by Rikki Almanza | Jan 31, 2024
The American Legion Legacy Scholarship for 2024 is currently accepting applications online, with a deadline set for March 27. Designed to support the educational aspirations of children whose parents lost their lives while serving honorably on Active Military...
by Christian Southards | Aug 30, 2023
On Aug. 30, 2021, the United States formally withdrew from Afghanistan. In 20 years of war, hundreds of thousands of Americans served. Tens of thousands were wounded. And 2,611 never came home. Prelude to the War in Afghanistan: The Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 On Sept....
by Christian Southards | Aug 10, 2023
Good morning, Christian I am a member of Post 0291 Newport. I want to ask you a question on the criteria of a Purple Heart. Today if a Soldier gets hurt by an IED he is awarded a Purple Heart; yet I was blown out of my truck in Vietnam after hitting a land mine and...
