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The Paris Caucus. The American Legion was established in Paris, France, on March 15 to 17, 1919, by a thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men, delegates from all the units of the American Expeditionary Forces to an organization caucus meeting, which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name "American Legion".
Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States [50] Woody Williams: World War II Era: U.S. Marine Corps [51] Leonard Wood: World War I Era: U.S. Army [52] Samuel Woodfill: World War I Era: U.S. Army [citation needed] Harry Woodring: World War I Era: U.S. Army [53]
Wong was elected National Commander on September 1, 2011, and promptly set out on a whirlwind tour of the 55 state-level departments of The American Legion. [1] Issues he lobbied for included promoting participation in the Legion for younger veterans and healthcare for older veterans. [2]
Mar. 27—It's OK ... to not be OK. If you think that's some feel-good chestnut from an old, tucked-away, self-help paperback on your bookshelf—well—think again, Daniel Seehafer said Wednesday ...
Woody Weaver, Commander for the American Legion, discusses his role in the Vietnam war and his role in preventing veterans from committing suicide.
On August 28, 2003, Brieden was elected National Commander of The American Legion. As such, he directed the nation's largest wartime veterans' organization, representing the interests of 2.8 million U.S. veterans. During his term of office, he lobbied for veterans' benefits and continued support for POW/MIA programs. [5] [6]
Aug. 29—An Adams Legionanaire and former commander of the Minnesota American Legion was elected national vice commander of the nation's largest veterans organization during its national ...
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.