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WIDE SIZESI 2495 Wides only 1.50 a pair more! Grey ARTICLES PTSD: THE HIDDEN CASUALTIES You may be a victim and not even know it. By Ken Schamberg 14 GET OUT OF SOMALIA The National Executive Committee callsfor the government to bring U.S. GIs homefrom east Africa. 20 OUR SECOND AMENDMENT UNDER FIRE An onslaught ofanti-gun legislation threatens our right to bear arms. By Dan Peterson 24 AMERICA'S CRISIS OF THE SPIRIT We must become moral again, saysformer National Security Adviser Zbigiew Brezezinski. 28 AMERICA'S HANDMADE SUCCESS STORY Craftsmanship meansDEPARTMENTSgood businessfor these "Made in America "firms. By Gordon Williams 31 BIG ISSUES Should Congress end trade benefitsfor China? 8 VETVOICE 4 YOUR AMERICAN LEGION 12 VETS 40 COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 6 VETERANS UPDATE 34_ WASHINGTON WATCH 10 LEGION NEWS 36 COVER Many legislators are targeting the Second Amendment. Turn to page 24 to see how. Photograph by Stephen Lee. The American Legion magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 3.1 million members. These military-service veter- ans, working through more than 1 5,000 community-level posts, dedicate themselves to God and country and tradi- tional American values; strong national security; adeguate ana compassionate care for veterans, their wiaows and orphans; community service; and the wholesome aevelopment of our nation's youths. JANUARY 1994 1 Take action. Millions of men are affected by impo- tence, but up to now, most haven't talked about it. Like many common medical condi- FOR GOD AND COUNTRY tions, impotence is treatable. 700 N. Pennsylvania St. P.O. Box 1055 Take the first step toward Indianapolis, IN 46206 317-630-1200 resuming a healthy relation- National Commander ship. Ask your doctor about a Bruce Thiesen treatment method that doesn't Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Daniel S. Wheeler involve surgery - or drugs. 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Richter, Consultant, Brenham, TX; Neal L. Thomas Jr., Consultant, Colorado Springs, CO. Copyright 1993 by The American Legion The American Legion (ISSN 0886-1234) is published monthly by The American Legion, 5561 W. 74th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Second-class postage paid at Indianapolis, IN 46204 and additional mailing offices. Price: Annual subscription, $12 ($18, Foreign); post- sponsored gift subscriptions, $6; Single copy, $2. POST- MASTER; Send address changes to The American Legion, ErecAid Systems Input Services, P.O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Change of Address: Notify The American Legion, Input By Prescription Only Services, P.O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. 317-328- 4640. Attach old address label, provide old and new addresses and current membership card number. To request microfilm copies, please write to: University O Microfilms, 300 N. 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I see this in par- cacy of the live prisoner of war issue. ents' lack of values clarification, lack As chairman of the National Vietnam Thank you for your fine editorial of time they are willing to give, and Veterans Coalition, a federation of 75 policy. Invariably it supplies us with lack of attention and concern shown to Vietnam veterans' organizations and both sides of controversial subjects. In their little ones. veterans' issue groups, sometimes in the October issue, "Agent Orange Eileen Ahart the past I felt that we were waging a Linked with More Diseases," by Candor, NY. lonely battle. But no longer. For sever- Assistant Editor Ken Scharnberg and al years now, the Legion has taken "The Eco-Crisis Myth" showed read- "What Every Child Should Be front stage and provided the same ers the impact that pollution has to Taught" left me depressed. Bauer quality leadership on resolving the people on both sides of the fence. 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