PURPOSE
The purpose of Vietnam Veterans of America's national
organization, the state councils, and chapters is:
- To help foster, encourage, and promote the improvement of
the condition of the Vietnam veteran.
- To promote physical and cultural improvement, growth and
development, self-respect, self-confidence, and usefulness of Vietnam-era
veterans and others.
- To eliminate discrimination suffered by Vietnam veterans
and to develop channels of communications which will assist Vietnam
veterans to maximize self-realization and enrichment of their lives and
enhance life-fulfillment.
- To study, on a non-partisan basis,
proposed legislation, rules, or regulations introduced in any federal,
state, or local legislative or administrative body which may affect the
social, economic, educational, or physical welfare of the Vietnam-era
veteran or others; and to develop public-policy proposals designed to
improve the quality of life of the Vietnam-era veteran and others especially
in the areas of employment, education, training, and health.
- To conduct and publish research, on a non-partisan basis,
pertaining to the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and the
American society, the Vietnam War experience, the role of the United
States in securing peaceful co-existence for the world community, and
other matters which affect the social, economic, educational, or physical
welfare of the Vietnam-era veteran or others.
- To assist disabled and needy war veterans including, but
not limited to, Vietnam veterans and their dependents, and the widows and
orphans of deceased veterans.
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