Show OWSLEY HAS GOOD MEMORY commander recognizes member of hll his camp when they meet in an illinois city distance means little to the american legion or its officers national commander alvin owsley recently surprised legionnaires in an illinois town toa and caused a post commander a mild embarrassment by his immediate recognition of a former buddy in service at an oklahoma camp hundreds of miles away from froin that town commander owsley was being entertained at a meeting of the jefferson post ML art vernon ill and the post commander was introducing the various members of his organization to the guest of honor momentarily forgetting a members name the local man said the next ts Is er hello beird sold said commander ow ley IN what hat in the world are you doing here laird was a soldier who had been stationed at the camp when the leader of the legion was a captain at the post but he recognized the man before the post commander comi nander could think of the members name |