Membership Application Form Statement of Purpose (see reverse side for requirements) We, having dutifully served our nation, do VeteransVeterans Name: hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world . To this end Street: we will work, with others: ForFor PeacePeace City: (a) Toward increasing public awareness of State, ZIP the costs of Phone: (b) To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations E-mail: (c) To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear Signature: weapons Full Member Associate Member (d) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war Military service: (e) To abolish war as an instrument of Years: national policy.

Branch: To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-vio- Rank: lent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted Please send a copy of your DD 214 or other proof of military service! to act in the best interests of the group for Annual National Dues the larger purpose of . We urge all people who share this vision to U.S. Armed Forces Members currently join us. on active duty - VFP dues waived for 1 year. Veterans For Peace $25 Regular Dues - National Office - $50 Supporting Dues 216 S. Meramec Ave. ($50 or more gets a free copy of the book “Addicted to St. Louis, MO 63105 War” by Joel Andreas.) Phone: 314-725-6005 • Fax: 314-725-7103 $100 Sustaining Dues email: [email protected] $1000 Lifetime Membership website: www.veteransforpeace.org Local Chapter Contact Information I want to be a monthly sustainer for Working Together $_____ (We will contact you by phone to set up a monthly payment plan.) For Make checks payable to: Peace & Justice Veterans For Peace 216 S. Meramec Ave. Since 1985 St. Louis, MO 63105 VETERANS FOR PEACE NEEDS YOU ! Membership Classification Veterans For Peace (VFP) is a national organization of men and women veterans of Full Membership all eras and duty stations including from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), World War Full members are U.S. military veterans or veterans II, the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf and current as well as other conflicts. of a foreign nation residing in the U.S. They may also be merchant marines or other U.S. citizens who have served in a professional capacity with or in We draw on our personal experiences and perspectives repressive regimes in with long records of service to the U.S. armed forces in an area and dur- gained as veterans to raise public awareness of the true abuses. ing a period of war, conflict or other hostile activity. costs and consequences of and war - and to seek peaceful, effective alternatives. KOREA: After revelations of the massacres of civilians by Full members must submit a copy of their military American soldiers during the , we sent several discharge, DD-214 or other form of acceptable doc- Some major areas of concern and involvement are: fact-finding delegations to investigate these allegations and umentation for verification and filing. bring the hidden history of that war before the public. WAR IN IRAQ: When our government threatened inva- Today we continue to work for an end to that conflict Full members must subscribe to the purpose, goals sion, we conducted public forums, met with elected repre- through our Korea Peace Campaign. and ideals of VFP, and pay national dues. sentatives and participated in marches to express our oppo- All members of the U.S. Armed Forces on active sition. As the war began, we gathered in Washington, DC, VIEQUES: Along with other veteran and community duty who wish to join Veterans For Peace will be with other veterans groups for Operation Dire Distress. groups, we actively supported the people of in given free membership for one year while on Since then, we joined together with Military Families their struggle to end the US Navy's six decades of bombing active duty. Speak Out and others in the Bring Them Home Now cam- and shelling on the island of Vieques. We paign and supported recently returned vets who formed the continue to support current efforts for cleaning up the envi- Associate Membership Iraq Veterans Against the War. Local chapters continue to ronment and return of the land to the people of Vieques. Associate members are non-veterans and are enti- conduct educational forums, demonstrations and ongoing tled to all the rights and privileges of full members Iraq memorial displays, such as , to remem- : VFP sent fact-finding delegations to this except: (a) voting for and holding office at the ber the growing human cost of the war, to end the occupa- violence-torn land and educated U.S. citizens to the US tion and to bring our troops hone now! military involvement, the murder of union leaders by para- national level, and (b) holding office of president or militaries and other human rights abuses, including the vice-president at the chapter level. AND AT HOME: Members and chapters actively partici- harmful effects of chemical defoliants used in the "war on Associate members are encouraged to attend chap- pate in efforts to save VA healthcare and defend of veterans’ drugs". ter meetings and national conventions and may vote rights; to protect our threatened by the “Patriot on all resolutions. Act” and other repressive legislation; to provide counseling CENTRAL AMERICA: In the 1980s, we opposed US through the GI Rights Hotline to active duty military need- sponsored wars and continue to support people struggling Associate members must subscribe to the purpose, ing assistance; and providing alternative information to for their rights and dignity. We regularly send election goals and ideals of VFP and pay national dues. counter military recruiters in the schools. observers to , , and El (application form on the reverse side) Salvador in support of justice and peace. VIETNAM: VFP has worked with other Vietnam veterans to bring medical supplies, help build clinics, hospitals, and Veterans For Peace was founded in 1985, as a non-prof- schools, advocate for victims and promote it 501(c)3 educational organization and recognized as a reconciliation and friendship between our two countries and Non-Governmental Organization in 1990. peoples. Chapters and members are active in communities through- out the and Puerto Rico. National conven- SOA WATCH: Each year VFP members from across the tions are held annually and members communicate through country go to , , to demonstrate for quarterly newsletters as well as daily list-serve news, on the closing of the Army's infamous School of the line discussions groups and the national and many chapter Americas, a training center for thousands of soldiers from websites.

We urge all veterans, family members and supporters to join us. The Arlington West memorial, erected by Veterans For Peace in Santa Barbara, SIGN UP TODAY! CA, honors fallen U.S. soldiers in Iraq.