Veterans of Foreign Wars

Veterans of Foreign Wars
n.
an organization of U.S. veterans who have served in foreign wars: founded in 1899

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(abbr VFW)
a large organization for former members of the US armed forces who fought in wars abroad. It helps those in need, has campaigns to influence the government on military matters, and does community service. It was established in 1899 and has more than 2.8 million members.

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▪ American organization
      American organization created in 1913–14 by the merger of three national war-veteran societies that were founded in 1899, shortly after the Spanish-American War. The American Veterans of Foreign Service, the Colorado Society of the Army of the Philippines, and another society also known as the American Veterans of Foreign Service merged in a convention in Pittsburgh, Pa., to become the single nationwide association known since then as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

      Membership in the VFW is restricted to any active or honourably discharged male officer or enlisted man who is a citizen of the United States and who has served in its military service “in any foreign war, insurrection or expedition, which service shall be recognized by the authorization or the issuance of a campaign medal” by the military or naval service. The basic aims of the VFW are: to ensure the national security through maximum military strength, to speed the rehabilitation of the nation's disabled and needy veterans, to assist veterans' widows and orphans and the dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and to promote Americanism by means of education in patriotism and by constructive service to communities.

      The VFW maintains both its legislative service and the central office of its national rehabilitation service in Washington, D.C. The latter nationwide program serves all disabled veterans of all wars, members and nonmembers alike, in matters of government compensation and pension claims, hospitalization, civil-service employment preference, and so on. The VFW has more than 10,000 local units, which are known as “posts.” The VFW maintains a national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.

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