Despite promises of reinforcements from regional Legion commanders in New Albany, only about 450 men (consisting almost entirely of locals) were defending the town.
Despite the emergency calls for reinforcements to the regional Legion commanders in New Albany, none of their men arrived before the battle began The Legion's barricade was between four and five feet high (1.5 m) and stretched 2500 feet from the Amsterdam Road on the far western wing to the Laconia Road on the far eastern wing and straddled the Mauckport Road in the center.
James Lewis, a member of the Democratic club in Cape May County and an American Legion post commander, had a wish list.
In 1939 Glubb Pasha, as he came to be known, became the legion's commander and transformed it into one of the most effective military forces in the Arab world.
The Legion's national commander, David Rehbein, said, "I think the session in Secretary Napolitano's office will go a long way to help our returning veterans in the future".
"We all need to continue to ask the hard questions," Daniel Dellinger, the Legion's national commander said at a Congress hearing in April.
Accolades for this French Legion of Honor commander (1990) include the first Albert Schweitzer Award (1974), Kennedy Center Honors (1984), a Lifetime Achievement Grammy (1987), an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Classical Music Performance (1987), and Israel's Wolf Prize (1987).
Mr. Delannoy was made an officer of the Legion of Honor, a Commander of Arts and Letters and a Commander of the National Order of Merit.
Commander, American Legion Washington, June 28 , 2004
Crutchley was gazetted with the Legion of Merit (Chief Commander) in September 1944.
