Post 662 Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

Post 662

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

Post 662 Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

About This Post

Post Namesake

George J. Nelson   KIA    France   1918

Pvt Nelson was gassed in France and passed in a French Hospital and is buried in France

Notable Members

AMERICAN LEGION POST 662   

Charter Members:      Temporary Charter was first

F.W. Barnes              J.E. Deirup                Glen ... READ MORE

What Makes this Post Unique

First Legion Post in the area to provide an Electronic Kiosk for Veterans to save their military information

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HISTORY

2010

Post 662 honors Member on his 100th Birthday

Oct 1, 2018

Sergeant Bluff American Legion Post 662 Celebrates Member’s 100th Birthday

 

Kemit Lee has been a member of Post 662 for over 70 years.  On October 1st of this year the post  honored Kermit with a birthday dinner and party to celebrate his 100th birthday.

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Post 662 honors Member on his 100th Birthday
GEORGE J. NELSON,, U.S.ARMY, WWI HONORED

GEORGE J. NELSON,, U.S.ARMY, WWI HONORED

Oct 18, 2018

SERGEANT BLUFF, IA -- None of the members of Sergeant Bluff's American Legion post personally knew George Nelson.  But like a number of young men of his generation, Nelson's name lives on through the Legion, though many in the community probably don't know much, if anything, about him.

 

They see the name George Nelson Post 662 and likely don't think twice about the name or why the Sergeant Bluff post bears it.  "People know what the..

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