Past Commander's
of The American Legion "U.S.S. Tampa" Post 5


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Years               Name                                
1919 – 1920    E. B. “Dad” Priest
1920 – 1922    Harold C. Culbreath
1922 – 1923    James W. Morris, Jr.
1923 – 1924    Howard McFarlane
1924 – 1925    M. L. Montgomery
1925 – 1926    J. C. Huskisson
1926 – 1927    Carl D. Brorein
1927 – 1928    Ed C. Darlington
1928 – 1930    Frank Carmack
1930 – 1931    Morris E. White
1931 – 1932    Gettis B. Henderson
1932 – 1933    M. J. Mackler
1933 – 1934    Curtis L. Sparkman
1934 – 1935    James C. Handley
1935 – 1936    William C. Booker
1936 – 1937    Frank H. Willis
1937 – 1938    Peyton T. Jordan
1938 – 1939    Larry A. Grayson
1939 – 1940    William E. Thompson
1940 – 1941    Henry H. Cole
1941 – 1942    Dr. William B. Hopkins
1942 – 1943    Rufus T. Cooper
1943 – 1944    Guy H. Allen
1944 – 1945    Nicholas L. Paleveda
1945                Heiskell W. Harvill
1945 – 1946    Alexander L. Johnson
1946                T. G. Woodson
1946 – 1947    Chester A. R. Kurtz
1947 – 1948    T. Paine Kelly, Jr.
1948 – 1949    William J. Paicie
1949 – 1950    Nat Rambo
1950 – 1951    Edmond J. McMullen
1951 – 1952    William H. Frecker
1952 – 1953    Herbert H. Yardley
1953 – 1954    Clayton M. Tittsworth
1954 – 1955    Nick Paleveda, Jr.
1955 – 1956    V. R. Fisher
1956 – 1957    Orrin L. Strickland
1957 – 1958    George H. Leavitt
1958 – 1959    Tom J. Johnson, Jr.
1959 – 1960    Samuel E. Parker
1960 – 1961    Thomas E. Roberts
1961 – 1962    Robert E. Stocksick, Sr.
1962 – 1963    James L. Naylor
1963 – 1964    Samuel G. Harrison
1964 - 1965     Ernest E. Sanchez
1965 – 1966    John F. Riley
1966 – 1967    Tennyson A. Barker
1967 – 1968    Ernest E. Sanchez
1968 – 1975    Morris D. Weisman
1975 – 1976    M. A. Chardoff, M.D.
1976 – 1977    Fletcher O. Gomillion
1977 – 1980    Orrin L. Strickland
1980 – 1983    James T. Brown
1983 – 1984    Daniel W. Hall, Jr.
1984 – 1985    Robert Heartline
1985 – 1987    Harvie L. McCoy
1987 – 1989    Joe Greco
1989 – 1991    Paul D. Sprague
1991 – 1993    Sam Valenti
1993 – 1995    John Venza
1995 – 1996    Armando L. Cruz
1996 – 1997    Herbert R. Springston
1997 – 2001    Debra J. Roush
2001 – 2003    Howard L. Hoover
2003 – 2004    Dennis “Buz” Barbour
2004 – 2006    Leroy Carolina
2006 – 2020    William “Bill” Hamblin
2020 – 2022    Gerard Abbett
2022 – 2023    Jess "J.R." Scoggins
2023 – 2024    Chris Man-Son-Hing
2024 – 2025    Carlos Gill