List of members of the American Legion

This table provides a list of notable members of the American Legion.

A

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Sherman Adams	World War I Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Spiro Agnew	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[1]
Harold Arthur	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Gene Autry	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]

B

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Perry Belmont	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Humphrey Bogart	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^[2]
Hale Boggs	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
John Breckinridge	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Maurice Britt	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Harold Burton	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
George Bush	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[3]
George Bush	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[4]
Prescott Bush	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[5]
Red Buttons	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Richard Byrd	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

C

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Jimmy Carter	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[6]^[7]
John Chafee	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Francis Cherry	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Bennett Clark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[8]
Max Cleland	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Robert Coontz	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^[9]
Tom Cotton	War on terrorism Era	U.S. Army	^[10]

D

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Tom Daschle	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[11]
Charles Dawes	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[12]
Cecil DeMille	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Everett Dirksen	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[13]
Bob Dole	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[14]
William Donovan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[15]

E

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Dwight Eisenhower	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Sam Ervin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

F

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Orval Faubus	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Mark Ferguson III	Gulf War Era	U.S. Navy	^[16]
Hamilton Fish, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[8]
Hamilton Fish IV	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Jim Folsom	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Gerald Ford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[17]

G

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Clark Gable	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[18]
William Gardiner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Gleason, Jr.	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[19]
Albert Gore, Jr.	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Greenway	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[20]
Warren Grimm	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

H

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Charlton Heston	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Luther Hodges	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Hoeppel	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Ernest Hollings	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Jon Huertas	Gulf War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[2]^[21]

I

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Vincent Impellitteri	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

J

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Dr. Nelson Jackson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[22]
Douglas Jacobson	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[23]
Joseph Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Louis Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[24]
Lyndon Johnson	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Royal Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[25]

K

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	John Kennedy	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Frank Knox	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[26]

L

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Luke Lea	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[15]
Stan Lee	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Henry Lindsley	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[15]
John Lodge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[27]

M

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Charles Mabey	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Douglas MacArthur	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[28]
Edward Martin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John McCloy	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Stewart McKinney	Korean War Era	U.S. Air Force	^{[citation needed]}
James McKnight	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[29]
Sid McMath	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[30]
Adolphe Menjou	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Ron Meyer	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[2]^[31]
Thomas Miller	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[32]
Billy Mitchell	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[33]
Walter Mondale	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^[34]

N

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Richard Nixon	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

O

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	William St. Onge	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[citation needed]}

P

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
George Patton, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[35]
Claude Pepper	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Pershing	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[28]
Mike Pompeo	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[36]
Mortimer Proctor	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

R

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Ronald Reagan	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Scott Richardson	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[37]
Stanley Reed	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Eddie Rickenbacker	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[28]
Rob Riggle	War on terrorism Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[2]^[38]
Pierre Robineau	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[39]
Gene Roddenberry	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[40]
Phil Roe	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^[41]
Mickey Rooney	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Richard Russell, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

S

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Fernand St Germain	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Leverett Saltonstall	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Chuck Sams	Gulf War Era	U.S. Navy	^[42]
John Schmitz	Korean War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Robert Stafford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Lloyd Stark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[43]
John Stelle	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[44]
Jimmy Stewart	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[45]

T

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Herman Talmadge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
John Thomas Taylor	World War I Era World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[46]
John Tower	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Harry Truman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[47]
Roscoe Turner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[48]

U

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Morris Udall	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[citation needed]}

V

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Dick Van Dyke	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[49]
Blake Van Leer	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[50]
Harry Vaughan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

W

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
John Warner	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[20]
George White	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[51]
Richard Wigglesworth	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Larry Wilcox	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[20]
Hosea Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Woodrow Wilson	World War I Era	Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States	^[52]
Woody Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[53]
Leonard Wood	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[54]
Samuel Woodfill	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Harry Woodring	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[55]

Y

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Alvin York	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[15]^[56]

Z

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Orville Zimmerman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[57]

References

↑ "Spiro T. Agnew, MSA SC 3520-1486". Archives of Maryland. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Post 43 History". Hollywood Post 43. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
↑ "Legion commander: 'President Bush admired by troops, world leaders around the globe'". The American Legion. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
↑ "The Post 9/11 GI Bill". The American Legion. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
↑ White, Carl (March 4, 2017). "The Bush Family Patriarch: Prescott S. Bush". Greenwich Library. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
↑ Fink, Gary (November 3, 2020). "Jimmy Carter". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
↑ "National Commander Jim LaCoursiere, on the death of President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29". Forward Operating Base (The FOB). The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 198, no. 3. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. March 2025. p. 6. ISSN 0886-1234.
1 2 Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 258. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
↑ "Hannibal's Heroes". The American Legion Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 1. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. January 1929. p. 34. ISSN 0886-1234 – via Internet Archive.
↑ Turnage, Clara (January 13, 2019). "New Legion scholarship honors Arkansas couple". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
↑ "Prominent Graduates". The American Legion. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
↑ "The What and the Why of the Forty and Eight". The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 7, no. 38. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. September 18, 1925. p. 7. ISSN 0886-1234 – via Internet Archive.
↑ Jeffrey, Robert Campbell; Peterson, Owen (1975). Speech: A Text With Adapted Readings. New York, NY: Harper & Row. p. 83. ISBN 9780060432775.
↑ "Sen. Robert J. Dole". The American Legion. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
1 2 3 4 Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 207. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
↑ "Paris Post 1 gets high-ranking new member". The American Legion. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
↑ Ford, Gerald R. (1979). A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford. New York: Harper & Row. p. 62. ISBN 0-06-011297-2. OCLC 4835213.
↑ American Legion. National Executive Committee (1960). Proceedings of the National Executive Committee of The American Legion [November 1960] (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: American Legion. p. 84. hdl:20.500.12203/6621.
↑ Kiernan, Louise (April 5, 1993). "Ex-VA Chief, City Banker John S. Gleason Jr., 78". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
1 2 3 Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
↑ Castagnoli, Kat. "Jon Huertas – From Airman To Actor". U.S. Veterans Magazine. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
↑ Bolles, Lemuel (January 6, 1922). "The Nine Commandments: An Address to Newly-Elected Post Officers". The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 1. New York City: The American Legion. p. 11. OCLC 622734470 – via Internet Archive. ... he is now a National Vice-Commander of The American Legion, and his department, Vermont, is second in the list of States in proportion of Legionnaires to number of men contributed to the service.
↑ "Legion Post to induct winner.". No. 1 pg 33. Miami Herald. February 6, 1953.
↑ McFarland, Keith D. & Roll, David L. (2005). Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-253-34626-1. OCLC 1023102538. OL 22709936M.
↑ Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 40. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
↑ Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 260. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
↑ "Lodge (John Davis) papers". Online Archive of California. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023.
1 2 3 Rickenbacker, Eddie (June 1, 1967). Rickenbacker. Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 140. ISBN 978-0137810055.
↑ "Long Beach Celebrates With Military Pomp," Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1927, page A-1
↑ American Legion. National Headquarters (March 1949). "Veterans Newsletter" (PDF). The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 46, no. 3. Indianapolis, Indiana: American Legion. p. 37. hdl:20.500.12203/3279.
↑ Seavey, Mark (January 9, 2020). "Legion connects with student veterans in Los Angeles". American Legion Magazine.
↑ Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. p. 559. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
↑ "Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
↑ "The American Legion Mourns the Passing of Walter Mondale". April 20, 2021. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
↑ "Veterans of Great War". The Evening Star. July 17, 1921. p. 20. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016 – via Chronicling America.
↑ Wolf, Mackenzie (November 2019). "'A Duty to Lead': Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on America's role and responsibilities in a dangerous world". The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 187, no. 5. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. p. 44. ISSN 0886-1234.
↑ "Scott Richardson". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
↑ Hjelmstad, Michael (February 1, 2018). "Legion member Rob Riggle in '12 Strong'". The American Legion Magazine.
↑ Morales, Ralph (July 4, 2018). Harvey W. Seeds American Legion Post #29 Centennial History (First ed.). Miami: Harvey W. Seeds, Post #29. ISBN 9780692128497.
↑ "Jimmy Stewart". www.legion.org. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
↑ "Hon. David P. "Phil" Roe". The American Legion. Vol. 193, no. 5. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. November 2022. p. 38. ISSN 0886-1234.
↑ Grills, Matt (July 2023). "'Our gift to ourselves'". The American Legion. Vol. 195, no. 1. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. pp. 16–18, 20, 22. ISSN 0886-1234.
↑ Memoirs by Harry S. Truman. Vol. I: Year of Decisions. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1955. p. 160. LCCN 55-10519.
↑ Stoffer, Jeff (June 15, 2021). "OUR WWII STORY: John Stelle's devotion to a new generation". The American Legion.
↑ "Jimmy Stewart". www.legion.org. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
↑ "John Thomas Taylor Dies" (Press release). Indianapolis, Indiana: American Legion News Service. May 28, 1965. pp. 179–180. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
↑ Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. p. 256. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
↑ Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. pp. 402-403. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
↑ Brooks, Steve B. (August 2015). "Cliffside Malibu supports Legion TBI-PTSD symposium" (PDF). Veterans Health. The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 179, no. 2. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. p. 64. ISSN 0886-1234.
↑ "Major Blake R. Van Leer Named Engineering Dean..." (PDF). N.C. State Alumni News. Vol. IX, no. 9. June 1937. p. 7.
↑ Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 8. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
↑ "President Joins American Legion". Arkansas Democrat (Home ed.). Little Rock. September 23, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Howard, Henry (September 2022). "The legacy of Woody Williams". The FOB. The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 193, no. 3. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. p. 6. ISSN 0886-1234.
↑ "Maj.-Gen. Wood in Legion Post". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Vol. 72, no. 47. October 12, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Bell, William Gardner (1981). Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits & Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army. p. 124. LCCN 80-20122. OCLC 6603916.
↑ York, Alvin C. (1930). Skeyhill, Tom (ed.). His Own Life Story And War Diary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company. pp. 290–291.
↑ United States. Congress House. (1950). Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives of the United States, Together With Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Orville Zimmerman, Late a Representative from Missouri: Eightieth Congress, Second Session. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 47. OCLC 1048810223 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] "Spiro T. Agnew, MSA SC 3520-1486". Archives of Maryland. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

[Post43-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Post 43 History". Hollywood Post 43. Retrieved July 24, 2023.

[3] "Legion commander: 'President Bush admired by troops, world leaders around the globe'". The American Legion. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[4] "The Post 9/11 GI Bill". The American Legion. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[5] White, Carl (March 4, 2017). "The Bush Family Patriarch: Prescott S. Bush". Greenwich Library. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[6] Fink, Gary (November 3, 2020). "Jimmy Carter". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[7] "National Commander Jim LaCoursiere, on the death of President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29". Forward Operating Base (The FOB). The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 198, no. 3. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. March 2025. p. 6. ISSN 0886-1234.

[wheat1919p258-8] 1 2 Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 258. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.

[9] "Hannibal's Heroes". The American Legion Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 1. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. January 1929. p. 34. ISSN 0886-1234 – via Internet Archive.

[10] Turnage, Clara (January 13, 2019). "New Legion scholarship honors Arkansas couple". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2020.

[11] "Prominent Graduates". The American Legion. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

[12] "The What and the Why of the Forty and Eight". The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 7, no. 38. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. September 18, 1925. p. 7. ISSN 0886-1234 – via Internet Archive.

[13] Jeffrey, Robert Campbell; Peterson, Owen (1975). Speech: A Text With Adapted Readings. New York, NY: Harper & Row. p. 83. ISBN 9780060432775.

[14] "Sen. Robert J. Dole". The American Legion. Retrieved September 29, 2020.

[wheat1919p207-15] 1 2 3 4 Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 207. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.

[16] "Paris Post 1 gets high-ranking new member". The American Legion. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

[17] Ford, Gerald R. (1979). A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford. New York: Harper & Row. p. 62. ISBN 0-06-011297-2. OCLC 4835213.

[18] American Legion. National Executive Committee (1960). Proceedings of the National Executive Committee of The American Legion [November 1960] (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: American Legion. p. 84. hdl:20.500.12203/6621.

[Kiernan-19] Kiernan, Louise (April 5, 1993). "Ex-VA Chief, City Banker John S. Gleason Jr., 78". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

[rumer1990-20] 1 2 3 Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.

[21] Castagnoli, Kat. "Jon Huertas – From Airman To Actor". U.S. Veterans Magazine. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.

[22] Bolles, Lemuel (January 6, 1922). "The Nine Commandments: An Address to Newly-Elected Post Officers". The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 1. New York City: The American Legion. p. 11. OCLC 622734470 – via Internet Archive. ... he is now a National Vice-Commander of The American Legion, and his department, Vermont, is second in the list of States in proportion of Legionnaires to number of men contributed to the service.

[23] "Legion Post to induct winner.". No. 1 pg 33. Miami Herald. February 6, 1953.

[24] McFarland, Keith D. & Roll, David L. (2005). Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-253-34626-1. OCLC 1023102538. OL 22709936M.

[25] Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 40. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.

[26] Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 260. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.

[27] "Lodge (John Davis) papers". Online Archive of California. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023.

[Rickenbacker-28] 1 2 3 Rickenbacker, Eddie (June 1, 1967). Rickenbacker. Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 140. ISBN 978-0137810055.

[29] "Long Beach Celebrates With Military Pomp," Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1927, page A-1

[30] American Legion. National Headquarters (March 1949). "Veterans Newsletter" (PDF). The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 46, no. 3. Indianapolis, Indiana: American Legion. p. 37. hdl:20.500.12203/3279.

[31] Seavey, Mark (January 9, 2020). "Legion connects with student veterans in Los Angeles". American Legion Magazine.

[32] Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. p. 559. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.

[33] "Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[34] "The American Legion Mourns the Passing of Walter Mondale". April 20, 2021. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023.

[35] "Veterans of Great War". The Evening Star. July 17, 1921. p. 20. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016 – via Chronicling America.

[36] Wolf, Mackenzie (November 2019). "'A Duty to Lead': Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on America's role and responsibilities in a dangerous world". The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 187, no. 5. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. p. 44. ISSN 0886-1234.

[37] "Scott Richardson". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[38] Hjelmstad, Michael (February 1, 2018). "Legion member Rob Riggle in '12 Strong'". The American Legion Magazine.

[39] Morales, Ralph (July 4, 2018). Harvey W. Seeds American Legion Post #29 Centennial History (First ed.). Miami: Harvey W. Seeds, Post #29. ISBN 9780692128497.

[40] "Jimmy Stewart". www.legion.org. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[41] "Hon. David P. "Phil" Roe". The American Legion. Vol. 193, no. 5. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. November 2022. p. 38. ISSN 0886-1234.

[42] Grills, Matt (July 2023). "'Our gift to ourselves'". The American Legion. Vol. 195, no. 1. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. pp. 16–18, 20, 22. ISSN 0886-1234.

[43] Memoirs by Harry S. Truman. Vol. I: Year of Decisions. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1955. p. 160. LCCN 55-10519.

[44] Stoffer, Jeff (June 15, 2021). "OUR WWII STORY: John Stelle's devotion to a new generation". The American Legion.

[45] "Jimmy Stewart". www.legion.org. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

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