Lunch with a friend
Category: Personal Experiences
I had lunch with a friend today and saw myself as I think she was seeing me.
Scarlet Guard American Legion color guard - 40 years of service
Category: Visual Arts
Wisconsin color guard celebrating 40 years of service.
The lost dog tag
Category: Personal Experiences
An Army veteran contacted our Legion post with a WWII dog tag he found, hoping to find the family he could give it to.
Vietnam ... through my lens
Category: Film / Documentary
A soldier's reflective, poignant journey as a combat photographer, through Vietnam and beyond. This presentation is adapted from a highly personal, sometimes lighthearted, always thought-provoking one-man play, written and performed by Stu Richel. His combat photos enhance his Vietnam experience stories in a visually stunning, non-gory, non-political and non-judgmental manner.
How we got started with The American Legion
Category: Personal Experiences
"If I have to go into the military, I want to be a Legionnaire someday so I can participate in things like this."
Toys for Tots event sponsored by Stoughton (Mass.) Post 89
Category: Personal Experiences
Description of Toys for Tots event.
Memories of Pearl Harbor: A Final Farewell
Category: Personal Experiences
I didn't know this truth about the Pearl Harbor bombing; this made it very personal for both my father and me.
Quilts of Honor awarded
Category: Personal Experiences
Quilts of Honor presented to 37 color and honor guard members, past and present, of American Legion Post 51 and VFW Post 4258 in Pine City, Minn.
My Home Town
Category: Poetry
My experiences as a Vietnam-era veteran in my home town.
Two WWII Navy veterans on same ship at same time, living in South Jersey, to meet soon
Category: Personal Experiences
Simon and George were on USS Savannah in January 1945 when they escorted President Roosevelt on USS Quincy to the Yalta Conference. I recently met George and we discovered that he and my father were on the same ship at the same time. Neither knew the other. They hope to meet on Veterans' Day.