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Post 276 Chili Cookoff
Springfield, VA
On Jan. 27, 2018, Post 176 held a chili cookoff with 14 entries. The winners got to take home what..
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New Year candlelight dinner, Post 176
Springfield, VA
A candlelight dinner was held at Springfield, Va., Post 176 on Jan. 19, 2018, with the community invited. This is..
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Home after three months
Los Angeles, CA
The American Legion Magazine arrived in my mailbox today. As I looked at the cover, I briefly took pause, realizing..
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MEMBERSHIP SUCCESS STORIES
Post 121 Persian Gulf membership growth
River Falls, WI
About 25 percent of River Falls American Legion members are women and men who served during the recent Persian Gulf..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Centennial - River Falls, Wis., Post 121
River Falls, WI
Korean War veteran Charles White (left) and Glen “Doc” Holberg (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf) accompanied each other along the..
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VOLUNTEERING
Local vet continues serving through Team Rubicon volunteerism
Cornville, GA
Some folks are born with a commitment to service – and that’s an apparent trait displayed in one..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Notes From the Trenches: A Musician's Journey Through World War I
The Foster family of Wisconsin were vibrant and happy in the early years of the 20th century. Like many families..
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GI BILL
The long way 'round
Boise, ID
In the mid to late 1980s, computers were large, clunky things that took genius-level intelligence to program, operate and just..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Clovis Desaulniers
Clovis was assigned to the Mexico border for the following year. At the outbreak of the war, he was..
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SUPPORT FOR POST-9/11 VETERANS
American Legion street fair adds a military presence
Columbiana, OH
Columbiana, Ohio - Since 1920 Benjamin Firestone American Legion Post 290 has been organizing the Columbiana Street Fair. Known as..
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American Legion leadership training
Hollywood, CA
LUKE C. CHAU, POST 43, CLASS OF JANUARY 2018, FORMER BOYS STATE, MARINE AND ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY. “My American Legion Basic..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
My Vietnam experience
Nashville, TN
The Tennessean accurately described the Vietnam War as occurring in the most tumultuous period in American history. More than the..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
The Marines and the Christmas Angels
Coventry, CT
Since I was a young girl, I always believed in miracles, especially at Christmastime. Being raised in a Christian..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The good, the bad and the ugly
In 1966 I graduated from high school in the small town of Walnut, California. My Uncle Dick gave me a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A proud naval career
Aug. 18, 1959 – I shook hands with my Dad “The Duke,” my brother-in-law Chet, and kissed my mother, sister..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Parris Island memories
Do you ever wonder why sailors and Marines call it “boot camp?” Some say the term originated when "old salts"..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Shots – ouch!
I graduated from high school in 1963. I started college, but my grade point average was lower than my blood..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Put up your dukes!
It came as a surprise to all who knew me, especially my parents and long-time girlfriend, when I announced that..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not-so-fond memories
I arrived at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, New York, June 4, 1955, at 7 p.m. after riding the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Pugil stick training
October 1969, Fort Bragg, North Carolina – one of my fondest memories was in the pugil stick training pit. This..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Latrines and leadership
Midnight, September 1957, Fort Dix, New Jersey – I am on my hands and knees with a toothbrush in an..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Oh, fudge
I was born and raised in southwest Missouri and joined the Marines in December 1943 after graduating high school. Never..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Foxtrot’ platoon memories
I was recruited by a civilian co-worker who was serving in the Army Reserves. I enlisted Oct. 29, 1979 at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bag ‘sorting’
On Jan. 29, 1955 I was inducted in the Army at Omaha, Nebraska along with a number of other young..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Trophy winners
I was drafted July 6, 1966 into the Army. All my training was in Fort Polk, Louisiana, and I was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Swim, boy!
I was a naïve farm boy from Minnesota and enlisted in the Navy, winding up in San Diego for Boot..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
'Rainbows' and 'Pings'
In March 1968 I felt I needed a break from classrooms and professors’ lectures of all sorts. A need for..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Ill-fitting uniforms
As I look back to the time I went into Army Basic Training, a myriad of memories come flooding back,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘General parking’
As a new Navy nurse stationed at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California from 1964-1967, I kept learning about..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Taps’
Bainbridge, Maryland, August 4, 1953 – As I lay in my bunk late evening of the second day and reviewed..
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