AMVETS Department of CA

AMVETS is a veterans service organization that is distinctive for its open-door policy. Eligibility for membership includes veterans from wars of all eras who received an honorable discharge, as well as current service members, including the National Guard and Reserves. But is not limited to combat or war veterans. Any person with an honorable discharge is welcome. AMVETS Begins in California and Nationwide Just three years after its launch, on July 23rd, 1947, AMVETS became the first World War II organization chartered by Congress when President Harry S. Truman signed Public Law 216. By that time, California AMVETS had been established. On October 20, 1945, World War II National Commander Harold Keats signed a State Department Charter to officially recognize AMVETS Department of California. Today, with approximately 12,000 members and just over 50 local Posts, AMVETS Department of California upholds its mission to serve at the forefront of community and veterans services for the state of California.