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The following is a list of eligibility dates the American Legion uses to determine membership eligibility. ... [118] Eligibility dates; War era Start date End date ...
1911: Honduras: On January 26, American naval detachments were landed to protect American lives and interests during a civil war in Honduras. [RL30172] 1911 : China: As the Tongmenghui -led Xinhai Revolution approached, in October an ensign and 10 men tried to enter Wuchang to rescue missionaries but retired on being warned away, and a small ...
Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References Jimmy Carter: World War II Era: U.S. Navy [6]John Chafee: World War II Era: U.S. Marine Corps [citation needed]Francis Cherry: World War II Era
Armand's Legion (1778–83), an American dragoon unit of the American Continental Army; British Legion (American Revolution) (1778–83), made up of Loyalist American infantry and cavalry; Jamaica Legion, fighting on the British side in the American War of Independence, involved in the San Juan Expedition (1780)
The Forty and Eight was founded in March, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when World War I veteran Joseph Breen and 15 other members of The American Legion came together and organized it as an honor society for the Legion. They envisioned a new and different level of elite membership and camaraderie for leaders of the Legion.
The private American Protective League, working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was one of many private right-wing "patriotic associations" that sprang up to support the war and at the same time fight labor unions and various left-wing and anti-war organizations.
The Legion of the United States was a reorganization and extension of the United States Army from 1792 to 1796 under ... After the American Revolutionary War in 1783, ...
The Continental Army of 1781–1782 saw the greatest crisis on the American side in the war. Congress was bankrupt, making it very difficult to replenish the soldiers whose three-year terms had expired. Popular support for the war reached an all-time low, and Washington had to put down mutinies both in the Pennsylvania Line and in the New ...