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Show POST WITH ALTITUDE RECORD "Top of the World" Organization of Peru at Height of More Than 14,500 Feet. The "Top of the World" post, claiming claim-ing to be the highest In The American Legion, and the first and only unit thus far established in Peru, has been founded by 16 ex-service men in a copper cop-per mining camp at Cerro de Pasco, and the altitude record it has set up for other posts to shoot at Is 14,500 feet. "So far as we can determine," writes Clyde A. Warne, the post adjutant, "this Is the only post In Peru, and certainly cer-tainly In this district of Peru, known as the Junin Pampa. By location and transportation facilities, Cerro de Pasco is the logical meeting place for ex-service men In other camps in the central Peru Montana district. It is the largest camp and town In the district dis-trict including Aroya, Morococha, La Fundicion and Casapalca. "The name .'Top of the World,' was unanimously selected as an excellent name for the post, due to the fact that we are at an altitude of a little more than 14,500 feet and we believe we are the highest post in the Legion." The post is planning to conduct a membership drive in the surrounding territory. |