How many belong to American Legion and or VFW?

[Bill F]

I am going to join.The old strengh in numbers thing.What a long strange trip its been.I can remember swearing rite before being discharged in73"will not ever join anything again. Or where the color green again"Back in those days you did not tell very many people you were a vet.At least I didnt.

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[TomSudz]

American Legion Post 609, Hanover Twp., PA

Lucky enough to belong to the same post as my father!

Welcome home, Bill. Believe me it's great to be around a bunch of people who can understand where you've been.

[Dan In Indiana]

American Legion Post #230, 38 years.

OFC

[Festus]

I am going to join.The old strengh in numbers thing.What a long strange trip its been.I can remember swearing rite before being discharged in73"will not ever join anything again. Or where the color green again"Back in those days you did not tell very many people you were a vet.At least I didnt.

I have never been eligible to join the AL.Used to get yearly mail invites to join but my years of service(Sept56 thru Sept59) falls through the cracks of their eligibility.
Festus

[Litt'le Lee]

20 year member-I was invited to join-Nam era vet

[Buckshot Bob]

VFW, American Legion, AMVETS, SFA, AUSA, MOAA, 82 Abn Div Assoc.
U.S. Army 1971-91.

[comm pogue]

i guess my experience was different, i got out 38 years ago today.few days after we got out, one of the guys i enlisted with decided to check out the local VFW in Elkhart IN, our home town.well we went in for a beer and a fellow sitting at the bar asked if we had been to Vietnam, we answered yes. well he proceded to tell us basicly we where lucky not too have been in a "real war" where planes bombed us. well we finished our beer and left , myself i never looked back. after that never checked into any services orgs.not flaming anyone or any org, but that a-hole just turned me off. Semper Fi Al

[Vern Humphrey]

i guess my experience was different, i got out 38 years ago today.few days after we got out, one of the guys i enlisted with decided to check out the local VFW in Elkhart IN, our home town.well we went in for a beer and a fellow sitting at the bar asked if we had been to Vietnam, we answered yes. well he proceded to tell us basicly we where lucky not too have been in a "real war" where planes bombed us. well we finished our beer and left , myself i never looked back. after that never checked into any services orgs.not flaming anyone or any org, but that a-hole just turned me off. Semper Fi Al

I got about the same treatment from the VFW after Viet Nam. Now that I've seen the decision by the head honcho of the VFW to excuse Janet Napoletono's slur on returning vets from the present wars, I feel lucky I didn't join.

I'm a member of MOAA and MOPH,

[KevinB]

Life member VFW and NRA

[JB White]

SAL 43 years AL #473