Our Leadership
Executive Officers
Paul Palazzolo
President
Mark Spooner
Treasurer
Sid E. Taylor
1st Vice President
David Gurtowsky
Secretary
Joe McClellan
2nd Vice President
Board of Directors
George Adams
Bill Langford
R. Mike Sand
Bill Callahan
John Lauve
Eugene Sullivan
Bill Hitzenberger
John "Jack" Mullins
Committee Chairs
Mark Spooner
Public Information Officer
Jack Devine
Director of Legislative Committee, State Council
Irene Spooner
Event Planner
Gudrun Hite
AVVA Representative
CHAPTER NEWS
DETROIT ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS TO BE AMONG FIRST IN HALL OF HONOR
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...
DETROIT VETERANS GIVE STUDENT A GREAT BUILDING TOOL
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.,...
VFW BLUE WATER NAVY VET WINS FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULING – COURT OF LAW NOW JOINS COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
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....