The American Legion
The American Legion (eo ka nako e 'ngoe e bitsoang "Legion") e qalile nakong ea Ntoa ea I ea Lefatše e le sehlopha sa balaoli ba mashome a mabeli ba neng ba sebeletsa American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) France - AEF Headquarters o ile a kōpa balaoli bana ho fana ka maikutlo a mokhoa oa ho ntlafatsa morale oa morale.
Ofisiri e 'ngoe, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (mora oa letsibolo oa Mopresidente oa bo26), o ile a etsa tlhahiso ea mokhatlo oa bahlabani. Ka February, 1919, sehlopha sena se ile sa theha komiti ea nakoana, 'me sa khetha balaoli ba makholo a' maloa ba neng ba e-na le tšepo le tlhompho ea lebotho lohle. Khoeling e latelang, balaoli ba ka bang 1000 le banna ba ngolisitsoeng ba ile ba ea sebokeng sa pele sa mokhatlo, se tsejoang e le Paris Caucus. Sebokeng sena, sehlopha se ile sa amohela molao-motheo oa nakoana 'me se bitsoa "The American Legion."
American Legion e ne e hlophisitsoe ke Congress ka 1919 e le mokhatlo oa lerato, oa bobeli-thuso ea war-time veteran le mokhatlo oa pele oa Amerika Legion United States e ne e le Molaoli John Joseph Pershing Post Number 1 e Washington, DC, e hlophisitsoeng ka la 7 March, 1919 , 'me a fumana lengolo la pele le fanoeng bakeng sa boemo leha e le bofe ba Legion ka la 19 May, 1919. Ho tloha ka nako eo, American Legion e fetohile ho sehlopha sa bahlabani ba khathetseng ntoeng ba Ntoa ea I ea Lefatše e le e' ngoe ea lihlopha tse nang le tšusumetso e ntle ka ho fetisisa United Linaha - American Legion ke mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng oa sechaba oo hona joale o fetang limilione tse 2,4 ka likarolo tse 14 000 lefatšeng ka bophara.
Litemana tsena li hlophisitsoe ka litšebeletso tse 55: e le 'ngoe bakeng sa lipolelo tse 50, hammoho le Setereke sa Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico le Philippines.
Boikarabelo ba ho ba litho tsa Amerika Legion ke ba fokolang ho bahlabani bao ba hlomphehang ba nang le tlhompho le basebeletsi ba hona joale ba lebotho la Ntoa la United States, Navy, Marine Corps, Lebotho la Leoatle kapa Lebotho la Moea le ileng la sebetsa bonyane letsatsi le le leng la mosebetsi ka nako e latelang:
Ntoa ea I ea Lefatše: la 6 April, 1917 ho ea ho la 11 November, 1918
Ntoa ea II ea Lefatše: la 7 December, 1941 ho ea ho la 31 December, 1946 (ntle le hore matsatsi a ho tšoaneleha a maruo a US Merchant Marine ke December 7, 1941 ho fihlela ka la 16 August, 1945)
Ntoa ea Korea: La 25 June, 1950 ho ea ho la 31 January, 1955
Ntoa ea Vietnam: La 28 February, 1961 ho fihlela ka la 7 May, 1975
1982 Lebotho la Lebanone le la Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada): la 24 August, 1982 ho isa ho la 31 July, 1984
Tšebeliso feela Lebaka la (Panama): La 20 December, 1989 ho la 31 January, 1990
Ntoa ea ntoa / Ntoa Tlokotsing (Sebaka sa Lehoatata, Sefefo sa Lehoatateng, Tšebeliso ea Tokoloho ea ho Mamella le Tšebeliso ea Tokoloho ea Iraqi): Ka la 2 August, 1990 ho fihlela kajeno
VFW e fana ka metso ea eona ho tloha ka 1899 ho ea ho mekhatlo e 'meli ea lihlopha tsa khale:
Li-Veterans tsa Amerika tsa Tšebeletso ea Linaha Tsa Linaha - li thehiloe bakeng sa bahlankana ba Ntoa ea Spain le Amerika (1898)
Mokhatlo oa Sechaba oa Lebotho la Philippines - o thehiloe bakeng sa bahlankana ba ntoa ea Philippine-American (Aka Philippine Insurrection) (1899-1902)
Lihlopha tsena tse peli li thehiloe e le mekhatlo ea libaka ho fumana litokelo le melemo bakeng sa tšebeletso ea bona, kaha ba bangata ba ne ba fihlile lapeng ba lemetse kapa ba kula, 'me ho ne ho se na tlhokomelo ea meriana kapa penshene bakeng sa bona; ba ne ba setse ho itlhokomela.
Li-Veterans tsa Lintoa tsa Linaha Tsa Linaha
VFW e ile ea bōptjoa ka la 17 September, 1914 sebokeng se Schenley Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania moo mekhatlo e 'meli ea lihlopha tsa ntoa e kopantsoeng ho e' ngoe, mme likhaolo li thehoa Colorado, Ohio le Pennsylvania.
Har'a melaetsa e meraro e reng ke ea pele, mokhatlo oa naha oa VFW o lemoha hore Denver Post ke ea pele; hona joale ke molao "VFW Post 1.
Ka 1915, litho tsa tsona li ile tsa eketseha ho fihlela ho 5 000; ka 1936, ha e fetoha mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng oa 'muso o se nang phaello, setho sa batho ba ka bang 200 000. Kajeno, litho tsa setjhaba li eme hoo e ka bang limilione tse 1,4 (leha ho le joalo, litho tsa naha tsa VFW li fokotsehile ho tloha ho limilione tse 1,8 ka 2004).
E le hore e be setho sa VFW, motho eo e lokela ho ba moahi oa Amerika kapa sechaba sa sechaba se nang le tlhompho e hlomphehang sesoleng sa US, kapa hona joale se sebetsang lebothong la United States la sesole, la Marine Corps, la Navy, la Lebotho la Moea le la Lebotho la Coast. Botho bo boetse bo hloka tšebeletso ea sesole mose ho maoatle nakong ea ts'ebetso kapa likhohlano le mokhabiso le Mesebetsi ea Lihlopha tsa Lebotho la Masole, moriana oa letšolo (kapa letlapa).
Linaheng tsa Amerika Legion le VFW li fetisitse ka ntle ho sebaka sa ho ba lihlopha tsa ntoa ho thusa likhutsana-'moho le bona-ho tloha qalong ea ho fana ka tšehetso ea lichelete, tsa sechaba le ea maikutlo ho litho tsa mabotho a hlometseng a United States, lihlopha tsa ntoa le batho ba itšetlehileng ka bona, le ho ba baetapele ho kenya letsoho sebakeng sa libaka tse kang ho tataisa lihlopha tsa bacha, ho thusa likhankaneng tsa lijo, le ho ithaopela ho khanna mali (ho fana ka mehlala e seng mekae).