Veterans Service Organizations

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