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The American Legion [Volume 146, No. 4 (April 1999)] f^ppi Official Car of American Legion Baseball As a Legionnaire, getting home means more to you than scoring runs. Rather, it's arriving home safely. To help protect your loved ones, LeSabre offers an impressive list of safety features. Visit www.lesabre.buick.com or call 1-800-4A-BUICK. LeSabre ^Buick (jjjh ©1998 GM Corp. All rights r . QK| of <® LeSabre is a Peace x registered trademark Mind _l of GM Corp. Buckle ! THE AMERICAN Vol. 146, No. 4 The Magazine fop a Strong America ARTICLES SPACE: THE NEXT STEPS By James Oberg Is the International Space Station worth the price? MIR VET RECALLS 'BACHELOR PAD' interview Military service helped astronaut prepare for space. NO MORE TASK FORCE SMITHS By Harry G. Summers Jr. Declining defense budget takes toll on force readiness. ANAHEIM: WAYS AND MEANS City prepares for Legion convention with discounted fares. YANKEE QUIPPER By Terry Coffey Baseball great Yogi Berra gives credit to American Legion baseball. BURGERS & UGLY By Richard Powell Some laws are good for a laugh. BREAKING THE MOLD By Terry Coffey Michigan DepartmentDEPARTMENTSuses teamwork in formula for success. BIG ISSUES Should the United States fund the International Space Station? VETVOICE I VETERANS UPDATE COMMANDER'S MESSAGE ON DUTY PARTING SHOTS WASHINGTON WATCH LEGION NEWS COVER A space shuttle blasts off on yet another mission. Shuttles will be used extensively during the construction of the International Space Station. For more, please see page 10. nasa photo. The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.7 million members. 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Re-entered Plus $2 shipping and handling second-class mail matter at Manila Central Post office City/State/Zip dated Dec. 22, 1991. **Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery Printed in USA iSE Grand Rapids. Ml Willi Member Audit Bureau of Circulations 2 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1999 ration and offered at substantial dis- In the Background counts at military commissaries. THE February cover a Dou- It might be worth noting Cooksey DNglas Invader A-26 sits in the represents a tobacco-producing background, but there is no men- state, which no doubt colors his tion of the A-26 in your article. opinion. I flew many missions over William D. Mayers Europe as a gunner in an A-26 with Canastota, N.Y. the 409th Bomb Group, Ninth Air Force. My gripe is that the public knows only the B-17, B-24, P-51, We Have the Technology etc. We were part of the Ninth ENTHUSIASM of the present Bomber Command along with the THEadministration for using Ameri- 410th and 416th before D-Day. We can troops as part of a NATO were flying A-20s in November force involved in the internal affairs 1944, then we received the A-26s of a sovereign European nation was and finished out the war with them. well expressed when Secretary of The 409th Bomb Group Asso- State Madeleine Albright said (para- ciation prepared a history of their phrased), "What's the point of hav- effort, and a copy is available in the ing all this high-tech military stuff if Library of Congress. you don't use it?" John H. Cartwright Jr. As we remember our current Frisco, Texas president was opposed to such the American legion magazine involvement when there was a welcomes letters concerning articles that chance his own hide was on the line. appear in the publication. Letter writers Smoking Preference J.W. Moorhouse are also encouraged to submit photographs of themselves for possible READ Rep. Cooksey's response Maineville, Ohio publication with their letters. 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