Taps in honor of World War II veterans of American Legion Post 20

Every day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Taps sounds at the National World War I Memorial to honor America's war heroes. On Wednesday, March 6, the Daily Taps will honor the World War II veterans of American Legion Post 20 and the National Press Club. 

That's a long list, but it includes former NPC President John Cosgrove, who survived eight kamikaze attacks on his destroyer escort off Okinawa in 1945. Cosgrove served several terms as commander of Post 20.

The list also includes Sarah McClendon, another Post 20 commander, who enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 and worked as a lieutenant in the public relations office of the Army Surgeon General.

Former NPC President Frank Holeman served as an Army counter-intelligence staff sergeant in the Pacific during World War II. He was among the first U.S. occupation soldiers to land in Honshu in 1945.

Please join us at the National World War I Memorial on March 6 at 5:00 p.m. to recognize these and many more WWII veterans of our post and our Press Club. The memorial is at Pershing Park, on Pennsylvania Avenue, adjacent to the Treasury Department.