Gordon Mattison Post 422, The American Legion

03/13/2023

12/08/2022

81 years ago today, Pittsburg boys S1C Weldon Milligan, P1C Bobby Hudnall, and S1C Royal Elwell woke to a beautiful day and started their normal Sunday morning routine. The peace of the morning was disrupted a short time later when their home, the USS Arizona came under attack by the Navel Air Forces of the Empire of Japan. Pittsburg lost three sons that day, but since then many more sons and daughters have taken up arms to defend the Republic that we love. Our United States of America. Let us never forget, and may we ever be worthy of their sacrifices.

11/14/2022

We cannot adequately express our appreciation to the Lions Club, Rotary Club, the Pittsburg HS Student Council, the Pride of Pittsburg, our speaker Command Sergeant Major Ian Griffin, US Army (Ret), and those in attendance for making our Veterans Day ceremony a resounding success.

11/10/2022

Join us on Friday, November 11th at 11 at the Gordon Mattison Post 422 building at 525 Elm Street in Pittsburg as we honor Camp County’s sons and daughters who faithfully served in our nation’s armed forces.

11/10/2022

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10/03/2022

Judge AJ Mason spoke with members of Gordon Mattison Post 422 at their monthly meeting on September 26th. Meetings are held monthly on the 4th Monday at 6:30 pm. All veterans are invited to attend.

10/03/2022

Members of Gordon Mattison Post 422 rife on the American Legion Post float in the Pioneer Day parade. Thanks to everyone in the community for your support!

09/19/2022

Mason Jimerson visits with family at the Camp County Veterans Memorial during Pioneer days. Photo courtesy of Grandmother, Dana (Bailey) Mullennix.

08/11/2022

On May 2, 1968, U.S. Army Green Beret Roy Benavidez heard a plea for help over the radio. A group of his fellow soldiers were surrounded by the North Vietnamese Army and couldn't hold them off for much longer. Benavidez sprang into action, jumping out of a helicopter and straight into enemy fire armed with only a knife. He was shot several times while running toward the wounded soldiers, but he persisted and began carrying them to safety.

When one enemy soldier stabbed him with a bayonet, Benavidez pulled the blade out of his arm, thrust his own knife into the man's chest, and continued helping his wounded comrades, leaving his only weapon behind. During the six-hour battle, Benavidez suffered 37 bullet, bayonet, and gr***de shrapnel wounds. At one point he was seen holding in his own intestines while his eyes were crusted shut with blood from his head injury. And when the fighting was over, he was in such bad shape that medics thought he was dead and placed him in a body bag — until Benavidez managed to spit in a doctor's face to get his attention. Go inside Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez's "six hours in hell": https://bit.ly/3B7D77c