by admin | May 9, 2019 | Scholarships
Today was the day that apprenticeships were announced at the A. Philip Randolph Career Technical Center. Additionally, Nechole Drake McClendon, from the Detroit Public Schools Foundation, and I presented VVA9’s $2,500 scholarship award to DeShawn Durr. He’s a...
by admin | May 7, 2019 | Chapter News, Community Outreach, Partnerships, Press Releases, Vietnam Veterans
Keith King has done so much over the last 40 years to help individuals who served their country that the short summary version of his biography is still six pages long. A Vietnam veteran, King helped found Chapter 9, one of the earliest and largest affiliates of the...
by admin | May 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Members of a local veterans group will be on hand during a special school ceremony Wednesday when a group-backed scholarship is presented to a student pursuing a career in the building trades. The A. Phillip Randolph Career and Technical Center, 17101 Hubbell Ave.,...
by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | Press Releases
Vietnam Veterans chapter donates $10,000 through DPS Foundation Four Detroit students have won unique $2,500 scholarships thanks to a newly established partnership between the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 9, and the Detroit Public Schools Foundation. The...
by admin | Jan 2, 2019 | Chapter News, Legislative Action
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a decade-old ruling yesterday that potentially paves the way for the return of earned disability benefits for some 90,000 so-called Blue Water Navy veterans from the Vietnam War. The case, Procopio v....
