ʻO ka Hui KoaʻAmelika
ʻO ka HuiʻAmelika (ʻo kekahi manawa i kapaʻiaʻo "Le Legion") i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻiʻana mai i ke Kaua Honua Mua ma keʻano he iwakālua o nā luna i lawelawe ma ka'Alahui Expeditionary American (AEF) ma Farani - Ua noi ka Hale Hoʻokele o AEF i kēia mau luna e hāpai i nā manaʻo ma pehea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hoʻokele waiwai.
ʻO kekahi luna,ʻo Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (ke keiki hiapo o ka Pelekikena 26), ua noi aku i kahi hui o nā kūpuna. I ka lāʻo Fepeluali i ka makahiki 1919, ua hoʻokumuʻia kēia hui i kahi komite lōʻihi, a ua kohoʻia he mau luna hānai he haneri i loaʻa ka hilinaʻi a mahalo i ka pūʻali koa a pau. ʻO ka mahina ma hope iho nei,ʻo kahi o 1000 mau luna a me nā koa i hele i ka hālāwaiʻahahui mua, i kapaʻiaʻo Caucus Paris. Ma kēia huiʻana, ua hoʻokumuʻia ka papahana kūʻokoʻa e ka hui a kapaʻiaʻo "The Legions of America."
Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka LegionʻAmelika e ka Hui'ōlelo i ka makahiki 1919 ma keʻano he aloha aloha,ʻo ka hui o nā mea kaua a me ka hui mua oʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia i ka United Statesʻo John John Pershing Post Number 1 ma Wakinekona, DC, i hoʻonohonohoʻia i Malaki 7, 1919 , a loaʻa iā ia ka palapala kiʻi mua i hāʻawiʻia i kekahi pou o ka Legion ma ka lā 19 o Mei, 1919. Mai ia manawa mai, ua ulu aʻe ka Hui HuiʻAmelika mai kahi hui o nā mea kaua māluhiluhi o ka Kaua Honua I hoʻokahi o nā hui kūkala nui loa i United United ʻAmelika - he hui kaiaulu ka HuiʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa i kēia manawa aʻoi aku ma luna o 2.4 miliona i nā pou he 14,000 ma ka honua a puni.
Hoʻonohonohoʻia nā paepae i 55 mau keʻena: hoʻokahi no nā 50'āina, me ka District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Farani, Mekikoka a me nā Filipaina.
ʻO ke kūponoʻana no nā lālā o ka HuiʻAmelika e pili ana i kēlā poʻe koa i hoʻokuʻuʻia e ka hanohano a me nā koa o kēia manawa o ka United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Guard Guard, a Air Force paha i lawelawe i hoʻokahi lā o ka hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau manawa e hiki mai ana:
I ke Kaua Honua Mua:ʻApelila 6, 1917 a hiki i Nowemapa 11, 1918
ʻO ke Kaua Honua II: Kekemapa 7, 1941 a hiki i Kekemapa 31, 1946 (koe wale nō no nā lā koho o ka moku'āinaʻo US. Kekemapa 7, 1941 a hiki iʻAukake 16, 1945)
Kaua Kaua Kēia: Iune 25, 1950 a hiki i Ianuali 31, 1955
ʻO Vietnam Vietnam: Pepeluali 28, 1961 a hiki i Mei 7, 1975
1982 Ke Kauaʻo Lebanona a me ka Mahi Urgent Fury (Grenada):ʻAukake 24, 1982 a hiki i Iulai 31, 1984
Nā Hana Hana (Panama) wale nō: December 20, 1989 a January 31, 1990
Gulf War / War On Terror (Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Hoʻoponopono i ka Hoʻokuʻuʻana, a me ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka'Ālia Freedom):ʻAukake 2, 1990 a hiki i kēia lā
Mālama ka VFW i kona mau aʻa i ka makahiki 1899 aʻelua mau hui kahiko:
KākauʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa - i hoʻokumuʻia no nā koa o ka PakelikaʻAmelika (1898)
National Society of the Army of the Philippines - i hoʻokumuʻia no nā koa o ka Pakipika PilipinoʻAmelika (akā,ʻo Philippine Insurrection) (1899-1902)
Ua hoʻokumuʻia kēia mau meaʻelua ma keʻano he hui kaiaulu no ka loaʻaʻana o nā pono a me nā pono no kā lākou lawelaweʻana, aʻo ka poʻe i hōʻea i ka hale iʻeha a maʻi paha, aʻaʻole he kaukena palekana a iʻole nā koa o ka poʻe koa; ua waihoʻia lākou e mālama iā lākou iho.
ʻO ka Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka VFW ma ka lā 17 o Kepakemapa, 1914 ma kahi hālāwai ma ka Schenley Hotel ma Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kahi i hui pūʻia ai nā huiʻelua o ka pūʻali koa, a ua hoʻokumuʻia nā mokuna ma Colorado, Ohio a me Pennsylvania.
ʻO nā pouʻekolu e'ōlelo anaʻo ia ka mua,ʻo ka hui kaiaulu VFW e hoʻomaopopo ana i ka Denver Post i mua; i kēia manawa 'o "VFW Post 1.
I ka makahiki 1915, ua ulu ka poʻe i 5,000; i ka makahiki 1936, i ka liloʻana o kaʻahahui kūʻokoʻaʻole i ka aupuni, ua aneane 200,000 ka poʻe. I kēia lā,ʻo ka poʻe i kohoʻia ma kahi o 1.4 miliona (akā naʻe, ua hāʻule ka nui o nā lālā o ka National VFW mai 1.8 miliona i ka makahiki 2004).
No ka liloʻana i lālā o ka VFW, he kanaka maoliʻoʻAmelikaʻo ia a iʻole ka'āina me ka hanohano hanohano o ka pūʻali koa US, aiʻole e lawelawe nei ma ka United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, a me ka Guard Coast. Pono nā lālā e makemake i kaʻoihana koa i ka'āina'ē ma kahiʻoihana a me ka hakakāʻana me ka Medal Forces Expedition Medal, he medal campaign.
Ua hoʻonui aku nā LegionʻAmelika a me ka VFW ma waho o ke aupuni o ka poʻe koa i ka kōkuaʻana i nā poʻe koa - mai ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka hoʻolakoʻana i ke kālā, ka pilikanaka, a me ke kōkuaʻana i nā mema o nā Koa Koa oʻAmelika Huipūʻia, nā kūpuna, a me nā poʻe pilikino, a me nā alakaʻi i ka hana kaiaulu i nāʻano e like me ke aʻoʻana i nā hui'ōpio, ke kōkuaʻana i nā kīʻaha meaʻai kaiāulu, a me ka hana manawaleʻa i nā kīʻaha koko (e hāʻawi i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona).