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EVERY YEAR EVERY CHAPTER WISHING TO RENEW AS A CHAPTER OF MODERN DAY VETERANS MUST |
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HISTORY WE BEGAN AS A VIET NOW CHAPTER , AT THAT TIME VIET NOW MEMBERS COULD ONLY BE VETERANS THAT HAD SERVED IN VIET NAM. THE FIRST 25 MEMBERS WERE ALL VIET NAM VETERANS ,THEN OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS STARTED RETURNING FROM OTHER CONFLICTS. THEREFORE WE BROKE AWAY FROM VIET NOW AND IN 1990 STARTED MODERN DAY VETERANS ACCEPTING ALL VETERANS FROM ALL CONFLICTS. MODERN DAY VETERANS WAS ESTABLISHED ON OCTOBER 29, 1990 IN HONOR OF WARREN GORDON DENTON. HE SERVED 23 YEARS IN THE ARMED FORCES, THREE TOURS IN VIETNAM, ONE IN KOREA, AND RETIRED MAJOR WARREN G. DENTON. GATHERING 25 VETERANS AND VETERANS WIDOWS WITH THE SAME DESIRES, WE APPLIED TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR A CHARTER TO START A CLUB IN HONOR OF WARREN G. DENTON. IN NOVEMBER OF 1992 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GRANTED US A CHARTER AND OTHER GROUPS BEGAN TO FORM SUBORDINATES. WE HAVE OVER 400 CHAPTERS WITH OVER 3000 MEMBERS IN 7 DIFFERENT STATES AND ARE ADDING MORE EVERY DAY WE ARE ACCEPTING ANY GROUP OF VETERANS THAT WOULD LIKE TO START A CHAPTER IN ANY STATE PLEASE CALL NATIONAL FOR MORE INFORMATION |