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November 1982 Volume 113, Number 5 For God and Country

4 Commander's Message \ 3 Great Blue River In Four Worthwhile Initiatives The Sea By Joseph Stocker

"...all the wonders of the earth combined equal £ Letters cannot this one river in the ocean," is how a lifetime student of the Our readers comment fabled Gulf Stream speaks of that wide ribbon of blue water. 10 Big Issues 20 Remembering The Should U.S. Forces Stationed In By Henry N. Ferguson Europe Be Reduced? MayflOWer

The on'sinal Mayflower still lives, and there are far worse ^ 2 News to Use places she misht have ended up than as part of an Enslish villase barn. Helpful hints for consumers 14 Dateline Washington 22 What To Do If You Lose Issues and opinions from the Your Job By Lester David capital With a well-thousht-out and solidly based plan, losins your

job or business needn't be the devastates experience it 28 Books misht otherwise become.

Interestins new titles New Mission For A Special 34 The Message Center 24 Breed By Philip C. Clarke Of importance to veterans Counter-insursency is their same, Special Forces/Green 36 News for Legionnaires Berets their name—and many of the Free World nations are in their debt as this branch of the military marks its Your orsanization at work 30th anniversary. £3 Parting Shots Save The Last Bite To leave you laughins 26 For Me! By Vernon Pizer

A sambol throush the rich history of food, with tales of mili- tary campaisns lost, new lands found and romantic loves conquered— as food stirred sastronomic and other passions.

About our authors . . . Pizer, "...like boarding a Love Boat Blue River In The Sea," says he has peopled by food buffs and crewed by studied and flown over, but never Philip C. Clarke, who wrote "New gastronomes." swam or sailed in the Gulf Stream. Mission For A Special Breed," holds his subject in warm regard. In Janu- With "Remembering The Mayflower, Lester David explains that it was ary 1974, on his last assignment in writer Henry N. Ferguson adds talking to all those good people who Vietnam, a Green Beret jump-started another article to the 2,000 he already have lost their jobs that sparked the his aged plane. Without him, he says, has had published in the last quarter idea for writing the helpful article "I might still be there." century. "What To Do If You Lose Your Job." Writing "Save The Last Bite For Me!" Phoenix-based, free-lance writer was, according to author Vernon Joseph Stocker, who wrote "Great Cover by Tom Bookwalter

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THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982

Commander's Message THE AMERICAN LEGION

Four Worthwhile Initiatives

still an all-volunteer force with roots of voluntarism. National Commander deep in the soil Al Keller, Jr. Most people think of our economy as falling into two distinct sectors: government and business, yet there is The American Legion Magazine a third—the voluntary sector. This Editorial & Advertising Offices 700 North Pennsylvania St. third arm of the economy can only PO. Box 1055 work where people are free because it Indianapolis, IN 46206 317-635-8411 requires the willing participation of civic-minded people. It cannot flour- ish, or even survive, in an atmosphere Publisher Dean B Nelson of oppression and over regulation. Consider, for example, those Assistant Publisher/Editor Daniel S. Wheeler laboring under the sickle of countries Managing Editor Communist domination. There is no Gerard T. Atchison voluntarism; there is no opportunity Assistant Editor Grail S. Hanford for it. The newspapers, the businesses, the colleges, the hotels, the theaters Associate Editor Kathleen Whitehead even the sporting events— are all gov- Art Editor ernment controlled. James A. Chaney I think we Americans take volun- Production Manager tarism so much for granted that we Bill Kroeker don't really appreciate its importance.

Most of us have never had a chance Advertising Sales to visit a country wherein everything Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. Al Keller, Jr. RO. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ 07666 is of the government, by the govern- 201-837-5511 ment and for the government. I don't think we fully realize the importance The American Legion Magazine Commission of it in our work-a-day living either. Milford A. Forrester, Chairman, Greenville, SC; James V. Kissner, Vice Chairman, Palatine, IL; James R. We've been hearing a lot recently Having been a volunteer all of my life Kelley, National Commander's Representative, about a concept known as "voluntar- —and a recent Gallup Poll showed Devon, PA; Norman Biebel, Belleville, IL; Adolph F. Bremer, Winona, MN; Victor Broom, Fulton, MS; ism." It's an idea that has always that nearly 40 million Americans vol- John J. Dunn, Sr., Scranton, PA; Martin T. Jansen, been a vital part of the American way unteer their time and efforts — Little Chute, WI; Eugene J. Kelley, Savannah, GA; Frank J. Holcshuh, Youngstown, OH; Russell H. Laird, of life, but the President made it a fre- wasn't the least bit surprised when I Des Moines, IA; Arthur M. McDowell, Indianapolis, quent topic of American conversation recently read an article stating: "Sup- IN; Nathaniel J. McKee, Princeton, NJ; J. Fred as well when he announced his inten- pose... the federal government were to Mitchell, Brewton. AL; J. H. Morris, Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce E. Penny, Seattle, WA; Floyd J. Rogers, Topeka, tion to help curb federal spending be suddenly inactivated? What would KS; George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; Ralph L. Smith, through increased reliance on the vol- be the effect.. .on your life? I suspect it Bartlesville, OK; Dewey C. Spencer, Mabelvale. AR; Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT; George J. Zanos, unteer segment of our society. The would be enormously less than if all Sr., Wellsburg, WV; Bernard Weddell, Consultant, American Legion believes the effi- voluntary associations were suddenly San Jose, CA; Casimir F. Sojka, Consultant, New Rochelle, NY cient use of volunteers and voluntary eliminated?" And I suspect the organizations can be a potent alter- author was absolutely correct. native to federal spending in a num- Voluntary organizations provide ber of areas. We also share the assistance that is sensitive to local The American Legion Magazine is published monthly by The American Legion, 700 North Pennsylvania administration's belief that the needs and they do so with dignity Street, Indianapolis, IN 46206, Price: yearly sub- United States—more than any other and compassion — something too scription, $9.00; single copy, $1.00 nation—is a land of private, volun- often missing when government Send editorial and advertising material to: The tary initiatives for the public good. agencies take over what individuals American Legion Magazine, 700 North Pennsylvania St., RO. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Voluntarism, despite its recent should be doing, and what the Presi- Copyright 1982 by The American Legion. entrance into the limelight, is us to start doing an dent has asked Microfilm copies available: University Microfilms, 300 American tradition, and a good one. again. Mr. President, the Legion has N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 All of our early institutions of higher never stopped. Just last year, Legion learning were the result of voluntary and Auxiliary members volunteered: efforts by concerned individuals, as • More than 2,000,000 hours of Change of Address were all of our churches, labor unions, service at VA hospitals Notify Post Adjutant and Circulation Dept., RO. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Attach old address label, • businesses, newspapers, clubs, asso- More than 200,000 pints of blood provide old and new address and current membership ciations, political parties, athletic • More than 5,000,000 hours of card number. Allow 8 weeks for change of address to take effect. teams, many of our hospitals—in community service short, the fabric of this great country • And helped more than 33,000 Non-Member Subscriptions was woven by those men and women veterans find jobs or get necessary Send $9.00 ($15.00 in foreign countries) to Circulation who donated their time and resources job training. Dept., RO. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. to the betterment of their communi- Since The American Legion first ties. Even ^ur national defense, born began assisting America's children, Member of the days of a voluntary militia, is (Continued on page 16) e Audit Bureau of Circulations

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9 THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982 Big Issues

Should U.S. Forces Stationed in Europe Be Reduced?

Yes • First, NATO originally No We should remember was designed to give temporary pro- that it is in our vital national interest tection while the countries of Europe to have U.S. troops in Europe. As rebuilt their economies. Today there President Reagan said in his trip to are 19 divisions, totaling over 325,000 Bonn in June, "Europe's shores are troops, plus their dependents and our shores. Europe's borders are our civilian employees. borders. We will stand with (the Second, U.S. defense costs related Europeans) in defense of our heri- to NATO have increased astronomi- tage of liberty and dignity." Rep. Patricia Sen. Charles cally. Recently Sen. Ted Stevens, We station 330,000 troops in Eur- Schroeder, H. Percy, R-Alaska, estimated our current ope as a deterrent to possible Soviet D-Colo. R-Ill. commitment to NATO is $130 billion; or Warsaw Bloc aggression. No one that amounts to 60 percent of the Department of Defense should underestimate the threat. Over the past decade, budget. Although all NATO members pledged in 1977 to the Warsaw Pact has increased its advantage in tanks increase their defense levels by 3 percent, hardly any from 3:1 to 4:1 and in artillery from 2:1 to 3:1. This Soviet- NATO country has done so. Sen. Charles Percy, R-I1L, has backed military buildup requires concerned vigilance on said our allies "are not getting a free ride, (but) they are at our part. least traveling at an absurdly low fare." A unilateral troop withdrawal would bring about a Third, our military maneuverability is hampered. By crisis in the alliance whose members are our best friends permanently stationing such a large number of troops in and security partners. A withdrawal would weaken the one place, we are weakened strategically. This is espe- NATO deterrent, thereby increasing the risk of war. Fin- cially true at a time when the United States is being called ally, a withdrawal would not even save any money, as on to fill power vacuums around the world. some have claimed. The Department of Defense calcu- Fourth, a review of our NATO commitment is not a call lated—in a study I requested earlier this year—that to re- for isolationism. U.S. policy in Europe is itself isolationist. station all U.S. Army and Air Force units now deployed in Our "go-it-alone" policy ensures Europe's protection, Europe would cost the United States at least $17 billion while U.S. taxpayers bear any burden and meet any cost. more over the next five years. So we would get less deter- Fifth, because the NATO countries are not burdened rence with no savings. with high defense costs, they spend more money in American soldiers fought two world wars, and NATO civilian sector programs—on everything from research was formed in its wake so that Europe and the West could and development to social welfare. While we focus on be free and secure from intimidation or armed attack. defense, our allies out-compete us in consumer industries: There are strains in the alliance today but, after 33 years, automobiles, televisions, radios, computers, etc. The NATO is still working. Indeed, Spain elected to enter United States and West Germany spend about equal per- NATO this year in another demonstration of the necessity centages of their Gross National Product on research and and validity of the alliance. development but the West Germans put a larger portion The United States must defend its global interests. of their R&D into the civilian sector. Therefore, just as I opposed and defeated a proposal in Sixth, the refusal of European NATO members to 1979 that the United States withdraw its troops from the increase their defense spending provides a weak basis for Korean peninsula, today I again would oppose with the negotiating a strategic arms agreement. They must let the greatest degree of vigor any effort to reduce unilaterally Russians know they will provide their own defense. our troop level in Europe. Twice in 1973, the Senate passed legislation to cut U.S. President Reagan recently offered to equalize, at signi- troop strength in Europe. Only after heavy lobbying by ficantly reduced levels, the number of NATO and Warsaw the Nixon administration was the legislation later killed. Pact forces in Europe. His initiative would allow the It did, however, force the start of the Mutual Balance United States to bring some of its troops home, and at the Force Reduction talks in Vienna, whereby the U.S. and same time it would reduce the threat to peace and stability the U.S.S.R. would discuss the mutual withdrawal of in Europe. troops from the NATO and Warsaw Pact countries. By contrast, a unilateral reduction of U.S. troops would Almost 10 years have passed, the talks have stalled greatly harm our national security interests. Further- and the number of U.S. troops in Europe has increased, more, a majority of Americans would not support it. A not to mention the increased cost to the U.S. taxpayer. The Gallup Poll in February showed that only 19 percent sup- time has come to reopen the debate. When Dwight D. port a reduction or total withdrawal, while an over- Eisenhower was the supreme commander of all NATO whelming 66 percent favor maintaining or increasing the forces, he predicted that "the large-scale permanent com- number of U.S. troops in Europe. mitment of American troops outside the continental The American public and our allies agree that now is limits would be costly beyond military return." His predic- the time to close ranks, not break them by withdrawing tion was absolutely correct. U.S. troops.

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Preventable "Accidents" PEOPLE & QUOTES

Accidents causing injury and death are all too often not Red Challenge At Sea— "...The maintenance of our accidental, that is, a matter of fate or chance. Rather, like security and our freedom requires us now to start to take many diseases, they are preventable. the measures needed to respond with determination to the So concludes the Public Health Service's Centers for challenge which the Soviet Union is posing at sea." Disease Control after analyzing some 70 million injuries Joseph M. A. H. Luns, Secretary General of NATO. and 150,000 injury related deaths. These injuries rank as Mutations And Imitations— "...Most Americans still the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. The rely on the network evening newscasts for their informa- estimated cost to society is $83 billion a year, but only 12 tion. These broadcasts are doing their best with their states currently have programs to prevent accidents. limited time. But it's not enough. In a world where it seems To decrease these accidents, PHS suggests: reduce we're inundated with news, I think we're only inundated speed limits, and heights of high chairs and diving boards; with.. .well, mutations of the news, imitations of the apply nonslip surfaces to bathtubs; use seatbelts; utilize news, variations on the news." Dan Rather, CBS. flame-retardant fabrics; lock up guns and harmful sub- Few Sales From Meek—"The meek shall inherit the stances and keep physically fit. world, but they'll never increase market share." William C. McGowan, chairman, MCI Communications. Maintain A "C" To Get A Loan! Importance of English—"That we have a common Students receiving grants and loans to further their language, one language, is one of the most important education may soon find themselves having to make a things we have tying us together." U.S. Sen. S. I. Haya- pact with Uncle Sam to maintain a "C" average to be kawa, R-Calif. eligible for such government assistance. Currently, stu- New Class Lines?— "In part because ofthe emergence dents receive aid as long as the educational facility con- of the upper Americans, class lines in the United States firms that the applicant is in "good standing." are growing sharper than ever. The reason is very simple: The current policy has resulted in the misuse of funds, as long as you could make a living without a high degree assert Senators Donald L. Nickles, R-Okla., and Clai- of training, the social classes could live more or less in borne Pell, D-R.I. As a result, the two legislators have harmony. But, more and more, the man with no training introduced the Student Assistance Reform Act, which is way down, while the man with training is way up." specifies a certain level of academic work in order for a Eric F. Goldman, Rollins Professor of History at student to be eligible for economic aid. Princeton. The GAO examined 5,800 student transcripts at 20 post- Top Priority For Spies—"One of our major concerns secondary schools across the nation and found that one right now is technology transfer, the efforts of foreign out of five of those receiving student aid had less than a intelligence services to obtain illegally the fruits of our "C" average and one out of 10 had flunked. One "F" research and technological development. That is the top student received $7,000 over four semesters, while another priority of the Soviet bloc's espionage apparatus." FBI student received more than $2,000 over three quarters, Director William H. Webster. completing only three out of 58 credit hours attempted . Family Vs. 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14 Do you know a good neighbor?

The American Legion announces Gordon's Good Neighbor Awards Gordon's is seeking five Legionnaires whose outstanding volunteer service to their communities deserves a public round of applause. One award will be made in each of the five categories below. An award luncheon will be held for each winner in his or her own community and all will receive the Gordon's Good Neighbor plaque plus a check for $1,000.00, payable to his or her favorite American Legion-approved charity. Gordon's Good Neighbor Awards: For Heroism lb one whose selfless courage and quick action has saved a human life. For Youth Activities lb one whose concern for the problems and potentials of young people has brought them increased opportunities. For Community Service lb one whose exceptional contribution in volunteer service to his community has made that community a better place to live. For Work with Veterans To one whose efforts have significantly improved conditions for veterans in need of assistance. For Outstanding Volunteer Service lb one whose attitude and achievements exemplify the true spirit of voluntarism.

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SMALL (Continued from page 4) we have expended almost $500 mil- munity service projects and increase lion in direct assistance, including administrative costs. This is one ENGINE support for 1,500 scouting units, the more example of a federal law that Special Olympics Program, Ameri- discourages non-profit organizations can Legion Baseball, Boys and Girls from filling the void left by federal REPAIR! State, Oratorical Contests and a host cuts. Work part time, full time- of other volunteer activities that • Third, we support a change in right at home -we help directly benefit all Americans. In the tax laws concerning mileage de- you every step of the way. 1981 alone, the Legion spent more ductions for volunteers. Many No doubt about it... as a small engine pro, you can cash in than $21 million in support of these Legionnaires use their own automo- for qualified men in one of America's on the huge demand and similar programs. biles to provide gratuitous services to fastest growing industries. You'll be able to command top hourly rates of from $10.00 to $15.00 per hour -and that's But, my friends, there is a serious numerous organizations and pro- for labor. A simple tune-up earns as much as $17.50 for just problem and it's one only the federal jects. Yet, even though these activi- less than an hours work, and parts, engines and accessories ties will add even more to the profits. government can solve. are of substantial economic and Plenty of business waiting for qualified men. Although the government cannot social value, the mileage deduction 65,000,000 Small Engines Are In Use Today! be expected to provide for all the allowed by the IRS is less than half That's the official count from the Engine Service Assn., needs of its citizenry and, therefore, that allowed in other categories. The one-million new engines are being built each month. and must rely on volunteers for assist- rapidly increasing costs of operating With fully accredited Foley-Belsaw training, you can soon have the skills and knowledge to make top money ser- ance, it can offer incentives to those a motor vehicle has forced many vol- vicing these engines. People will seek you out and pay individuals and organizations that unteers to curtail their hours of serv- you well to service their lawnmowers. tillers, edgers, care enough to lend a hand. Someone ice. It's time for the to bring power rakes, garden tractors, chain saws, minibikes, Congress snowmobiles, generators, go-carts, paint sprayers, once said that the three biggest lies in this category of tax deduction in line list almost endless.' snowblowers ... the is American life today are: "The check with the others of a similar nature. is in the mail," "I gave at the office" • And finally, perhaps the great- and "I'm from the government and est hindrance to altruistic endeavors I'm here to help you." is the ever increasing postal rate, the Well, humor aside, I'd like to lead a effect of which reduces the ability of

. crusade to substitute some other bit of non-profit, voluntary organizations whimsy for that last quip because the such as The American Legion to com- government can help us—and it must municate with those very volunteers help us now if the spirit of voluntar- upon whom the government is de- ism is to realize its potential in these pending to reduce federal expendi- economically repressive times. tures. This is clearly a case of being NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! I believe Americans in general and penny wise and pound foolish. Com- You don't need to be a 'born mechanic' or have any prior Legionnaires in particular are gener- munication is vital; the government experience. You can master this profitable trade right at home ready, willing and in your sparetime. Lessons are fully illustrated... so clear you ous people who are must help maintain those lines of can't go wrong, and with our famous 'learn-by-doing' method able to support the President's pro- communication by appropriating suf- practical 'hands-on' experience. We also show you you get gram of voluntarism at all levels; ficient postal subsidies to allow non- how to get business, what to charge, where to get supplies wholesale... all the inside tricks of the trade you need to however, existing impediments must profit publications to continue to use assure success right from the start. be eliminated. The American Legion the U.S. mails. Send for FREE Facts -Do It TODAY! supports substantive changes in four There they are: four areas where NO Obligation— NO Salesman Calls! areas which, we believe, will give the the government can help itself by You risk nothing by accepting this offer to see how spirit of voluntarism the impetus it helping the volunteer segment. Presi- easily you can learn the skills you need to increase track: dent Reagan, as a part of his commit- your income in a high-profit business of your own. needs to get America back on • Just fill in and mail coupon below (or send postcard First, we strongly urge the Pres- ment to reducing the size and expense with name and address) to receive full information ident to take action restricting the of the federal government, has made by return mail. IRS from taxing any funds raised by several nationwide appeals to the RUSH COUPON TODAY FREE non-profit groups engaged in volun- American people to regenerate a Foley-Belsaw Institute BOOKLET! tary community service. Currently spirit of voluntarism. The American 50074 Field Building for your Send the IRS taxes certain monies gener- Legion's response is this: "We agree Kansas City, Mo. 64111 copy today! ated, considering those amounts to be that self help is critical to America's "unrelated business income." How- future, but we don't have to regener- FOLEY-BELSAW INSTITUTE MM?^ Z 50074 FIELD BUILDING (^mrrTnr) ever, we feel this is an unjust taxation ate a spirit of voluntarism within the ^ -imi'/y KANSAS CITY, MO 64111 since the funds are donated to and Legion. Mr. President, we have never

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You can see it from the air when flying Iceland, that are warmer than those into or out of the Miami airport— in New York City. It keeps the port of wide ribbon of blue water lying be- Hammerfest, Norway, which is well tween the Florida Keys and the inside the Artie Circle, open the year Biminis. It looks pretty much like any around. On the other hand, Riga, in other stretch of ocean. But you Latvia, some 800 miles to the south, wouldn't believe the extraordinary gets locked tight by winter ice. things that it does to many places in All of northern Europe— France, the world and theimpactithashadon Germany, the Low Countries, Eng- your very own life. land—would lie sterile and undevel- This is the fabled Gulf Stream, a oped in a perpetual Ice Age were it not Brobdingnagian river of warm water for the Gulf Stream. Western man moving out of the Gulf of Mexico, then would have clustered around the Med- northeastward along the East coast iterranean. Never would there have and on across the Atlantic. It gives emerged the restless, creative spirit of that selfsame Florida coast its million- the northern Europeans that drove dollar climate; in fact, it shapes the successive tides of emigration to our climate and, thus, the economy and shores to lay the foundation for the culture of the entire South. It causes United States of today. Indeed, says palm trees to grow in Ireland and Dr. Hans Leip, the German authority makes England the "green and plea- on the Gulf Stream, it can be said to be sant land" that the poet rhapsodized responsible for "the whole of Western about. It produces winters in Reykjavik, civilization." Off Florida, squirting through the experience of the 16th century explor- son is something called the Coriolis Bimini "plug hole" as from some enor- er, Sebastian Cabot. Sailing westward Force. It's an aspect of the earth's mous jet nozzle, the Gulf Stream flows across the Atlantic, he discovered that rotation that causes oceanic streams at the rate of 10 billion gallons per sec- beer stowed in the hold of his vessel and currents to rotate clockwise above ond. It carries 25 times as much water had suddenly fermented. Cabot, the equator and counter-clockwise as all the rivers of the world and—at although he didn't know it at the time, below it. Lightweight water presses its widest and deepest point, east of had ventured into the toasty warm toward the inside edge and heavier New England—it is the equal of 700 Gulf Stream. water to the outside edge. A build-up of Amazons or 8,800 Mississippis. Some There are places where the stream light water thus occurs at Bimini, put- statistics junky figured out that if all abuts normally cold Atlantic water ting it two feet above Miami.) the salt were evaporated from a single and produces dramatic contrasts of Ship captains plying the Atlantic hour's flow of the Gulf Stream temperature. Those places can even be make sure to navigate into the Gulf through the Florida Straits, it would detected visually, since the water of Stream going north—it saves them take 100 times the total of all sea- the Gulf Stream is bluer than the rest. time and fuel—and out of it going going vessels to carry the salt away. Once a naturalist investigating the south. Look down from an airplane Two more freaky statistics: (1) If the "great blue river" off Cape Hatteras somewhere in the vicinity of the Gulf Atlantic Ocean were emptied and the stopped his boat at a point at which Stream and you're liable to see two Gulf Stream poured in to refill it, the the line between Gulf Stream and non- ships close together going in opposite job would be finished in 68 years; (2) If directions. You can be fairly sure that the Gulf Stream were somehow the edge of the great current is right diverted from a point near New Eng- down the middle between them. land to flood the United States, in one Once, back in the 1890s, a schooner day it would inundate the entire was cut in half when it was rammed nation to a depth of 4V2 feet. In a year by a steamship. Thereupon the two this dampish country would lie halves of the schooner parted com- beneath 1,650 feet of water. pany, one floating south, the other The temperature of the Gulf Stream borne to the north on the Gulf Stream, runs upward of 80 degrees for its first finally grounding on the coast of 400 miles after leaving the Florida Maine. Straits. A person can thus go swim- The great, implacable current car- ming in the Atlantic in midwinter as 62° ries a lot of other miscellaneous cargo: 82° ! far as 100 miles east of the Chesa- Haitian refugee rafts, a Puerto Rican peake Bay. The "great blue river" (the sea wasp that can kill a healthy man expression comes from Ernest Hem- in minutes and that curious jelly fish ingway, who fished in the Gulf with "sails" (and a nasty sting) Stream) gives off in a single year an known as the Portuguese man-of-war. amount of heat exceeding that which But the strangest migration may be

would be forthcoming from all our I the journey of the common eel. It

coal, oil and gas reserves. The quan- I starts life in the dark recesses of the tity of heat that it transfers in simply 1 Sargasso Sea, a great, still eddy of crossing the Atlantic is more than the Water temperature samples taken seaweed-choked ocean lying east of theoretical output from burning 2 mil- from either side of a boat straddling Bermuda within the swirl of the lion tons of coal. Indeed, the amount the Gulf Stream can vary as much Atlantic currents. (The Sargasso, said of heat the Gulf Stream delivers to as 20°. the famed naturalist, Rachel Carson, Norway in a year equals that produced "is so different from any other place by burning as much oil as could fill a Gulf Stream was exactly amidships. on earth that it may well be consid- 100,000-ton supertanker every other A crewman was sent to the bow and ered a definite geographic region.") minute for that same year. another to the stern, each with a The eel leaves the Sargasso and All this aquatic warmth creates bucket. A whistle was blown and each migrates along the Gulf Stream to some wondrously wacky effects. It man dropped his bucket over the side estuaries and mouths of rivers up and melts icebergs at the rate of 15,000 and brought up some water. The two down the U.S. east coast and as far tons a day. It enabled the captains of buckets were carried to the bridge and away as Scandinavia and the Medi- early-day sailing ships, ice-covered as the naturalist took their tempera- terranean. There it lives for about 20 they struggled through wintry seas, to tures. The water from the stern—the years, until it feels a mysterious urge change course, nose into the Gulf Gulf Stream end—was 82 degrees. The to migrate back again, thousands of Stream and see all the ice vanish. water from the bow was 62. miles, to the Sargasso, there to breed And then there was the unnerving The Gulf Stream's currents do some —and probably to die. quirky things, too. In the Straits of Far to the north, off the Grand Facing page, in this infrared satel- Florida, where the flow is swiftest, for Banks of Newfoundland, the warm lite photo taken over the U.S. East instance, the side of the Gulf Stream Gulf Stream meets the cold waters of Coast, the warm waters of the Gulf nearest Bimini is two feet higher than the southerly flowing Labrador Cur- Stream (purple and red) stand in the side nearest Miami. Hence a rent. The aquatic rendezvous pro- marked contrast to the surrounding boater going from Miami to the duces what may be the densest fog cold (blue) waters of the Atlantic. Bahamas has to sail uphill. (The rea- (Continued on page 30) THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982

Above, a door crosspiece still retains an embossed floral carving of the "May" flowers. At right, the interior of the Mayflower Barn— built around the skeleton of the most famous ship in America's history— is shown.

REMEMBERING THE Mayflower

At left, the masts of the Mayflower were used in the construction of the Congregational Church in nearby left Abingdon. Right, the departure of the Mayflower pilgrims for the New World is shown in this British Tourist Authority painting.

20 November 1982

By Henry N. Ferguson dence to convince everyone of its authenticity. On Dec. 21, 1620, a little ship of First, they discovered a 450-year-old 180 tons made landfall in the New bill of sale stating that the vessel was World after a rough and stormy nine- sold to a Buckinghamshire farmer week voyage from England. The May- named William Russell. It brought flower, with 102 persons aboard, in- only $384 in the transaction, at cur- cluding 33 children, carried the Pil- rent rates of exchange. Its five great grims to their new home and laid the anchors went for less than $100. The cornerstone of a nation. set of sails brought $45 and "ye pitch Capt. Christopher Jones obligingly pot and kettle" were knocked down for stood by in Cape Cod Bay throughout $1.90. The spars were donated to the that dreadful first winter. But by nearby town of Abingdon and used in spring, with more than half the Pil- the construction of their Congrega- grims and a large number of his crew tional Church, which is still in use. dead from the hardships of the New Russell reassembled the Mayflower England winter, Jones set sail for as a livestock shelter, then proceeded England. to sell it, along with the adjoining Few paid any attention to Mayflow- farmhouse, to the Quakers. er's return. She was, perhaps, the least The old farm kitchen and barn were conspicuous of the 40 or 50 vessels built a year or so after. On one of the that set sail for America every year beams in the barn one can easily deci- with settlers, or to fish. pher the letters "R HAR I," which In 1624, Mayflower was declared experts conclude is all that remains of "in ruins" and sold. With that, the the words "Mayflower Harwich." ship passed into oblivion, not to be Possibly the most conclusive bit of noticed again for three centuries. evidence is found in the diary of Wil- Few Americans are aware that the liam Bradford, who recorded every Mayflower, one of the most famous detail of the ship's voyage to America. ships in this nation's history, still Bradford described a terrible storm lives—as part of a barn in the tiny that, at its height, cracked one of the English village of Jordans, Bucking- beams amidship. A great iron screw of hamshire. There it stands in the midst a printing press stored in the ship's of the pristine beechwoods of the Chil- hold was set in position to bolster the terns, about an hour's journey from sagging beam, enabling the vessel to London. continue on her journey to the New For more than 300 years she has World. lain upside down on a brick floor, her In the Mayflower barn there is a hull serving as the roof of a barn 15-foot crack in one of the beams sup- owned by the Society of Friends. The porting the roof, which corresponds original coat of red paint has long exactly to the precise description since disappeared, but the sturdy oak given in Bradford's diary. timbers are still solid. The curved American promoters have attempted beams of her hull are bleached white several times to purchase the histori- and stand out like the skeletal ribs of cal monument from the Quakers and an enormous whale. move it to the United States. Each But how did the remains of May- offer has been refused. Perhaps it's flower end up as a barn in this rolling just as well. countryside? And how do we know, for There are far worse places where the sure, that these are the remains of the Mayflower might have ended her Pilgrims' ship? days. In fact, looking at the English The tradition that this barn was countryside falling away in all direc- fashioned from the Mayflower is gen- tions from the barn, one thinks the erations old in the neighborhood. Just Pilgrims could hardly have wished for to make sure, a group of experts a more fitting "harbor" for the brave launched an exhaustive historical little vessel that carried them safely to detective hunt that dug up enough evi- America more than 350 years ago. O

21 THE AMERICAN LEGION WhatToDolfYNovember 1982

What Unemployment Means

Things aren't as bleak as they were in 1932, the depth of the Great Depres- sion, when the jobless rate was 23.6 percent. Eighty-six thousand businesses went bankrupt and 273,000 families were evicted from their homes. But that's cold comfort for today's jobless. Even corporate bankruptcies are rising to scary heights. Already they are running more than 50 percent ahead of 1981 and, if the rate continues at its present pace, more companies will fold than ever before in history. And that includes the Depression years. The meaning is only too plain and painful. There are now 10 million jobless in America, and counting. By the time you read this, the numbers may be still higher. In summer, the unemployment rate hit 9.8 percent, the worst in 40 years, and every gauge indicates it's not about to improve yet. The increase of just a single percen- tage point means that another million people lose their paychecks. A major, yet little-known study by a special Congressional committee, covering a 33-year period, reveals some staggering statistics of the human toll exacted by being tossed out of work. The committee found that every 1 percent rise in unemployment results in: • A 4.1 percent jump in suicides, • A 3.4 percent rise in admissions to state mental institutions, • A 4 percent rise in prison admissions, • A 5.7 percent rise in homicides, • And a 2 percent increase in overall death rate. Explains Dr. Herbert M. Adler, professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medi- cal College in Philadelphia: "That's because in America we have been telling people that their value as a human being lies in their working ability and industriousness, and now we're not giving them jobs. It follows that being out of work can bring about a loss of self-esteem. Employment provides structure, permitting us to plug into socially acceptable behavior. If an individual is made to feel useless and worthless, he will feel like killing himself, or others. His internal organs will not function properly. He can become a risk to himself and to society." Already family counselors are reporting more cases of marital failures. Typical is the case of George R., who lost his job and was forced to move from his comfortable eight-room split-level house into a small apartment. Quarrels erupted when his wife became embittered and humiliated at their lowered status. The marriage is now in a divorce court. In the Northeast, Ralph T., a "furloughed" engineer, told a caseworker at a Family Service Association of America clinic: "My wife and I snap at each other all day long. The kids are resentful because we've had to cut back so much on their clothes and things. We used to be a happy family. I don't know how it's going to end if I don't get work soon." That's not the worst either. In the Midwest, Robert B., a carpenter for 25 years, stopped off at a bar before going home after a fruitless day of job hunting. Upon his arrival, his wife told him the phone had just been cut off and the car repossessed. An argument followed that soon escalated into a name-calling battle. Depressed, frustrated and half intoxicated, he flew into a rage and struck her. When his 10-year-old son intervened, he flunghim aside and stalked out By Lester David leaving them both weeping. Three days later, he was found semiconscious in an alcoholic ward of the county hospital. All men and women who work for a "Sadly, the incident is not unique," says Dr. Robert Rice, executive direc- living—99.5 million, according to the tor of the Family Service Association of America, which has hundreds of latest figures from the U.S. Depart- agencies around the nation. "We are noting a significant rise of actual ment of Labor—have at least one violence within families. When they are out of work, people may lash out, thing in common: they could lose their

verbally and physically, out of the depths of their despair . . . unable to jobs. And each of us should begin contribute to their families' support. A minor slight, a wrong look, may making plans right now to cope with ignite a fuse, then the explosion can wreck a family." this traumatic emergency. To do less, Having a plan to deal with the unthinkable—losing your job—can help even in relatively stable times, would soften the blow and hasten your return to meaningful employment. be playing Russian roulette with our economic survival.

22 THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982 Lose YourJob

a "spell of unemployment," which means the total number of permanent or temporary jobless could hit 25 mil- What You'll Get If lion in 1982! Psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers You Lose Your Job points out that just the fear of what might happen "can affect your health and increase the likelihood that you The following chart gives the maxi- mum UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PAID BY will lose your job." She has found that States and territories per week, ac- as rumors ping-pong around the office cording to January 1982, Department or plant, more and more employees of Labor figures. Actual amount is are suffering advance cases of "pink based on previous earnings and length of employment and, in some cases, num- slip syndrome." All the more reason to ber of dependents. Also given is wait- have a contingency plan to provide a ing TIME BETWEEN DAY CLAIM IS MADE AND little extra peace of mind. FIRST CHECK ISSUED. How, then, do you soften the finan- WAITING cial and emotional impact if your bus- STATE OR WEEKLY PERIOD iness fails or the dreaded pink slip TERRITORY AMOUNT (WEEKS) shows up in your pay envelope? The Alabama overarching point to remember is job 90 Alaska 222 losers are a lot better protected now by Arizona 95

government and private income Arkansas 1 36

security setups than previously. California 1 36 There are safety nets, not the least Colorado 176 Connecticut 196 of which is that many more wives are Delaware 1 50 working today than ever before. District of Because of the growth of service Columbia 206 industries, most women, the majority Florida 125 Georgia 1 1 5 of whom are employed in these jobs, Hawaii 169 are less likely to lose their jobs than Idaho 145 men. Of course, many of these service Illinois 198 jobs, such as those in retail stores or Indiana 141 Iowa 176 fast-food restaurants, are not union- Kansas 149 ized and the pay is low—but it's still Kentucky 140 money coming in. Louisiana 183 Your action plan to survive a layoff Maine 173 Maryland 140 or lopoff has to start with Phase One: M assach usetts 234

knowing the resources that can help Michigan 1 82 you through the rough times. Here's a Minnesota 177 rundown on what's available in Mississippi 90 Missouri 105 immediate dollars. Some may not be Montana 145 news, others will. The point is to have Nebraska 106

all these facts at hand so that (1) you Nevada 1 36 may act immediately when the time New Hampshire 1 32 New Jersey 145 comes, and (2) know how much money New Mexico 130

you can count on, and for how long. New York 1 25 There are three major sources: North Carolina 152 North Dakota 156 1. Unemployment insurance Ohio 233 Eligibility rules have been tightened, Oklahoma 176 but this is still your first line of Oregon 158

defense. Most states provide 26 weeks Pennsylvania 1 98 That's what this article is all about: of jobless pay based on length of Puerto Rico 84 Rhode Island 163 giving a detailed action plan for hand- employment and previous earnings, South Carolina 1 18 ling the crisis ofjoblessness and all its and ranging from $90 a week in Ala- South Dakota 129 ramifications if the day comes when bama to $234 in Massachusetts. Some Tennessee 1 io your paycheck stops or your small states still add an extra 13 weeks, trig- Texas 147 Utah 166 business turns belly up. in jobless rate hits gered when the a Virgin Islands 104 Underscore this point: it might not certain point, but that point has been Vermont 135 hit your home, your job. Yet, it would raised. (See accompanying box.) Virginia 138 be gambling blithely in a fool's para- Servicemen who do not re-enlist Washington 163 West Virginia 1 94 dise not to ponder these numbers: a used to be eligible for benefits, but Wisconsin 179 Labor Department spokesman points under regulations (recently changed) Wyoming 165 out that this year one in every four they could not collect. workers—25 percent—will experience (Continued on page 60)

23 THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982

New Mission For A Special Breed

Today's Green Berets face the challenge of being point men in America's unconventional war against Communist expansion

By Philip C. Clarke body. As the long-awaited daylight brought defeat to the enemy forces and their retreat back to the jungle leaving The enemy struck without warning in the predawn dark- behind 54 of their dead, many weapons and grenades, ness. Camp Nam Dong, a remote outpost in the high- Capt. Donlon immediately reorganized his defenses and lands of South Vietnam, had been hit on all sides by a administered first aid to the wounded. His dynamic reinforced battalion of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong leadership, fortitude and valiant efforts inspired not only regulars. Only a miracle, it seemed, could save the camp the American personnel, but the friendly Vietnamese de- and its heavily outnumbered American and South Viet- fenders as well and resulted in the successful defense of namese defenders. the camp." But it was early in the Vietnam War and the attackers Donlon's Medal of Honor was the first such award didn't know what they were getting into on that morning since the Korean War. His Green Beret detachment re- of July 6, 1964. Camp Nam Dong's defense was led by ceived a total of 33 U.S. and South Vietnamese decora- soldiers wearing green berets and fighting like hell. tions for the Nam Dong action. It was but one of many For the first few minutes, it was touch and go. Enemy bitter battles fought and won by men of the 5th Special mortars had set the camp's ammunition storehouse on Forces Group: Dong Xoai, Loc Ninh, Chau Phu, Don fire. Rallying his men, Capt. H. C. Donlon, Nam Dong's Luan, Lang Vei, Cai Cai, Dak Seang and a host of other CO., swiftly supervised removal of the threatened once-remembered hot spots. ammo. Then, for the next five desperate hours, he In another typical action, a reinforced regiment of VC directed the defenders in repulsing wave after wave of attacked a Special Forces detachment at Dong Xoai on enemy attacks. June 9, 1965, but was thrown back after 14 hours of fierce Donlon's Medal of Honor citation noted the captain's fighting that left the camp littered with enemy bodies. "conspicuous gallantry, extraordinary heroism and in- 2nd Lt. Charles Q. Williams, the detachment's executive trepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the officer, won the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallan- call of duty..." It was no exaggeration. try." Wounded four times, he was on the last Medivac During the initial assault, Donlon gunned down three chopper to leave the scene. In other actions, airborne enemy sappers as they got set to blow open the main units of the Green Berets carried out strikes deep behind gate. Then, moving about the camp's perimeter under enemy lines. constant mortar, grenade and small-arms fire, the cap- By the time the 5th was ordered back to its home base tain kept beleaguered gun positions going by hauling in at Ft. Bragg, N.C., in March 1971, after nearly a decade fresh weapons and ammunition and helping to evacuate of combat, it had won the war's greatest collection of the wounded. awards: 16 Medals of Honor, 7 given posthumously; 84 Though Donlon had suffered severe wounds, he re- Distinguished Service Crosses and one DSM; 814 Silver fused to take cover. "As he bravely continued to move Stars; 235 Legions of Merit; 46 Flying Crosses; 232 around the perimeter," read the citation, "a mortar shell Soldier's Medals and 13,234 Bronze Stars. Men of the 5th exploded, wounding him again, this time in the face and also were awarded a total of 2,559 Purple Hearts, some of

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them collecting a dozen or more each. To the Group's healing but the memories remain. colors were attached the streamers of 13 campaigns. Donlon, now a colonel in the Special Forces, exempli- This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Special fies the Green Berets' new look-ahead spirit. He's under- Forces, known since Vietnam as the Green Berets. going training as a foreign-area officer while studying Today, they have a new mission: assisting threatened for a master's degree. "For me," he said in an interview, Free World nations in the kill-or-be-killed art of counter- "the saddest commentary on our Vietnam effort was the insurgency—"low intensity conflict" in Pentagonese. lack of support from the home front. It left many of us But for veteran Green Berets, Vietnam was the proving feeling out in the cold. But there's no doubt new perspec- ground and the trial by fire. It also was a time of pride tives are emerging. There's been a turn-around for the and of bitterness, of missions accomplished and objec- better in the nation's attitude and, for us, a renewed tives misunderstood, of battles won and of victory sense of pride." denied. The Special Forces went to Vietnam in the early 1960s, Like other Americans who served in that most trauma- gung ho for action. Theirs was the tradition of such tic and ill-defined of wars, the Special Forces only now World War II predecessors as Col. William "Wild Bill" are emerging from the limbo in which our military found Donovan's cloak-and-dagger OSS—Office of Strategic itself after Vietnam. Romanticized and exploited by Services —which created havoc behind enemy lines; Hollywood, while mercilessly maligned by others as "Merrill's Marauders," who gave the Japanese fits in "psychotic killers," the Green Berets suffered their northern Burma; and the six U.S. Army Ranger bat- greatest loss of image. Today, a decade later, and as the talions that did commando duty in both Europe nation again looks to its defenses, the scars are (Continued on page 42)

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By Vernon Pizer the border to Portugal where he northern Italy it is smoked donkey; in loaded them aboard a U.S. -bound Spain it is barnacles and in Mexico it The dictionary, singularly unimagi- vessel.) is grasshopper— toasted, fried or native, defines food as a nourishing Jefferson looms large at America's broiled. Ants' eggs and stuffed frog substance taken into the body to sus- dinner table. An ice-cream freak, after rank high in Laos, while in Belgium it tain life—true enough but as inade- he became President his consistent is a dish made with hare's blood and quate a description as saying that serving of the frozen confection at the in Bali one made with turtle blood; in Einstein was good at math. Nourish- White House helped shape the nation's Australia it is kangaroo tail, in South ing the body is only a warm up pitch enduring love affair with it. Not con- America it is iguana, and in the Sey- over the dinner plate. Food also hits tent to let matters rest there, Jefferson chelles it is flying fox, a bat-like crea- the strike zone as nourishment of the made a good thing even better by ture. An exclusive Paris delicatessen spirit, shaper of history, social preoc- inventing the baked Alaska. (Our provides customers with python, ele- cupation, cultural phenomenon and first President was also an ice cream phant trunk and crocodile, while an grab bag of surprises. It is the only enthusiast; in 1790 alone George American-owned restaurant in Bel- thing man elaborates into a creation Washington's bill for ice cream was gium serves rattlesnake, alligator and intended solely for destruction by its $200, a considerable sum in the days monkey. Even Washington's staid admirers, a thing that sets him before the shrunken dollar.) Not yet Smithsonian Institution greeted apart from other animals because he finished expanding food horizons, guests at a recent reception with cook- alone cooks his food and will eat when Jefferson turned his attention next to ies baked of ground mealworms. not hungry. the tomato. Enthusiasm for the offering can best Food has built empires, and has lost Ever since 16th-century explorers be described as restrained. them. A single lunch cost Napoleon had discovered the tomato in South his when in 1813 he retreated from an America, people had shunned the outnumbered enemy in Germany plant, convinced its fruit was poison- because, suffering stomach pains ous. Finally, after 200 years, a few ven- after eating an over-garlicky stew, he turesome Europeans mustered enough mistakenly assumed he had been poi- courage to eat tomatoes. Though they soned. That critical withdrawal led to suffered no ill effects, the skeptics ultimate disaster for him. Seeking remained unconvinced. food, not continents, explorers stum- But Jefferson, always innovative bled into the New World, when all they and unburdened by timidity, planted were looking for was a new route to the tomatoes as a food crop, the first spices of Asia. The first distinctly American to do so. Despite his enthu- American word coined by settlers in siasm, widespread acceptance was the New World was a food term: chowder; and the first holiday they It's a gastronomic duel of inter- created was a celebration of food: national proportions with both Thanksgiving. And it was food that Holland and the United States caused the third President of the Unit- claiming the honor of having fried ed States to become a criminal. the first donut. Before he entered the White House, Thomas Jefferson served as U.S. Min- ister to France in 1784, where his most slow in coming; lingering fear of the urgent task was establishing an plant did not die out until well into export market for American goods. the 19th century. He could arouse French interest in If the world was long afraid of some What it all goes to prove is that only one product, rice from the planta- foods, it was often quick to entrust its Lucretius, the Roman poet, knew tions of Carolina and Georgia. But digestive tract to others that would be what he was talking about more than during the Revolution, the British an instant turn off at most dining 2,000 years ago when he said, "What occupying Charleston and Savannah tables. The ancient Chinese relished is food to one man may be fierce poi- had shipped all of America's rice, wolf, wildcat, locusts, owls, grubs, son to others." But if one man's dinner including seed stocks, to England. snakes and rhinoceros. Persians bell is another's warning buzzer, few Now, without seed, America could not dined on roast camel hump, zebra and dispute that the table is a focus of produce for the French market. While ostrich, while Romans savored cows' man's attention. wrestling with his problem, Jefferson udders, sea nettles, cranes, flamingo Only 100 years after Lucretius, a fel- learned of a new, improved Italian tongues and dormice. And American low Roman, Apicius, demonstrated strain of rice; however, to prevent its settlers often smacked their lips over forcefully just how serious culinary cultivation by competing nations muskrat, beaver tail, moose nose, concerns can become. Famed through- Italy prohibited foreign exports, opossum, porcupine liver and coot. out Rome for his sumptuous ban- imposing harsh penalties for viola- In some quarters things haven't quets, Apicius offered guests only the tion of the ban. Undaunted, Jefferson changed all that much in the interven- finest, most luxurious foods, all of went to Italy, obtained two sacks of ing years. Today's Chinese savor them prepared exquisitely. The ex- the grain and successfully smuggled birds' nests —especially the white travagance of his table was such a out his contraband. Jefferson's illicit ones made entirely of the saliva of a financial drain that eventually he rice was the feedstock that revitalized species of starling—and 1,000 year- was forced to face reality: he could no America's languishing plantations. old duck eggs, which are actually longer afford the cost. Lowering his (A colleague—Col. David Humphrey, about 50 days old and are made by standards was unthinkable to Apicius first U.S. Minister to Spain—was a fel- allowing the eggs to ferment in a mix so he opted for what he considered the low food-smuggler; he spirited 100 of of lime, ash, mud and straw. A deli- only honorable alternative for a true Spain's superior Merino sheep across cacy in Russia is bears' paws; in (Continued on page 50)

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CALIFORNIA WHOLE Letters NATURAL (Continued from page 6) ALMONDS NON PAREIL VARIETY

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THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982 The Message Center

CAPITOL . . .In veda and Wadsworth, HILL HEARS LEGION PRIORITIES Calif. ; Washington,

testimony before the Veterans Affairs Com- D . C . ; and White River Junction, Vt mittees of both houses recently. Natl. Cdr.

Al Keller, Jr., outlined the Legion' s legis- VA NOW REQUIRES PROOF OF BIRTH, MARRIAGE . . . lative priorities for the first session The VA is now requiring claimants to pro- of the 98th Congress. Keller suggested vide documentary evidence of marriage and Congress order and supervise a survey of birth of a child where such information is the missions of each of the 172 VA medical necessary to establish the validity of centers, noting that, ' ' It is our thought claims for veterans benefits. In the past, that many of these missions need to be a certified statement of a veteran or sur- redefined in the light of what has happened viving spouse claimant was acceptable in

' ' since the end of WWII . On other matters, lieu of documentary proof to establish Keller told the committees the Legion would eligibility. VA officials say the liberal prepare draft legislation to take away from nature of this policy made it quite easy for VA and assign to an independent agency the dishonest claimants to defraud the VA and Agent Orange studies mandated by Congress the change will help protect the integrity

' three years ago. 'We do not believe the VA of VA benefit provisions . is blameless in the frustrating delays of

finding a scientific answer to whether; and MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH CENTER ANNOUNCED . . . how Agent Orange damaged the health of The VA has announced the establishment of a Vietnam veterans exposed to that defol- second specialized research center tar-

' ' ' iant , he said. . . Keller noted The Veterans geted at schizophrenia, a mental illness and Survivors Improvement Act of 1978 does that accounts for more than 17 percent of not adequately address the needs of widows all veterans hospitalized in VA health care and orphans . He said the Legion would draw facilities. . .The new center—whose work up a bill to correct this and seek to have will be aimed at a better understanding of

it introduced next year. . .He also told the the disease—will be located at the Palo

Congressional committees that subsistence Alto, Calif., VA Medical Center . The first allowances for some half-million Vietnam Schizophrenia Biologic Research Center was era veterans enrolled in GI Bill education established at the Bronx, N. Y. , VA Medical programs have not been adjusted since Jan. 1, Center last year. Scientists intend focus- 1981, and that the Legion recommends Congress ing on the classification of schizophrenia, ' ' come to grips with this matter ' ' and repair which scientists believe to be a group of the erosion caused by inflation of about conditions rather than just one, as a bio- 21 percent since then. logically caused disease rather than solely a problem for psychologists and psychi-

VA . . . ANNOUNCES NEW AGENT ORANGE RESEARCH atrists . The VA has announced 10 new research pro- jects to investigate the health related GAP CHECKING RECORD FALSIFICATION CHARGES

effects of Agent Orange have been approved ...The U.S. General Account ing Of f ice , an and funded by the agency. The projects are agency of Congress, is currently looking supported for up to five years with VA into allegations that radiation exposure research funds in excess of $2 million and records for military personnel were falsi- were selected from proposals submitted by fied during nuclear weapons tests at the individual investigators working in VA med- Nevada test site in the mid-1950s . If you ical centers across the country. The scien- have any knowledge of this or of the methods tists responded to a request for new that were used in keeping radiation expo- research proposals issued by the VA Medical sure records at the Nevada test site for the Research Service, which specified a bio- period in question, you're asked to contact

chemical, . physiological . . or toxicological Robert J . Baney or William D Brooks , U S focus on the delayed effects of exposure to General Accounting Office, Room A2-2200,

Agents Orange and Blue . The projects pri- 270 Corporate Center, Germantown, Md. 20874. marily involve animal studies, but human tissue cultures will be analyzed in some of NATIONAL DISABLED VETERANS WEEK SET FOR

the experiments. Specific approaches range NOVEMBER 7-13 . . .President Reagan has signed from behavioral observations of laboratory legislation establishing a National Dis- animals exposed to the defoliants used in abled Veterans Week, to be observed Nov.

Vietnam, to biochemical studies of fat 7-13 . The House Joint resolut ion authorizing metabolism. The medical centers where the the President to designate such a week 1 1 new studies will take place are: Albuquerque, notes that , there are 2 . 3 million veterans

. with disabilities resulting from their N.M. ; Baltimore, Md. ; Lexington, Ky ; ' Madison andWood, Wis . ; San Francisco, Sepul- service in the U.S. Armed Forces .

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Economic Commission Chairman A Conversation With Frank A. Kelly

Frank A. Kelly, a Savannah, Ga., businessman and veteran of both WWII and Korea, has been National Economic Commission Chairman since 1980. Prior to that he had served as a National Vice Commander from 1976 to 1977 and was Georgia Depart- ment Commander from 1964 to 1965. A 37-year member of the Legion, Kelly has also served on a variety ofDepart- ment and National Commissions. He spoke with the Magazine recently about the issues his Commission is addressing these days and, specifi- cally, the problems facing the unem- ployed veteran. Here are some high- lights of that conversation.

Q. In terms ofnumbers, first of all, how many unemployed veter- ans are there? A. The unemployment rate na- tionally is 10.1 percent. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 14.9 percent rate for younger Vietnam era veterans. In terms of numbers, over 700,000 are unemployed and at least an additional 500,000 are outside the labor market—given up on trying to find a job and exhausted their unemployment benefits. That's what the official records say. We believe the actual rates to be much higher.

Q. Do those statistics include Frank A. Kelly the older veteran? A. The Bureau of Labor Statistics life, there remains that 15 percent or responsive to the needs of does not track statistics for veterans so who are still experiencing difficulty. veterans? over 40 years of age. But it is safe to In 1980, Congress commissioned a A. As a general proposition, past conclude that they, too, are experienc- study that asked that question, with national employment training pro- ing record levels of unemployment. the conclusion being that, indeed, grams have been a failure for veter- there is a direct connection between ans. They needed specifically tailored Q. For Vietnam era veterans, military service and unemployment. programs, but were only a target has there been a connection estab- Of course there are obvious reasons group —lost among other groups. lished between their military for this connection—lack of seniority; Additionally, veterans were, and are, service and employment chances? skills; last hired, first fired—but the perceived as a national and not a local A. This is a much debated issue. problem is much more complex. problem. For example, of the over 2 And although 85 percent of all Viet- million CETA (Comprehensive Em- nam era veterans have made a success- Q. Have past national employ- ployment & Training Act) partici- ful transition into the mainstream of ment training programs been pants in 1981-82, less than 4 percent

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were Vietnam era veterans and less the past 17 months, the Legion was in ment Employment Chairmen who are than 2 percent were disabled veterans. the forefront in Congress to secure to work on the state level addressing Compounding the problem was the funds for a separate veteran employ- the needs of their respective members. fact that the Department of Labor ment training program administered didn't even fully implement the veteran by the Office of the Assistant Secre- Q. What advice can you offer participation regulations contained tary for Veterans Employment. Our the unemployed veteran? in the Act. efforts were rewarded when both the A. First, do not despair. Statistics Senate and the House passed veteran have shown that most all of us will be Q. How has the Job Service amendments to their respective train- unemployed at one or more times responded to the employment ing bills to establish a separate veter- during our working lives. Next, he needs of veterans? an's program. We did, of course, have should evaluate his financial situa- A. First the Job Service, like other some key help along the way, but the tion and take the necessary steps to programs dependent on federal funds, Legion was the only veterans organi- provide for himself and family for a faces severe staff reductions and zation which, from the beginning, in- period of time, usually six months. office closings due to budget cuts, and sisted on a separate veterans' The veteran should then make contact we are working in Washington to program. with the local Job Service office and ensure that they receive adequate Further, the Commission has been talk with the local veterans represen- funding. This does not, however, working with staff members of both tatives, as well as with the State absolve them of their legal obligation the House and Senate Veterans Director for Veterans Employment. to provide veterans with priority serv- Affairs Committees in drafting legis- The veteran should also contact his ice in counseling, testing, job referral, lation that will make the Veterans Post and Department Employment etc. Currently, the Job Service is the Employment Service more responsive Chairmen for advice and guidance. only broad-based employment pro- to the employment training needs of Above all, he should remain busy and gram for veterans, but we expect veterans. In 1982 alone, the Commis- plan his job search. other veterans programs to come on sion has presented more than 10 Con- line in the very near future to augment gressional statements on the economic Q. Can the National Economic its work. In short, we're not overly well-being of veterans. Commission assist him? pleased with the service provided vet- A. Through the availability of its erans by the Job Service. Q. How else does the Legion informative pamphlets, comprehen- involve itself in veteran employ- sive manuals and the appointment of Q. What is the position of the ment training matters? Department Employment Chairmen, Department of Labor on veterans A. The founders Of the Legion con- the Commission stands ever ready to employment training matters? cerned themselves with matters of offer the best possible guidance and A. In 1980, Congress created the employment training back in 1919. advice to the veteran. We encourage position of Assistant Secretary of Today, all such matters are vested in all unemployed or underemployed vet- Labor for Veterans Employment, now the National Economic Commission. erans to contact the National Economic occupied by Mr. Bill Plowden. The Under the Legion's "Jobs For Veter- Commission and find out for them- Legion lobbied intensely for this posi- ans" program, the Commission selves how the Commission can help tion to provide veterans affairs the encourages all Departments to con- them. © much needed prominence and visibil- duct job fairs, opportunity days, etc. ity within the department. We have Since 1970, the Legion has been re- been working closely with Mr. Plow- sponsible for placing more than 200,000 den in assisting him to not only set up veterans in jobs. In fact, a Senate Vet- his operation, but pursue future veter- erans Affairs Committee resolution ans programs as well. From our per- commended the Legion for its efforts. spective, the Department of Labor has Additionally, the Commission makes been most accommodating to veterans available three helpful job finding issues —more so than past adminis- pamphlets and a comprehensive em- trations. ployment manual that covers a host of helpful job finding tips. We also Q. What does the program that attempt to keep the membership will replace CETA hold for veter- advised on employment training mat- ans? ters through an excellent every-other- A. As I said earlier, veterans were month newsletter. We also conduct only a target group in past programs. three awards programs for Depart- We set out to change that in any new ments. To these ends, we encourage employment training measure. Over all Departments to appoint Depart-

"Past national employment training programs have been a failure for veterans."

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Left, a big Boyertown Bear hug and the look on Player of the Year Ivan Synder's face tells it all: Boyertown's the 1982 Legion World Series champion. (Photo: John Strickler, The Mercury, Pottstown, Pa.) THE AMERICAN LEGION November 1982

Below, a Bear player causes a bit of a shake up at second base during a double play attempt. (Photo: Tom Kelly, The Mercury, Pottstown, Pa.)

It's the stuff of small town folklore. The kind of tale to be told and retold; passed down through the years, embellished a bit here and there, but always recounted by a speaker who can't hide his pride in the telling. It'll probably start out something like this: "I was there in Boyertown back in 1982 when the whole town got together and built themselves a half- million dollar ball park using volun- teer labor and materials almost exclusively. (If we'd asked the govern- ment for help, today we'd be sitting on a vacant lot full of red tape.) That ball park was such an amazing exam- ple of what a community can do on its own that this Wall Street Journal reporter came down and talked to a few folks and wrote up a front-page article about us. "Well they got that ball park fin- ished in time to host The American Legion's 1982 World Series and folks right away started saying, 'Wouldn't it be something if our own hometown boys could go out there and win it for all the fans and people who worked so hard to build the park?'" The final out and its the 50-yard victory dash for the Bears. And no one, it There is much joy in Boyertown seems, is any happier than team coach David Specht (at right, foreground). these days, for that's just what the See page 41 for the tourney's game-by-game box score. (Photo: Tom Kelly, players of Charles B. Yerger Post 471, The Mercury, Pottstown, Pa.) (Continued on page 54)

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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL -A REALITY

Legion granted permit For November 13 Dedication date

tion of the concern for the ground breaking and subsequent November dedication during a visit with Presi- dent Reagan. The WMF subsequently broke ground on March 26 and construction began on the memorial. The first indication that the WMF did not intend conducting the memorial's dedication came when they announced a National Salute to Vietnam Veterans Week. Promo- tional material prepared by WMF made no mention of the memorial's Recently unveiled was sculptor Frederick Hart's model of the statue that dedication that week as part of the will complete the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. salute. This was contrary to the Legion's understanding of the purpose of the Saying, "a failure to dedicate the "on behalf of the nation's Vietnam salute. "The American Legion en- Vietnam Veterans Memorial in veterans" after WMF officials were thusiastically embraced the concept November of 1982 will be a breach of unable to set a dedication date due to of a National Salute to Vietnam Vet- good faith with the citizens of this design modifications made to the erans because it was our understand- nation," Natl. Adj. Robert W. Span- memorial. Included in those modifi- ing that the foundation—indeed, the ogle has announced that the Ameri- cations was the placement of a purpose—for the salute was to appro- can Legion has been granted a permit statue, the completion of which is not priately dedicate the Vietnam Veter- to perform the dedication on Satur- expected for three years. ans Memorial," Spanogle said. day, Nov. 13, 1982. The WMF commitment to a Natl. Cdr. Al Keller underscored The application for a dedication November 1982 memorial dedication the importance of proceeding with permit was made by the Legion with date was made in January when it the dedication as originally planned, the approval of the Vietnam Veter- appeared ground-breaking ceremon- noting that a national salute without ans Memorial Fund (WMF) and the ies would be delayed by controversy the dedication was a hollow cere- endorsement of the nation's other over the initial design. WMF offi- mony: major veterans' organizations. As the cials solicited the Legion's help in "We understand why these people single largest contributor to the resolving the controversy so that a are coming to Washington, D.C.," he memorial fund and the permit appli- November dedication date would not said. "They are not coming for a vigil cant, The American Legion will dedi- be jeopardized. On Jan. 28, then- —that could be held in their local cate the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Natl. Cdr. Jack Flynt cut short a visit church. They are not coming for an in concert with the WMF. The to Puerto Rico and flew to Washing- entertainer's salute—they can be WMF will host all other activities in ton for the sole purpose of meeting entertained at home. They are not the National Salute To Vietnam Vet- with the Secretary of the Interior to coming for an open house and most erans Week planned for Nov. 10-14. discuss the WMF ground breaking. certainly they are not coming for a The action was taken by the Legion In addition, Flynt made special men- (Continued on page 56)

40 THEAMERICAN LEGION November 1982

'Peanuts' Horenkamp Is Month's Legionnaire The American Legion 1982 World Series

Game-by-Game Results of the Tourney

Game 1: James DeArmond Golliday Post 6, Kokomo, Ind. 6 Jesse M. Dykes Post 12, Richmond, Ky. 5

Game 2: Lafayette Post 517, Lafayette, Calif. 7 Robbins-McMullen Post 37, Grand Junction, Colo. 6

Game 3: Edina Post 471, Edina, Minn. 14 Oktibbeha Post 13, Starkville, Miss. 8

Game 4: Charles B. Yerger Post 471, Boyertown, Penn. 4 Henry J. Sweeney Post 2, Manchester, N.H. 1

Game 5: Colorado 14 Game 11: Pennsylvania 8 Kentucky (Kentucky out) 2 Indiana 3

Game 6: Mississippi 4 Game 12: Colorado 12 New Hampshire (New Hampshire out) 3 Indiana (Indiana out) 7

Game 7: Indiana 9 Game 13: California 7 California 8 Pennsylvania 2

Game 8: Pennsylvania 4 Game 14: California 5 Robert C. "Peanuts" Horenkamp Minnesota 1 Colorado (Colorado out) 1

Game 9: California 8 Game 15: Pennsylvania 14 Robert C. "Peanuts" Horenkamp, a Mississippi (Mississippi out) 0 California (California out) 8 Navy veteran of WWII and a 36-year Game 10: Colorado 6 Minnesota (Minnesota out - 2 member of Florrisant Valley (Mo.) 10 inning game) Memorial Post 444, has been selected November's Legionnaire of the Month. Peanuts has held virtually every elected and appointed office at the Post level and has been a delegate to Dist. and Dept. conventions for the past 26 years. He presently serves on Missouri's 10th Dist. Steering Com- mittee. He has served as Dept. Sergeant-at- arms for seven years and assistant to the Sergeant-at-arms at nine national conventions. In 1981, at the Missouri Dept. Con- vention, he was awarded the "Distin- guished Legionnaire of the Eastern Zone," for his devotion to the Legion and his help in furthering the aims and goals of the Legion. Peanuts is a past president of the Sacred Heart Church Ushers Guild and has served as an usher for 36 years. He is a past coach of the Cath- olic Youth Council baseball team National Commander Al Keller, Jr., outlinesThe American Legion's legislative and, for eight years, served as coach goals for the first session of the 98th Congress at a recent hearing of the and manager for a Khoury League House Veterans Affairs Committee. Next to him is Rep. George M. O'Brien, baseball team sponsored by Post 444. R-Ill., who introduced the commander to the committee. Others at the table In 1975, Peanuts was awarded a are, from left, E. Philip Riggin, director of the Legion's National Legislative Life • Membership in Post 444. His Division; Legislative Commission Chairman Clarence M. Bacon; VA&R wife, Lois, is also very active in the Commission Chairman W. F. Lenker and VA&R director Robert E. Lyngh. Legion Auxiliary and the couple are For details of what Keller told the committee, see the Message Center on lifelong residents of Florissant, Mo. page 34. (ALNS Photo)

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43 November 1982 New! Praying Hands

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HAVE I • points of cooking greens STAYED AWAY TOO LONG I LOVE YOU the fine and explorers stumbled BECAUSE • • I'M A FOOL TO CARE IN THE MISTY selected seasonings to produce pot MOONLIGHT • MOONLIGHT AND ROSES (BRING into the New World. MEMORIES OF YOU) • OH WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE • liquor worthy of the name. More TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND HOLD ME • YOU'LL NEVER KNOW • MONA LISA • IT'S ONLY A PAPER recently, Senators Goldwater and

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I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID • A HEADACHE TOMOR- Tower riposted, "Comparing Arizona sail for China in 1783 with 40 tons of ROW (OR A HEARTACHE TONIGHT) • OVERNIGHT SENSATION • BOUQUET OF ROSES • ROOM FULL OF chili to Texas chili is like comparing ginseng. Dropping anchor in Canton, ROSES • MORE AND MORE • PLEASE LOVE ME Phyllis Diller with Sophia Loren." the first American trader ever to reach FOREVER • YOU DON'T KNOW ME • I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS • FADED LOVE • ONE HAS MY Food has even invaded the judicial China, he sold his cargo for a princely NAME, THE OTHER HAS MY HEART • IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW • SAN ANTONIO ROSE • I'M proceedings of the Supreme Court. In sum. Until U.S. supplies were ex- MOVIN' ON • WINDOW UP ABOVE • GOODNIGHT 1893 a New York importer, assessed hausted, a parade of Americans IRENE • HERE COMES THE HURT AGAIN • I LOVE YOU BECAUSE customs duty on a shipment of toma- hauled ginseng to China, scoffing at toes from the West Indies, indignantly the supposed aphrodisiacal quality,

CRISTY LANE - "One Day At A Time'.' brought suit against the U.S. Govern- but grateful for Chinese faith in it. America's favorite songs of (aith to give you strength each day. ment on grounds that they are the As far as Americans were con-

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No Struggle! . . . Continued Boyertown, Pa., did in capturing the juices of mushrooms and other fungi. 1982 Legion World Series, 14-8, over The Dutch, who are so energetic in Lafayette (Calif.) Post 517. claiming paternity of the doughnut, In the process, Boyertown became are reticent in admitting their role in the first home team to win the Legion the saga of ketchup. Yet it was the World Series since 1941, when San Dutch who brought the sauce out of Diego won at home against Berwyn, China in the 18th century, added 111. In the championship game, Boyer- Tiller users, for heaven's sake, please don't buy tomatoes and ptherwise tampered nor put up any longer with any other make of with its formulation, and then let it town faced an opponent that had Tiller without giving yourself a chance to find loose on the West. beaten them, 7-2, the day before during out about our wonderfully different and better Another bum rap by reverse chauvi- the double-elimination competition. kind of Tillers - with POWER DRIVEN WHEELS nists is the widespread that Solid hitting against and with tines in the REAR instead of the FRONT! charge erratic Lafay- Please let us send you complete details, prices, Americans have sabotaged human- ette pitching (with Lafayette using "OFF-SEASON" SAVINGS, etc. Mail coupon below ity's tastebuds by creating automatic four pitchers) and error-free fielding now to TROY-BILT® Roto Tillers, 102nd St. & food-vending machines spewing out against Lafayette's five errors proved 9th Ave., Troy, N.Y. 12180 ^ ©1982 Garden Way cellophane-entombed sandwiches to be a winning combination for that are a culinary abomination. The Boyertown. TROY-BILT® Roto Tilers, Dept. A1 51 actual facts are a complete vindica- There was also a young Boyertown 102nd St. & 9th Ave., Troy, N.Y. 12180 tion for America. for right fielder Ivan Please send the whole wonderful story of TROY- The mechanism named Snyder who x BILT" Roto Tillers including prices and "OFF-SEASON" vending foods automatically was hit four singles and a double during SAVINGS now in effect for a limited time. (Please Print Clearly) invented in Sweden, the cellophane in his five trips to bat and stole two Switzerland. The first food-vending bases on the way to picking up Name machines in the United States, in- "Player of the Year" honors. stalled in Philadelphia in 1902, were All in all, it was enough to prompt City imported from Germany. And the the local newspaper to print an extra

State_ Zip sandwich itself was invented by the edition (that promptly sold out) and ancient Romans and re-invented by an outbreak of "Legion Baseball the Earl of Sandwich in London's Fever" from which few—if any—Boy- Beefsteak Club in 1762. ertown residents will ever recover. As a last, seemingly defensible, fall- The 1983 Legion Baseball World back position, die-hards cling to the Series will be played Sept. 1-5, in $ belief that, at the very least, Ameri- Fargo, N.D. and will be hosted by Gil- Only 3 cans are responsible for what many bert C. Grafton Post 2. food snobs dismiss as totally un- Other Legion Baseball awards: worthy of so lofty a matter as gastron- • Bob Feller Pitching Award omy: the lowly doggie bag. But it (presented to the pitcher with the appears that the doggie bag, far from most strikeouts in national competi- being an American innovation, was tion)— Rob Wassenaar of Edina, actually invented in the supposed Minn., with 34 strikeouts. shrine of culinary grandeur: France. • Rawlings Big Stick Award The authoritative food historian, Roy (to the player with the most total Andries de Groot, reports that it was bases in national competition)—Ron none other than the eminent 19th cen- Delucchi of Lafayette, Calif., with 45 tury author and gourmet, Alexandre (record). Dumas, who is responsible for the dog- • Hillerick & Bradsby Louis- gie bag. As de Groot explains it, ville Slugger Batting Award (to Dumas was so accomplished a cook the player with the highest batting The Top-Brass that invitations to his dinners were average in national competition) coveted avidly. In the event that an Ivan Snyder, Boyertown, Pa., with a CARD invited guest could not attend because .600 average (record). HOLDER of an unbreakable prior engagement, • James F. Daniel, Jr., Memo- What a classy impression you'll make — drawing your all was not lost. The friend sent a ser- rial Sportsmanship Award—Mike business cards, credit cards, or ID'S from this elegant, Hufhand, Kokomo, Ind. . . . to house the efficient case! Keeps cards clean neat . . . together. vant over Dumas' and Handsomely covered in status satin brass, with the option of remarkable master of the pen and the • Dr. Irwin L. Click Cowger your initials engraved for the final prestige touch. Slim 2%" x

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Vietnam Veterans STOP (Continued from page 40) reunion. The people who come to Eyeglasses From SLIPPING Washington, D.C., for the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans are com- With EAR-LOKS ing to dedicate the most significant national shrine erected in this coun- try. We cannot deny them that right.

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• Invisible established, I do not believe the dedi- cation can be stopped." • Soft Although The American Legion • Non-toxic to skin has been granted the dedication cere- mony permit, Keller also emphasized that, "It is the nation's Vietnam vet- erans who are dedicating this memor- ial to their fallen comrades: the men and women who died in Vietnam, and those who are missing in action." Various arrangements to partici- END ANNOYING SLIPPING -NOW! pate in the National Salute to Viet- nam Veterans are currently being EAR-LOKS keep eyeglasses securely in place, not sliding down your nose. S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s made by Legion Departments and easily over ends of earpieces. One size fits all Posts. The Salute will include a num- standard frames. FREE catalog with order. ber of activities besides the memorial ROYAL HOUSE, 137 Walsh Avenue dedication: • NY 12550 Box 4305 New Windsor, • An "Entertainers Salute to Viet- YOUR NO-RISK MONEY BACK GUARANTEE nam Veterans" Show Your EAR-LOKSmust be exactly as described. You • Military unit reunions must get instant relief, simply return them to our or • Customer Service Manager within thirty days for an A tribute to Vietnam Veterans

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myCity — _ State. -Zip_ L OUTFIT REUNIONS Reunion will be held in month indicated. For particu- lars write person whose address is given. Notices accepted on official forms only. For form send stamped self- addressed envelope to O.R. Form, American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices must be received five months before scheduled reunion. Earliest submissions are favored when the volume of notices is too great to print them all. Notice of Outfit Reunions are run only once during a calendar year. Navy 5 o S g £ Area Seabees (Dec-Sunbury, PA), Harry Klein, Jr., 216 Market St., Sunbury, PA 17801 (717) 286-9551 VS-55 (Nov-Pensacola, FL), Bob Croman, 5014 Elberta - E »ci Ave., Canton, OH 44709 o .£ 5 ° - USS Honolulu (CL 48) (Dec-San Antonio, TX), Marvin " o a ? Ziegler, Elsinore, 0 33920 Harvest Way, Lake CA 92330 „2x c 5 (714) 672-1372 To introduce the Heritage Collection of State Spoons, we otter to send you free, the spoon that Commemorates SILVERPLATED USS Remus (ARL 40) (June-Zanesville, OH), Donald Nation's It Mini our Capitol. ordinarily sells for $6.00, but it's Mooney, Drawer Z. Hempsted, TX 77445 (713)826-3785 yours with our compliments. The Collection consists of every Magnificent State plus the District of t'/i Air Force Columbia. Each spoon is inches long, Antique- ill 0.°, plated in pure silver. At the top is the District's Official 18th Weather Sq., Detach. (Erding, Germany Seal. Below wmil. 9 that, the year of admission to the Union, the Official Flag and Flower. Finish c5 = -2 o£ £ 1950-53) (Feb-Chicago), Donald Ducey, 272 St. John Along the handle is the District's name, and in the bowl, a scene of the Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314 (212) 981-7890 Capitol building where Congress meets. Flying Cadet Class 41-H (Stockton, Calif.) (Feb- Reno, NV). Robert McDonald, 395 Juniper Rd., Reno, We also include the spoons that lion, three at a time by mail, and pay / *°- NV 89502 (702) 747-1118 the ol * s & honor states Connecticut and Del- hall the $6 00 price you would pay if you I i a aware, sent strictly on approval - tu e« purchased the spoons individually. So 1 • ° s c > Marines amine for ten days. It not delighted, re- send lor your Iree spoon today Enclose "I" Co., 3rd Bn., 7th Regt. 1st Marine Div. (Feb-Lake- turn without further obligation. The 25C to partially cover postage, handling c „ on c land, FL), William Tracy, 14750 Beach Blvd. #34, Jack- District ol Columbia spoon is yours and insurance Offer is limited to sonville Beach, FL 32250 (904) 249-7074 tree. II you keep the two spoons, you adults, one spoon per household Allow 2 is I (Feb-New Park, NY), may enroll in our Collectors Program to 4 weeks for delivery, Iwo Jima Survivors Hyde James acquire the other spoons ol the Collec- "electroplated Gabriel, 44 Alexander Ave., Hicksville, NY 11801 (516) 796-2213

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LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Reach-It The award of a life membership to a Legionnaire by a Post is a testimonial to those who know best that such a member has served The American Legion well. Below are listed some of the previously unlisted life &GRAB-IT membership Post awards that have been reported to the editors. Jeffrey V. Tinnes (1982), Post 123, Santa Monica, This amazing new gadget for Calif. Sherman Block (1982), Post 309, Los Angeles, Calif. your home, office, workshop W. Fremont Hoadley, (1982), J. Gerard Legere, Irving S. Southard, Raymond J. Stewart (1983), Post lets you reach top shelves 17, Naugatuck, Conn. Richard S. Chamberlain (1982), Post 135, Naples, • • Fla. for: groceries books Bertrand D. Noel, Robert E. Nolan, Roland A. Tourigny (1982), Post 277, Boca Raton, Fla. • clothing • storage Merlyn E. Underhill (1982), Post 332, Rockton, 111. Frank Harris (1982), Post 777, Chicago, 111. • linen • and more! Salvatore Riccobene, Jr. (1982), Post 1016, Berkeley, 111. Vernon Hyatte (1981), Robert Fasel (1982), Post 94, Valparaiso, Ind. John H. Riggs, Ralph Zarnow (1982), Post 60, Des Moines, Iowa AT LAST! Howard Van Antwerp, P.H. Vincent, Charles Waddell, Sr., Ralph W. Walters, Carl Warren, C.C. This easy, safe way Wheeler, Arch Withrow, Alex Yates (1981), Post 76, Ashland, Ky. to Paul E. Emenes, Henery Glory, Sr., Burton add nearly 3 feet Himbert, Sr., Daniel Rockwell (1982), Post 175, to your reach! Philip Perera, William Rose (1982), Post 203, New Orleans, La. Benjamin C. Crawford, Leon C. Kluzak, George W. Lillie, Kenneth E. Roush, James E. Hart, Wilbur REACH-IT is perfect for any average height or B. Nelson, Rex L. Reed, Louis J. Rybicki (1982), Post It 101, Greenville, Mich. shorter adult, child, senior citizen. ends the hazard Roy G. Russell (1982), Post 550, Onsted, Mich. of climbing unsteady ladders or stools. John Pandora (1978), Sam Gullota (1982), Post 95, North Conway, N.H. Besides giving you enough reach to get things on your Carl Kavalic, Harold Stokes (1980), Gale Edward Trent (1981), James Vialard (1982), Post 175, Rocka- top shelves, it gives you extra reach for retrieving your way, N.J. child's or pet's toys from under furniture. Grab a cloth with Robert A. Bo well, Owen R. Conlin ( 1982), Post 307, Medford, N.J. the "hand" of your REACH- IT and dust hard to reach shelves, James J. McMorrow (1982), Post 471, Iselin, N.J. Joseph J. Braun, Jr., Charles T. Closs, Jr., fixtures. It's built to last with solid wood pole, sturdy metal Joseph DiResto, Eugene J. Cohen, Francis M. Langer, Richard F. Shelley, Jr., John P. Simmons, hardware, and durable rubber grippers. You control the precise tension Harold F. Sullivan, Philip Treshman (1982), Post with this hand lever, so there's no damage to your belongings. 272, Rockaway Beach, N.Y. Francis E. Cable (1982), Post 397, Andover, N.Y. No strength required. Christopher Witka, Ellis Horton (1981), Albert Bowers, Joseph Kasperek, Walter Williams, Fred B. Kyne, Arch D. McCallister, Richard J. McGraw, GRAB-IT firmly and securely with this BIG CLOSING Joseph J. Herr, Jr., Louis J. Merlino, Santo Zoda "HAND." Grabs large or small boxes, books, cans, (1982), Post 527, Hamburg, N.Y.

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Readers who can help these veterans are urged to do so. YES! I sure would like to add nearly 3 feet to my Usually a statement is needed in support of a VA claim. Notices are run only at the request of American Legion reach! Please send the following REACH-ITs: Service Officers representing claimants, using Search for Witness Forms available only from State Legion Service One for only $6.88 plus $1.70 postage and handling. Officers. Please contact CID # The American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, 700 Pennsylvania St., ORDER EXTRAS FOR GIFTS NOW. AND SAVE! Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. Two for only $12.88 plus $1.90 postage and handling. 671st Tank Destroyer Recon. John J. Barone is seek- ing witnesses to verify a claim that in 1946 he suffered Three for only $17.88 plus $2.00 postage and handling. injuries in a motorcycle accident. Contact CID 815 MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE on your full purchase price, less postage U.S. Ship Repair Unit 128. Robert Bernard McKinstry and handling. Enclosed is . New York State residents add sales tax. needs witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed $ at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in June, 1945, he suffered CHARGE IT on orders of 2 or more: VISA MasterCard back injuries when he fell overboard. Contact CID 816 Card #. Expires 258th Combat Engineers, Co. B. Paul F. Smith needs , witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed at Ger- many in November 1944, he suffered back injuries Name while laying railroad ties and was hospitalized. Con- tact CID 817 Address USCG Unit 13. Daniel C. Gatewood needs witnesses to verify a claim that August 1941, he suffered a City State Zip back injury while carrying a truss. Contact CID 818 November 1982 Add to your family's security for as little as 46c a week. TAPS The Taps Notice mentions, when- ever possible, those Legionnaires who have held high National or Depart- The American Legion The only official life ment Office in the Legion, United Life Insurance Plan offers insurance plan ap- States government, or other forms of national prominence. extra security you can proved by The afford. Now more Legion has paid over Eleanor Nell Krause, Neb. Past Department Honorary Commander than ever. For just $39 million in bene- (1974). Paris 46 0 per week fits since 1958. Mail William Harold Browne, Caucus Delegate. ($24 per year) coupon now. We'll Ed C. Smith, N.M. National Exec- you can leave rush details. utive Committeeman (1943-1947), De- partment Commander (1938-1939). them up to $12,000. FREE American Fred E. Frey, Okla. Department Commander (1963-1964), Department This uncommon Legion decal if your Vice Commander (1951-1952). Dr. John Edward Martie, National opportunity is available coupon arrives by Vice Commander (1949-1950), Nev. to all Legionnaires December 31, 1982. Department Adjutant (1937-1948, Department in good standing 1949-1952, 1965-1972), Commander (1948-1949). under the age of 70 John L. Sullivan, N.H. Depart- ment Commander (1937-1938). Alice S. Gray, N.C. National Exec- utive Committeeman (1923-1924), Department Vice Commander (1937- 1938). Donn M. McClain, Idaho Depart- ment Commander (1965-1966). The American Legion Life Insurance Plan P.O. Box 5609 • Chicago, IL 60680 American Legion Life Insurance Month Ending July 31, 1982 $16,01 1.60 paid—age at death 52. Cause of death NAME. —auto accident. Total premiums paid: $288. Benefits Paid January 1, 1982— August 31, 1982 $2,633,971.55 STREET Total Interest Paid Since January, 1982 $ 8,864.94 Basic Units In Force CITY .STATE _ .ZIP. (Number) 254,156.5 New Applications Approved Since January 1, 1982 2,534 BIRTH DATE New Applications Declined Since January 1, 1982 1,187 Month Day Year New Applications Suspended Since January 1, 1982 858 (Applicants failed to return AL11J health form)

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These are questions representative of those the Veterans Administra- YOUR tion is frequently asked. For more SPECIAL information contact your Post Ser- vice Officer, local VA office or write PHOTO directly to: Veterans Administration (20), Washington, D.C. 20420. ENLARGED

Q. I am receiving a VA pension 400% under the old pension law. If I not- ify VA of unusual medical expenses, IN FULL will I be entitled to increased pen- sion benefits? COLOR A. Unusual medical expenses have no direct effect on a pension under the old pension laws except as a deduction in meeting income limits.

Q. How do I apply for VA educa- tional benefits to attend college? A. Complete VA Form 22-1990 with a certified copy of your DD form 214 at the nearest VA regional office. You may sub- mit this application as much as 120 days before classes begin but not less than 30 days before classes begin.

Q. I am a former prisoner of war NEW FOR of WWII and was confined for 28 1983 days. Am I entitled to dental care through the VA medical system? A. No. With few exceptions, dental care benefits are available to veterans Now your favorite photo can become a superb, lasting and with service connected dental conditions beautiful wall calendar — to hang all the year long where it will only. bring you pleasure every day. Or, as a gift to remind a special person of your thoughtfullness and love. Q. What is the maximum amount A new scientific breakthrough makes it possible to enlarge, I can pay for a home using a VA gua- with absolute fidelity and clarity, any color photo and reproduce it ranteed home loan? in GIANT size. You get all the tones, all the beauty, all the vibrant A. The VA guarantees loans ob- live colors, so exactly that the giant photo seems actually better tained by the veteran from private lend- than the original! ers. There is no established maximum — no Any snap-shot, negative, slide, transparency or Polaroid purchase price for a home. However, — loan guaranteed by the VA may exceed color or black-and-white can be used, and will be returned to %" 1 the reasonable property value as de- you in perfect condition. Even a tiny 1 x " slide becomes a 8" 10" termined by a VA appraiser. giant x printed on a fine quality linen-look calendar that is 14" x 22" overall. And the calendar is a year-round aide, with plenty of room for notes, reminders, appointments, red-letter days, etc. Q. I lost my leg in service and am receiving VA compensation for it. The price is super, too. Only $2.99! An incomparable value these Because of complications, I will days. Just send your favorite photo or slide (please print your name now lose my other leg. Can I receive and full address on back). We'll even mail calendars for you to any list additional compensation for this of people you want to send us. new loss? Use handy order coupon. Prompt service and satisfaction A. Yes. A law enacted in 1978 pro- guaranteed. vides for an added monthly benefit for BENNETT-GRAF, Inc., 12417 N.E. 13th Ave., N. Miami, Fl. 33161 veterans who have suffered the loss, or loss of use, of one extremity due to ser- BENNETT-GRAF, Inc., Dept. 4523C, 12417 N.E. 13th Ave., N. Miami, Fla. 33161 vice connected causes, and have then Please rush Giant Photo Calendar(s) enlarged from photo(s) enclosed. (When ordering calendars experienced loss, or loss of use, of the to be sent to more than one person, enclose list of names and addresses on separate sheet) paired extremity from non-service con- For each calendar I enclose payment of $2 99 plus 75C to help defray postage and handling nected causes. Total Payment enclosed $ SEND TO (Fla. residents, add sales tax) Q. Are my VA benefits subject to (NAMEi) -

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62 THE AMERICAN LEGION To Honor the 200th Anniversary ofthe American Eagle0 on the U.S. Great Seal

deception will only deepen, making Limited Edition the day of reckoning all the harder. Understand that losing a job in Commemorative Belt Buckle tough economic times is not the job holder's fault. "There is always a strong tendency to blame an individ- ual," says Ruben. "Then blistering quarrels result. If both partners real- Plated with ize that economic conditions are responsible, not the individual, they will be mutually supportive, so essen- tial to successfully riding through the turbulence." hand-decorated Husbands must realize that if a wife becomes the breadwinner, it does not signify a loss of manhood in any sense. Times are changing. The sharp division of roles—he the earner, she the homemaker—have blurred and are breaking down fast. If an impasse develops, seek advice. Shown smaller He wants to move; she does not. He than actual size won't take a job at a sharp pay cut; she $JQ95 of x 3*6" 2 W thinks he should. If these and other knotty problems cannot be worked On June 20, 1782, the Continental Con- Each Buckle Permanently Registered out, have a session with a family gress officially designated the American Each individually numbered buckle counselor. You can find the address of Eagle as our national emblem to appear will be permanently registered with the on the Great Seal of the United States. name of its original owner in the Official your local Family Service Association From the earliest days of the republic, the Archives of the International Mint. It will agency in the phone book or by asking eagle has graced U.S. coins and currency be delivered to you in a Special Collector's at your United Fund headquarters. as the embodiment of American power Presentation Case. You may also inquire at the commun- and national pride. Wear this authentic Commemorative ity chest or community welfare coun- Buckle Will Not Be Produced Collector's Buckle as a striking, fashion After 1982 accessory and an unmistakable symbol of cil for the names of clinics or centers. December 31, Now, to honor the 200th anniversary of your love for your country. Then, hand it Finally, Phase Four, finding a new the eagle on the Great Seal, International on to become a treasured family heirloom job. Here's advice from Frank Latinis, Mint's master craftsmen have created a as well. Of course, your satisfaction is as- an executive at Mahony Placement Commemorative Collector's Buckle, to be sured by our unusual Unlimited Money Service of New York, one of the produced in a limited edition — plated Back Guarantee. nation's largest employment agencies. with pure silver, with a layer of 24-karat The Sooner You Order gold to surface of the The Lower Serial Don't panic and take the first thing hand-applied the — the Number eagle and the rim. Each buckle must You Will Receive! that comes along. In most cases you'll undergo three hand-finishing processes Since Registry Numbers are assigned to be sorry you did. If you have a spe- and pass four separate inspections before each order as it is received, we strongly cialty, stick with it because you'll be being individually hand-embossed with urge that you order promptly, to receive more valuable to a company when its own serial number and approved for the coveted lower numbers that are rehiring begins. shipment. And, to protect the integrity of still available. (Limit: five (5) buckles per this limited edition, the dies will be de- order.) If you're in a field that calls for resu- stroyed at the end of this 200th Anniver- mes, keep it short, a single page if pos- International Mint is an independent agency not sary year. affiliated with the U.S. Mint or any government agency. sible. Don't gimmick it up, but offer a concise list of what you've done and FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS, CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-345-8502 can do. Don't mail them out whole- In Pa. call 1-800-662-5180 sale. Check the newspapers, pick the likeliest prospects and knock on | International Mint, Inc., Dept BF- 146 Charge it: Pike Road, Huntingdon Valley, Diners Club doors, delivering them personally if | 390 PA 19006 L.i VISA MasterCard

Expires S addresses are given. Looking for a job i Please send me Silver plate and 24- American Express is hard work and must be pursued dili- Karat Gold American Eagle Commemorative Belt Card Number _ " Buckle(s) as indicated below: gently, so be on the street at 9:00 a.m. |

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