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Veterans Service Organization

Date of Charter

Navy Mutual Aid Association Jul. 28, 1879
The American Red Cross Jan. 5, 1905
The American Legion Sept. 16, 1919
National Amputation Foundation, Inc. 1919
American War Mothers Feb. 24, 1925
Disabled American Veterans June 17, 1932
Veterans of Foreign Wars May 28, 1936
Marine Corps League July 4, 1937
United Spanish War Veterans April 22, 1940
Navy Club of the United States of America June 6, 1940
American Veterans Committee 1944
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Mar. 21, 1946
AMVETS (American Veterans) July 23, 1947
American G.I. Forum March 1948
Military Chaplains Association of the USA Sept. 20, 1950
Legion of Valor of the USA, Inc. July 4, 1955
Congressional Medal of Honor Society July 14, 1958
Veterans of World War I July 18, 1958
Military Order of the Purple Heart Aug. 26, 1958
Blinded Veterans Association Aug. 27, 1958
Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. June 1960
National Association for Black Veterans, Inc. July 1969
Swords to Plowshares: Veterans Rights Organization Dec. 23, 1974
Air Force Sergeants Association Nov. 18, 1997
Paralyzed Veterans of America Aug. 11, 1971
Gold Star Wives Dec. 4, 1980
Italian American War Veterans Nov. 20, 1981
U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc. Nov. 20, 1981
National Veterans Legal Services Program, Inc. 1981
American Ex-Prisoners of War Aug. 10, 1982
Women`s Army Corps Veterans Association Oct. 30, 1984
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. June 12, 1984
Polish Legion of America June 23, 1984
Catholic War Veterans Aug. 17, 1984
Jewish War Veterans Aug. 21, 1984
Pearl Harbor Survivors Oct. 7, 1985
Vietnam Veterans of America May 23, 1986
Army and Navy Union Nov. 6, 1986
Non-Commissioned Officers Association of America April 6, 1988
National Association of County Veterans Service Officers, Inc. June 1990
Military Order of the World Wars Oct. 23, 1992
The Retired Enlisted Association Oct. 23, 1992
Fleet Reserve Association Oct. 23, 1996
Military Officers Association of America

November 5, 2009

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA)

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Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

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