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Show Legionnaires on Duty to Guard Shenandoah When the Shtci'.i'doah crashed near Caldwell, Ohio, recently, the first organized or-ganized relief and patrols to go to , meet the emergency were provided by ' the Caldwell and Belle Valley posts of the American Legion. ' Legionnaire relief parties were im- mediately organized and rushed to the -scene of the crush as soon as word of the disaster reached Caldwell. The 14 dead were taken at once by the Legion-manned ambulance to Belle Valley, where their bodies were cared for pending word as to proper disposition disposi-tion of them from relatives or officials. SHrvivora of the disaster were taken to Cambridge, where the Legion post responded at once to the call for help and members provided for the survivors sur-vivors pending arrival of navy officers to take charge. Looting of the parts of the main section of the Shenandoah, near Ava, became so fl:, grant the day following the crash that Jerome Williamson, commander of the American Legion post at Caldwell, on guard duty, fired two shots at a man seeking to escape with a large piece of cell silk. "American Legionnaires not only mourn the passing of a great captain of the air In the death of Lieutenant Commander Znchary Lansdowne," declared de-clared a Legion official, "but we also mourn the passing of 'Znch.' onr com-rndo com-rndo and friend, for 'Zach' Lansdowne was one of the most popular and honored hon-ored members of the Legion." When Commander Lansdowne was laid to his eternal rest In Arlington National cemetery with three brother officers who died In the crash, an honor puard of Legionnaires stood by In last tribute to their comrade. |