Membership-Info / TAPS

Kraus-Hartig VFW Post #6587

8100 Pleasant View Drive NE

Spring Lake Park Minnesota 55432

Call the Post: 763.780.1900

Eligibility: The fundamental difference between our organization and other veterans organizations, and one in which we take great pride, is our eligibility qualifications. There are three primary requisites for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: (1) Citizenship (2) Honorable service in the armed forces of the United States (3) Service entitling the applicant to the award of a recognized campaign medal or as set forth in the Congressional Charter and By-Laws and Manual of Procedure and Ritual.

Lieutenant Fred Hartig

PFC Richard E. Kraus

Kraus-Hartig VFW is named in memory of two local heroes. PFC Richard E. Kraus and LT Fred Hartig, both of whom served with distinction and honor in the armed services. These two heroes, among many, answered the country's call to duty and showed what serving their country really means. The biographies of these two gentlemen can be viewed in the 50th Anniversary Celebration Book, published by Kraus-Hartig VFW in 1996. Kraus-Hartig VFW Post #6587 received its Charter on April 4, 1946 and has been helping the community ever since.

Taps

Charles Boisjolie Eino Lammi

Norman Peterson Edward Barnard

Ronald Youngdahl Russell Welton

Ronald Stratz Donald Stephens

Paul Tranor Norton Erickson

Robert Eigenheer Alphonse Klisch

Harlin Grover Keith Nelson

Michael Welbye Chester Burmis

Michael Sulawske Charlotte Thill

Richard Meuleners Howard C. Johnson

Richard Petersen Allen Simmonsen