Post Seeks Young Vets Vetsas Wwii Troops Die Off, Membership Diversifies
The Topeka Capital-Journal › March 02, 2011
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By Heather Hollingsworth THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEAVENWORTH -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars' post in Leavenworth traditionally was dominated by aged ex-servicemen. But in recent years a revolution has occurred in the Kansas Army town, with a new young leadership transforming the post into a center providing support and entertainment for male and female veterans of all ages and conflicts.See the full content of this document
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Post Seeks Young Vets Vetsas Wwii Troops Die Off, Membership Diversifies
It's a scene that the VFW, considered the nation's largest and most active organization advocating for military veterans, is burnishing as several hundred thousand of its mainstay members -- World War II veterans -- die each year.
"We have to battle that perception that we are an old man's club," said Lynn W. Rolf III, a 36-year-old Iraq war veteran and the commander of the Leavenworth post. "We have to transform ourselves or we won't survive."Since its peak membership in 1992, the VFW's ranks ha...See the full content of this document
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