Somali Legion
Legion American (oo mararka qaarkood loo yaqaan "Legion") ayaa bilaabay in ay dib ugu soo noqdaan dagaalkii aduunka ee Adduunka oo ahaa labaatan sarkaal oo ka shaqeynayay Aerossaida Maraykanka ee AEF - Faransiiska AEF ayaa weydiistay saraakiishan inay soo jeediyaan fikrado ku saabsan sida loo horumariyo niyadda ciidamada.
Mid ka mid ah sarkaal, Gaashaanle Sare ee Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (oo ah wiilka ugu weyn ee madaxweynaha 26aad), ayaa soo jeediyay hindiseyaal ah haya'daha ciidamada. Bishii Febraayo, 1919, kooxdani waxay sameeyeen guddi ku-meel-gaar ah, waxayna doorteen dhowr boqol oo askari oo leh kalsooni iyo ixtiraamkii ciidanka oo dhan. Bishii xigtay, illaa 1000 askari iyo ragga la qorey ayaa ka soo qaybgalay shirkii ugu horreeyay ee ururku, oo loo yaqaano guddiga Paris. Kulankan, kooxdu waxay ansixisay dastuur ku meel gaadh ah iyo magaca "The Legion American."
The American Legion waxaa loo yaqaan 'Congress Legacy' oo 1919-kii loo yaqaan 'Vatican', oo ah hay'ad wadani ah oo isku-duwaha ah ee wada-xaajoodka ah iyo US Post Legion Post ee Maraykanka oo ahaa Jeneraal John Joseph Pershing Nambarka 1 ee Washington, DC, oo lagu abaabulay 7-kii Maarso, 1919 , waxaana la siiyay dastuurkii ugu horreeyay ee loo yaqaan 'Legion' bishii May 19, 1919. Tan iyo markaas, Legion American wuxuu ka soo baxay koox ka mid ah dagaalyahanada dagaalyahanada Dagaalkii Dunida I galay mid ka mid ah kooxaha ugu saameynta aan faa'iido doonka ee United Dawladaha - Legion American waa urur bulsheed oo hadda tiradoodu ka badan tahay 2.4 milyan oo ka mid ah 14,000 oo adduunka ah.
Xaafadaha waxaa loo abaabulaa 55 waaxood: mid kasta oo ka mid ah 50 dawladood, oo ay wehliyaan Degmada Columbia, Puerto Rico, Faransiiska, Mexico iyo Filibiin.
Xaq u yeelashada xubinimada Legion American waxay ku xaddidan tahay kuwii mudanaa ee si wanaagsan loo fasaxay iyo ciidamada hadda ee ciidamada Mareykanka, ciidamada badda, ilaaliyaha xeebaha ama ciidanka cirka ee ugu yaraan hal maalin oo hawl ah oo shaqeeya intii lagu jiray mid ka mid ah waqtiyadan soo socda:
Dagaalkii Dunida I: Abriil 6, 1917 illaa November 11, 1918
Dagaalkii Dunida II: Diisambar 7, 1941 ilaa Disembar 31, 1946 (marka laga reebo taariikhda u-qalmitaanka US Marquitine Marine waa Diisambar 7, 1941 ilaa Agoosto 16, 1945)
Dagaalkii Kuuriya: Juun 25, 1950 illaa Janaayo 31, 1955
Dagaalkii Vietnam: February 28, 1961 ilaa May 7, 1975
1982 Dagaalkii Lubnaan iyo Hawlgalkii Dembiyada Dagaalka ah (Grenada): August 24, 1982 ilaa July 31, 1984
Hawlgalkii kaliya Sababta (Panama): Diisambar 20, 1989 ilaa Jannaayo 31, 1990
Dagaalkii Gacanka / Dagaalka Argagixisada (Desert Shield, Duufaan degan, Hawlgalkii Xorriyadda iyo Hawlgalkii Ciraaqiyaanka): Agoosto 2, 1990 ilaa maanta
VFW waxay raadineysaa xididada illaa 1899 ilaa laba urur oo ah ciidan:
Ciidammo Maraykan ah oo ka tirsan Adeegga Ajnabiga - oo loogu talagalay kuwii hudheelka ahaa ee dagaalkii Isbaanishka iyo Maraykanku (1898)
Jaaliyadda Qaranka ee Filibiin - oo loogu talagalay musiibada Filibiin-Mareykan ah (aka Philippine Insurrection) (1899-1902)
Labadani waxaa loo asaasay ururo degaan ah si ay u helaan xuquuqda iyo faa'iidooyinka ay u leeyihiin adeegyadooda, inta badan waxay soo gaadheen guriga dhaawacmay ama jiran, mana jirin daryeel caafimaad ama hawlgab ciidan oo loogu talagalay; waxay u tageen inay naftooda daryeelaan.
Ciidammada Dagaalka Dibada
VFW waxaa la aasaasay 17-kii September, 1914 shirkii ka dhacay Hotel Schenley ee magaalada Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania halkaas oo labo ururo oo ka tirsan ururada wacyigalinta ay isku mid noqdeen, cutubna waxaa lagu sameeyay Colorado, Ohio iyo Pennsylvania.
Saddexda qaybood ee sheeganaya inay yihiin kuwa ugu horreeya, ururka VFW wuxuu aqoonsan yahay Denver Post sidii hore; hadda waa rasmi "VFW Post 1.
Sannadkii 1915, xubinimada waxay ku kortay 5,000; ilaa 1936-kii, markii ay noqotay hay'ad dawladeed oo aan faa'iido doon ahayn, xubinimadu waxay ku dhowdahay 200,000. Maanta, xubinnimadu waxay joogtaa qiyaastii 1.4 milyan (inkastoo, Xubinnimada Qaranka ee VFWs ayaa hoos uga dhacday 1.8 milyan sannadkii 2004).
Inuu xubin ka noqdo VFW, shakhsi ahaan waa inuu noqdaa muwaadin Maraykan ama qaran oo leh foori sharaf leh oo ka timid milatariga Maraykanka, ama hadda ka shaqeeya Ciidamada Mareykanka, Marin Corps, Bada, Cirka Xeebaha, ama Ilaalada Xeebaha. Xubinnimadu sidoo kale waxay u baahan tahay adeeg milatari dibadda inta lagu jiro howlgal ama iskahorimaadka iyo qurxinta Mujaahidiinta Mustaqbalka Khaaska ah, bilada ololaha (ama salaanta).
Labada Legion iyo VFW labadaba way sii kordheen ka hor intaanay askarinimo ka caawinin askarta milatariga - laga bilaabo bilawga ah inay bixiyaan taageero dhaqaale, bulsho, iyo dareen taageero xubnaha ka tirsan Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Maraykanka, kuwa Hawl-gabka, iyo kuwa ku tiirsan, iyo inay noqdaan hogaamiyayaal ka qayb qaadashada bulshada ee meelaha ay ka midka yihiin kooxo hagid kooxo dhalinyaro ah, ka caawinta cunnooyinka cuntada bulshada, iyo tabarucida dhiiga wadooyinka (si ay u bixiyaan tusaalo yar).