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Nestor Aliga
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Bills recognize women veterans, Filipino sailor
The Manuel L. Quezon Post 603 had another good year in drafting resolutions for the California Legislature.
Here’s how June 12 became Women Veterans Recognition Day
On June 8, Assemblymember Lori Wilson introduced Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) No. 205 which proclaims June 12, 2022 as Women Veterans Recognition Day and urges...
June is National Post Traumatic Stress Awareness Month
We can help increase awareness to the general public by asking local elected officials to adopt a proclamation or resolution.
Name US Navy Ship after Telesforo Trinidad
In 2021, Manuel L. Quezon Post 603 was asked by the USS Telesforo Trinidad campaign to assist in naming the next guided missile destroyer as “USS...
American Legion Baseball is back in Vallejo
Three Major League Baseball players hail from Vallejo — CC Sabathia, Bill Buckner, and Tug McGraw. They are three of the thousand that played American...
‘Merrill’s Marauders’ documentary explores this little-known WWII unit
One of World War II’s most heroic and least talked about units will finally receive their Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) and they will be featured...
Extend National Cemetery Privileges to Reservists and National Guard
Tens of thousands who diligently served in the National Guard and/or the Reserve Components are currently not eligible to be buried in a Veterans Affairs...
National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Vallejo
The Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building (VMB) and its seven veterans service organizations — The American Legion Mare Island Navy Yard Post 550, American Legion Manuel...
VIDEO: Post 603 Commemorates Pearl Harbor Day in Vallejo
In November, after I submitted the article, “Post 603 postpones 80th Anniversary Commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day” (page 16 of December 2021 issue), I got...
VIDEO: National Commander visits Napa Post 113
On December 13, despite a major storm, National Commander Paul Dillard stopped for lunch at the historic Napa Post 113.
