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Veterans' Service Organizations
American Legion
The American Legion provides
a service officer at the VA Regional Office Center in Hartford Ct, who
advocates for veterans filing pension or compensation claims. This organization
follows national legislation affecting veterans, promotes youth programs,
and offers accident and life insurance, travel benefits, and an investment
programs. Contact the Service officer
at (860) 721-9542; or the American Legion post in your community.
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AMVETS
The AMVETS provides a service
officer at the VA Regional Office Center in Hartford Ct, who advocates
for veterans filing pension or compensation claims. Contact: the Service officer at (860)
887-6056.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
The VFW provides a service officer at the VA Regional Office Center
in Hartford Ct, who helps veterans in filing claims. The VFW lobbies to
protect veterans' rights, offers life, health and accident insurance, cancer
expense assistance, and a Medicare supplement, and operates a home in Michigan
for the education of orphaned or dependent children of VFW and Ladies Auxiliary
members. Contact: the Service officer at
(860) 594-6610; or the VFW post in your community.
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Disabled American Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Department of Connecticut web
site, features information, contacts, news highlights and links of interest
for DAV and Auxiliary members or anyone interested in veterans issues.
DAV web site: http://www.davct.org
Consistent with fulfilling the organization's mission of service to veterans;
is their National Service Office (phone 860-584-0057). They provide Connecticut
disabled veterans and their families representation in the prosecution of their
claims for benefits from the Veterans Administration.
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Vietnam Veterans of America
"Never again shall one generation of veterans abandon another." Founded
in 1978, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. is the only national Vietnam
veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated
to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. VVA goals are to promote and
support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create
a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception
of Vietnam veterans. Membership is open to all Vietnam-era veterans who
served on active duty for other than training purposes between January
1, 1959 and May 7, 1975. Associate membership is open to all veterans,
family members, friends, and the general public. You may contact:
http://www.vva.org/ or
call (860) 651-5894.
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