Because of the title to this thread I never posted. I am a Vietnam era veteran (joined during Vietnam but got sent elsewhere) not a Vietnam veteran who actually went to Nam. Many to this day don't understand the difference. What bums me out is that someone who was drafted and made to go to Vietnam holds more status with the VFW then someone who joined and got sent elsewhere. You can still join the VFW but your considered a second class citizen to a drafty who was drug off to Nam. At least that's the way I understand here where I live. And that is why I choose not to join the VFW. Crap... MP's are on the way, I'm outta here.