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Leg ion News

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July 2020 Vol. 18, No. 07

DEPARTMENT COMMANDER…Santos Alvarado

I would like to take time to thank everyone for electing me as your Commander for the Department of France. You have put your faith and trust on me to guide this Department for the next year. I am a true believer that the only way we will be able to accomplish this task is with your help and working together as a Team. We must let go of all the grudges and animosity among us, what happen in the Past stay’s in the Past. We must now work on the present and the future. We have a long road ahead of us. Do not be afraid to share your ideas with others, we can learn a lot from each other. I know that the Pandemic slowed us down, but it is time to get back to business. We must concentrate on Membership renewals; we must reach our 100 % as early as possible for 2021. Reach out to all your Post Members.

Department of France Elected Officers for Membership Year 2020-2021

COMMANDER Santos Alvarado GR05 salvar621@gmx.com

NECMAN James Settle GR42 james.settle@kabelbw.de

ALT NECMAN Hans Stockenberger CH01 redsea_diver2000@yahoo.com

VCAL Dennis Owens NL01 info@dennisowens.com

VICE COMMANDER John Woodhouse GR06 jwood20@yahoo.com

VICE COMMANDER Quincy Foster FR05 qcfoster@yahoo.com

VICE COMMANDER Frank Ekstrom IR63 jfrank@eircom.net

VICE COMMANDER Joshua Steinlicht NL01 jsteinlicht74@gmail.com

CHAPLAIN John Jones GR05 NA

HISTORIAN Joseph Schram BE02 flanders.fields.post.be02@gmail.com

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Victor Brown GR14 vbrown9939@gmail.com

APPOINTMENTS To be announced!

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PAST DEPARTMENT VICE COMMANDER AT LARGE…Joe D. Brown

Department of France conducting an Award Committee meeting safely.

Department Of France Past Commander Dale and myself were at the

Fisher House in Landstuhl to present 30 gift cards in the Name of the

Department Of France

GR79 Membership Meeting

GR01 going away party for their Post Adjutant

Department DEC held in Heilbronn, Germany.

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PCC President Dennis Owens info@dennisowens.com

PCC Secretary Quincy Foster qcfoster@yahoo.com

Who is eligible to join the Department of France Past Commanders Club?

Past and Present Department Commanders, Department Vice Commanders At Large, Department Vice

Commanders, Post Commanders, SAL Detachment Commanders, SAL Squadron Commanders, Auxiliary Department

Presidents, Auxiliary Unit Presidents…so if you were just voted into office you are eligible to join

Initial dues for the Past Commanders Club is only $25.00 / Renewal dues for the Past Commanders Club is only $10.00

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Newsletter Editor…David N. Greaux

REMINDER…all newsletter articles should be turned in PRIOR to months end!

Davidg1959@t-online.de

Detachment Commander Joe D. Brown vcalbrown50@gmail.com

2020MY OFFICERS

Commander Joe D. Brown vcalbrown50@gmail.com Adjutant James Dennis detachmentdennis@gmail.com

NEC Maxwell Rice colwichboy@yahoo.com Alternate NEC James Dennis detachmentdennis@gmail.com

First Vice Donald Chamberlain chamberlaindw@hotmail.de Second Vice Quincy Foster qcfoster@yahoo.com

Chaplain John Portale johnportale@arcor.de Historian Casby Logan casbyj@hotmail.com

Judge Advocate James Dennis detachmentdennis@gmail.com Sergeant-at-Arms Lee Preston lpreston1957@gmail.com

Our Detachment Convention had to be postponed until further notice!!!

Online Membership Processing Now Available for Sons of the American Legion

Grande Chef de Gare 2021MY…Lee Preston

La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses) is an independent, by invitation, honor society of American veterans, more commonly known as “The Forty & Eight”.

The Forty & Eight is committed to charitable and patriotic aims. Our purpose is to uphold and defend the United States Constitution of the United States, to promote the well-being of veterans, their widows, widowers, and orphans, and to actively

participate in selected charitable endeavors, which include among others, programs that promote child welfare and nurses training.

Membership is by invitation, and open only to honorably discharged veterans and honorably serving members of the United States Armed Forces.

The Grand is planning a Cheminot for 18 July 2020…if possible. Information will be sent out to the Voyageurs.