WELCOME TO VFW POST 738

No One Does More for Veterans
 

Our Post is located at 2801 Dean Ave, Des Moines, IA 50317, the post was chartered in received in 1921. The Post's holds its monthly meeting on the lst Saturday of the month at 10:00 am.  The Post has been a  All American Post 6 time along with being a All State Post, also we are the Top Post for Community Service in the State for the last 3 years.   
We all so host an Auxiliary Charter, and a very active Honor Guard.  Cooties Pup Tent # 1 also meets here the 1st Sat of the Month at Noon.




 




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As yesterday's defenders of freedom...

 ...we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.

WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Global Terror and other Peace-Keeping Expeditionary Campaigns throughout the globe.

Assistance & Benefits

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars is dedicated

 to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families and continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families.

Post News

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PACT

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Sat Breakfast

1st Sat of the Month

District News

Important Info for District 5 Members

CAROL WHITMORE SWORN IN AS NATIONAL JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER

District 5 member Carol Whitmore was elected and sworn in on Thursday, July 27th as the National Junior Vice Commander

DISTRICT 5 MEMBER TODD JACOBUS TO LEAD IOWA VETERANS AFFAIRS

Governor Kim Reynolds today announced the appointment of Todd Jacobus as the Executive Director of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs and Commandant of the Iowa Veterans Home.

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National News

Important info from National VFW

VFW Now Accepting Applications for its Annual Youth Scholarship Contests

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is now accepting entries for its 78th annual 2024-2025 Voice of Democracy an...

Levin Receives VFW Congressional Award

WASHINGTON -The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) presented its 2024 Congressional Award to Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) for his steadfast...

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"That the purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies."