american legion

İngilizce - Türkçe

american legion teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı: amerikan ordusu; amerikan lejyonu

İngilizce - İngilizce

american legion teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: a national organization for former members of the US armed forces. Organization of U.S. war veterans. Founded in 1919, it works for the care of disabled and sick veterans and promotes compensation and pensions for the disabled, widows, and orphans. Nonpolitical and nonsectarian, its membership requirement is honourable service and an honourable discharge. It was instrumental in establishing veterans' hospitals, and it sponsored the creation of the U.S. Veterans Administration in 1930. In 1944 it played an important role in the passage of the GI Bill. The American Legion claims about three million members in some 15,000 local posts, or groups; the largest organization of United States war veterans

american legion