2000 s Immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a DAV mobile service office delivered thousands of articles of clothing and comfort kits to first responders at the Twin Towers. At the nearby World Trade Center ruins and Giants Stadium, nearly 300 disaster relief grants were provided to impacted veterans and their families. (AP PHOTO/MARK LENNIHAN) DECADE OF SERVICE Leading up to DAV’s 100th anniversary in 2020, DAV Magazine continues to chronicle each decade in our organization’s history and service in the military. From Afghanistan to Iraq and everything between, this installment provides historical background and highlights of important issues and events that affected service members, disabled veterans and their families during the first 10 years of the 2000s. By Charity Edgar blood shipments to victims in New York. A mobile service office delivered thousands of articles of clothing and comfort kits to first responders at the Twin Towers. Service officers unable to return to their New York City office began volunteering at Giants Stadium and the World Trade Center ruins, and set up a makeshift shop on Pier 95 to enable DAV to provide aid and identify impacted veterans and their families. Meanwhile, President Bush vowed to track down the 9/11 architects—namely Osama bin Laden— remarking that “we will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.” On Oct. 7, 2001, the U.S. led a coalition invasion of Afghanistan, with plans to dismantle al-Qaeda and the Taliban government that was sheltering bin Laden. Less than two years later, U.S. military members found themselves at the helm of yet another coalition invasion, this time in Iraq. As the country engaged in wars on two fronts, DAV began to focus on the influx @DAVHQ | DAVHQ 25 A t the turn of the 21st century, the United States was at peace. The Gulf War had ended nearly a decade earlier, and America’s military trained for threats that seemed abstract and distant. But on Sept. 11, 2001, war hit home. The nation stood witness to the most deadly terrorist attack on U.S. soil, as nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes crashed into the Pentagon, the World Trade Center towers and an open field in western Pennsylvania. “This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace,” said then-President George W. Bush in an address following the attacks. “None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.” DAV members jumped into action. In Florida, a DAV Transportation Network van helped transport DAV.ORG | FACEBOOK.COM/DAV |
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