The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.
Magellan Post 604 was originally formed and instituted by a group of California Filipino Veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Many of the Filipino Veterans were decorated war heroes and have come and gone.
Today, the Filipino American Veterans who served in the conflicts of Korea, Vietnam, Panama, and the Middle East Gulf crisis have come together to continue the tradition and legacy left behind by the founders of Magellan Post 604.
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