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OUR
HISTORY
Past Department Commanders
Past National Executive Committee Members
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1929
Paul V. McNutt ...................... Post 18
1950-1951
George N. Craig ..................... Post 2
1957-1958
A. Dale Eby .......................... Post 25
1973-1974
Earl W. Merry ..................... Post 227
1980-1981
Ralph F. Gates ........................ Post 98
Frank M. McHale ................. Post 60 Herman A. Wenige ................ Post 35 Barnett W. Breedlove ............... Post 3
1981-1982
V.M. “Army” Armstrong ............ Post 3 Robert E. Gates ..................... Post 98 Raymond Springer ................... Post 1 Isadore E. Levine ................... Post 83 Reed Beard ........................... Post 33 Rabbi Albert Shulman ............ Post 50 Father Bernard Gerdon ........... Post 28 William A. Brennan Jr. ........... Post 34 Robert M. Fritz .................... Post 111 Byron Waggoner ................. Post 168 Col. Frank R. Kossa ................ Post 35 Frank I. Hamilton ................. Post 129 Gilbert E. Sheeks ................. Post 250
1982-1983
John D. Fuller ........................ Post 33 Robert Gaskill ........................ Post 47 Clarence A. Jackson .............. Post137
Harold A. Shindler ................. Post 44 Col. Roscoe Turner ................... Post 4 John A. Watkins .................... Post 22 James R. Zoll ....................... Post 111 Charles S. Boehm ................ Post 264 William W. Greeman ........... Post 271 Melvin H. Heckman ............... Post 47 Lawrence H. Hinds ............... Post 312 Fr. Edmund J. Murray ........... Post 284 H. Melvin Napier ................ Post 122 Orin “Red” Nowlin .............. Post 173
1983-1984
W.I. Brunton ........................ Post 234 Gen. L.R. Gignilliat .............. Post 103 Clarence Gramelspacher ...... Post 147 Forest A. Harness ..................... Post 6 Thomas S. McConnell ............. Post 57 Fred L. Wiecking ................. Post 111 John Krupa ......................... Post 369 Roy Pope .............................. Post 38 Gaylord Sheline ...................... Post 6 Wayne L. Talbert .................... Post 75
1984-1985
William E. Brown .................. Post 18 Perry Faulkner ....................... Post 70 Harold E. Morris .................. Post 214 William O. Nelson ............... Post 127 Arthur Wilkie ........................ Post 47 Ralph V. Cushman ................ Post 288 Joseph P. Donovan ................. Post 49 Jack W. McIntyre ................. Post 196 Robert “Bill” Sweet ............... Post 197
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1985-1986
Edmund Arthur Ball ................ Post 19 Leo Mulva ............................. Post 80 Bert Nowinski ..................... Post 357 Raymond “Jim” Yellig ............ Post 242 Raymond T. Anglin ............... Post 404 Keith Doyle ......................... Post 368 Vincent Kelley ...................... Post 371 Robert Lewis ........................ Post 284 Allen L. Titus ........................ Post 254 Robert D. White ..................... Post 97
1986-1987
Maurice Barr ......................... Post 36 Alton W. Cochran .................. Post 20 Gay Gerster ........................ Post 292 Claude Gregg ....................... Post 73 Russell R. Rhodes ................... Post 14 Henry E. Siebenmark ........... Post 284 Robert C. Ayers ..................... Post 12 Kenneth W. Ohl ..................... Post 11 Al Waichulis ....................... Post 289 Richard Wright .................... Post 196
1987-1988
Bowman Elder ......................... Post 4 J.E. McCurdy ........................ Post 83 Col. Robert Moorhead .............. Post 4 Walter Myers .......................... Post 4 Gerald L. Bole ..................... Post 368 James P.A. Fulton ................. Post 159 Frederick J. Jensen ............... Post 154 Max E. Julian Sr. .................... Post 31 Dale E. Kuhn ....................... Post 119 George R. Morton Sr. ............. Post 37 Norman C. Schlemmer ......... Post 129 Alvin O. Werner .................. Post 464 John Wilson .......................... Post 18
1988-1989
Larry Bartlett ........................ Post 180 Gilbert Bates ......................... Post 49 Ralph Harrison ...................... Post 76 Donald W. Hynes .................. Post 80 Norman Travis ....................... Post 62
1989-1990
Billie J. Holmes .................... Post 331 Keith Brown .......................... Post 94 Harry E. Fitch ........................ Post 40 Lindsay Lamb ........................ Post 37 Joseph F. Lutes ....................... Post 55 James K. Staley ..................... Post 43
1990-1991
John K. Chappell ................. Post 179 Donald R. Conn ................... Post 297 Bobby G. Davis ................... Post 418 Willard Walls .......................... Post 5 George S. Wilkerson ........... Post 416
1991-1992
Jim Koutz ............................ Post 200 Harold Reker ....................... Post 147 Joseph G. Weinberg ............ Post 101
1992-1993
William Hauck .................... Post 178 Webber LaGrange .............. Post 205 William D. Jackson .............. Post 196
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1993-1994
George Reed ...................... Post 229 Roy “Taxi” Ayers ................... Post 12 Terry L. Smith ......................... Post 98
1994-1995
August “Gus” Karacson ........ Post 303 Thomas A. Goad ................... Post 22 L. J. Burkholder ...................... Post 14 James Valentine ................... Post 204
1995-1996
Ron Miller ........................... Post 368 Ted Stenger ......................... Post 464 Father Richard Cooley .......................
1996-1997
Ron Lowe .............................. Post 52 Richard Adamski ................. Post 357
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1997-1998
Thomas Henderson ................ Post 94 Bob Bartholmew .................... Post 94 Mike Hedrick ...................... Post 500 Don Cadman ........................ Post 64 Roger Baker ........................ Post 469 Linder Schmeltz ................... Post 189 Gene Wilson ....................... Post 173
1998-1999
William Cline ...................... Post 495 Jack Butler .......................... Post 402 Dewey Thomas .................... Post 365 Joe Rivich ........................... Post 369 Bob Osos .........................................
Bob Ward ............................. Post 28 Joe Gilkey ............................. Post 28
1999-2000
Richard Quattrin .................... Post 80 Bud Nichols .......................... Post 14 Walter Bode ....................... Post 270 Jim Holmes ......................... Post 500 Herman Bittner ...................... Post 43
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2000-2001
Joseph T. Bumbleburg ............. Post 11 Roger T. Storey ...................... Post 37 Harold J. Epley ...................... Post 44
2001-2002
Richard Tonkel ..................... Post 409 Ed Ramsey .......................... Post 119 John Penman ....................... Post 104 William Wolverton ............... Post 156
2002-2003
James I. Miller ..................... Post 102 Anthony Riley ........................ Post 79 Harold Brubaker .................... Post 47 Tim Darr ............................. Post 223 C.W. Hoff ............................. Post 81 James Handy ........................ Post 57
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2003-2004
John Michalski ..................... Post 297 John Pipher ......................... Post 215 Donald L. Ross ..................... Post 340 Thomas E. Gregory .............. Post 328 Loren Danner ...................... Post 258 George Brattain ................... Post 338 Max W. Gellinger ................ Post 127 Basil Bryant ......................... Post 161
2004-2005
Larry Lowry ......................... Post 418 David Heath ........................ Post 253 David Dilling ....................... Post 402 Russell Miller ......................... Post 72 Robert Pfrank ...................... Post 346 Bill Hicks ................................ Post 2 Owen Wells ........................ Post 254 Lowell Sullivan ..................... Post 185 John Grubbs ........................ Post 333 Kenneth Dowden ................... Post 64
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2005-2006
Irvin Gilbert Thomas, Sr. ......... Post 28 Burt Tiemersma ..................... Post 80 Mary York .......................... Post 333 Robert Morris ....................... Post 72 Roger Baker ........................ Post 127
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2006-2007
John Bubala ........................ Post 332 Robert Oeth ........................ Post 351 Herbert Woodard .................. Post 89 K. Michael Ayers ................... Post 12 Ida May Jewell .................... Post 122 Thomas W. Pett .................... Post 111 Gerald I. Lamkin .................... Post 59 Randy McCroskey ................ Post 368
2007-2008
Norris Keirn ........................ Post 139 Bill Firkins ........................... Post 196 Ronald Martin ..................... Post 440 James Holmes ..................... Post 500 David Ruell ......................... Post 470 Robert Bach ........................ Post 313 Edward Trice ....................... Post 313 Lowell Spencer .................... Post 102 David King ......................... Post 254 Gordon Rayburn .................. Post 169
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2008-2009
James A Delaney ................. Post 113 David P. Rook ...................... Post 205 Darrell Hansel ..................... Post 185 Norbert Bultemeier ................. Post 43 Martin J. Dzieglowicz .......... Post 369 Lawrence A. Horvath .............. Post 66 George K. Blackburn, Jr. ....... Post 374
2009-2010
Thomas Somerville ............... Post 168 Paul Steward ....................... Post 210 Joe Schuman ....................... Post 464
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2010-2011
Ralph Tolan ......................... Post 500 Jack Cook ........................... Post 210
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2011-2012
Ron Taylor ........................... Post 308 Robert Newman .................. Post 178 Dave Sharber .......................... Post 5 David Roche ......................... Post 28
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2012-2013
John Wrolen ........................ Post 100 James Hewitt ......................... Post 83 Sonner Faught ..................... Post 139 Leland Baxter ...................... Post 204 Walter Rodgers ................... Post 227
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2013-2014
Al Palido .............................. Post 66 James Daube ....................... Post 189 Mike Miller ......................... Post 161 Dave Ritenour ...................... Post 160 Rick Hudson ........................ Post 156 James Phipps ....................... Post 281 Steve Bowman ....................... Post 73 Gary Twomey ...................... Post 121 James Hagler ...................... Post 353
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2014-2015
Max Miller .......................... Post 258 Anthony Sadowski ............... Post 451 Richard Jewell ..................... Post 122 Russell Chorpenning ............. Post 300
2015-2016
Richard Motsinger ................ Post 502 Eric Baggett ........................ Post 279 John “Danny” Rice ................. Post 64 Charles Weir ....................... Post 216
2016-2017
Homer Loudermilk ................ Post 122 William Gatewood .............. Post 502 Kenneth Hylton .................... Post 464 Raphael Perez ..................... Post 508 Joseph Komenda ................. Post 186
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2017-2018
Walter “Doug” Howard ........ Post 368 Fred Langley ....................... Post 301 Peter C. Van Woerden .......... Post 485
2018-2019
James May ........................... Post 18 Steve Short ......................... Post 212 Charles Martin .................... Post 403 Jerry Maune ........................ Post 464
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2019-2020
Jim Abrams ......................... Post 106 Jerry Jordon ........................ Post 152 Jerry Stevens ....................... Post 313
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2020-2021
Jeff Morris ........................... Post 113 John French ......................... Post 113 Don Hudson ........................ Post 155 Don Cole .............................. Post 15
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2021-2022
Rodney Strong ....................... Post 72 Ronald Kizer ....................... Post 704 Harold Robinson .................... Post 65 Bill Parks ............................... Post 59 Ed Harris Jr. ........................ Post 249
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2022-2023
Allen Connley ...................... Post 215 Hubert Dagley ................... Post 1919 Robert Rodriguez ................. Post 260 Richard Thomas ....................... Post 6