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Locator sweeps, November 2026 · each banner tested on its own
Each smaller national banner was swept on its own locator and record, and each is reported at the strength its own sweep reached. Disabled American Veterans: no DAV chapter seated in South Bend, Mishawaka, or the county was found; the nearest chapter the sweep reached is DAV Chapter 19 of Elkhart, at 1205 Middleton Run Road, Elkhart (a 1942 subordinate ruling stands in the IRS-derived listings). DAV's county presence runs through service rather than a seat — DAV transportation coordination for VA appointments is worked through the South Bend Vet Center (art-56-8). Marine Corps League: present at full strength — the St. Joseph Valley Detachment 095 sits at 539 Parry Street, South Bend, IN 46617, with its own live site (mclstjoevalley.org), an IRS ruling dated July 1946, and a latest return filed June 2025; it is the county's oldest continuously documented smaller banner. Vietnam Veterans of America: present at chapter strength — South Bend Chapter 1027 is documented in The VVA Veteran (vvaveteran.org) for scholarships, veterans' information booths, help in dedicating the Garden of Peace Cemetery for homeless veterans, the first Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day observances in Mishawaka and South Bend, flag-placing, and Memorial Day parade participation; the national chapter locator lists the chapter, and its current meeting seat is not verified in the open record, which is stated rather than smoothed over.
The remaining banners tested negative, and the searches are printed as the row requires. AMVETS: post-directory and web sweeps for an AMVETS post seated in South Bend, Mishawaka, or St. Joseph County returned posts in other states and other Indiana cities only — no county seat found. Navy Club USA: sweeps for a ship seated in the county returned no ship — no county seat found in the record reached. Korean War Veterans Association: chapter sweeps returned no chapter seated in the county. Jewish War Veterans: post sweeps returned no post seated in the county. The 40 et 8: voiture sweeps returned Indiana voitures in other counties (Kokomo's Voiture 1103 among them) and no voiture seated in St. Joseph County. Each negative is a November 2026 locator-and-web sweep result, printed at that strength: the record reached holds no seat for these five banners in the county, while the county's veterans are served by the banners that are seated — the Legion, the VFW, the DAV at one county's remove, the Marine Corps League detachment, and the VVA chapter above.