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

A

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

B

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Perry Belmont	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Humphrey Bogart	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Hale Boggs	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	John Breckinridge	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Maurice Britt	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Harold Burton	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	George Bush	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	George Bush	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^{[citation needed]}
	Prescott Bush	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Richard Byrd	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

C

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Jimmy Carter	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	John Chafee	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
	Francis Cherry	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Bennett Clark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[1]
	Max Cleland	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Tom Cotton	War on Terrorism Era	U.S. Army	^[2]

D

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Tom Daschle	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^{[citation needed]}
	Charles Dawes	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Everett Dirksen	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Bob Dole	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[3]
	William Donovan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[4]

E

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Dwight Eisenhower	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Sam Ervin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

F

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Orval Faubus	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Mark Ferguson III	Gulf War Era	U.S. Navy	^[5]
	Hamilton Fish, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[1]
	Hamilton Fish IV	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Gerald Ford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[6]

G

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Clark Gable	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[citation needed]}
	William Gardiner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	John Gleason, Jr.	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Albert Gore, Jr.	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	John Greenway	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[7]
	Warren Grimm	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

H

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Luther Hodges	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	John Hoeppel	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Ernest Hollings	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

I

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Vincent Impellitteri	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

J

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Joseph Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Louis Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[8]
	Lyndon Johnson	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Royal Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[9]

K

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	John Kennedy	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Frank Knox	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[10]

L

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Luke Lea	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[4]
	Henry Lindsley	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[4]
	John Lodge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

M

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Charles Mabey	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Douglas MacArthur	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Edward Martin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	John McCloy	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Stewart McKinney	Korean War Era	U.S. Air Force	^{[citation needed]}
	Sid McMath	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
	Thomas Miller	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[11]
	Billy Mitchell	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

N

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Richard Nixon	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

O

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

P

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	George Patton, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Claude Pepper	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Mike Pompeo	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[12]
	Mortimer Proctor	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

R

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Ronald Reagan	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[citation needed]}
	Stanley Reed	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Eddie Rickenbacker	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Mickey Rooney	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[1]
	Richard Russell, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

S

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Fernand St. Germain	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Leverett Saltonstall	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	John Schmitz	Korean War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
	Robert Stafford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	John Stelle	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

T

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Herman Talmadge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	John Tower	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Harry Truman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[13]
	Roscoe Turner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[14]

U

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Morris Udall	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[citation needed]}

V

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Dick Van Dyke	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[15]

W

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	John Warner	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[7]
	George White	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[16]
	Richard Wigglesworth	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Larry Wilcox	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[7]
	Hosea Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Samuel Woodfill	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

Y

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Alvin York	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[4]^[17]

Z

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Orville Zimmerman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 258. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
^ Turnage, Clara (January 13, 2019). "New Legion scholarship honors Arkansas couple". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
^ "Sen. Robert J. Dole". The American Legion. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 207. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
^ "Paris Post 1 gets high-ranking new member". The American Legion. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
^ Ford, Gerald R. (1979). A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford. New York: Harper & Row. p. 62. ISBN 0-06-011297-2. OCLC 4835213.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
^ McFarland, Keith D. & Roll, David L. (2005). Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-253-34626-1. OCLC 1023102538. OL 22709936M.
^ Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 40. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
^ Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 260. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
^ Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. p. 559. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
^ Wolf, Mackenzie (November 2019). "'A Duty to Lead': Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on America's role and responsibilities in a dangerous world". The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 187, no. 5. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. p. 44. ISSN 0886-1234.
^ Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. p. 256. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
^ Rumer, Thomas A. (1990). The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989. New York: M. Evans. pp. 402-403. ISBN 0-87131-622-6. LCCN 90013822. OCLC 22207881. OL 1860441M.
^ Brooks, Steve B. (August 2015). "Cliffside Malibu supports Legion TBI-PTSD symposium" (PDF). Veterans Health. The American Legion Magazine. Vol. 179, no. 2. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. p. 64. ISSN 0886-1234.
^ Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 8. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.
^ York, Alvin C. (1930). Skeyhill, Tom (ed.). His Own Life Story And War Diary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company. pp. 290–291.
^ United States. Congress House. (1950). Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives of the United States, Together With Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Orville Zimmerman, Late a Representative from Missouri: Eightieth Congress, Second Session. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 47. OCLC 1048810223 – via Internet Archive.

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