I-American Legion
I-American Legion (ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Legion") yaqala ukubuyela emuva eMpini Yezwe I njengeqembu lamaphoyisa angamashumi amabili ayekhonza e-American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) eFrance - i-AEF Indlunkulu yayicele lezi zikhulu ukuba ziphakamise imibono indlela yokuthuthukisa i-troop morale.
Isikhulu esisodwa, uLieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr (indodana endala kaMengameli wama-26), wenza isiphakamiso senhlangano yama-veterans. NgoFebruwari, 1919, leli qembu lakhiwa ikomidi lesikhashana, futhi lakhetha amaphoyisa angamakhulu amaningana ayenethemba nokuhlonipha lonke ibutho. Inyanga elandelayo, izikhulu ezingaba ngu-1000 namadoda abhalisiwe aba khona emhlanganweni wokuqala wenhlangano, owaziwa ngokuthi i-Paris Caucus. Kulo mhlangano, leli qembu lamukela umthethosisekelo wesikhashana futhi igama elithi "The American Legion."
I-American Legion yabhalwa yiCongress ngo-1919 njengenhlangano yezwe lokuthanda izwe, i-mutual-help war-time veteran kanye ne-American Legion yokuqala e-United States yayiyiJeneral John Joseph Pershing Post Number 1 eWashington, DC, ehlelwe ngoMashi 7, 1919 , futhi wathola umqulu wokuqala okhishwe nganoma yisiphi isikhundla seLegion ngoMeyi 19, 1919. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-American Legion isuke iqhamuka eqenjini lama-veterans aphelile empini yeMpi Yezwe I enye yeqembu elikhulu elinenzuzo kunazo zonke e-United Amazwe - i-American Legion iyinhlangano yomphakathi yenhlangano manje enezinombolo ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2.4 ezincwadini ezingu-14,000 emhlabeni jikelele.
Lezi zikhala zihlelwe eminyangweni engu-55: eyodwa ngayinye kulabo abangu-50, kanye neSifunda saseColombia, ePuerto Rico, eFrance, eMexico nasePhilippines.
Ukufaneleka kwamalungu e-American Legion kunomkhawulo kulabo basebezilwane abahloniphekile nabasebenzi bamanje be-United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, i-Guard Guard noma i-Air Force okwakhonza okungenani usuku olulodwa lomsebenzi osebenzayo ngezikhathi ezilandelayo:
Impi Yezwe I: April 6, 1917 kuya kuNovemba 11, 1918
Impi Yezwe II: NgoDisemba 7, 1941 kuya kuDisemba 31, 1946 (ngaphandle kokuthi izinsuku zokufaneleka zokudayiswa kweMelika Merchant Marine zinguDisemba 7, 1941 kuya ku-Agasti 16, 1945)
Impi yaseKorea: June 25, 1950 kuya kuJanuwari 31, 1955
I-Vietnam War: February 28, 1961 kuya kuMeyi 7, 1975
1982 Impi yaseLebanon ne-Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada): Agasti 24, 1982 kuya kuJulayi 31, 1984
Ukusebenza nje Isizathu (iPanama): Disemba 20, 1989 kuya kuJanuwari 31, 1990
IGulf War / War on Terror (Desert Shield, Stert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, kanye Operation Iraqi Freedom): Agasti 2, 1990 kuya namhlanje
I-VFW ibonisa izimpande zayo emuva kuka-1899 kuya ezinhlanganweni ezimbili zama-veteran:
Ama-American Veterans of Foreign Foreign - okwakhiwa ama-veterans we-Spanish-American War (1898)
I-National Society of the Army yasePhilippines - eyakhelwe ama-veterans we-Philippine-American War (aka Philippine Insurrection) (1899-1902)
Lawa amabili asungulwa njengezinhlangano zendawo ukuvikela amalungelo nezinzuzo zesevisi yabo, njengoba abaningi befika ekhaya belimale noma begula, futhi bekungabikho ukunakekelwa kwezempilo noma impesheni yabo; babesele ukuba bazinakekele.
Ama-Veterans of Foreign Wars
I-VFW yadalwa ngoSeptemba 17, 1914 enkomfeni e-Schenley Hotel e-Pittsburgh, ePennsylvania lapho izinhlangano ezimbili zezilwane zahlanganiswa khona, futhi kwavela izahluko eColorado, e-Ohio nasePennsylvania.
Kulezi zikhala ezintathu ezibiza ukuthi zingokuqala, inhlangano kazwelonke ye-VFW ibona i-Denver Post njengokuqala; manje sekusemthethweni "i-VFW Post 1.
Ngomnyaka we-1915, ubulungu bukhule bube ngu-5 000; ngo-1936, lapho kuvela inhlangano engekho inzuzo kahulumeni, ubulungu babengu-200 000. Namuhla, ubulungu bukhona cishe ezigidini ezingu-1.4 (noma kunjalo, ubulungu beZwelonke ku-VFWs buwile ku-1.8 million ngonyaka ka-2004).
Ukuze ube yilungu le-VFW, lowo muntu kumele abe yisakhamuzi sase-US noma isizwe ngokukhululeka okuvela ejoni lase-US, noma okwamanje ekhonza e-United States Army, e-Marine Corps, e-Navy, e-Air Force, noma e-Coast Guard. Ubulungu futhi bufuna umsebenzi wezempi ngaphandle kwezilwandle ngesikhathi sokusebenza noma ukungqubuzana kanye nomhlobiso ngeMpi yama-Armed Forces Expeditionary, umdanso womkhankaso (noma ibhande).
Bobabili i-American Legion ne-VFW baye bathuthukela ngaphesheya kokumane nje beyizilwane eziyisikhombisa ezisiza abalingana nabo - kusukela ekuqaliseni kwabo ukuhlinzeka ngokusekela kwezezimali, ezenhlalakahle nangokomzwelo kumalungu e-United States Armed Forces, ama-veterans, nabancike kulo, futhi abaholi ekubandakanyekeni komphakathi ezindaweni ezifana nokuqeqesha amaqembu omusha, ukusiza emakhishi okudla omphakathi, nokuzithandela ekushayeni kwegazi (ukunikeza izibonelo ezimbalwa).