Denise Rohan was elected national commander of the 2 million-member American Legion on August 24, 2017, in Reno, Nev., during the 99th national convention of America’s largest veterans organizations.
National Commander’s Dinner will take place on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the American Legion, 106 West Front Street, Fulda, MN. Social hour will take place at 5:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:00. Please RSVP by calling Jim Troje at 507-329-0500.
Born in McGregor, Iowa, Denise (Hulbert) Rohan lived in Elkader, Iowa, until leaving for U.S. Army basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala., in 1974. She served on active duty as a stock control and accounting specialist and repair parts specialist course instructor at Fort Lee, Va., until her honorable discharge in August 1976.
Rohan and her husband, Mike, currently live in Verona, Wis., where she has served as the commander of Post 333 in Sun Prairie, Wis., where she established a Sons of the American Legion squadron and chartered a Boy Scout troop. She has also served as the department commander of Wisconsin.
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