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July 1981 Volume 111, Number 1 For God and Country

4 Commander's Message g The Lady On Confidence To Succeed Liberty Island By Vernon Pizer 6 Letters The world's most famous lady reveals her innermost secrets. Our readers comment Chemical Warfare: Rethinking Dateline Washington ^ Q 18 The Unthinkable By Jerome Greer Chandler Issues and opinions from tlie capital Blister Confidence Tests and Ninety Second Bunnies are but 20 Issues two elements of the nishtmare called chemical warfare. The U.S. has begun prepanng for a Dantesque horror it hopes Should Consress Set Guidelines For will never come to pass. The Federal Reserve?

22 The Message Center 12 Return To Paradise By Grail S. Hanford Of importance to veterans Thousands of Legionnaires will attend the Hawaii National Convention next month—here's a sampling of what they 26 News for Legionnaires will see and do. Your orsanization at work Diagnosis At A 36 News to Use 14 Distance By Walter Froehlich Helpful hints for consumers

Medical science is replacing the unpleasant touch of cold 37 Books steel With the soothing hum of CT scanners in its efforts to make diagnostic medicine a little less fnghtening. Interestins new titles 43 Parting Shots The All-American To leave you laushins Clambake By Tom Hoge

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Greer Chandler, a free-lance journal- The Bourbon Cookbook, 101 Gourmet About our authors . . . ist and radio news director who lives Recipes and Potato Cookery. in Anniston, AL. His articles have Vernon Pizer wrote "The Lady On been published in several national Walter Froehlich recalls that during Liberty Island" following a three- magazines and he is the recipient of 30 years as a science writer, he has day visit to the Statue of Liberty. It Alabama Associated Press honors. watched hospitals develop into high- was a reunion of sorts because he Chandler served as a medic with the technology centers with increasingly once lived in New York for 16 years, 101st Airborne in Vietnam. complex machines. He explains one though he never visited the statue. aspect of this in "Diagnosis At A Dis- Now that he has met "Lady Liberty" Long interested in food and, himself, tance." A member of the National and knows her well, he vows never an amateur cook, Tom Hoge, author Press Club American Legion Post again to avoid her when in the area: of "The All-American Clambake," #20 in Washington, DC, Froehlich "Not for her sake, but for mine—such writes a food and wine column which has written numerous science articles an inspiration she is for all Ameri- appears in 300 newspapers through- for other publications. cans." out the United States. A frequent contributor to The American Legion Grail S. Hanford, the Magazine's "Chemical Warfare: Rethinking The Magazine, Hoge is also the author of senior editor, wrote "Return To Para- Unthinkable" was written by Jerome four books: The Organic Berry Book, dise."

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3 THE AMERICAN LEGION July 1981

Commander's Message THE AMERICAkN LEGION Confidence To Succeed

who are still deeply committed to the National Commander bedrock principles upon which our Michael J. Kogutek republic was founded. They are con- fident, they are optimistic and they have faith in our system. The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Advertising Offices group, I've also In every however, 706 North Pennsylvania St. seen too many people who have be- PC. Box 1055 us Indianapolis, IN 46206 gun to view through doom-colored 317-635-8411 glasses; too many who see only im- pending disaster; too many who have Publisher lost sight of our strengths because Bertram G. Davis they have let themselves become Assistant Publisher Dean B. Nelson overwrought by our shortcomings. Editor Unfortunately, bad news makes Daniel S. Wheeler news, so the bad about us is often Managing Editor emphasized while the good is seldom Gerard T. Atchison given voice. Well, it's about time that Senior Editor Grail S. Hanford the good was also told and we, Associate Editor America's veterans, are certainly the Kathleen \Vhitehead ones who can and should do it. Art Editor Make no mistake about it, Ameri- James A. Chaney Michael J. Kogutek Production Manager ca faces awesome problems : rampant, Bill Kroeker vmcontrolled, worldwide inflation; political in and military unrest many Advertising Sales areas of the world which adversely Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. PO. Box 999, Teaneck. NJ 07666 This month, on July 4th, we affects our import of vital raw mate- 201-837-5511 Americans pause to reflect upon our rials; domestic unemployment; big- proud heritage and the sustained otry and racial unrest; energy short- Publisher Emeritus achievements of the American people. ages; and the menace of ever-increas- James F, O'Neil And it is right that we should do ing Soviet military might and inter- this, but we should guard against lim- vention—directly and by proxy—into The American Legion Magazine Commission Milfoid .A. Forrester. Greenville. SC i('h;iirmanl; iting the celebration of our accom- the internal affairs of sovereign na- .Adolph F Bremer. Winona. MN iVice ("hairmanl; plishments to just one day. In these tions. Janie.'- R. Kellev. Devon. P.A i National Commanders Representative!. Norman Biebel. Belleville. IL: Victor uncertain times, we should take time It is important that we keep these Broom. Fulton. MS; Andrew J. Cooper Gulf Shores. AL; daily to ensure that our commitment problems in view, for only then can John J. Dunn. Sr. Scranton. PA; Frank J. Holcshuh. to the time-tested principles upon they be put into proper perspective. YounKstown. OH; Martin T. Jansen, Little Chute. WI; Ku^'ene J. Kelley. Savannah. GA; James V. Kissner which we were founded—trust in We must be aware of the obstacles we Palatine. IL; Russell H. Laird. Des Moines, lA; Loyd God, liberty and justice for all—are face so that we will not become guilty .McUermott, Dumas. AR; Nathaniel J. McKee, Princeton. NJ; J. H. Morris. Baton RnuRe. LA; Bruce E. not forgotten. of false optimism, of viewing the Penny. Seattle, WA: Floyd J Rogers. Topeka. KS; Fourth of July celebrations always world through rose-colored glasses, George G Sinopoli Frt-^no. CA; R;ilph L. .Smith, Bartlesville, OK. Wa\ ne L Talbert. Delphi. IN; remind that Americans have a but, we should not dwell on them to me Beniamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT; George J. Zanos. marked tendency to march forward the exclusion of all else. Rather, we Wel'lshurg, WV. with drums beating, bugles blaring should make certain that our and flags unfurled. We love a celebra- strengths, which are many and The American Legion .Magazine i USPS 020-540) is tion; we love a parade; we love a varied, are also realized. On the bal- published monthly by The American Legion, 700 North noble calling. Once aroused, I believe ance, America's assets far outweigh Pcnn,sylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Second class postage paid at Indianapolis. IN 46204 and Americans her liabilities there- can do anything. Each and we should, additional mailing offices. Price; yearly subscription, time we have been faced with an fore, not lose sight of what's good 00; single copy. 30 cents. POSTMA.STER: .send overwhelming problem some among about America. address changes to; Circulation Department, PO. Box 1954. Indianapolis, IN 46206. us have asked, doubting: "Does For example: Send editorial and advertising material to; America have the will and the re- • Americans, by the grace of God, The American Legion Magazine, 700 North Pennsylvania sources to overcome it?" Each time, possess the gift of dissatisfaction, a St., PO. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. despite the cynics and doubters, trait which has given birth to our un- Copyright 1981 by The American Legion.

Americans have answered with action equalled system of constitutional Microfilm copies available; University Microfilms. 300 and have succeeded. government, to our unprecedented N. Zeeb Rd , Ann Arbor MI 48106 Today, as a nation, we face individual freedom, and to our end- many Change of Address .Notify problems, but the greatest of these is less assembly line of technological in- Post Adjutant and Circulation Dept . PO, Box our lack of confidence that we can novation and invention. For ours is 19.54, Indianapolis. In 46206. Attach old address label, provide old and new address and current membership solve them. This lack is not universal, not a whining, grousing dissatisfac- card number Allow 8 weeks for change of jiddress to but it is widespread. tion, but a constructive, energetic dis- take effect. During the past year, I have vis- satisfaction which has a tendency to Non-Member Subscriptions ited every part of I right the nation and cut to the heart of any problem. Send $.3.00 i.">4-00 in foreign countriesi to Circulation Indianapolis, 46206. have seen thousands of Americans ( Continued on page 23 ) Dept.. PO. Box 1954. IN \

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Soviet Threat known Brigade of Heroes," was only one of many endowments by Scottish- • Every red-blooded American born philanthropist Andrew Carne- should read Ernest Cuneo's "Threat gie. He endowed 2,800 libraries in of War; Spoils of Victory" (April). the U.S., built Carnegie Hall in New Let us hope that our nation has the York, Carnegie Institute in Pitts- vision and strength to take positive burgh ( Technology) Carnegie Insti- measures against this threat of Soviet , tution (Research) and the Pan- world domination. American Union, in Washington, DC. Morris D. Weisman Also, he was a large benefactor of Tampa, FL MEDICAL Institute, Tuskegee for educational advancement of black people. He • Further to Ernest Cuneo's excel- FILE summed up his charitable theory as lent article "Threat of War; Spoils of ". . . it is the duty of the man of Victory," the free world must realize concise up-to-date information wealth to become a mere trustee for that Russia must have a constantly on effective treatment of his less fortunate brethren". boiling crisis to keep millions of her common medical problems Joseph B. Milgrim citizens in military service. The re- Brooklyn, NY maining hundreds of millions are kept in robot-like economic slavery. If BACKACHE Before you take Trifles regular strength pain relievers for a muscular she can maintain this status quo with- backactie, remember tfils: Momentum' Tablets out a hot war, through the success of • As collectors, we thoroughly en- are specially made for backaches. They re 50% her takeover strategies, she will win joyed Phyllis Zauner's "Putting a stronger with 50% more pain reliever per dose

to by \\^estern default. jPrice Trifles" . It relieve backache pain . to soothe inflamma- Tag On (May) was tion, so you can move more freely again John A. Santore a pleasure to read this change-of-pace t^omentum" Tablets: Richmond Hill, article in our magazine. look for- specially made forg NY We " ward to pieces for collec- backaches... biiBHim^r more such 50% stronger IftW— \J • Re: The very revealing article tors and hobbyists. "Threat of War; Spoils of Victory," Mrs. B. Paprzycki I am very upset and angry at Soviet Oaklyn, NJ DENTXmES Apply Anbesol^ to maneuverings to gain world power. sore, painful gums. Anbesol kills pain on con- this situation • tact. Its two anesthetics deaden pain immedi- Should lead us to con- Phyllis Zauner's human interest ar- ately, soothe irritated nerve endings. Nothing flict, we have won before and we will ticle "Putting a Price Tag on Trifles" short of a doctor's prescription gives faster relief win again! was not only fascinating, but very of the discomfort of denture irritation, toothache, Anbesol John Pratt practical. Looking about my home I cold sores or r^^^^^T*^ Wailuku, Maui, HI have found several items of historic (ever blisters, AflD^^ l&l value that otherwise I would have Heroes overlooked. R. L. Cash • Thank you for giving us Al J. Wood River, IL HEADACHES Not getting all Stump's "Unknown Brigade of Civil- the relief you need? Discover Anacin-3." Its pain Prayer in Schools reliever gives you the most effective headache ian Heroes" ( May ) . Reading this relief you can buy without aspirin. It's 100% article sent shivers up our spines, like • There have been many top notch aspirin-free, 1000 mgs. strong per dose. watching our ice hockey team beat articles in The American Legion Maximum strength, even stronger than regular strength tablets the Russians against all odds or Magazine but the Commander's Mes- Get maximum watching the Columbia land safely to sage "Prayer in Public Schools" strength 100% mark the dawning of a new era in the (April), is the best. I would like to Aspirin- Free Anacin-3. space age. Those tales about everyday see this one reproduced in every mag- Americans bespoke the courage that azine in the United States. After our might be found in all of us were we citizens have been exposed to the p epa HEMORRHOIDS faced with similar choices. At least, points emphasized by Commander ration H " gives fast, temporary relief from the occasional pain and itch brought on by hemor- we hope so. Kogutek, perhaps Congress will get rhoids. It even helps shrink swelling of hem- Howard Ryan the message and act accordingly. orrhoidal tissues caused by Alhamhra, May our Lord continue to bless you inflammation Available in CA both ointment in your labor for God and Country. and suppositories. • It is interesting to note that the James A. Story Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Morrowville, KS featured in the excellent article "Un- • I am appalled at the confused Letters published do not necessarily thinking expressed by our Command- express the policy of The American er in his Message "Prayer in Public Use all medications only as directed. Legion. We reserve the right to both Schools." Nowhere does he address © 1981 Wriitehall Laboratories. New York, N Y. edit and select letters for publication. ( Continued on page 19)

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7 July 1981

By Vernon Pizer

Anybody who knows Charles Deleo knows where he is early on this Fourth of July—in a cramped, hot, glass and steel aerie more than 300 feet above vessels crisscrossing New York Harbor just off the tip of Manhattan. Perched on the support beams within the torch atop the Statue of Liberty, he is assuring himself that nothing is amiss among the four powerful, sodium vapor lamps within the torch and that no dirt smudges the 200 glass panes that surround him. Every Monday morning through- out the year Deleo makes the ar- duous climb to service the beacon that sheds such penetrating illu- mination, literally and figuratively. But on special days like the nation's birthday he makes an additional climb of the 171 muscle-straining, narrow steps corkscrewing up steeply within the Statue and of 54 rungs of the steel ladder leading through her upraised arm to the torch grasped in her giant hand. A man in whom commitment to country and to religion are deep-rooted, Charlie sees this extra climb as per- fectly normal, even expectable. "After all," he says, "there isn't a better time to make sure everything is in perfect shape and there isn't a better place to offer a prayer for the well-being of the nation." Although the lights are pro- grammed for automatic turn on a half hour before sunset and for turn off half hour after sunrise, Deleo climbed to the torch last January 20, at 12:30 p.m. to switch them on to celebrate release of the Ameri- can hostages in Teheran and to offer a prayer of thanksgiving. I spent three days on Liberty Island; one of the impres- There's a whole sions I carried away is that lot more to her there is a little of Charlie De- than meets the eye leo in all of the U.S. Park Ser- vice staff who minister to its needs. Look- ing up pen- sively at the

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Statue, weathered to a soft green that by an ingeniously engineered steel heaviest masonry constructions. An is a pleasing foil against the sky skeleton that foreshadowed the elevator carries visitors to the top of background, Superintendent David curtain-wall construction of modern the pedestal where there are two L. Moffitt puts it this way, "There skyscrapers, she stretches 151 feet museums—the American Mu.seum of is a holiday spirit at other Park from toes to torch-tip. When this Immigration, and the smaller Service sites, a lighthearted air of colossal gift from France was of- Museum of Liberty—and where the relaxation and recreation. Here there ficially dedicated by President spiral climb up through the Statue is more an air of solemnity among commences for the adventurous. visitors and staff alike. It is a con- The Park Service staff that cares scious recognition that the Statue is for the complex is surprisingly small a unique symbol, not only in this only 35 year-round, augmented by country but throughout the world, of "There isn't a better some 75 temporaries in summer when mankind's highest and best aspira- nearly 300,000 visitors arrive on the place to offer a prayer tions." busiest days. Dave Moffitt and four However, it would be a mistake to for the well-being of other rangers plus their families live assume that life on Liberty Island on the island in compact houses moves at a measured tread in an the nation." whose nondescript architecture is atmosphere of unrelieved gravity. The compensated for by the unparalleled truth of the matter is that the island view from their windows. The others leads a double life. There is the commute to the island from New public life, the one seen by the nearly Cleveland in 1886, she was the tallest York via the public ferry on its hour- two million tourists who arrive by structure in New York City. Her in- ly 9-to-5 schedule or the Park Ser- ferry each year to spend an hour or dex finger alone is 8 feet long, her vice workboat on its periodic 7 a.m. two with the most famous Lady in waist 35 feet in diameter. She stands to 10:30 p.m. runs. Those who work the world. And there is the behind- on an 89-foot high pedestal resting on the island, and especially those the-scenes, private life that visitors on a 65-foot foimdation and together who also live there, are keenly aware rarely glimpse. I experienced both they constitute one of the world's ( Continued on page 40) and found each fascinating, often surprising, never dull.

The first thing I learned is that Dave Moffitt and his staff are re- sponsible not only for Liberty Island and The Lady—as the Park Service rangers fondly call her—but also for adjacent Ellis Island, once the gateway to America for more than 12 million immigrants with hope in their hearts and dreams in their heads. The two together comprise what is formally known as Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument. Though Ellis Island consists of only 27 acres, it is still more than twice the size of 10.8-acre Liberty Island. But while the smaller island thrives, the large one—its 56 years as America's major doorway having ended in 1924—is dormant, its handsome brick buildings decay- ing. Moffitt, short of funds and of staff, does what he can to reverse the ravages of time, but it is little more than a holding action. To re- store Ellis Island completely would take $77 million "and in this era of belt-tightening I don't see that kind of money coming out of Washing- ton," he told me. Ministering to the needs of The Lady is no simple, cut-and-dried task because she is no ordinary female. Weighing in at 450,000 pounds, her M;-inch thick copper skin supported

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Recent disclosures have made it necessary for the United States to reevaluate its position on NBC warfare

By Jerome Greer Chandler

Somewhere in Soviet Russia there is a man named Vladamir Karpovich Pikalov. His rank is colonel general and he commands some 100,000 men. Small command for the rank? Pikalov wouldn't have it any other way. His troops form the cutting edge of the Red Army. Pikalov is commander of the Sovi- et Union's NBC forces. NBC, letters familiar to all of us—letters we asso- ciate with entertainment, television. For military planners, however, they stand for something very different: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical. Should the United States and the Soviet Union ever fight a war, it is likely NBC weapons not only will be used Tmassively) but will also de- liver the first, possibly decisive blows.

A joint French, German and American neutron bomb and chemical team tests helmets and gas masks designed to protect against atomic and neutron radiation. (Far right) Soviet soldiers of an AA missile unit wear chemical warfare protective clothing.

10 THE AMERICAN LEGION July 1981 The Unthinkable "Gas! Gas! Quick boys—An ecstasy fied of the only other living man who weeks are needed to instruct a private of fumbling, could match him in sheer creative in the intricacies of decontamination, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in barbarity: Joseph Stalin. protection and radiological monitor- time. During World War I Russian gas ing. NCOs spend another six weeks But someone still was yelling out casualties were enormous, surpassing at the facility. Eventually, the goal and stumbling those of all the other Allies. Nicho- is to place at least one chemically And flound'ring like a man in fire or las II's Communist successors vowed trained NCO in each company in the lime. that such chemical carnage would Army. About 25 percent of them are Dim through the misty panes and never again be inflicted upon Mother staffed now, with combat units in thick green light. Russia. To that end, the Soviet Europe receiving first priority. As under a green sea, I see him Union built the world's largest, best- Lt. Col. Richard Guindon is Direc- drowning. equipped and best-trained chemical tor of Training at the Chemical In all my dreams before my help- force. Since the mid-1960s, the rate School. He uses a sports analogy to less sight of growth in Soviet chemical capabil- tell future Chemical Corps NCOs just He plunges at me, guttering, chok- ity has far outdistanced that of any what they're up against. "The Unit- ing, drowning." other area of armament. ed States' policy (vis-a-vis chemical Wilfred Owen Numbers are important only in weapons) is 'no first use.' If you context and that's what makes things take a boxing ring and put a Russian The horrors of chemical warfare so scary. U.S. Army officials say we in one corner and an American in the are nothing new. Yet, real though are now at a 20 to 1 disadvantage. If other, the U.S. boxer is only allowed they are, Vietnam era American strat- current plans materialize the margin to defend himself. The Russian box- egists chose to wish them away. The will be cut to 10 to 1 by 1985. The er probably equates to Muhammad choice was made not because chemi- price tag: $1.5 to $2 billion. Ali in his prime. The U.S. boxer is a cal warfare was anachronistic, but Part of the money will go for train- sophomore or junior in high school, because it had become unthinkable. ing. During the current year some not more than 100 pounds, dancing After all, the German's lethal gas $705,000 will be spent at the Army's around the ring, not knowing when arsenal went unused during World Chemical School at Fort McClellan, the Russian is going to throw that War II. Popular wisdom has it that AL, to train chemical troops. Eight ( Continued on page 44) Hitler was frightened of possible American and British retaliation in kind. Retaliation? Absolutely, but not from the West. Hitler was terri- —

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The American Legion is returning to Hawaii for its 63 d National Convention

don't miss it!

The world-famous Waikiki beach on the southern shore of Oahu.

By Grail S. Hanford

A statue of Kamehameha I, Hawaii's hero who gained victory over con- tending island chieftains in 1810 to make Hawaii an independent king- dom, stands in front of the Judiciary Building on King Street in Honolulu. Dressed in warrior robes and head- dress, his arm raised in a gesture at once commanding and welcoming, Kamehameha encompasses the spirit of these volcanic islands. Discovered by Capt. James Cook in 1778 and named the Sandwich Islands, the 20-island group (which originally included the Midway Is- lands) entered into the lively com- mercial trade common to the time and area, with sandalwood its chief trading commodity. Today, Hawaii is still a center of trade, with sugar and pineapple its major agricultural ex- ports. Much of the state's great wealth, however, now comes from U.S. military defense expenditures and from tourism. Today, some 965,000 permanent residents live on the six major inhab-

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ited islands of Hawaii. Though Ha- permit Legionnaires to do just that. the Patriotic Memorial Program on waii itself is the largest of the is- If you must limit the number of is- Sunday, August 30, at 11 a.m. lands, Oahu is the one all visitors first lands you visit to one or two, you will The American Legion Auxiliary visit because it is both the site of the still find Aloha spirit in abundance. will be headquartered in the beach- Capitol city of Honolulu and the Legiormaires will gather in force at front Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, and island on which travelers land when the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, will hold its festive States Dinner in arriving by air. Maui, Kauai, Molo- headquarters hotel for the conven- the hotel's Hawaii Ballroom on Mon- kai, Hawaii and Lanai are the other tion. It fronts directly on renowned day, August 31, at 8 p.m. major islands. Waikiki Beach and is within view of The Eight & Forty will gather at Though each has its individual per- the Princess Kaiulani Hotel, close sonality and varied topographical to the International Market Place, a attractions, all are beautiful, verdant Polynesian market with a tree house places surrounded by magnificent . . an occasion for good in a gigantic banyan tree, among expanses of ocean; dots of land some other enticing attractions. The Hil- fun, good fellowship 2,400 miles from coastal California ton Hawaiian Village Hotel will be and 3,400 miles from coastal Japan. and exotic adventure . . headquarters hotel for the Sons of It is to this tropical setting that The American Legion, too, and The American Legion will come for they'll have their meetings on Mon- its 63d National Convention, August day and Tuesday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 28 through September 3. The Friday Diamond Head, Honolulu's famous 1; and Steivos also will gather there. to Thursday meetings will be held in natural landmark. The Commander's The Musical Spectacular, so much Honolulu. While the trip to the only Dinner to Distinguished Guests, the a part of evening festivities at previ- state not located on continental National Convention Banquet, will be ous Legion conventions, will not be North America will be a time for con- held in the hotel's Coral Ballroom, held this time due to the enormous ducting Legion business, it also will Tuesday, September 1, at 7:30 p.m. expense of conveying these sensa- be an occasion for holiday fun, good Additionally, the convention's three tional musical groups across so many fellowship and exotic adventure. days of general sessions—Tuesday, miles. The excitement and color of Each island is well worth visiting, Wednesday and Thursday, Septem- the Legion's very popular parade, and island hopping by plane may ber 1-3—will be held there, as will ( Continued on page 42)

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Non-invasive diagnostic techniques are Wtataking the fear out of physical examinations and exploratory procedures

The ultimate in non-invasive diagnostic equipment, this Computerized Tomography ( CTj machine is beginning its impersonal examination. (Right) Patient emerges from CT after a quick and painless examination.

Diagnosis g^tance

By Walter Froehlich weakness and disability during recovery. Until the mid-1970s, this unsettling scenario might Forty-seven-year-old Cliffmar Deremp was fear-stricken. well have played itself out exactly as Deremp envisioned. His physician had told him that "we will have to take a Today, in the 1980s, what really happened to Deremp good look deep inside your body" because Deremp had was quite different from his gloomy expectations. been complaining about aches and other symptoms in Deremp's physician arranged an appointment for him recent weeks. with a specialist in a nearby hospital. There, the "good In his rambling imagination, Deremp pictured himself look deep inside" was finished in less than 30 minutes, amid disquieting circumstances: the smell of anesthetics; and Deremp was on his way back to work. a surgeon, scalpel in hand, cutting into his chest and Deremp never undressed during the examination ex- abdomen seeking the cause of his symptoms; his awak- cept to take off his jacket and tie. He removed his tie ening to pain; anxiety for his family; devastating hos- clip, keys, pocket knife and other metal objects from his pital and doctor bills; lost days from his business; and clothing. Neither the specialist nor anyone else in the

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hospital ever touched Deremp except to shake his hand turning waves into "sound pictures" which in some ma- in greeting. chines can even be made to appear in color, revealing the Deremp (a fictitious name) is one of millions who shape, texture and other properties of targeted objects. have benefited from "non-invasive diagnosis"—methods Similar to sonar devices which detect submerged sub- of exploring the human body's interior without physical marines, medical ultrasound can show moving body intrusion: no skin-piercing needles, no humiliating pok- organs at work, such as the opening and closing of a ing into body openings with cold metal instruments, no heart valve. As far as researchers can determine, ultra- life-endangering exploratory surgery. sound is safe and particularly suitable for checking on In some of these methods—as happened with Deremp the health of fetuses. —it is not even necessary to touch the patient. The Pictures examinations are done by various forms of "remote Heat sensing." This means observations are made from a dis- Diseased cells, such as cancerous growths, are usually tance somewhat the way radar locates planes and ships. warmer than normal cells. One reason is they are more Many of these non-invasive examinations provide physi- "active"—they grow faster than normal cells. Another cians with more complete information than do conven- reason is cancerous growths usually contain fewer blood tional methods. vessels and, thus, cannot cool themselves through blood Deremp stretched out on a couch and buckled himself circulation as readily as normal body structures. to it. He relaxed while the couch, resting on a movable If these temperature differences are on or near the metal arm, withdrew into the turmel-like recess of a body surface they can be observed by infrared cameras, machine used for a procedure called "Computerized or "thermographs," positioned near the skin. The out- Tomography" or CT. Several series of x-rays, each lines of the temperature gradients can be shown on series requiring orUy a few seconds, were beamed onto paper or on a screen. The resulting "thermograms" Deremp from hundreds of different angles. usually do not contain sufficient information for a diag- A computer connected to the machine automatically nosis, but they help pinpoint trouble spots. assembled and arranged each series of x-ray images in In some of the new techniques the heat observations such ways that the projected views showed Deremp's can be made by merely pointing a microphone-like, internal organs in cross section. They appeared on a hand-held probe at the patient. Unlike x-rays and ultra- screen as if they had been cut into thin layers. These sound, thermography has no emissions of any kind and, views allowed the spe- therefore, cannot possi- cialist to inspect the in- bly hazardous. Ther- P HAMILT 81-434- 5? be side of each organ, slice mographs merely per- by slice in minute detail, ceive and record infrared for any abnormalities. (heat) radiations ema- This CT procedure is nating from the body. one of a variety of sophis- ticated new technologies Magnetic Pictures which have radically The knowledge that changed the field of di- living organisms possess agnostic medicine. The ©208 certain magnetic proper- new machines and meth- ties has recently been ods can detect subtle turned to use in non- chemical physical and Kidneys-< Spinal Column invasive diagnosis. This abnormalities which were ingenious, almost incred- formerly difficult or im- ible technique creates possible to discover. As CT. SCANNER ASSOCIATES what could be called one expert said: "These tiny radio stations inside new technologies make the body. These broad- the invisible readout provides valuable data to physicians without seeable and A CT cast reports to listening the causing the patient any pain or discomfort. unknowable known." receivers in the outside world about what is gomg on in the sub-universe of Pictures Sound the living cell. Even while Deremp was undergoing his CT examina- The technique, known as "Nuclear Magnetic Reso-

tion, a young woman in another part of the same hos- nance" (NMR) , works like this: every cell of the human pital was intently watching silhouette-like shadow pic- body contains relatively large quantities of water and tures on a small screen. The woman, an expectant each water molecule contains hydrogen. Each hydrogen mother, was seeing the living fetus inside her own womb. atom has at its center a nucleus which acts like a tiny Her unborn child was being "photographed" by inaudible magnet. Some 25 years ago, physicists discovered that sound. when a hydrogen atom is placed in a strong magnetic The sotind waves, far above the range of himian hear- field and a pulse of energetic radiowaves is aimed at ing, were propagated by an ultrasonic device aimed at the atom, its nucleus gives off a radio signal of its own. the woman's abdomen. As the echoes bounced back and Researchers have discovered that each signal contains were caught by a receiver, the device converted the re- ( Continued on page 38

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By Tom Hoge

Whether it is a family affair on the men were friendly and invited him Imagine the aroma of patio or a seaside cookout for to dine on what turned out to be fish fillets mingling hundreds of guests, all clambakes steamed clams, sweet potatoes and have one thing in common: their corn on the cob. with origin is about as American as you food so delicious that clam broth y The was can get. The delightful custom began our sated settler staggered home and sausage y lobster and several centuries ago, according to told his fellow colonists that he had chicken—now read on one story still circulating in New just paid a visit to Heaven. Thus England, when a Pilgrim Father the American clambake was born. strolling along a lonely stretch of The Pilgrims soon added their own shore stumbled upon a group of touches, such as fish fillets, chicken, Indians clustered about a mound of sausage and, eventually, lobsters, sizzling rocks covered with steaming which were at first regarded with seaweed—a method of cooking which alarm when they crawled up on the hasn't changed for hundreds, per- beach waving their claws. haps thousands, of years. For- tunately for our forebear, the red

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Over the years, the clambake has nately with layers of rockweed and bake into a natural pressure cooker. grown from cozy get-togethers to food. New York's Long Island bustles On top of the first layer of rock- giant community affairs like the with bakes every year, but, since weed, the crew put chicken halves 93-year-old classic held each summer rockweed is virtually nonexistent in wrapped in cheesecloth (as were the in Dartmouth, MA, for more than that area, a giant pot is used. It is other ingredients). After another 600 people. The Rhode Island bake- hoisted onto an iron stand, a few layer of rockweed came the sausages master who presided over community inches of water poured in and then and frankfurters, then other layers of cookouts for half a century before filled with up to 300 pounds of rockweed followed by potatoes and finally retiring estimated that he had food in the usual layers while a great corn. Then came the fish fillets, processed nine million quarts of wood fire blazes beneath the pot. lobsters and clams, in that order. clams and nobody knows how many Finally, for the small backyard bakes, Finally, a layer of rockweed was bushels of potatoes, ears of corn and wooden sugar barrels are used with spread over the food and over that tubs of butter. The bake has become hot rocks at the bottom. was fastened a big square of canvas. so popular among tourists that some For all these bakes, the order in Most bakemasters allow about two shorefront communities feature com- which the food is layered varies. hours for the food to cook. Then mercial outings where you can order Sometimes the clams are placed at they peek under the canvas and up a cookout on a few hours notice. the bottom of the pile and some- pluck out a piping hot clam. If done Bakes held in various regions dif- times on top since they will then properly, the shellfish should be fer in many ways, such as the type come off first and should head up tender and permeated with the mixed of clams used. Most New Englanders, the feast. aroma of rockweed and the sea itself. for example, shun any type but the In a pit bake, the bakemaster and At many of the larger bakes, guests softshell Mya Arenaria which his lieutenants dig a large trench, are sustained while waiting for the abounds in tidewater flats north of usually in the sand and build a blaz- contents of pit or pot with a few Cape Code, while most New Yorkers ing fire in the center. As the fire cherrystone clams on the half shell perfer the hard-shelled quahaug or builds heat, dozens of rocks are and a bowl of hot chowder. Venus Mercenaria. Some New Eng- thrown into the blaze. According to (Incidentally, clam chowder has landers refuse to this day to include an account of a bake held for gen- long been the subject of controversy lobster in the bake, while in Mary- erations in Wickford, RI, under the among seafood buffs. New England- land they serve their native blue sponsorship of one family, the rou- ers insist that the only edible variety crabs instead of lobster. tine was as follows. is their own rich, creamed soup The main difference, however, lies After the stones become white hot filled with clams. New Yorkers and in the baking process. New England- —wet ones are never used because their neighbors stick to Manhattan ers are fiercely loyal to the pit they could explode when heated chowder, a clear broth studded with method in which a deep trench is the wood embers are quickly raked clams, tomatoes, green peppers and dug, the bottom lined with rocks off and the rocks covered with six carrots. heated white hot and covered alter- to eight inches of rockweed. As one In preparing for the bake itself, New Englander notes, rockweed is the skin of the chicken halves should covered with tiny, water-filled be browned crisp before being put on blisters and when heated turns the the bed of rockweed. Fish fillets should be wrapped in foil; lobsters, of course, must be cleaned. Pierce or cut the potatoes to prevent them from bursting under the heat. When pre- paring the corn remove the silk, but be careful to leave the husk intact. Finally, the clams should be well scrubbed and soaked in seawater, ( Continued on page 34)

17 THEAMERKANLEC.K'»N July 1981 Dateline Mashington

U.S. Embassies Seek Fair Treatment PEOPLE & QUOTES

Our embassies abroad have long complained that the Death Is Not Life's Tragedy—"Whether I've made the United States handles foreign embassies in Washington most of what I've learned, I doubt, but I know now that much more liberally than our own missions abroad are no one really knows enough to be a pessimist. And that treated by the host governments. The current Congress the tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside us aims to give the State Department authority to enforce while we live." Norman Cousins, editor and writer. even-handed treatment. Old Ways Challenged—"The idea that's been estab- For example, in some covmtries, like the Soviet Union, lished over the last 10 years, that almost every service the United States is barred from purchasing office or res- that someone might need in life ought to be provided, idential space; and all administrative support services financed by the goverimient as a matter of basic right, tickets —staff housing, utilities or even theater —must is wrong. We challenge that. We reject that notion." be obtained through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. David A. Stockman, director, Office of Management and Some of the Persian Gulf states, in effect, force the U.S. Budget. diplomatic staff to pay exorbitant short-term lease Education Demands Are Changing—"Demand for edu- our charges for their housing. Venezuela won't permit cation is actually going up, not down. What is going staff to residential in capital city. buy space the The down, and fairly fast, is demand for traditional education United States has no such rastrictions. in traditional schools." Peter F. Drueker, professor, Under terms of legislation introduced in the Senate, Claremont Graduate School. the U.S. will demand reciprocity of treatment for our Meeting Soviet Threat—"The Soviet military buildup in- diplomats, to eliminate discriminatory treatment and, is causing tension, instability and insecurity everywhere. cidentally, to reduce U.S. costs abroad. In the Far East, Soviet moves are a threat to peace in Asia. I believe it's essential that the nations of the Free Senate Moves To Curb Gang Violence World, with the United States as the central power, band together and solidify their collaboration to meet this A bloc of solons, led by Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA), has Soviet buildup. We recognize that peace and world order introduced legislation to extend federal jurisdiction over rest on the balance of power." Prime Minister Zenko gangster crimes in an effort to curb the spread of mob Suzuki, Japan. takeovers of legitimate businesses. CIA-FBI: Separate But Equal—"The White House is The Organized Crime Act of 1981, among other pro- absolutely opposed to the CIA becoming involved in do- visions, would bring the FBI into violent crimes, such as mestic spying. We are not going to put the CIA into do- contract killings or murder for hire, and increase pen- mestic espionage or the FBI into foreign intelligence." alties against brutal mobsters. Edwin Meese III, Presidential adviser. According to Senator Nunn, hearings before a Senate Not So Dumb—"Let my enemies point out the dumb subcommittee disclosed that "thou.sands of murders things I did; why should I make it easy for them?" over the past decade were mob related," and that or- Mayor Ed Koch, NY. ganized crime engages in savage types of intimidation. Kremlin Still Respects U.S. Power—"There is still a The legislation, its sponsors say, would serve to bolster healthy respect for U.S. power in the Kremlin. Our mil- the government's fight against violent crime "which has itary is still credible; it can still deter aggression. In become one of our most serious and alarming domestic problems. any fight the Russians have with us, they still want it to be indirect. That might not always be the case. The danger is that in the future it won't be." Sen. John Proposal: Let's Make English Official Tower (R-TX). — Sen. S.I. Hayakawa (R-CA) has proposed a con- Economic Controls Counterproductive "A lot of people stitutional amendment to make English the official seem to feel that various forms of economic controls language of the United States. would be a good thing. The only trouble is, there is no The former professor of semantics and son of Jap- evidence whatsoever to suggest that such controls work. anese immigrants says that while a common language In fact, the evidence—everything we've seen in the can unify a society, separate languages can fracture a past, whether it's wage and price controls or incomes society. In his view, the American "melting pot" has policies—is that these policies do not work. And worse, succeeded in creating a new culture among many dif- they usually have a counterproductive effect that isn't ferent peoples in the U.S. largely because of the wide- intended." Martin Anderson, Presidential asst. for pol- spread use of the English language. icy development. The senator's legislation will abolish requirements Free World's Umbilical Cord—"The umbilical cord of for bilingual election materials and limit bilingual pro- the industrialized free world runs through the Strait of grams in schools to teaching English. Senator Hayakawa Hormuz into the Arabian Gulf and the nations which says his plan will not prohibit schools from offering surround it. That area ... is and will be the fulcrum of foreign languages and it will allow federal and state contention for the foreseeable future. The Soviet Union governments to provide multilingual signs where nec- will almost certainly become a net energy importer. essary for public safety and convenience. This, coupled with their economic necessity for eventual The senator says those who have mastered English access to the Gulf oil basin, is their long-range objective have overcome the major hurdle to full participation in of denying access to oil by the West." Sec'y of Defense our system of government. Caspar W. Weinberger.

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Should Congress Set Guidelines For The Federal Reserve?

Yes . Imagine a football team No.f. The Federal Reserve with two signal callers. It wouldn't System is the creation and child of work, and it doesn't work in econom- Congress. Since 1913 the Federal ic policy either. That is why I think Reserve has been entrusted to en- the Federal Reserve Board should sure that money and credit growth be more accountable to Congress ^H^^H over the long run is sufficient to and the American people. ' -M^^^^^ts provide a rising standard of living The Federal Reserve Board is ^ ^i^^B for everyone. Rep. Byron L one of the most powerful regulatory Rep. J. William At issue here is not whether Con- Dorgan agencies in Washington, controlling Stanton gress should set guidelines for the (D-ND) fully one-half our nation's economic (R-OH) Federal Reserve—in fact, it has policy— its monetary policy. The established responsible guidelines in Fed, which is dominated by big-city bankers, determines the past. For example, the Full Employment and Bal- how much money is in circulation, and to a large ex- anced Growth Act of 1978, better known as the Hum- tent, how high interest rates will be. phrey-Hawkins Act, requires the Federal Reserve to in- The President and Congress have little say in the form the Congress regularly of its policy goals. The matter. They can develop an economic game plan, only reporting procedures and semiannual hearings required to see it undercut by the bankers at the Fed. by this legislation ensure a continuous dialogue between This system isn't working. During the last year or so, the Federal Reserve and the Congress. the Fed's high interest rate policies have broken the The real question underlying this issue is to what backs of the housing and auto industries, and pushed extent are we willing to curb further the independence savings and loan associations close to insolvency. Farm- of the Federal Reserve? Former Chairman Arthur ". ers are paying 45 percent more interest charges than Burns once observed: . . Congress has not only pro- they were a year ago, and they can't afford it. tected the Federal Reserve System from the influence of The Fed says that 18 percent-plus interest rates will the executive branch; it also has seen fit to give the tame inflation, but that is nonsense. When you increase system a good deal of protection from transitory polit- the cost of credit, you increase the cost of producing ical pressures emanating from Congress itself." The goods and services. That means higher prices. Trying Federal Reserve should function independently of polit- to tame inflation with high interest rates is like trying ical considerations no matter how well intentioned. In to diet on hot fudge sundaes. this regard I was pleased to hear the President reaffirm We are told that big-city bankers, and economists the independence of the Federal Reserve in his eco- sympathetic to them, are the only ones sufficiently in- nomic message of February 18. telligent to deal with matters as weighty as monetary pol- Legislative cries for reducing the Federal Reserve's icy. This is a myth. Interest rates are no more compli- freedom are heard at times when inflation is running cated than taxes, foreign trade, and a dozen other at an excessive rate and, consequently, interest rates are matters that Congress deals with every day. high. Bills specifying the proper monetary targets, It is also a myth that a Fed dominated by bankers granting Congress the authority to remove the Federal is "independent" and wonderfully removed from poli- Reserve Chairman, abolishing the Federal Open Market tics. Would we call a Department of Energy controlled Committee, or imposing ceilings on interest rates offered by major oil companies an "independent" energy de- by creditors are manifestations of these concerns. partment? I don't think so. We don't have an indepen- Those who would set stricter guidelines for the Federal dent Fed. We have instead a regulatory agency that can Reserve in reality are calling upon it to allocate credit. set our money supply, manipulate interest rates, and While it may be fine in theory to have the Federal Re- undercut the economic policies of the President and serve arbitrarily and artificially decide who gets how Congress without being accountable to anyone. much credit for whatever purposes, this process breaks That's the last thing Congress intended when it down in practice as we witnessed most recently when it drafted the original Federal Reserve Act in 1913. Pres- attempted to impose selective credit controls last year. ident Woodrow Wilson, who signed the Federal Reserve Would those who call for the "productive," supposedly Act said: "The control of the system of banking and of noninflationary use of credit for capital formation deny

( issuing money ) must be public, not private ... so that "nonproductive" installment credit to consumers who the banks may be the instruments, not the masters of want to purchase new automobiles? individual initiative and enterprise." When inflation and interest rates are high, the Federal Interest rates are not just bankers' business. They are Reserve is the most visible target for attacks. What is the people's business, and the elected representatives needed is not a policy of shackling the Federal Reserve. If of the people should have something to say about them. we are serious about fighting inflation and lowering in- Our country needs a coordinated fiscal and monetary terest rates, then we must have fiscal and monetary strategy, and I believe the Federal Reserve Board should policies which are mutually reinforcing. We must cut be made more accountable to either the President or spending and balance the budget so the Federal Reserve the Congress. can conduct monetary policy properly.

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UCLA TO DESIGN AGENT ORANGE STUDY . . . memorial services and military funerals A team of scientists at the University may obtain them from George Gregory of of California at Los Angeles will design Pontiac, MI . . . The recordings are on a study by which the VA will attempt to cassette-size tapes and feature the determine what, if any, medical effects sounds of the "Taps" played at the fu- result from human exposure to Agent neral of President John F. Kennedy. There Orange, a defoliant used during the is no charge for the tapes, although

fighting in South Vietnam . . . VA contributions are welcomed to help de- announced the award of a $114,288 contract fray costs of the tapes and postage. under which Drs. Gary Spivey and Roger Write: George Gregory, 1470 Circle Dr., Detels of UCLA's School of Public Health Apt. 304, Pontiac, MI 48055. will direct the design of the epidemi- ological study . . . The work of the UCLA 1981 NATIONAL PARKS CAMPSITES REGISTRA- team will then be evaluated by experts TION SYSTEM IS OPERATIONAL ... The from the National Academy of Sciences National Park Service has announced the National Research Council, Congressional computerized Ticketron campground res- Office of Technological Assessment, the ervation system is now in operation for Interagency Work Group to Study the the 1981 summer season. Reservations can Possible Long-term Health Effects of be made in person at Ticketron Sales Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants and terminals, which are commonly located in the VA's Advisory Committee on Health- department stores, sporting goods outlets related Effects of Herbicides . . . The or automobile clubs. Parks on the reser- epidemiological study was mandated by vation system are the Grand Canyon, Great Congress in December of 1979 and VA Smoky Mountains, Rocky Mountain, issued a request for proposals to design Sequoia, Shenandoah and Yosemite it in March 1980. Legal objections raised National Parks and the Cape Hatteras by the National Veterans Law Center de- National Seashore. Reservations will be layed award of the design contract until accepted up to eight weeks in ad- now. vance of a planned visit. A $1.75 fee is charged for the computerized VA STATISTICS RELEASED ... A recently service. That charge is in addition to published VA research bulletin shows the daily campground fees. All of the parks agency pays over $11 billion annually, which offer reserved campsites have other nearly one-half their yearly budget, campgrounds which remain available on the to five million veterans and survivors traditional first-come, first-serve under the agency's compensation and pen- basis. sion programs. Other highlights of the report reveal: Over 40 percent of the MAY COST YOU" recipients live in six states-California, ECONOMIC BROCHURE "CATCH 62 Florida, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania AVAILABLE ... A brochure developed by

and Ohio . . . 2.3 million veterans re- the Legion's Economic Commission en- ceive compensation totaling over $1 bil- titled "Catch 62 May Cost You," is now lion for service connected disabilities available from Legion Department Head-

. . . Of those receiving compensation, 24 quarters. The brochure explains that, percent were disabled during the Vietnam under current Social Security Law, time era, while 53 percent were disabled served in the military may be included

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are under 65 years of age . . . Over used to calculate their civil service 920,000 veterans receive a non-service annuities, and who are entitled to social connected disability pension, half of security must have their annuities re- whom are 65 or older . . . Monthly computed omitting all credit for mil- survivors benefits are paid to about 1.8 itary service after 1956. This provision, million surviving spouses, children and known as "Catch 62," has inadvertently dependent parents, an annual expenditure created an undeserved hardship for this of about $2.7 billion. Further details segment of veterans. The brochure ex- on the report, "Selected Compensation and plains the problem and suggests ways to Pension Data by State of Residence," are assist in publicizing the need for available from VA Information Services corrective legislation. Copies are area offices. available from your Department Head- quarters or from the Economic Division "TAPS" TAPES AVAILABLE . . . Legion Posts of The American Legion, 1608 K St., needing "Taps" recordings for their N.W., Washington, DC 20006.

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1981 Spring Meetings Convene Legion & Indy Racer Tom Sneva Chase $1 Million for Viet Vets Memorial Recommends National Adjutant Frank Momsen, NEC who retired June 30. Mylio S. Kraja, in Dues formerly director of the Legion's Leg- $2 Hike islative Division in Washington, was The National Executive Commit- named to succeed Spanogle. tee of The American Legion met in Other approved resolutions in- Indianapolis May 6-7 for the 1981 cluded several dealing with drug Spring Meetings and approved some abuse, opposition to the elimination 35 resolutions calling for a variety of of the Office of Juvenile Justice and actions by government and Legion support for licensed day care facili- entities. ties for the children of working Among those approved resolutions mothers. was a National Finance Commission Also approved were resolutions resolution recommending the 1981 urging Congress to enact legislation National Convention in Honolulu fix to benefit and augment the existing the 1982 national per capita dues at knowledge of Reyes Syndrome, $5.50—a $2 increase over present an- urging the Army to permit audible nual dues. prayers at the Tomb of the Un- In related developments, Natl. knowns and reaffirming our stand on Cdr. Michael J. Kogutek announced full and effective implementation of Natl. Cdr. Kogutek and race car a nationwide, $1 million pledge pro- special consideration for veterans by driver Tom Sneva talk with gram to raise additional funds for the Administrator of the Small Busi- reporters outside Sneva's garage the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ness Administration. in Gasoline Alley. Fund during the running of the 1981 In calling for the $2 dues increase, Indianapolis 500. the National Finance Commission our nation has experienced a crushing Further, Executive Director of the resolution noted that "The National inflationary spiral during that time, Legion's Washington office, Robert per capita dues have remained con- and there is no indication that in the W. Spanogle, was named to succeed stant at $3.50 since 1976 although foreseeable future there will be an end to rising costs in almost every

area . . "The National Organization of The American Legion, by practice of stringent economies, was able to ab- sorb rising costs through 1981 but ." will no longer be able to do so . . Further, "It is the opinion of the

National Executive Committee . . . that unless a dues increase is forth- coming for the year 1982, the Nation- al Organization's financial structure will be placed in jeopardy, and the National Organization will be forced to curtail drastically some of its tra- ditional and long-standing programs

The resolution also noted that Shown above is an architect's model of the winning design in the Vietnam while the new National per capita Veterans Memorial design competition. The memorial, which the Legion has dues will be fixed at the higher pledged to help build through fund-raising efforts, consists of two amount for calendar year 1982, any elongated, reposing black granite walls meeting to form an open "V". 1982 dues paid at the old $3.50 rate Maya Ying Lin, a 21-year-old Yale University architecture student, will be accepted if remitted by the submitted the winning design. Dedication of the memorial is Departments to the National Organi- planned for Memorial Day 1982. zation under postmark dated on or

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L V . , 'T^fe, Crewmembers of the Bignotti-Cotter American Legion Special wearing team shirts sporting the Legion emblem work in the pit area (above and below) to prepare Sneva's car #2 for qualifications. Their efforts paid off as the car raced to more than 200 mph (left) and the fastest qualifying time of the race. Below left, a crewman puts an important finishing touch on the car. before January 8, 1982. Out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Cdr. Kogutek stepped in- to a sleek red, white and blue Indi- anapolis 500 racing car bearing the American Legion name and emblem to announce the first phase of the Legion's efforts to raise funds for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be constructed in Washington, DC. Car #2 of the Bignotti/Cosworth Racing Team and driven by seven- time 500 driver Tom Sneva carried the Legion name and emblem during the May 24 race to promote the fund- men puts us off to the fastest start raising efforts. any fund raising drive ever had," Prior to the race and following Kogutek said in referring to Sneva's the Spring Meetings, Kogutek posting of the fastest qualifying time phoned a meeting of racing writers of the race. and broadcasters in Indianapolis (During the race, Sneva came from London, where he was on an from 20th position to take the lead in official visit, to announce: the 33d lap. Although he held the "The American Legion is pleased lead for the next 24 laps, clutch fail- to announce that objective, ure finally forced him from the race our with If you would like to support the great cooperation of after 96 total laps and he finished Tom Sneva The American Legion's fund rais- and his car 25th in the 33-car field.) owners, George Bignotti ing efforts on behalf of The Viet- and Dan Cotter, is to raise $5,000 Three weeks after the running of nam Veterans Memorial, send per lap on the race day performance the Indy 500, Sneva carried the Le- your tax deductible donations to: of their Car #2 . . . (this) puts the gion colors to the Milwaukee 150 The American Legion Vietnam Legion race learned of the on record as pledging to where fans there Veterans Memorial Fund, P.O. raise $1,000,000 toward the cost of cooperative effort being made by the Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. the memorial. Bignotti /Cotter Racing Team and "This magnificent cooperative ef- the Legion on behalf of the Vietnam fort extended to us by these gentle- Veterans Memorial.

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VIETNAM VETERANS DAir Members of Forest Lake Post 225 Oklahoma Dept. Cdr. Lonzo Wyatt is form the color guard for Minnesota presented a copy of Gov. George Gov. Albert H. Quie's signing of 1981 Nigh's proclamation as Bob Isbell the "Recognition Day for Vietnam (2d from left) and Tom Smith Veterans" proclamation. ( right) look on.

Legionnaires around the country joined local, state and national lead- ers in honoring Vietnam veterans on April 26, 1981, as proclaimed by the President at the request of Congress. At left. District and Department officers from Illinois join Chicago Cubs' fans in honoring Vietnam vets during pre-game ceremonies at Wrig- ley Field. Similar ceremonies were conducted at the major league ball parks of the Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Balti- more Orioles, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. That day, too, saw the end of a 44 day, 800 mile trek by two Jackson- ville, IL, Legiormaires who arrived in Washington, DC, and turned over $3,500 in pledges to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Kim Splain and Junior Wyatt, Vietnam era members of Post 279 in Jackson- ville, were welcomed to Washington by Natl. Cdr. Kogutek, Air Force Secretary Verne Orr and other digni- taries. "These veterans of our most un- popular conflict shouldn't have to walk 800 miles here at home to get recognition," Natl. Cdr. Kogutek told those attending the welcoming ceremony on Vietnam Veterans Day.

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One Youth's Plight Unites A Community When nine-year-old Mark Wick- man broke his leg while running, few residents of Colonial Heights, VA, realized this typical boyhood mishap would result in a community united in action. Nor did members of Post 284 there know they would be spearheading that action. While receiving treatment for his broken leg at a hospital in nearby Hopewell, VA, Mark's doctors dis- covered a tumor on the bone. Special- ists from the University of Virginia diagnosed the tumor as a rare type of bone growth. As time passed, complications set in. Mark's leg would not heal proper- ly and the bone began to deform. The American Legion float, "The Homecoming," depicting the famous Mark needed a complicated—and Nonman Rockwell painting of a WWII GI being welcomed home, won the very expensive—surgical procedure Governor's Trophy given to the float best representing the 500 Festival available only from specialists at the Parade theme in the noncommercial category. This year's parade Boston Children's Hospital. theme was "Reflections of Great Moments." Mark traveled to Boston where doctors removed the bone tumor, gesture by Post 284 that set the com- rounding area. Other veteran and civ- grafted a piece of hip bone to the leg munity ball rolling. ic organizations promptly pledged and reinforced their efforts with a Last fall, the Legiormaires decided their support and money. Contribu- metal plate. to host a fund-raising dinner for tions—large and small—began pour- The Wickman family's mounting Mark. ing into Post 284. An anonymous medical expenses—and the knowl- The Legion project became a com- donor came forward with airline tick- edge that many more medical bills munity project. Local newspapers ets for Mark and his mother's visits would fall due before Mark was com- and radio stations passed the word to the Boston Children's hospital for pletely healed—prompted a simple throughout the commvmity and sur- follow-up care. On the day of the dirmer, featuring barbecued pork and chicken, the 60 Legionnaires and their spouses man- ning the serving line were swamped with a thousand hungry diners. Some, like a Fraternal Order of Police Chapter, paid for their meals with a $1,000 check for the Mark Wickman fund. Most diners, how- ever, could only afford the cost of the meal and maybe a bit more. It was enough, though, that by the end of the day more than $5,200 had been collected for the fund. Further, with donations still coming in from around the state, the fund has topped more than $9,000. Mark must return to Boston this fall to have the steel plate removed from his leg. And his therapy will continue. But thanks to a community that cared and a Legion Post that got involved, Mark Wickman will once Mark Wickman and his mother are shown with fund-raising organizers again run through the streets of Past Cdr. Gerald P. King (left) and Ken Atkins. Colonial Heights.

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Empire Boys Staters VA'sQ&A CORNER Earn College Credits These are questions representative of those the Veterans Administration is Participants in frequently asked. For more information New York's Boys contact your Post Scr\'ice Officer, local State Program now have the oppor- VA office or write directly to: Veterans tunity to earn three college credits, Administration (20), Washinsiton. D.C. thanks to a program worked out be- 20420. tween state Legion officials and the Q. I am attending school under the New York State Dept. of Education. VA's dependents' education assistance The plan was launched when Dr. on full-time basis. Do I qual- program a Nicholas F. Sallese, Executive Direc- ify for the VA work-study program? tor of Boys State in New York and A. No. The work-study program is an academician with 35 years experi- available only to veterans. ence in higher education, talked with

Q. What happens if the loan pay- members of the Non-Collegiate In- ments for a VA guaranteed home loan struction Division of the State De- are not made? partment of Education. A. Failure to make GI home loan A "think tank" of 12 college pro- payments may lead to foreclosure and fessors, all political scientists and loss of the veteran's home. In addition, professors of government, met with if government is required to pay a the government officials over a two-year claim as a result of failure to repay the period to design a program that loan, the \-eteran will become indebted would satisfy the State's prerequi- to the go\ernment for the amount of sites for any such claim. granting college credits. After a field evaluation of the Mylio S. Kraja, 60, has been Q. During the burial ceremony of Boys State Program in 1979 by three appointed executive director of the my brother, who was a veteran, the political science observers, the pro- Legion's Washington offices. Director flag which draped the casket was pre- gram was deemed worthy of three of the Legion's National Legislative sented to his wife. Why wasn't our college credits. Division in Washington since 1975, mother entitled to the flag? Participation in the college credit Kraja succeeds Robert W. Spanogle, A. One burial flag is presented in ac- program is voluntary. Boys State citi- who was named National Adjutant. cordance with tlie law to the next of kin zens who do participate are required appointment is effective of a veteran in the following order: Kraja's spouse, children, father, mother, broth- to write a thesis on politics and gov- July 1. He is a Navy veteran of er, sister, etc. ernment as well as completing 30 World War II, a member of Youngs- hours of an internship in community town, OH Post 15 and served as Q. My father died !n service. I am 18 affairs or politics. Ohio Dept. Cdr. in 1959-60. years old and planning to start college in the fall. Since my mother has remar- TAPS ried, do I lose my VA educational en- IN DISTRESS titlement? The Taps Notices mention, when- COMRADES ever possible, those A. No. The remarriage of a spouse Legionnaires who Readers who can help these veterans are urged is needed in sup- does not affect the child's educational have held high National or Depart- to do so. Usually a statement port of a VA claim. benefit. ment Office in the Legion, United Notices are run only at the request of American representing claimants, States government, or other forms of Legion Service Officers using Search for Witness Forms available only Q. What is the maximum loan national prominence. from State Legion Service Officers. Please con- American Legion Magazine. amount on a VA guaranteed home tact CID # , The Frank C. Love, NY Alternate Na- P.O. Box 1055. 700 Pennsylvania St., Indianapo- loan? tional Executive Committeeman lis, Ind. 46206. A. There is no maximum loan .Artillery. Joseph Antozak ( 1938-39) Department "B" Btry., 41st Coast amount established , Commander by VA. However, is seeking witnesses to verify a claim that the maximum amount of the guarantee (1938-39). while stationed at Fort Kamehameha, Oahu and William Francis Polen, National Island in 1934 he suffered a back injury cannot exceed 60 percent of the loan was hospitalized at Tripler Hospital. Contact value of the home, up to a maximum Treasurer (1958-78). CID 742 Co., 224th Regt. 40th Inf. Division. Ray of S27,500. "A" Eric Henry Smith, IL National Komatz needs witnesses to verify a claim that Executive Committeeman (1969-71), while stationed in Korea in December 1952 he suffered head and eye wounds from a mortat Q. I was married to a serviceman Alternate National Executive Com- explosion. Contact CID 743 who died on active duty. I never ap- VO 47. Herman Clyde McEntire needs witnesses- ( Yo- mitteeman 1967-69) , Department to verify a claim that while stationed at plied for W benefits because I remar- was involved Commander (1962-63), Department kosuka, Japan in March 1947 he ried shortly after his death. I recently in a jeep accident. Contact CID 744 Vice Commander (1960-62). inth General Hospital. Everett R. Smith is divorced my second husband. Am I en- National seeking witnesses to verify a claim that while titled to any VA benefits based on my Andrew F. James, ID stationed at the 243d Station Hospital in injury while on first husband's serv-ice? Executive Committeeman (1956-58), 1944 he suffered a back bivouac. Contact CID 745 A. Yes. Contact the nearest VA office Alternate National Executive Com- i;SS Merrick (AKA 97>. Calvin Wayne Callison for assistance. mitteeman (1954-56), Department needs witnesses to verify a claim that while aboard ship in 1956-57 he fell, injuring hi.i Conunander (1952-53). right knee while on KP duty. Contact CID 746

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159, Brooklyn. NY Calvin L. Eastman, Jeffrey J. Leonard, Robert I). Rabldeau (1981). Post 205, Kenmore, NY Legion s Child Welfare Foundation Stanley J..:ipinski (1981). Post 459. Rochester. NY Martin J. Grover (1981). Post 907. Candor. NY .John J. I'utz (1979), Thomas J. Slegrist (1980). Awards a Record-Breaking Frederick Stringfellow, Frederick \Vurl, I'aul Amount Wahler (1981), Post 1451, Sanborn, NY Vlct—$17,280 to Martin, Robert T. Gray, Henry Seenian (1981). Post 40. Mandan, ND fare Foundation, Inc., awarded a rec- fully fund their project, "Public and John T. Hov, Wayne R. Bergan (1980), Post ord-breaking $118,219.50 to eight non- Medical Education/ Information Pro- 160, McHenry, ND Michael M. Humensky, Anthony Jost (1981). profit organizations to assist chil- gram on Immune Deficiency Dis- Post 343. Euclid. OH Roger M. Frederick (1981), Post 348, Toledo. dren and youth. The amount brings eases and the Immune Deficiency OH the total grants made by the Foun- Foundation." Joseph J.F. Murphy (1973), Harvey W.S.G. Hoch (1976), Post 215. Cata.sauqua, PA dation in its 27 years of operation to The National Cystic Fibrosis William G. Meese, Ephraim Goldthorp (1967), more than $900,000. Foundation, Rockville, MD—$25,642 James Mark (1969), Simon Hartle, Thomas Gin- nick (1977), .Alex C. Bailey, Frank E. Ebrenfeld. The awards are made to support to fully fund their project, "National David Hartman, Adolph Johnson, Hugh S. John- son, Harry N. Meese (1978), .John T. Booth worthwhile projects to discover new Cystic Fibrosis Public Education Ex- (1979), Post 437, Philipsburg, PA knowledge, research and education hibit Project." Bert DeGolyer, Allan L. Ferguson, .Arthur ,Me- Nally, Henry .Aycock (1981), Post 684, Arnold. about children and youth and make The National Reye's Syndrome PA Raymond Biddle (1981), Post 90, Metro Manila. the widest possible distribution of this Foundation, Benzonia, MI—$17,065 PI information. to fully fund their project, "Expand Clifford Feiienga, William V. Peterson, t'arrol I. Stewart, Emanuel -A. Wagaman (1980), Post The grant recipients are: Public Awareness About Reye's Syn- 179, Reliance, SD Reginald T. Richard, Raymond The Tourette Syndrome Associ- drome." W. Bronson (1981). Post 1, St. Albans, VT ation, Bayside, ZVY—$11,832.50 to The National Mental Health As- Carole J. Vasarella (1981), Post 288. Cedarburg. WI fully fund their project, "Tourette sociation, Arlington, VA—$10,000 to Syndrome Public Education." fund the printing of manuals and OUTFIT REUNIONS St. Mary's Hospital for Chil- purchase of films for the project, Reunion will be held in month indicated. For dren, Bayside, NY—$6,000 to extend "I'm Thumbody." particulars write person whose address is given. Notices accepted on official forms only. For a grant given last for Jr. year the proj- The Joseph P. Kennedy, form send stamped, addressed return envelope to ect, "Helping Asthmatic Children to Foundation, Washington, DC—$22,- O. R. Form, American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, 700 Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN Exercise." 200 to fully fund their project, 46206. Notices should be received at least five months before scheduled reunion. No written letter The Delinquency Control Insti- "Strengthening Adoptive Families of necessary to get form. tute of the University of Southern Children with Special Needs Earliest submission favored when volume of requests is too great to print all. California, Los Angeles, CA—$7,- Through 'Let's Play To Grow' a Army 200 to provide tuition for six police Family-Oriented Program of the 1st Bn., 153d Inf., S8th Div. (Cyclone) (VVUII) officers attending a program to pre- Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation." (July-Tell City, IN). Alan Stephens, P.O. Box 323, New Albany, IN 47150 officer (812) 944-0400 pare each to be more profes- The Gang Investigators League of 1st Medical Regt. (Aug-Moorhead, MN). Quentin sional and understanding in helping Arizona, Phoenix, AZ—$1,000 to Wcrpy. 807 Pleasant Dr.. Ada. MN 56510 2d Arm'd DIv. .Assn. (WWII) (July-King of young people in trouble. fully fund their project, "Gang In- Prussia. PA). Russell Lamison. 316 Bridge St.. Spring City. PA 19475 (215) 948-9106 The Immune Deficiency Foun- vestigators League of Arizona." 2d Div. .Assn. (Indian Head) ( July-LaCrosse, WI). Anthony Luongo, 121-38 238th St., Laurel- ton.. NY 11422 (212) 528-1484 "HQ" Co., ,'5th Army. Willie A. Carter needs ,Iames Ray, Tom Crabtree (1980), Clayton .1. 2d Tank Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (July). O.W. witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed Stevenson (1981), Post 4. Olongapo City, PI Schantz. 1155 Lone Pine Ln., Jose, Tiller James San CA in Italy during 1943-45 his legs were injured Karl W. Haddon, Marvin (1977). 95120 from sleeping on the ground during the winter. D. .Jackson, Louis .A. Riddell, Jr. (1979), Rob- 4th F..A. .Assn. (.Mountain Pack) (Sept-Fayette- Contact CID 747 bert P. .Miller (1980), Post 125. Richmond, VA ville. NC). Dallas Kirby, 1538 Paisley Ave.. Corps., Hilary B. Schoen (1980), Post 52. LaCrosse, 8gth QM 16th Bn., 1st Phitoon, Tech. Fayettevillc. NC 28304 (919) 425-6731 Detach. Jay H. Cragun needs witnesses to ver- WI 6th Ordnance (M3I) Herbert W. Anderson, Howard Thompson Co. ( Sept-Buckroe Beach, ify a claim that while stationed at Camp Lee, VA). Col. R.S. Grossman, Ret., (1981). Post 29. Glendale. AZ 124 Atlantic VA, in September 1945 his back and legs were Rd., North Palm Beach, Alfred Baker, Earl R. Cooper, Del 1.. FL 33408 (305) 848- injured in an explosion of a mine simulator J. 6957 Fisk, William A. Weinrich (1981). Post 34. Wil- during basic training. Contact CID 748 10th .Arm'd Tiger Div. Assn. lows. CA (Sept-Indianapolis). 88th MP Co., X Corps., ,5.5th MP Co. APO XOl James Revell, 10433 C.T. Woods, Floyd E. WriRht (1978). Ed His- SW 99th Terr., Miami, FL MP. Henry A. Laurence is seeking witnesses 33176 (305) 271-6087 sey, Harold Coulthurst, Ted .Andrews, Wade to verify a claim that while stationed at 11th Engr. Cimibat Bn. Partin (1980). Post 287. Wilmington, CA & Regt. (Sept-Gatlinburg, Seoul. Korea from November 1953 to January TN). A.B. Harward, Post Canon City. 523 College Dr., Raeford 1954 he suffered from Hemorrhagic Fever and Robert McKenzie (1981), 13, NC CO 28376 was hospitalized at 11th Evac. Hospital in 15th * ITth Cav. Recon. Jack Weller (1981). Post 10. Marion, IN Sq. Group (Sept-Bar- Wonjue, Korea. Contact CID 749 tons ville, PA). Clarence Schindel (1981). Post 447, Hinton. lA Ange Taddeo. 179 Rosecroft Dr.. Rochester. NY 14616 )716i 865-5328 Lindsay N. Ripley, .Jr. (1981). Post 110. Med- 18th Coast Artillery (Ft. Stevens, field. MA OR) (Sept- Celina, Leonard C. Bradley (1977i. John A. Geggis, OH). Charles Justus. 625 Yaronia Dr. W, Columbus. LIFE MEMBERSHIPS .John F. Cruciotti, William R. Theobald, Ralph OH 43214 (614) 268-2566 E. Laffoley (1978i. Kenneth Nestor, Eugene P. 19th Combat Engrs. (WWII) (July-Laurel, MD). The award of a life membership to a Legion- Galipeau (1979). Bertram E. Hannaford, David Edgar Pohlmann, 5805 Goucher Dr., College Park, naire by a Post is a testimonial by those who F. Noonan, Jr. (1980), George N. Savard, Jr. MD 20740 (301) 474-0303 know best that such a member has served The (1981). Post 115. Stoneham, MA 19th Tank Bn., 9th .Arm'd Div. (Sept-Louisville. American Legion well. John Cryan, I.ouis Doyle, Joseph Ferreira, KY). Marion Christensen, 906 N. Fair Oaks Daniel Donovan, I..ansing English, .John Hocter Ave., Madison. WI 53714 (608) 244-0730 Harry K. ."Vbrams; A.H. Harriss, Jr.; Charles (1981). Post 227. Middleton. .MA 21st .Aviation Engr. Regt. (Sept-Hagerstown, M. Harrington, Sr.; .lohn B. Hill; Rachal M. Robert Salfness, Robert Rosecrans, Donald MD). Calvin Eckert, R.D. 3. Box 316. Dills- Loman; R. S. McCleUund; B.R. McRackon; Dinsmore (1981). Post 303, Fridley, MN burg. PA 17019 (717) 766-6511 William Rosenman; F.D. Partriok; S.V. Sneeden; .Joseph H. Bisher (1981), Post 111, St. Louis. 22d Bomb Group (Sept-Colorado Springs. CO). R.L. Church; L.F. Duvall; .I.R. Hollis (1980), MO Robert Jones. 308 Jersey St., Denver, CO Post 10, Wilmington. NC Donald B. Heath (1981). Post 110, Catskill. 80220 (303) 388-3765 Drexpl A. (19"9i. Lambert Lyle W. Hysell, NY 28th Inf. Div. (Korea) (Aug-Amana, lA). Robert Kenneth A. Davis (1980). Harry R. Thomas Kenneth J. Larsen, liudolph J. Buono, George (1981), Post 467, Rutland, OH J. Colantuono. Mitchell Steinberg (1980), Post Continued . .

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43d Inf. Div. .*ssn. (Sept-Providence, RI). of Romeo Del Rossi, 51 7th St., East Providence, Founders President Legionnaire Month RI 02914 54tU General Hospital (WWII) (August). Joe Detailed Frivaldsky, 1945 Balboa Ave., Del Mar, CA Dies in Florida Guidelines 92014 (714) 755-9085 month, one Legionnaire's 54th Signal Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Salinas, CA). I.K. Stevenson, President of the Each Agner Silva, 110 Rodeo, Salinas, CA 93901 contributions to his Post, his com- (408) 449-8044 Society of American Legion Found- 6«th Fighter Hq. Wing Assn. (Sept-Indian- ers, died munity and his country are noted in upolis). Harry Teague, 600 E. 96th St.. Indi- recently in Orange Park, "Legionnaire of the Month" col- anapolis. IN 46240 (317) 846-0853 FL. He was 85. our H«th Inf. Div. (Black Panther) (July-Los An- umn. It is printed in the hope that geles). Col. Alex Kharitonotf, 4100 Barrett Stevenson attended both the Paris Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90032 (213) 222-2564 and St. Louis Caucus, and was vet- these Legionnaires will serve as mod- 81st Inf. Div. (Wildcat) ( Aug-Rochester, MN). a Ross, Byron, service to us all. Raymond RR 2, MN 55920 (507) eran of both WWI and WWII. els of 775-2367 If you think you have a "super" 82d Arm'd Med. Btry.. 12th Arni'd Div. (WWII) As a Navy Ensign in 1919, he was (Sept-Louisville, Ky). Charles Kotula, Box 423. leave in Legionnaire among your membership, Jackson Rd., Medford, NJ 08055 (609) 654-4776 on Paris and having dinner you may nominate him for the 94th Signal Bn. (Sept-Fort Ashby, WV). Virgil one evening when he was approached Abe, P.O. Box 176, Fort Ashby, WV 26719 monthly recognition by following (304) 298-3689 by Lt. Col. Teddy Roosevelt Jr., or- lOOth Chemical Mortar Bn. (July-Northbrook, ganizer of the Paris some simple guidelines. ID. William Creaney, 815 Ridge Ave.. Wil- Caucus. Roose- Each month, an individual is se- mette, IL 60091 (312) 251-0334 velt told those in Stevenson's party 101st Airborne Div. (Aug-San Diego). George lected from those nominated whose Rosie, P,0, Box 101 AB, Court Station. that plans were well underway for Kalamazoo, MI 49005 superior, an association of service record best demonstrates 102d Inf. Div. (July-Louisville, KY). Abe Mit- men, but sustained contributions to The Amer- chell, 2 McKay Rd., Bethel, CT 06801 that they needed more representa- 104th Inf. .Assn. (Timbernolf) (Sept-Colorado ican Legion's programs, policies and Springs, CO). Leo Hoegh, Box 578, Cascade tives from the Sea Services. Roose- CO 80809 684-9880 (303) velt and Stevenson met again at the goals. I12th Sta. Hospital (26.Sd G.H., India, 1943-44) Nominations must include: (Sept-Youngstown, OH), Keith Straight, 1521 St. Louis Caucus held later that year. S. 29th St., Lacrosse, WI 54601 (608) 788-0461 • A letter of nomination that in- 113th Engrs. (WWI) (Sept-Noblesvillc, IN). Glen In 1941, Stevenson was recalled to McCool, 1820 E. Sycamore St., list of Legion of- Kokomo IN active duty in the cludes a complete 46901 (317) 459-5522 Navy and commis- fices held, a detailed description of 120th AAA Bn. (Sept-Columbus, OH). Harold sioned a Lt. Cdr. He served in the Weikert, P.O, Box 2, Covington, OH 45318 (513) other significant contributions to the 473-3553 Pacific theater, rising to Group Com- Legion, honors awarded and any l»2d Inf. Regt. -Assn. (WWII) (Sept-Chicago) mander of 12 Landing Ships (Tank) Clarence Galetti, 3610 St. Paul Ave., Bell- other pertinent information. The let- wood, IL 60104 (312 )544-2035 (LST). l3,Sd Evac. Hospital S.M. (Sept-Omaha, either the Post NE). ter must be signed by Jane Dedinas, 8861 Izard St., Omaha, NE 68114 Stevenson operated his own sales or Department Commander or Adju- (402) 397-9729 business for many years and made 160th F.A. Bn., 45th Inf. Div. (Sept-Cheeotah. tant. OK). Joe Cherry, 7445 E, 29th St., Tulsa, OK his retirement home in Florida. 74129 (918) 627-2063 • sharp, clear black white In A and l«2d Int., 41st Div., (WWI) (3d Oregon) (Sept- addition to serving as President photograph of the nominee. Portland, OR), Daniel Newgard, 1757 Sallal of the Founders, Stevenson had pre- Woodburn, OR 97071 (503) 982-5982 It's important to note the Magazine 187th Signal Repair Co. (WV\7I) (Aug-Rochester. viously been that group's Chairman NY). John Sheridan, of nominees 115 Firestone Dr., Roches- receives a large volume ter, NY 14624 (716) 247-6796 of the Executive Committee. who have held many Legion offices 202d Coast Arty. (AA) (Sept-El Paso, TX) Roger McCabe, 7400 Edgemere Blvd., EI Paso at various levels in the organization. TX 79925 (915) 778-0632 2«4th Coast Those usually selected, however, are Arty. Regt. Assn. (AA) (WWII) (Aug- Bossier City, LA). Everette Bonnette, individuals whose documented contri- 3012 Drexel St., Shreveport, LA 71108 (318 631-3805 normal butions have gone beyond the 206th C.A.A..A. (Sept-Little Rock. AR) Bill Chambers, duties responsibilities of their 2502 S. Harrison St,, Little Rock and AR 72204 (501) 666-5376 offices. 210th Ord. M.A.M. Co. (Aug-West Branch, lA). Clarence Thomas, West Branch, lA 52358 (319) 643-2284 244th, 259th, H33d CA. Bns. (Sept-New York City). Frederick Horsham, 16411 Willets Point OUTFIT REUNIONS Blvd., Whitestone, NY 11357 (212) 310-2492

246th Signal Oper. Co. (WWII) ( Aug-Knoxville, . . . Continued TN). Johnnie Huggins, Jr., 30031 SW 169th Ave., Homestead, FL 33030 (305) 247-0150 Schuerch, 3615 Johnson Ave.. Davenport, lA 2,58th F.A. Bn. (WAVII) (Aug-Sioux Falls, SD). 52802 (319) 326-5659 Maynard Justice, Chamberlain, SD 57325 (605) ;8th Inf. Regt., 8th Inf. Div. (Med. Detach. 734-5444 WH'II) (Aug-Grossinger, NY). Wynn Mauler, 276th Combat Engrs. (Aug-Nashville, TN). 220 Sudbrook Ln., Baltimore. MD 21208 (301) James Elkins. Box 72. Bell Buckle, TN 37020 484-3006 (615) 389-9161 29th Div. Assn. (Sept-Roanoke, VA). Harry 291st Signal Co. (Sept-Lexington, KY). Frank Richardson, P.O, Box 5302, Roanoke, VA 24012 Davis, P.O. Box 1342, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 (703) 992-4402 (615) 896-4471 30th Air Depot Gronp (mVII) (Aug-Troy, OH). 29.5th QM Salvage Repair Co. (Sept-Dunkirk. I.K. Stevenson John Richey, 6207 Carriage Dr., Dayton, OH NY), William Schlichter, 206 Main St., Dunkirk. 45415 NY 14048 (716) 366-5404 32d Inf. Div. (Sept-Lansing, MI). Robert Angell, 298th General Hospital (WWII) (July-Ft. Wayne. Col. W.N. Doyle, 6910 Beverly, Overland Park, 900 Long Blvd. #211, Lansing, MI 48910 (517) IN). Charles Mance, 3232 Schoaff Rd,, Hunter- KS 66204 694-5865 town. IN 46748 411th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (July-Cincinnati). 35th Inf. Div. Assn. (Sept-Kansas City, MO). 310th Signal Oper. Bn., 9th Army (Sept-Indiana. Edgar Gusler, 1110 W. 3rd St., Marion, IN Bill Withrow, P.O, Box 4022, Topeka, KS 66604 PA). Earl Mitchell. RD 6, Box 62, Indiana, PA 46952 (317) 664-2227 (913) 233-8865 15701 432d Hq. Battery, 5th Army (July-Flint, MI). 37th Inf. (Dutch Harbor, 1941-42) (Aug- Astoria, 321st Anti-Tank Co., 81st Inf. Div. (Sept-Niagara Charles Zembo, 5047 Seymour Rd., Flushing. OR). James Mullen, P.O. Box 286, Valentine, Falls, NY). C. "Red" Colton, 59 Irving PI.. MI 48433 (313) 659-9286 NE 69201 (402) 376-1311 Staten Island. NY 10304 (212) 981-0220 447th Sub Depot Station 110 (Polebrook, England- (Sept-Southport, Frederick Lar- 39th Engrs., 404th, 643d Engr. Combat Bns- 344th Ord. Depot Co., (Sept-Indianapolis i , Frank WWID ME). (WWII) (September). Thomas Sweares, 122 Angotti, 109 Main Ave., Weston, WV 26452 sen, P.O. Box 1. Yalaha, FL 32797 (904) Southlane Dr,, New Wtiiteland, IN 46184 (317) (304) 269-1866 324-2451 535-8123 4mth Engr. C^ombat Bn. (Sept-Grandview, MO). 466th AAA Itn. (Northeastern Branch) (Julj-

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North Haven, CT). William Yopp, 6 Sackett ber). Fred Goff, RR 3. Box 37, New Castle, IN Point Rd., North Haven, CT 06473 (203) Pay PUFL Painlessly 47362 239-5740 Field Arty. Training Center (Yunnan, Chlna- 473d Inf., flth Army (I>ove Oo) (Sept-Philadel- WWII) (Sept-Nashville, TN). Del Frazier, Rt. phia). L.J. Newhall, 46 3artford Ave., Granby, With Time Payments 3, Box 187, Dover, TN 37058 (615) 232-5872 CT 06035 (203) 653-7335 GPF Veterans Assn. (September). Louis Testa. 47(>th AAA Bn. (Aug- Nashville, TN). Horace The National Paid-Up-For-Life 4326 E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY 10465 (212) Ring, 351 Ocala Dr., Nashville, TN 37211 (615) 828-7220 832-8980 (PUFL) Membership Plan is now QM Def. Adak Island (WWII) (Sept-Williams- 489th A.A.A.VV. I!n. (Aug-Pittsburgh). Joseph burg. VA). Bob Kolarich, 2002 Dixon Ct., God- available to in participating Petrulli. 1889 Romine Ave., Port Vue, PA members frey, IL 62035 (618) 486-5344 15133 (412) 678-7183 Departments through a time payment National World War II Glidi-r Pilots Assn. (Sept- .lOOtli S is Composite Sq. Ninety (VC (Dec-Honolulu). (August). Pasquale Razzano, 10 Robin Hood processed, you will receive a bal- 90) Russell Morse, 1303 6th St., Kirkland, Rd., Suffern, NY 10901 (914) 357-5983 WA ance due statement directly from Na- 98033 (206) 827-1927 i565th AAA A.W. Bn. (WWH) (Sept-Murfrees- Destroyer Escort Sailors Assn. ( Aug-Buffalo, boro, TN). Mrs. Iris Patterson, P.O. Box 83, tional Headquarters. The portion due NY). Jack Collins, DESA, P.O. Box Oviedo, Clayton, OA 30525 (404) 782-5941 68, each will least FL 32765 (305) 365-5331 585th Bomb Sq., 394th Bomb Group (Sept-Cln- month always be at 10 NCB 43D (Naval Communications Center-Okin- cinnati). Thomas O'Brien, 1907 Rio Vista Dr., percent of the total fee. awa, 1944-46) (Sept-Lenexa, Charles Ft. Pierce, FL 33450 (305) 465-7974 KS). Babcock, 12544 82nd 622d Engrs. Base Equip. Co. (Sept-Plttsburgh) Further information is available W. Terr., Lenexa, KS 66215 (913) 492-6560 Ernest Rode, 36 Swan Dr., Pittsburgh, PA from your Post National Yeomen (F) 15237 (412) 364-6137 Adjutant or Finance (Sept-Honolulu). Mrs. Mar- tha Maier, 3762 Sierra Dr., Honolulu, HI e25th Engr. Light Equip. Co. (Sept-Mattoon, IL). Officer, or write: The American Le- 96816 William Warner, Rt. 3, Box 20, Jerseyville, Navy Mail Service Vets ( IL 62052 (618) 498-2629 gion, National Paid-Up-For-Life Aug-Seattle). Lyie Hawkins, 2424 Madrona St., Bellingham, 689th Ord. Ammmunition Co. (WWII) (Sept- WA Plan, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, 98225 (206) 734-0856 Wheeling, WV). Edgar Hoke, 120 Fairfax Dr., USS Balch, U8S Porterfield Assn. Huntington. WV 25705 (304) 525-0220 (Sept-Belllng- IN, 46206. ham, WA). George 722d Engr. Depot Co. (WVVTI) (Sept-Niagara Marcotte, 219 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles. CA 90004 (213) 382-1301 Falls, NY). William Szabo, 626 80th St., USS Baron (DE 186) (Aug-Buffalo, NY). Jack Niagara Falls. NY 14304 (716) 283-9183 Springs, CO). George Conover, 32 Canborne Collins, P.O. Box 68, Ovieda, 32765 "60th Tank Bn. (Aug-Denver). Ernie Mader, 6459 Way, Madison, CT 06443 (203) 245-0598 FL CSS Bluefish (222) (Sept-Sacramento, CA). Xavier St., Arvada, CO 80003 (303) 429-7684 "C" Btry., 601st A. F.A. (WWH) (Sept-Weirton, Joseph Pauli, 9000 Gerber Rd., Sacramento. 771st Tank Bn. (Sept-Cape May, NJ). Alex WV). Frank Porec, 159 Forest Rd., Weirton, CA 95829 (916) 381-4594 Nabewaniec, DeFeriet, NY 13828 (315) WV 26062 (304) 723-1204 493-3748 "D" Btry., 243rd Coast Arty. (HD) (Sept-Cran- USS Borum (DE 790) (Aug-Buffalo, NY). H. Jack Knox, P.O. Box Gastonia, 7-8th AAA AWBn. (SP) (Aug-Cleveland). ston, RI). Charles Brothers, 48 Jastram St., 531, NC 28052 Myron 864-0563 Firth, 3634 Silsby Providence, RI 02908 (401) 521-5017 (704) Rd., University Hts., OH USS Brooklyn 44118 (216) 321-2237 "G" Btry., 7l8t Coast Arty, "C" Btry., 384th (CL 40) (Sept-Charleston, SC). Anderson Showen, 254 Granada Rd., 803d Chemical Co. (A.O.) (Sept-Buffalo, NY). AAAW Bn. (Sept-Virginia Beach, VA). A.L. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 (305) 832-1561 William Shanahan, 26 Lynncrest Terr., Cheek- Maurer, 101 Ingram Ave. Apt. 11, Ingram, PA USS Copahee (CVE 12, 12) (Sept-Oklahoma towaga. NY 14225 (716) 836-5614 15205 (412) 921-4602 VGS City, OK). Joe Downs, P.O. Box 672, Hunta- 806th Engrs. Aviation Bn. (Aug-Rockford, IL). "HQ" Btry., 2d Bn., 241st C.A. (HD). (Ft. ville, AR 72740 738-6374 Howell Hood, 2520 Springdale Revere, MA 1941-42) (Sept-Boston). Robert (501) Dr., Rockford, USS Delta (AR (Aug-Bath, IL 61111 (815) 877-6855 Wild, P.O. Box 775, East Dennis, MA 02641 9) NY). Howard Van- sciver, 2034 Lansing St., Philadelphia. 809th Engr. Bn. (Aviation) (Sept-Bushkill, "HQ & HQ" Btry., 8th Inf. Div. Arty. (Sept- PA PA). 19152 (215) 745-1364 John Hazuka, Stevenstown Rd., Westbrook CT Myrtle Beach, SC). James Woolley, 1011 Cliff USS Dickens ( 06498 (203) 399-9269 PI., Baltimore, MD 21226 (301) 255-6955 (AP\ 161) Aug-Texarkana, TX). Joe Freeman, 1901 College Dr., Texarkana, 830th Engr. Aviation Bn. (Sept-Madison, "A" Co., 107th Engr. Bn. & Regt., 254th Combat TX WI). 75503 (214) 793-8511 Mrs. James Scott, 341 Engr., 522d Engr. Co. (WWII) (Aug-Calumet, Northridge Rd., Circle- USS Eberle ville, OH 43113 MI). Ed Vickstron, 107th Engr. Assn., P.O. (DD 430) ( July-Asheville, NC). Bill Keith, P.O. 894th Ord. H.A.M. Co. Box A, Ispheming. MI 49849 Box 155, Sanford, NC 27330 (919) (WWII) (Sept-Memphis, 776-5924 TN). J.C. Hill, 3571 Allendale, "A" Co., 203d, 3833d QM Gas Supply (Sept- Memphis, TN USS Ellyson 38111 (901) 324-9918 Hardin, KY). Sanford Morris, 1030 Manning (DD 4.54) (1942-45) (July-Boston). James (Jalberth, 928th Signal Bn. (Aug-Pittsburgh). Rd., Louisville, KY 40213 (502) 367-8035 8927 Carriage Ln., Indian- William Ko- apolis, volenko, "A" Co., 504th Parachute Inf. Regt. R.C.T. IN 46256 (317) 849-3315 219 2nd Ave., Aliquippa, PA 15001 (1942 England (412) 375-7866 to Present) (Aug-Houston). Ed Mokan, 4428 USS (DE 635) (Aug-Buffalo, NY). Ed- ward Arterburn, 515 W. Virginia Ave., Peoria, «59th A.B.S. Bn. (July-Wisconsin Dells WI) Ashburner St., Philadelphia, PA 19136 (215) Mazneri Anderson, 338-3440 IL 61604 (309) 682-0718 1106 Oak St., Wisconsin USS Harding Dells, WI 53965 "B" Co., 2d Arm'd Med. Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (DD 625, DMS 28) (Sept-Spring- field, PA). G. Taylor Watson, Box 13A, 1724th Ord. MM Co. aVWIl) (Sept-St. Louis). (Aug-Bentonville, AR). Elmer Amsrud, 511 Mc- Daniel. MD 21647 (301) 745-9725 John Houlihan, 1816 N. Mobile, Chicago 2nd St. SW, Waseca, MN 56093 (507) 835-3746 ' IL USS Hollis (DE 60639 (312) 622-4370 "B" Co., 323d Inf., 81st Wildcat Div. (Sept- 794, APD 86) (Sept-San Diego). Willard Loerzell, 124 S. Topo St., "A" Bfry., 391st AAA (July-Fond Ocala, FL). W.F. Clapp. 5811 SE Lillian Cir., Anaheim, CA Du Lac WI) 92804 (714) 826-7382 Orin Nitschke, Box 654, Oakfield. WI 53065 Belleview, FL 32620 (904) 245-3327 '•A." Co., CSS Houston (C.4, 30, CL 81) (Sept-St. Louis). Btry., 403d AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (July- "B" 643d Tank Destroyer Bn. (Sept-Boone, John Skarzenski, 828 Lindenwood Dr. North Rochelle. IL). Elmer Hood, lA). Emil Galetich, RR 2, Box 418, Madrid, Pitts- Rt 3 Earl- burgh, PA 15234 (412) ville. IL 60518 lA 50156 (515) 795-3775 563-0442 (815) 246-9774 USS .lames E. Craig ••A" Btry., 816th F.A. "C" Co., 735th Railway Oper. Bn. (Aug-Las (DE 201) (Aug-Helen, GA). Bn. (19,50-52) (Sept-Au- Norman Kubler, Box burn, NY). Joseph Vegas, NV). Robert Ward, 30 Dartmouth St., 202, Helen, GA 30545 Malvaso, 94 Owasco St (404) 865-4798 Auburn. NY 13021 (315) 252-2201 Fitchburg. MA 01420 USS Metcalf (DD 595) (Sept-Kansas ••B" Btry., 126th F.A. (Sept-San Diego). "C" Co., 81,?th Tank Bn. (Sept-Corning, NY). City, MO) Gene John Chittum, 350 S. Brazeau, Ralph Rathbun. Box 216, Tioga, 16946 Walnut St., Huntington 2530 E. Rose, Orange, CA 92667 (714) PA 25705 633-7216 (717) 835-5362 WV (304) 523-6963 USS Neshanic (AO 71) (Aug-San ••C" Btry., 20«th C.A.A.A. "D" Co., 32d .irni'd Regt., 3d Arm'd Div. (Aug- Diego). Robert (Sept-Jonesboro, Curnow. P.O. Box Idyllwild, AR). Bill Wichita Falls, TX). John Tucker, 447 Phillips 240, CA 92349 Jones, P.O. Box 222, Fisher, AR (714) 659-2563 72429 (501) 328-7321 Dr., Wichita Falls, TX 76308 (817) 692-6391 USS Northampton (CA 26) (Sept-San Diego). "C" Btry., 2G6U1 Coast Arty. Bn. (Sept-Kings- "D" Co., 711th Tank Bn. (Sept-Milwaukee). R. Rene, 5284 Appian Way, Long Beach, CA 90803 ton, PA). Samuel Ferraro, 622 E. Liberty St.. Dale Van Meter, Rt. 2, Box 153, Arapahoe. (213) 433-6608 Chambersburg, PA 17201 (717) 263-9862 NE 68922 ( 308) 962-5294 "C" Btry., 342d Arm'd F.A. Bn. (Sept-Colorado "G" Co., 152d Inf., 38th Div. (WWII) (Septem- ( Continued on page 35)

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( Continued from page 17) In YOUR although fresh water will do if you guests have been known to bolt down are located inland. A little cornmeal a wedge of apple pie with ice cream OWN tossed into the water will help the before waddling away from the table. SPARE clams rid themselves of grit inside Some of America's inland states TIME or 1^ their shells. have also begun staging bakes of FULLTIME 'f I Since appetites are whetted razor their own. Great containers packed SHARPENING BUSINESS! sharp by the salt air, each guest is with clams, lobsters and other trim- On our You risk nothing by accepting allotted a quart of clams, a cup of mings are shipped from coastal this offer to see how easily 30-DAY you can turn your spare time melted butter, half a chicken, one points in refrigerated freight cars. In into big Cash Profits with your own Complete Sharpening lobster and a couple of fish fillets grain belt areas like Kansas, pot FREE Shop. No selling ... no pre- vious experience needed. Our and sausages along with a baked bakes are held in cornfields and famous Sharp-All and show- potato, of of guests invited to their TRIAL how instruction set you up to a couple ears corn and are pick own make $200. $500, $700 a more butter. bakes also serve ears of corn to be popped into the OFFER month CASH sharpening Saws, Some Knives, Scissors, Lawnmowers, salted crackers, tomatoes, raw onions steaming pot. Shop and Garden Tools . . . all cutting edges. and several kinds of relish. One For small bakes involving family Send for all the facts! Rhode Island bakemaster went a step and close friends, the pit and pot Our Free Book tells how to start a profit- further and added johnnycake and methods are usually not practical. able, lifetime home sweet cider. Whoever is designated as the bake- sharpening business, how we help you grow, The gargantuan feast is usually master places heated rocks in a sugar how we'll finance you. Seni) (Of FftI details rnail (oupon below c postcari) rooAYi washed down with ice cold beer or barrel that has been soaking in BELSAW 602K Field eide Kansas City. SHARP-ALL CO., Mo Mill hot coffee. Soda or milk are also water overnight. Sand and bits of No Obligation^. No Salesman Will Call served, but it is advisable to avoid scrap iron are usually placed in > YES, BEI-SAW, 602K FiHd BIdg.. Kansas City. Mo. 64111 • CD ' any drink that is too filling. The the bottom of the barrel to prevent ' please send me the FR£t' BOOH that gives full details. secret of enjoying a bake is pacing the stones from burning through the yourself, as any veteran will tell you. wood. Layers of rockweed alternate Newcomers are given a friendly tip with layers of food, and damp burlap

• City-state Zip_ to go easy on the clams and butter, bags are placed at the top. delicious though they are, since there is a lot more to come. The miracle of Biotin If a pot bake is served, the guests get a special dividend. As the clams f get hot and pop open, their juices mingle with the steaming water at the bottom of the tub. A delicious In actual clinical clam broth soon begins to form. tests, incredible Shortly before the food is done, the

bakemaster siphons off about four ' Wt baldness fighter RE HAVING gallons of this broth through a tap TROUBI E LOCATING 0 THE PROBl EM 1 Ry controlled in the of the pot quickly bottom and BANGING YOUR SET / hair loss in 89% of makes a pungent sauce by adding ( Nourishair) about a dozen bottles of A-1 sauce, balding men. mm 1,187 half a dozen bottles of Worcester- Accept this 8 oz. shire, one bottle of Tabasco, the juice of 12 lemons, three pounds of butter, supply of six bottles of catsup, one half can of pH-balanced hot mustard and several tablespoons Nourishair of sugar. This rich mixture is poured THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE the and the chicken, BIOTIN over seafood sausage and potatoes. At the big bakes, guests are usu- TREATMENT And there should be plenty of each ally seated at long wooden tables since the great pots used at pot while relays of waiters shuttle back SHAMPOO. bakes hold up to 30 pounds of and forth with heaping trays of food. (Include only $1.00 frankfurters, small chickens, 175 At the barrel cookout everyone postage and handling). 80 white 175 sweet potatoes, 40 looks for a flat rock to sit on or Sorry, Only On* Offer Per Family Will Be Accepted. and I Sorry, No Canadian Orders Accepted fish fillets, five bushels of clams and spreads a blanket on the ground. #9VP^°^''^'*AL NUTRITION CORP., I of is the 418 Wood Street^ Dept, about 300 ears corn. Up to 175 small Whichever method used, j bb -26 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 lobster can be placed atop the whole clambake can be a Lucullan feast Enclosed IS check money order for $1.00 ( ) ( ) thing, but they are usually cooked in with enough variety to suit any I to cover postage and handling. Please rush me my FREE 8 oz. Nourishair Biotin Treatment Shampoo separate kettles. The amount of taste. But one final warning: wear I No 2691. I Please Pnnl food produced by these pots would jeans or coveralls and be sure you Name I inspire awe, even in New England. have plenty of paper napkins handy Address - -Apt. No.. The final touch at bakes is to wipe away the tide of juices and I most Cityv^iiy . State -Zip. chunks of watermelon served ice melted butter coursing down your 1^ This offer good only by mail; not available at GNC stores' Offer expires 8/ cold, but some chin. 1 5 /St H« more venturesome

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Credit Unions Expand Functions

If you're a member of a credit union, and need a loan, chances are that the money is available—often on better terms than at commercial institutions. — Q The Primer To Earth Sheltered Living large credit influx 24 Page Booklet gives basic Information on By and unions have been experiencing an of savings underground homes — advantages, site (the increase amounted to about 12.5 percent last year) . So cash is on hand selection, planning, financing, building tips, construction and landscaping. '3.50 ppd. for short and medium-term borrowings. Mortgages, though, are rare, if avail- Plant For — O The Future able at all. Credit unions are entering that field, too, but there still are some 44 Page Book features full color renditions of 25 diflcrent underground home designs, plus angles to be straightened out. Meantime, credit unions are taking on more floor plans. Blueprints available. '7.95 ppd. and more of the functions of commercial financial institutions, including Order Today' Satisfaction Guaranteed Underground Homes • Dept. AL7 certificates of deposit and checking privileges. 700 Masonic Bldg. • PorUmouth. OH 46662 Credit unions are nonprofit, financial cooperatives, operated by people with a "common bond," such as labor unions or employee groups. They are not subject to federal income taxes, and often get the benefit of free quarters

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Diagnosis At A Distance

( Continued from page 15)

its own characteristics through the scalp can record brain waves, cal bill to a colossal, nearly prohibi- which much is revealed about the which are electrical currents originat- tive $200 billion, making medical care chemical and physical processes of ing in the brain, to detect disease the country's third largest indtistry the "talking" atom. conditions such as Parkinsonism and behind agriculture and construction. Chemists have used this atomic epilepsy. Laser beams are being used An opposite view is held by Dr. property extensively in the labora- in some medical centers nowadays for Robert S. Ledley of Georgetown tory to analyze substances. Recently, no-touch measuring of the blood flow University, Washington, DC, who medical researchers have also begun through the blood vessels of the eyes built on the Cormack-Hounsfield to take advantage of this quirk of na- for clues to a variety of diseases in- concepts and was instrumental in de- ture by turning it into a powerful di- cluding diabetes and hypertension. veloping the advanced CT whole- agnostic tool. Despite their obvious advantages body scanner used for Deremp's ex- They place the patient in a strong and benefits, some of the modern amination. Dr. Ledley points out that magnetic field and then harmlessly non-invasive techniques have come Deremp's bill was only $350, which bombard him with radiowaves. They under attack from critics who deplore is less than he would have had to pay then monitor and interpret the mes- their immense complexities and high for two days of hospitalization. Dr. sages sent by the responding atoms. costs compared to much simpler Ledley also emphasizes that the pro- traditional technology. cedure on Deremp was painless, al- Mathematical Knives No one disputes that these new most risk-free and he lost only hours, In the experimental stage at the techniques are immensely compli- instead of days, from work. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, is a method of expanding x-ray images into three-dimensional, cube-like re- productions which allow the viewing of internal organs from different sides as if they had been removed from the rest of the body—all without touching the patient. The method, known as "Dynamic Spatial Reconstruction" (DSR), has also been called a "mathematical knife" because through mathematical calculations the machine manages to create the optical illusion of a living organ floating separately and iso- lated for observations not possible by any other means.

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The Lady On Liberty Island

( Continued from page 9) of the fact that water surrounds them. a long lead time and complicated ficers, armed and empowered to make It makes constant weather-watchers arrangements. Sometimes it also arrests. Most of the offenders Mills of them all. takes determined persuasion to con- and his men have to deal with are Ranger Frank W. Mills empha- vince suppliers we're not pranksters of the drunk, disorderly or pick- sizes the role that weather plays in when we try to order materials for the pocket variety. Occasionally a their lives. "We can take ice storms Statue of Liberty." pleasure boater emboldened by liquor or hurricanes in stride, but fog is an- Benton recalls what happened or marijuana docks at the island with other story. It can sneak up on you when he phoned an order to a com- the intention of making a night of it. in a hurry. And if it's heavy enough, pany for the bars he needed to make If he is too high or too intractable to it immobilizes the ferry and the work- the new catwalk. "Everything was be shooed away peaceably, Mills boat. So we always keep one eye on fine until I gave the man the address. issues a citation and calls in the New the sky, ready to clear the island He chewed me out as a practical jok- York harbor police to tow him off to quickly of visitors and personnel who er and hung up. I had to call him settle matters with the judge. live ashore. The other side of that back, give him the Liberty number, "We groan every time there is a coin is that if those of us who live and sweet-talk him into phoning me bombing in the city," Mills says, "be- here are trapped in the city by fog, on it before I was able to convince cause it usually means we will re- we are stuck until it clears. That's no him this was a legitimate order." ceive a bomb threat here within fun, take it from me." Whenever a ranger family moves the next 24 hours. We get about a For Moffitt's two older children to the island the company trans- dozen calls a year claiming that a Andrea, 17, and John, 15—who com- porting its household goods under- bomb has been placed on the island. mute to high school in the city each takes an operation that leaves its van We can't afford to assume the calls morning, a sudden pea souper means driver goggle-eyed. He must jockey are hoaxes so we make an immediate another night sacked out on the living his van through the congested Wall and thorough search of every pos- room floor of Moffitt's brother's Street area to the waterfront where sible hiding place. We have never Manhattan apartment. Eleven-year- a crane-equipped barge lifts the en- found a bomb, knock wood." old Michael is luckier; he attends tire rig to its deck. Then the barge is But at 7:05 on the evening of school at the Coast Guard station on June 3, 1980, without a warning call nearby Governors Island—if fog to alert the island, a time bomb keeps him there he gets a bed. "A few exploded in Liberty Museum at the times all five of us have been fog- top of the pedestal. At that hour the bound in the city and it was wall- tourists had long departed. George to-wall Moffitts on my brother's Benton's maintenance men were floor," Dave says wryly. "Fortunate- working overtime but none were in ly, he's good-natured." the vicinity of the blast so there were Mills points out another hazard no injuries, although almost $18,000 for those living on the island of damage was done. The FBI in- getting out the percolator and dis- vestigated but was unable to pin- covering that the coffee can is empty, point the bombers. or squeezing out the last dab of This was the first time The Lady toothpaste and simultaneously real- had been bombed; it was not the izing there is not a fresh tube on first time she had been violated. On hand. "It makes a planner out of you the same, sad day in November 1979, in a hurry. You start going around that militants stormed and captured with lists in your pocket so when the American Embassy in Teheran, a into the city for groceries you Iranian malcontents posing you go "She says she's bilingual— band of to the take clothes to be cleaned, shoes Vietnamese and French." as tourists climbed to the top of be mended, get haircuts, and pick up THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Statue of Liberty. Barring others needles and thread, books from the from the platform, they proclaimed library and toys for the children." towed to the island where the van is that they had "liberated" the shrine Running out of coffee or tooth- lifted off and driven a hundred yards of liberty and intended to hold it, paste are annoyances; running out of or so up the mall for off-loading of its quite unconscious of the ironic con- steel bars in the middle of fabri- contents. This sea-going delivery is tradiction of their words. It was a cating a new catwalk high within a $2,000 extra that always rates a stand off for several tense hours be- The Lady's anatomy is a crisis. That story in the local papers. fore Dave Moffitt succeeded in is the kind of worry always lurking One would suppose the water talking them down and turning them in the mind of George Benton, now surrovinding Liberty Island, as well over to the U.S. District Attorney's heading into his tenth year as chief as the nature of The Lady who is its office to be sorted out. of maintenance. "We try to think six chief inhabitant, would serve as But the rare lunacies of a bombing months ahead and to plan for what barriers to the crime that is so or an attempted take-over pass quick- we will need then because we haven't worri.some on the mainland. Not so. ly—The Lady endures and life goes got a hardware store we can duck Even here crime intrudes. So seven on normally on her little island. How into for something we forgot. And of the rangers, including Frank Mills normal that life is can be glimpsed when it comes to big items that have who serves as chief of security, are when the day's last tourists have em- to be barged in we have to figure on commissioned law enforcement of- barked on the ferry and the island's

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swing under his mother's watchful between the pages of your book to hold your place. It I am not satistied. I may return it (them) in 30 days and get a full refund of purctiase price. eye. Frank Mills casts a line from the Use It for everyday reading, stock market listings, to use the phone book, or study a contract with all that tiny Name 7"2 3/4 seawall to match wits with the striped •fine print". Huge " x 11 " size makes this full-page bass that swim just offshore. Later, magnifier really useful. Only $3.97 — order yours, today! Address DORSAY MARKETING, 142 perhaps, the men will barbecue ribs fVlacArthur Ave. City -Zip Box A • Garfield, New Jersey 07026 0 7980 Dorsay or chicken for all hands. Living in each other's back pocket as they do, with the Statue of Liberty as their constant companion, has left its mark on the island's residents. It has made them more than neighbors 1 6 PIECE RATCHET and more than co-workers. They are a close-knit, mutually supportive TOOL SET community, considerate of each other's needs and wishes, cheerfully accommodating to each other's quirks and moods. The Lady who looms over them can appreciate that. In the morning the aura of small- town America evaporates as the first 2 Slandard screwdrivers visitors debark from the ferry and 2 Phillips screwdrivers the day's bustle begins. Watching the and one awl. tourists as they stream ashore MAKE REPAIRS QUICK AND EASY THE PROFESSIONAL WAY! young and old, of every race, color Tighten or loosen a wide range of nuts, bolts and and creed—it is clear that this tiny screws with just a twist of the wrist. With ratchet action there is no need to reposition the tool with each island in New York harbor is a turn Ends fumbling with clumsy old-fashioned tools! special place that speaks to everyone everywhere in a special way. As I watched the visitors High speed move ratchet gives along the mall toward the Statue. I twice the STERLING HOUSE, Dept TS-3148 turning power. Sterling Building. Garnervllie, N Y. 10923 beheld an arresting sight that, for Please rush RATCHET TOOL SET(S) me, laid bare the essence of this place. One TOOL SET for |ust $7 99 plus 80C post/ An elderly couple walked along handling D SAVE! Two TOOL SETS for |usl S15 49 plus slowly, the fringe of a prayer shawl $1 20 post/handling SAVE MORE! Three TOOL SETS for |ust worn by devout Jews peeping from $22.49 plus $1 40 post/handling beneath the man's jacket. Only a few Use your charge card IVtaster Charge Visa Exp Date paces from them were two tourists Card Number wearing kiffeyah, the distinctive 8 Socket Name (Print) . Arab headdress. This, I thought, this wrenches with adapter/ Address free and tranquil union of antag- extension bar. "NO RISK City onists exemplifies the spirit, the hope MONEY-BACK and the promise of The Lady on GUARANTEE State Zip. N.Y. Residents Add Sales Tax. Liberty Island.

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Return To Paradise

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with its stirring band music, massed 1842, was the scene of many royal isolated peninsula on Molokai, car- flags, decorative floats and spirited events during Hawaii's period of ing for those with leprosy (Hansen's marching units will, however, be monarchy. Church services in Ha- Disease) . Since the disease has now much in evidence as Legionnaires waiian and English are still held been arrested with modern drugs, the step out along Kalakaua Avenue, there each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. colony has few patients. Sunday, August 30 at 2 p.m. Next door to the church is the Mis- For adventure seekers, there is a Hawaii's climate is all you would sion Houses Museum, which served 90-minute mule trip down a 2,000- expect—in the 70's in winter and the as the center for the American Prot- foot mountain trail to Kalaupapa, 80's in summer, with cool tradewind estant Missionaries in Hawaii until said to be an unforgettable experi- breezes. Hawaii's sun should be ap- 1896. Fort DeRussy, where the U.S. ence. Today, the island is better proached with care however, and hats Army Museum is located, is just a known for its magnificent forests and are recommended for protection. short walk from most Waikiki hotels. waterfalls, an 800-acre animal pre- Your time in Hawaii will be a Legionnaires will also want to stop serve and its many royal fishponds. departure from the conservatism of at the Punchbowl, officially the Na- To the southeast of Molokai is the mainland. Enter into the island tional Memorial Cemetery of the Pa- Lanai, smallest of Hawaii's six major spirit by purchasing a colorful shirt cific, a 112-acre volcanic crater that islands. Little Lanai, as it is affec- or Muu Muu and some thong san- is the burial site for U.S. servicemen tionately known, is a mere 146 square dals. Beachcomber types may prefer who gave their lives in World War II, miles, but home to the world-famous to gravitate toward the popular bare Korea and Vietnam. It is about six Dole pineapple products. With some feet bars, shaded oases just off the miles from Waikiki Beach. In this 15,000 acres under pineapple culti- beach. Part of the fun is participat- area too is the famous Nuuanu Pali vation, Lanai is understandably ing in the culture of this unique state, Outlook, with its exquisite view, and nicknamed "Pineapple Island." so cast aside your doubts and "go the Bishop Museum, noted for its While not an outstanding vacation native" at least part of the time. outstanding collection of Hawaiian center, the island does have a com- Don't forget to bring a camera—the and Polynesian antiquities. Those in- fortable hotel, the Lanai Lodge, for better to remember yourself as a terested in viewing a mixture of Eu- those who want to see this side of tropical free spirit. Indeed, there will ropean, Oriental and Hawaiian art Hawaiian life. be much to recall, for each major is- should stop also at the Honolulu Maui is one of the great centers land offers unforgettable memories. Academy of Arts. of tourism in the Hawaiian islands. The island of Oahu is the third A 14-mile drive out of Waikiki Just a little nearer to Oahu than largest of the chain. With an area of in the opposite direction from Pali Kauai, but in a northeasterly direc- 608 square miles, it's home to 80 will bring you to Pearl Harbor where, tion, Maui can be reached by plane percent of the state's population, a on December 7, 1941, Japan's sneak in about 25 minutes from Honolulu. rich racial mixture of island. Oriental attack turned the quiet harbor into a Once there, you will want to see La- and mainland groups. An excellent hellish inferno. Here, the USS Ari- haina, an early whaling port and the highway extends around the island, zona Memorial—which rises over the nearby resort of Kaanapali, known giving visitors nearly unlimited ac- battleship Arizona—is an absolute for its beaches. Going across the is- cess to Oahu's varied landscape, fine must for any Legionnaire who has land to the east will bring you to beaches and historic sights. Some Le- not had the moving experience of vis- Haleakala Crater, largest of its kind gionnaires may want to drive inland iting it before. in the world and said to be big to Schofield-Wheeler Air Base; others These are just a few of Honolulu's enough to hold New York's Manhat- will want to tour the pineapple and tourist highlights, before leaving tan Island. Once you reach the coast, sugar cane fields, and perhaps visit Oahu for the other Hawaiian islands. you will want to drive in the area of a sugar refining plant. Some may Kauai, often said to be the loveli- the tiny town of Hana, focal point simply enjoy a day driving and stop- est of the Hawaiian islands, is one of for some of the island's most exciting ping along the way, absorbing the the two islands nearest to Oahu. It scenery. sights and sounds of this island was the setting for the movie "South Last is the Big Island, Hawaii. paradise. Pacific" and the mythical Bali Hai. The two major arrival points for air Before leaving downtown Hono- An island rich in natural beauty, it travelers are Hilo and Kona, on op- lulu, however, visit a few highlights probably can claim fewer man-made posite coasts. Depending on what you of Hawaii's metropolis. lolani Palace sights than most of the other islands, wish to see, you can select the airport is a magnificent structure and the so, if you desire to see Hawaii as which is nearest your destination. only officially recognized royal pal- nearly as it was before Western civili- Hilo is the flower center; Kona, the ace in the United States, having been zation encroached upon it, this is an coffee center. built in 1881 for King Kalakaua and island you should visit. Located 103 Majestic Akaka Falls is near Hilo, Queen Kapiolani, just 17 years be- miles northwest of Oahu, it is a 25- and you can drive south from Hilo to fore the islands were annexed by the minute plane hop from Honolulu. the awe inspiring Kilauea Crater, United States. Across the way from The other island near Oahu is Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and this 19th-century treasure stands Molokai, only now emerging as a then to the Black Sand Beach. 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first punch. These are terrible odds NCOs learned just what a nerve you know the stuff placed on your to face." agent could do when an odorless, col- arm is fake, the edge is gone, your Guindon and his staff at Fort Mc- orless drop of the stuff was put into breathing returns to normal, things Clellan have a mission now; a few the eye of a creature dubbed "The are taken just a bit less seriously. years ago they had a mess. In 1969 Ninety Second Bunny." Impressions The Army may be on the verge of President Richard Nixon enunciated were horrifying, graphic and indeli- emerging from the regulation-in- a policy of pursuing chemical disarm- ble. The gasping for breath, drooling, duced torpor. Plans now call for a $5 ament with the Soviet Union. In the uncontrollable twitching and loss of million positively pressurized contain- early 1970s the Army's Chemical all muscular control by the creature ment building to be constructed at School was placed in cold storage, were permanently etched into the Fort McClellan by 1985. It is called "disestablished" in official jargon. memories of the men who watched. the "Silverdome" and would permit The functions of the corps were "Ninety Second Bunnies" now exist indoor classes using real agents. Open broken up and spread throughout the only on film. air concrete pads are also envisioned. service. In the process, our ability Prior to the 1970s, chemical troops They would be used for live agent de- to defend against and counter geo- underwent something called the blis- contamination instruction. But hur- metrically increasing Soviet NBC ter confidence test. Three drops of dles still remain. forces suffered. Had it not been for liquid were placed in different spots "I think our biggest roadblocks are the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, our chem- on a trainee's forearm. The first spot going to be the OSHA ( Occupational ical posture might still resemble that had already been prepared with a de- Health and Safety Administration) of a supine Rip Van Winkle. contaminant. The other two spots standards and environmental assess- During that fourth Arab-Israeli were unprepared. The trainee was ments as to what we're going to do confrontation, captured Soviet-made given a kit and told to decontami- with the decontaminants after train- Egyptian equipment was turned over nate one of the latter two spots. The ing." The words are those of Capt. to American intelligence experts for liquid placed on the prepared area Marion Wimberly, Chief of the inspection. What they found was had no effect. The area decontami- School's Chemical /Biological Divi- frightening: tanks and armored per- nated by the soldier himself remained sion. "Money's probably not a hurdle. sonnel carriers shielded against normal. The third spot yielded a We're convinced we need the train- chemical and, to a lesser degree, nu- reddened pustule, mute evidence that ing. I think our biggest problem is clear attack. They could operate for throughout the ages mustard has been going to be the OSHA standards." long periods on a battlefield of Soviet used for purposes other than spicing It would appear the Soviets have no design, a battlefield where death was man's food. The blister confidence such considerations. as close as an ungloved hand in front test is now a thing of the past, as is Sverdlovsk is an industrial city of an unshielded face. At that time all live agent training. 875 miles east of Moscow. Perhaps the United States had nothing to Lt. Col. Rowland Hoicomb went no starker contrast exists between match those "buttoned-up" Soviet through the test in the mid-1960s. Soviet and American NBC precau- vehicles. We still haven't. He is now the Chemical School's tions than the story of what happened American chemical warfare plan- Deputy Assistant Commandant: "It there in April 1979. Hundreds of peo- ning emphasizes the individual: Sovi- (the test) not onlj' gave me an ap- ple reportedly died of pulmonary et doctrine, the collective. It is, per- preciation for what mustard could anthrax following an explosion at a haps, because of this fundamental do to me, but it also gave me a great nearby super-secret military installa- difference between the two super- respect for the decontaminants which tion. Pulmonary anthrax is associ- powers that the United States holds were available." Why has the test ated with germ warfare, something the upper hand in at least one area: been stopped? "I guess the Surgeon the United States has foresworn al- protective clothing. Ours is lighter, General, in his wisdom, says we together. Both Washington and Mos- less cumbersome and easily adaptable should do nothing which would be cow are signatories to a 1972 conven- to small unit tactics. Theirs is heavy, damaging to the body. That may be tion which bans the development of bulky, designed to be an extension of the reason. I'm not sure." weapons which cause disease by motorized cavalry. Holcomb's Soviet counterparts are spreading germs. In addition, both American units in Western Europe not so constrained. Intelligence fig- officially adhere to provisions of the have recently begun to train for pro- ures indicate 13 of their chemical 1925 Geneva Protocol banning first gressively longer periods in new M- troops were actually killed last year use of lethal or incapacitating chemi- 17-A-l masks, charcoal impregnated while undergoing live agent training. cal weapons. Last year the United jackets and pants, rubber gloves and There is little question the survivors States urged other nations to join in boots. The idea is to get used to liv- of their program now possess a vis- an international study of suspected ing and fighting in an environment ceral appreciation of the possibilities use of poison gas and stockpiling of designed to kill you. of all-out chemical warfare. germ warfare agents—with good rea- What kind of training are Ameri- United States chemical training is son. There have been recent reports can Chemical Corps cadres receiv- training done with mirrors. Simula- that Soviet forces have used chemical ing? Certainly more chemical troops tions are employed in lieu of the real agents against nationalistic Afghan are being trained now than during thing. As I participated in a blister tribesmen in an attempt to finally the past few years, but what about decontamination class for officers, snuff out remaining resistance to the quality of their instruction? visions of pre-WW II cardboard tanks Moscow's scourging of that South-

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Past Imperfect? The pastor was rejoicing with a little old lady over one of her elderly relatives, who had finally seen the light and joined the church after a lifetime of riotous living. When she wondered if all the oldster's carryings-on would be forgiven, the pastor assured her, "Yes, indeed, the greater the sinner, the greater the saint." "Reverend," she mused wistfully, "I

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