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QMERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS ID P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Washington, D. C. 20006 0 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 AMERICAN LEGION NEWS BRIEFS FOR WEEK ENDING 7-2-76 Famed stage, screen and television actor Pat O'Brien has been named to receive The American Legion's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal. Announcement of O'Brien's selection was made by American Legion National Commander Harry G. Wiles, who will present the award from the platform of the Legion's 58th National Conven- tion in Seattle, Washington, on the morning of Aug. 24, 1976. * * * Richard E. Roudebush, administrator of Veterans Affairs, will bring the greet- ings of and a message from the Veterans Administration to the delegates to The American Legion's 58th Annual National Convention at about 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24, at Seattle Center's Coliseum. * * * National Adjutant William F. Hauck hosted a luncheon for the chairman of the Royal British Legion, T. S. E. Busby, at the Washington Headquarters office on June 23. Mr. Busby is completing visits in Canada and the U.S. on behalf of the British veterans organization. * * * Tips on places to visit during the National Convention in Seattle, Washington, appear in this issue of ALNS. * A * A check, expected to be in excess of a million dollars, will be presented by American Legion National Commander Harry G. Wiles to the American Cancer Society, during the final session of the Legion's 58th Annual National Convention at about 10:45 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Coliseum in Seattle Center. * * * The American Legion National Historian's Luncheon will be held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, Aug. 21, in the Washington Athletic Club, during The American Legion's 58th National Convention in Seattle, Wash. * * * "YOUR AMERICAN LEGION — IT'S GREAT TO KNOW YOU BELONG" EJMERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 KSt., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Washington, D. C. 20006 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 7-2-76 WASHINGTON—(ALNS)—Famed stage, screen and television actor Pat O'Brien has been named to receive The American Legion's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal. Announcement of O'Brien's selection was made by American Legion National Commander Harry G. Wiles, who will present the award from the platform of the Legion's 58th National Convention in Seattle, Washington, on the morning of Aug. 24, 1976. Commenting on the O'Brien selection for the Legion's most prestigious award, Wiles said, "It is particularly appropriate that we have chosen to honor this year a man who epitomizes all that is good and clean and right about America. Pat O'Brien has, for more than fifty years, presented to the nation the proposition that outstanding entertainment can also be family entertainment. I would like to add that his selection by our National Executive Committee was unanimous." O'Brien, a staunch family man, the father of four children and grandfather of six, remains active in every acting medium, and is currently appearing before "standing room only" audiences at Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre with his lovely wife, Eloise, in "Hot Line to Heaven." His many awards have most recently included the 1974 "super" Emmy for Best Actor of the Year - Daytime TV, and a 1974 Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama Special for ABC-TV's "The Other Women." He has received honorary degrees from a number of universities, including his Alma Mater, Marquette. A devout Catholic, he has been made a Knight of Malta and Knight of Papal Charity by his Church. The National Conference of Christians and Jews has honored him "for distinguished service in advancing brotherhood"; Notre Dame has conferred on him the "Decency in Entertainment" award and he has twice been "Father of the Year." He is a Navy veteran of World War I, and a member of The American Legion. Pat O'Brien will walk with presidents, distinguished statesmen, great military leaders and exceptionally outstanding individuals from virtually every field of endeavor, when he receives The American Legion's Distinguished Service Award. The American Legion believes he truly meets the stringent requirements for the award which says it will be bestowed upon an American who has served the United States of America with dignity, honor and courage. -alns- PITTSBURGH, PA.—(ALNS)—Howard M. Becker, a founder of The American Legion, having attended the St. Louis Caucus on May 8-10, 1919, died here recently. -alns- DURHAM, N.C. —(ALNS)—Dr. David Russell Perry, 83, Past National Vice Com- mander of The American Legion, died recently here. -alns- 0i4u ESMERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoaoh, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Washington, D. C. 20006 0 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 7-2-76 INDIANAPOLIS—(ALNS)—Richard E. Roudebush, administrator of Veterans Affairs, will bring the greetings of and a message from the Veterans Administration to the delegates to The American Legion's 58th Annual National Convention at about 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24, at Seattle Center's Coliseum. Mrs. Alan Schanel, of Riverside, R.I., National President of the American Legion Auxiliary, also will bring the greetings of her organization to the Legion. Service organizations, including the United Service Organization, Inc. (USO), represented by their president, General Michael S. Davison, USA (Ret.), of Washing- ton, D.C., and Boy Scouts of America, represented by Arch Monson, Jr., of San Francisco, Calif., also will bring greetings to the Legion Convention. The Society of American Legion Founders, the group which founded the Legion in 1919, will be represented by their National President, Brono Zingrone, of Oak Lawn, 111. Representatives of veterans' organizations of allied nations also are slated to bring greetings to the Legion Convention, including the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, to be represented by their immediate Past President Frank Farley, standing in for Dominion President Gordon M. Thomson. The Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion also has been invited to bring greetings. Colin Keon-Cohen, of Melbourne, Australia, state president of the Returned Services League of Australia, is scheduled to bring the greetings of his organization. The Korean Veterans Association of the Republic of Korea will be represented by their president, Vice Admiral Maeng Kee Lee, Ret., and T. Y. Chao, Chairman, Voca- tional Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen, Taiwan, Republic of China, will represent his country's veterans. -alns- WASHINGTON—(ALNS)—National Adjutant William F. Hauck hosted a luncheon for the chairman of the Royal British Legion, T.S.E. Busby, at the Washington Head- quarters office on June 23, 1976. Mr. Busby is completing visits in Canada and the U.S. on behalf of the British veterans organization. He was accompanied by the British Defense attache, Brigadier A. L. Watson and aide Major P. J. Sheppard. Closer working ties between the British Legion and The American Legion member- ships were the topic of discussion at the luncheon, attended by prominent Legion- naire James V. Day, vice chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission; Veterans Administration general counsel John Corcoran and division directors. Following the luncheon, briefing sessions were conducted in the program divisions. Upon conclusion of the briefings, National Adjutant Hauck presented Chairman Busby with an American Legion Bicentennial medallion and other mementoes on behalf of National Commander Wiles. -alns- ESMERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION —THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. El Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Washington, D. C. 20006 0 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 7-2-76 SEATTLE—(ALNS)—Looking for something to do to get away from the pressures, of American Legion National Convention sessions? Here are a few tips on quickies — things that don't take you far and won't take up much time, yet offer an interesting diversion: —Park near the ferry terminal at the foot of Marion Street, or walk there from your downtown hotel, and buy a round trip passenger ticket to Bremerton for a buck twenty. Ride over in comfort, get off, stroll around a bit and board another superferry for a leisurely cruise back to Seattle. Do it toward sunset and you'll be treated to a beautiful view of the sun slipping behind the Olympic Mountains. On the Bremerton and Bainbridge Island runs, beer is available for 75 cents a paper cupful — not much of a bargain but it's good and cool. —Bus your way out to Woodland Park on Aurora Avenue N. and visit the Woodland Park Zoo. You can spend as much time as you like under the cool trees watching the apes shoot the breeze. There are lions and tigers, chimps and imps (but mamma is usually tagging along with the latter.) No charge. Bus information is just a phone call from your hotel — 447-4800 will tell you which bus to take to and from where. There's ample parking at the zoo, too. —Take a harbor tour. There are several available. The M. V. Goodtime leaves Pier 56 on the waterfront — just a few piers north of the ferry terminal — five times a day. The S.S. Gray Line, which is connected with Gray Line bus tours, makes a two-plus hour tour of Elliott Bay, goes through the locks into Lake Union and visits Fishermen's Terminal.