MEMBERSHIP RECRUITING:  We have thousands of guard and reserve troops from Texas that have served in an area that made them eligible for the VFW.  Yet we have not signed them up as members.  Where is your pride?
   Remember it is not the price we pay to be a member, but the price we paid to become eligible.  They have paid that price--several times over as they have served in several deployments. 

We also have Korean and Vietnam veterans that were turned away from the VFW when they returned home.  They said they would not let this happen to other veterans, yet many of them have not joined to make a difference. If they had joined, then they could be among us signing others up.
    People's feelings have changed over the years.  These men and women fighting today are their  grandchildren.  It is time to heal, and to forgive - to show that as veterans we are equal, and fighting for the good of all veterans. 

This is a good answer for some of our Korean and Vietnam veterans who don't want to join us.  Jim