40 & 8 Voiture 251 Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,
midway between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama.

Voiture 251 Gulfport Mississippi
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The top picture shows American Legion Post 119 before Huricane Katrina.
The lower picture shows what remains of Post 119 after Hurricane Katrina.

Post 119 Before And After Katrina


Due to the destruction of our Post Home building by Hurricane Katrina we are now sharing
a building owned by the VFW Post 4526 15206 Dedaux Rd Gulfport MS 39503.
Phone Number depending on where you live 832-0017 or 228-832-0017 or 1-228-832-0017
American Legion Post 119 Is Requesting
Donations To Rebuild Our Post Home.
See below for Contact Information.

All communications with the Post, regarding donations to rebuild
our Post Home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, should be made to
Post Commander Ron Jurgeson 12230 Sandy Hook Lane  Gulfport, MS.

Ron Jurgeson Home Phone 1-228-206-1936  
 

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Due to the destruction of  Post 119's  Post Home  in  Gulfport by Hurricane Katrina, we
are now sharing a building with the Gulfport Elk's Lodge. Click the link below for a map.

Map to Post 119 and Elks Lodge 978 Gulfport - Select "Zoom In" for More Detail

Post 119 Gulfport Contact Information

American Legion Post 119   12010 Klein Road  Gulfport MS   39503-2925

Office Phone:  1-228-831-5647      Lounge Phone:  1-228-831-5648

Post 119 Office Email Address: americanlegio500@bellsouth.net   

See our Contact Information page for more complete information.

Voiture 251 Officers
Chef de Gare Al Fellows
Chef de Train Talmadge Nettles
Commissare Intendant Charles L. Nilges, Sr.
Conducteur Chris Powell
Lampiste Ray Fraleigh
Garde de la Porte * Oren "Red" Williams
Aumonier Elie "Buddy" Williams, Jr.
Sous Grande Cheminot George Reyer
Correspondent Tom Buchanan
Grand Cheminot Harvey Hull
* Deceased

40 & 8 Nationale Contact Information
Forty & Eight National Headquarters
777 N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1170
Phone: (317) 634-1804
FAX: (317) 632-9365
Email: voiturenationale@msn.com
David R. Rabius, Correspondant National (Adjutant)

About the Forty & Eight

La Societe des Quarante Hommes at Huit Chevaux, popularly known as the
Forty and Eight, is an independent Fraternal Organization of Veterans and
was organized in 1920 by American Legionnaires as a fun and honor society.

The Forty and Eight is composed of Veterans of both World War I,
World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam and Desert Storm conflicts.

The Forty and Eight has nearly 50,000 members in over 900 Voitures Locale
(local units) located throughout the United States, Germany, Mexico, and France.

The Forty and Eight draws it's origin from World War I when young Americans
were sent to France to fight a war to end all wars. The narrow gauge railroads
of France had boxcars (voitures) that carried little more than half the capacity of
American boxcars and these voitures were used to transport men and
horses to and from the fighting fronts. On the side of these little boxcars was
stenciled the capacity of each, holding either forty men or eight horses,
and these voitures became the trademark of our organization.

If one could laugh at the train ride from the coast of France to the trenches
crowded in these little boxcars, only recently vacated by eight horses,
one could surely adapt to the changes in his life when he returned home.
Those who nobly served our Nation in war, would henceforth as Forty and
Eight Members, charitably serve our communities in peace.

In the 1950’s, while continuing to honor the traditions of it’s founders, the
Forty & Eight became an Independent Veteran’s Group. Membership in the
American Legion remains a requirement for membership in the Forty & Eight.

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