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AMERICAN LEGION NELSAN HORTON POST #104
LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA
LITCHFIELD AMERICAN LEGION NELSAN HORTON POST #104
222 NORTH SIBLEY, LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA 55355
Phone 320-693-9074** Office 320-693-2350 ** FAX # 320-693-1619**
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POST #104 CHARTERED: AUGUST 10, 1920
What Is A Veteran? A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve -- is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.
POST #104 NAMED AND DEDICATED IN HONOR OF LITCHFIELD'S
WWI VETERANS WHO DIED IN COMBAT.
Orville A. Nelsan was the son of the late Mr. Mrs J.W. Nelsan of Litchfield. He grew up in Litchfield and was born on October 4, 1897. He attended Litchfield High Schools graduating in 1917.
He entered the Marine Corps in April 1917 . Trained in Quantico, Virginia and on August 20, 1917 landed at St. Nazaire, France. In January 1918 he was transfered to the Vosges mountains near Switzerland and on Easter Sunday he entered the Trenches in that sector until May 15th, 1918. He was than moved to the Marne and participated in all of the Marine actions at Chateau Thierry where some of the severest fighting of WW I took place.
Orville Nelsan was killed in action on the afternoon of June 6th, 1918 and was buried on the following day near the town of Lucy-le-Bocage, France. At the time of his death he was 21 year of age.
In the year 1921 his remains were returned to the U.S. and he was then buried with military honors at Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield, Mn ..
Donald C. Horton was the son of the late Mr. Mrs G.L. Horton of Litchfield. He was born in Litchfield September 1, 1896. He attended Litchfield High School and graduated with the class of 1915.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps April 1917 and trained in Quantico, Virginia. He fought with Orville Nelsan . He entered the Marine Corps in April 1917 . Trained in Quantico, Virginia and on August 20, 1917 landed at St. Nazaire, France. In January 1918 he was transfered to the Vosges mountains near Switzerland and on Easter Sunday he entered the Trenches in that sector until May 15th, 1918. He was than moved to the Marne and participated in all of the Marine actions at Chateau Thierry where some of the severest fighting of WW I took place.
He was killed in action June 23, 1918. At the time of his death he was 22 years of age.
Who We Are
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
Nelsan Horton Post #104, American Legion, Litchfield, Mn was CHARTERED: AUGUST 10, 1920
AMERICAN LEGION PREAMBLE
For God and Country,
We associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution
of the United States of America.
To maintain law and order.
To preserve the memories and incidents
of our associations in the Great Wars.
To inculcate a sense of individual obligation
to the community, state and nation.
To combat the autocracy of both the classes
and the masses,
To make right the master of might.
To promote peace on earth.
To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of
Justice, freedom and democracy.
To consecrate and sanctiify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
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