EBOOK THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN LEGION ***
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The Story of The American Legion
By
George Seay Wheat
The Birth of the Legion
The first of a series to be issued after each
Annual National Convention
_Illustrated_
[Illustration: The St. Louis Caucus]
G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1919
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
FOREWORD
The American Legion was conceived by practically the entire personnel
of the army, navy, and marine corps! Every man in the military and
naval establishment did not think of it in just such terms, but most
of them knew that there would be a veterans' organization of some
tremendous import, and here it is!
"A veterans' organization of some kind will be formed." I heard that
identical remark not once, but a dozen times on board a transport en
route to France as early as September, 1918. In fact, one night in the
war zone a group of officers were huddled around a small piano trying
to make the best of a lightless evening, and, having sung every song
from _Keep the Home Fires Burning_ to _You're in the Army Now_,
paused, longingly toyed cigarettes which were taboo by ship's order,
and then began to spin yarns.
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