Vietnam Veterans of America Archives

Vietnam Veterans of America will host July 4th run starting at Bonanzaville

July 3, 2025

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Vietnam Veterans of America run in 2019WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Vietnam Veterans of America is welcoming runners to start of their July fourth with a run. On Friday morning, Fargo Chapter 491 will host its annual 5K/10K run at Bonanzaville. This is video from one the past runs. Registration and packet pick-up will begin at 7 AM, with the…

LIVE: Veterans groups help keep stories of Vietnam Veterans alive

The Moorhead American Legion and the group Vietnam Veterans of America is inviting everyone to come and honor those who served in the Vietnam era.

March 25, 2024

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MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Moorhead American Legion and the group Vietnam Veterans of America is inviting everyone to come and honor those who served in the Vietnam era. Vietnam Veterans Day is this Friday. The Legion is hosting a community lunch on Friday from 11am to 2pm. There will be a program from the Fargo Honor Guard’s Jason…

F-M Area Celebrates Vietnam War Veterans Day

March 29, 2022

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day and those who served during the war are being honored in Fargo-Moorhead with multiple ceremonies. The region is honoring veterans who made sacrifices. It started off with a couple words from Vietnam Veterans of America leaders at the American Legion in Moorhead followed by a 21 guns salute performed by the…

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 941 Hosts 9/11 Commemoration

Local veterans have held this remembrance since the first anniversary of the attacks

September 11, 2019

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MOORHEAD, MINN. — Local Vietnam Veterans are keeping the memories of 9/11 victims alive. “The VVA has sponsored this for the past 17 years. We held the first one a year after the attacks,” said retired U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Russel Stabler. Community member Theresa Nunn has been at every single ceremony. Not only honoring those who passed, but…

LIVE: After 75 Years, Last Reunion For Soldiers On Ship Sunk By Nazis Coming To Fargo

USS Block Island Reunion in Fargo Week of May 20th

May 17, 2019

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A group of soldiers who share a 75-year-long bond will reunite for the last time next week in Fargo. The U-S-S Block Island sank in the North Atlantic on May 29th, 1944, the victim of a Nazi attack. It was the only U.S. aircraft carrier to sink in the North Atlantic during World War II. 950 soldiers went into…

LIVE: Vietnam Memorial Week Honors Veterans In The Valley

Week's Worth Of Events Scheduled For Fargo Air Museum

April 23, 2019

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Vietnam veterans Ed Ahonen and Larry Nicholson with Vietnam Veterans of America are helping bring a week’s worth of events commemorating people who served our country during Vietnam Memorial Week. Events run from May 4th through May 10th at the Fargo Air Museum. Events kick off with a ceremony where Governor Doug Burgum and Senator Kevin Cramer are scheduled to…

West Fargo VFW Hosts Successful Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day

The West Fargo VFW is celebrating Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day by bringing veterans together to talk and have lunch with others who have served

March 30, 2019

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WEST FARGO, N.D.– Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day is a day that is important to those who served. The West Fargo VFW is celebrating Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day by bringing veterans together to talk and have lunch with others who have served. You may think the veterans have known each other for years, but the one thing that bonds them is…

Vietnam Veterans of America Hosts Ceremony for National POW/MIA Day

The ceremony included a 21-gun salute and moments of silence

September 21, 2018

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VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE– Vietnam Veterans of America is recognizing prisoners of war and those missing in action. Speeches and moments of silence took place at the ceremony in honor of National POW/MIA day. The ceremony included a 21-gun salute for the over 350 POW’s and MIA’s from North Dakota who served between World War II and the Vietnam War. Vietnam…