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Many Women Served in Vietnam |
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Military and Veterans Links |
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Find Your Buddies |
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The Vietnam War |
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Gold Star Wives of America |
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Health of Veterans and Deployed Forces |
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Vietnam Veterans Children's Support Program |
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Agent Orange |
Other Items of Interest |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Land Far Far Away..... |
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Terminology of the Vietnam War |
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Comparision of Rank Structure Between the Armed Services |
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The Traveling Wall Here for 2nd Time |
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Special Olympics |
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Previous Parades |
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When the Wall Came the 1st Time |
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Our Annual Luau |
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Airmen's Attic Dinner, March 2003 |
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Our Pool Party, 2002 |
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Welcome Home for Troops Back From Iraq, March 2004 |
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Support Our Troops Rally in Wichita Falls |
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Support Our Troops Rally in Graham |
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Our Christmas Parties |
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Christmas In April |
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Visits to Local Schools |
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Memorial Day, 2008 |
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Memorial Day |
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Miscellaneous Pics |
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Faces and Places |
For More Information |
Our Meetings are held at:
B.P.O. Elks Lodge, #1105
4205 Seymour Highway
Wichita Falls, Texas 76309
For Information Phone:
940-720-2915
E-Mail:
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Special Items of Interest |
Vets Can Now Salute With Pride...
Veterans and servicemembers not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect in October.
"The military salute is a unique gesture of respect that marks those who have served in our nation's armed forces," said Dr. James B. Peake, secretary of Veterans Affairs. "This provision allows the application of that honor in all events involving our nation's flag."
The new provision improves upon a little known change in federal law last year that authorized veterans to render the military-style hand salute during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, but it did not address salutes during the national anthem. Last year's provision also applied to servicemembers while not in uniform.
This change was included in the Defense Authorization Act of 2009, which President Bush signed October 14, 2008.
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Get one of these for your surviors. They will thank you for it. Click here to find out how to get one for your family.
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Share Our Memories
Click here to see Vietnam as our Veterans did. In their own pictures of a land far, far away.
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Get Your Freedom Bracelet NOW
Click here to find out how to get a "Freedom Bracelet" with your loved ones name on it to show your suppoprt of our troops.
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Download Toby Keith's "My Red, White, and Blue"
Click here to download a video of Toby Keith's "My Red, White, and Blue" with video provided by the U.S. Air Force.
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How About Some "Politically Incorrect" Cartoons
Click here to see a collection of "Politically Incorrect" cartoons that we think shout volumes all by themselves.
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Our Families Are Still Serving
Click here to see the names of Our Member's families that still serve in the U.S. Military and are engaged even now in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Need A Ride to OKC for your VA Appointment?
Call 1-800-633-0852 to get a ride to the Oklahoma City VA Hospital. There is no charge for veterans, and the van will wait for you to finish and bring you back home. We NEED Drivers, so if you would like to volunteer to drive vets to their appointments, just call 1-940-855-9158.
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The Memorial to Our Sisters Who Also Served
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to visit the Home Page of the North Texas Chapter of the Texas Association of Vietnam Veterans. Check back often, as we update information as quickly as we receive it. This website was last updated on:
July 6, 2009
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This site is to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War, and the memory of the more than 58,000 of our brothers and sisters who never came home. We also want to honor and pay tribute to all veterans from all wars. It is to them, to those that paid the ultimate price, and those that are still missing and still serving, that we dedicate this web site.
Enjoy your freedom?
Then thank a vet. They are the ones who have paid for it.......
And just in case no one has told you yet, "Welcome Home. We're proud of you."
Today is:
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you, and save one backward glance when you are
leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always.
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying, and keep it with your own.
And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment
to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind."
Major Michael O'Donnell,
January 1, 1970, Dak To, Vietnam.
O'Donnell, a helicopter pilot, was declared Missing In Action on March 24, 1970,
during a rescue attempt. His remains were returned in 1995, and identified in 2001.
"Let every nation know,
whether it wishes us well or ill,
that we shall pay any price,
bear any burden,
meet any hardship,
support any friend,
oppose any foe,
to assure the survival
and the success of liberty."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
From His Inaugural Address
January 20, 1961
"Meeting Schedule"
Association meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., at the B.P.O. Elks Lodge, #1105, 4205 Seymour Highway, Wichita Falls, Texas 76309
Come Out and Join Us.
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