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With the Soviet Union sparing no effort or expense 4 Big Issues in its campaign to capture the hearts and minds of millions throughout the world, the US is barely holding its own Should US Investment Be Required in this "hot war" struggle. Of Foreign Parts Suppliers? HA TOA: A New Strategy £ Dateline Washington Issues and opinions from the For The Free World capital By Frank R. Bamett A new "Three Ocean Alliance" is urged to link all Free World nations in joint defense against Soviet expansionism. 3 Letters Our readers comment 17 Needed Now: A "National Strategy Council" News To \ 0 Use By Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer, USA (Ret.) Helpful hints for consumers To provide stability and protection of our national interests

into the 21st Century, a nonpartisan advisory board is recommended. 24 Veterans' Update Decisions that affect you Is Your 'Shot Card' Up To Date? 18 By Dr. Arthur S. Freese Lack of concern for 25 News for Legionnaires adult vaccination is producing outbreaks of many epidemics. Ancient killer diseases still lurk on earth Your organization at work waiting to ravage humanity.

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Milan B. Skacel, author of "The Prop- national security affairs and is author sity and has taught medical writing and aganda War Heats Up," formerly was of Peace and War in the Modern Age. the history of medicine at New York with Foreign News Service, Current University. His book, The Bionic Affairs and the International Press Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer was one of the People, received the National Science Service. He also was associated for 20 few men on the Allied side during WWII Teachers Association Award as the years with Radio Europe, parent who graduated from Berlin's War Col- "Outstanding Science Book for 1979." organization of Radio Free Europe. lege. His grasp of geopolitics qualified Born in Czechoslovakia, he came to the him as one of the authors of "The Vic- James C. Simmons holds a doctorate US in 1951. He is a graduate of the tory Program," which spelled out the in British literature and has taught at Sorbonne in Paris. Allies' basic strategy for successful con- various American universities. Today, clusion of the war. Now retired, Gen. he works as a free-lance writer spe- Frank R. Barnett, a former Wabash Wedemeyer lives on his farm in Boyd's, cializing in history, travel and wildlife. College, (Ind.) professor, was a Russian Md., where he maintains active interest Simmons has had more than 150 arti- language interpreter with the 69th Di- in international affairs. cles and two books published. His excep- vision when it reached the Elbe River in tional research talent is evident in the 1945. An expert on Soviet affairs, he is Author of 25 books and hundreds of saga of "The American Robinson Crusoe." president of the National Strategy In- magazine articles, Dr. Arthur S. formation Center, New York. He is an Freese specializes in writing about Cover: Communications dish antenna internationally recognized authority on medicine, aging and the social sciences. at Coram, N.Y., was photographed by national defense, geopolitics and inter- He is a graduate of Columbia Univer- t. Tracy for Image Bank, 1983. THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARy 1984 1 Commander's Message THE AMERICAN LEGION mmigration Now

vehemently opposed the bill. National Commander While it is true that some Hispanic Keith Kreul members of Congress and leaders of Hispanic organizations oppose the bill, that not that The American Legion Magazine does mean immigration Editorial & Advertising Offices reform is unwanted by the American 700 North Pennsylvania St. P.O. Box 1055 public at large. Polls have consistently Indianapolis, IN 46206 shown the same results: Americans 317-635-8411 overwhelmingly want reform. It is Publisher/Editor even more ironic that the two most re- in Chief James N. Sites cent polls of black and Hispanic Assistant Publisher/Editor opinion — taken in July and October Daniel S. Wheeler Managing Editor 1983 — show that these groups, as. Philip F. Van Pelt well, overwhelmingly want reform. Associate Editor Considering this, we must wonder Kathleen Whitehead seriously whether congressional oppo- Staff Writer Ward A. Beckham nents of reform are properly advised of Art Editor their constituents' views. James A. Chaney Production Manager H.R. 1510 is undoubtedly one of the Dwight E. Lamb most controversial pieces of legislation to emerge in recent years. Any piece of legislation that brings order where Advertising Sales Keith Kreul Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. none has existed must be comprehen- P.O. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ 07666 201-837-5511 sive. So, it is completely predictable There is no question that one of the that so many would find so much most important items on the congres- wrong with this bill. The American Legion Magazine Commission sional agenda today is desperately In fairness to the Speaker, there are Milford A. Forrester, Chairman, Greenville, SC; James V Kissner, Vice Chairman, Palatine, IL; James R. Kelley needed reform of our immigration those who believe the measure has National Commander's Representative, Wayne, PA; Nor- man Biebel, Belleville, IL; Adolph F. Bremer, Winona laws. Even though polls re- little support apparently be- taken over popular — MN; Victor Broom, Fulton, MS; John J. Dunn Sr., Scran- cent years show a majority of Ameri- cause so many interested parties have ton, PA; Wayne J. Painter, Milwaukee, WI; Eugene J Kelley, Savannah, GA; Frank J. Holcshuh, Youngstown cans wanting our country's borders expressed such strong objections to OH; Russell H. Laird, Des Moines, IA; Arthur M McDowell, Indianapolis, IN; Nathaniel J. McKee controlled re- and immigration laws Princeton, NJ; J. Fred Mitchell, Brewton, AL; J. H. Mor- formed, the House of Representatives ris, Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce E. Penny, Seattle, WA; Floyd J. Rogers, Topeka, KS; George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; has yet to act. Unless it does so now, Ralph L. Smith, Bartlesville, OK; Dewey C. Spencer Mabelvale, AR, Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT; there will be no controls or in "H.R. 1510 is. . . one of reform George J. Zanos Sr., Wellsburg, WV; Mrs. Margaret M. the immediate future. Malone, Consultant, Trenton, NJ; Casimir F. Sojka, Con- the most controversial sultant, New Rochelle, NY. The American Legion has long sup- ported immigration reform. Most re- [bills] in recent years." cently, Resolutions 186 and 187 were The American Legion Magazine, 700 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46206, a recognized leader among na- adopted in Chicago in 1982, and Reso- tional general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.5 million members. lution 22 was adopted in Seattle in These military service veterans, working through 16,000 community-level Posts, dedicate themselves to God and 1983. It is time to enact those resolu- specific provisions within it. At the country and traditional American values; a strong na- tions into federal law. same time, there are many members of tional security; adequate and compassionate care for vet- erans, their widows and orphans; community service, and For two years, the Senate has passed Congress who are appalled at the the wholesome development of our nation's youth. reform legislation. The House, in turn, prospect of being denied the opportu- Price; annual subscription, $9.00; single copy, $1.00 has been blocked from taking action nity to debate the bill early this year. by some who overestimate the political On Dec. 1, 1983, the Speaker Send editorial and advertising material to: The American Legion Magazine, 700 North Pennsylvania St., P.O. Box clout of groups that advocate main- changed his mind. The legislation 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Copyright 1984 by The American Legion. taining an unworkable immigration would be brought to the floor early in system — a system virtually powerless February. Microfilm copies available: University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 in dealing with illegal immigration. Now is the time to act. Before there For some, it may come as a surprise is another position reversal, we must that the House indeed does desire ac- all assure our representatives that Change of Address Notify Post Adjutant and Circulation Dept., P.O. Box tion on immigration legislation. Until they have our full support, and that 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Attach old address label, provide old and new address and current membership card last Oct. 4, in fact, anything less earliest possi- the House had than the number. Allow 8 weeks for change of address to take every intention of debating and pass- ble debate on immigration is unac- effect. ing a reform bill, H.R. 1510. However, ceptable. on that date, the Speaker of the House One method of insuring earliest Non-Member Subscriptions announced he would prevent the mea- consideration already has been intro- Send $9.00 ($15.00 in foreign countnesl to Circulation Dept., P.O Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. sure from reaching the floor for debate. duced into the House. In the form of He claimed that the measure lacked Discharge Petition No. 5, introduced popular support, and that the Con- by Rep. Daniel E. Lungren, R-Calif., gressional Hispanic Caucus, along the measure would discharge the Member with leaders of Hispanic organizations, f Continued on page 36) Audit Bureau of Circulations THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 . .

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Yesi 9 The United States No,e The domestic-content must adopt a long-term strategy that bill would reduce competition, and will rebuild our automobile industry thus hurt consumers. and lead to the rehiring of thousands The Congressional Budget Office of unemployed. H.R. 1234, the do- estimated that it would increase car mestic content legislation which I in- prices by an average of $333 per car. troduced, provides the basis for such The Commerce Department put the a strategy. The bill, recently ap- impact at $450 per vehicle, while Rep. Richard L. proved by the House, encourajes Rep. William E. Wharton Econometric Associates Ottinger, foreign automobile companies tbat Dannemeyer, forecast a 10 percent increase. D-N.Y. R-Calif. sell a large number of cars in the US I fail to see how increased car to invest here. prices will sell more US-made cars America has become a victim of its free trade policy. Our and put more Americans back to work. Actually, the international competitors, while shielding their markets, domestic-content bill would put more Americans out of take full advantage of the open American market. Our work. prominence in the international marketplace is waning, and While some auto jobs would be saved, others would be foreign goods are occupying a greater share of our domestic lost in port cities that process imported vehicles and in market. Industries that once were the cornerstone of our in- dealerships. The job loss would also reach to non-auto dustrial base are bending under the pressure of cheap im- workers in export sectors such as agriculture, aerospace ports. The automobile industry is a prime example. and electronics. The CBO put the net job loss at 67,000, Our nation's industrial base relies on the strength of the while Wharton calculated an eventual loss of 365,000 jobs. auto industry. It consumes 12 to 60 percent of our steel, Since domestic-content violates our trade agreements, malleable iron, zinc, copper and synthetic rubber. As car other countries could seek compensation against our ex- production rises, so will the demand for these materials. ports. Also, the mere fact that we would be purchasing less Thousands count on the auto industry as a provider of from our trading partners means that they would have less jobs. Between 1978 and 1983 the number of auto workers money to spend on our goods and services. has dropped by 180,000. In the auto supplier industries, I do not blame the United Auto Workers for making this 600,000 have lost their jobs. Domestic-content legislation bill a top priority. They receive a wage rate that is 28 per- will create more than one million jobs. cent higher than the average manufacturing wage. When Without this legislation, the cost to our economy will be fringe benefits are added, the gap rises to 60 percent. This devastating. Today, imports occupy 27 percent of our auto could be justified when productivity was high. But, today, market. Despite the 1981 agreement to limit Japanese im- it takes the US 200 man-hours to produce a subcompact ports to 1.68 million cars, their share of the US market has car, while it takes the Japanese only 111 hours. jumped from 16.5 percent in 1978 to 22 percent in 1983. While auto unemployment is down sharply, there are Imports also account for a growing share of parts pro- still tens of thousands out of work. A $22 per hour contract duction. Engine imports alone rose 150 percent between is great, but unless it is competitive there will be too few 1978 and 1982. The accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & jobs for workers at that level. Instead of looking at slight Co., predicted that "outsourcing" could increase to 20-25 wage and benefit concessions, the UAW wants Congress to percent of all parts by 1980. Domestic-content legislation preserve the status quo through protectionism. would limit outsourcing by the big three auto firms to 10 The sad thing is that we do have serious trade problems percent and save 200,000 American jobs. and a recovering, but still vulnerable, auto industry. The It seems unlikely that our trading partners will retaliate real answers lie in cutting spending to reduce the budget against enactment of this law. Auto import restrictions are deficit so interest rates can come down. Lower interest a worldwide practice: 31 countries have already adopted rates will spur new car sales and reduce the artificial cost domestic-content requirements. Some Western European advantage that the Japanese enjoy due to the exchange countries severely limit Japanese imports. These countries rate between the dollar and the yen. Our trade laws can be will not retaliate against a policy so mild in comparison. strengthened to require reciprocal foreign treatment of our The majority of our trading partners rely on American ex- goods and services and empower the President to enforce ports, including raw materials and grains. While all na- that approach through administrative measures. tions would lose, our trading partners would be worse off The history of protectionism in the 1930s demonstrates than the US in a trade war. that we do not improve our own economy by making that Opponents of domestic-content legislation offer no plau- of other nations less competitive. We should not put some sible alternatives to an auto-free American economy. We Americans back to work on the auto assembly line by put- cannot allow the employer of thousands of persons and the ting even more Americans out on the unemployment line. cornerstone of our national industrial base to erode with- out the gravest risks to our economy. 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Small Car Here To Stay—"We have not given up on The legislation would pay out up to $10,000 for citizens the US small car. Despite all the statements by our com- calling in information resulting in cost reductions or petitors and the doomsayers, we did not give up." Roger B. economies to the government, with special prizes of Smith, chairman, General Motors. $20,000 for big winners chosen by the President. Bombs Can't Hit Target—"You can bomb the Capitol, but you cannot bomb democracy." Sen. Daniel P. Moyni- Americans Bilked By Fake Imports han, D-N.Y. Counterfeiters are demonstrating a flair for bilking the Lore Of The Orient— "To ask a politician for classic American consumer with fake imports of brand-name virtue such as honesty and purity is like asking for fish at products, such as auto parts, designer jeans, drugs and the vegetable store." Akira Hatano, Minister of Justice, watches — a scam adding up to some $16 billion a year, Japan. according to sponsors of legislation to come down hard on Missiles For Freedom— "In a world without peace we illegal marketing of trademarked goods. must be prepared to do what is necessary to safeguard our Sen. Charles McC. Mathias Jr., R-Md., who supports the freedom and security. Peace and freedom have their price legislation, has underscored the fact that not only are the and everybody must be willing to make the necessary sac- manufacturers of the genuine articles being hurt by this rifices. The protection of our freedom now demands that we flimflam, but the US public is unwittingly purchasing begin with the stationing of new American intermediate- shoddy and even life-threatening items. range nuclear weapons." Chancellor Helmut Kohl, West The legislation would set criminal penalties up to Germany. — $250,000 and five years imprisonment for trafficking in Allies Need Not Be Friends "It is worth remember- counterfeit goods, with firms knowingly dealing in these ing that the Founding Fathers eagerly accepted an al- items penalized as much as $1 million. liance with monarchical France without ever fudging their detestation of absolute monarchies in general. Similarly, it Limit Congress Service To 12 Years? ought to be possible for us to have an alliance, should we The relatively low standing of Congress in the opinion of find it advantageous, with Communist China or racist our citizenry, as revealed by polls, may give new impetus South Africa without for a moment concealing our detes- to a move by Capitol Hill reformers to limit the service of tation of their political systems. Allies aren't necessarily representatives and senators to 12 years. friends." Irving Kristol, John M. 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There's a war going on right now, a hot war. It's a war of words, a war of ideas. It's a war for the hearts and Heats Up minds of millions of people throughout the world, and it's a war in which the US, for all its advantages, is barely By Milan B. Skacel holding its own. The US ought to be winning this war handily, for its principal adver- sary is the Soviet Union, a totalitarian state with a long record of aggression and interference in other countries' internal affairs, a state that is a sys- tematic violator of human rights. (The downing of KAL 007 has tem- porarily put the Soviet Union on the defensive in this war, exposing its worldwide "peace" campaign as sham and self-serving propaganda — but the US still seems hard pressed to stay even, all the same).

12 THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 Gains and losses in a propaganda war are not necessarily determined by the merit of one's case; often they are the result of subjective judgment, of How USIA Combats perception — and generally reflect the skill and capability of a propaganda Soviet 'Disinformation' machine in delivering the "message." The Soviets, aware that propaganda is an important complement to mili- By Charles Z. Wick conference with journalists in New tary might, have spared no effort in Director, U.S. Information Agency Delhi. A story had been circulating trying to develop an edge. Expense that he was driven out of the seems to be no object, and the Soviet The "war of words" raging throughout American space program because Union today spends an estimated $3 the world today is aimed at US when he landed on the moon he heard billion a year on propaganda — far integrity and influence abroad. the Muslim call to prayer, was more than the United States. It's a quiet, dirty game of forgeries, consumed by it, decided to join Islam What the Soviets get in return is an fabricated news stories, rumors of and was subsequently persecuted for awesome array of modern propaganda assassination attempts supposedly his beliefs and eventually fired. tools. plotted by the US, and slander. While the story may seem incredible • A powerful short-wave broadcast- These Soviet "active measures" feed to us, this clever tactic fed on the ing system that beams programming on fears and hatreds and sometimes emotional suspicion among some to virtually every country, in 84 lan- are very effective. In India earlier this Muslims that Americans have a year, a Soviet newspaper carried the natural hatred of non-Christians. text of a telegram purportedly Information about Soviet containing remarks made by one of disinformation is being collected and our ambassadors calling for the "Balkanization of India," the seizure of Third World raw materials, and the "It's a quiet, dirty game use of American food for political and military blackmail. Timed to appear at of forgeries, [false] a critical moment, the article drew condemnations from six members of news, rumors and " the Indian Parliament before we were slander.' able to show that it was a fabrication. We now have detailed information — thanks in part to defectors from the placed in a central location so we can Soviet disinformation system — on how track recurring forgeries. Our embassy their operation works. As a result, we personnel receive weekly cables on are much better prepared to defuse Soviet propaganda and disinformation incidents that could severely injure or and are being trained to recognize ruin our diplomatic efforts and Soviet active measures. Also, U S perhaps harm innocent lives. We've officials now regularly receive Soviet also organized briefing teams that go Propaganda Alert, a quarterly USIA overseas to inform governments, the report analyzing current Soviet foreign press and our own embassy propaganda themes. personnel of Soviet tactics. The combined effect of these On a quarterly basis, the US State countermeasures is being felt overseas VOA broadcasts, relayed by antennae Department, in cooperation with and, as more lies and distortions are like these, reach millions overseas. USIA, publishes Foreign Affairs Notes, uncovered, a small, but vital revealing the overt and covert strategy contribution is made toward public guages. The main component is Radio and front organizations of the Soviet diplomacy and the preservation of free Moscow, which broadcasts in 82 lan- disinformation network. and open societies. guages with a combined broadcast USIA also is effectively using The Soviets compare their active time of over 2,000 hours a week. Esti- electronic programming techniques — measures campaign to an oak tree that mated total budget: in excess of $700 "TelePress" conferences, electronic sheds acorns. Some of them will take million a year. The Soviets also dialogue, televised electronic dialogue root and grow while others will shrivel finance semiofficial broadcast services and video dialogue to link officials, and die. Thus, the acorns keep falling. such as Radio Peace and Progress, as other leaders and scholars in this We can never entirely remove this well as clandestine stations such as country with foreign media. sinister tree, but we can — and will — the National Voice of Iran and Radio One of the most dramatic cases of succeed in placing these false and Ba Yi — the latter transmitting to dispelling Soviet disinformation malicious misrepresentations under China. occurred in May 1983 when former the scrutiny of a free press, represen- • Two news agencies, Tass and American astronaut Neil Armstrong tative responsible governments and, Novosti (APN), which supply services was linked via a "TelePress" above all, the world's people. © (Continued on page 48)

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/ ^9%* / The free world, according to this strategy expert, needs tral Treaty Organization. We must summon to the southern oceans a new a new coalition to counter Soviet expansionism, one chain of naval alliances fitted for an that will link Western and Far Eastern powers with era of energy crisis and mineral scar- the Third World in joint defense of common resources. city. Instead of succumbing to creeping defeatism in awe of Such a "Three Moscow's military Ocean Alliance" (TOA) could marshal might, we must build a consortium of its members' individual strengths and skills in unified nations armed with the high technol- ogy of the US, Europe and resistance to Russia's baldly stated, imperialist ambi- Japan, the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia, the min- tions. Here's why such an alliance is needed, and how eral resources and strategic locations it could work. of Australia and southern African na- tions, the martial skills of Turkey, Pakistan and South Korea, and the naval traditions of the US, Britain, France and Japan. By Frank R. Barnett psychological warfare, subversion, active measures and support for guer- This new alignment would be an Look at a map of the world. Stretching rilla conflicts — all constituting a updated mutual-security pact re- nearly halfway around the northern major Soviet offensive system. Such quiring new military alliances (or less hemisphere, the vast expanse of the subversive "software" helps prepare formal arrangements) of key states on Soviet Union overhangs the unpro- the ideological climate for low-risk the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian tected islands of Japan, the peninsula projection of Soviet mercenaries into a Oceans — hence the name, Three- of western Europe and the sparsely target nation's belly. Ocean Alliance. Eventually, there populated oil states of the Persian Finally, it's evident that Lenin's dic- might be a consortium of regional Gulf. A dynamic, cohesive Soviet em- tum, "sever the raw materials flow "building-block" pacts, a chain of pire faces outward from those three from the colonies (today, "Third naval agreements between sea-linked "fronts" but those fronts are — not World") and you cut the spinal cord of nations that are threatened directly by united in response. the Empire," is still alive. This is es- Soviet military power or by communist NATO, the linchpin of Western de- pecially in view of clear references to subversion and "wars of national lib- fense for 30 years, is under no obliga- eration" backed by Soviet proxies. tion to defend the Persian Gulf. Japan Ideally, TOA should include such and West Germany, both US allies, "core" states as the US, Canada and bear no responsibility for each "A dynamic, other's cohesive Brazil; Britain, France, Italy and West security/although both are threatened Germany; Saudi Arabia and Turkey; by Russia. Nor does either Soviet empire faces . . . earmark and Japan, Indonesia, the Republic of miliary forces to defend Kuwait or Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Saudi Arabia three 'fronts' that are (on Russia's "southern Other candidates might include front"), even though both nations' not united in response." Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico; economies would collapse within six Belgium, Spain and Portugal; Pakis- weeks of an interruption of oil supplies tan, Sudan and Morocco; Singapore from southwest Asia. and the Philippines. Thailand and an updated version of his thesis in other members of the Association of Similarly, although Moscow's Soviet professional journals and in Southeast Asian Nations might even- strategy now is plainly interconti- speeches by Khrushchev, Brezhnev tually want to join; Nigeria, Zaire and nental, nqncommunist target nations and Andropov. Russia doesn't need to other African nations would be wel- still adhere to parochial defense risk con- thermonuclear war to achieve its come, although one criterion for mem- cepts. In Asia, the Russian threat to aims, as long as its adversaries remain bership would have to be a perception Berlin is ignored; in Europe, the divided and as long as their source of that Moscow, rather than Washington, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was essential supplies of oil and other is the seat of the new imperialism. downpjayed. Even Washington largely minerals— in the Persian Gulf, Africa overlooked the conquest of Angola by and elsewhere — remain lightly de- Just because some countries Soviet-backed troops. Cuban fended (if defended at all) and within aren't named in this list doesn't What's more, the threat to Third tempting reach. mean that they wouldn't be welcome, World stability and to NATO's eco- It's time, therefore — past time, in only that their domestic politics might nomic flank doesn't stem solely from reality — for a new initiative of cre- inhibit their governments from mak- Soviet warships and Cuban infantry. ative statesmanship, to fill the vacuum ing military commitments, say, to de- It also arises from massive, clandes- left by the demise of the Southeast fend the Persian Gulf; Greece, Norway tine KGB operations: propaganda, Asia Treaty Organization and the Cen- Continued . . . THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 15 . . . Continued bloc in total gross national product; up The idea of a Three-Ocean Alliance and The Netherlands are current to 90 percent of the world's scientific, must still be viewed as a distant examples. If, in time, such nations' engineering and management dream. Even so, there is growing sup- internal political climates make pos- knowhow; 60 percent of the globe's oil port today for the idea that collective sible evolution of a wider geopolitical reserves; 85 percent of its food exports, security must be extended beyond role, TOA should be ready to enlarge and a three-to-one superiority in naval NATO's current boundaries. General its membership. Also, in the longer power. Moreover, such a massive al- de Gaulle argued the case in 1958; to- term, India and mainland China also liance might: day, West German Foreign Minister might consider joining TOA, possibly • Keep the political earthquake in Hans-Dietrich Genscher speaks of as associate members. Iran from spreading to Saudi Arabia Europe's energy flanks and the impor- and other oil-rich Persian Gulf gov- tance of seapower to protect them. The Uncertainty as to TOA's final ernments now trying to form a chaos in Iran, the Soviet presence in shape or nature, though, needn't mutual-defense alliance. Afghanistan and the Iraq-Iran war at block an immediate effort to enlist an • Provide a framework upon which least have stimulated talk of the need "executive group" of perhaps 10 states Israel and Egypt might work out a for a European intervention force in whose combined manpower, technol- lasting peace and eventually reach the Gulf. The ASEAN states are start- ogy and geography would enable them compromise with other Arab moder- ing to discuss military matters, and to block Soviet gambits. But TOA ates. other Asian powers are floating the must not simply be a new form of • Bind Japan as securely to Austra- idea of a Pacific basin defense ar- Western paternalism: its members lia, the US and ASEAN, as NATO rangement. A French fleet already is must frankly acknowledge the Persian binds West Germany in Europe. (As in the Indian Ocean, and a French Gulf states as major world powers, ac- Japan rearms, it must not be tempted Rapid Deployment Force has contrib- cept Japan and other Asian states as uted to stability in Chad, Zaire, equal partners, and welcome African Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. and Latin American nations as frater- "TOA . . . would compound nal peers. Is TOA an impossible dream or the TOA could be the maritime NATO of awesome advantages: road to economic ruin? In 1949, it the southern oceans. It would enable was equally quixotic to imagine that a non-communist countries to offset the a 4-1 advantage over the Common Market of extraordinarily undeclared, Soviet-inspired "resource prosperous nations could arise from in the war" southern hemisphere, and Soviet bloc in GNP . . . the ashes of World War II in Europe. provide a naval shield that would jus- While it's true that America at first tify vast capital investment in the and a 3-1 superiority bore the brunt of launching NATO and Third World. Thus, TOA members the Marshall Plan, a Three-Ocean Al- would help others as they saved them- in naval power." liance today would have many poten- selves. Just as NATO was the shield tial partners of affluence and immense behind which Europe was rebuilt with technical skills. the Marshall Plan, so the Three-Ocean to conclude that its best course is to TOA may be only a dream, but if of- Alliance could be the shelter for the play Russia, China and the US against fers hope: even to talk about it offsets next 50 years of development in the each other). creeping defeatism. It is inherently underdeveloped world. • Redress the unfavorable military absurd that the high technology TOA's primary mission, of course, balance between NATO and the War- societies of the West and Japan should would lie in its mutual-security aspect, saw Pact. Instead, TOA would force yield military superiority to Russia. presenting a united front of military Moscow to worry about three inter- Worse, it would be a moral outrage if and naval alliances stretching from linked fronts. civilizations based on freedom and the the Arctic Ocean on NATO's left flank • Introduce the possibility of using rule of law should abdicate the future to the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska its own volunteer legions to meet to the architects of the Gulag Ar- and spanning Russia's western, south- Russian use of Cuban and other prox- chipelago. ern and eastern fronts. Part of its ies in Third-World resource wars. mission also would be to defend mem- • Rally otherwise dispirited allies Sir Winston Churchill observed bers against Soviet economic warfare. that now feel isolated and adrift, at that bringing forth a new alliance But its objectives also would include the mercy of Soviet power and drive. may weigh more in the balance of his- fostering international trade, the TOA would confront Soviet power tory than winning a battle by oneself. free-market economy and capital flow with a global group of military allies, If a Three-Ocean Alliance can mobilize for development. TOA members would not random regional groups with no enough idealism and spirit to exercise be free to trade anywhere; its purpose mutual-defense obligation. It could the constructive options that lie be- would be to check Soviet imperialism, revive collective courage to attack tween nuclear war and one-sided de- not to organize its own politico- short-term problems, safeguard Amer- tente, the weaknesses in the Soviet military monopolies. ican missile sites, perfect cruise system will compound themselves. missiles for NATO allies and deploy Marxism inside the Soviet Union has What would TOA's effects be? For the enhanced-radiation weapon (the long since lost its elan. Only our lack one thing, it would compound "neutron bomb") — all activities that of imagination and high purpose will awesome advantages: at least a might otherwise seem hopeless in the permit the Politburo to gain further four-to-one advantage over the Soviet face of Russia's mighty war machine. success for its shabby tyranny. O

16 THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 Needed Now: A 'National By Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer, USA (Ret.) Strategy Council' F I T his noted military officer and stu- JL dent foreign policy of proposes that ideological aggrandizement. In re- have been treated in isolation-hence, the US create a national advisory body sponse, the US embraced the much- unwisely or unrealistically. to analyze long-range U S interests touted policy of "containment." It is my conviction that if all the in- and determine the best way to protect Whereas this policy appeared at first struments of national policy are em- and advance them. Such a council, he to reflect a needed sharpening of Uncle ployed imaginatively and in a timely believes, could provide our nation with Sam's eyesight and stiffening of his and coordinated manner, the fre- a measure of coherence and stability in spine, it soon — in the absence of quency of occasions requiring the use national policy never before achieved. strategic vision — degenerated into an of military force would decline dramat- excuse for unilateral intervention ically. We would not find ourselves world presents the Our US and the everywhere. It meant almost auto- backing into wars because opportuni- Free World with challenges that matic commitment of American re- ties to pursue peaceful options were are unprecedented. Yet our traditional sources wherever a "threat" appeared. either unperceived or neglected. patterns of formulating national policy It meant the frequent shedding of I visualize the formation of a rela- have become increasingly inadequate. American blood. It meant the aban- tively small, continuing council of America must recognize that the need donment of our faith in collective se- perhaps 11 distinguished citizens who of our nation today is strategic vision curity, and in our insistence that other would devote full time to studying and for tomorrow, and instruments nations play a role in defending them- formulating recommendations con- through which sound national strategy selves. Thus, it meant the gradual cerning national strategy in its can be developed and directed. shifting of many of the security bur- broadest aspects. This body would pos- At present, we have no such mech- dens of the non-Communist world onto sess advisory functions only. It would anism. We continue to follow patterns the US. It meant the constant dissipa- regularly provide advice for the of expediency. New policies unfold in tion of American resources. enlightenment and guidance of the response to external events and ever- legislative and executive branches of shifting requirements of domestic Meanwhile, the Kremlin has quite government and, when appropriate, opinion and partisan opportunism. In consistently conserved its resources the American people. foreign affairs we have observed since and retained its freedom of maneuver. 1945 alternating patterns of realpolitik Soviet strategists are playing a patient council would have semi- and fuzzy idealism, containment and The game in which "the objective balance of autonomous status comparable to detente, irresolute engagement and forces" is shifting gradually in their that of the Federal Reserve Board. confused withdrawal. favor, while the US has no clearly de- Members would have access to all fined national strategy. sources of official and unofficial infor- home we have seen an endless What is sorely At needed is an official mation and strategic intelligence. They patchwork of economic, fiscal, mili- agency of the federal government to would possess the experience, expertise tary and social policies. Too frequently, serve as a steadying gyroscope in the and time required to evaluate basic pol- all seem to have been developed Ship of State. We need what I would icy in the foreign and domestic fields. haphazardly, in response to particular call a National Strategy Council. The council would be in a position to pressures, and with little concern for I am not using the term "strategy" judge the significance of international the harmony of the whole world, the in its military sense. In fact, I would developments, especially as they relate conservation of resources and the ad- subordinate the military connotation to US interests, as well as weigh the ef- vancement of our national aims. in a much broader and comprehensive fect of domestic policy proposals on The effects are readily apparent. For interpretation. Strategy, as I would each other and on foreign policy. example, in the years immediately fol- define it, is the art and science of em- Council members would be appointed lowing WWII, US leaders realized that ploying all the political, economic and for long terms by the President, with the Soviet Union was embarked on a psycho-social resources of a nation, to- the advice and consent of the Senate, relentless course of territorial and gether its with armed forces, to ensure and would be drawn from all disciplin- the well being of the people. es. In time, the council would so estab- Such an interpretation would give lish itself in the public mind as an ob- US policy a coherence and stability it jective, non-partisan agency of such has not had. It would encourage the competence that it would be accorded integration of matters that too often the prestige and authority (albeit not formal power) now enjoyed by the Su- preme Court. In summary, a National Strategy Clearly, the time has come Council should be formed to harness the tremendous expertise that our na- to introduce foresight and tion possesses in every area related to strategy into the proper formation of national policy. Only in making our modus operandi management of our affairs." one of action, rather than reaction, can we ever hope to guide the Ship of State through the perilous waters of the

20th century . . . and beyond. Q General Wedemeyer shown at a press conference at the end of WWII. Is Your 'Shot Card' creased proportion of vaccine-prevent- able diseases now occur among adults." Nearly all "lockjaw" (tetanus) victims To Date? are past the age of 15 and some two- U p thirds of them are over 50. Most diphtheria victims are adults. Dr. Goodman feels the cause for Tens of thousands of such outbreaks among adults is a "less than optimal immunization practice" adult Americans die by physicians who treat adults. The failure of physicians to warn these every year solely patients about immunization has, in American College of they did not part, brought the because Physicians to set up a special commit- receive simple, safe tee to alert doctors to the need of vac- cinations for adults. vaccinations. Here's a Also, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases has sponsored ex- look at the problem, tensive informational campaigns aimed at physicians and the public to and what's being done alert them to the importance of flu and pneumonia immunization. In coopera- it to correct tion with other public health organ- izations, NFID mounted a "National Alert" using press con- "Immunization is medicine's most pow- Flu/Pneumonia By Dr. Arthur S. Freese televised interviews and erful tool to prevent disease." ferences, booklets for physicians. introduced into These programs apparently worked. Remember your "shot card"? It was in which a substance is pro- In 1981, 1,050 victims died of flu or that fine-print record of all the the body to stimulate the body's pneumonia in the week ending Jan. immunizations you received in mili- duction of its own chemical defenses) have 16. In the week ending Jan. 23, 1,080 or naval service. You carried it is a victim of its own success. We tary in false sense of security. victims died. In the same weeks with you all the time, to prove you'd developed a scourges, which 1982, following the NFID Alert pro- received your tetanus, typhoid, chol- Memories of ancient worldwide, have faded. gram, only 506 and 608 persons died. era, yellow fever, diphtheria and, for killed millions still lurk on Besides urging doctors who treat more injections and vacci- These killers, however, some, many their for our collective adults to be more careful to warn nations. If you lost it, tough: you went earth, waiting only to ravage patients to get immunizations, Dr. to the dispensary to re- guard to be lowered in order straight back of their ancient ferocity. Michael S. Simberkoff, assistant chief join the "pincushion line." humanity with infectious diseases at the New York VA When most veterans leave the ser- A few years ago, a Dutch religious polio vaccinations for Medical Center, urges adults to keep bet- vice, their "shot cards" usually wind sect refused reasons. Nearly 100 sect ter immunization records. As patients up in a drawer somewhere, along with religious contracted the change doctors, the need for these rec- their dogtags, their service ribbons members subsequently recently re- ords becomes increasingly acute. and insignia. That's too bad, because dreaded disease. CDC acquired your "shot card" up to date is ported that a serviceman keeping in an es- child at an airport and Veterans are apparently every bit as important for those in measles from a pecially favorable position to keep servicemen and eventually transmitted it to nearly a later life as it is for Most had im- The largest outbreaks themselves immunized. even for children. In fact, tens of dozen persons. occurred in munizations as a routine part of in- thousands of adult Americans die of measles in recent times ductions. Also, most VA facilities today did not re- spring 1983 on the campuses of In- every year because they boosters and the University of offer the necessary shots and ceive simple, safe vaccinations. diana University and for those cared for in their clinics. "flu" caused Houston. More than 200 students During the 1970s, the vacci- were infected. Here is a list of seven routine an average of 16,000 deaths annually, community residents nations and the length of protection Technol- According to CDC, one cause of such according to the U.S. Office of three adult concern. they provide. Also listed are ogy Assessment. More than 53,000 outbreaks is a lack of vaccinations for special persons. Americans annually died of pneu- Pediatricians are generally alert to as- measles Tetanus: This disease still kills 35 the same decade, accord- sure that children get their monia during victims. There were Adults generally regard the dis- to 70 percent of its ing to the U.S. Centers for Disease shots. United children, an over 80 tetanus cases in the Control (CDC). ease as one which afflicts the States in 1982. The germ is every- (influenza) and attitude that has played a part in Yet, for both "flu" the body through diseases among adults. where and may enter pneumonia (as well as other infectious spread of such a small scratch or sore. Initial im- diphtheria, polio diseases like tetanus, shots. A Richard A. Good- munization consists of three and measles) effective, safe vaccina- According to Dr. shot is needed every 10 years. prevented man, a CDC expert on epidemics, booster tions exist which could have years are 'childhood diseases' are no Women in their reproductive those deaths. Why weren't they used? "Many immunized, of childhood. An in- frequently inadequately In a way, vaccination (a procedure longer diseases THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 18 as are persons over 50. tificial kidney) patients and illicit drug sulting from three to four million units Diphtheria: A potentially fatal dis- users. The duration of protection and of the live vaccine distributed. No one ease, its toxin does the damage for and need boosters are still unknown. really knows whether these individu- the vaccine is a toxoid. (A toxin is any Rabies: A rabies new vaccine is als were actually exposed to the dis- poisonous substance of plant or animal available. It requires only five shots as ease and contracted it before the vac- origin. A toxoid is a toxin that has compared to the 21 shots needed in the cine was effective. Since there are been treated to destroy its toxicity, but past. This shot is generally used only reactions, those with special health is still capable of inducing the forma- after exposure, although it might be problems including allergies and other tion of antibodies on injection.) The to- advisable to pre-administer it to those chronic diseases, are encouraged to xoid is usually combined and given who regularly work with animals. consult their physicians before being with the tetanus injection. Boosters Meningitis: This disease may be vaccinated. Carefully kept records of are needed every 10 years. prevented by a vaccine, but would vaccinations and boosters should be Measles and mumps: CDC experts likely be of real benefit only to travel- maintained in order to reduce the advise that persons born before 1957 ers in countries where there are likelihood of a reaction. have probably had these diseases and epidemics of the disease and prolonged generally may be considered immune. contact with those persons is expected. Simberkoff of the New York Adults born since 1956, who have not Dr. For travelers: Different shots are Medical Center sees no limit to had measles or mumps or their vac- needed at different times and in differ- the development of new vaccines for cines, should be vaccinated. Men in ent countries. Persons should contact other diseases, once causative mic- this age group, particularly those who robes are identified and once scientists did not have mumps or its vaccine know how the body defends itself after age one, are especially urged to against them. Vaccines are already get the vaccination. Why? Persons "Ancient scourges that being worked on to prevent a host of born since 1956 should check with common diseases including gonorrhea their doctors or public health experts killed millions still lurk and traveler's diarrhea. Research is for measles vaccination information, " on earth . . also under way to develop a vaccine for particularly if they are planning trips herpes. A vaccine to prevent the recur- abroad. rence of certain cancers after surgery Rubella: CDC experts advise the also is being researched. use of this vaccine for adult women of their local public health office or the New ways of administering vaccines childbearing age only when not preg- CDC (in Atlanta). There are vaccines are being investigated. Vaccines of the nant. Men and women working in in- for yellow fever, typhoid, cholera, future may be inhaled instead of being stitutions (hospitals, the military, col- plague and meningitis. Pneumonia injected or swallowed, and others may lege, etc.) also work in areas where and polio vaccines should be consid- immunize against as many as 10 dis- outbreaks might occur. ered after medical advice. Tetanus and eases with a single injection. Both of Polio: Since the vaccine's introduc- diphtheria immunization should be these projects further underscore ,the tion in 1955, there has been a 99 per- kept current at home and abroad. continued need for disease prevention cent reduction in cases of polio. CDC Some persons are concerned that the through immunization. advises that persons over 18 who live vaccinations themselves may lead to Dr. William R. Barclay, for many in the United States need not be vac- the disease or other problems. While years the editor of The Journal Of The cinated. A vaccination is advised for this is possible, experts point out that American Medical Association, those traveling in areas where the no method is completely safe nor fool- perhaps best sums up the value of im- vaccine's use is still limited. proof. Dr. Harry Openshaw, depart- munization thus: "Immunization is Flu: 60 to 90 percent of all those ment of neurology, University of medicine's most powerful tool for pre- vaccinated are safe from flu viruses. California at Davis, points out there is venting disease. It is simple, safe and Persons over age 65 and those with about one case of paralytic polio re- cost-effective." © chronic diseases (heart, lung and kid- ney disorders) are encouraged to take the vaccine. Shots are given annually. Pneumonia: The vaccine for pneumonia is considered 90 percent ef- fective and protects against bacteria (pneumococci) that cause some 80 per- cent of the bacterial pneumonia. Ex- perts generally recommend those who take the influenza vaccine to also take the vaccine for pneumonia. The dura- tion of the effectiveness of the shot is still unknown but is thought to be from three to five years. Boosters should not be used.

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Hepatitis: A hepatitis B vaccine is now generally available. It is given in a series of three shots. CDC experts recommend the hepatitis vaccine for those at high risk of contracting the disease. This includes health-care workers in frequent contact with blood Booster injections or vaccinations against both tetanus and diphtheria are and its byproducts, hemodialysis (ar- needed every 10 years. THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 19 West Falkland Island, he spotted The heavy smoke columns rising from a small island group in the distance. He hurried to investigate, thinking they might be signal fires set by ship- ^American wrecked sailors. cruised As Nanina along the coast, a dozen persons, in- cluding a woman, suddenly appeared Robinson Crusoe on shore, two in the uniform of British marines. Barnard immediately sent a boat ashore to bring them on board. Marooned on the "Although they were enemies to my uninhabited Falkland his beginnings only, "From my boy- country, I apprehended no danger or hood I have loved and pursued a sea- loss from relieving them from their Islands for 18 faring life, and have performed many perilous situation," Barnard later months, this intrepid, voyages to various parts of the world." wrote in his account. "I felt assured resourceful American In 1812, Barnard and several inves- that by rendering them this assistance tors met to finance an expedition to I would bind them to me by the strong- seaman survived the Falkland Islands to collect casks of est ties of gratitude." Good-hearted incredible hardship elephant-seal oil for the American Barnard had seriously misjudged and desolation markets and fur-seal skins to be human nature. traded for silk and spices at Canton, Barnard soon had the group on China. The voyage was to take three board. They informed him that their By James C. Simmons years. They bought a sturdy brig of ship, the Isabella, had gone aground 132 tons, the Nanina, and hired a crew two months previously and described It is Nov. 25, 1814. Two British of 11. Barnard sailed from New York vividly the terrors of their life on the whalers, the Asp and the Indis- on April 6, 1812, confident of the even- barren island. They all had resigned pensable, roll gently at anchor off the tual success of his mission. themselves to death with the approach remote, uninhabited Falkland Islands On Sept. 7, Barnard arrived in the of winter. in the South Atlantic. They have come Falklands. First sighted in 1593 by the The first group of survivors soon to secure fresh water and meat and to British explorer Sir Richard Hawkins, guided Barnard to the rest of their hunt the fur seals that abound on the the Falklands in the early 19th Cen- party, about 30 men, women, and chil- rocky beaches. The ships' two captains tury were both uninhabited and un- dren, all of whom had been bound from are below on the Indispensable in con- charted. When the French explorer Australia to England when disaster ference. Bougainville called there in 1777, he overtook them. Barnard met with the Suddenly, there is a knock at the noted in his journal: "No inviting ob- British officers in charge and gener- cabin door. A dumfounded mate tells jects came in sight and we knew not ously agreed to immediately take the the two captains they had best come what could prevail upon us to stay on entire group to the nearest South on deck immediately. A most unusual this apparently barren ground." None- thing has happened. Five men have theless, the Falklands were a popular just boarded the ship — castaways. port of call with a small number of The two captains hurry on deck. American and British sealing and There they confront an astonishing whaling ships that stopped there. sight, "a being who had more the ap- For four months, Barnard and his pearance of a savage of the forest than men worked the western edge of the a native of an enlightened and Chris- archipelago, securing hundreds of val- tian country." A thick beard eight uable fur-seal skins and many casks of inches long covered most of his face. elephant-seal oil. On Jan. 3, 1813, he His clothes and shoes had been saw, much to his surprise, another stitched together from the skins of fur ship anchored off tiny New Island, the seals. The four men with him also Hope, also out from New York. The looked as if they had just stepped from captain told Barnard that war had the pages of Daniel Defoe's novel, been declared between Great Britain Robinson Crusoe. and the United States. He also handed The apparition was Capt. Charles H. Barnard a letter from his partners, Barnard, a sealer from New York City, advising him to abort the voyage and who had been treacherously marooned return home immediately, as British with four other sailors 18 months whalers frequented the Falklands and previously on a desolate island with might seize the Nanina as a prize. none of the necessities of life. They had endured unspeakable hardship But the prospect of securing a valu- through two sub-Antarctic winters. able cargo proved too tempting to Their story of survival as "Robinson Barnard. Instead of returning home, Crusoe" castaways is one of the most he ordered his brig into a secluded remarkable in the annals of American cove on another island and continued maritime history. hunting seals. Everything went well. Barnard's earlier and later years, Barnard and his crew looked forward including dates of his birth and death, to handsome profits once they returned are totally unknown. In a book he to New York. wrote 15 years later about his experi- Suddenly, one day in April 1813, as ences as a castaway, Barnard said of Barnard cruised off the east coast of American port. He then advised the was actually engaged in providing several small elephant seals whose officers that war had broken out be- subsistence for them proves how cor- blubber provided them with much tween their two countries, "lest they rupt human nature can become when needed fuel. "The tender providence of suspect us of having concealed the fact it is the slave of its own passion," Bar- Heaven is never known to leave us so from base motives." He asked the nard later wrote. desolate, without sending counter- British survivors to sign an agreement Barnard immediately surveyed their balancing blessings to keep us from that they would act as if their two na- situation. Nothing more precarious sinking," he wrote later. tions were at peace and would make could be imagined. They had their no attempt to take over his ship. The boat, the clothing on their backs, the Barnard's own cheerful optimism group eagerly agreed. ship's dog, Cent, several rifles, powder lifted the crew's spirits. ("What a and bullets, some knives, a single blessed thing it is that captains and Awinter gale kept them all on shore blanket, and little else. Winter was commanders are often supported, for two weeks. When skies cleared quickly approaching. The surrounding sometimes with almost superhuman and seas calmed, Barnard took four terrain was desolate. They were far fortitude, to sooth down the complaints men, one American and three British from the normal shipping routes. and unite the jarring tempers and in- sailors, to a small nearby island to Survival appeared hopeless. terests of the men who are placed shoot some wild hogs and geese for the The next day, Barnard ordered his under them.") Against all odds, the long trip back to the South American men to row through heavy seas to a small party survived the first days. mainland. Late that night, they re- larger island. They hauled their boat Barnard proved to be a consummate turned to their anchorage and dis- out of the water and turned it over to leader, one able to weld four disparate covered to their horror that they had make a shelter, as a winter gale set- personalities into an effectively func- been betrayed. The Nanina was no- tled over the Falklands. They used tioning unit, capable of withstanding where to be seen. some of their precious firewood to cook the severe stresses of their abandon- It was then that Barnard realized a wild pig they had shot. The next ment. the truth. The British officers had morning they awoke to find that eight Barnard soon began to take note of seized his ship and marooned him and inches of snow had fallen, and it was the strengths and weaknesses of the his companions on the island with still snowing. Their supplies of fresh men with him; a black American none of the necessities needed to sus- water and firewood were soon exhaus- whaler, Jacob Green, and three British tain life. "That they who had so re- ted. The crew was in despair. sailors, James Lauder, Joseph Albrook cently felt so acutely the horrors of Barnard refused to concede defeat. and Samuel Ansel. their own situation should betray and Exploring the beach he discovered a The first three were reliable. But abandon me during the very time I frozen pond of fresh water and killed Barnard quickly saw that Ansel could be trouble. 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Cost-of-living adjustments in veterans' disability com- clear departure from the current VA program, in which pensation, and dependency and indemnity compensa- veterans buying homes enjoy lower than market rates. tion (DIC) rates likely will range between 3.5 and 4.1 percent when they become effective, on or after April 1, Movement is under way to provide tax relief to families 1984. The necessary legislation was to have been pre- of servicemen killed in Lebanon and Grenada. H.R. pared by the respective Veterans' Affairs Committees 4206 would exempt from income tax the salaries of ser- and sent to the floors of both Houses when Congress vicemen killed as a result of hostile actions overseas. reconvened on Jan. 23. Normally, such legislation is unnecessary, since the These adjustments were deferred for six months (until exemption applies to those serving in a declared combat the April 1 date) under an agreement reached by all zone. However, no such declaration has been made negotiating parties during budget negotiations last fall since the end of the Vietnam War. for the current fiscal year (FY 1984, which began last Specific provisions of the bill include an effective date Oct. 1). The American Legion agreed to the deferral of Dec. 31, 1979. The date was selected to include those providing all entitlement programs were included. In who died in the rescue attempt in Iran and the military other words, the Legion's position was that it would not adviser killed in El Salvador, as well as those involved agree to a deferral affecting only veterans' entitlements. in Lebanon and Grenada. Also, this exemption would With the agreement in place, Congress did not pro- span the entire period of overseas duty. ceed to adopt legislation to adjust the benefits prior to adjournment of the first session of the 98th Congress. Medical effects of exposure to Agent Orange will be studied by the US Public Health Service's Centers for House debate on immigration reform legislation (H.R. Disease Control, under a special appropriation voted by 1510) may take place this month. Last Dec. 1, House the House in mid-November. Three things will be Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill reversed an earlier studied: the effect of exposure to Agent Orange; long- decision he had announced to block full House floor ac- term health effects of service in Vietnam; and, the risk tion on the long-overdue reform measure during the of developing soft-tissue cancers among veterans ex- 98th Congress. With this in mind, Legionnaires should posed to the herbicide. Results are not expected for act now to urge their representatives to delete amnesty several years. from the measure. Instead, the Legion recommends that The VA was authorized in 1979 to conduct the study, strong sanctions be imposed against businesses that but later turned the work over to the CDC. The VA has employ "illegals," and that a tamper-proof national contended for some time that there is no solid evidence worker identification system be created. Thus, the inter- to show that exposure to Agent Orange has had any ests of sound public policy can be promoted without serious health effects in Vietnam veterans. For that rea- risking discrimination against foreign-appearing indi- son, it has rejected all claims for compensation for such viduals in the workplace. exposure. The VA does, however, provide medical ex- aminations upon request. The new emergency job-retraining program for veter- Another CDC report, on the incidence of birth defects ans, enacted last August, finally has been funded and is among children of Vietnam veterans, was expected last now under way. The long-awaited funding was made month. The US Air Force's "Ranch Hand" study of the available through two separate appropriations measures long-term effects of Agent Orange exposure is expected passed and enacted in the closing days of the 98th Con- to be released Feb. 24. gress' first session. However, even though the program got a late start, A special toll-free telephone hotline for former pris- the time by which its inauguration was delayed will be oners of war who feel they are getting a raw deal at VA added to the end of its scheduled two-year lifespan. medical centers or regional offices has been inaugu- Veterans interested in or eligible for this program can rated. The hotline, 800-821-8139, went into operation obtain additional information from local employment Dec. 12. offices and VA regional offices. Established by the VA so that former POWs can in- form VA headquarters if they feel they are not being Is the VA home-loan program in trouble? Congressional recognized properly at VA medical centers or regional floor action just prior to adjournment last November offices, or if they feel they are not receiving treatment may bode poorly for the VA program. Specifically, consistent with the intent of the Prisoners of War Health home-buyers using Federal Housing Administration Care Benefits Act of 1981, the 24-hour toll-free number home-loan guarantees will be required to negotiate with is available to more than 93,000 ex-POWs nationwide. It lenders on interest rates applied to such loans. Since VA will be staffed by POW specialists from the VA's Wash- home-loan interest rates for years have been set in con- ington, DC, regional office during regular business junction with FHA rates, it's unclear whether VA buyers hours (8 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. EST). After-hour and weekend also will have to negotiate interest rates with lenders. If callers may leave a recorded message. (Former POWs so, VA buyers probably will find themselves paying living within the District of Columbia should call 389- whatever rates lenders insist upon. This would mark a 2356.)

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 Little is known of Washington's early life. He was born in 1732 and aad only seven or eight years of schooling when his father died. At 17 he took up his father's surveying tools and became the official surveyor of Culpeper County, Va. In 1754 he may have first realized that he was an American, rather than a British citizen born in America. That was when he discovered that his pay, as a lieutenant colonel in the British colonial army, was lower than that of his British counterparts. He threatened to resign; instead, the British lowered his rank. He later re- signed in protest.

1764 he was one of the first Bycolonists to think force would be necessary to maintain liberty, when the governor of Virginia (appointed by the King) highhandedly disbanded the legislature. "The Old Fox": Reluctant, The battles at Lexington and Con- cord had already been fought when he went as a delegate to the second Con- Doughty, Indomitable tinental Congress in 1775. On June 15, the other delegates named him After six months of repeated defeat No man was better suited to lead Commander in Chief of the Continen- by the most powerful military such a tatterdemalion throng. Re- tal Army. force on earth, the reluctant general spected by his peers for his knowledge From that time and throughout the was surrounded by signs of doom. of battles (he had been an officer in the war, he was frequently aware of the Over half of his 10,000-man army colonial British army in the French potential for doom, though his troops was gone: some dead, others wounded and Indian War in 1763) Washington probably never knew it. and still more deserting every day. was the cornerstone of the Revolution- In 1781, Washington admitted that The 3,000 or so soldiers who remained ary effort. The Marquis de Lafayette, a it was "vain to think an army can be loyal faced starvation. Many were major general in Washington's army, kept together much longer, under such without shoes, clothes or blankets to once said to him, "I feel if you were a variety of sufferings as ours has ex- cover them, as winter winds lashed perienced." The 10,000 men he origi- their flesh. Worse, munitions were nally commanded, supplemented by dwindling, and there was no prospect militias in several states, he said were of obtaining more. "He was indeed, in every a "raw military, badly officered and Word had just been received that with no government." Ironically, 40,000 enemy soldiers and sailors were sense ofthe words, a wise, Washington and his men were less aboard ships off his country's coast, good and great man." than six months away from Cornwal- awaiting orders to crush the general's lis' surrender at Yorktown on Oct. 19, atrophied army. Many of his country- 1781. men, six months into a revolution or- Washington's courage in leading his ganized by a handful of fractious lead- lost for America, there is nobody who troops was inspirational. He was on ers, already were sidling up to the could keep the Army and the Revolu- his horse, deep in silent thought, with enemy, reporting his army's move- tion for six months." his troops in formation around him, ments and opening their storehouses Clearly, that is a fact about Wash- when the announcement of the Decla- of food to the enemy. "I think the game ington upon which historians gener- ration of Independence was read in is pretty near up," the general wrote. ally agree. The tight-lipped, 6'2", 1776. His men burst into cheers, It was the winter of 1776 and the farmer-surveyor named Washington perhaps reacting to Washington's own "game" was the American Revolution. was an inspirational figure around silent sense that victory, though it But the game wasn't up. whom his troops repeatedly rallied. In might be a long way off, was assured. Not so much because of the army the meetings with his officers (many of Not long after Washington died in general commanded nor his overly whom were appointed by the Conti- 1799, Thomas Jefferson wrote of him, confident enemy. No, it was because of nental Congress without his knowl- "He was indeed, in every sense of the the brilliance, the single-minded de- edge), Washington carefully synthe- words, a wise, a good and great man. termination of the general himself: sized opinions. When he made a deci- Never did nature and fortune combine "The Old Fox," George Washington. sion, his course was carefully plotted. more perfectly to make a great man.">" THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 25 NEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

Legion Volunteer Jack L. Simon (left) works with patient Charles Posey in the occupational therapy unit at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. The Legion-VA Volunteer: The Personal Touch In Patient Recovery

It's early Monday morning at the it is in each of the 172 VA medical cen- ans recuperate, there was no formal Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical ters and other institutions before VA volunteer program until April Center, Indianapolis. In the volunteer Legion volunteers, their wives and 1946. Then, Legionnaires and repre- office, three carts of neatly arranged even their children arrive to help vet- sentatives of other veterans' and vol- paperback books and magazines stand erans recuperate. unteer organizations met with VA in a corner near the door. Wooden According to the VA's latest report officials to form the Veterans Adminis- shelves on two walls burgeon with (April-September 1983), there were tration Voluntary Service. Now, VAVS stacks of board games. A small office 3,984 regularly scheduled Legion vol- is the largest hospital volunteer pro- desk fills the rear of the room; one unteers in VA hospitals and other in- gram in America. corner of it is covered with papers re- stitutions where veterans receive med- questing escorts, aids in occupational ical help. Regular Legion volunteers Since the VAVS's founding, therapy and persons to visit and read contributed 357,117 hours at these in- thousands of volunteers have con- and write letters. stitutions. Occasional volunteers made tributed nearly 300 million hours in The quiet in the room contrasts 15,063 visits to VA hospitals and vol- over 150 different activities to help sharply with the bustling activity that unteered 45,611 hours, for a total of patients and to support VA staff mem- the still objects represent: they are 402,728 hours of Legion volunteer bers, VA statistics show. Also, VA tools that American Legion and Amer- service during the six-month period. hospital volunteers and others have ican Legion Auxiliary volunteers use (For figures on the Auxiliary volunteer contributed more than $135 million in in their daily rounds at the 553-bed contribution to the VA, see p. 27.) goods and funds to benefit patients. By hospital. Although earlier generations of vet- assigning the minimum wage to their The scene here is much the same as erans also volunteered to help veter- hours of service, added to the dollar 26 THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 value of donated equipment, the VA regularly scheduled volunteers were has received nearly $46 million a year added to the Legion's volunteer list in from volunteers and benefactors. 1983. These new volunteers are now Also, there are 169 American Legion "The current number of discovering what it is to be part of a Medical Center VAVS representatives total treatment program that bridges who represent the Legion on local ad- volunteers is impressive, the gap between hospital and com- visory committees. munity, aids in rehabilitation and Many volunteers are former patients but even more are needed.' speeds the return of the veteran to his or relatives of former patients. Their or her home. reasons for volunteering vary, but all The current number of volunteers is of those interviewed for this story re- impressive, but even more are needed. ferred to "remembering." veteran complete a Christmas gift for In commenting on the Legion volun- "When I see some of the patients, a relative, said, "You carry it home teer, Natl. Cdr. Keith Kreul said, particularly the forgotten ones who with you; that special feeling of doing "These figures should challenge us to don't have visitors," said one volun- something. If I don't feel good when I even greater service. They should rep- teer, "I think to myself, 'One of these get up on a day I'm supposed to volun- resent only a starting place for the fu- could have been my son.', I'd hate to teer, I get here and I feel great, and I ture, not a stopping place for today. think that they're not going to get the feel even greater when I leave." Our efforts on behalf of America's attention or the things they need. More and more Legionnaires and hospitalized veterans should be a

These patients need so little . . . many Auxiliary members are discovering monument to the service we have times just someone to talk to. You that special feeling. William F. pledged our country and fellow man. don't have to have a special talent or a Lenker, Chairman of the Legion's Vet- They should become every skill to bring happiness here." erans Affairs and Rehabilitation Legionnaire's personal challenge to Another volunteer, busy helping a Commission, said more than 500 new, get involved." O

Legion Auxiliary served 888,840 hours with non- phrase, "never die; they just fade hospitalized veterans, while another away." Thanks to the Auxiliarys' Also Volunteers 14,506 members donated 828,981 selfless efforts, they won't — and hours helping 226,290 veterans in neither will The American Legion Its Service, Money nursing homes and other institutions. Auxiliary's volunteers. O Nor is the number of Auxiliary vol- Thousands of members of The Amer- unteers dwindling. Over 1,250 more ican Legion Auxiliary perform members volunteered to work in VA valuable volunteer services in VA hospitals last year than in 1982. hospitals each year. From front-door Whatever their task, the message is greeters to wheelchair-pushing escorts the same: someone cares. "Old and women in occupational therapy soldiers," in General of the Army units, Auxiliary members take part in Douglas MacArthur's memorable nearly all patient-help activities. Last year, 34,913 Auxiliary mem- Jack Simon's wife, Lela, bers volunteered 1,448,892 hours to an Auxiliary volunteer, serve 528,370 veterans nationwide. helps Everett Lee Powell Sharing their time isn't the only finish painting thing they do, either. The Auxiliary a clay project. laid out $2,434,908 in cash for supplies used in volunteer programs, reported Helen Adams, chairman of the Auxil- iary's 1983 VA&R program. Auxiliary members also operated 541 gift shops, allowing recuperating veterans to pick Christmas gifts for their families. Also, members of the Auxiliary pre- sented 2,595 Christmas programs to 68,414 veterans. There were 10,032 other special programs in 1983 for 365,936 VA-hospitalized veterans that cost a total of $1,098,632. Another 6,408 veterans received $246,700 in direct aid from the Auxiliary. The Auxiliary's gift of time and money goes beyond VA hospitals, too. Over 18,000 home-service volunteers

THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 the joint subcommittee. Since then, he Restore, Boost Veterans' Burial said, the cost of plots has increased considerably, and the Legion has per- Benefits, Legion Urges Congress ceived that many veterans' families have limited means to provide for pur- chase of an appropriate burial site. Congress should not only restore all That's why the Legion seeks an in- veterans' eligibility for burial be- crease to $250 in the burial plot allow- nefits but also increase the burial and ance, Lyngh said. "It has been over 10 plot allowances, Natl. VA&R Division years since the last increase, and with Director Robert E. Lyngh told a joint double-digit inflation during most of House-Senate subcommittee Nov. 16. that period, it is time to adjust the Lyngh testified on the Legion's be- monetary level of this benefit to an half before the joint subcommittee on amount more consisent with reality." oversight and investigations of the Lyngh noted the recent case in House and Senate Committees on Vet- which former Seaman First Class Al- erans' Affairs. He appeared in support bert W. Reynolds died in a VA hospital of H.R. 1479, introduced earlier this and was buried at the Quantico (Va.) year by Rep. G. V. "Sonny" Montgom- National Cemetery wrapped in a ery, D-Miss., chairman of the House single sheet and placed in a cardboard Veterans' Affairs Committee. casket. Until 1981, all honorably discharged war veterans were eligible for pay- ^rilhe American Legion is ap- ment of a $300 burial benefit, plus an X palled," Lyngh testified, "and additional $150 plot allowance. Public does not request or receive any benefit has informed the proper officials of the Law 97-35, approved Aug. 13, 1981, or recognition for service to the nation VA that it must not ever be allowed to

restricted eligibility for the benefits to . . . Most veterans never use veterans' happen again. veterans who died in VA hospitals or hospitals. Only about half have uti- "We remind this joint Committee other VA institutions or those receiv- lized the GI Bill program. The burial that this particular veteran was eligi- ing veterans' disability compensation benefit, therefore, was the only mone- ble for the $300 burial benefit because or pension prior to death. tary recognition received by all veter- he expired in a VA hospital. We do not "It is the opinion of The American ans from their government for their know what would have been the out- Legion," Lyngh testified, "that the honorable service in time of war. In come ... if this $300 benefit had not most significant benefit taken away 1981, when this benefit was elimi- been available. from all veterans by [P.L. 97-35] was nated, a severe injustice to our veteran "The truth of the matter is that, in

." the burial benefit . . The reduction, population resulted." these economic times, the $300 benefit he said, "placed an economic value on Moreover, Lyngh added, "The Amer- by itself does not buy more than the a benefit that was freely given by ican Legion rejects the proposition lowest-cost casket for a veteran. In

Congress to insure that all veterans that the burial allowance . . . dupli- fact, even with the proposed 25- would be buried with dignity and re- cates the Social Security burial allow- percent increase, the burial benefit spect, regardless of their income or will still serve as partial payment of

social standing at time of death . . . burial expenses for most — but, more The present restrictions violate the importantly, the only payment for

Legion's long-held principle of equal . .More than half the many." O benefits for equal service." veteran population of the New Pamphlets Explain Lyngh noted the Legion's policy on Economic Programs For Veterans . . . receive improving the National Cemetery US does not The National Economic Commission System and death and burial benefits any benefit or recognition for veterans, as set forth in Resolution has available its new Veterans Eco- No. 384 (New York), and Resolution for service to the nation." nomic Entitlements pamphlet listing No. 394 (Wisconsin), approved by del- available job, educational and small egates to the 1982 National Conven- business programs for veterans, in- tion. These resolutions, he said, "man- cluding the recently enacted Veterans' Emergency Job Program. The Eco- dated the Legion to sponsor and sup- ance . . . [the latter] is an earned be- port legislation to restore the burial nefit to which the beneficiary has con- nomic Commission also has available allowance as a benefit to be provided tributed through Social Security taxes, its Job Sources and Veterans for the burial of all honorably dis- whereas the veteran's burial allow- Entitlements in the Job Market pam- charged war veterans, and to increase ance is a benefit provided in recogni- phlets in Spanish. Also available is a ." LaBelle slide presentation on the eco- the burial allowance to $400, exclud- tion of honorable service . . ing the plot allowance." The Legion also feels that the allow- nomic program. More information may "It is a fact," he continued, "that ance currently authorized for purchas- be obtained by contacting the National more than half the veteran population ing burial plots — set at $150 since Economic Commission, 1608 K Street 20006. of the US [currently about 28 million] June 1973 — is inadequate, Lyngh told N.W., Washington, D.C.

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 Legionnaires Led Nation Honoring Vets On Nov. 11 To many Americans, Veterans' Day 10. "Often, that place was not recog- is just another day off, another nized quickly enough, as with our day free of the responsibilities of work doughboys returning from 'The War To or school. End All Wars,' or with disabled GIs re- But to members of The American turning in the early days of WWII. But Legion, as well as to thousands of citi- we, as veterans, rallied to their plight. zens in cities and towns where saying 'thanks' is still a tradition, Veterans' ollectively, veterans have re- Day 1983 was a day of solemn prayer \y turned from their call to colors for the men and women who have and turned their swords into plow- Charles H. McCollum: served their country. shares. They turned once again to the A Rare Legionnaire Natl. Cdr. Keith Kreul led a contin- lives that had been interrupted by gent of American leaders in what is their nation in need. Often, resuming February is that month of the year believed to be the largest program. that life was not easy. For whatever when our thoughts typically revolve Joining Cdr. Kreul at a three-day ob- reason, many veterans continued to around the heart. servance in Birmingham, Ala., Nov. fight not the enemy of their nation, For Charles H. "Chuck" McCollum, 9-11, were Secretary of Defense Cas- but to regain their rightful place in February's Legionnaire of the Month, par W. Weinberger, Past. Natl. Cdr. the society they had so vigorously de- one month is pretty much the same as Dan Foley, other past and present fended." another when it comes to thoughts leaders of The American Legion, and a The Birmingham ceremonies at- from the heart. gallery of men and women from every tracted the attention of national and McCollum, a member of Huff-Minor branch of the armed forces. All were local media. Equally as important Post 14, Ponca City, Okla., for more there both to honor veterans and to were others throughout America than 20 years has made three annual show America that veterans who stood where Legionnaires led both small and trips to his local Red Cross blood donor together in battle still stand together large tributes to veterans. center. By Dec. 31, 1983, his "gift of in seeking their just rights today. In Washington, D.C., Natl. Vice Cdr. life" totaled over eight gallons. "The veteran has a special place in Robert W. Groccia, (Mass.), spoke at McCollum's service to the Red Cross American society," Cdr. Kreul told the 36th annual graveside service for goes his blood donations. some persons Nov. beyond He 1,500 at a banquet Continued . . . has served on the organization's board of directors and in June 1982, was elected to a three-year term on its ex- ecutive board. He has served as the captain of the blood donor campaign at Conoco, Inc., where he works as su- pervisor of gas measurement. An Air Force veteran of the Korean War, McCollum joined the Legion 30 years ago. He has served as a member of the Americanism Council of the National Americanism Commission, was his Department's SAL Chairman, and has worked with the Legion's baseball program. He has served Post 14 as commander; finance officer every year but one since 1968; Boys State Committee chairman, and SAL and Scholarship Committee member. For two years, he also was secre- tary-treasurer of The American Legion Children's Home in Ponca City. He raised more than $14,775 for the capi- tal improvement fund for the home. Active in his Post, his Department and his community, Chuck McCollum truly personifies what the Legion stands for: service to God, country and Natl. Vice Cdr. Robert W. Groccia (left) and Auxiliary Dept. President Emma community. »" Wagner (Va.) place wreath at Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington, Va.

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. . . Continued the Casey County courthouse lawn for General of the Armies John J. Persh- a program arranged by members of ing at Arlington National Cemetery. Casey Post 78. Gathered around the Vice Cdr. Groccia and Auxiliary Dept. "doughboy" statue dedicated there on President Emma Wagner (Va.) also Armistice Day 1935, the crowd silently laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Un- watched WWII veterans remove a knowns. drape from the life-sized statue. At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, All these ceremonies were very Natl. Adj. Robert W. Spanogle said, much in line with what former Pres- "We remember the rising chorus of ident and General of the Army Dwight doubts and recriminations that struck D. Eisenhower, had in mind in 1954 at the heart of American resolve . . . when he signed legislation changing and we recall that we still came, Armistice Day to Veterans' Day. He young Americans soon to be Vietnam noted the measure was intended to veterans. We did not shirk our re- "honor veterans on the 11th day of sponsibility. When the debate sur- November each year ... a day dedi- rounding the war rose in volume and cated to peace." Although the day was demonstration . . . still we came to an- changed officially in 1971 to the third swer the nation's call." Remembering 2,400 POWs/MIAs from that war, Spanogle said, "We "We must remember pledge ourselve anew to never rest until they are returned to us and to that those who serve their families who even today main- tain the vigil." today do so just as Past Natl. Cdr. Donald Wilson Dies heroically. . In Kentucky, Natl. Vice Cdr. J. Les- lie Brown and former Dept. Cdr. Donald R. Wilson, 33rd National Harold Y. Saunders were among sev- Commander of The American Legion, eral hundred persons who listened to Monday of November, many veterans died Nov. 28. He was 66. Col. Ben Pollard during ceremonies at have held fast to tradition, including An attorney, Wilson graduated Phi the dedication of the Veterans Memo- those in Birmingham. Beta Kappa from Princeton University rial in Shelbyville. Pollard, a native of Echoing Eisenhower's words, Cdr. in 1939. He was awarded a law degree Shelbyville, was a fighter pilot cap- Kreul said in his speech in Birming- from the University of Virginia in tured by the North Vietnamese in ham, "That is the true essence of Vet- 1942. One month later he joined the 1967. He was MIA for 30 months be- erans' Day: a day to recall veterans' Army and was commissioned a second fore the Air Force could confirm his sacrifices during war and to pay trib- lieutenant in the Medical Adminis- capture. He did not return home until ute to their contributions during trative Corps in 1943. He left the serv- 1973. peace. But let us not forget there may ice in 1945, joined Post 13 in In Jamaica, N.Y., members of the be terrible sacrifices paid during Clarksburg, W.Va., and in 1946 was Queens County American Legion par- peace, as well. We must remember elected its first WWII commander. Two ticipated in a program at the St. Alban that those who serve today do so just years later, at age 31, he was elected VA Extended Care Center. John J. as heroically as any who sacrificed Department Commander. His aggres- Uss, County Cdr., Frank V. Votto, past during time of war. sive leadership in securing a veterans' County Cdr., and Regina Wellington, "There will always be veterans in bonus referendum in West Virginia at- Eastern Division Chmn. of the Na- this country. Those of us who have tracted national attention. tional Security Commission of The known war will maintain the vigil As National Commander in 1951-52, Auxiliary, took part. here at home to work for an America Wilson was instrumental in winning With memories of the terrorist strong in its quest for security. We will national acclaim for the Legion by bombing in Lebanon and action in continue to offer assistance to our leading a "Back To God" program, Grenada still fresh in his listeners comrades in arms and their families. fighting for the preservation of the VA minds, COL Charles W. Ennis (Ret.), We will reinforce the very basic prin- and championing a realistic and spoke of continuing sacrifices needed ciples upon which this nation was forthright foreign policy. In 1951, he to preserve freedom in his address at founded by its first citizen soldiers. was named one of the 10 "Outstanding the Baldwin County Courthouse, Those of us who have known war will Young Men of America" by the Na- Milledgeville, Ga. pray that those who serve today will tional Jaycees. "Let us remember that the freedom render their service in peace." There have been two National we enjoy is not necessarily a perma- Veterans' Day, Cdr. Kreul added, is Commanders from West Virginia: Wil- (1932-33). In- nent thing . . . for there are those more than a day to swap war stories. It son and Louis Johnson forces in the world today that seek to is a day to recall why those battles terestingly, Wilson and Johnson were take away your freedom and mine," were fought and to re-dedicate our- members of the same Post and were Ennis said. selves to maintaining a strong Amer- law partners. Despite cold, damp weather in Lib- ica, in the hope she will not have to Wilson is survived by his wife, Mary >" erty, Ky., hundreds of people crowded make those terrible sacrifices again. »" Virginia, and two sons. 30 THE AMERICAN LEGION/FEBRUARY 1984 158th RCT Bushmeister (August) Chuey Tapia, 2013 E. drick, 720 Hemlock Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Whitton, Phoenix, AZ 85016 (804) 495-1708 COMING IN MARCH: 168th Inf., 34th Div., Anti-tank Co. (May-Bryan, OH) USS Hawbill (SS 366) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Leonard Robert Ernsberger, Rt. 5, Box 95, Rachel Hts., Bryan, Ernst, 2323 9th PL, Two Rivers, WI 54241 (414) 793- Until late 1979, The American OH 43506 (419) 636-3560 3835 222nd Inf. (Rainbow Div.) (July-Windsor, Ontario, USS Henrico (APA 45) (1943-68) (Feb-San Diego) Don Legion Magazine regularly ran a Canada) Leon Schenck, 2726 Glenview Ave., Royal Soper, Box 627, Platte City, MO 64079 (816) 431-5411 monthly column in this section, Oak, MI 48073 (313) 288-3937 USS Hopkins (DMS 13) (August) George Lampe, Rt 3, 276th Combat Engrs. (Aug-Orlando, FL) Lee Sharp, Rt. Box 37, Beatrice, NE 68310 (402) 228-0713 entitled "Who? What? Where?" Se- 1, Jay, OK 74346 (918) 529-4256 USS Icefish (SS 367), Manitowoc-built Submarines 334th Ordnance Dpt. Co. (May-Cincinnati) Joe Hagen, (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Charles Wedel, 4728 Cty. Tk. B., vere space limitations, combined 1539 Kinney, Cincinnati, OH 45231 (513) 522-5508 Manitowoc, WI 54220 (414) 682-7246 with an almost unrestricted usage 366th E.A.B. (Korea, 1952 (April-Balitmore) Al Morgan, USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD 850) (Aug 3546 1/2 4th St., Baltimore, MD 21225 (301) 355-4996 Providence, RI) James Hayes, Battleship Cove, Fall

of that column, regrettably forced 443rd AAA Assn. (WWII) ( July-Hazleton, PA) Felix River, MA 02721 (617) 678-1100 Viola, 524 E. Diamond Ave., Hazleton, PA 18201 (717) USS Knapp (DD 653) (July-Charleston, SO James us to cease accepting submissions 455-5689 Williams, Jr., 141 E. Hampton St., Camden, SC 29020 for it coincident with publication of 623rd Ordnance B.A.M. Bn. (Aug-Elgin, ID Homer Jef- (803) 432-4013 fers, 71 Tollview Rd., Elgin, IL 60120 (312) 697-4948 USS LCI (L) 445 (June-St. Louis) Frank Cerra, C-68 our November 1979 issue. 630th Tank Destroyer Bn. (Aug-Pittsburgh) Alex Spark, Huemerlyn, Rt. 1, Chester, NJ 07930 (201) 879-7931 209 Old Hwy. 837, Floreffe, PA 15025 (412) 384-5284 USS LCS (2-3) 19 (Aug-Chicago) Carl Breuer, 2405 Since then, however, it has be- 640th QM Ldry. Co. (July-Gatlinburg, TN) Charlie Eastman, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (312) 392-1676 come apparent to the editors that Mills, 405 W. Glenwood St., Knoxville, TN 37917 (615) USS Lexington (CV-2) Club (May-Reno, NV) Walt 525-9028 Kastner, 466 Ivy Glen Dr., Mira Loma, CA 91752 our readers still need a means for 749th Railroad Oper. Bn. (July-Las Vegas, NV) Donald USS Loggerhead (SS 374) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Edward Gothard, 4173 Dixie Ct., Columbus, OH 43228 (614) Olesewski, 1266 S. 31st St., Manitowoc, WI 54220 (414) locating their old comrades so as to 279-3026 682-2953 organize reunions. That's why, in 807th Tank Destroyer Bn. (July-Rapid City, SD) Harold USS LSM 24 (April-Hobart, IN) Paul Wolek, 3260 Shelby Steckelberg, Box 6, Chamberlain, SD 57325 (605) 734- St., Hobart, IN 46342 (219) 962-2043 March, we'll initiate a new column, 5703 USS LST 453 (USS Remus) (WWII) (June-Page/Lake 808th Tank Destroyer Bn. (WWII) (July-Nashville, TN) Powell, AZ) Boyd Shelby, 3150 E. 3900 So., Salt Lake "Let's Get Together." Robert Steelman, 816 Brookhaven Cir., Shelbyville, TN City, UT 84117 (801) 277-7600 Readers interested in organizing 37160 (615) 684-1519 USS LST 508 (June-St. Louis) James Odum, Sr., 2213 841st Engr. Avn. Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Vincennes, IN) Dale Portola Ave., Stockton, CA 95209 (209) 951-1626 reunions are invited to submit their Wright, Box 365, Kansas, IL 61933 (217) 948-5185 USS Mobile (CL 63) (Aug-Charleston, SC) Chaplain E. 850th Avn. Engrs. (May-Kansas City, MO) Mike San- W. Rogers, 1830 Main St., Columbia, SC 29201 (803) names and the appropriate della, 4735 Cedar, Kansas City, MO 64133 (816) 353- 779-0610 military/naval unit designations. 9279 USS Oklahoma Assn. (May-Dubuque, IA) Clarence 894th Tank Destroyer Bn. (April-Las Vegas, NV) Ellett Knight, 7831 Aberdeen Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814 Since available space remains at a Jackson, 3500 Akers Rd., #57, Bakersfield, CA 93309 USS Pompon (SS 267) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Stanley (805) 397-6575 Lambkin, 1901 Waldo Blvd., Manitowoc, WI 54220 (414) premium, we will be able to accept 1061st Engrs. PC&R (July-Pigeon Forge, TN) Jack Fic- 682-9158 only one such submission per per- key, Kingston Rd., Loudon, TN 37774 (615) 458-2367 USS Rainier (AE 5)(May-Mobile, AL) W. H. Baker, 2111 "B" Btry., 290th A.F.A. Bn (Aug-St. Louis, IL) Derward Montclair Dr., Greenville, NC 27834 (919) 752-7784 son per year, and the listing we Byrd, Rt. 1, Box 115, Palestine, AR 72372 (501) 768- USS Ranger (CV 4) (Aug-Pensacola, FL) George Kings- 3365 ton, Star Rt., Box 3498, Lillian, AL 36549 (205) 962- publish will consist only of the unit "B" Btry., 771st F.A. Bn. (July-Lexington, KY) David 2171 designation and the name, address Scott, 661 N. Center, Braidwood, IL 60408 (815) 458- USS Raton (SS 270) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Kenneth 2416 Erickson, 1721 Jackson Ct., Manitowoc, WI 54220 (414) and telephone number (if desired) of "C" Btry., 67th AAA Gun Bn. (July-Birmingham, AL) 682-2907 Edward Letchman, 8148 3rd Ave. So., Birmingham, AL USS Ray (SS 271) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Albert Bergseth, the to contacted. person be 35206 (205) 836-4253 3902 Custer St., Manitowoc, WI 54220 (414) 682-4160 "C" Btry., 171st F.A. Bn., 45th Div. (WWII) (Aug- USS Redfin (SS 272) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Stephen Pet- Oklahoma City) Arthur Masten, 10 NW 9th St., Okla- reshock, 1418 Columbia St., Manitowoc, WI 54220 (414) homa City, OK 73102 (405) 232-8693 682-4818 "A" Co., 112th Inf., 28th Div. (July-Corry, PA) Frank USS Rock (SS 274) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Keith Leasure, DeLury, Rt. 2, Corry, PA 16407 Rt. 2, Box 157, Makanda, IL 62958 (618) 457-2907 OUTFIT REUNIONS "B" Co., 3942nd QM Truck Co. (July-Cedar Rapids, IA) USS Tennessee (BB 43) (June-Philadelphia) James Sam Schmidt, Deep River, IA 52222 (515) 595-3860 Hawkins, 1209 W. Wynnd Rd., Wynnewood, PA 19096 "C" Co., 347th Combat Engrs. (June-Arlington, TX) (215) 642-5677 Reunion will be held in month indicated. For particu- John Barnett, Box 777, Bridgeport, TX 76026 (817) USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS 14) (May-Chicago) lars write person whose address is given. Notices accepted 683-4287 Max Slivka, 6933 N. Kedzie Ave. #516, Chicago, IL on official forms only. For form send stamped, self- "D" Co., 738th M.P. Bn. (June-West Bend, WI) C. As- 60645 addressed envelope to O.R. Form, American Legion Mag- chenbrenner, 1702 Harold St., Green Bay, WI 54302 Wichita 45), Tuscaloosa 37) Assn. azine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices USS (CA USS (CA (414) 432-6951 (May-San Diego) Rangus, 837 Elm Ave., must be received five months before scheduled reunion. Anthony "E" Co., 309th Regt., 78th Inf. Div. (May-Wildwood Vista, 92011 (619) 422-0315 Earliest submissions are favored when the volume of Chula CA Crest, NJ) James Woodard, 516 Rampo Ave., Pompton USS Whitehurst (DE 634) Assn. (June-Charlotte, NC) notices is too great to print them all. Notice of Outfit Re- Lakes, 07442 (201) 839-2767 Shaver, N. Oxalis Dr., Orlando, 32807 unions are run only once during a calendar year. NJ Jon 104 FL Retired Army Nurse Corps Assn. (April-Orlando, FL) USS Woolsey (DD 437) (May-St. Louis) Tony Torres, RANCA Convention 84, Box 1006, Fem Park, FL 32730 13710 Capiz Ct., Whittier, CA 90601 (213) 693-8023 (813) 393-8691 Army Air Force 1st Medical Regt. (Aug-St. Louis) Floyd Thomure, 249 Navy 13th, 14th, 22nd, 27th Photo Sqdns. & Supporting Burncoate Dr., St. Louis, MO 63129 (314) 487-5001 24th Seabees (WWII) (April-Ft. Wayne, IN) Hersel Dum- Personnel (June-Colorado Spgs., CO) John Neff, 1404 2nd Arm'd Div. (May-Oklahoma City) Donald Houston, bauld, 815 Zahn St., Huntington, IN 46750 N. Grant, Lexington, NE 68850 (308) 324-3434 3902 Airport Ln., Stillwater, OK 74074 (405) 377-0507 136th NCB (June-Milwaukee) Ralph Harrison, 837 43rd M.R. & R Sq. (May-Bella Vista, AR) Gordon Lin- 4th Fighter Sq., 52nd Fighter Grp. (July-Mt. Clemens, Millwood Rd., Broken Arrow, OK 74011 (918) 455-8243 deblad, 6 Windermere, Bella Vista, AR 72714 (501) MI) Ken Bumford, 2317 Playview, St. Clair Shores, MI Destroyer Sq. 8 (USS Wainwright 419, Buck 420, 855-1034 48082 (313) 293-2563 Mayrant 402, Trippe 403, Rhind 404, Rowan 405) 60th Troop Carrier Grp. (WWII) (June-Little Rock, AR) 12th Arm'd Div. Assn. (Aug-Denver) Warren Maue, 4320 (June-Bloomington, IN) Lee Craig, 520 Slack Dr., An- John Diamantakos, 7216 Pine Tree Ln., Fairfield, AL Germantown-Liberty Rd., Germantown, OH 45327 derson, IN 46013 (317) 643-9502 35064 (205) 923-2323 (513) 866-5004 LCC Boats (WWII) (June-Chicago) Robert Wilson, Rt. 2, 71st Tac. Recon. Grp., 82nd, 110th Tac. Recon. Sqdns., 14th Arm'd Div. (July-Washington) Andrew Tierno, 42 Box 193, Stuart, IA 50250 (515) 523-1341 17th Recon. Bomb Sq., 25th Liaison Sq., 5th A.F. Vestal Ave., Binghampton, NY 13903 Naval Air Transport Sq. Inc. (NATS) Aug-San Diego) (Aug-Orlando, FL) Sy Rosenblatt, 1223 S. Orange Ave., 16th Arm'd Div. (Aug-Indianapolis) Raymond Wilson, Arnie Hudnall, 9807 NW 75th St., No. Kansas City, MO Orlando, FL 32805 (305) 846-8266 6925 N 900 E, Brownsburg, IN 46112 (317) 852-4555 64153 73rd Bomb Wing (B-29 Grps., 497th, 498th, 499th, 31st Dixie DD Div., 124tbV154th Inf. Serv. Co. (WWII) Tin Can Sailors (July-Chicago) Edward Ward, Tin Can 500th, 65th, 91st, 303rd. 330th Serv. Grps.) (WWII) (May-Nashville, TN) Joe Wall, 3544 6th Ave., Council Sailors Inc., Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA 02721 (May-Atlanta) 73rd Bomb Wing, 105 Circle Dr., Uni- Bluffs, IA 51501 (712) 323-5287 (617) 678-1100 versal City, TX 78148 31st & 241st Engr. Bns. (Ft. Belvoir, VA) (WWII) US Naval Astronautics Grp. Detach. (Bravo, 1964- 75th Air Depot Wing (Aug-Salt Lake City) Kenneth (July-Little Falls, NY) Gerald Stone, 507 Lake St., present) (June-Rosemont, MN) John Morrison, 14896 Brunmeier, Box 181, Onida, SD 57564 (605) 258-2325 Herkimer, NY 13350 (315) 866-5447 Cimarron Ave. West, Rosemont, MN 55068 (612) 423- 98th Air Refueling Sq. & Maint. Support Personnel 32nd Inf. Div. Assn. (Les Terribles) (Aug-Madison, WI) 2496 (June-Lincoln, NE) Chuck Murray, 1630 Devoe Dr., George Lehmann, Box 155, Lake Mills, WI 53551 (414) USS Arkab (AK 130) (May-Orlando, FL) Tom Murray, Lincoln, NE 68506 (402) 489-2330 648-8776 Box 525, Sun City, CA 92381 (714) 679-5905 99th Bomb Group (H) (May-Houston) James Flex, Box 62nd A.F.A. Bn. (July-Amarillo, TX) Melvin Dane, 1028 USS Augusta (CA 31) (April-Orlando, FL) Robert Bas- 1185, Dickinson, TX 77539 (713) 337-2240 Sarger Rd., Denton, TX 76201 tian, 5604 Fillmore Ave., Alexandria, VA 22311 (703) 307th Bomb Group (H) (Long Rangers) (May-Orlando, 90th Inf. Div. (June-Europe) Maj. Bill Falvey, 213 E. 820-9061 FL) Mrs. Cena Marsh, 1923 Atkin Ave., Salt Lake City, Main, Niles, MI 49120 (616) 684-4202 USS Belle Grove (LSD 2) (July-St. Louis) Joe Bledso, UT 84106 (801) 466-5805 99th Signal Bn. (June-St. Louis) Hoyt Owsley, Preston, 194 Pinegrove Dr., Bellbrook, OH 45305 (513) 848-2855 376th Serv. Sq., 5th A.F. (Pacific Oper) (June-Altoona, MO 65732 (417) 758-4424 USS Chikaskia (AO 54) (April-Annapolis, MD) Carroll PA) Allen Stuby, Rt. 2, Box 51, Mt. Union, PA 17066 125th Inf. Regt. Assn. (July-Detroit) John Obuck, 14812 Chauvin, 2701 Hudson PI., New Orleans, LA 70114 (814) 542-4741 Young, Detroit, MI 48205 (313) 521-8822 (504) 392-2755 395th Signal Co. AVN ( Aug-Sturgis, MI) Fay Hart, Jr., 156th Inf., 31st Div. (WWII) (May-Lake Charles, LA) USS Cobia (SS 245) (Aug-Manitowoc, WI) Daniel Pelton, 1316 Kent St., Sturgis, MI 49091 (616) 651-2400 Evan Janise, Rt. 1, Box 300, Ragley, LA 70657 (318) 4311 E. Vermont, Phoenix, AZ 85018 (602) 840-1821 855-7314 USS Gainard (DD 706) (Aug-Norfolk, VA) Cecil Ken- Continued . . .

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414th Bomb Sq. Assn. (Aug-Dallas) Charles Merlo, 7335 Neckel, Dearborn, MI 48126 (313) 581-6904 433rd Ftr. Sq., 475th Ftr. Group (Japan) (June- Atlantic City, NJ) Donald Farner, 2048 Black Gap Rd., Fayetteville, PA 17222 (717) 352-2782 B-58 Hustler Assn. (June-Ft. Worth, TX) Kenneth Ryker, 448 Meadowhill Dr., Benbrook, TX 76126 (817) 249-2877

Coast Guard entuce USS Pettit (DE 253) (Aug-Houston) Edward Lesniak, ol an 8311 Osceola, Niles, IL 60648 (312) 967-7655 Miscellaneous Retired Enlisted Assn. (TREA) (July-Las Vegas, NV) TREA Enlisted Reunion, Box 50584, Washington, DC 20004

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Robert E. Hoke, Marian O. Walter (1983), Post 326, Makers Sampler and enjoy a wonderful new smoking sensation. I'll include a generous sampling of Millersburg, Pa. Honduras handmades, plus a nice selection of vintage-leaf, long-filler and cut Athel Pearson, Roy T. Parks, Doris Jones (1979), Cigars Shown Actual Size John T. Heath, Richard D. Black (1983), Post 166, filler cigars, all perfectly blended for mildness and flavor. Gleason, Tenn. These superb smokes are made with expertly blended Cuban-seed-leaf tobaccos grown and cured the old Cuban way in Honduras from seed smuggled out of Cuba. They're mild, flavorful and extremely satisfying to the cigar smoker who's looking for something TAPS new, something better, something The Taps Notice mentions, whenever exceptionally tasty. Experts can't tell them from Havana. You won't be able possible, those Legionnaires who have to, either, when you try them. held high National or Department Natural, Maduro and Candela Office in the Legion, United States wrappers. If you're ready for a government, or other forms of national luxuriously enjoyable smoking experience, try them now. prominence. Neil L. Morfltt, Ore. Department "Yours is the only decent cigar I have had in over 12 years," one Commander (1945-46), Department new customer wrote me the Vice Commander (1944-45). other day. Sherman Pa. W. Mason, Depart- "Of all the cigars I have ment Commander (1954-55), Depart- smoked, both cheap and expen- ment Vice Commander (1953-54). sive, yours is the best of the bunch," wrote another.

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Five American Legionnaires will win national recognition in May, under the MY OFFER TO CIGAR LOVERS Legion's 1983-1984 Good Neighbor Ml send you postpaid a selection of 42 factory-fresh cigars — a special selec- Award program. tion of Honduras handmades, vintage- Winners, to selected be by a panel of leaf long-filler and cut-filler smokes. If judges, will be announced during the these cigars aren't all you expected, Legion's May meeting in Indianapolis return the unsmoked ones by United Parcel or Parcel Post within 30 days May 9 and 10. and I'll refund your money. No ques- winner will Each be the guest of tions asked. Your delivered cost is only honor at an award luncheon to be held $10.90 for 42 factory-fresh, Cuban- in his. or her own community and will seed-leaf cigars. receive a Good Neighbor Award plaque plus a check for $1,000 payable to the recipient's favorite Legion-approved charity. One award will be presented in each of five categories: for work with veter- ans, for outstanding volunteer service, for heroism, for community service and for youth activities. Nominations for the awards must be r*To order, fill in and mail coupon to B148 submitted on an Official Nomination THOMPSON CIGAR CO. Application form, distributed to all 5401 Hanger CI., Dept. B148, Box 30303, Tampa, FL 33630

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American Legion ADVANCE . All (Fla. residents add 5% sales tax ) Charge $10.90 to my VISA American Express CREDIT CARD USERS nominations must be received at Na- MasterCard Diners Club SPEED DELIVERY BY tional Headquarters by March 31. CALLING Credit Card No. (Print all digits) Departments are urged to encourage their respective Posts to participate TOLL-FREE actively in the nomination process. 1-800-237-2559 Good Neighbor Award winners also IN FLORIDA, CALL will be announced in The American city state zip OFFER GOOD IN U.S. ONLY 1-800-282-0646 Legion Magazine's July issue.

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Proudly display your love for America U.S.GREATSEAL Commander's A Message MEDAL-"" |K (Continued from page 2) Genuine Diamond Mm House Rules Committee from further layered in - consideration of H.R. 1510 and force it 14-Karat Gold to the House floor, whether or not the Speaker wants immigration reform Display your pride in America, and celebrate debated. In order for this infrequently the 200th Anniversary of the U.S. Great used parliamentary device to succeed, with this Seal historic 218 representatives must sign the pet- Commemorative Medal ition personally. die-struck in a strictly limited edition Within two weeks of its introduction layered in precious Designer last October, 117 members had signed 14-KARAT GOLD... Chain and, we may speculate, the Speaker and hand-set with changed his mind about allowing de- a fiery 17-facet if you order now! bate on H.R. 1510 because of the early .25 pt. GENUINE If you order now, we and sizable support of the discharge DIAMOND as a will include, at no tangible expression, additional cost, an 18" petition by members of Congress. of America's power\ Designer chain, layered Should that support lessen this month, and greatness. in 14-K Gold so you can the Speaker could reason that he can Issued Only proudly wear or display your Medal. The U.S. Until Dec. 31, Great Seal Medal and Chain 1984 make meaningful personal The U.S. Great Seal jewelry for men and women. "There are several things Medal will be privately minted only until Poole's Fifth Avenue Legionnaires can do to December 31, 1984, after which time the 89 Fifth Ave., Dept. EP-56 " edition will be closed. To attest to its status New York, New York 10003 assure speedy action . . as a future family heirloom, each medal, and Please rush me (qty): U.S. Great Seal Medal layered in 14-KARAT GOLD, the name of its original owner, will be and set with a GENUINE DIAMOND at just permanently registered in the Archives of $9.95 plus $1.50 postage and special han- Poole's Fifth Avenue. A Certificate of 18" dling each. Also include Free Designer safely execute another petition rever-

Authenticity will be provided for your chain. I must be 100% satisfied or I may sal on his complete protection. Should your order fail return the Medal within 90 days for refund commitment to allow the (except postage and handling). Either way to please, simply return it within 90 days of House to work its will on immigration the Chain is mine to keep FREE! receipt for a prompt refund (except postage reform. My check or m.o. for $ and handling, of course). There are several things Legion- Price Guaranteed For 30 Days is enclosed. (NY residents add sales tax) CHARGE MY Visa MasterCard E*P- naires can do to assure speedy action Because of rapidly changing prices in gold Date _ on H.R. 1510. Each of us should con- and diamonds, we can only guarantee our Card # tact our members of Congress — $9.95 price for the next 30 days. To secure Signature Hispanic or otherwise and let them this significant collectible for yourself and — Print Name . know we support immigration your heirs — while it is still at the low reform

Address , — original issue price — mail the coupon and that we want the full House to de- without delay. City bate H.R. 1510 immediately. We ^Poole's Not affiliated with any U S gov't agency. State Zip should telephone their congressional district offices, write to them at their

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For a Small illegals, plus a tamper-proof worker identification system. With these in Back Yard Garden? place, no amnesty is necessary. Since jobs are the principal magnet for il- You wouldn't buy expensive road legals, removal of their job opportuni-

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So why buy a big, expensive tiller for a mounting an expensive police-state- back yard vegetable garden and a few type roundup. Similarly, the absence flower beds? Hire someone once a year of job opportunities for illegals will

with a farm tractor or a big Troy-Bilt tiller. discourage would-be illegal immi- Then buy a Mantis Tiller/Cultivator — grants from entering the country. the 20- lb. wonder — to do all the rest of We agree with Hispanic leaders in your gardening for you! Mantis starts with their justifiable concern that employer sanctions might create discrimination the flick of a wrist . . . tills and weeds and cultivates a practical 6"-9" wide (big tillers

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Should From Coast to Coast j? any plugs fail to grow, just let us know within DROUGHT PROOF People & Write to 60 days. We replace them FREE. That guaran- J Mike Senkiw tee clearly Let the scorching sun burn lawns around you means that Famous Zoysia has to & into do everything we say - hay-your zoysia stays fresh and green, an From Hudson, N.Y., and more! Otherwise J E. La- there s no way we could emerald isle of beauty. I have yet to water my Roche writes give you such unique \ fW —t. how he planted protection. own zoysia lawn. One day I saw that my sprinkler ^""^ V , Plugs "in the worst possible had gotten cobwebs! In Iowa, place-clay a zoysia lawn was with weeds and gravel ... It formed declared the area's " 4" "Top Lawn-nearly perfect a thick carpet of grass. Not children, dogs, Yet this lawn had been watered only once that cats, rabbits, extremely hot sun or drought could entire summer! kill it. CUT YOUR WATER BILLS. SAVE THE From Sacramento, Calif., J. M. writes how he WORK OF LAWN SPRINKLING. START A bought our Zoysia "for a weed infested spot-it FAMOUS ZOYSIA GRASS LAWN NOW. took care of the problem." From Indiana, M.A. Low, Sr. writes how he Weed-killing chemicals are NOT NEEDED visited a physician friend in Albert Lea, Minn LAKELAND NURSERY SALES, Dept. nl-21 54 for a weed-free where Famous® Zoysia Lawn he saw a "whole back yard was entirely Bldg. #5, Hanover, PA 17333 in zoysia and it was beautiful ... a deep green " How is it possible that Famous Meyer Z-52 Please send me the certified and guaranteed The success of many thousands of delighted Fa- Zoysia stays weed-free without using expensive, Famous® mous® Zoysia plugs checked. Zoysia owners awaits you. Prove it risky chemicals? It grows so thick that crabgrass to yourself today. NAMF please (weed) seeds don't get enough light to germinate! ( Poor Soil? No Problem! print) Has Cut Mowing To Once A Month ADDRESS Our Famous Zoysia plugs are so vigorous we CITY Zoysia grows sideways, not just up like ordi- guarantee them to grow whatever your nary soil-from grass. It forms a thick, interwoven carpet of heavy clays to sandy sub-soils. You cannot lose. STATF . ZIP turf that keeps its well-groomed look weeks longer. It cuts your mowing IT'S I by half, % or more! SO EASY AND INEXPENSIVE TO START enclose check or m.o. for $ No-Reseeding—Not Ever!—With A MAGNIFICENT ZOYSIA LAWN (KS res. add sales tax) Shipped "Transpor- tation Collect" the most economical way. Lakeland's Famous® Zoysia Start your own magnificent, perennial zoysia To avoid delay in delivery to Rural Routes & Plug in Lakeland Zoysia lawn with as few as 100 plugs. Just let your plugs and never buy grass Box. No., you may include your seed again. establish solid turf. Then take day phone num- Zoysia lawns don't grow old; they up transplants and ber (Area Code) just grow better. They sparkle 100° plug in other places to your heart's desire. Plugged under heat . . CHARGE TO areas grow right MY: MasterCard Diner's Club stay green through droughts. They resist diseases back into solid turf. Your supply of plugs American Express VISA and insects which ruin ordinary grasses. After is endless. sharp Acct.no frosts, they only give up their green color Prices and Bargains Exp. date then green up better than ever each following If you plant more grass that Spring. Famous Zoysia gives you the closest thing sits there and strug- FULL SIZE NO-BEND PLUGGER ONLY gles—or dies on you—you to an indestructible lawn you have ever seen. may not miss your work (LOO0778H) $4.95 and money. It's the time you cannot recover! So 100 PLUGS (L000927Y) + Ends Washouts on Steep Slopes please don't confuse Lakeland's 30-Below-Zero 30 FREE PLUGS Value . $7.65 . . Only $5.88. . . You Save $1.76 Perfect Where Other Grasses Do Poorly Zoysia with any ordinary turf offered as a "bar- gain." If our plugs cost a little more in the be- 100 PLUGS & PLUGGER (L000950Y) Deep-rooted zoysia holds soil in place, stops it ginning, they remain, in the long run, the only +30 FREE PLUGS from washing away from slopes. It's your perfect true bargain for Value $12.59. .. Only your lawn. $9.95. . , You Save $2.64 answer for worn out or weedy areas, too. 200 PLUGS (L000935Y) + 60 FREE PLUGS In a typical newspaper article I Order guaranteed _ read (quote)- J^OJTWUA, Value $15.29. . . Only $10.95. . .You upgrading your current lawn" requires Save $4.34 the right zoysia plugs selection of grass seed plus "regular applications now, for delivery from our near- 200 PLUGS & PLUGGER (L000968Y) est shipping of fertilizer (and lime where needed)." This arti- point. Your order will be sent at +60 FREE PLUGS

Value . cle also $20.24. . .Only said you need, "weed, insect and disease the earliest proper time to plant in your area. $13.95. . . .You Save $6.29 control." Sound familiar? course! Of PLUGGER INCLUDED FREE WITH ORDERS OF Why not forget all that work and expense, and Meyer 500 OR MORE PLUGS plug in Famous Meyer Z-52 Zoysia? To upgrade Z-52 Zoysia Grass was perfected by the U.S. your Govt, and released in cooperation with 500 PLUGS (L000976Y) + FREE lawn with zoysia, don't dig it up. Just set the U.S. PLUGGER Golf Association. 150 FREE plugs into holes in the soil a foot apart more or & PLUGS Value $43.17. . Only less $25.95. . .You Save Let those plugs spread toward each other "Same Day Fresh" $17.22 to form a carpet of solid turf. Growth is so 1000 PLUGS (L003301Y) + FREE PLUGGER The day we cut your plugs is the day vigorous it chokes out old growth you want to they are & 300 FREE PLUGS get rid of, on their way to you. Because freshness counts, WEEDS Value $81.39. . Only INCLUDED. $35.95. . .You Save $45.44 Lakeland has 2 shipping points, one in the Mid- 2000 PLUGS (L006296Y) west and one in the East. Your plugs go out from + FREE PLUGGER the nearest point "Same Day Fresh" and ready & 600 FREE PLUGS NO NEED TO DIG UP YOUR LAWN Value $157.83. Only to grow, shipping charge collection the most eco- $54.95. You Save $102.88 PLUG IN Z-52 ZOYSIA nomical way. On credit card orders, the shipping 3000 PLUGS (L001990Y) + 2 FREE PLUGGERS cost will be prepaid by us and billed to your & 900 FREE PLUGS account. Value $239.22. Only $73.95. You Save $165.27 I © H.H.I., 1984 I liVL/VLL'/DLL BUY!D\J I . HABANDr7/iD/A/\L' INCREDIBLE af*lmtC TIME SLACKS GOOD F i !L OFF DUTY H0tffi!\ TAKE PAIRS 95 for Any / MONEY BACK Only APPROVAL 24[ | I I

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