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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Honor Flight
Miami, FL
On April 2, 2016, Legionnaires from Post 346 in Miami were selected to accompany World War II veterans to Washington,..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Legionnaire recognized for 70 years of membership
Jennings, LA
At the March meeting of James O. Hall Post 19 of The American Legion, Department of Louisiana, Allen Medus (pictured)..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Texas Legion post's mission: wheelchair ramps for the disabled
Longview, TX
American Legion Department of Texas Post 232 of Longview/Gregg County began its charter in 2010. At that time, it was..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Custom-designed mobility equipment for veterans
Pembroke, MA
As a classic car and truck airbrush designer for 20 years, I decided to use my art form in a..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
A bridge from the sky
Hurst, TX
TIME: November 1950... 20,000 men of the 1st Marine Divsion and the 7th Infantry Division had captured the Chosen (or Changjin)..
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RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Georgia post honors Milwaukee police officers
Richland, GA
Upon seeing a Burn Pit article in a November 2015 Online Update, depicting three Milwaukee police officers respectfully folding a..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Vets Are All Gone
The vets are all gone who fought the Battle of Saint-Mihiel where the American Expeditionary Force captured..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training in 1953 in the Midwest
I think I started basic training on Feb. 8, 1953. I arrived by train at Fort Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.,..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Pershing Square a reality
Ocean Springs, MS
After several months, the World War I Emile Ladnier Monument in Ocean Springs refurbishment project and Pershing Square, named after..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A Vietnam Photograph, a Chaplain, and a Marine
50 years ago in the Summer of 1966, Lee Roy Herron and I traveled from Lubbock, Texas, to Quantico, Virginia,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Early morning physical training
I was born in Yonkers, N.Y., so I was used to the cold weather in the winter months for many..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Semper fi, beginning in basic
My fondest memory: Platoon 339 Third Recruit Battalion ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Something to write home about
I came to this great country from Scotland in 1954. I was 18 at the time. I was fortunate enough..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
At Marine boot camp, the drill instructor never smiles
Marine boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., is anything but funny to a 17-year-old snot-nosed kid like myself, but it..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Love life of an Army Girl
At the age of 18 I Joined the Army. It was the time when I was madly in love with..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
"Vietnam Convoy Trucker" Book and the 319th Transportation Company.
Ammunition and supplies to all bases within about 100 miles of Saigon. We were an activated Army Reserve unit..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Duke the Dog Who Saved My Life
I served for 20 years in the Army, in 2002 I got injured that cause me to have PTSD, TBI,..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
For My Scouts
I have built a house within my heart where all of my deceased Montagnard Highland Scouts live. The house is a permanent..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Viet Nam era veteran writes historical novel--TO END ALL War
Nicholas Lambros has written a novel that brings three siblings, two brothers and their younger sister, into The Great War..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
What do you see..?
WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A VET GOING THROUGH HELL AND BACK THEY WILL NEVER FORGET TELLING THEM TO GO NEVER HAVING..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Veterans honored at American Legion awards ceremony
McMinnville, TN
American Legion Post 173 held its awards ceremony on Friday, March 18, 2016, honoring six individuals who served their country..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
What have I got myself into?
The thing I remember most is running next to the air strip and wishing you were on one of those..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
American Legion Post 416 renaming road after Marine veteran
Encinitas, CA
A retired Marine Corps colonel who was so beloved that more than 1,000 people attended his funeral may soon have..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
American Legion Post 416 Resurging in Beach Community of San Diego North County.
The San Dieguito American Legion Post 416 found itself cornered two years ago. Not by enemies, but by time: Its long-time..
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WHY I LOVE MY POST
Remembering our country's POWs and MIAs
West Endicott, NY
National POW/MIA Remembrance Day is celebrated annually on the third Friday in September. This year it will fall on Friday,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The training instructor I remember most
Shortly after being sworn into active duty in the Air Force in September 1966 at the Omaha Recruitment Center, and..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
O.C. honors eight adventurous seniors/WWII vets to fly in vintage biplane
Fullerton, CA
94-year-old U.S. Army WWII veteran (B-29 radio operator) Vince Van Velzer, along with four other senior veterans and three female..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Legion member reaches 100th birthday
Harmony, NC
Mr. Dick Norris, Legionnaire from North Iredell Post 113 of Harmony, N.C., had his 100th birthday in early March. "Mr. Dick"..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Winter Fortress
More than 70 years after the end of World War II, the stories of the brave men and women who..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Dear Mary
Dear Mary Dear Mary, I miss you so. But you know I had to go, Or else our country would never be free, From..
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