By Steve Bates,

In a letter dated January 30, 2019, Oregon’s Secretary of State made a resounding endorsement of the Vietnam War Memorial on the Oregon State Capitol Grounds Project. Continue reading →

By Oregon Employment Department,

In 2017, the unemployment rate for veterans in Oregon was 4.3 percent, according to the Current Population Survey. This was the lowest unemployment rate for veterans since 2007, when the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent. Overall, Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in 2017. Across the U.S., veterans had a lower unemployment rate of 3.7 percent. Continue reading →

By Eric Shierman,

My second book was released this year. The title is of course not a reference to me. I wasn’t born yet when the Tet Offensive erupted in South Vietnam fifty years ago this week. It refers to a bumper sticker I saw as a child in the 1980s that has always made me ponder the place the Vietnam War has in American military history. Continue reading →