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A year later there were 20,000 memberships and 200 Amvets posts. [1] Originally only World War II veterans were eligible to join, and the organization's stated goals were: 1. Full employment for veterans; 2. Working for veterans' rights; 3. Influencing national issues that benefit the United States; 4. Gaining recognition of veterans' needs; 5.
National veterans' organizations. Australia. Returned and Services League; Canada. Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada ... AMVETS; American Veterans Committee ...
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".
This category includes organizations of or for veterans, based in the United States of America or for veterans of that country's armed forces. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
In 2005, the National Vietnam Veterans Committee was formed to pursue a parallel education mission for America's Vietnam veterans, and in 2006, both organizations were combined under the umbrella of the American Veterans Center, with the mission of honoring the service of all America's Veterans "From World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom," as ...
Four retirees from the top echelon of the U.S. military, including the admiral who led the raid on Osama bin Laden, have filed a brief that castigates the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ...
VoteVets.org Political Action Committee continued to endorse Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for Congress in the 2008 elections. Those included Rick Noriega (D-TX) who ran for Senate in Texas against incumbent John Cornyn, and many who ran for the House, including John Boccieri (D-OH), Michael D. Lumpkin (D-CA), Ashwin Madia (D-MN), Jill Morgenthaler (D-IL), Steve Sarvi (D-MN), and Jonathan ...
In 2019, the American Legion's National Convention voted to replace the word "wife" with "spouse" in the organization's constitution and bylaws section regarding eligibility to be a member of the American Legion Auxiliary; since then, male and female spouses of U.S. veterans have been eligible. Previously, only female spouses of U.S. veterans were.