OUR POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS NAMED FOR THIS BRAVE AMERICAN SOLDIER EARL S. BAILEY. A REMARKABLE BRAVE SOLDIER DURING OPERATION ON OCTOBER 8, 1918, NEAR ST. ETIEMNE. HE ADVANCED OVER A TERAIN SWEPT BY A VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT. BY HIS COURAGE, HE CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TOWARD NEUTRALIZING THE FIRE OF THE ENEMY MACHINE GUNS AND DESTROYING THIER EMPLACEMENTS. KILLED DURING THIS OPERATION.