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Bristow in Creek County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

VFW Post 3656 Charter

 
 
VFW Post 3656 Charter Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011
1. VFW Post 3656 Charter Marker
Inscription.
By the authority of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States be it known that Comrades

Elbert R. Anderson ∙ Walter G. Bisbee ∙ Edward R. Burris ∙ Clarence A. Davis ∙ Ralph H. Gable, Jr. ∙ Lee J. Johnson ∙ Sherman C. Jones, Jr. ∙ Robert M. Loeffler ∙ Ray M. Myers ∙ Dewey H. Price ∙ Milton L. Sears ∙ Vince A. Ary, Jr. ∙ Joseph E. Bowling ∙ Lewis R. Conrad ∙ Leon T. Davis ∙ Claude O. Holder ∙ Sherman C. Jones ∙ David H. Loeffler ∙ Lee Roy McMurtry ∙ Ulois V. Newell ∙ William Randolph ∙ Glenn Stimmel ∙ Fred Trask ∙ Jesse S. Burks ∙ William E. Cooper ∙ Glen D. Freeland ∙ Joe E. Humphrey ∙ Charles P. Jones ∙ Louis Loeffler ∙ Elmer L. McNan ∙ Jess S. Pettin ∙ C. D. Rummel ∙ James D. Stokes

having served honorably in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force of the United States of America in foreign wars of the United States of America, are hereby authorized to organize and are constituted a post in the city of Bristow in the state of Oklahoma to be known as Bristow Post No. 3656, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and the official seal of the association,
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this 14th day of February 1944.

Commander in Chief
Carl J. Schoeninger

Adjutant General
R. B. Handy, Jr.
 
Erected by VFW Wake Island Memorial Post 3656.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkFraternal or Sororal OrganizationsPatriots & PatriotismWar, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1944.
 
Location. 35° 49.744′ N, 96° 24.353′ W. Marker is in Bristow, Oklahoma, in Creek County. Memorial is on the grounds of VFW Wake Island Memorial Post 3656, off Veterans Memorial Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bristow OK 74010, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 1st Lt Robert F. Trigalet, USMC (here, next to this marker); United States Navy Memorial (here, next to this marker); Ex-Prisoners of War and Those Missing In Action (here, next to this marker); USS Gunboat Charleston (PG 51) (a few steps from this marker); VFW Post 3656 War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); AMM1 Clifford Murl Satterfield, US Navy (a few steps from this marker); Cpl Peter W. Klingensmith (within shouting distance of this marker); SFC Donald J. Hurt, US Army (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bristow.
 
VFW Post 3656 Charter Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011
2. VFW Post 3656 Charter Marker
Wake Island Memorial in background right
VFW Post 3656 Charter Members image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011
3. VFW Post 3656 Charter Members
VFW Post 3656 Charter Banner image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011
4. VFW Post 3656 Charter Banner
VFW Post 3656 Charter Seal image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011
5. VFW Post 3656 Charter Seal
VFW Post 3656 Building image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011
6. VFW Post 3656 Building
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 904 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 24, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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