AMVETS REMEMBERS PAST NATIONAL COMMANDER JOSEPH VANDENGOORBERGH
Dec. 18, 2009 - the AMVETS family lost one of its most prominent leaders and vocal veterans' advocates when Past National Commander Joseph Vandengoorbergh, 72, died at his home in Vermilion, Ohio.
Vandengoorbergh, or "Joe Van," served as AMVETS National Commander in 1997-1998, while Americans were deployed in support of NATO in the Balkans and while President Bill Clinton weighed additional military action in Iraq. To read Joe Van's Congressional testimony from 1998, Click Here.
Joe Van also served as Department of Ohio commander where he earned AMVETS Department Commander of the Year in 1986.Full Story
To read Joe's obituary from
the Morning Journal, Click Here.
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Media Contact:
National
Communications Director
Jay Agg
(301) 683-4035
jagg@amvets.org
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