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Show :FINDS JOBS FOR LEGION MEN Minnesota Department Commander Holds Remarkable Record as Soldier, Sol-dier, Citizen and Legionnaire. Dr. A. A. VanDyke, Minneapolis, 3Ilnn.. nearly elected commander of the 14 Minnesota Department Depart-ment of the American Amer-ican Legion, is accredited, ac-credited, among other things, with having found jobs for 1,300 ex-service men. The new commander has a remarkable record as a soldier, citizen citi-zen and legionnaire. legion-naire. When the American Amer-ican Legion came into being. Dr. VanDyke immediately became an active member. He was the-rst the-rst vice commander of St. Paul Post Iv'o. 8, which at the time was the largest larg-est post in the United States. He has -served as chairman of the Ramsey county welfare committee and was a member of the legislative committee Instrumental In getting the soldiers' bonus bill before the legislature. Doctor VanDyke was born in Alexandria, Alexan-dria, Minn., and was graduated in 1903 from the University of Chicago School -of Medicine. He later completed a course in dentistry at University of Uinnesota. During the war he enlisted 4n the signal corps and because of previous pre-vious training in artillery was sent to the M. O. R. S. camp In New Jersey s instructor. |