Membership
VFW Magazine, Oct, 2003
In Recognition
Member recruitment is the lifeblood of the organization. And those who lead the membership drives in the Departments should be acknowledged.
To accord them the recognition they deserve, VFW magazine is publishing the photos of Department commanders for this administrative year. We wish them the best of fortune in the year to come.
Recruiting and retaining members becomes an even more challenging job each year. So praise should be part of the plan. The volunteer spirit displayed by all VFW officers is to be commended, and public recognition is a primary means.
Congratulations on a job well done not only to Department commanders, but to all those at the Post level who recruit. We all know it requires a genuine team effort to make a membership drive work.
Clarence W. Nairmore
Alabama
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Claudio B. Pedery
District of Columbia
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William B. Desplanque
Iowa
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Jackie L. Pickard
Michigan
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Joseph C. Rogers, Sr.
New Jersey
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Robert Henault
Pacific Areas
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Michael P. Higdon
Alaska
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Dean A. White
Europe
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Jefferson D. Lawson
Kansas
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Steven Van Bergen
Minnesota
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Jesus R. Gonzalez
New Mexico
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Charles H. Prince
Pennsylvania
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Philip A. Harnois
Vermont
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Frank V. Page
Arizona
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William J. Gault
Florida
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Wayne C. Dwyer
Kentucky
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Jerry W. Beaird
Mississippi
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Harold M. Burke, Jr.
New York
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William P. Donnelly
Rhode Island
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Peter M. Snelling
Virginia
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L.R. King, Jr.
Arkansas
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Edward P. Grealish, Jr.
Georgia
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Edward C. Olds
Latin Amer./Caribbean
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Glenn E. Davis
Missouri
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Elree T. Smith
North Carolina
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Richard N. Bell
South Carolina
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Ronald L. Fry
Washington
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Henry H. Wadahara
California
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Richard J. Haake
Hawaii
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Lincoln J. Savoie
Louisiana
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Gerald D. Mallo
Montana
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Carol A. Sigl
North Dakota
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Stanley E. Seymour
South Dakota
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Samuel P. Baldwin
West Virginia
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Ronald J. Lattin
Colorado
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Dale W. Smith
Idaho
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Rosemarie Lane
Maine
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Dale Wittrock
Nebraska
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Gary M. Pfaff
Ohio
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Carl T. Jackson
Tennessee
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Allen W. Kochenderfer
Wisconsin
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Rodman M. Fulton
Connecticut
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Terry W. Vance
Illinois
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Raymond M. Shipley
Maryland
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George Dennis
Nevada
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Robert K. McGill
Oklahoma
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Ronald C. Hornsby
Texas
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Earl D. Sellers
Wyoming
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Karl M. Walters
Delaware
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William A. Thien
Indiana
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John A. Martin
Massachusetts
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Francis M. O'Neil
New Hampshire
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Robert L. George
Oregon
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Daniel P. Crossley
Utah
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