Sure they can. They can be associate members or some such nonsense. Depends on where you are. The sole reason that I don't belong to the VFW is because after I was discharged in '75, a friend took me to the local VFW as a guest. The first two people I saw inside were two brothers who happened to be the sons of the lady that ran the local draft board. Both of them were healthier than me and both (surprise, surprise) were 4-F. That was enough to keep me away.
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April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918
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(World War I)
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December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946
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(World War II)
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June 25, 1950 to January 31, 1955
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(Korean War)
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February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975
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(Vietnam War)
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August 24, 1982 to July 31, 1984
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(Lebanon/Grenada)
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December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990
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(Operation Just Cause - Panama)
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*August 2, 1990 to today
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This really gets me p!ssed. I feel so much gratitude for my brothers that are in harms way, and am pinged with guilt every veterans day, knowing that someone somewhere is in a bad way protecting Our Country. ...and I just recieved my first retirement check for 22 years service. Not once was I in grave danger from an enemy force.
PX warriors used to catch all kinds of hell when they were found out. This is much worse.
These two need tarred, feathered, and hauled out of town on a rail.