American Legion Post 41 will be hosting an event on Saturday, March 28, to honor our Vietnam Veterans. All veterans who served during the Vietnam conflict in-country or elsewhere are invited. Doors will open at the Post 41 meeting hall at 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and a hot dog lunch will be served free to all veterans and their families.
We would also like to invite the Dust-Off pilots of Vietnam up to the present. These are the brave helicopter pilots who flew dust-off missions to rescue wounded and stranded troops from active battlefields. Besides the all-beef hot dogs, we will have coffee, soft drinks and water, and assorted cookies. American Legion Post 41 is located on the west end of Chilton Oil just north of Pizza Hut on U.S. 63 in Houston.
Armed Forces Appreciation Day
As in years past, there will be state and federal veterans service officers to answer questions and assist with disability programs. Also, there will be a picnic meal of deluxe hamburgers and famous-brand chips provided free of charge for all veterans and their families. Other organizations of interest to veterans will be represented, including local banks with information about home loans, the Texas County Health Department for medical screenings, Ozark Independent Living, historic military displays and area veterans organizations looking for new members.
Armed Forces Appreciation Day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 16 at Intercounty Electric’s Auditorium on Maple Street in Licking.
The Texas County veterans organizations are planning plenty of activities throughout 2026. Watch this space!
Texas County area veterans organizations:
- American Legion Post 41 meets at 1800 on the second Thursday of each month at the meeting hall on the west end of Chilton Oil Company in Houston (just north of Pizza Hut).
- Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 473 meets on the last Thursday of each month at 1800 at the Post Meeting Hall on Highway 63 north of Cabool.
- Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 6337 meets each third Monday of the month at 1730 in Licking at the Meeting Hall on Main Street just south of Highway 32.
- Fleet Reserve Association Branch 364 meets at 1430 every fourth Sunday of each month at the American Legion Post 41 meeting hall in Houston.
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7222 meets at 1800 on the first Thursday of each month at the meeting hall just east of Summersville.
Houston resident Robert E. Simpson is a retired U.S. Navy chief electronics technician who served from 1969 to 1990. Email gfjjkaa@gmail.com.