After its founding in 1948 in Corpus Christi, the American GI Forum quickly spread to cities and towns throughout Texas.
As the map below shows, by the 1970s, auxiliaries had been organized throughout much of the United States.
AGIF Chapters, 1974
SOURCE:
“The American GI Forum of the USA,” Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers, Collection 5, Box 52, Folder 04. Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, https://library.tamucc.edu/exhibits/s/garcia/item/73