List of members of the American Legion

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See also: List of National Commanders of The American Legion

This article contains a list of notable members of The American Legion.

A[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
GLSAAdams.jpg Sherman Adams World War I Era U.S. Marine Corps [citation needed]
Spiro Agnew.jpg Spiro Agnew World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Harold J. Arthur.jpg Harold Arthur World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

B[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
CAB 1918 Belmont Perry.jpg Perry Belmont World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Humphrey Bogart publicity.jpg Humphrey Bogart World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
HaleBoggs.jpeg Hale Boggs World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
JBBreckinridge.png John Breckinridge World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Blank.gif Maurice Britt World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Harold Burton.jpg Harold Burton World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg George Bush World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
George-W-Bush.jpeg George Bush Vietnam War Era U.S. Air Force [citation needed]
PrescottBush.jpg Prescott Bush World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Richard E. Byrd cph.3b17378.jpg Richard Byrd World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]

C[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
JimmyCarterPortrait2 (cropped3x4).jpg Jimmy Carter World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
U.S. Senator John Chafee.jpg John Chafee World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps [citation needed]
Francis Cherry.jpg Francis Cherry World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
Bennett Champ Clark (portrait).jpg Bennett Clark World War I Era U.S. Army [1]
Cleland.jpg Max Cleland Vietnam War Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Tom Cotton official Senate photo (cropped).jpg Tom Cotton War on Terrorism Era U.S. Army [2]

D[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Tom Daschle, official Senate photo.jpg Tom Daschle Vietnam War Era U.S. Air Force [citation needed]
Chas G Dawes-H&E.jpg Charles Dawes World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
EverettDirksen (1).jpg Everett Dirksen World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Bob Dole, PCCWW photo portrait (1).JPG Bob Dole World War II Era U.S. Army [3]
Donovan wwi 285.jpg William Donovan World War I Era U.S. Army [4]

E[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg Dwight Eisenhower World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Sam Ervin.jpg Sam Ervin World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

F[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Orval Faubus speaking, 20 August 1959.jpg Orval Faubus World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
ADM Mark E. Ferguson III VCNO.jpg Mark Ferguson III Gulf War Era U.S. Navy [5]
Hamilton Fish at Harvard.jpg Hamilton Fish, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Army [1]
Hamilton Fish IV.jpg Hamilton Fish IV World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
Gerald Ford (1974) (cropped).jpg Gerald Ford World War II Era U.S. Navy [6]

G[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Clark Gable - publicity.JPG Clark Gable World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [7]
WilliamTudorGardiner.jpg William Gardiner World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Blank.gif John Gleason, Jr. World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg Albert Gore, Jr. Vietnam War Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
John Campbell Greenway.jpg John Greenway World War I Era U.S. Army [8]
Warren Grimm.jpg Warren Grimm World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

H[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
N 85 29 L Hodges-Bill Friday-Bob House 56 (8080601640) (cropped).jpg Luther Hodges World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
John H. Hoeppel (California Congressman).jpg John Hoeppel World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
FritzHollings.jpg Ernest Hollings World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

I[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Impelliteri and BG crop.jpg Vincent Impellitteri World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]

J[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Joseph Blaine Johnson.jpg Joseph Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Louis Johnson official DoD photo.jpg Louis Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army [9]
37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg Lyndon Johnson World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
RoyalCJohnson.jpg Royal Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army [10]

K[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait.jpg John Kennedy World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
FrankKnox c1943 g399009 (cropped 3x4).jpg Frank Knox World War I Era U.S. Army [11]

L[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Luke Lea TN Senator.jpg Luke Lea World War I Era U.S. Army [4]
Blank.gif Henry Lindsley World War I Era U.S. Army [4]
John Davis Lodge.jpg John Lodge World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]

M[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
CharlesRMabey.jpg Charles Mabey World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
Douglas MacArthur 58-61.jpg Douglas MacArthur World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
EdwardMartinPA.jpg Edward Martin World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Blank.gif John McCloy World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
Stewart McKinney.jpg Stewart McKinney Korean War Era U.S. Air Force [citation needed]
Sid 2.jpg Sid McMath World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps [12]
Thomas W. Miller.jpg Thomas Miller World War I Era U.S. Army [13]
Billy Mitchell.jpg Billy Mitchell World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

N[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Richard M. Nixon, ca. 1935 - 1982 - NARA - 530679.jpg Richard Nixon World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]

O[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
William St. Onge.jpg William St. Onge World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [citation needed]

P[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
General George S Patton.jpg George Patton, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Claude Denson Pepper.jpg Claude Pepper World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Mike Pompeo official photo.jpg Mike Pompeo Gulf War Era U.S. Army [14]
Mortimer Robinson Proctor.jpg Mortimer Proctor World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

R[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg Ronald Reagan World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [citation needed]
Stanley Reed.jpg Stanley Reed World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
RickenbackerUSAF.jpg Eddie Rickenbacker World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Mickey Rooney still.jpg Mickey Rooney World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Army [1]
Richard RussellJr.jpg Richard Russell, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]

S[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Fernand St. Germain.jpg Fernand St. Germain Korean War Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Leverett Saltonstall cph.3b10555.jpg Leverett Saltonstall World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
John G. Schmitz.jpg John Schmitz Korean War Era U.S. Marine Corps [citation needed]
Robert Theodore Stafford.jpg Robert Stafford World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
John stelle.png John Stelle World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

T[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
HermanTalmadge.jpg Herman Talmadge World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
John Tower (cropped).jpg John Tower World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
TRUMAN 58-766-06 (cropped).jpg Harry Truman World War I Era U.S. Army [15]
Colonel Roscoe Turner 1939.JPG Roscoe Turner World War I Era U.S. Army [16]

U[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Morris King Udall (cropped).jpg Morris Udall World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [citation needed]

V[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dick Van Dyke 1959.jpg Dick Van Dyke World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [17]
Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dean Blake Van Leer.jpg Dr. Blake R Van Leer World War II Era U.S. Army [18]

W[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Warner(R-VA).jpg John Warner World War II Era U.S. Navy [8]
George A. White.jpg George White World War I Era U.S. Army [19]
Wigglesworth, Richard Bowditch.jpg Richard Wigglesworth World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Larry Wilcox (24888606753).jpg Larry Wilcox Vietnam War Era U.S. Marine Corps [8]
Hosea Williams (cropped).jpg Hosea Williams World War II Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Samuel Woodfill.jpg Samuel Woodfill World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

Y[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Alvin C. York 1919.jpg Alvin York World War I Era U.S. Army [4][20]

Z[]

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Orville Zimmerman (Missouri Congressman).jpg Orville Zimmerman World War I Era U.S. Army [21]

References[]

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