VVA in Vermont
Late in the 70's , Bobbie Mueller came to Vermont to meet with a group of Vietnam Veterans to talk about the need for us to join together to fight for our rights that we were not getting the support from other groups. Bobbie and others came and met with Donnie Bodette and others from the area and talked about this idea. Donnie and others said that Bobbie should start an organization with chapters in it. That is how Chapter #1 came to be and have done a number of things for Veterans and their community. Donnie was elected to be not only chapter #1 first President, But also Vietnam Veterans of America First Chapter President. ( Donnie Bodette pasted away Aug 10, 1997). We miss him.
In the early 90's, Robert Hannon from Bennington wanted to start a group, after talking with a number of veterans and having a couple of meeting about which veterans group to join, Vietnam Veterans of America was chosen. The chapter's first President was Robert Hannon and since that time we have done a lot of things in our community and in the state.
Click on the link for more about the VVA in Vermont:
http://www.vvavtsc.com/civ.htm
and here is a link for the National VVA:
http://www.vva.org
