Official Website of George Walton Post 371
41 N. Lakeview Drive, P.O. Box 125, Gibbsboro, NJ 08026
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1900 hours except July & August.
POST 371 WELCOMES YOU
Our Mission:
- Provide Military Veterans and their Families
with camaraderie and support.
- Provide our community with resources
and guidance to foster American ideals,
civic pride, and prosperity.
Since our charter in 1946, American Legion Post 371 has been welcoming military personnel, and VETERANS from all branches of our Armed Forces who have served honorably. Joining Post 371 enables you to continue serving your Country and Community. We strive to implement the goals, aspirations, dreams, peace and blessings of our country, friends and families.
Please take a few moments to browse our various categories
to find out what is happening in and around Post 371.
Feel free to call (856.783.7327) or email any questions or comments.
Thank you for visiting us.
Howard Secrest, Post Commander
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As part of our Commander's Community Outreach Program, Post 371 donated a full
set of "Firefighters Protective Clothing" to the Voorhees Fire Department.
(L to R) Joel Lomberg (Judge Advocate), John Foxhill (Trustee), Tom Flynn (Finance Officer),
Capt. Caramiello (VFD), Howard Secrest (Commander), Marty Seroter (2nd Vice), Al Cox (Adjutant)
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL of HONOR
The Medal of Honor stands as the United States' most prestigious military award for valor.
More than 150 years since its creation, the significance of the Medal remains undiminished.
Inscribed within it are the core values that each recipient exhibited in their defining moments—
bravery, courage, sacrifice, and integrity.
A distinguished award presented only to the deserving, the Medal tells a story of its own.
John Philip Baca
Vietnam WAR
U.S. ARMY
SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS
UNIT: 4TH PLATOON, COMPANY D,
1ST BATTALION, 12TH CAVALRY,
1ST CAVALRY DIVISION
PLACE: NEAR QUAN LOI, PHUOC LONG PROVINCE,
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
FEBRUARY 10, 1970
Out of the 41 million who have served in the U.S. military, the Medal has been presented to only 3,511 service members.
Check this space often for more MEDAL OF HONOR stories.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp4c. Baca, Company D, distinguished himself while serving on a recoilless-rifle team during a night ambush mission. A platoon from his company was sent to investigate the detonation of an automatic ambush device forward of his unit's main position and soon came under intense enemy fire from concealed positions along the trail. Hearing the heavy firing from the platoon position and realizing that his recoilless-rifle team could assist the members of the besieged patrol, Sp4c. Baca led his team through the hail of enemy fire to a firing position within the patrol's defensive perimeter. As they prepared to engage the enemy, a fragmentation grenade was thrown into the midst of the patrol. Fully aware of the danger to his comrades, Sp4c. Baca unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his own safety, covered the grenade with his steel helmet and fell on it as the grenade exploded, thereby absorbing the lethal fragments and concussion with his body. His gallant action and total disregard for his personal well-being directly saved eight men from certain serious injury or death. The extraordinary courage and selflessness displayed by Sp4c. Baca, at the risk of his life, are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army. (7/29)
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