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On Wednesday, Oct. 12, American Legion National Historian Deborah A. Davis delivered a report to the National Executive Committee that included the winners of the 2021-2022American Legion History Contests, judged by members of the National Association of Department Historians of The American Legion (NADHAL). The winners, with their respective historians:

Department Narrative:Indiana (Stephen DeFeo), 1st PlaceNew Jersey (Gary Cooper), 2nd PlaceFlorida (Philip R. Crouthamel), 3rd Place

North Carolina (Bill Richard), ParticipantDepartment Yearbook:Missouri (Jerome L. Goolsby), 1st PlaceNew Jersey (Gary Cooper), 2nd PlaceNebraska (Jennifer Laux), 3rd Place

Wisconsin (DuWayne Wieck), ParticipantNorth Carolina (Bill Richard), ParticipantVirginia (Edward Thompson), ParticipantPost Narrative:Augustus Ruser Jr. Post 273 (Madeira Beach, Fla./Vincent Pupo Jr.), 1st PlacePony Express Post 359 (St. Joseph, Mo./Jerome L. Goolsby), 2nd PlaceHelen K. Osmundson Post 206 (Englewood, Colo./Deborah Davis), 3rd Place

Mechanicsville Post 175 (Mechanicsville, Va./Douglas Harry Snell), ParticipantKings Mountain Post 24 (Johnson City, Tenn./Allen Jackson, Bryan Lauzon, Michael Metzner, Susan Jackson), ParticipantFletcher-Pechacek Post 121 (River Falls, Wis./Jim Sherrill), ParticipantClinton Post 259 (Clinton, Md./Linda P. Poulson), Participant

Post Yearbook:Julius L. Shryer Post 430 (Durant, Iowa/Scott N. Wolf), 1st PlaceOro Valley Post 132 (Oro Valley, Ariz./Dan McGregor), 2nd PlaceSeverson-Cairns Post 501 (Madison, Wis./Morris Sadicario), 3rd Place

Ravalii Post 47 (Hamilton, Mont./Nancy A. Dezell), Honorable MentionWomen Veterans of SW Missouri Post 1214 (Springfield, Mo./Terri Friend, Shellie Jones), Honorable MentionDonaldson-Walker Post 108 (Cushing, Okla./Evelyn Ferchau), ParticipantMilton J. Brounshilde Post 205 (Kenmore, N.Y./Derek M. Sansone), ParticipantFrancis Scott Key Post 11 (Frederick, Md./Gerard F. LoSardo), ParticipantTemple Post 133 (Temple, Texas/Shirley A. Platt), ParticipantSomerset Post 38 (Somerset, Ky./John Appicelli), ParticipantCharles McGuirt Post 208 (Waxhaw, N.C./David Vacchi), ParticipantDale Mabry Post 139 (Tampa, Fla./Raymond J. Millaway), ParticipantTravis Moothhart Post 184 (Brownsville, Ore./Kneil A. Stucky, Allen Buzzard), ParticipantMechanicsville Post 175 (Mechanicsville, Va./Douglas Harry Snell), ParticipantCamden Post 102 (Camden, Tenn./Michael White, Sharon Beeghly, Cindi Anderson), Participant

Davis also updated the NEC on the NADHAL meeting held the previous day, which included discussion of moving to a digital format for entries in the next few years.

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