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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]
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".
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.
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 ...
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]
Hayes joined The American Legion shortly after World War I and quickly climbed the ranks. By 1929 he was Department Commander of The American Legion in Illinois and by 1933 he was National Commander. [2] [3] The Department of Illinois was known as a conservative branch of The American Legion.
American Revolutionary War; Armed Forces: United States; Continental Army → Commander-in-Chief → Regional departments → Units (1775, 1776, 1777–1784) → Manual Continental Navy Continental Marines State forces → List of militia units → List of state navies → Maritime units: Great Britain; List of British units: France; List of ...
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