HISTORY OF THE VOVMC

The VETERANS OF VIETNAM MC was conceived and founded in late 2001 by two veterans in Springfield, Missouri who had served their country, and wanted to ride together in brotherhood to support and assist each other, vietnam era veterans, veterans wifes, veterans families and dependents, and also other members of the veterans community.  The club was briefly a veterans organization.

Following motorcycle club protocols, the founders met with some senior clubs in some areas of the USA and received approval to wear the patch MadJack had designed - A Veterans of Vietnam  top rocker, a rounded version of the Vietnam Service Ribbon as a center patch with the dates of 1959 and 1975 added and a map of Vietnam, an MC patch, and Missouri as a bottom rocker.In a very short time however, the bottom Rocker was replaced with Nomad, America and Support to help the club grow.

The Bylaws and patch were all drawn up and designed by MadJack and approved by the only other Founding Member Lowdown. One of the Founding Members then applied for legal rights to the colors and as a not-for-profit veterans MC in Missouri and then nationwide as chapters grew.  In line with their motto of "Vets Helping Vets", they applied for, and were granted an IRS 501c(19) federal tax exempt status.

In the more than nine years since the club was founded, it has grown to include members, chapters, all over the U.S., In 2005, the first International chapter was formed, comprised of Vietnam Era Veterans living in Thailand based in the City of Rayong and chartered by Life Member MadJack and Chappie the International Chaplain. In 2006 one last change was added of an In Memory Patch on the rear bottom for Brothers gone but not forgotten as we are a dying breed of Veteran.

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In 2006, the only other Founding Member, Lowdown left to join a larger M/C. Another International Vietnam Veterans M/C. We would like to thank Lowdown for his early service to the club and Friendship.