{"id":696,"date":"2026-10-19T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpost71.com\/?page_id=696"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:30:40","slug":"post-officers-and-executive-committee-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpost71.com\/?page_id=696","title":{"rendered":"Post Officers and Executive Committee Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"696\" class=\"elementor elementor-696\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321e273 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"321e273\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07d7f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07d7f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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VicePresident: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bill McNichols<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Finance Officer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neil Sizemore<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>JAG Officer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scott Hickey<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Service Officer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paul Bastaich<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Historian:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walter Herron<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Chaplain:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wayne Libscomb<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Sargeant-at-Arms:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Williamson<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ec073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45ec073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/alpost71.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Legion-color-guard.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-712\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/alpost71.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/McNitzky-grave.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-710\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpost71.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/McNitzky-grave.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alpost71.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/McNitzky-grave-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alpost71.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/McNitzky-grave-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alpost71.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/McNitzky-grave-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Denton\u2019s American Legion Post 71 was created on Aug. 1, 1920, and named for Arthur Othello McNitzky, the first resident of Denton, Texas to be killed in WWI.   ---- He was buried in the McNitzky family plot in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, and shares a headstone with his father  ----  In addition to his service ribbons and Purple Heart, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Government. He was 28 years old.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef732fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef732fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers Commander:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Forrest Beadle Adjutant:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lora Clay 1st Vice President:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bill Mulholland 2nd VicePresident: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bill McNichols Finance Officer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neil 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