This year Memorial Day will be celebrated on May 31, 2021. It is a day for all Americans to honor those lost during all conflicts starting with the Civil War up until the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a day to honor the men and wom ...
From 1955 to 1975, approximately 11,000 women were stationed in Vietnam, with roughly 90 percent working as nurses. Many of these women had just graduated nursing school when they were stationed. The average work week for a Vietnam War nurse included wor ...
The Medal of Honor is a United States government’s highest military decoration that may be awarded to American veterans. The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States but presented in the name of the United States Congress, often re ...
How do we know when a war begins or a war ends? Does it start when we send our troops to the frontline and end when we bring them home? Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11 every year because on November 11, 1918, a cease-fire was declared and it wa ...
It's Official Tom Brown, President of the Nebraska Vietnam Veteran Memorial Foundation, and Papillion Mayor David P. Black signed the Memorandum of Understanding on September 3, 2020; that the City of Papillion – Municipal Government will lease the land ...
Dottie Barickman, Board Member, NVVMFDottie Barickman was born in Nashville, Tennessee and later moved to Columbus, Mississippi. She attended Northwest Mississippi Junior College and continued finance and accounting studies at Memphis State ...
Bellevue University is a non-profit, open access institution with more than 50,000 graduates worldwide. The University provides career-oriented, cost-effective education through undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. The University is a recog ...
John Hartwell, Treasurer, NVVMFJohn grew up on a southwest Iowa farm, attended Iowa State University, and obtained a BS in civil engineering (‘71), and a MS in geotechnical engineering (‘74) degrees. He earned a Ph.D. in civil/geotechnical ...
Ron Elwell Executive Director, NVVMFRon Elwell, Jr. was born an Air Force dependent at Barksdale, AFB, Louisiana. In 1984, Ron’s father, who did five tours in Vietnam as a Forward Air Controller, was stationed at Offutt, AFB and Ron attende ...
Visit the NVVMF Donation Page to make your donation to the NVMM Foundation in support of the Nebraska Vietnam Veteran Memorial project. Your gift is an important and necessary component to the success of this project. Help us honor and educate young and o ...
