Did you know that The American Legion located at 4740 Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy in St. Gabriel, LA formally Sunshine, LA. is name Augusta-Criddle Post 583. It is name for two people, one is our cousins Ernest Criddle (Branch #5). Ernest Criddle was recipient of a Purple Heart Medal. He was a members of 3272nd Quartermaster Survey Company that was in Sicily & Rome, Italy where most of his platoon was list as Missing in Action on March 10, 1944. His Body was later found with the rest of his platoon and he is buried in our family Cemetery in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery at 2106 Bayou Paul LN in St. Gabriel, LA. 
Ernest Criddle was the son of Ollie Criddle (Branch #5) and Ellen Minkins Criddle pictured on the left. I also have a picture of his sister Ernestine Criddle Sterling pictured below. I got the pictures from the husband of Ernestine Criddle Sterling Granddaughter.
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