by Rikki Almanza | Feb 27, 2025
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that foul play has not been ruled out in the investigation of Hackman and Arakawa’s passing. Yesterday, Gene Hackman, legendary actor and former U.S. Marine, passed away at the age of 95 alongside...
by Kevin Burns | Feb 27, 2025
The United States entered into World War I with only around 26 pilots. In American Legion Memorandum Number 47, published in April 1922, Eddie Rickenbacker implored the American Legion to help recruit for pilot training stating that we needed to have pilots trained...
by Rikki Almanza | Jan 24, 2025
While first responders worked to combat the Los Angeles Fires, a group of wildland firefighters and Marine Corps Veterans made a special stop to visit 108-year-old Joe Harris, a World War II Veteran and one of the last surviving members of the historic 555th Parachute...
by Rikki Almanza | Jan 9, 2025
A proposed legal settlement with DoD could pave the way for tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ Veterans to reclaim benefits and recognition denied to them under discriminatory policies, including the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.The settlement stems from a 2024...
by caLegion HQ | Jan 3, 2025
The American Legion Department of California’s Four Chaplains’ Day Inter-Faith Service will be held at Grace Community Church, 1620 Church Avenue in Sanger, on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 2:00 PM. American Legion members, family, friends, and the public are all...
by Rikki Almanza | Dec 16, 2024
Bob Fernandez, one of the remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died peacefully on Wednesday at the age of 100. Fernandez passed away at his nephew’s home, Joe Guthrie, in Lodi, California, after declining health prevented him from...
