The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, isa nonprofit organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered inIndianapolis, Indiana. It is made up of state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, and these are in turn made up of local posts. ... It is active in issue-oriented U...
On Saturday, January 4, 2025, the post came alive with activity. Members, auxiliary volunteers, and Legion Riders turned out in full force to welcome the National Commander. The day’s festivities included a delicious dinner prepared by United Catering and a special presentation by the Post 44 ...
New Jersey, and the crew had a two-day leave. “All my friends ran off the boat, heading for theEmpire State Buildingor Times Square,” he recalls. “I went straight to the Waldorf-Astoria.”
He was followed by Lt. Colonel Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee’s Legion (of light infantry and mounted dragoons). General Marion came next with the North and South Carolina’s state militias. The Continentals followed the militia under Brigadier Jethro Sumner. The 3rd ...
“Edward Savoy has been a messenger in the Department of State for nearly thirty years. He was appointed by Hamilton Fish in 1869, and held in high esteem by James G. Blaine.” “He was a short, squat, colored man, with a highly intelligent face, hair slightly tinged with gray and an...
According to MacArthur, this is to reduce friction between the civilian leadership and the military commanders by placing General MacArthur in charge.Some in the government are somewhat uncomfortable with the fact that he continues to refer to himself in the third person. 折叠 触发条件 None 只...
Ever active, he received daily reports from his battalion commanders, personally oversaw drilling, struggled to ascertain needed supplies from the high command, accompanied the marines on long marches into the hostile countryside, and at one point even lived with his men in the barracks Pitcairn ...
If you get your hands on a semi-automatic M14 remember that company commanders are supposed to carry extra switches with them in case of an enemy charge. This ought to work out just dandy – especially on dark nights. Like Rich Grassi 2014.11.18 “Stoner/AR system is junk, it craps ...
(that weren't so great)," op-ed for The Washington Post "Outlook" section, Sunday, January 20, 2012. Reprinted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Springfield State-Journal Register, Albany Times-Union, History News Network (HNN). 486. "Cease Fire: Don't Judge a book by its author's ...
He then reflects upon the desperate exhaustion of both armies in Virginia in the spring of 1865, a sort of fatalistic apathy that affected the commanders and troops on both sides. The numbing the soldiers felt was no less possible for civilians, then and now. BOOK REVIEWS173 No matter how ...