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This table provides a list of notable members of
The American Legion .
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References
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"Spiro T. Agnew, MSA SC 3520-1486" . Archives of Maryland . Archived from
the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023 .
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"Post 43 History" . Hollywood Post 43 . Retrieved July 24, 2023 .
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"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 .
^
a
b 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 .
^ Turnage, Clara (January 13, 2019).
"New Legion scholarship honors Arkansas couple" .
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved September 29, 2020 .
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"Prominent Graduates" . The American Legion . Archived from
the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024 .
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"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 .
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"Sen. Robert J. Dole" .
The American Legion . Retrieved September 29, 2020 .
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a
b
c
d 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 .
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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 .
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a
b
c 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. 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.
^ 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 .
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"Lodge (John Davis) papers" . Online Archive of California . Archived from
the original on August 26, 2023.
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Rickenbacker, Eddie (June 1, 1967).
Rickenbacker . Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 140.
ISBN
978-0137810055 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"The American Legion Mourns the Passing of Walter Mondale" . April 20, 2021. Archived from
the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"Jimmy Stewart" . www.legion.org . Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
^ 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 .
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"Jimmy Stewart" . www.legion.org . Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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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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