Army veterans Travis Horn and Matthew Hall won't tell you they are heroes. These stoic men served in combat overseas and now dedicate their lives to helping fellow soldiers at VFW Post 4321 in Hyde Park.

But Horn, the post commander, and Hall, the senior vice commander, are fighting a new battle to keep their post open. They need younger combat veterans to join and money to fix up a building that's seen better days.

"We almost closed two years ago, and I put a call out, and I said, Hey, we need bodies," Hall said.

The post is named after two soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice Russell P. Hardy and Rudy J. Santa Cruz.

A former member of the post was also a Heisman Trophy winner, Howard "Hopalong" Cassady.

"You know that there is a cost of war, a cost of peace, no guarantee that yo

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