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From: wfmans@ihuxb.UUCP (w. mansfield)
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Subject: Re: The V *F* W
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 15:43:39 EDT
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> Anyone know why the emphasis on *Foreign* in the name of the organization
> 
> "The Veterans of Foreign Wars"?
> ... 
> 
> Will Martin

I thought that VFW members had to serve *overseas* during a foreign
conflict.  (Nam and Korea count.  Grenada and Lebanon don't seem to.)
The American Legion takes all veterans.
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	Bill Mansfield
	AT&T Information Systems, Naperville, IL
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