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Post by Medic on Feb 11, 2007 16:43:28 GMT -5
If you want to learn about WWII, or any war for that matter, go to the American Legoin! There's 1 in every town. You'll get first-hand accounts of battles. That's what Sean and I do almost every Saturday. They've got 101st Soldiers in this area. If you want to hear a story, just PM me!
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Post by wade on Feb 11, 2007 16:52:54 GMT -5
It's legion, not "legoin", and I'm a little confused why this is in the Reading Recommendation Section. Last time I checked you couldn't read a person...
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Post by KippySmi7h on Feb 11, 2007 20:08:38 GMT -5
Legion?
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Post by 101steasykid on Feb 11, 2007 20:54:46 GMT -5
also known as a VFW. Its like a meeting place for vets to hang out. Sometimes it's just a big room with a stage and a couple of tables, or a bar, or resturant. Also they have some memorials like maybe a cannon or tank in the parking lot. Cool places to go, i do agree, but most people know thats where you friend veterians, at a VFW/Legion. Its like saying, the tokyo marui m14 is an aeg!
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Post by 5thrangerinfantry on Feb 16, 2007 10:20:53 GMT -5
cool places yes, but American Legion and VFW are 2 different things....
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Post by Medic on Feb 17, 2007 19:12:21 GMT -5
cool places yes, but American Legion and VFW are 2 different things.... There the same. The Legion is a meeting place for the VFW.
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Post by Capt. Zak on Mar 4, 2007 8:25:03 GMT -5
American Legion:
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
VFW:
The VFW traces its roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service: Many arrived home wounded or sick. There was no medical care or veterans' pension for them,and they were left to care for themselves.
In their misery, some of these veterans banded together and formed organizations with what would become known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. After chapters were formed in Ohio, Colorado and Pennsylvania, the movement quickly gained momentum. By 1915, membership grew to 5,000; by 1936, membership was almost 200,000.
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