Congressionally-Chartered Veterans Service Organizations (By 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)
• Paralyzed Veterans of America (Aug. 11, 1971)
• Swords to Plowshares: Veterans Rights Organization (Dec. 23, 1974)
• Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc. (May 5, 1980)
• Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. (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)
• Air Force Sergeants Association (Nov. 18, 1997)
• National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA) (N/A)
• Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II (N/A)

Other Veterans Service Organizations and Military Associations

• Air Force Association
• Association of the United States Army
• Association for Service Disabled Veterans
• Berlin Airlift Veterans Association
• Enlisted Association of National Guard
• National Association of County Veteran Service Officers
• National Association of Uniformed Services
• National 4th Infantry (IVY) Division
• National Guard Association of the United States
• National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates
• Reserve Officers Association
• The Retired Military Officers Association

Other Veterans' Links of Interest

• 2011 Edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors
• Veterans News and Information Services
• Troops To Teachers
• Gov Benefits

Memorial Links

• World War II Veterans Memorial
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Vietnam War Veterans Memorial
• The Women's Memorial