Excerpt from Naugatuck Daily News – Saturday, August 31, 1946
  World War II - History Edition

Many Activities Sponsored By Legion Post Seventeen

Naugatuck Post 17, American Legion, played an active part in many wartime programs, particularly the Air Warning Service, considered one of the best in the country.

The post also conducted rag collection drives, sent gifts to hospitals at Christmas time, collected phonograph records to be sent overseas, distributed cigarettes to men in service, and attended many military funerals and Masses.

With the VFW, the Legion sponsored the Service For Veterans organization in Naugatuck. Purchase of the Legion Home on Cedar street with solicited funds was the highlight of the post’s activities.

The Legion has acquired from the borough property on Millville avenue for use by veterans; has started waste paper collections, given citations to next of kin of World War II victims, and has helped many needy servicemen.