Vietnam Veterans of America
Chapter 452

Chapter MAILING ADDRESS:
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Vietnam Veterans of America
Chapter 452
PO Box 508
Manville, NJ 08835

MEETINGS are on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 15:00 hours in the
Thomas J. Kavanaugh
VFW POST 2290,
600 WASHINGTON AVENUE,
MANVILLE, NJ 08835

Chapter 452 Minutes

VVA NJ State Council Meeting Report
- POW-MIA Committee Report
- Submarine USS New Jersey Commissioning

Our Purpose

Organization Purpose

The purpose of this organization is to increase the popularity of our common interests.
We hope to add new members so we will be able to grow and expand.
We also want to have fun while when we are together and working on projects.
By developing relationships and friendships, the organization will become even stronger.

Our Mission

Our mission is to further promote the interests of our organization
and of our members to the community.
We strive to make a difference by educating the public
and expanding our reach.

Chapter Officers & Leadership

President, VVA Chapter 452 - Frank J. Prevete
& Secretary
(908) 310-2463 fprev@hotmail.com

1st Vice President – Dennis W. O'Connor
& Membership Chair

2nd Vice President – William R. Humphrey

Treasurer / Chaplain – Joseph P. Ferrera

Quartermaster – Lawrence S. Friend
(Merchandise)

Webmaster – Richard J. Byrne

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Becoming a Member

We are always looking for people interested in joining our organization!

Helpful Links

Local Events

Thursday, 23 May, 0900 at Manville VFW Post 2290:
The ceremony has been called Proud to be an American Day.

The Hillsborough Memorial Day Tribute will be on Saturday, May 25th.
It will commence with a Veterans Breakfast at 7:30 AM,
a Parade at 10:00 AM, and a Memorial Tribute at 11:00 AM.

Montgomery Memorial Day Tribute , Monday, May 27th @ 9:00 AM

VFW post 8371 Memorial Day Tribute
Thursday, May 30th, at 9 AM at the Hillsborough Municipal Building Garden of Honor

Hillsborough Township Veterans Events & Resources:
Hillsborough Township, NJ
- Veteran Information Session 15 Jun 2024 10:00 AM Senior Activity Room:
Veteran's Srevices & Mental Health
- Veteran Information Session 14 Sep 2024 10:00 AM Senior Activity Room:
Guest Speakers & Q & A format
- Veteran Information Session 14 Dec 2024 10:00 AM Senior Activity Room:
Open forum for local services & businesses supporting Vets

POW-MIA wiki

Ancestry's search collections:
- Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975,

DoD's Multimedia: - Photos, Videos & Interactive Experiences;
DoD's Resources Military-Departments DOD-Websites
- Spotlights:
-- Bringing-Our-Fallen-Home
-- Vietnam-War

Defense Intelligence Agency's Stony Beach Team

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), wiki, YouTube,
- Our Missing,
- U.S. Army Unaccounted-For (pdf)
-- FamWeb
- Our Missing,
Joint_POW/MIA_Accounting_Command (JPAC)

Library of Congress collections
- Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database
-- About this Collection
-- Articles and Essays
-- Collections with Manuscripts/Mixed Material
-- Search Manuscripts/Mixed Material

POW-MIA families.org brochure(pdf), shorts videos
- STATUS OF THE POW/MIA ISSUE

News & online Magazines

Air Force Times & Air Force BlueTube,
ARMY News & YouTube,
American Legion's Magazine (online),
CIA's careers, Veterans,
- publications, stories, Cybersecurity-News,
DARPA's news, playlists, streams, shorts & videos;
Defense Intelligence Agency's wiki Comics
- News-Features - DIA-in-the-News
Defense News & Defense News Weekly videos

NASA's Tech Briefs, JPL, STSCI & videos
NATO's News & YouTube

Navy Deck Logs, Navy Times & U.S.Navy YouTube
New Jersey Commissioning: about-the-boat, SSN796

NSA - National_Security_Agency wiki
- careers; Press-Room; videos;
Marines' News,
- playlists, streams, shorts, videos, &
-- "With the Gear" playlist,

Military Bottom Line, playlists, shorts & videos
Military.com's YouTube
Military Times opinion commentary Medals & Misfires,
-- playlists, podcasts, streams, shorts & videos,

Rolling Thunder's
- Arties' corner, Events, Government affairs,
- HISTORY OF THE POW/MIA FLAG (pdf),
- important-links & Veterans' page

Stars & Stripes' YouTube
State Dept.'s NewsRoom, videos
US Military News' community playlists & videos
VFW's, Action Corps Weekly & archive

VVA Veteran online, VVA Web-Weekly online,

EEhot's Veterans Business, Employment & Education

#acp - American Corporate Partners,
#cool - DOD Credentialing Opportunities On-Line,
#crowd - Crowd Source Funding,
#funding, - Enterprise Funding
#gibill - GI Bill,
#gjobs - Government Jobs Search
#jobs - Jobs Search
#mentoring,
#opm -Office of Personnel Management,
#recruiters,
#resumes,
#sba -Small Business Administration,
#sbir - Small Business Innovation Research &
- Small Business Technology Transfer
#training,
#vosb - Veteran Owned Small Business