Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 472

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. (VVA) is the only national Vietnam veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families 
VVA Chapter 472 is the San Diego County chapter which has served this region's Vietnam era veterans for over thirty-two years.
VVA’s goals are to promote and support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception of Vietnam veterans. VVA strives to achieve the following:
•    Aggressively advocate on issues important to veterans
•    Seek full access to quality health care for veterans
•    Identify the full range of disabling injuries and illnesses incurred during military service
•    Hold government agencies accountable for following laws mandating veterans health care
•    Create a positive public perception of Vietnam veterans
•    Seek the fullest possible accounting of America’s POWs and MIAs
•    Support the next generation of America’s war veterans
•    Serve our communities
“Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.”