Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans (WHVV), in partnership with the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA), launch A Time to Honor free gift book event for Vietnam-era veterans 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 29 at the Indiana Veterans’ Center 777 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, in the parking lot directly across from the building. Staff and volunteers will be present to guide arriving veterans and their families.

This is part of an ongoing effort to find and thank all 130,000 Vietnam-era veterans living in Indiana. Veterans who order their gift online can pick up their gift at various other events held throughout the year, all across the state.

Indiana Vietnam Vets Gift

A collaboration with the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) & Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans (WHVV) established the Indiana Vietnam Veterans Gift as an outreach program to honor and give thanks to Indiana veterans who served during the Vietnam War years, 1955 to 1975. 

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans and community partners will hand-deliver the Indiana Vietnam Vets Gift. Indiana veteran service officers, Indiana businesses, churches, schools and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to announce and share this inofrmation, help veterans order the FREE gift and host events to recognize & bring honor to their veteran employees, members, students, volunteers and affiliates of their organizations and communities.

Special events will be scheduled throughout the year and the Vets Gift will be hand-delivered at these events and also to homebound veterans. If you or your company is interested in partnering to host an outreach event or to help deliver the gifts to homebound veterans, please send a request to events@whvv.org.

A bookmark will be placed inside every Vets Gift to encourage Indiana veterans to tell their story of service. If a veteran chooses to preserve their legacy, their own personal experiences will be documented and archived with the Veterans History Projectthrough the Library of Congress. This project makes accessible the personal accounts of American veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and gain a better understanding of the realities of war.

The Indiana Vietnam Veterans FREE gift will show gratitude and respect to Indiana veterans. It will also provide social awareness and historical value to multiple generations about the real accounts of the Vietnam War. All over the state of Indiana, the Vietnam Vets Gift and message will reinforce the idea that it is never too late to say “Thank You” and “Welcome Home”.

The Indiana Vietnam Vets Gift is an ongoing, collaborative effort until we find and thank the estimated 130,000 Vietnam veterans living in Indiana. Please check here for veteran events.