Sons of the American Legion Squadron 1990

Join me, Jerry Allhands, as we uncover the heartwarming impact of community support on veterans in Mississippi. Discover the inspiring history of the Sons of the American Legion at the James Buster Keaton Post 1990, and learn about the crucial role the younger generation plays in sustaining this legacy. Personal stories reveal how these efforts provide essential aid to veterans who may not actively seek assistance, highlighting the vital connection between community engagement and veteran welfare.

As we navigate through the benefits offered by the Sons of the American Legion, we find a vibrant blend of camaraderie and leadership opportunities. Listen to first-year commanders share their transformational journeys, accentuating the leadership training that empowers members to find their voice and make meaningful connections. The organization is more than just a support network; it’s a family-like atmosphere where members, including male descendants of veterans, can thrive, learn from past leaders, and honor their forebears' sacrifices.

Feel the emotional uplift as we explore the profound community outreach efforts at the Veterans Hospital in Oxford. The simple joy of karaoke visits leaves lasting impressions on residents and staff alike, demonstrating the power of companionship. Our journey concludes with a heartfelt tribute to the dignity of VA home residents at the Nesbitt Post 1990, underscoring the importance of family visits. Stay connected and join our next episode, where we look forward to featuring the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1990.

Chapters

• 0:00 Supporting Veterans
• 11:12 Youth in Sons of American Legion
• 19:16 Community Outreach and Veteran Support
• 23:48 Honoring Veterans at Nesbitt Post 1990

Transcript

Jerry Allhands: 0:00

This is the Veterans Sound Off Podcast. I'm your host, Jerry Allhands, a veteran of the US Air Force and Army and a Mississippi Past Department Commander of the American Legion. You're invited to join me as we travel across the state of Mississippi, visiting the American Legion posts in each community. Together we'll get to know the American Legion family, including the American Legion Auxiliary, the Sons of the American Legion and the Legion Riders. As we travel the state we'll visit with other groups and organizations that are serving America's veterans and their families. Last week we were in beautiful Oxford, Mississippi, at the State Veterans Home, where we sat down with American Legion Auxiliary National President Trish Ward, and before we get into today's show, here is a moment of that conversation. It means so much to me to have you here today and to have you in Mississippi, and I know you've been here for several days. I hope you've enjoyed yourself and we've treated you well and hopefully you'll come back to us.

Trish Ward: 0:59

Thank you so much for that. Yes, it's been an amazing 120 days. I was installed as national president at our convention in New Orleans, louisiana, on August 28, 2024. So I've been doing this now just about 120 days Plus. I've traveled to 18 different departments and, of course, here in the American Legion family we call our states departments, so I've been to 18 states. I've been three times to our nation's capital, which was absolutely amazing, as I laid a wreath of remembrance at the Tomb of the Unknown

Jerry Allhands: 1:36

This week we return to Nesbitt in northwest Mississippi to visit with the Sons of the American Legion at DeSoto County, Post 1990. I'm in Nesbitt, Mississippi, at Post 1990. It's the James Buster Keaton Post and it's a pleasure to be here with three fine men today who are with the Sons of the American Legion.

Phil Garcia: 1:55

My name is Phil Garcia and I am with the Post. I guess you'd call the Adjutant for the Sons, or Treasurer and Past Commander for the sons at the post and Chaplain for the sons at this post also.

Jerry Allhands: 2:13

And center directly across from me is.

Brandon Noe: 2:15

My name is Brandon Noe, Squadron Commander at post 1990. I kind of came in here flying by the seat of my pants and hopefully just plan to do some good here with this squadron.

Jerry Allhands: 2:30

I like it, and to my far right is of course the one and only Danny Bassett.

Danny Baser: 2:37

Baser.

Jerry Allhands: 2:38

Baser See that's why I do this. Baser, say it right.

Danny Baser: 2:53

Actually I was the squadron adjutant and finance officer for six years here prior to these two guys. Currently the detachment adjutant for the Sons of American Legion from Mississippi Started that in 2020, so been doing that for about five years now and I was the past detachment commander for the 23 year. You've done it all I'm I'm done some of it, yeah phil, would you uh open this with a prayer and my heavenly father, we take a moment to remember our pow's and mia's, lord.

Phil Garcia: 3:22

We lift them up to you, we. We lift our families up to you, lord. We lift all the veterans serving wherever they may be, serving, abroad or in this country. We lift up to you all of our injured, all of our sick, all of our families who have lost loved ones in the service to our country. We pray that we have done things that are pleasing and bring honor to the American Legion. We ask these things in Jesus' name, for God and country, amen.

Jerry Allhands: 3:48

So Sons of the American Legion? What is the Sons of the American Legion?

Brandon Noe: 3:52

Well, to base back to history, back to 1990 in the Paris Accords, the Sons of the American Legion was founded by veterans' children, of course sons, obviously to help with the veterans that came back overseas that were wounded, injured, because, let's be fair, the government didn't take care of them at that time. So the sons stepped into the post to help, as well as with the auxiliary, to support the veterans that come home wounded or say they had family troubles or something. They stepped in to help help. And we try to continue that tradition today, which it is getting a little more difficult. The younger generation doesn't necessarily know about the sons and we have to spread that word so we can still keep these activities going. I mean, there's a lot of people that need help and, specifically in the veteran community, there's a lot of people that won't ask for it. So you kind of have to find it and that's where it all really comes from is being able to step up and do something about it.

Jerry Allhands: 4:54

And who can. Who can join the sons what? What makes a person eligible for it?

Brandon Noe: 4:58

All the way up to a great grandson. Of course, currently it is still male only, but grandson, great-grandson, a son. I don't think spouses are eligible. Stepson, yeah, stepson, okay, and you do have to prove eligibility, obviously through DD-214 or if it's unavailable, there's other ways that you can get information, like sending in to, uh, st Louis, to the National Archives, and get information that way as well right and if?

Jerry Allhands: 5:34

um?

Brandon Noe: 5:35

well, you said son grandson, great grandson, how old uh well, my son is uh seven years old and he is a junior member here at this post. He does attend meetings sometimes and you know he's. To me it's important that he learns uh how, how to give back to his community, and I think more people should do that. It's, it's an upbringing. It's lost. Nowadays everybody wants to quick pacifier to the the kids here's your video games, but let's teach them something important.

Jerry Allhands: 6:09

Give me an example of something important. What do they do?

Brandon Noe: 6:12

Well, we have actually a veteran that is a member of the Sons organization who will not ask for anything and he's not doing so. Well, when things get tight for him, we all step up, pitch in and we help him. We do whatever he needs done. When I leave here, I'm gonna go see, I'm gonna go check on him. Just nobody else is doing it. Might as well get it done. Give me an example. So I know currently he is trying to fix his motorcycle, but he has just had pretty heavy surgery and they're waiting on the results back from that. But he can't do anything and this guy's always been so independent. Well, if I go over there and I see what he's trying to do, I can kind of take over for him and let him just tell me what he wants done. Get it done.

Brandon Noe: 7:02

Or if we have somebody that say, say, they can't pay their bills, they can't, they can't buy groceries, well, that's what we raise money for. We spend that money on that. It's, you know, to help veterans and our communities. You know, and another big one is the child welfare foundation and bringing up money for that, which I believe the name was changed to the Child Well-Being Foundation Recently yeah, very recently, but I mean raising money for them so these kids can get whatever they need, whether it be clothes, education, housing, food, toys Personally I don't care. Kids should always have what they need, and it's not their fault that somebody else screwed up in life. So let's help them out too. Do everything you can with what you can, and if you feel like you can't do anything, you're wrong. There's always something you can do.

Danny Baser: 7:55

Something else, Jerry, just what he was talking about. The guy that we're going to visit today Brandon wasn't here then, but this very same fellow a few years ago had a serious surgery and could not get around and we donated a wheelchair to him and we went to his house and built him a walk ramp, spent the whole Saturday and built the ramp and repaired his back steps and and did all that for him. So wow, okay, Okay.

Jerry Allhands: 8:25

How many people show up to an event like that building the ramp, anything?

Danny Baser: 8:28

like that In the past. We've usually had probably anywhere from 8 to 10. I think that day helping there about 8 to 10 of us.

Jerry Allhands: 8:37

Mm-hmm, how do you raise the funds for these events?

Danny Baser: 8:43

Well, we do have some donations, but in the past we used to do fundraisers. Every year we uh, for the past, uh, about seven years now, we've been doing a chili cook-off in february. Uh, we've raised at, we've raised at that event. One event, our high, all-time high, was close to six thousand dollars, wow and uh. So we've raised money there. We've had, you know, doing cooks here at the Post, burger cooks, you know, just raising money that way. We've also had a few other, just, you know, charity events, you know, just to raise money. We do auctions. You know we've gone and collected lots of items, donated items, bought some items and do some auctions there. We've done raffles, you know, and so we've raised money and collected and stayed funded to do these things.

Jerry Allhands: 9:35

So the funds that are raised, that comes strictly from y'all raising the money or out of your own personal pockets to go back, personal pockets to go back and does. Is there, I guess what I'm looking for is is there anything that you do in the community that is not for veterans?

Brandon Noe: 9:55

that's not for the children of veterans, it can be. I mean, sometimes we will do, you know, like rides to go to different, you know, just checking on people, cause I believe, uh, uh, the gentleman we're going to see today is not a veteran, right.

Danny Baser: 10:10

I'm going to check on boots. Yeah, he's not. He's not a veteran, he's a member, he's a member of Sons Okay.

Brandon Noe: 10:16

So I mean it's just checking in on people and being being a voice of reason or even just somebody to listen to you, if you even just somebody to listen to you, if you're having a bad day, sometimes that's all it takes to you know, kind of make a difference in someone's life is just be there to listen. Sure, I mean what's the campaign for the American Legion?

Jerry Allhands: 10:33

Be the one, be the one and there's a phone number for that, be the one.

Brandon Noe: 10:36

There absolutely is, we're talking about the subject, that's 988.

Jerry Allhands: 10:41

And if you're not familiar with it, be familiar with it. Be the one is something you're going to hear about just about every time we have one of these podcasts, and it is a I'm not going to say suicide awareness, because it's much more than that. It's much more than that. It's an opportunity for someone to call and just, you know, hey, I need to vent, I need to get this off my chest, I need some help or I just need an ear, you know, and 988 is something where, if a vet calls up, um, I think you press the button number one and it goes straight to a veteran you know somebody will understand your situation.

Jerry Allhands: 11:12

But back to the sal, the sons of the american legion. Um, what, how many members do you have in your local?

Brandon Noe: 11:19

I believe we're at 50 54 yeah, I think so.

Danny Baser: 11:22

Yeah 54 members.

Phil Garcia: 11:25

Well, just signed up two more.

Brandon Noe: 11:27

Oh, 56, then Wow, and I think I'm signing one up tomorrow.

Danny Baser: 11:31

Okay, three of them are juniors under 18.

Jerry Allhands: 11:36

Steadily growing.

Danny Baser: 11:37

Yeah.

Jerry Allhands: 11:37

I like that, All right. And what would a veteran? Or the child or stepchild of a veteran? Why would they want to join the SAO? What would entice me to come and become a member?

Brandon Noe: 11:52

Well, you get to learn more about. You know what your father or your mother did, you know for our country. You get to learn what they do for your community. You get to learn there's history involved in it. You get to learn order and discipline. Then there's other benefits to it, like there are the American Legion, college scholarships, there is Boys State Legion, baseball programs. There's so many different things that a child can actually go do later in life with it.

Brandon Noe: 12:20

And should they decide that they want to be more of a member in the Legion and continue forward or say they become a veteran when they get back out, they can take that much like Danny here has taken it and you have and go to state and do real good work for these people. So you're teaching them something that's bigger than oneself and I think that's very important in youth these days which, again, like I say it, just gets cast back, you know, to the back burner, because everybody's like oh, let's just give them something to be quiet. No, I want them heard. I want to hear the youth of today. It's important because they're not like we were. Yeah, you know I I just read this morning where some woman was arrested for letting her kid walk a mile down the road when he's 10. When I was 10 years old, I used to disappear into the woods all day.

Brandon Noe: 13:12

Hey, you better be home when it gets dark that was the rule be home for dark, you know and if you weren't there dark, you better have some fish you know, another thing is just camaraderie yeah and friendship and family.

Danny Baser: 13:24

You know we've had people come in that are just kind of lonely. You know they're eligible and they come in and oh, I like it here. You know, well, come join us. You know, be a brother, and so a lot of it's just that too.

Jerry Allhands: 13:39

So give me an example of what a typical meeting is like for the SAL.

Brandon Noe: 13:42

Well, we'll start off talking. You know, first things first is Pledge of Allegiance. Then we'll have our prayer, led by our chaplain, of course, and we'll call everything to order, talk about our finances, how much we have raised, how much we have spent, let us know what our final number is, and then we'll go uh into old business, kind of reminding people what we spoke about at the last meeting, uh events that have happened in between the last meeting and now, and some events from before the last meeting. You know, should they be deemed important, then we'll talk about new business and open up the floor to anybody who has an idea, a thought, or even somebody who just wants to change something. Somebody needs somebody that has. You know you find somebody that needs help. You know you can bring everything to the table so that we may all talk about it. If you're silent, you have no voice. You have to talk, right.

Brandon Noe: 14:36

Right right, so, and then, once we get through that point, then we'll have our closing prayer and close down the meeting.

Jerry Allhands: 14:43

And the meeting lasts typically how long?

Brandon Noe: 14:44

About an hour, usually Hour, hour and a half, depending on what's on the table.

Jerry Allhands: 14:50

Yeah, well, let's say that you become aware that somebody has an issue that needs some help with. How is their paperwork? Is the name brought up? Is it voted on? I mean, how do you come to a conclusion that we're going to go help Joe down the street here?

Brandon Noe: 15:03

Everything comes to a majority vote. When somebody needs some help, or whatever it may be, we bring it to the membership, we talk about it. Then we'll raise it to a vote. If the majority rules that the vote is good and that's what we want to do, then we do it right. Then and there. If it's funding, our adjutant will take care of the money there and get it set where it needs to go. And if it's some work that needs to be done, we see who wants to volunteer and go do the work and God bless them for it. You know we need the help. It's always good to step up like that.

Jerry Allhands: 15:39

Okay, how long have you been in the SAO?

Brandon Noe: 15:43

Coming up on two years. This is my first year as a commander and it's still a learning curve. There's a lot more to it than I'd imagined, but I think I'm doing okay.

Jerry Allhands: 15:54

Sounds like it. What do you think?

Danny Baser: 15:56

He has some learning to do.

Brandon Noe: 15:57

He has some learning to do.

Danny Baser: 15:58

I definitely have that, but he's doing a very good job yeah he's doing a good job because he's the only one who stepped up for it.

Jerry Allhands: 16:04

No, because he's the only one who stepped up for it, so he wasn't volunteered into the position.

Danny Baser: 16:09

He volunteered for it, all right.

Jerry Allhands: 16:12

Sounds great. I've enjoyed what he's saying. He sounds very knowledgeable and that's a great thing to do.

Brandon Noe: 16:17

There's between knowledge and what you can pick up in a book.

Jerry Allhands: 16:20

Ah, so there you go, training. How do you get trained in the SAL? Is there a class that you go to?

Brandon Noe: 16:26

There was so so training. How do you get trained in the SAL? Is there a class that you go to? There was, so you have your basic training course at legionorg. I took that and that's where I learned a lot of the history and what they have done over time. And then, of course, talking to past commanders and, of course, danny here and Phil, taking everybody's experience and taking notes from that and doing what they did. That worked.

Jerry Allhands: 16:49

As long as it works, hey, don't fix it if it ain't broke right there you go well, like the American Legion has training Tuesdays, does the SAL have the same kind of a thing where you go online and get trained?

Danny Baser: 17:00

some of those training. Some of those trainings apply to the SAL. Some of that applies to the SAL Not all of it does, but some of it does and we do get invitations to go to it. Sometimes it's not communicated real well, but some of that training does apply to us.

Jerry Allhands: 17:18

And with the training that the state offers, that we've done in the past. You guys are always welcome to attend that.

Danny Baser: 17:24

That's true. That's true. A lot of the training there for adjutants and commanders applies to the sal. The structure of the sal is pretty much the same as the uh, the legion structure you know so, uh, a lot of it does same apply right and phil.

Jerry Allhands: 17:39

How long have you been with the sal?

Phil Garcia: 17:42

uh about eight years seven.

Danny Baser: 17:47

I think you're six or seven.

Phil Garcia: 17:50

Seven.

Jerry Allhands: 17:51

Seven years yeah.

Danny Baser: 17:52

I'm eight years, and I think you're right at six.

Jerry Allhands: 17:56

Are any of the three of you veterans as well? No, no.

Danny Baser: 17:59

No, none of us are veterans.

Jerry Allhands: 18:00

Well then.

Danny Baser: 18:04

Actually, in our 55 members we got. I think we got at least 12 or 13 dual members Okay.

Jerry Allhands: 18:10

All right. And how do you go about recruiting a new member? They just come up to you on the street and say, hey, I want to join, or how do you do it?

Brandon Noe: 18:18

Well, I think it's because we are seen in public a lot. Of course, we go to different events and fundraisers for other organizations as well, like the CVMA or the what is the CVMA? Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. There's a bunch of vets that like to ride or we'll do other fundraisers for the what is it?

Phil Garcia: 18:41

called VFW, vfw Okay.

Brandon Noe: 18:44

And people will see you in public. If you do a poker run, for that everybody's wearing their vest and it's got your name and sons and all that kind of stuff on it and they ask well, what is this, am I eligible? Then you can answer questions right then and there, as long as you're knowledgeable enough about it. But it's not too much that you really need to know. If you're a member, you should probably know these things anyway, because somebody probably know these things anyway, because somebody had to tell you at some point.

Jerry Allhands: 19:13

So you just relay the information and you know, see if that person is interested in doing something bigger than themselves, you know, doing a better work. What's the um, what's the average dues?

Brandon Noe: 19:17

well, I mean everybody's got to pay a due right.

Danny Baser: 19:19

Thirty dollars a year, I believe thirty dollars yeah, it's fifteen dollars that has to be paid to the state and then $5 of that goes to national. But it's actually different at different posts. Here at our post, we have a three-tier due system where juniors are only $15.

Jerry Allhands: 19:39

And what constitutes a junior 18 and under. Okay.

Danny Baser: 19:43

That's what we do here. 18 and under is a junior and that's a minimum $15. $20 for veterans, who are eligible to be dual members and $30 for our regular members.

Jerry Allhands: 19:55

Okay.

Danny Baser: 19:55

Now some other posts are different. Some of them don't charge any extra, they're just straight to flat $15. Some of them are $25. We've got a few that are even $40.

Jerry Allhands: 20:04

You can't get supper for $30 anymore, so that's pretty good, All right. What is the between the three of you? What is probably the one event that you've done in the community that stands out for you the most?

Brandon Noe: 20:20

I think it has to be whenever we all run down to the Veterans Hospital down in Oxford and go down there and spend time with those guys. I think it has to be whenever we all run down to the Veterans Hospital down in Oxford and go down there and spend time with those guys. And you know, was it last week? Y'all went down and did karaoke. I myself wasn't present, but I saw pictures and heard stories and they went down there and spent time with these guys that you know. Nobody else is going down there and visiting them. We'll go down there and cut up with them and our gentlemen do that.

Brandon Noe: 20:48

Ladies and gentlemen here at the Post went down there, brought snacks and, like I said, they had karaoke down there. Everybody was just having a good time. It means the world. You know, it doesn't seem like much, but it means the world to somebody that hasn't seen a friendly face in a while. And we all need that, a little bit of interaction, and I think that, right, there is a really big one that's. I mean, who else is doing something like that?

Jerry Allhands: 21:13

Right. What was your impression of the VA home?

Brandon Noe: 21:18

Every time I've ever been to a VA home, it's sad. You just feel like the people that are working there aren't. They're just there for a check, you know, because most of these there aren't just there for a check, because most of these guys aren't people, aren't veterans, they're just there to do a job and I feel like they're underpaid for some of it maybe, and that's kind of a buster to morale. They're just not happy to be there and of course things roll downhill to be there and then of course, things roll downhill for the people that have to be there end up getting less so fine treatment with that first impression of, well, let's say, staff, employees, whatever you want to call it.

Jerry Allhands: 22:00

Do you think that's why it's so important for people like yourselves to go and visit?

Danny Baser: 22:06

at the homes.

Jerry Allhands: 22:06

I, I think so.

Brandon Noe: 22:08

I do. I think it makes a big difference. I mean, just like with the Be the One campaign, being one to make a difference, well, you can be one and many at the same time and just show up with a smile on your face, and that will make somebody's day better.

Jerry Allhands: 22:22

On your most recent visit to Oxford. You're how many of the residents there got involved with what you were doing? Were they able to come out and meet you, or did you have to go room to room? How was it?

Phil Garcia: 22:35

Well, we had probably 20 to 30 that came and sat around I would say more like 20, brought in their wheelchairs or however. They could get into the meeting area where we had the karaoke going and all, and then some would float in and out every once in a while. Some of the caretakers there would bring them and they wouldn't stay, but they would come and it was just really a blessing to see these people that in some ways are incapacitated, but yet when they get in there and you start entertaining them, their smiles on their face, they wiggle in their wheelchairs and, you know, do whatever they can. That's what's really rewarding.

Jerry Allhands: 23:17

So your visit was very inspirational for the residents, but what about the staff? Did it help improve the attitude?

Phil Garcia: 23:25

And I'm doing air quotes here for those who can't see it I think it probably did, because we had quite a few of them that came in with into the area where we were doing the karaoke. We even had a few of them saying some karaoke songs and we got to interact with some of them. We took gifts down for the veterans and, uh, it's just a very rewarding thing to to do that's great.

Jerry Allhands: 23:48

The um. You know the, the VA home are not institutions where you get put in there. The resident there requests to go there. They have to fill out some paperwork, they have to pay to be there. So we expect the staff to treat them with respect and dignity and to do their jobs. And I'm glad you pointed that out because, brandon, I visited that home. In fact I've been to all of them across the state because Brandon and I I visited that home. In fact I've been to all of them across the state and I find personally that the VA homes are much more amenable than a lot of your private homes.

Jerry Allhands: 24:21

Yeah, okay For me personally, I would encourage and I and I hope you will as well to encourage family members to visit often anybody who's in a retirement home or nursing home, or whatever term they choose to use, because, just exactly like you said, you're going to sit there for 24 hours a day and unless somebody interacts with you, you can get really depressed, and it goes the same way with people who are working there. Well, guys, I really appreciate you being here today. Is there anything else that you'd like to share about the Sons of the American Legion that we've not talked about today?

Phil Garcia: 24:53

Well, the one thing that I was talking about why you would want to be a son, and everything I always point out to them is if you have forefathers and people that served, what better way to honor them in their service? I like that.

Jerry Allhands: 25:08

So where are you? Here in Nesbitt? I mean, I'm we're, we're in this, this room, you're above the, uh, the american legion hall. But where in nesbitt? If I wanted to come and find you, where would I go? How, how would I get?

Brandon Noe: 25:19

here. Easiest way is if you most people come through on 55. So if you get off at the nesbitt exit and turn towards highway 51, go straight across 51. You dead end into the post.

Jerry Allhands: 25:32

You can't miss it that way.

Brandon Noe: 25:33

Yeah, you're dead straight into the front Buster Keaton wall.

Jerry Allhands: 25:36

So for those of us who are, let's say, physically challenged about finding that right or that left street, what's the street address?

Danny Baser: 25:45

Do we know? 1505 Gwinn Nesbitt, mississippi, which is actually part of Hernando?

Jerry Allhands: 25:52

You know, I did notice it as I was coming into town. There was a welcome to Hernando. I'm like this is Nesbitt you know.

Danny Baser: 25:58

Yeah, this is well. Nesbitt is a small town, but we're not incorporated, and so when Hernando expanded their city limits, they took us all in here. So, we're actually part of Hernando but we do have our Nesbitt Post Office still exists just up the road, but it's 1505 Gwynn Road, nesbitt, mississippi, 38651. And we're open every day, I think, from 1 o'clock until about 7, 8, or 9.

Trish Ward: 26:24

7 at least.

Danny Baser: 26:25

So if you have any questions about anything to do with the Legion, you can come in and get a question asked to the attendant down there and they'll get the right person to help you.

Jerry Allhands: 26:36

I like that. Is there a phone number?

Danny Baser: 26:38

Yes, there is, I have it.

Brandon Noe: 26:41

I don't normally just call whoever I need to talk to.

Jerry Allhands: 26:47

You know, back in the day when we were younger, you knew your phone number, you knew everybody else's. I got a cell phone. Now I don't have to remember numbers for anything.

Phil Garcia: 26:55

We do so much communication now, though, between you know text messaging and everything, and some of the older people that we come in contact with, they don't do that, so you got to have a phone number there you go.

Danny Baser: 27:08

The number is 662-429-9020. American Legion Post 1990. Our official name is DeSoto Post 1990.

Jerry Allhands: 27:19

Your official name.

Danny Baser: 27:19

Okay, we got Buster Keaton on the front, but the American Legion National Notice is DeSoto Post 1990.

Jerry Allhands: 27:26

Phil, would you close us with a prayer?

Phil Garcia: 27:28

Lord, just be with us as we leave this meeting and Lord, we thank you for this opportunity to gather as free people and Lord, we thank you for the veterans that gave us this opportunity and made the sacrifices for us to have these opportunities. Lord, just be with us as we leave, lead God and direct us, give us safe passes wherever we may travel. These things we ask in Jesus' name for God and country, amen. Amen.

Jerry Allhands: 27:54

And that was our visit with the Sons of the American Legion at Post 1990 in Nesbitt, mississippi. Be sure to join us next Monday morning as we pay one last visit to Nesbitt and hear from the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1990. A very special thank you to Jonathan Michael Fleming for his musical talents. You can find his CDs and videos on Spotify, amazon Music and YouTube. We hope you've enjoyed this episode and look forward to your feedback and ask that you subscribe to and share the Veterans Sound Off podcast with your friends and family. If you have a comment, suggestion or questions or you would like to become a supporter of this podcast, please send an email to jdallhands at outlookcom. That's jdallhands at outlookcom, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. And we will get back to you as soon as possible. This has been a production of All Hands Media LLC, with offices in Rinalar, mississippi. All Rights Reserved.

Brandon Noe: 28:57

Hard work, we're fired up. Hard work everybody's on the plane. Hard work we do it for play. Hard work, it's what they say. Hard work I earn my pay. Hard work, work, hard work, hard work, Hard work I'm a pain. Hard work, work, hard work, work, hard work, work.