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Coming home doesn't mean the battle is over. With over 10 times the amount of veterans lost to suicide than to combat operations in the same time period, there has never been a more important time to TAKE A STAND and DO something to support our veterans!! If you or someone you know is suffering from PTSD, we have people that have shared a similar experience and are ready to help.

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WELCOME TO PAT TILLMAN MEMORIAL VFW POST 40

Pat Tillman Memorial
New to Arizona and in particular the Avondale, Litchfield Park, and Goodyear area and looking for a new VFW Post home, come visit us at the American Legion Post 61 located at 35 N Dysart Rd in Avondale on the first Wednesday of the Month.
 
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Our Post is located in Avondale, AZ. We received our Charter in 1945 and was renamed, in honor of Pat Tillman as Pat Tillman Memorial Post 40.
 
Thanks for all you do to support our veterans.




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Our programs support our service members while they are on the front line, as they are being discharged and long after they return. Your tax-deductible donation will be immediately directed to the VFW programs where your support is most urgently needed.

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As yesterday's defenders of freedom...

 ...we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.

WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Global Terror and other Peace-Keeping Expeditionary Campaigns throughout the globe.

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 to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families and continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families.

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Get Maximum PACT Act Benefits: Aug. 9 Is the Deadline to Get Pay Backdated to 2022

Veterans or their survivors who want to file benefit claims for a toxic exposure-related medical condition under the PACT Act need to do so -- or declare their intent to -- by Aug. 9

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VFW Will Not Stay Silent While America's Heroes are Dragged Through the Mud

WASHINGTON - The Washington Post has decided that America's veterans, those who have fought, bled and sacrificed for this nation, ...

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VFW Celebrates Veterans' Enduring Legacy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Nov. 11, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its 1 million members salute in recognition, gratitude and r...

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"That the purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies."