amerikan lejyonu

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Definition of amerikan lejyonu in Turkish English dictionary

American Legion

a national organization for former members of the US armed forces. Organization of U.S. war veterans. Founded in 1919, it works for the care of disabled and sick veterans and promotes compensation and pensions for the disabled, widows, and orphans. Nonpolitical and nonsectarian, its membership requirement is honourable service and an honourable discharge. It was instrumental in establishing veterans' hospitals, and it sponsored the creation of the U.S. Veterans Administration in 1930. In 1944 it played an important role in the passage of the GI Bill. The American Legion claims about three million members in some 15,000 local posts, or groups

Hyphenation

a·me·ri·kan lej·yo·nu