Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville presented a long-overdue Purple Heart to Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher during a ceremony at Fort Hamilton Army Garrison on June 18. Fletcher, a Black D-Day combat veteran who was wounded in Normandy and waited more than 77 years for the Purple Heart he was due, is a member of William E. Sheridan American Legion Police Post 1059 in Brooklyn.
American Legion Post 68 in Childersburg, Ala. honored the families of eight local Vietnam KIAs during a Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Park to dedicate a headstone in their honor.
Members of Chauncey Eagle Horn/Philip Iyotte American Legion Post 125 in Rosebud, S.D. spent their Memorial Day driving nearly 160 miles over a span of more than 10 hours to pay honors at 22 cemeteries on the Rosebud Reservation.
National Vice Commander David L. King represented The American Legion during the 2021 Memorial Day observances at the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
