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American Legion Auxiliary Bay Area Unit 34
Coos Bay/North Bend, Oregon

Founded in 1919, the American Legion Auxiliary is the world’s largest women's patriotic service organization. With a membership at nearly 800,000, local American Legion Auxiliary units have a strong presence in more than 9,000 communities nationwide. The American Legion Auxiliary’s mission is to support The American Legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at home and abroad. For God and country, we advocate for veterans, educate our citizens, mentor youth, and promote patriotism, good citizenship, peace and security.

10/31/2026

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It’s Halloween!
Candy bag distribution at Pony Village Mall. Meet at 4:30 at Ross Dress for Less to pass out bags. All hands on deck!

10/27/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 We’ve changed our eligibility rules. Please take note and if you have family members who have wanted to join but could not, they may be eligible now.

10/23/2026

🇺🇸 Memorial Service for Lou Kolkhorst 🇺🇸
Date: Saturday 10/24/2026
Time: 2pm
Place: Bay Area Church of the Nazarene
1850 Clark St.
North Bend, OR 97459
Lou was a dedicated Legionnaire, BPOE Member and a great friend to all who knew him. He is truly missed.

10/12/2026

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🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 It’s dues time again!
Remember, it’s not the price you pay to be a member. It’s the price that was paid for you to be eligible.
We are a living monument to the veterans we are related to, past and present.
We Honor them through our service to all veterans, their families and the communities we live in.
Service not self.

You may remit your dues online at ALAforVETERANS.org, by phone directly to national at 317-569-4500 or at our next meeting
on August 4, 2026, at the Coos Bay Library at 5pm. We hope to see you there!

10/05/2026

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10/03/2026

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US Coast Guard was fired upon by drug cartel in Rio Grande valley a few days ago. USCG returned fire. Sounds like no injuries to our guys. 500 troop mobilization occurring currently. Unknown if federal or state. It's easy to forget the Coast Guard isn't just all about the coasts.

09/30/2026

Meeting Tomorrow
October 6, 2026
Coos Bay Library
🚨5pm🚨

09/28/2026

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09/22/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧 Bravery knows no bounds. This is not a story about a US Navy Medic but a British Navy Medic and it’s a story that needs to be told.

When a soldier lay bleeding to death under Taliban fire, Kate Nesbitt left cover, crossed exposed ground and went straight to him.

On 12 March 2009, during fighting near Nawa in Helmand Province, Lance Corporal John List of 1st Battalion, The Ri**es, was hit by a bullet that tore through his face and neck.

He was bleeding heavily. His airway was failing.

Kate was the only medic there.

Hearing the call of “man down”, she moved across open ground while enemy fire struck around her and reached him.

For around 45 minutes, she stayed at his side.

She controlled the catastrophic bleeding, established an airway so he could breathe, gave intravenous fluids and continued treating him while rounds struck the ground nearby.

Other soldiers protected her, passed equipment and helped with the evacuation. Apache helicopters provided covering fire as the wounded man was eventually carried to the medical helicopter.

John List survived.

And Kate’s work did not end there.

Later that same day she treated another British casualty and Afghan soldiers wounded at the patrol base. Three days later, she was again among the first to respond after an IED struck the vehicle behind hers.

Her actions during that tour earned her the Military Cross — making Kate Nesbitt the first woman serving in the Royal Navy to receive it.

She returned home not to a life defined by the medal, but to her medical duties, later rising to Chief Petty Officer.

Her story was eventually immortalised in a painting at HMS Raleigh, placed where generations of new Royal Navy recruits could see what courage and duty under fire can look like.

The medal is part of her story.

But what matters most happened before anyone knew her name.

A wounded soldier needed a medic.

Kate Nesbitt got up and went to him.

Respect to Chief Petty Officer Kate Nesbitt MC — a remarkable example of service, professionalism and courage under fire.

Her story deserves to be known.

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Coos Bay, OR
97459

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