The Veterans of Foreign Wars in the United States was founded in 1899 to assist the neglected veterans of the Spanish-American War. Membership grew to 5,000 by 1915, 200,000 by 1936, and to over 1.5 million by today. The Developing VFW was instrumental in the establishment of the Veterans Administration and the national cemetery system. Now there are some 9,000 posts in the nation and more than 200 in Virginia.
Martin Leppert Sipes VFW POST 9274 was chartered in Falls Church on March 29 1947to honor:
R. Jacques Martin, US Navy EM3C, USS Mallory, KIA when torpedoed off Iceland, February 8, 1944;
His brother Paul F. Martin, US Army, SGT 116th INF., 29th ID., KIA in France. August 27, 1944;
Norman E. Leppert, US Marine Corps, 6th Division, KIA in South Pacific, February 18, 1944;
and James E. Sipes, US Navy Ensign, USS Hornet, KIA in Western Pacific, February 5, 1945.
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