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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