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Veterans bracefor another blow to VA health care. 14 nCIUIICUTIlIP TUC DCUTAPAU REINVENTING THE PENTAGON

Militaryplanners go back to drawing board. ByJay C. Lowndes 16 Ann GOD DLESSDl CCC AMERICAAHACDIPA The meaning behind our "other" national anthem. 21

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El Salvador President Cristiani tackles civil war, poverty and corruption. 24

THE NUCLEAR COUNTRY CLUB

The nuclear race in the Third World has gone ballistic. By Steve Salerno 26

THE NOBLEST PRIZE

The NobelPeace Price is a social bellwether. ByJames and Inga Sites 28

QUESTIONABLE RESEARCH Some believe CDC's dioxin studies are tainted. By Stephen U. Lester 30

SEASONS OF OUR ECONOMY Did 'OldMan Winter' hityou in the pocketbook? By Gordon Williams 32

HOW WELL DO YOU THINK?

You haveyour own style in decision-making. By Robert M. Bramson 34

SPRING MEETING REPORT The Legion stumpsfor a Desert Storm GI Bill. 38

THE AGENT ORANGE WHITEWASH

A new bill is a small step in a longjourney to aid needy veterans. 40

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BIG ISSUES Should Congress Regulate the Cable Industry? 10

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If you its constitutional war powers. in a mistaken characterization of the hang everyone, you'll surely get the What we oppose are the kind of ACLU as an extremist or ideologically guilty, but that isn't the American way. secret military operations that were rigid organization, which it is not. Finally, your article distorts our posi- conducted without the authorization For example, your article flatly tion on covert operations. We do and sometimes without the knowledge asserts that the ACLU has opposed air- believe covert operations should be of Congress, and which resulted in port metal detectors. We have not. We abolished. You conclude from that that major scandals. 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HE CAMPAIGN to drive Hill, a veteran's monthly education Iraqi troops from Kuwait payment would be $777, roughly 90 is now history and Amer- percent of the national average of tui- ican GIs continue to tion costs. return from that war-shat- It cost about $1 billion a day to con- tered region of the world. duct the war in the . We With each passing day estimate the entire cost of the Desert and homecoming parade, Storm Servicepersons' Act will be little T the significance of what more than that. Critics of our proposal they did and what they risked begins to no doubt will throw up their hands and fade from many people's minds. ask us where the money will come I am reminded of what a young Army from. trooper told a Legion journalist and The American Legion is not a ways photographer who were in Saudi Arabia and means committee and it's not our during the ground war. "I just hope the responsibility to suggest how the funds people at home understand why we will be raised, but it is our obligation to were sent and not be against us when help set national priorities. Some mem- we return," said Specialist Tyrone Hill, bers of Congress seem to be saying, a Patriot missile team member from Ft. "The war is over and now it's business Bliss, Texas. as usual in veterans' benefits." We all Nat' I Cmdr. Robert S. Turner Persian Gulf War veterans deserve know what business as usual has meant more than parades, pats on the backs in the years preceding the Persian Gulf and lofty speeches. Veterans of World are only eligible for the Montgomery GI War: slashed funding and diminished War II, Korea and Vietnam were able to Bill. Under this plan, a serviceperson benefits. That is the road some have readjust to civilian life by taking advan- can contribute $100 per month for 12 begun to pave for Desert Storm veterans. tage of the benefits available for educa- months and the government contributes Our quest to steer the Desert Storm tion under the GI Bill of Rights. a portion, and when the soldier enters Servicepersons' Act of 1991 through Desert Storm veterans should have college or a vocational school, he or she Congress has only begun. I urge each of the same opportunities that their fathers receives a monthly allotment of $350. If you to contact your House Representa- and grandfathers had. And that's why the veteran does not use the educational tive and Senators, and urge them to The American Legion is backing a new benefit, it is forfeited. support this much-needed legislation. GI Bill — the Desert Storm Serviceper- It will be a tough battle, but we shall sons' Readjustment Act of 1991 (see THE $350 is only 42 percent of the prevail. NEC story, page 38). This legislation is national average tuition and We cannot close the books on the just as important as the landmark bill monthly costs of attending a state- Persian Gulf War just because the we created and had enacted into law in supported university. The money shooting has stopped. We can ensure

1944 to aid World War II veterans in doesn't go very far if a veteran has a that those who served are treated with their readjustment. family to feed and a roof to put over respect and given the same chance for a But there's a mammoth difference in their heads. better life that their fathers and grand- the benefits earned by Desert Storm A veteran's dream of a better life be- fathers received when they returned troops and those earned by veterans of comes more of a dream and less of a from war. other eras. The latest generation of war reality because of the unrealistic so- Specialist Hill's words remind us veterans must pay for their benefits. called "benefit." Before that time, the never to breach the faith between

The American Legion believes this is amount was only $300, until Congress America and those who have served it immoral and a lame attempt to break recently saw fit to raise it $50 as a token in uniform. Veterans should not have to the fundamental contract the nation has gesture. "buy" benefits on the installment plan. made with its veterans in exchange for Under the Legion's proposed GI They gained them the old-fashioned their service to America. Bill, which, at press time, was being way: Currently, Desert Storm-era veterans considered for introduction on Capitol They earned them.

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If you were born between the late 1800s and To proudly wall mount or desktop display this full refund. 1968, it is the symbol of your time, your day, your museum quality firearm, a velvet lined, furniture- Your ownership and display of this museum- age. And future Americans will look back on our finished walnut case, measuring 14" x 8" x 3" is avail- grade firearm today—and as a family heirloom to- time, with reverence, as the ".45 Era." able. The glass lid and the concealed lock protect morrow—says you're proud of our American mili- "Old Slabsides" is retiring from the But now your investment from dust and unauthorized han- tary heritage. battlefields, replaced by the new 9mm pistol, so we dling. can fire the same ammo as our NATO Allies who Three other .45 commemoratives, honoring the RESERVATION don't have the more powerful .45. U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, Satisfaction Guaranteed or Return in 30 days for Full Refund much longer will the .45 be made? No one To: The American Historical Foundation How are also available. Each has different exotic wood knows. But while it is, we're proud to salute the 1142 West Grace Street, Dept. T124B grips, historical etchings, medallions, lanyard and ^Stk^'fdL Americans of the ".45 Era" by issuing a separate, Richmond, Virginia 23220 ^wSfe- case liner colors and serial number prefixes appro- Telephone: (804)353-1812 firing, commemorative .45 in honor of each of the priate to each service branch, to make all four .45s TOLL FREE: (800)368-8080 four American armed forces that carried it. Yes, I wish to reserve the following, firing, Armed Forces 24-Karat Gold Plating Commemorative .45s, selectively plated with 24-Karat Gold. I understand that delivery will be made within 60-90 days after The first gun in the series honors our oldest 1 my payment in full is received. Satisfaction guaranteed. pick up service branch, the U.S. Army. When you TO MY SON, JOHN, JR. Entire Series Army Navy this three pound slab of steel, walnut and gold, R.WILLIAMS Marine Corps Air Force f FROM JOHN you'U hold the finest, firing, limited edition .45 ever My deposit (or credit card authorization) of $182.50 per especially in this reasonable price category. Pistol is enclosed. made— Personalized engraving available on right side of slide. The select burl walnut Herretfs grips gleam as Please charge or invoice the balance due per Pistol . . distinctive. Matching serial numbers for all four you clearly see your reflection in the mirror-polished in five monthly payments of $182.50. in full. guns are available, as is a master case that holds and slide, receiver, and ten 24-karat gold plated parts. My payment in full is enclosed ($1095 per Pistol; Display displays all four cases. The entire set of four is called As a proper memorial to the Army, patriotic symbols Case, add $149 each). "The Forces Commemorative .45 Collection." Walnut Display and inscriptions are deeply etched and 24-karat gold Armed Please also send the optional American Case, at $149 for each Pistol reserved. plated across the slide. And your name or that of a Satisfaction Guaranteed Please personalize my .45, at $29 send the Engraving Form. family member can be engraved on the reverse along This is available exclusively from The American If 7 cancel my reservation prior to delivery, I will be refunded all with other data, to make this gun a lasting, personal Historical Foundation. you reserve, you will monies paid less a processing fee of $182.50. memorial. When be made a Member. If you do not have a Federal Name Limited Edition; Fires .45 ACP Firearms License, we will coordinate delivery Address The worldwide edition limit is only 1,911 guns, through your local firearms dealer after your reser- in honor of the year it was adopted for military use. vation is received here. If you have an FFL, send a signed with your reservation. Satisfaction is This highly restricted limit guarantees rarity and copy Daytime Telephone ( ) collector value. Even the serial numbers are special, guaranteed or you may return it within 30 days for a For Visa, MasterCard or American Express, please send account number, expiration date and signature. Virginia residents add 4.5% sales tax. © AHF T124B Big issues

SHOULD CONGRESS REGULATE THE CABLE INDUSTRY?

Sen. John Danforth, R-Missouri Rep. Jack Fields, R-Texas

I recently introduced the ^ The cable industry, which Cable Television Con- Jwas yesterday's golden sumer Protection Act of YES I child, seems to be today's

1991 . This legislation renews a battle whipping boy. At least some of the criti- from the last Congress, when cable TV cism directed at the cable industry is reform reached the final stages of consid- deserved: Subscriber fees have increased eration. sharply in some areas, and service levels There is no mystery about the basic have not been, in some instances, what problem with the cable TV industry. It is they should be. These and other factors that cable service is an unregulated monopoly in virtually have caused some cable subscribers to complain about every community. More than 50 million households pay excesses in the industry. monthly fees to the only cable system in town. There is no But some in Congress want to do more than criticize the consumer choice, no competition, and no regulation, and the cable industry; they want to punish and hobble it, preventing results are predictable: high prices and poor service. it from improving the excellent service it already provides to It is clear to me that Congress should take comprehensive millions of Americans. If cable's critics in Congress succeed steps to protect consumers. Under the Senate proposal, in imposing stringent new regulations on the industry, states and cities would have the option to regulate cable rates consumers will be worse off, not better off. unless there is meaningful competition from a second cable It's time to discuss the whole story. The fact is that the system or other multi-channel service, such as cable via cable industry is one of our country's great success stories. microwave. In other words, where there is competition, In just over a decade, cable has changed the face of televi- cable wouldn't be regulated by the government. Where there sion. No government grants or subsidies catapulted cable to is no competition, states and communities would be able to success. Entrepreneurs and risk-takers wired America, exercise regulatory authority. What wouldn't be allowed is giving Americans a more diverse choice of entertainment, the present situation in which cable monopolies answer to no movies, sporting events, news programs, weather reports one but themselves. and specials to watch. Another issue is access to programming. Under the Senate Improvements in the cable industry, many of them man- bill, small cable operators, home satellite dish owners, dated by the Cable Act of 1984, have been noticeable in "wireless" cable systems and others would be assured of recent years. Cable now is available to more than 90 percent reasonable access to cable programming. Programmers of America's television households, with 50 or more basic affiliated with big cable companies would be required to cable networks providing an array of programming options deal on reasonable terms with other distributors, in terms of to television viewers. That programming is not only increas-

price and other conditions. The purpose is to prevent cable ingly diverse, but it is better. companies from "locking up" popular programs, thereby In a deregulated environment, cable programming expen-

suppressing competition. ditures have grown from $360 million in 1 984 to $ 1 . 3 billion Finally, the legislation requires the Federal Communica- in 1990. The cable industry spent $1 billion in 1990 and is tions Commission to set minimum technical standards for projected to spend $16.8 billion in this decade to upgrade cable quality, and requires cable systems to carry local plant and equipment. But excessive regulation could halt broadcast signals. Where there is neither competition nor these improvements. regulation, consumers pay the price. Consumers will not be better off if new laws bring about a

The bill I am proposing establishes a preference for $2 decrease in their monthly cable bills and force cable competition. Where competition doesn't exist, the leg- companies to increase their rates by $3 to comply with fed- islation allows rate reg- eral regulations. At an aver- ulation. The Cable Televis- age of $20 a month, basic VETVOICE 1-900-28-VOICE ion Consumer Protection cable television is still an To voice in American Legion Magazine, call Act is sound and reasona- your thoughts on anything The exceptional bargain for the VETVOICE 1-900-28-VOICE. You can vote on current issues, receive a tally ble legislation, and I hope vast majority of Americans. that includes your vote, record your opinion, and hear opinions of others. to sec it enacted by Con- Calls cost $1 per minute and proceeds support Legion programs. Let's not kill the goose that gress. laid the golden egg.

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Lewis, Wash. , who were not exposed to but is not directly related to, a five-year, the medical screening and treatment radiation. $15 million study of the path followed they need," said Cummins.

"Our purpose is not to frighten those by release of radiation from Hanford Anyone who served at Hanford Nu- who served at Hanford, it is to carry out being conducted by the federal govern- clear Reservation from 1943 through a very finely-tuned study which tells us ment. The Legion has long advocated 1 95 1 , or who knows someone who did, if there is a reason for concern," said more substantial research and follow- should contact Cummins at this toll- Dr. Wally Cummins, one of the prin- up studies about the health effects on free number: (800) 626-0506; or mail cipal investigators and director of the radiation-exposed veterans. the information to Dr. Wally Cummins, institute's regional office in Portland, The veterans who helped build and Director, Northwest Regional Office; Ore. guard the Hanford Plant made a tan- Childhood Cancer Research Institute, Researchers have located more than gible contribution to victory over 2933 NE 23rd Ave., Portland, OR 20,000 veterans who served at Hanford Japan. The plutonium used in the first 97212.

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HE Omnibus Budget Rec- insurance, the VA is fully authorized to onciliation Act of 1990 bill the carrier for the cost of treatment is the second major step and care. taken by federal lawmakers Outpatient care for discretionary to phase out non-service- veterans, for veterans with service-con- connected veterans from nected disabilities rated at 20 percent or the VA system," said less, and for mandatory veterans who Chester Stellar, chairman earn more than the pension rate of vet- T of The American Legion erans in need of regular aid and atten- Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation dance may be offered by VA. However, Commission. "The first step was allow- these veterans will pay $26 per visit ing means testing to pass into law in for outpatient services and all veterans 1985." treated for non-service connected dis- Stellar said The American Legion abilities and veterans treated for non- was the only veterans group to raise its service-connected disabilities who voice before Congress and testify are rated less than 50 percent service- against means testing. While other vet- connected disabled will pay $2 per erans organizations believed means prescription for supplies of 30 days testing was something they could live or less. with, the Legion was vehemently "The reconciliation language was CLASSIFIED- Changes in qualifica- opposed because it saw it as the first tions in receiving VA health care will drawn up behind closed doors and pre- move in a plan to dismantle the VA deny care to many. sented to Congress almost blind," said health-care system. John Vitikacs, resource development One of the most notable changes in specialist with the Legion's VA & R Divi- the rules is the replacement of the A, B longer than those they must offer, and sion in Washington, D.C. "Many, if and C veterans' categories with two considerably more complicated. Vet- not most, of the lawmakers on Capitol catch-all ratings: mandatory and dis- erans rated as discretionary are subject Hill voted on this without having any cretionary. Hospital care at VA facilities to means test copayments for nearly idea of what they were voting for or must be provided for mandatory classed every treatment they receive from VA. against." veterans. In effect, the new VA guidelines now Vitikacs warned of still more cuts in A veteran rated as mandatory must match Medicaid/Medicare benefits. the future. "VA lost its discount with be service-connected or have a personal For instance, a discretionary veteran pharmaceutical companies," he said. income of less than $18, 171 per year, or hospitalized by VA will pay the Medi- "The estimated impact this fiscal year a joint income of no more than $21,806, care/Medicaid deductible — currently may be $75 million and up to $200

with an additional $1,213 allowed for $628 — which is adjusted annually, for million next year. VA has indicated it each dependent. Nursing home facilities the first full 90 days of hospitalization. will not seek an increase in funding for may be provided a mandatory-rated FY 1992." veteran if space and resources are the second 90 days, the veteran "The present situation is very available. FORis expected to pay one-half the gloomy," said John Hanson, VA&R Outpatient care must be provided for deductible. Should the veteran director. "However, the future promises service-connected disabilities and to require nursing home treatment, and to be even darker unless veterans wake

veterans rated at more than 50 percent should VA decide it has both space and up and start contacting their congress- due to service-connected ailments for resources available, the veteran will men. The American Legion has testified any condition. In addition, outpatient pay the full deductible for each 90-day time and again in Congress against care must be provided to avoid hos- period spent in the nursing facility. means testing and cutbacks. We tell pitalization or to recuperate after hos- Copayment does not end with the Congress we represent millions of veter- pitalization to veterans with service- Mcdicare/Medicaid deductible. Dis- ans, but all they receive is a handful connected disabilities rated at 30 or 40 cretionary veterans are also required to of letters." percent, and for any veteran whose pay $10 per day for every day spent in "I think most lawmakers really income falls below the maximum allow- the hospital, and $5 per day for every believe in America's veterans," Vit- able income rate. day spent receiving nursing home care. ikacs said. "Sometimes, they just have The list of services VAmay offer is far Should the veteran have private health to be reminded. " By Ken Scharnberg

14 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Honor The Heroes

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THIRTY DAY RETURN ASSURANCE POLICY If you wish to return any Franklin Mint purchase, you may do so within 30 days of your receipt of that purchase for re- America and the world have kept their word... placement, credit or refund. problem was the fuzzy chain of com- mand between the service chief and the ship's captain. REi INVENTI IN TIhE Cj The captain's orders came from the commander of Central Command. However, combat commanders carry little sway over what equipment they use, how their people are trained or who PENTAGON gets promoted. Policymakers in the services who do control such things through parallel channels worry more With the lessons of the Gulf War still about procurement of hardware and political fallout from fresh in mind, it's cleor thot militory bross any action by U.S. forces. Consequently, rules of engage- must abandon their interservice rivalries. ment tend to be overly restrictive, and an the case of the Stark, blaming the ship's equipment or the crew's training would have meant an uphill battle with the Navy. As things turned out, the captain got the axe, probably for doing the best job anybody could have done with the equipment, training and rules handed him by higher ups. The bureaucratic chain of command probably took root when the Army Air Corps amassed enough political clout during World War II to become the U.S. Air Force in 1947. Before that, the President had only two balls to juggle and did so through his Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy. Keeping that third ball in the air proved tricky from the start. In 1948, the squabbling services conducted a peace conference to hammer out a

NOW YOU SEE IT . . . The creation of a general military command could improve treaty called the Agreement, acquisitions of modern weapons systems. which established the missions each was to perform so no one would step on somebody else's turf. For example, the Air Force was assigned close air sup- Reagan defense buildup. This gratitude port of ground troops, and the Army By C. Lowndes Jay for the military is a refreshing change was forbidden to operate aircraft. from incessant criticism that has contri- Somebody must have known how much AR with Iraq has buted to keeping those in charge of this consternation this sort of thing would proved to skeptics nation's defense at each other's throats cause, but why the Key West Agreement that a strong defense for years. In addition, the new atmos- was allowed to stand is not hard to is just as important to phere may lead to ridding ourselves understand. Americans were wary of the free world now as of the source of much rancor— inter- the military operating too smoothly during the Cold War. minable delays and spiraling costs while its finger was on the trigger of the Nothing could have synonymous with purchase of defense atomic bomb. After all, our military been more convinc- materiel. and industry had no rival on earth. We

ing to television view- One way to illustrate causes is to could afford needless bureaucracy, or ers than journalists saying on camera look at how the military reacts to the so we thought. that Patriot missiles made them unexpected. In 1987, two missiles pen- Distrustful of close air support by the grateful to the Pentagon for knocking etrated defenses during the Iran-Iraq Air Force, the Army began developing down Scud missiles. This was a war and struck the USS Stark, helicopters, a poor substitute for a startling admission for many reporters killing 37 sailors. Of course, nobody tough mud fighter such as the A- 10, but who, before going to the Middle East to would think to cashier the Chief of the best that ground troops could fly cover the war, had been critical of the Naval Operations, in charge of U.S. under the Key West Agreement. Rotor- all over the globe, for a snafu craft saw action in Korea, and the first Jay C. Lowndes resides in Virginia, and is on a small ship in the Persian Gulf armed helicopter fought in Vietnam. an expert in military affairs. during somebody else's war. The Please turn page

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20 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE MY HOME, SWEET HOME!— Family and friends welcome home the 101st Airborne Division.

N EMOTIONAL avalanche triggered by their successful mission to free Kuwait

from Iraqi aggression has put the U.S. military at the center of an outpouring of

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JULY 1991 21 .

its strategic interests, but to uphold country is all about. Its message is very principles it has fought to safeguard for simple but direct." more than 210 years. As Marshall and other Legionnaires A legend among Legionnaires for his will attest, attend any Legion gathering at combative style and dogged loyalty to which God Bless America is performed and veterans' interests, Fish instinctively you will witness Legionnaires stand and understood that Americans are at their From the mountains clasp hands above their heads as they sing best when they stand together as a bas- the familiar verse. tion against tyranny. The former con- God Bless America has been a source of gressman once said, "If there is any to the prairies calm comfort to Americans since Kate country worth living in, any country Smith first sang it on her CBS radio pro- worth defending, any country worth gram. Irving Berlin wrote the song in fighting for, or any country worth dying to the oceans 1 9 1 7 for a World War I Army musical, Yip! for, it is the United States of America. . Yip! Yaphank, but it was dropped from the God Bless America!" white with show's finale. When Berlin learned Kate Like Fish, many Americans have foam Smith's manager was searching for a spoken the words, "God Bless patriotic hymn for her to sing on her America," evoking the simple prayer Armistice Day broadcast, the songwriter given voice by an immigrant's son, dusted off the old tune, made two changes

Irving Berlin. The songwriter, who in the lyrics and offered it to Smith. God wrote and published 1 ,500 songs in his Bless America sounded an upbeat note in a career, touched millions of Americans bleak world scene. Despite partial recov- in an earlier generation threatened by sang the song at school assemblies," said ery, the Great Depression remained the war with the simple genius of his lyrics: Irby. "That song means a lot to me and it overriding fact of life for millions of God Bless America, Land that I love. always will." Irby entered service in 1943 Americans; and in the fall of 1938, war Stand beside her and guide her, right out of high school and said the con- clouds in bred anxiety among thru the night with a lightfrom above. nection between religion and patriotism Americans who feared the recently signed From the mountains, to the prairies was a strong influence on Americans at Munich Pact signaled the beginning of To the oceans, white with foam: war, and its message continues to be the end of world peace. They were right. God Bless America, My home sweet home heard by a new generation of Americans.

God Bless America, My home sweet home. "I think God Bless America is still popu- LSO, it seemed fitting the song's

The song and the sentiments expressed lar because of the principles it repre- composer was himself a refugee have been part of the American scene sents," Irby said. "The religious message A from political and religious perse- since Armistice Day, Nov. 1 1, 1938, of the song is important, I mean that's cution who understood the pitfalls and when singer Kate Smith first sang God what really grabs you. Even if you're not rewards of mixing in the great Amer-

Bless America to a nationwide radio audi- religious I think it gets to people without ican "melting pot." Irving Berlin, who ence. Legionnaire Truscott Irby, 66, of them realizing it. I think it becomes a part died in 1988 at the age of 101 , was a Post 41, Baker City, Ore., recalls that in of them." The song and its sentiments Russian Jew whose first memory was the early 1940s the song already was seem to affect everyone that way, an ir- lying on h blanket by the side of a Rus- America's song. resistible appeal to our finest, most self- sian road watching his home burn to the "We learned the lyrics by heart and less emotions. Ask someone exactly what ground. A victim of czarist repression, message the song carries that instills such he immigrated to America with his fam- strong emotion, and most often a pause ily in 1893. In later years, Berlin wore VETVOICE will settle in before any words can be his patriotism like a badge because he uttered. knew the United States was the last, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION When asked about God Bless America, best hope of people persecuted for their however, John H. Pyle of Post 34, Cave faith or political persuasions. To Americans from the mountains, Creek, Ariz., didn't skip a beat before By late 1939 more than 400,000 to the prairies, to the oceans, "God " replying, "To me, when I hear it I want to copies of the sheet music had been sold. Bless America is a powerful tribute stand up at attention. I just love it when it Earlier that year, on Memorial Day, to our country and means many comes on a television show or when a God Bless fanerica was played at Ebbets things to you. Now, you can share band plays God Bless America," said Pyle, Field in Brooklyn. As the notes wafted what "God Bless America" means to 75, an Army Air Corps veteran. "It kind through the hushed stadium the you by calling 1-900-28- VOICE. of wakes us up inside when we hear it." baseball crowd rose and removed their You can listen to others' comments Arizona Legionnaire John Marshall caps, a salute normally confined to and record your feelings about the shares equally strong feelings about the performance of the national anthem. song. Calls are $1 per minute and song. "We used to hear it during the war Both major political parties re- proceeds support Legion programs. quite a bit. Kate Smith was alive and well quested permission to use the song in Those opinions taken from tele- in those days and did a lot of war bond promoting its candidates for 1940. Rec- phone calls are indicated with a tours. What do 1 think when I hear the ognizing his creation was transcending symbol in the Vetvoice department song? It all reverts to our founding the entertainment world and entering of the magazine. fathers. We were founded on freedom of the political whirl, Berlin in February

1-900-28-VOICE religion, going all the way back to the 1 940 established a trust, the "God Bless

Puritans. I think that reflects what this America Fund," and directed all royal- ;

ties be shared by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. Three promi- nent citizens were designated to admin- ister the trust: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. GeneTunney, the heavyweight boxer; and journalist Herbert Swope. Roosevelt, one of the founders of The American Legion, volunteered his good name for the cause; and the Boy and Girl Scouts have received an estimated $250,000 in royalties, money which continues to be collected.

Difficult as it is to imagine today, God Bless America aroused immediate controversy from opposite poles of the political spectrum. Left-wing groups objected to what its critics labeled the song's overblown sentimentality and the songwriter's supposed disregard for the concept of separation of church and state. Conservatives like the Rev. Dr. Edgar Romig of denounced the song as a "mawkish" substitute for religion. But as he repeatedly stated, Berlin's motives were rooted in patriotic feeling. In a recent biography of Berlin, author Laurence Bergreen recognizes the com- poser's true motivation in writing what has become to some observers the unof- ficial national anthem. "God Bless America revealed that patriotism was Irving Berlin's true religion. It evoked the same emotional response in him that conventional religious belief sum- moned in others; it was his rock." Over the years, God Bless America has anchored Americans' faith in them- selves through tumultuous economic and political times. The song's power to Sweeping prairie sprawls throughout Nebraska. inspire Americans to positive action carried over to the sports arena. Philadelphia Flyers officials and team members assigned almost mystic pow- ers to Kate Smith singing God Bless America. During the 1970s she sang the song at Flyers' home games, either in person or by recording, amassing an impressive winning percentage: In 66 games preceded by Smith's rendition, the hockey team won 55, lost nine and tied two. The song's continuing relevance to

Americans is apparent everywhere it is performed, from high school band con- certs to the Philadelphia radio station which airs God Bless America every day at noon. Wherever the song is per- formed Americans stand a little straight- er, their voices catching on the final line repeated twice to emphasize their gratitude for the privilege of living in a tolerant land millions are proud to call their "home sweet home."

JULY 1991 23 INTERVIEW

Delicate Peace

Ravaged by a 10-year civil war, military corruption and rampant poverty, El Salvador continues to look for new solutions for old problems that threaten the nation's future.

HEN Alfredo Cristiani was sworn in as presi- avoided them. They are definitely weaker now than before. I dent ofEl Salvador in June 1989, he inherited, think that the armed forces are capable of withstanding and a nation shattered by a 10-year civil war controlling the FMLN to a certain degree. We don't have all spawned by the communist umbrella group, the necessary means to have a short-term military turn- Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN). around. The types of weapons that we now have and the Aimed by the Soviets and supported by Fidel manpower that the armed forces have are basically enough to Castro's top guerrilla experts and once by the keep the war in a low-intensity conflict. Sandinistas of Nicaragua, the FMLN's cam- paign has left tens ofthousands ofSalvadorans Q- How many active members are in the FMLN? dead in its quest to topple a popularly-elected government. But Armed, I believe there are somewhere around 5,000 to rebels are not the only ones linked to atrocities against the A FMLN 6,000. Unarmed it could be between 10,000 and Salvadoran people— right-wing "death squads" and government 20,000. Their ex-partners, the political branch, separated troops executions torUire. frequently have been responsiblefor and from the FMLN, at least formally. They are now participating Cristiani, a 1969 graduate ofGeorgetown University, continues in the political process. They have not been able to gather strengthening the to grapple with a broad agenda of reforms: much support. We have socialist, social Christian groups; we judicial system, expanding private land ownership, improving the also have the communist party involved in there. economy, increasing educational opportunities, eliminating bureaucratic and military corruption, combating poverty and OL Do you feel the FMLN wants peace other than on its improving public health. own terms? Cristiani addresses these topics and his hope for peace and I think that short of total political power they would like stability in the following inten'iew with The American Legion A to change things their way by blackmailing us at gun- Magazine. point. That's what this negotiation is all about. But we are speaking of principles that we cannot bend on. We have a American Legion Magazine: The fmln has once constitution which we must abide by. We have clearly stated again invaded El Salvador. Do you foresee any lessening of to them that we cannot go beyond our constitutional their strength? framework in these negotiations. Obviously, they would like to change the constitution and have one their own way. President Cristiani: I think their strength obviously is diminishing in respect to manpower. In their most recent Because the country does not support the FMLN's violence offensive, they were not able to generate the same type of all- they have little support among the people. If they want to survive as a group, they have to honestly take part in the peace out attack they did in 1 989. The main weakness that they have process. is thai before the 1 989 offensive, the FMLN believed that they could count on popular insurrection once they launched .in all-out military offensive. They were shocked when they Q. Does the FMLN get as much support from various saw that the Salvadoran people were not supporting them and church groups in the United States and El Salvador as they would not pick up the weapons they were offering, but once appeared to?

24 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE GUARD— Armored vehicles protected citi- zens from FMLN threats on the eve of the 1989 national elections.

that the Sandinista army should respond to the Sandinista Party, which is not to the benefit of the Chamorro government. Nevertheless, in these months that she's

been in office, I think that she has more control now than before for various

reasons. I still would not say, categorically, that she controls the Sandinista army.

Q- Two FMLN guerrillas implicated in the deaths of two U.S. soldiers, murdered when their helicopter was shot down by a surface-to-air I he people of El Salvador missile, claim this was a "mercy killing" because the have chosen a democratic soldiers suffered extensive injuries. Would you comment on that? system, even though it may A I believe that is total nonsense. It is simply an excuse to prolong the war/ get off the hook, so to speak. Unfortunately, the legal office of the Archbishop of San Salvador has responded

favorably to that statement and somewhat supported it in

later interviews that were made by the local press. I think it's A Some church workers give support, but I cannot say that incredible. Most of the weapons were provided by members the churches themselves are supporters of the FMLN or of the Sandinista army in Nicaragua. Basically the main the Marxist-Leninist type of ideology. I believe that some support is still coming from Castro in . It is obvious now church workers might go astray and turn out to be supporters that the missiles came from Nicaragua. of the FMLN. We've had such cases, but some churches do tend to help communities that are basically in support of the Qa Why do the peace talks keep breaking down between FMLN. your government and the FMLN? A They have not been breaking down. That's not the Q- Do you believe Nicaraguan President Violeta correct assessment. The process is continuing. The

Chamorro's government has control of the army in main problem has been the speed with which it has been Nicaragua? proceeding. The FMLN has been making sure that there's no A At this point, I cannot be sure that she does. I think that agreement to issues that would speed the process, but rather the Sandinistas are now more divided than they were making it slow down to a pace that made sure nothing would before. I think there might be some members of the San- come about before the election last March. I still think there dinista army who would like to become a government institu- are groups within the FMLN that believe in the military tion, but I still feel that they have some radicals who believe Please turn to page 64

JULY 1991 25 THE NUC IFAR »^ Country club

themselves," said Mike Mazaar, By Steve Salerno SOME NATIONS assistant director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. HEN U.S. and coali- VIEWTHE NPT Included in this category are NPT's tion air forces streaked 108 Third World signatories, about 75 into Iraq in the pre- percent of the total. Mazaar said dawn hours of Jan. AS AN ATTEMPT developing countries cannot under-

17, it was because stand why they should accept second- Saddam Hussein re- BYTHE SUPER- class military status while the United fused to withdraw States and the Soviet Union continue to from Kuwait. Pri- POWERS TO CORNER deploy increasingly sophisticated and vately, however, Pen- deadly weapons systems. Since the tagon officials were grateful for NUCLEAR treaty was inked, superpower nuclear the chance to take out Iraq's nuclear- stockpiles have swelled by as much as weapons program, which some five -fold, he said. analysts feared was already capable of KNOWLEDCE. It is equally hard for security-minded constructing at least one crude bomb. nations to overlook the fact that prolif- Analysts also believe Iraq was within eration has occurred, despite the treaty. three years of perfecting a delivery sys- 1, 1968. Under the terms of the NPT, Varying degrees of nuclear capability tem. the nuclear powers of the era— the two are known to exist in Argentina, Brazil, Even more ominous was Saddam's superpowers plus Britain, and Canada, Chile, Germany, India, Israel, history of using any weapon at his dis- China—would pledge not to help non- Italy, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, posal. As Israeli Deputy Foreign nuclear nations become weapons-capa- Sweden and Switzerland.

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put it on ble. The non-nuclear nations would Longstanding regional tensions have Nightline, after Iraq's first volley of pledge not to develop weapons, in played the largest role in undermining Scud missile attacks, "His willingness exchange for aid in the peaceful uses of the treaty. Consider the case of Pakistan to strike civilian targets in this manner nuclear power. and arch-nemesis India. Experts sus- makes you realize the importance of The NPT got off to a bad start when pect that India has stockpiled more than dealing with such a man before he has France and China rejected the agree- 100 Hiroshima-sized nuclear weapons. nuclear capabilities." ment. Pakistan, , India, Brazil, Not to be outdone, Pakistan has Netanyahu's remarks hinted at a Argentina, Israel and South Africa also embarked on one of the world's most debate that has raged in international refused to sign, unhappy that the NPT aggressive nuclear programs, which circles since the United States unveiled effectively froze the worldwide balance already may have yielded dozens or

the first atomic weapon: What are the of power as it stood in 1968, with five warheads. The gravity of such a situa- ways and means of nuclear prolifera- "haves" and the more numerous "have- tion is obvious. tion? And what should be done about nots." The authors of the NPT tried to Meanwhile, in the Mideast, Israel's it? address this situation through a treaty flaunting of its nuclear muscle leaves For more than 20 years, the dip- provision in which nations that already Arab nations feeling understandably lomatic basis of the world's attempts to had nuclear capability promised to edgy. Militant states like Iraq and Libya control the spread of atomic weapons work toward total nuclear disarma- long have asked why they should even has been the Nuclear Nonproliferation ment. But this hope has never agree to a ban on chemical weapons Treaty fNPTj, drafted by the United materialized, and as the NPT faces while Israel steadfastly rejects the NPT. States and the Soviets and signed July expiration in 1995, serious doubts exist Arab leaders are no less dismayed by

as to whether it will be renewed. Tel Aviv's determination to prevent

Steve Salerno is a frequent contributor to "There are groups of countries that others in the region from becoming the magazine and writes on a variety of perceive the NPT as an attempt by the nuclear-capable, as evidenced in topics. superpowers to keep the goodies to Israel's 1981 bombing oflraq's nuclear

A, AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE DEATH STAR — Five nuclear powers a deal between two NPT non-sig- clandestine way around it," said dominate the globe, but the race is on natories. Argentina recently sold what Mazaar, citing Iraq as a conspicuous among Third World nations. was billed as a "research reactor" to the example. Algerians. During the 1970s, France Nor has the United States itself been installation at Osirak. sold Pakistan blueprints for a reproc- blameless. Cynics wonder how Israel Such regional problems have a ripple essing plant that salvages plutonium managed to acquire so much American effect. NATO members, after all, are from spent fuel, an increasingly com- nuclear know-how. NASA has also put within easy striking distance of the mon and worrisome means of obtaining Brazil well on its way in building a Mideast, and want to assure themselves weapons-grade nuclear material. In- ballistic missile. Brazil is just one of of a deterrent. As one Pentagon source deed, France has sometimes seemed many Third World nations perfecting noted, "It seems clear that if strategic bent on singlehandedly subverting the delivery systems while waiting for its nuclear systems became widespread in NPT. France played a key role in warhead programs to mature. Rep. the Mideast, the nations of Europe Israel's emergence as a nuclear force; Edward Markey of Massachusetts com- would almost have to deploy a credible has supplied key technical assistance to plained last year that America has counterforce." Pakistan; has sold reactors to South foolishly compromised its own security A relatively new factor in prolifera- Africa; has provided ballistic technol- by providing China with access to tion is the military destabilization sure ogy to several nations; and was the nuclear secrets and then watched in to result from the Soviet Union's les- agent for the 27 pounds of enriched horror as Beijing sells "advanced bal- sening domination of Eastern Europe. uranium sold to Iraq that so troubled listic missile technology to the highest Countries that once counted on Mos- U.S. military experts before the Gulf bidder." cow for protection now find themselves War. Sen. John Glenn of Ohio has Perhaps the ultimate irony: One planning for their own defenses. And if warned that France's cavalier attitude study counted 700 separate sales of the United States eventually responds may produce a "global free-for-all in American high-tech munitions-related through a smaller NATO presence, the nuclear technology." products to Iraq in the past five years nations of Western Europe will feel Ironically, not all of the treaty's prob- alone. Incredibly, some orders were still additional pressure to bolster their lems can be traced to NPT outsiders. being filled as war broke out in January. strategic resources. "Even those who signed the treaty are Even when compliance exists at the The easiest method of proliferation is not always committed, and will find a Please turn to page 62

JULY 1991 27 F YOU were asked to select the one person who did the most last year to promote peace in our con- flict-ridden world, would you have picked Mikhail Gorbachev? JL The five members of the Nobel Peace Committee, based in Oslo, , named the pres- ident of the Soviet Union the 1990 reci- pient of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize— often referred to as "the greatest honor one can receive in this world." Their basic reason: his decisive con- tributions toward ending the Cold War and allowing the East European coun- tries to become free and independent again. While no one objected to the commit- tee's grand reason, many did believe the committee ignored other Gorbachev policies. The Baltic states wanted to know what Gorbachev had done to free Peace means more than just the absence them. of war; it's also the absence of suppres- Afghan freedom fighters asserted that Gorbachev continued to wage war sion. The Nobel Peace Prize may not always against their nation and urged him to consider the latter criterion. use the prize money, $720,000, to clear the mine fields Soviet troops had sown across their land. Soviet democracy advocates claimed ByJames N. and Inger Krogh Sites the Cold War had moved from abroad to inside the Soviet Union, with Gorbachev

and his KGB and military backers turn- published just before the ceremony that at the Nobel Institute who run this event ing the rights clock back on human and KGB spy activity is increasing in West- and who already are working their way civil liberties for the Soviets. ern countries and that the bloated Soviet through nominations for the 1991 selec- Despite the dissonance, the award defense budget, which already has tion. Their decision will be announced ceremony went on as scheduled late in bankrupted the economy, would be in October, and the prize awarded Dec. 1990 behind protective police cordons boosted next year by 3 percent— while 10— that is scheduled to be a special in the vast, mural-adorned assembly Western nations are reducing defense occasion celebrating the Nobel Prize's room of the Oslo City Hall. spending. 90th anniversary. The trouble was, the star of the show Will another explosion as intense as failed to appear. Gorbachev pleaded the THE same time, the final chapter Alfred Nobel's dynamite take place press of business back home, where he ATis far from written on Gorbachev's then? No one is betting against it. Yet, was struggling to keep the Soviet own performance on behalf of as Nobel Institute Director Geir Lunde- first Empire from disintegrating. His peace, whether within the Soviet Union stad puts it, "The peace prize is not deputy foreign minister appeared in his or without. A crackdown on separatist given because of a recipient's popular- place. movements within the restive Soviet ity, but because of his effectiveness in The mood for this normally upbeat republics appeared inevitable, includ- promoting peace." occasion was strictly subdued, and not ing the possible imposition of martial There are those who question, how- only because of Gorbachev's absence. law. ever, whether many of the past awards Assembled Norwegians felt the com- Has the Nobel Institute made a colos- even did that. In 1973 Henry Kissinger mittee awarded the peace prize prema- sal blunder— again? Many wondered. and North Vietnam's Le Due Tho were Vast turely. changes had occurred under Perhaps the best approach in such honored for arranging a ceasefire in glasnost, yet ultimate Kremlin inten- foggy circumstances was suggested by Vietnam. The agreement soon fell apart tions as as ever. remain much an enigma an Oslo 9 year old, who was quoted in with disastrous consequences. Le Due Especially disturbing were revelations Norway's leading newspaper Aften- Tho turned down his award, and Kiss- posten, as proposing that Gorbachev inger, after trying and failing to return James N. and Inger Krogh Sites are a receive half a peace prize, meaning half his, turned over his winnings to help husband-and-wife writing team and reside now and the other half after he has orphans.of Vietnam veterans. in Maryland. James Sites is a frequent proved himself further to be a real man Even though it miscarried, this award contributor to the magazine and special- of peace. is still cited by Nobel officials as reveal- ires in writing on foreign affairs. Controversy is nothing new to those ing their hope to stimulate the peace

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Who Was Alfred Nobel?

NOBEL was an extraordinary inventor— something of a Swedish Thomas Edison. Born in Stockholm in 1833, he moved with his family at 9 to Rus- sia, where he studied chemistry and began a life-long process of intensive self-education. From 16 on, he traveled widely, including to America. He lived in Germany, France and Italy, becoming fluent in several languages. Wherever he went, he worked on developments in his favorite field — explosives.

He invented dynamite in 1 866 and eventually obtained 355 patents on inventions in many areas. He also displayed an unusual flair for busi- ness, establishing about 90 fac- tories and companies on five conti- nents to commercially develop his inventions. Nobel's absorbing interest in science is reflected today in the Nobel Prizes for chemistry, physics and medicine. Yet, he also loved literature and was consid- ered an accomplished writer, espe- cially in English— thus the Nobel Prize for achievement in literature. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was established by the Bank of Sweden in 1968. The most famous Nobel prize, the peace prize, sprang from Nobel's fear that if mankind did

not find a way to end wars, it would "fall back into barbarism." Ironi- cally, two devastating world wars this century were made all the more devastating by Nobel's inven- tions. Nobel died in 1896, leaving an enduring monument to man's WINGS OF PEACE— Many believe the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded each year in quest for peace. Oslo, is the "greatest honor one can receive in this world."

process in a conflict situation. demanding Begin's award be rescinded. Thus, the peace prize is basically All to no effect, because the aggres- intended not so much as a reward for sively independent committee, whose past achievement as an inducement to deliberations take place in secrecy, has do more to secure peace in the future. always refused to alter its decisions. This is why Anwar Sadat and Still another uproar; this time in the Menachem Begin were honored in 1978, United States, greeted the 1987 selec- in hopes their peace prizes would lead tion of Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa to further steps to pacify embittered Rica, which came in the middle of the Arab-Israeli relations. While most peo- Reagan administration's fight with ple applauded Sadat's selection, objec- Congress over aid to the Contras. tions were heard shortly after Israel Would the Arias Central American invaded southern Lebanon, with many Please turn to page 66

JULY 1991 29 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) a federal health agency that investi- gates diseases and their nScause or does it operate with another agenda? Resi- dents in communities af- fected by toxic waste sites have been asking this ques- tion for years. Now military personnel, veterans, researchers and others involved in the American Legion's Vietnam Veter- ans Study are asking the same question. CDC is responsible for evaluating health problems in communities affected by toxic chemicals. In 1986, a new branch of CDC was formed to investigate health problems at the worst toxic waste sites in the United States, the so-called "Superfund" sites, which mm were selected because they pose the The Centers for Disease Control approach greatest threats to public health. This new branch of CDC is called the in studying areas where dioxins and other Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis- chemicals have been used leads many ease Registry (ATSDR). CDC/ATSDR has been in hundreds to question the agenda of the agency of communities across the country, but you could count on one hand the number of communities that were happy with its studies. With few excep- By Stephen U. Lester tions, CDC/ATSDR has failed to find any health problems in any com- blood. Since DDT is now banned in the health problems, once again the study munities they have studied. The com- United States, the residents of Triana design was structured such that its munities visited by CDC/ATSDR wanted to know if their health was researchers asked all the wrong ques- include some of the worst toxic waste affected by exposure to the pesticide. tions. CDC wanted to give residents sites in the United States, places such as CDC designed a study, however, that standard physical exams and to distri- Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y. and focused on DDT distribution in the bute a psychological questionnaire. The Times Beach, Mo. body and not on health problems the community was insulted and fought CDC/ATSDR's inability to identify residents were having. Clyde Foster, hard to get them to change the study to health problems in contaminated com- the town's mayor, was so upset that he include their health concerns. munities might be overlooked had urged residents not to participate in CDC eventually agreed to revise the sound scientific methods been used to CDC's study. According to Foster, the study, but in the end, the study was

evaluate potential health problems, but study might "enable CDC to publish never done. CDC claimed it ran out of this has not been the case. Instead, another paper on DDT that may be of money. The residents felt that the real

CDC/ATSDR has gone into com- interest to scientists, but it will be of reason the study was abandoned was munities and consistently asked the little or no benefit to the [residents of] not lack of money but because the wrong questions, used inappropriate Triana." revised study design was sound scienti-

comparison groups, diluted its studies fically and might reveal something was of exposed populations with unexposed CONSULTANTS working for the wrong at Love Canal. populations, eliminated exposed town said that CDC was biased and At Times Beach, Mo., CDC evalu- people from their study design and used didn't believe the levels of DDT ated health problems in residents ex- other ill-conceived scientific methods found in the residents could cause "signi- posed to dioxin-contaminated waste oil that led to the conclusion that there ficant adverse effects." In other words, spread on local roadways. The study were no health problems in a commu- CDC dismissed the health concerns in was flawed because CDC used an inap- nity. In short, any health problems that the community because they simply did propriate comparison group, another existed could never have been deter- not believe there were any health prob- contaminated site in Missouri, and mined by the poor scientific methods lems. The residents reacted by refusing compared the health of this group of used by the agency. to cooperate with CDC until the study people to that of the residents living in For example, in Triana, Ala., resi- was changed to reflect their needs. Times Beach. CDC also decided only dents had high levels of DDT in their The residents at Love Canal had to use 82 out of 800 people who com- similar problems with the agency. Love pleted the health questionnaire. When Stephen U. Lester is science director ofthe Canal is the most notorious and con- people complained that they were cut Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous troversial toxic waste site in the coun- out of the study, CDC said that they did Wastes in Arlington, Va. try. When CDC came in to evaluate the this because they were too sick. Many

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I OGETHER, communities and veterans

can discover if their health has been affected by exposure to toxic chemicals.

County, Tenn. and Mary- ville, Ariz, also failed to find any links between chemical exposures and health problems in the exposed communities. Even when CDC/ATSDR finds health problems in a

study, it finds ways to dismiss the results. In Yukon, Pa., CDC/ATSDR re- viewed the state's health study of residents exposed to chemicals from five huge waste treatment facil- ity lagoons. The data from the health study showed increases in problems of the respiratory system, the urinary tract, the muscular skeletal and the cardiovas- cular systems, skin rashes and all cancers except skin cancer. And yet, CDC/ ATSDR refused to acknow- ledge any increased health problems. CDC said the community was "biased" because the people were too sensitive about their health problems. Why does CDC respond TOXIC TROOPS-/n 7986, a new CDC study and dismissed all the cancer the way they do to health problems in branch was formed to investigate effects except for Hodgkin's Disease. communities? dangerous toxic waste sites. CDC researchers did this by comparing There is probably no simple answer cancer rates in Lake Dalecarlia, a rural to this question. One reason may be of those who were dropped from the community, to urban cancer rates, that CDC/ATSDR is hampered by a study suffered from chloracne, a skin which is inappropriate because urban conflict of interest. If the agency finds disease associated with dioxin. Not cancer rates are 50 percent higher than a problem, something will have to be surprisingly, CDC did not find any rural rates. CDC also failed to adjust its done to alleviate it. There are currently health problems in Times Beach. results for age, eliminated certain types over 1,200 Superfund sites and more At Lake Dalecarlia, Ind., a health of cancers from the exposure group and than 30,000 other toxic waste sites in study conducted by a local newspaper expanded the base population to the United States. Whatever is done found an increased incidence of several include people who weren't exposed. will cost the federal government and the types of cancer, including Hodgkin's CDC investigations in Jacksonville, responsible corporations millions of Disease in men. CDC evaluated the Ark., Woburn, Mass., Hardemann Please turn to page 57

JULY 1991 31 Qeasons Of Our ^ECONOMY

We can't afford the high prices. Even Williams Our economic sys- By Gordon if we weren't in debt, we couldn't tem hos cyclicol ups borrow more at those high interest VERYTHING that hap- rates. Businesses stop growing. People If pens in our economy is end downs. are laid off, and incomes quit growing. crucial to how we earn, you recognize Soon the economy isn't growing, but spend, save and invest our shrinking. Now we're back in economic money. That's especially the signs, it's Winter— with one economic cycle true today, with the econ- behind us. possible to fore- omy struggling to break The process doesn't happen by itself. out of recession. Yet most cost whot's around The federal government plays a crucial E of us think of the economy role as the biggest spender (President as so vast and complicated that only a the corner Bush proposes a $1 .4 trillion budget in

trained economist can understand it. 1992). The Federal Reserve plays a

Our economy is vast, and it is compli- crucial role by deciding how much cated, but you don't have to be an money to put into the economy, and

economist to understand it. You only Start with Winter. In economic setting the interest rate borrowers have to know a few basic rules, and terms, that's what a recession is. should pay. watch a few easy-to-follow indicators. Growth has stopped, jobs are scarce, General Motors, IBM and the other Things don't happen by chance in the incomes are down, and we're all dug in businesses in America decide how economy. There are patterns— cycles— against hard times. But prices are down many people to employ and how much that are played out over and over again. and so are interest rates, and bargains to pay them— and whether to build a When we fell into recession late in abound. For those with jobs, it's a fine new plant in Peoria or in Pakistan.

1 990 , it was the 3 1 st recession since the time to buy and borrow. Gradually, that Consumers play the most crucial government began keeping records in buying and borrowing breathes new life role, because we spend two of every

1 857. The recovery from that recession into the economy— and now it is three dollars circulating in the econ-

will be the 3 1 st recovery. economic Spring. omy. We decide which businesses will No two recessions and no two survive and which will not. As long as

recoveries are alike. The recession of economy is reviving, new busi- we spend, the economy thrives, as it did 1980 was over in four months. The THEnesses start and new jobs appear. from 1982 until 1990. When we cut Great Depression lasted 12 years. The Yet growth still is so slow that spending, as we did in 1990, recession recovery that began in 1982 lasted eight prices and interest rates stay low. But is inevitable. years. the more we grab those bargains, the That's how the economy works in

But the economic forces that make more the economy speeds up. That broad terms. We can follow it in detail,

for recessions and recoveries don't brings us to economic Summer. because not only is it the biggest change. If you know what those Now the economy is back in high economy in the world, but also the most economic forces are, you'll know ahead gear. We all have jobs and demand for closely watched. Not a day goes by that of time when recession and recovery everything is so strong that inflation we don't get another report about the are on the way. To understand how the and interest rates pick up. We want even economy from the government, from economy works, think of the seasons of more than our incomes will allow, so private industry and from scholarly the year. everyone — businesses and consumers groups. alike — borrows more. Soon we are Basically, there are two kinds of Gordon Williams resides in deep in debt. That — combined with reports: indicators that tell how the and specializes in writing about finance inflation and high interest rates— starts economy is here-and-now, and indi- and economics. to pinch. Now it's economic Autumn. Please turn to page 58

32 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE SPRING | SUMMER New businesses start and 1 Demandfor everything new jobs appear. Yet growth is so slow is strong, and inflation and interest rates that prices and interest rates stay low. pick up. Everyone borrows more.

AUTUMN High prices and high WINTER | Growth has stopped, interest rates. Businesses and incomes jobs are scarce, incomes are down and so stop growing. The economy shrinks. are interest rates.

JULY 1991 33 OWWELL DO YOU THINK?

It's more I I than thought

I that counts.

I You have your own style in

I how you make

I decisions— and you can

I improve their outcomes.

By Robert M. Bramson

OST of us don't spend much time thinking about how we think, but scien- tists have accumu- lated impressive evi- dence that people really do think about things in different ways. More important, the differences largely account for both the decisions we make, and for the irritation and resentment we often feel toward others when they refuse to see things the way any "sensible person" should. Once you know what to look for, you can see the results of these differences all around you. For example, picture your good friends Roger and Ted pre- prepares checklists for food, medical partment of his car, and is on his way. paring for a weekend high-country supplies and fishing tackle before he Ted doesn't worry much about whether fishing trip. Roger carefully plans each packs clothes and camping gear. he's forgotten anything, because he day, consulting topographic maps and Ted, on the other hand, simply sets knows that somehow he'll make do measuring the miles between camping out an empty box into which he tosses regardless of the situation. spots. He reviews weather reports, and trip related items. On the big day, he Both Roger and Ted wanted to have grabs the box, a sleeping bag and any an enjoyable weekend, but they had impor- Robert M . Bramson is consultant and obviously missing essentials, filches an different ideas about what was author of The Art of Thinking. ancient road map from the glove com- tant and what was not, and they met

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those needs in quite different ways. Like each of us, they had developed a style of thinking that, for both better and worse, colored everything they did. YOUR STYLE OF THINKING When we saw how fundamental these differences were to individual and DIRECTIONS: Each item in this questionnaire is made up of a statement followed by five pos- effectiveness we developed a group sible endings. In the box to the right of each ending, fill in the number 5, 4, 3, 2,

framework for measuring and under- or indicating the degree to which an ending is most like you (5), or least like 1 ,

standing the varied ways that people you (1 ). Do not use any number more than once for any group of five endings.

approach and solve problems. From our Each ending must be ranked 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 10 years of studying work groups and individuals, one conclusion is plain: If A. GENERALLY SPEAKING, I ABSORB NEW IDEAS BEST BY: something of the strengths you know 1. Contrasting them to other ideas

and liabilities of your own predominant 2. Understanding how they are similar to familiar ideas

thinking styles you can make the best 3. Relating them to current or future activities

use of your own mental resources. 4. Concentration and careful analysis

Further, if you are aware of the way 5. Applying them to concrete situations they fit— or misfit— those of the people with whom you live and work, you can B. WHEN I READ A REPORT, I AM LIKELY TO PAY THE MOST avoid unwittingly rubbing them the ATTENTION TO: V wrong way. 1 . Whether or not the recommendations can be accomplished The following quiz, excerpted from xd 2. The validity of the findings, backed up by data XD the Inquiry Mode Questionnaire 3. The relation of the conclusions to my own experience

(InQ)— should give you a rough idea of 4. The writer's understanding of goals and objectives which of the five basic thinking styles 5. The inferences that are drawn from the data best describe your own preferred ways of approaching problems. C. WHEN THERE IS CONFLICT OVER IDEAS, I TEND TO FAVOR THE SIDE THAT:

YOUR highest totals indicate which 1 . Identifies and tries to bring out the conflict of the five thinking styles you tend 2. Best expresses the values and ideals involved

to use the most: Synthesist, Idealist, 3. Best reflects my personal opinions and experience Pragmatist, Analyst and Realist. As you 4. Approaches the situation with the most logic and consistency read through the following characteriza- 5. Expresses the argument most forcefully and concisely tions, keep in mind that people are really

a mixture of styles, most showing a little D. IF I WERE TO BE TESTED OR EXAMINED, I WOULD PREFER:

bit of each in addition to the dominant 1 . An objective, problem-oriented set of questions on the subject v style. That is why you may see some of 2. A written report covering background, theory and method Xu yourself in every category, even though 3. An informal report on how I have applied what I have learned XD one or two seem to fit you best. 4. An oral-visual presentation covering what I know Synthesist. Synthesist thinkers are 5. A debate with others who are also being tested creative, stimulating people who often drive others wild. For them, life is con- E. WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO ME, tradictory and full of opposites, there is I PREFER THAT HE OR SHE:

always another way to look at any truth, 1 . Take into account the drawbacks as well as the benefits and every fact has an equal and oppo- 2. Show how the recommendation will support overall goals site fact. It's not surprising, then, that 3. Show clearly what benefits will be realized they relish disagreement and happily 4. Back up the recommendation with data and a plan argue about anything. Synthesists' 5. Show how the recommendation can be implemented thoughts seldom follow a straight and

logical line, bouncing from one thought F. WHEN I FIRST APPROACH A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, I AM to another in a way that sometimes MOST LIKELY TO: v leaves their listeners feeling lost. 1 . Look for ways that others might have solved it VH Their creativity comes from a pen- 2. Try to find the best procedure for solving it chant for deep thinking, for searching 3. Look for ways to get the problem solved quickly XD out and then endlessly discussing the 4. Try to relate it to a broader problem or theory XD 5. Think of number of opposing ways to solve it basic and essential elements in any a situation. Their problem, though Syn- M/ V \l/ \l/ \l/ thesists never think of it as a problem, is ADD SCORES VERTICALLY that in their search for deep, philosoph- S I P A R ical meaning they often ignore those concrete realities that are so important

is excerpt the l questionnaire. It is not meant to (IMPORTANT NOTE: This an from n Q to everyone else. be an accurate measurement of your Thinking Style, but an approximation for discus- Idealist. Idealist thinkers, on the sion purposes only.) other hand, pursue agreement by ©1982 BRAMSON-PARLETTE ASSOCIATES. Berkeley, CA. all rights reserved Please turn to page 60

JULY 1991 35 Veterans update

The American Legion has blasted the U.S. gov- some budget sacrifices must be made," he said. "However, ernment's plans to provide $1 million in aid to the govern- providing a no -growth budget, with a proposed reduction of ment of Vietnam. 37 full-time workers for a system which already has funding "Cloaking the $1 million package as humanitarian aid is a problems, is unsupportable. disguise and a monetary inducement for Hanoi to provide "The American Legion believes that veterans have made information about the fates of American servicemen who still enough sacrifices already and that the federal government is are listed as missing in action in Vietnam," said National responsible for providing proper perpetual care in a noble Commander Robert S. Turner. manner." Turner's comments came on the heels of a White House The Legion believes a separate appropriation for NCS announcement of its plans to make available to the Viet- would give Congress stricter control over all funds allocated namese government $1 million to be used for prosthetic for national cemeteries. devices for Vietnamese people who were injured during the war.

"Regardless of how this 'gift' is packaged, it appears the U.S. government is paying ransom for information that who Were in during the attack should be available from Hanoi," Turner said. The aid on Pearl Harbor are eligible to receive a new congressional proposal was made one week after the United States and medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the "day of Vietnam agreed to open an office in Hanoi to gather informa- infamy." tion about American MIAs. Members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of The Legion has a long-standing resolution which opposes the War Department or Navy Department who were wounded any proposal that the United States give diplomatic recogni- are eligible for the award, and so are the next of kin of those tion or financial aid to Vietnam as a means to obtain informa- who were killed. The order of preference for next of kin is: tion on MIAs and POWs who did not return. widow, eldest child, other children in order of birth, father, "We cannot, as a nation, break the faith with Vietnam mother, eldest brother/sister, grandchildren in order of birth, veterans and their families," Turner said. "I can assure you or eldest nephew/niece. the Legion will not abandon them." The bronze Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal is issued Of particular concern to the Legion is that there is no by the U.S. Mint and will be presented to qualified recipients guarantee that children and veterans of the South Vietnamese by members of Congress. Only one medal will be issued per Army would benefit from the aid package. "In fact," Turner person. said, "we don't have the evidence the aid will benefit any Call 1-800-545-4052 for applications and further informa- Vietnamese directly without being siphoned off by the tion. government to help for its other wars in Southeast Asia."

L inking COSt-of-living allowances (COLAs) for AI Harmed by budget WOeS within the National veterans disability compensation and pensions to the annual Cemetery System (NCS), American Legion officials are consumer price index may hurt other vital programs for seeking an additional appropriation to keep the system afloat veterans, a Legion spokesman testified on Capitol Hill. for Fiscal Year 1992. At press time, Congress was considering an administration "The American Legion is alarmed by the operational proposal that would tie COLAs to the rate of inflation, a plan deficiencies which currently exist," said Frank C. Buxton, the Legion has opposed for years. deputy director of the Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation "We maintain the belief that any such change would not be Division, in testimony before the House subcommittee on in the best interests of veterans," said Philip Wilkerson, Housing and Memorial Affairs. "In our view, the administra- assistant director of the Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation tion of NCS programs has never been more capable. Still, Division, appearing before the House subcommittee on those individuals responsible for day-to-day NCS operations Compensation, Pension and Insurance. "Legislative hear- only can be as efficient and effective as resources permit." ings on proposed COLAs provide an important forum at The Legion believes that the proposed FY 1992 budget for which other compensation-related issues may be reviewed." the NCS will be short between $15 million and $20 million, Wilkerson also addressed the Legion's support of H.R. and 179 full-time equivalent employees. The NCS provides 1046, the Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments of burial plots for veterans and other eligible beneficiaries. If 1991, which would increase monthly disability rates for the funding shortfall is not corrected, maintenance of grave veterans after Dec. 1, 1991. sites would suffer and burials could be limited to only certain "The Legion traditionally has supported annual adjust- days in a week. ments in both compensation and Dependents Indemnity Buxton cited a number of national cemeteries and prob- Compensation," Wilkerson said. "The adjustments help lems they were experiencing because of current funding deserving veterans in meeting the high costs of goods and levels. "In a time of constrained federal resources, we know services."

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who served at least one day of active May 1 . He pointed out how the Legion duty between Aug. 2, 1990 and the end traditionally has supported programs of hostilities to become eligible for that promote law and order. Legion membership. If adopted by the That the Legion holds on to old- delegates, the proposal will be sent to fashioned American values does not Congress which must approve eligi- mean the organization is not progres- bility dates for Legion membership. sive, and nothing illustrated that prog- The bill is then sent to the President. ress more than the expansion taking "This opens a new pool of 2.4 mil- place at National Headquarters. lion active duty veterans and reservists, "We started out in 1986 with a delib- all of whom are potential candidates erate, well-thought-out plan. We of The for Legion membership," said William American Legion are good students of

O. Moore Jr., chairman of National history, and we know how to apply it to Security Commission. the future," Turner said at dedication A number of issues vital to Legion ceremonies of the new computer and interests arose during the Spring Meet- marketing site in northern Indianapolis. ing. Charles Pesso, chairman of the "We are clearly focused on the future Legislative Commission, said the and possess the skills and technology to Legion's quest for a constitutional accomplish our goals today and well amendment to protect the U.S. Flag was into the 21st century." ON LINE — Gary Garver explains to Forty-one resolutions were passed Ronald Murphy and Roger Rasmussen progressing. states have passed memorial during the Spring Meeting. The policy the Legion 's new computer system. "Ten resolutions seeking a narrowly written resolutions included:

38 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE What's In The Bill THE Desert Storm Serviceper- sons' Readjustment Act of 1991 was adopted unanimously by the National Executive Commit- tee. Currently, single veterans can expect to collect a maximum of $350 per month to further their education, yet studies show that the average cost of attending a state college is more than twice that amount. "All we want is parity for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War," said Chester Stellar, chairman of the Veterans Affairs and Rehabili- tation Commission. "We believe they should have benefits equal to those of their fathers and grand- fathers." At press time, the Legion was planning to submit the new GI Bill to Congress in mid-May. If Con- gress were to approve the Legion's version, changes from the current system would include: • a new category of education benefits for Persian Gulf veterans. • raising current monthly bene- fits to $777 for 36 to 45 months for a single veteran. • providing these benefits to all members on duty for at least 90 days after Aug. 2, 1990, and to all activated National Guard and Reservists. • raising the level to $777 for former servicemerhbers who par- ticipate in the Montgomery GI Bill and exempt all peacetime veterans from the requirement of contribut- IN WRITING — VA&R Commission Chairman Stellar stands next to the draft of the ing to the fund after Aug. 1 , 1990. Legion-written Gl Bill of 1944. The Legion seeks a similar bill for Gulf War veterans.

Res. 1 (N.D.): Support open enrollment for 38, USC, for more equal partnership between for employees activated by Desert Shield/ eligible service-connected veterans for special state and federal government for veterans' Storm. disabled veterans insurance. homes. Res. 19 (Comm): Urge participation with

Res. 2 (Neb.): Sponsor amendment to Title Res. 9 (Pa. ): Urge restoration of presumption Kellogg Company and Retinitis Pigmentosa 18, USC, to provide special housing grants to of total and permanent disability for veterans at Foundation to fund The American Legion Child disabled veterans with anatomical loss or loss age 65. Welfare Foundation Grants dealing with child- of the use of both hands. Res. 10 (Pa.): Urge restoration of compensa- hood blindness. Res. 3 (Comm): Urge government-sponsored tion for non-hospitalized incompetent veterans Res. 21 (Comm): Urge preservation of U.S. research and development to find beneficial use with no dependents. defense capabilities through continued funding for high-level radioactive waste. Res. 11 (Pa.): Urge restoration of vocational of research and development and acquisition. Res. 4 (Pa.): Urge restoration of benefits for rehabilitation training for service-connected Res. 22 (Comm): Urge adequate funding to remarried spouses and children when marriage disabled veterans rated at 10 percent or more. maintain sufficient strategic and conventional is terminated by divorce, annulment or death. Res. 12 (Minn.): Urge additional funding for levels for the defense of the United States. Res. 5 (Pa.): Urge elimination of $2 co- Vet Centers to extend counseling services to all Res. 34 (Texas): Amend U.S. Flag Code to payment for 30-day supply of outpatient wartime veterans. allow flags too large to fly freely to be carried. medication. Res. 13 (Iowa): Urge uniform disability The complete list of resolutions may objective findings of Res. 6 (Pa.): Urge restoration of headstone rating policy to accept be obtained by writing the Archives, and grave marker allowance. clinical psychologists for rating neuropsychi- American Legion National Headquar- Res. 7 (Comm): Sponsor the Desert Storm atric claims. Servicepersons' Readjustment Act of 1991. Res. 14 (Comm): Urge tax credits for ters, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN Res. 8 (Comm): Support amendment to Title employers that maintained salaries and benefits 46206.

JULY 1991 39 THE ORANGE 1

IETNAM veteran Louis imagination," said Richard Christian, Havard of Zavalla, Texas, THE ACENT ORANGE Deputy Director of the Legion's Vet- couldn't leap from his erans Affairs and Rehabilitation Divi- sickbed Feb. 6 in cele- ACT OF 1991 ISA sion and the Legion's consultant on bration of the day Presi- Agent Orange. dent George Bush sign- Christian's verdict: "It's an empty IN ed into law the Agent STEP THE RIGHT bill. All this falls short of addressing the Orange Act of 1991. issue of compensating vets for all dis-

V Only 41 , Havard finds DIRECTION. BUT IT'S eases connected with exposure to Agent himself considerably less agile these Orange." days than during the years he spent LIGHT YEARS AWAY Much consideration also was given shuttling supplies to Army fire bases in to the composition of the independent the Central Highlands of Vietnam. FROM DEALING WITH scientific panel Congress would man- Havard's legacy of service to his date to conduct a comprehensive review country includes fatty tumors through- of all evidence pertaining to herbicide out his body and diseases of his spleen, AGENT ORANGE VET- exposure and certain diseases in liver, kidneys and intestines, and he has humans. been unable to work the past 10 years ERANS' MALADIES. Also considered were conclusions because of his health. He has followed reached by The American Legion and the congressional Agent Orange fight Columbia University scientific study

and seems less than impressed with this of its past failures in dealing with the on Agent Orange. Legionnaires in latest "definitive" Agent Orange law. Agent Orange issue. It caused bitter Washington worked 18 months on a bill, "That bill is a whitewash, trying to dissension among veterans groups, H.R. 3004, sponsored by House Vet- cover their butts. It makes me madder whose opponents attempted to use a erans Affairs Committee member Rep. than hell at what happened to me and carrot-and-stick gambit to divide them Lane Evans of Illinois. Incorporating The other vets," Havard said. "When we along generation lines. American Legion-Columbia University went to 'Nam we did our part and now The American Legion favored a com- Vietnam Veterans Study and other scien- these turkeys are trying to cover up this prehensive bill that held studies of tific findings, the bill originally included mess. If 10,000 people are telling you health effects from exposure to Agent 20 diseases researchers believed carried your nose is falling off, don't you think Orange to the same scientific scrutiny a positive link to Agent Orange, war- you should look in the mirror?" as the 54 medical conditions VA con- ranting permanent presumption of "Anyone who takes a hard look at the siders service connected. Despite service-connected disability. Agent Orange Act of 1991 can say, passage of similar bills by both the By the time H.R. 3004 passed through charitably, that it's at least an attempt to House and Senate, no Agent Orange committee and was considered by the full rectify two decades of neglect in dealing related legislation survived the waning House, opponents had whittled that list with Vietnam veterans who suffer health days of the 101st Congress last to five diseases. The bill finally was problems from being sprayed by Agent October. But by late January, com- passed by the House last October under the Orange," said Chester F. Stellar, promise measures breezed through title H.R. 5326, the Veterans Compensa- Chairman of The American Legion's both chambers; the House on Jan. 29 tion Amendments of 1990, and codified Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation approving H.R. 556 by a vote of 412-0, presumption of service connection for Commission. "But there are some and the Senate unanimously passing a just two rare cancers, non-Hodgkin's observers who followed the legisla- companion measure, S. 238, on Jan. lymphoma and soft-tissue sarcoma, and tion's progress through Congress dur- 30, 1991. chloracne, a skin disorder. ing the past two years who aren't as Beneath the appearance of bipartisan Senate lawmakers who helped pass charitable in their conclusions." unity lay months of complex political two Agent Orange compensation bills

The Agent Orange Act of 1 99 1 , which maneuvering and parliamentary obstruc- in 1989 fought to break the legislative came out of the controversy on Capitol tion. "The new law is not a victory for logjam, preventing passage of a mean- Hill, was a reminder to the government Vietnam veterans by any stretch of the ingful Agent Orange law in 1990, but

40 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE REP. LANE EVANS of Illinois believes that Agent Orange SEN. THOMAS DASCHLE of South Dakota said veterans' studies would be more objective if placed in the hands of the groups were not to blamefor the last year's delayed COLA; rather,

National Academy ofSciences. a minority bent on stopping Agent Orange legislation.

they found their opponents equal in association exists between exposure to based upon NAS recommendations. The throwing roadblocks in their path. "The herbicides and certain diseases. secretary has 60 days to review evidence

opposition did everything it could to Congress has directed NAS to com- submitted by NAS and four subsequent block an Agent Orange bill from passing plete the review of all available Agent months to issue final regulations for any in the 101st Congress," Christian said. Orange literature of the diseases the disease granted service connection. A summary of sections in the com- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • In addition, the Agent Orange Act promise bill enacted by the 102nd Con- couldn't handle in a $43 million study, authorizies taking blood and tissue gress in February reveals the Agent which ended in 1987, after CDC research samples from veterans who Orange Act of 1991 falls short in living claimed it could not be completed for served in Vietnam and for storing these

up to its grandiose title: lack of accurate spray records and troop samples, subject to recommendations • The new law codifies the statutory locations. Derwinski receives from NAS. presumption of service connection • Among the evidence available for • The act extends eligibility for prior-

granted 1 , 1 Secretary NAS review will be the findings of the ity VA care to Agent Orange veterans May 8 990 , by VA Edward J. Derwinski for non-Hodgkin's Agent Orange Scientific Task Force, through 1993 (2000 in the original lymphoma, soft-tissue sarcoma (with which in an April 1990 report associ- House bill) and allows the VA secretary four exceptions) and chloracne. ated dioxin in Agent Orange to at least in consultation with the NAS to initiate •The law also recognizes VA's dismal 20 diseases. additional scientific research into health research record by requiring Derwinski The National Academy of Science's hazards from herbicides. The last sec- to contract with the National Academy first report must be submitted to VA by tion eliminates the Veterans Advisory of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a compre- August 1992, and it must report to the Committee on Environmental Hazards' hensive review of all available clinical VA secretary at least every two years for role in reviewing scientific evidence and scientific data on herbicide exposure the next decade. Derwinski and his about dioxins. This section is an admis- and ionizing radiation. Specifically, successors will make future determina- sion by Congress, which created the NAS must determine if a statistical tions of service-connected disability committee in 1985, that the advisory

JULY 1991 41 board bungled the job assigned its "Obstruction of the COLA bill—which it equally plain that Vietnam veterans members to objectively evaluate all already had the Agent Orange provi- ask no more than the same sort of fair available data (see "A Disturbing Bias," sions in it— was their last-ditch par- assessment of illnesses granted recip- The American Legion Magazine, liamentary effort to kill Agent Orange. ients of benefits for 54 ailments VA August 1990). Unfortunately, their strategy worked considers service connected. The political fallout surrounding and the COLA went down with it." "The opponents argued that the bill controversy over Agent Orange sur- Incredibly, the Congress adjourned stacked the deck in favor of the veter- faced in the Senate as early as July 19, last year without enacting legislation an," Daschle said. "What we insisted 1990, after the Veterans Affairs Com- passed by both chambers. The House upon was that the veteran be given the mittee, by a vote of 6-4, included Agent failed to act on either Senate-passed benefit of any reasonable doubt when it Orange provisions as part of an bills that included Agent Orange com- comes to compensation, and that Viet- omnibus veterans bill. The omnibus bill pensation while Senators hostile to the nam veterans be held to the same com- included a cost-of-living adjustment effort blocked both the House-passed pensation standards as other veterans." (COLA) for the 2.2 million service- Agent Orange bill, H.R. 5326, and Rep. Lane Evans of Illinois believes connected disabled veterans and the their own omnibus bill that carried the NAS holds a "reputation for inde- 91 1,000 survivors of veterans whose Agent Orange provisions. pendence" that should keep the agency deaths were service connected. Lawmakers such as Daschle don't free of the sort of political meddling The Veterans Benefits and Health buy the bogus argument that Agent that tainted prior scientific studies. "I Care Amendments of 1990 also con- Orange cost veterans their COLA. think the one problem we may confront tained more than 80 additional sections "Some tried to pit Agent Orange veter- in mandating compliance with this important to veterans, including hous- ans against other veterans; they tried to legislation is making sure the govern- ing, pensions, veterans compensation, ment carries out its duties," he said. rehabilitation, employment, insurance Still, the Agent Orange Act of 1991 programs and VA health-care services. must be viewed from a perspective not But opposition from two senators deter- of what was gained but what was lost. mined to eliminate the Agent Orange The three diseases codified in law as provisions prevented the bill from service connected— non-Hodgkin's being considered on the Senate floor. mHEnew lymphoma, soft-tissue sarcoma and On Oct. 13, members of the House chloracne— already had been granted : law is not Veterans' Affairs Committee voted to service-connected status by Der- attach the Agent Orange provisions to : o victory for winski's decision a year before. As to their own version of a COLA bill, H.R. the crucial role NAS will play in recom- • 5326, which later cleared the House Vietnom veterons mending further grants of service con- chamber. Agent Orange became the • by ony stretch of nection based upon its review of scien- focus of emotionally charged debate tific literature, the NAS's association during the next two weeks as Congress • the imagination.' with CDC encourages skepticism. conducted marathon sessions to com- Christian recalls that in 1986 the plete its busy agenda before the NAS-affiliated Institute of Medicine adjournment deadline. was paid $2 million by CDC to oversee Opponents successfully thwarted create a 'haves versus the have-nots' its Agent Orange study. Though NAS Senate consideration of the omnibus situation. As for the delay in the COLA, was ultimately critical of CDC's find- bill; an attempt to dump the Agent some have tried to blame The American ings, it found no fault with CDC Orange provisions and pass a "clean" Legion, me and other veterans' advo- research methods other knowledgeable COLA bill in the House was shot down cates. That's just not a credible story, scientific groups dismissed as inconclu- by Rep. Ted Weiss, a New York con- and anyone who understands what sive and biased. gressman whose subcommittee had really happened last October knows Christian and other Legionnaires investigated CDC's failures (see, that. Only those who blocked the know the Agent Orange Act is another "Agent Orange Cover-Up, " Th e Am er- COLA bill can take responsibility for step and not journey's end. Aside from ican Legion Magazine, December delaying it; it's really that simple." legislative concerns, at press time gov- 1990). Supporters of the 1990 Agent Orange ernment attorneys were preparing a As debate escalated, South Dakota bill knew opponents' attempt to exploit reply to documents filed by an Amer- Sen. Thomas Daschle noticed friction the generation gap only could serve as ican Legion legal team last February for beginning to develop between certain a breakwater strategy— and possibly its lawsuit seeking completion of the veterans groups, whose members were backfire. Congress prepared for a new Agent Orange epidemiological study told the fight to compensate Vietnam session amid the threat of war in the dropped by CDC in 1987. Unanswered veterans for Agent Orange was costing Persian Gulf. Federal lawmakers were questions nag at Legion leaders. "If other disabled veterans their cost-of- confronted with the prospect that the there's nothing harmful from exposure living adjustment. It was a classic nation's newest generation of veterans to Agent Orange, why can't a definitive divide-and-conquer strategy. had to cope with the threat of chemical study be done? We must keep the spot- "The COLA was held hostage, not by and biological warfare. light on the National Academy of Sci- veterans' advocates, but by a tiny When Daschle introduced S. 238 for ences," said Christian. "Every time minority who were intent on stopping passage on Jan. 30 he stressed the they issue a report The American

Agent Orange at all costs, even after it importance of keeping the NAS free of Legion Scientific Task Force will had overwhelmingly passed both the the type of political taint that engulfed evaluate the results to keep score." House and Senate," Daschle said. CDC and ruined its credibility. He made By Anthony Miller l2

42 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE f An Unforgettable Collection From America's Golden Age! ^ Sioux _ City Sue f\*J Great Heart-Warming Songs From The War Years LEGENDARY STARS! k * Original Hits! * Original Stars! ALL-TIME FAVORITES! Remember when an entire nation fell in love with the fabulous heart-farming songs that bring back our fondest memories? This fabulous collection brings On Records, Tapes & you 42 of those great jukebox favorites that warmed the hearts of separated Compact Discs sweethearts and kept our spirits high. You get all the original recordings by the great stars who made them famous. They sound as good today as when YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE • SIOUX CITY you first heard them. SUE/Bing Crosby • ANYTIME • BOUQUET OF Who can ever forget those sweet days of young romance and the wonderful good times when we cozied up to our favorite songs, humming and dancing ROSES • I'LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART/Eddy to Bing Crosby's legendary SIOUX CITY SUE ... ANYTIME by Eddy Arnold • TENNESSEE WALTZ • SLOW POKE Arnold ... TENNESSEE WALTZ sung by Pee Wee King ... SAN ANTO- • BONAPARTE'S RETREAT/Pee Wee King • NIO ROSE by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys ... SOMEDAY (YOU'LL SAN ANTONIO ROSE/Bob Wills & His Texas WANT ME TO WANT YOU) by Elton Britt . . . Gene Autry singing MEX- • Playboys THERE'S A STAR SPANGLED ICAU ROSE ... JEALOUS HEART by Tex Ritter ... CANDY KISSES • BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE SOMEDAY by George Morgan . . . GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY by Vaughn Monroe (YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU) • BLUE ... and Hank Williams' immortal COLD COLD HEART. Here are 42 all- EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN/Elton Britt • time favorites ... the original recordings by the great stars who made them

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fund's history. Through the efforts of Paderewski and others, the fund reached its initial goal and continues today to care for disabled American veterans and war orphans. During an emotional ceremony in FREEDOM'S Paderewski's hotel room where he lay sick from influenza on May 10, 1926, National Commander John R. McQuigg presented Paderewski with the Distinguished Service Medal. SYMPHONY "Your excellency," McQuigg told Paderewski that day, "we have come A Polish patriot showed his pride here today to express appreciation. Yours has been a life of service and and appreciation for the Legion and service is the lode star of The American contribution. Legion." veterans by a generous Although Paderewski faded from politics after World War I, he again rallied for his country after Germany THE symphony of invaded Poland in 1939. Named presi- Poland's history, Ignance dent of the national council of the Jan Paderewski, the first Polish government-in-exile, Paderewski prime minister of Poland recruited Polish immigrants in America nNand a concert pianist, to serve in the Free Poland military played the chords of free- forces and raised money for allied mili- dom. Even before World tary hospitals in Britain.

War I, Paderewski longed Paderewski didn't live to see a post- for Poland's freedom, and World War II Poland. He died in June Paderewski often recognized America's 1941, and at his funeral, the Legion wartime veterans for their efforts to free again saluted him with an honor guard his homeland. around his bier. With the careful hands of an expert Since his death, Paderewski's body pianist, Paderewski helped guide has rested in Arlington. But, at his Poland's future, and after his death in family's request, and symbolically

1941 , he became a symbol of the quest appropriate, Paderewski's heart remains for a free Poland, when President in America at niche No. 25, Aisle G, Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered C. H. Abbey section 15, Cypress Hills Paderewski's body to be placed in Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y

Arlington National Cemetery until it Throughout the years, Paderewski's could be interred in a free Poland. Since friendship to veterans and his gift to Roosevelt's order, Paderewski's remains Ignance Paderewski The American Legion Endowment Fund have been kept in the housing of the have not been forgotten. mast of the . On the 40th anniversary of Paderew- Paderewski became a vigilant friend political negotiations, Paderewski ski's death, on June 29, 1981 in of American wartime veterans, and represented Poland at the Versailles accordance with Res. 177 passed at frequently thanked them for their sac- treaty negotiations, and persuaded the 1980 National Convention, Amer- rifices for Poland, and as part of his President to include ican Legion National Commander gratitude, Paderewski became the an independent Poland among the Michael J. Kogutek, who is of Polish largest-ever donor to The American "14 Points" for a peaceful world after descent, placed a commemorative

Legion Endowment Fund. Recognizing World War I. plaque in Paderewski's honor at the Paderewski's friendship and dedication base of the housing of the mast of the to freedom, the Legion awarded him TIRED of politics and wanting to Maine. the organization's highest honor, the resume his concert pianist career, Paderewski didn't live to see the cres- Distinguished Service Medal. Paderewski toured America in cendo of the symphony of Poland's

Paderewski's quest for Polish 1 925 and vowed to donate the proceeds freedom, when Lech Walesa became freedom began when he was born in to The American Legion Endowment the first popularly elected president I860 in a Poland carved between Rus- Fund. But the concert tour stopped of Poland in the country's 1,000 year sia, Prussia and Austria. after Paderewski played New York, history. Walesa visited Washington, Paderewski grew up an ardent Polish Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and D. C., and Paderewski's remains in nationalist, and after the WWI armistice, because he became ill. Despite March, and at press time, plans were he became the first premier of Poland the shortened tour, Paderewski raised being made to bring Paderewski's body and used his own money to help rebuild $28,500 for the endowment fund to to Poland in June for final burial in a his country. During the post-WWI become the largest single donor in the free Poland.

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perbly carried out under the Kuwaiti Ambassador Thanks excellent leadership of the superior and well-qualified commanding officers of all the Coalition involved, Community For Celebration under the leadership of Secretary of Defense Dick UWAIT'S Am- 321 of Huntsville, N.C., and devastation that was Cheney, Joint Chief of Staff bassador to the Auxiliary member, organ- caused by this dictator, Gen. Colin Powell, and United States ized the event, which also Saddam Hussein, and his Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Saud Nasir welcomed home U.S. troops. henchmen. commander of the Allied Al Sabah has In a letter, the Kuwaiti "I would like to express forces in the Gulf. thanked Charlotte, N.C.- Ambassador said: "It is my deepest appreciation on "We all deeply grieve for area residents, Legionnaires indeed a time to celebrate behalf of my government the families who have lost and Auxiliary members for not only the freedom of my and my countrymen for the loved ones in the Desert their Freedom Celebration, country, Kuwait, but for all overwhelming support that Storm Operation, but who conducted March 10 to the brave men and women of you have shown in your com- will always be remembered celebrate the liberation the Armed Forces who vol- munity, as well as, all of the for their heroism and bravery of Kuwait. Freedom Cele- untarily risked their lives to American people throughout in fighting for the just causes bration chairwomen Deb liberate Kuwait and to free your wonderful country, in and principles that all peace- Furguson and Johnnie all peace-loving nations supporting the Desert Storm loving nations believe and Maria Shoemaker, a Post from the barbaric brutality Operation which was su- cherish so much."

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Oratorical Contest, White Oratorical received an $18,000 scholar- ship. He has received an appointment to the U. S. Mili- Champ Sweet tary Academy, West Point, where he plans to prepare for On America a career in military law. Caroline M. Page, 17, of Seneca, S.C., finished sec- ond with her speech titled "Freedom of Speech: The Not-So-Silent Bystander." Page, sponsored by Post 120 of Seneca, S.C., won a $16,000 scholarship and plans to attend Duke Univer- Charles Moloney, vice president of MBNA America (I), sity. presents a pair of checks to National Treasurer Webber Mukund Krishnaswami, LaGrange during the Washington Conference in February. 15, of Glen Burnie, Md., Moloney donated $5,000 each to The American Legion finished third and won a National Emergency Fund and the Family Support Network. $14,000 scholarship for his MBNA America and the Legion have been partners in a VISA card venture since the Newark, Del. -based firm speech "The Great American 1987, and has been a strong supporter of Legion programs. l HIS past April, Contract." Krishnaswami, / w 1 at the 54th sponsored by Post 154 of National High Glen Burnie, is a junior at School Orator- Mount Saint Joseph College ical Contest, High School and plans to the winner, Jack L. White II, study corporate law at the 17, of Walnut, Calif., told University of Pennsylvania. 'History' Oseful Reference the audience and judges at Jessica R. Donze, 18, of the Boise, Idaho, finals OST 1477 of history from Past National Rochester, Minn., won Lackawanna, Commander Michael J. "How Sweet It Is! To Be An fourth place and a $12,000 N. Y. recently Kogutek and Post 1477 American." , Com- scholarship for her oration White, sponsored by Wal- donated copies mander Ben Strozyk. Accord- "It Is Up to Us: A Citizen's p of The American ing to Kogutek, Boys State nut Valley Post 769, con- Responsibility to Govern- cluded his stirring speech, Legion: An Official History to candidates will use the books ment." Donze, sponsored by the Lackawanna Public as a reference for their Post "How sweet it is! To know Post 446 of Rochester, is a Library and Lackawanna interviews, and Legion- that I live in a nation con- senior at Rochester Mayo stitutionally designed to High School library. Salva- naires and others can read High School and plans to thrive, to endure, to succeed tore Bardonaro, Lackawanna the book and learn about study nutritional science at throughout the ages if and Public Library director (1), the more than 70 years of the University of Wisconsin. history. only if each and every indi- accepts a copy of the Legion Legion vidual here today under- The American Legion stands and takes advantage has sponsored the National of our constitutional right to High School Oratorical Con- vote. How sweet it is to be an test for 54 years, and na- American!" tional scholarships are made A senior at John A. Row- possible by The American land High School, Rowland Legion Life Insurance Trust

Heights, Calif. , White is stu- Fund. More than 30,000 dent Body president, Black high school students com- Student Union president, peted in the 1991 national Student Cultural Exchange contest, where students president, a member of the research, write and deliver National Honor Society, an 8- to 10-minute speech Scholastic Feder- about the U.S. Constitution ation, and drama and choral with an emphasis on a citi- programs. For finishing first zen's duties and obligations in the National High School to the nation.

JULY 1991 47 Enrollment is free, but must be done VETNET LAUNCHES NEW ERA IN on special VetNet forms. There are no annual fees and no need to re-enroll each year. VetNet groups, however, will need to keep us informed on new coor- dinators so that we can provide them with their PIN to make their free calls each day. National Commander Robert S. Turner hailed VetNet as another EUNION coordinators postage and personal efforts when example of how the Legion uses plans quickly. ^will find VetNet™ espe- change Now, one phone modern technology to serve veterans cially helpful for getting call can do the job." and their families. "VetNet uses combi- the word out to group VetNet provides group coordinators nations of telephones and computers to with members. Coordinators a voice bulletin board that can be create a nationwide information service will with day. allows be provided a toll-free 800 updated once a This feature for anyone to use, 24-hours a day," Identifica- coordinators all number and a PIN (Personal to speak directly to Turner said. tion Number) to update information, their members. VetNet is built on an outfit reunion leave answer questions Legion has identified messages and The nearly format, so callers can always hear the daily. The VetNet telephone service, 10,000 groups to enroll in VetNet, and most current reunion information. For

, will packets are sent which became operative June 1 enrollment being out. groups with no reunion plans, VetNet the of having to It will take several months to enroll eliminate nuisance can be used to plan a get together. With write include all groups, hear for reunion forms and but we want to from MailCall, a second VetNet feature, vet- SASEs every time group coordinators group coordinators who have not erans can share messages with each their reunions. a packet. want to announce received VetNet enrollment other on a daily basis. "Getting information to everyone, For best results, coordinators are asked To reach VetNet, callers dial 1-900- especially at the last minute, has always to write VetNet at P.O. Box 1055, 773-VETS (1-900 773-8387) from a been the toughest job a reunion planner Indianapolis, IN 46206. Please do not TouchTone phone and when asked, faces," said a call, since we'll Douglas Foote, World already be handling enter the VetNet number of the group War II veteran of the 6th Air Force. thousands of calls a day for those about which they want information. "Some of us miss out. It takes a lot of groups that are already enrolled. Each outfit has a different 5-digit VetNet number. Last month nearly 600 outfits were given their special VetNet WHAT IS number and they were listed in the magazine. This month more than 500 more have (see the 5- VETNET is a telecommunica- VetNet will tell you the price of been published tions service for veterans, their the call and other basic instructions. digit number immediately following families and friends. The system After the greeting you will be asked the ZIP code of the contact person's provides a fast, simple and economic to enter the 5-digit VetNet group address). way to help military groups get number. You may also elect to hear a VetNet also operates a Directory Assistance service to help callers find together . . . and stay in touch. VetNet demonstration message. VetNet is the product of Softguard After entering the 5-digit number, the correct VetNet group number to use Systems, Inc., the company that you will hear a message from the in the system. The VetNet directory call helped develop the very successful reunion coordinator of the group is toll free at 1-800 348-VETS. Callers will given the 5-digit for Family Support Network of The you selected. When this message is be number the American Legion that was estab- completed, you will be asked if you group they are looking for and told to lished to help Desert Storm families. want to use the group's MailCall call 1-900 773- VETS. If the group you You can call the VetNet number feature or return to the main menu to are seeking has not been assigned a from most touch-tone telephones. select another group. VetNet number in the magazine, you You will need the VetNet number of VetNet guides you through the can call Directory Assistance and the group you want to reach. These entire process. You may hang up at obtain it. All calls to the 900 number five-digit numbers are published in anytime. In MailCall, you can skip cost $1 per minute. Proceeds go to The American Legion Magazine, over messages, record and edit your Legion programs. are provided by group coordinators own message or simply listen to While personal messages are encour- and are also available from VetNet news from other callers. NOTE: aged, no unauthorized commercial messages are allowed on VetNet. Pro- Directory Assistance by calling toll VetNet cannot be reached from some free touch-tone phones because local fanity and other inappropriate commen- phone companies do not have the tary is prohibited. MailCall messages 1-800-348-VETS necessary switching equipment. We remain on the system about one month are working with the phone com- before being removed. To find out information on a par- panies to correct this situation. Also The VetNet system is easy to operate, ticular group, dial be aware that pay phones and some and people are invited to call 1-900 1-900-773-VETS company switchboards will not 773-VETS and listen to a demonstra- tion of how a typical group uses VetNet (l -900-773-8387). process VetNet calls. to communicate.

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Weldon Levinson, 179 Jefferson St., Meadville, PA 193rd FA Bn. (108th FA Bn.) (Sept-Bushkill, PA) 16335. 10717 Clarence Lopatta, 6686 Appleridge Dr., Youngstown, OUTFIT REUNIONS 67th Field Hospital (Sept-Cincinnati) William Doeppe, OH 44512. 11082 624 Brandy Creek Dr., Mechanicsville, VA 231 1 1 202nd AAA AW Bn. (Oct-Navarre Beach, FL) Elmer Flint. 11073 Outfit Reunion notices should be submitted on official 10660 Krebsbach,G3361 LynneAve., Ml 48506. forms. To obtain forms, send a self-addressed, stamped 70th Engr. LP Co. (WWII) (Sept-Glouster City, NJ) 203rd FA Bn. (Oct-Tulsa, OK) Bill Cottingham, Rt. 1 , Box envelope to: O.R. Form, The American Legion Edward Soper, 124 Byrne Ave., , NY 307, Big Cabin, OK 74332. 10880 Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. 10314. 10757 207th Engr. (C) Bn. (Sept-Morgantown, PA) George Because of printing schedules, notices should be 71st Inf. Div. (Sept-Columbus, GA) George Mills, Rt. 2, Lewis, 1545 Beale St., Linwood, PA 19061 . 10762 Warren received at least five months before reunions are held. Hartley, IA51346. 11102 214thAAAGunBn.(WWII)(Sept-Ellenville, NY) (Sept-Orlando, FL) Joseph Edwards, 1 14 E. Chestnut St., Orrville, 44667. Notices are published only one time per unit per year. No 71st Inf., I Co. (WWII) OH Oakland Park, FL notices are published in November, the Convention DeSantis, 110 Royal Park Dr., #4E, 11107 issue. 33309. 10640 216th General Hospital (WWII) (Sept-Portland, ME) 75th Station Hospital (Sept-Lancaster, PA) Lloyd Alfred Sudsbury, Box 1 86, Milbridge, ME 04658. 1 1 062 Mortimer, 3109 James Buchanan Dr., Elizabethtown, 224th Rgt., 40th Div., Hv Mort. Co. (Aug-Redondo PA 17022. 10998 Beach, CA) Dale Reilley, 1329 Cliff Ave., Fillmore, CA 78th Div. Veterans Assn. (Sept-Louisville, KY) Mark 93015. 10731 Army Hoffman, 1221 Brinkerton Rd., Greensburg, PA 239th Combat Engrs. Bn. (Sept) Donald Siefers, 2210 15601. 11038 N. Lincoln, Davenport, IA 52804. 10986 952- 2nd Bn., 1 4th Inf. Rgt., 25th Div., HQ Co. (Korea/1 82nd Airborne Div. (Aug) John Ebling, 590 Potter Rd., 243rd Port Co. (Oct-Charleston, S.C.) D.M. Jacobson, Rt. Box 53) (Aug-Dillsboro, IN) Patrick Shanahan, 1, West Seneca, NY 1 4224. 1 0695 103 Church St., North Warren, PA 16365. 10580 913, Moores Hill, IN 47032. 10877 86th Blackhawk Div. Assn. (Sept-Las Vegas) Alyn Dull, 246th CA. Assn. (Sept-Natural Bridge, VA) Ray Cross, 2nd Tank Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (Sept-Ft. Riley, KS) Barb 1226 Kilian Blvd., St. Cloud, MN 56304. 11019 1209 Kerns Ave. S.W., Roanoke, VA 2401 5. 10985

Boese, 202 E. Market, Dodge City, KS 67801 . 1 1 035 89th Chem. Mortar Bn. (Sept-Gettysburg, PA) Richard 248th Engr. (C) Bn., H&S Co./Med. Det. (Sept-Cleve- 3rd Inf. Div. (Hungnam Beachhead evacuation) (Aug- McLennand, 24 Kenwood Dr., Coraoplis, PA 15108. land) Al Pfeil, 16381 Ashland Dr., Brook Park, OH Charleston, SC) Kenneth Kendall, 5782 Houston Ave., 10691 44142.10871 Portage, IN 46369. 11059 94th Signal Bn. (Aug-lndianapolis) John Porter, 739 252nd Engr. (C) Bn. (Sept-Columbus, OH) Jerry Fatica, 3rd/6th Army HQ (Oct-McAllen, TX) Moon Mullens, Rt. Curchman Ave., Beech Grove, IN 46107. 10689 7383 Cedar Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026. 10639 8, Box 887, Huntsville.TX 77340. 10976 97th Inf. Div. Arty., HQ Btry. (Sept-Colchester, VT) Sam 252nd FA Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Beaver Dam, Wl) Harold

4th Recon. Bn. (USFA) (Oct-Laughlin, NV) Don Worrall, Barone, 30 Bluebird r., Colchester, VT05446. 10725 D Schmidt, N8286 Stoney Point Rd., Beaver Dam, Wl 715 N. 23rd St., Copperas Cove, TX 76522. 10587 100th HTS (Philippines) (Oct-Lake Lure, NC) Larry 53916. 10896 4th Signal Bn., T&T Co. (1950-53) (Aug-Albany, NY) Eckard, Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10794 260th CA AA, DCNG (& later units) (Oct-Andrews AFB, Don Raina, 36 East St., Bennington, VT 05201 .10612 103rd Inf. Rgt. (Sept-Dallas) Betty Ellsworth, 8260 MD) Wayne Brizendine, 4806 Wyaconda Rd., 8th FAOB (Oct-Waterloo, IA) Jimmy Lipman, 4141 N. Moreland Rd., Jerome, Ml 49249. 10907 Rockville, MD 20852. 11064 Henderson Rd., Arlington, VA22203. 11236 104th Cav., Service Troop (H-M) (Sept-Carlisle, PA) 273rd FA Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Ames, IA) Robert VanScoy, Falls, Andy 10th Engrs., 3rd Inf. Div. (Aug-Niagara NY) Clifford Yinger, 1202 White Birch Lane, Carlisle, PA 230 N. 21st, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 . 10868 Sporleder, 4745 Lake Rd., Wilson, NY 14172. 10609 17013. 10918 284th Engr. (C) Bn. (Oct-Newport, Rl) George Kingston, 1 1 th Inf., 5th Div., G Co. (Sept-Wisconsin Dells, Wl) Leo 108th Evac. Hospital (Oct-Abingdon, IL) Gabe Pica, 11 Morgan St., Newport, Rl 02840. 10690 Ave. Sparta, Wl 54656. 10954 Kollias, 5817 Lisney, 1 1 04 Jefferson . Box 272, Abingdon, IL61410. 10766 286th Comb. Engrs. (July-Chicago) Gus 13th FA Obsn. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Pittsburgh) Paul 117th Gen. Hospital (Nov-Lancaster, PA) Larry Eckard, N. Forest Glen, Chicago, IL 60646. 10767 D'Andries, 1095 Mississippi Ave., Pittsburgh, PA Box 51 45, Hickory, NC 28603. 10807 291st Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Idaho Falls, ID) Bill 15216.11020 127th AAAGun Bn.Assn. (Oct-Mobile, AL) PaulAlexa, Johnson, 648 N. 1000 E., Shelley, ID 83274. 10883 14th Arm'd Div. (Sept-Columbus, OH) Andrew Tierno, 8144 Stockbridge Rd., Mentor, OH 44060. 11083 298th Gen. Hospital (Sept-Nashville, TN) Jim Donohoe, 42 Vestal Ave., Binghamton, NY13903. 10814 133rd Inf. Rgt., 34th Div., K Co. (WWII) (Sept-LeMars, 3685 Newhaven Rd., Pasadena, CA91 107. 10860 14th Inf. Rgt., 25th Div. (1951-52) (Sept-Wabash, IN) IA) John Trobaugh, 707 2nd Ave. S.E., LeMars, IA 301st Signal Oper. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Cape Cod, MA) R.E. Brown, 242 W. Gladstone St., Wabash, IN 46992. 51031. 11052 John Donovan, 141 Wilmont St., Wethersfield, CT 10601 133rd Inf., 34th Div., Anti-tank Co. (Sept-Omaha, NE) 06109. 10644 16th Cav. Grp., 16th/19th Recon. Sqs. (Sept- Ted Bagan, 1213 Fairfax Rd., Bellevue, NE 68005. 303rd Station Hospital (Sept-Indianapolis) Betty Elizabethtown, KY) Frank Kozlowsky, 252 Bernard Dr., 10879 Johnson, Rt. 1, Box 92, Idaville, IN 47950. 10941 King of Prussia, PA 19406 10863 137th Ord. Co. (HMFA) (Oct-Savannah, GA) Ben 322nd Inf. Rgt., 81st Inf. Div., C Co. (WWII) (Sept-St. 17th Arm'd Engrs., E Co. (WWII) (Oct-Warner Robins, Heaton, 221 Evelyn St., Marietta GA 30060. 10677 Louis) Herman Soblick, 76 Barrymore Blvd., Franklin GA) Charles Powell, Rt. 1, Oglethorpe, GA 31068. 140th AAA AW Bn. (SP) & other 40th Inf. Div. units Square, NY11010. 11255 10930 (Korea) (Sept-) Don Donnelly, 391 Aldwych 323rd Inf., 81st Div., B Co. (Sept-Corinth, MS) Mrs. 19th Tank Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (Oct-Overland Park, KS) Rd., El Cajon, CA92020. 10980 Thomas Nelms, 103 Sixth St., Corinth, MS 38834. Albert Hunzicker, 1525 N. 81st Terr., Kansas City, KS 141st Signal Co. (Aug-Lafayette, IN) Ken lllingworth, 10745 66112. 10919 1104 Logan Ave., Lafayette, IN47905. 10969 324th Inf. Rgt., 44th Div. (WWII) (Aug-Schaumburg, IL) 30th Evac. Hospital (SM) (Sept-Chanhassen, MN) A.J. 148th Inf. Veterans Assn. (Aug-Camp Perry, OH) Henry Larry Hendricks, 2190 Sibley St., St. Charles, MO Cooper, 4614 Minnetonka Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN Donnell, 81 17 Scarborough Ct., Indianapolis, IN 63301.11108 55416. 10714 46256. 10632 338th Inf., 85th Div., Co. E (Sept-McAlester, OK) 30th Med. Depot Co. (Sept-Middleburg Heights, OH) 148th Station Hospital (WWII) (Oct-Columbus, OH) Eugene DeFrange, 995 W. Jackson, Box 1 1 02, Krebs,

Allen Benson, 2833 Tara Lakes Cir. . N. Ft. Myers, FL Raymond Cichowicz, 220 McClellan St., Reading, PA OK 74554. 10712 33917. 11027 19611. 10997 342nd Arm'd FA Bn. (Oct-St. Louis) Chall Allred, Box E, 32nd Bn., 1st Med. Rgt., Pioneers, MFSS (Carlisle 150th Inf. /Arm'd Cav. Rgt. (Sept-Charleston, WV) Burley, ID 83318. 11106

(Oct-Carlisle, PA) D.W. Campbell, Rt. 1 251 59. Antonio) Casimir Bks./1920-45) Noble Lanham, 282 Poca River Rd. , Poca, WV 343rd FA Bn., 90th Inf. Div. (Sept-San 2, Box 155, Laurel, DE 19956. 10977 10730 Segal, 15207 Sunset Dr., Dolton, IL60419. 10631 35th Inf., 25th Div., Co. L (Oct-Palm Beach, FL) R.L. 160th General Hospital (WWII) (Sept-Lexington, VA) 348th Ord. (Aug-Raleigh, NC) Sallie Pulley, 720 Roper, 140 Roper Rd., Hendersonville, NC 28739. Joseph Houser, Rt. 6, Box 54, Lexington, VA 24450. Winterlocken Rd., Raleigh, NC 27603. 10885 10864 11103 367th FA Bn., 98th Div., A Btry. (WWII) (Oct-Waterbury, 37th Div. Vets Assn., FL Chapter (Nov-Kissimmee, FL) 164th Inf. Assn. (Sept-Fargo, ND) Waldermar Johnson, CT) Bob Mead, 32 Smith St., # 3W, Seymour, CT

D.E. Martin, 5125 Jo St., Zephyrhills, FL 33541 . 10736 3211 Cherry Ln., Fargo, ND58102. 10708 06483. 10929 44th Div. Signal Co. (Nov-Pigeon Forge, TN) Harold 166th AAA Gun Bn., C Btry. (Sept-Erie, KS) Gerald 377th Harbor Craft Co. (Sept-Colorado Springs) 43516. 10936 1 Franz, 419 Ash St., Deshler, OH Fager, 1423 N. , Derby, KS 67037. 10685 Kenneth Wheeler, Rt. 1 , Box 51 6A, Adams, NY 3605. IL) 44th Inf. Div. Band (1947-53) ( Aug-Springfield, 167th Inf., 31st Div., B Co. (WWII) (Aug-Dayton, OH) 10926 Steve Hall, 52 Westwood Terr., Springfield, IL 62702. Leo Logel, Box 19, New Lebanon, OH 45345. 10606 389th FA Bn., C Btry. (Oct-Brockport, NY) G.M. Goetze, 10750 191st Signal Repair Co. (Sept-Frankenmuth, Ml) Jack 6276 Charlotteville Rd., Newfane, NY 14108. 10719 46th Engr. Const. Bn. (Sept-Oklahoma City, OK) Marvin Thomas, 708 Harold St., Bay City, Ml 48708. 10953 411th Inf., 103rd Div., A Co. (WWII) (Sept-Dallas) Bob 74055. Hoot, 14929 E. 98th St. No., Owasso, OK Hopper, 1 546 Washburn Ave., Beloit, Wl 5351 1 . 1 0627 10744 421st Engr. Dump Truck Co. (Sept-Emporia, KS) Noah 46th Signal Hvy. Const. Bn. (Aug-Hampton, VA) James Peach, Box 566, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. 10614 McManama, 1859 Greenwood Rd., Roanoke, VA VETNET NUMBER CHANGES 433rd Signal Bn. (Nov-Hickory, NC) Dina Coffey, 3466

24015 10944 The VN numbers for 1 3 units that were published Lester St., Conover, NC 28613. 10870 (Oct-Modesto, 47th General Hospital (New Guinea) in the June issue have been changed. The units and 449th AAA AW Bn., B Btry. (Oct-Rocky Hill, CT) John 29642. CA) John Harrison, 1 27 Smoak Dr., Easley, SC their new VN numbers are: Markoya, 1083 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06606. 10686 10825 2nd Military Railway Service, HQ Co., 1 1 238 52nd Signal Bn. (Sept-Callicoon, NY) Charles Wingard- 461 st AAA AW Bn., HQ Btry. & Medics WWII (Oct- 9th Signal Co., 11248 ner, 1 035A Thornbury Lane, lakehurst, NJ 08733. Salem, VA) Francis Breyette, 1 137 Orkla Dr., Min- 19th NCB, 11239 10713 neapolis, MN 55427. 11002 62nd Arm'd FA Bn., 11245 55th FA Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Somerset, PA) Philip Nolo, 465th AAA AW Bn. (SP) (Sept-Wilmington, DE) C.H. 63rd Engr. (C), 44th Div., A. Co., 11235 1305 Mitman Rd., Easton, PA 18042. 11024 Gibson, Box 3606, Glyndon, MD21071. 10616 107th Engr. Bn., 11246 58th Ord. Ammo Co. (Korea) (Sept-Covington, KY) 465th FA Bn. (Oct-Lake Ozark, MO) Frank Sallee, Box 135th Rgt., 34th Div., HCo./3rd Pltn., A.T., 11240 Robert Lambert Sr., 1605 N. Marshall Rd., 1469, Camdenton, MO 65020. 10909 249th Engr. (C) Bn., 11242 Middletown, OH 45042. 10700 479th Amph. Trk Co., 1st Engr. Spec. Bde. (Sept- George, NY) E.F. 935th Signal Bn., 11244 62nd AA, C Btry. (WWII) (Oct-Lake Manchester, TN) Lester Limbaugh, Rt. 1 , Belvidere, Azores, Lajes Field (1940s & '50s), 11237 Snyder, 1 Cooper, Greenwich, NY 12834. 10590 TN 37306. 10682 USS Aulick, 11243 65th Inf. Div. Assn. (WWII) (Aug-) Fred 488th Port Bn., 188/189/190/191 Port Cos. (Sept- USS Henderson DD-785,1 1247 Cassata, 123 Dorchester Rd., Buffalo, NY 14213. Norfolk, VA) S.D. Butterfield, 9804 Broad St., USSLST-983, 11241 10922 Bethesda, MD 20814. 10811 67th AA Gun Bn., C Btry. (WWII) (Sept-Meadville, PA) Please turn page 49 JULY 1991 496th Arm'd FA Bn. (WWII) (Oct-San Antonio) Frank 11093 145th Seabees (WWII) (Oct-Daytona Beach, FL) Soule, 3443 Ivy League Dr., Ft. Wayne, IN 46805. 836th Engr. Avn. Bn. (Aug-Raleigh, NC) Donald William Hulsart, 71 7 N. Gladiolus Dr., Barefoot Bay, FL 10920 Kasperek, 118 Prestwick PI., Cary, NC 27511. 10973 32976. 11079 501st Med. Coll. Co., Bn. 62 (Sept-Sturgis, Ml) C.L. 873rd Engr. Avn. Bn. (Sept-Akron, OH) Thomas Acorn 45 (Sept-St. Louis) Bill McArthur, 3028 Ashby Dr.,

Milliman, 500 E. Lafayette, Sturgis, Ml 49091 . 10803 Passons, 638 Cassell Ave., Barberton, OH 44203. Macon, GA31204. 10972 504th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Dayton, OH) Jim 10674 Camp Peary Boot Co. 783 (1945-46) (Sept-Westmins- Marshall, 332 Van St., Barberton, OH 44203. 10872 899th TD Bn. (Sept-Springfield, MO) Howard Scott, ter, MD) Walter Talbott Jr., 685 Skyline Way, Westmins- 507th QM Bn. (Philippines) (Oct-Lake Lure, NC) Larry 5025 S. FF Hwy., Battlefield, MO 65619. 11085 ter, MD21157, 10613 Eckard, Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10754 965th FA Bn. (Sept-Cherokee, NC) Nolan Williams, Box CBMU-563 (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard, Box 5145, 510th Engr., Lt. Pontoon Co. (Sept-Conway, AR) 353, Whittier, NC 28789. 10761 Hickory, NC 28603. 10726 Elwood Lenz, 9430 Metcalf PI., Milwaukee, Wl 53222. 982nd Engr. Bn., B Co. (1950-52) (Oct-Atlanta) Richard CTG-7-3 Boat Pool (Dec-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard,

11074 Harrington, Rt. 10, Box 390, Asheboro, NC 27203. 1225 34th Ave. N.E., Hickory, NC 28601 . 10978 518th AAA Gun Bn. (Oct-Las Vegas) Noah Cantrell, 10662 Escort Sailors Assn. (Aug-Las Vegas)

2917 Meadowlark Dr., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. 10891 995th FA Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Toledo, OH) John Souza, Sailors Assn. , Box 680085, Orlando, 524th MP Bn., C Co. (Oct-Macon, GA) Frank Lanneau, 149 Queen Drive W.,Wareham, MA 02576. 10775 FL 32868. 10765 1008 Birch St., Macon GA 31 204. 10727 1056th Engrs., PC&R Grp. (Oct-Little Rock, AR) FASRON-118 (Sept-San Diego) W.J. Kuhn, 3605 N.E. 533rd E.B. & S.R., F Co. (Oct-Niagara Falls, Canada) George Willis, 2221 hot Strings Rd., Benton, AR 48th St., Kansas City, MO 641 19. 10861 Steve Pentek, 108 Paradise Harbor, N. Palm Beach, 72015.10866 FleTraGru GTMO (1951-53) (Oct-Clearwater, FL) Dick (Oct-Bordentown, NJ) Cir. Anderson, 29624. FL 33408. 11006 1284th Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) Gillette, 300 Sweetbriar , SC

534th AAA Bn., A Btry. (Aug-Wichita, KS) Ernest Delk, Emilio Tirado, Rt. 1 , Box 37A, New Egypt, NJ 08533. 10629 1122W. 50th St., S.Wichita, KS67217. 10970 10854 LST Grp. 40 Staff (WWII) (Sept-Kissimmee, FL) Urban 554th AAA AW Bn. (Sept-St. Augustine, FL) Fred Lab 1896th Engr. Avn. Bn. (Oct-Louisville, KY) Victor Faust, 1015 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, IN Jr., 10101 Burnt Store Rd. #23, Punta Gorda, FL Lechowiz, 719Taylor Ave., Avalon, PA 15202. 11112 47714. 11100 33950. 10668 3118th Signal Serv. Grp. (Sept-Philadelphia) Jim MCB-12 Seabees (Sept-Waterville Valley, NH) Robert 557th FA Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Lynn, MA) Armand DiFillipo, Sands, 1532 Newton St., Port Charlotte, FL 33952. Williams, Box 48, Ludlow, VT 051 49. 10742 178 Ocean St., Lynn, MA 01 902. 11010 10595 Naval Aviation Supply Office (Military/Civilian) (Sept- 564th FA Bn., 71st Div., B Btry. (Sept-Loveland, OH) 3119th Signal Serv. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Pigeon Forge, Philadelphia) Phil Sheridan, 700 Robbins Ave., Charles Fink, 10816 Schlottman Rd., Loveland, OH TN) Norman Laustsen, 3 Rockage Rd., Warren, NJ Philadelphia, PA19111. 10658 45140. 10820 07059. 10581 Sampson NTS, Co. 201 (1944) (Sept-Waterloo, NY) 567th AAA Weapon Bn. (Sept-Hagerstown, MD) 3187th Signal Serv. Bn. (Sept-Huntsville, AL) Albert Leonard Zavada, 141 Second St., Wyoming, PA Charles Wingerd, 657 Pen Oak Rd., Hagerstown, MD Barmby, 2609 Excalibur Dr. S.E., Huntsville, AL 35803. 18644. 10806 21740. 11000 10716 Sampson NTS, Co. 318 (1943) (Sept-Waterloo, NY) 602nd AAA, C & HQ Btrys. (Sept-Cincinnati) Charles 3222nd Ord. BSAM, 618th Ord. BSA Bn. (Sept- Domnick Cerra, 221 Prospect St., Dunmore, PA Miller, 4 Alcott Ln., Cincinnati, OH 45218. 10653 Asheville, NC) Harry Jones, 248 Sherwood Rd., 18512. 10792 624th Ord. Amm. Co. (Sept-Anderson, IN) Clyde Van Bristol, VA24201. 10875 Special Augmented Hospital #8 (Sept-Albuquerque, Dyke, 6912W. 22 St., Bradenton, FL34207. 10912 3578th Ord. Depot Co. (Sept-Lewiston, ME) Anton NM) Clarence Rhines, 140 S. Main St., O'Fallon, IL 625th Engr., L.E. Co. (Sept-Effingham, IL) William Baumer, 72 Wellman St., Lewiston, ME 04240. 11090 62269. 10992 Warner, Rt. 3, Box 20, Jerseyville, IL 62052. 11060 4611th QM TRK Co. (Hvy) (Philippines) (Oct-Lure USN Armed Guard Vets (Nov-Pearl Harbor) John 28603. Shirley, Dr. Austin, 78723. 1 1 631st TD Bn. (Oct-Jackson, MS) William Randolph, 700 Lake) Larry Eckard, Box 5145, Hickory, NC 5605 Berkman , TX 030 Parks Road Place, Jackson, MS 3921 2. 1 0667 10789 USN Armed Guard, Used William T. Rossell, 1079 648th TD Bn. (Sept-Paragould, AR) Woodrow McDaniel, 4612th QM TRK Co. (Hvy) (Philippines) (Oct-Lake Dredge (1944-45) (Sept- Pittsburgh) C.J. Will, 539 713 W.Thompson St., Paragould, AR 72450. 10901 Lure, NC) Larry Eckard,-Box5145, Hickory, NC 28603. Cincinnati Ave., Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215. 10620 658th Amph. Tractor Bn. (Aug-Northbrook, IL) Elmer 10791 USS ABSD-1 & others (Sept-Pigeon Forge, TN) Ray Hallen, 1161 Stark St., Kewaskum.WI 53040. 10951 Anti-tank Co., 30th, 3rd Inf. Div. (Sept-Chicago) Cox, 2796 N. 700 E., Provo, UT 84604. 10748 701 st MP Bn. (Oct.-Burnsville, MN) Herbert Albrecht, Edward Gorecki, 5714 S. Nordica Ave., Chicago, IL USS Allagash AO-97 (Oct-Charleston, SC) Kenneth Rt. 2, Box 22, Fairbank, IA 50629. 10802 60638. 10994 Goodwin, 2001 Mae St., Orlando, FL 32806. 10646 701stTD Bn. (Sept-Evansville, IN) Donald Belt, Rt. 3, ASA (Sept-Sierra Vista, AZ) Larry Eckard, Box 5145, USS Alnitah AK-127 (Oct-Midwest City, OK) Seay Box 234, Paris, IL61944. 10801 Hickory, NC 28603. 10822 Sanders, 1325 St. Matthews Dr., Midwest City, OK 713th ROB (Aug-Lincoln, NE) Victor Schaefer, 3305 S. C-7A Caribou (July) Nick Evanish, 210 48th St., 73110. 10818 16th St., Lincoln, NE 68502. 10721 Gulfport, MS 39507. 10855 USS Altamaha CVE-18 (Oct-San Diego) Richard 715th ROB (Sept-San Antonio) Cayce Thompson, 1 130 Camp Fannin Trainees & Cadre (WWII) (Nov-Tyler, TX) Cassell, 275 S. Worthington, #48, Spring Valley, CA S. Michigan Ave., #3214, Chicago, IL60605. 11091 Smith County Historical Soc, 125 S. College Ave., 91977. 10774 727th Amph. Trac. Bn. (Nov-Orlando, FL) Thomas Tyler, TX 75702. 10798 USS Atlanta CL-104/51 (Sept-Kansas City) N.O. Huston, 625 Moon Ranch Rd., Sebring, FL 33870. Nat'l Counter Intell. Corps Assn. (Sept-Columbus, Besheer, 220 W. 72nd St., Kansas City, MO 64114. 11101 OH) William Dunning, 7100 N. High St., Suite 300, 10847 733rd Engr. Depot Co. (Sept-Las Vegas) Nick Worthington, OH 43085. 10935 USS Balch DD-363/USS Porterfield DD-682 (Oct- Biesecker, 420 N. Chestnut St., #406, Pittsburgh, PA O'Reilly Gen. Hospital (Sept-Springfield, MO) Neil Eureka, CA) Sam Thomas, 3571 Vista Grande, 15202. 11033 Wortley, 1423 N. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO Shingle Springs, CA 95682. 10703 736th Medium Tank Bn. (SP) (Sept-Nashville, TN) Jack 65802. 10617 USS Barney DD-1 49 (Oct-Pensacola, FL) James Burke, Gay, 6193 Quince Rd., Memphis, TN 381 19. 10679 Schoefield Barracks CA (97th & 98th AAA) (Sept-Fort 4 0verbrookCt., Ormond Beach, FL32174. 11026 743rd ROB (Nov-Melbourne, FL) Joseph Eller, 201 N. Monroe, VA) D.M. Cooper, Box 142, Glen Dale, WV USS Belknap APD-34/DD-251 (Sept-St. Louis) Paul John Rodees Blvd., #85, Melbourne, FL 32934. 11075 26038. 10594 Eisenman, 540 E. Portage Trail, #103, Cuyahoga 745th Tank Bn. (Oct-Oakbrook, IL) A.G. Spencer, 760 Taboguilla Island Vets (1940-43) (Sept-Florence, KY) Falls, OH 44221. 10937 Pike, South- Bergall (Oct-San Antonio) Carl Weber, 15 Glen Ave., Marseilles, IL 61 341 . 10916 George Chavez, 2335 #79C, USS SS-320 754th FA Bn. (Sept-Indianapolis) R.A. Smith, 20740 W. gate, KY41071. 11049 March St., Nashua, NH 03060. 11046 USS Besugo SS-321 (WWII) (Oct-San Antonio) FL. 343rd St., Wilmington, IL 60481 . 1 1056 USAFISPA/SOPACBACOM/ASCOMO (1942-45) (Aug- 759th MP Bn. (Oct-North Brunswick, NJ) Ralph Parillo, San Francisco) Robert Gold, 275 Firestone Dr., Arntz, 3544 E. Fedora, Fresno, CA 93726. 11045 318Riva Ave., Milltown, NJ 08850. 10728 Roseville, CA95678. 11095 USS Betelgeuse AKA-11/AK-28 (Sept-New Orleans) 759th ROB (Sept-Nashville, TN) Dan Nepi, 26 Joans USAHS Shamrock (WWII) (Oct-Charleston, SC) Bill Roy Hoffman, 253 Alliston Rd., Springfield, PA 19064. Ln., Berlin, NJ 08009. 10784 Hummrich, 29 Royal Crest Dr., A-5, Nashua, NH 10785 769th MP Bn., A Co. (Oct-Reno, NV) William Parrish, 03060. 10984 USS Bismark Sea CVE-95/VC-86 (Oct-San Antonio) Taylor, 2, Box 298W, Canyon Lake, TX 1 10 Beechwood Dr., Madison Hts., VA 24572. 10332 USASA (Aug-Warrenton, VA) Steve Kolstad, 8625 James HC 772nd TD Bn. (Oct-, Ml) Napoleon Roberts, Jackson Ave., Manassas, VA 221 10. 10650 78133. 10672 14732 KentCt., Shelby Twp., Ml 48315. 10283 USS Blakely FF-1072 (Nov-Charleston, SC) William 778th Tank Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Louisville, KY) George Dunn, USS Blakely FF-1072, FPO Miami, FL 34090. Nicholson, 1321 E. Douglas St., Goshen, IN 46526. 10934 11109 Navy USS Bright DE-747 (Sept-Virginia Beach, VA) A.B. 788th MP Bn., D Co. (WWII) (Oct-Jamesville, Wl) Dino Studdard, Box 1274, Athens, TN 37303. 10817 Harbor, Micheletto, 7841 S. Kenneth Ave., Chicago, IL 60652. USS Brinkley Bass DD-887 (Aug-Bar ME) 11068 3rd Seabee Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Denver) Bob Service, 319 Robert Shetron, 347 W. Leeside St., Glendora, CA 790th FA Bn. (Oct-Orlando, FL) James Brady, 121 Empire, Aurora, CO 80010. 10711 91740. 11253 9th Special Seabees (WWII) (Sept-Nashville, TN) Earl USS Brooks DD-232/APD-10 (Sept-Burlington, IA) Paul Steamboat Ln., #5, Ballwin, MO 6301 1 . 10865 IA , Burlington, 800th MP Co. (Fort Jay, NY) (Ocl-Fort McHenry, MD) Jones, 719 W. 54th St., Minneapolis, MN 55419. 10853 Pemberton, Rt. 1 3 Shady Acres, Joseph Murphy, 327 Clyde Ave., Baltimore Co., MD 63rd NCB (WWII) (Aug-Evansville, IN) Byron Carter, 555 52601. 10678 air (Oct- 21227 10819 Shady Lane, Boonville, IN 47601 . 10755 USS Cabot CVL-28, including sqs. (1943-57) Pickens, 802nd FA Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Tampa, FL) Warren Surrett, 76th NCB (WWII) (Sept-Jacksboro, TX) R.A. Brewer, Pensacola, FL) W.H. Anderson, 430 Ft. 11081 5212Headland Hills Ave., Tampa, FL 33625. 10305 5327 N. 30th, Tulsa, OK 741 07. 10718 Pensacola Beach, FL 32561. 804th TD Bn. (WWII) (Sepl-Roswell. NM) John Gaddy, 85th NCB (WWII) (Sept-Tucson, AZ) David Estes, 215 E. USS Caperton DD-650 (Sept-Baltimore) Nicholas 7th St., Safford, AZ 85546. 10665 Mangione, 1205 York Rd., Lutherville, MD 21093. Rt. 3., 1404 E. 17 St., Roswell, NM 88201 . 10701 805th TD Bn. (Sept) Michael Gierlak, 501 Cascade Rd,, 95th Seabees (Sept-Tampa, FL) George Raykos, 1240 10781 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 10991 Wynnewood Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18017. 10773 USS Capps DD-550 (Sept-New Orleans) Earl Beadle, 820th Engr. Avn. Bn. (Oct-Dayton, OH) Max 123rd NCB (Aug-Charleston, SC) W.J. Bean Jr., Box 1203 West St., Pine Bluff, AR 71602. 10696 Whitelealher, 2414 Washington CI., Fort Wayne, IN 457, Sullivan Is., SC 29482. 10913 USS Conway DD/DDE-507 (Oct-Savannah, GA) Coval 46808 10600 126th NCB/CBMU-586/618 (Sept-Colorado Springs) Wild, 115 Vera St., Warwick, Rl 02886. 10987 KY) 823rd TD Bn., 30th Int. Div. (Sept-Salt Lake City) Gerald Schaal, 212 Bailey Dr., Pueblo West, CO USS Corbesler DE-438 (Sept-Middlesborough, R.R. Carney, 410 Riviera Plaza, 1618 S.W. First Ave., William Higgins, Box 1222, Fillmore, UT 84631 . 10743 81007. 10893

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USS Currier DE-700 ( Aug-Memphis) R. Comer, 312 414 Overbrook Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32225. 10654 USS Roy O. Hale DE/DER-336 (Sept-Denver) Gene

Montgomery Dr., Statesville, NC 28677. 11053 USS LST-223 (Nov-Hickory, NC) Rick Coffey, 3466 Tapfer, 1 2827 N. 44th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85304. 1 0740 USS De Grasse K-223 (Sept-San Francisco) Bud Lester St., Conover, NC 28613. 10777 USS Samuel B. Roberts DD-823/DE-413/FFG-58 (Oct-

Conway. 9308 S. Homan Ave.. Evergreen Park, II USS LST-227 (Sept) Paul Hall, 5461 N.W. 83rd Terr., Newport, Rl) Vince Goodrich, 7 Brown Ave., Bradford, 60642. 10637 Kansas City, MO 641 51. 10938 PA 16701. 10873 USS Edison DD-439 (Nov-Orlando, FL) Jean Whetstine, USS LST-276 (WWII) (Sept-New Orleans) Terrell USS Schroeder DD-501 (Sept-Myrtle Beach, SC)

10635 Byron Rd., Byron, Ml 48418. 10610 Woosley Jr., Rt. 2, Box 226, Lake Charles, LA 70605. George Thomas, Box 404, Thomasville, PA 1 7364. USS Ericsson DD-440 (Oct-Clark, NJ) Walt Kropel- 10917 10657 nitski, 61 Village Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470. 10735 USS LST-288 (July-Reading, PA) Victor Magmami, 517 USS Sevier APA-233 (WWII/Including troop passen- USS Euryale AS-22 (Oct-St. Louis) John Schulz, 1 60 S. Grove Ave., Edison, NJ 08820. 10739 gers) (Sept-Arlington, VA) Edmond Power, 2715 Kimberly Ave., Youngstown, OH 44515. 10642 USS LST-291 (Sept-New Orleans) J.G. Jones Jr., Box Birdseye Ln., Bowie, MD 20715. 10782 USS Fanning DD-385 (Sept-Boise, ID) Hubert Dobbs, 374, Metairie, LA 70001. 10593 USS Shad SS-235 (Oct-San Antonio) W.J. Cheek, 2420 6000 Poso Ct., Bakersfield, CA 93309. 10948 USS LST-353 (WWII) (Sept-New Orleans) Terrell Wilson Ave., Pascagoula, MS 39567. 10692 USS Fessenden DE/DER-142 (Sept-Virginia Beach, Woosley Jr., Rt. 2, Box 226, Lake Charles, LA 70605. USS Sheliak AKA-62 (Aug-Grand Haven, Ml) Larry VA) USS Fessenden Reunion, 428 Willow Bend Dr., 11252 Eckard, Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10816 Chesapeake, VA 23323. 10988 USS LST-515 (Oct-Charleston, SC) John Casner, 113 USS Sigsbee DD-502 (Oct-Virginia Beach, VA) Simon

USS Fletcher DD/DDE-445 (Sept-Baton Rouge, LA) Volk Lane, Summerville, SC 29485. 10886 Hertzler, 2725 Cordley St., Fitchburgh, Wl 5371 1 John Jensen, 3918 Conlon Ave., Covina, CA 91722. USS LST-582 (Sept-New Orleans) Ed Novak, 2904 Hiss 11001 10661 Ave., Baltimore, MD 21234. 10894 USS Snapper SS-185 (Oct-San Antonio) Richard USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry USS LST-654 (Oct-Riverside, NV) Harley Harper, 1810 Glavin, 3330 Alder Ave., Fremont, CA94536. 11043 Eckard. Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10815 Forest Way, Bullhead City, AZ 86442. 10910 USS Sumter APA-52 (Sept-Niagara Falls, NY) Ambrose USS Fred T. Berry DD/DDE-858 (Oct-Reno, NV) Denis USS LST-681 (Sept-Nashville, TN)" James Daves, 806 Sweeney, 323 Oak Tree Dr., Canandaigua, NY 14424. Gordon, 319 E. Main St. #L-7, Marlboro, MA 01752. Burton Point Rd., Mt. Juliet, TN 37122. 10887 11084 10882 USS LST-699 (Sept-New Orleans) Oren Knapp, 77 USS Suwannee CVE-27 (Oct-Bremerton, WA) Edward

USS Furse DDR-882 (Nov-USS Yorktown) Carlisle Oneida St., Oneonta, NY 1 3820. 1 1 076 Reichenbach, 1 5022 47th Ave. E., Tacoma, WA 98446. Coleman, Box 53394, Atlanta, GA 30305. 10675 USS LST-71 2 (Sept-New Orleans) Charles Hartley, 491 10931 USS Grady DE-445 (Aug-Las Vegas) Warren Jessen, Sugarloaf Mt. Rd., Roanoke, VA 2401 8. 10584 USS Tuluga AO-62 (WWII) (Nov-Las Vegas) Henry 1 62 Evergreen PI., West Des Moines, IA 50265. 1 1032 USS LST-797 (Sept-Louisville, KY) CO. Childress. 4820 Boudreau, 3524 E. Ave., R #1 30, Palmdale, CA 93550. USS Gurnard SS-254 (Oct-San Antonio) Tom Rit- Tartan Dr., Metairie, LA 70003. 10788 10967 tenhouse, 1252 Main St., N. Huntingdon, PA 15642. USS LST-840 (Korea/1950-55) (Oct-Fennimore, Wl) USS Vammen DE-644 (Sept-Nashville, TN) Chester

10892 Norman Becker, Rt. 1 , Box 195, Augusta, Wl 54722. Pike, 4650 State Rt. 132, Batavia, OH 45103. 10592 USS Halligan DD-584 (Oct-Clark, NJ) Walt Kropelnitski, 10723 USS Vulcan (Nov-Norfolk, VA) Rick Coffey, 3466 Lester 61 Village Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470. 10734 USS LST-888/LCT-1414 (Sept-Orlando, FL) E.P. Terry, St., Conover, NC 28613. 10779

USS Hammerberg DE-1015 (Sept) Lloyd Eskins, 13021 1452 Arden View Dr., Arden Hills, MN 551 12. 1 1063 USS Walke DD-416 (Nov-San Diego) John Dowling, Kevin Lane, Chardon, OH 44024. 10810 USS LST-910 (Sept-New Orleans) Glen Halter, 308 W. 3016 Murray Ridge Rd., San Diego, CA92123. 10927

USS Hancock CV/CVA-1 9 Assn. (Sept-Seattle) Charlie Gorgas St., Louisville, OH 44641 . 10582 USS Wharton AP-7 (Oct-San Diego) Lynn Gardener, Boyst, 1801 West Bend Ct., Clemmons, NC 27012. USS LST-991 (Oct-New Orleans) Phil Schreiber, 214 1307S. Pacific St., Oceanside, CA 92054. 10928 11031 Julius St., Iselin, NJ 08830. 10933 USS Willis DE-395 (Oct-Orlando, FL) Rodney Haney, USS Harris APA-2 (Oct-South Padre Island, TX) Cleo USS Makin Island CVE-93/VC-41/84/91 (Aug-Las 7408 Venetian Way, West Palm Beach, FL 33406. Pinson, 704 E. 8th St., Weslaco, TX 78596. 11105 Vegas) Gus Youngkrist, 1900 S. Ocean Blvd., #15-N, 11066 USS Hersey AP-148 (Sept) Bill Owens, 3008 Appleton, Pompano Beach, FL 33062. 10884 USS Willmarth DE-638 (Oct-Lancaster, PA) Joseph Parsons, KS 67357. 10772 USS McDermut DD-677 (Sept-Baton Rouge, LA) OH. Armillei, 347 Francis St., Drexel Hill, PA 1 9026. 1 0622 USS Hesperia AKS-13 (Oct-St. Petersburg, FL) Harold Pippitt, 2156 University Ct., Clearwater, FL 34624. USS Wintle DE-25 (Aug-Hesston, KS) Ray Hackenberg, Curry, 1300 62nd Terr. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705. 10876 Box 232, Hesston, KS 67062. 10643 10859 USS Megrez AK-126 (Sept-Charleston, SC) G. Toole, USS Wyman DE-38 (Sept-Madison, Wl) Robert USS Hinsdale APA-120 (WWII) (Oct-Portland, ME) 1606 Forest Hill Ave. S.W., Aiken, SC 29801. 10638 Holmgren, Rt. 2, Box 450, Wild Rose, Wl 54984. 10971 Maynard Meserve, 9 Dana St., Gorham, ME 04038. USS Meredith DD-890 (Oct-Virginia Beach, VA) Joseph USS YOG-32 (Reykjavik, ) (Nov-Philadelphia) 10596 Sufczynski, 812 Oakleigh Beach Rd., Baltimore, MD Frank Cahill. 301 Sheffield Rd.. Cherry Hill, NJ 08034. USS Honolulu CL-48 (Nov-Honolulu) William Speer, 21222. 10763 10753 425 Ena Rd., #302A, Honolulu, HI 96815. 11067 USS Miami CL-89 (Oct-Miami Beach) Betty Duff, 2200 USS Yorktown CV-10 Assn. (Oct-Mt. Pleasant, SC)

USS Hudson DD-475 (Oct-Boston) Delora Williams, Ocean Pines, Berlin, MD 2181 1 . 10943 Joseph Sharkey, Box 1021, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. 5607 Gillis, San Antonio, TX 78240. 1 1008 USS Munson DD-698 (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard, 10821 USS Hull DD-350 (Sept-Las Vegas) M.D. Hoffman, 1214 Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10770 USS Zaniah (Oct-Lancaster, PA) Larry Eckard, Box

N. Kennedy, Enid, OK 73701 . 10878 USS Neshanic AO-71 (Sept-Tyler, TX) Russell Thed- 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10778 USS Inaugural AM-242 (Sept-St. Louis) Myron Pilatz, ford, 700 Sunnyhill Dr., Tyler, TX 75702. 10715 USS Zeal AM-131 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Mike Georges, 1 Ct., 11 507. 1409 Elmwood Dr., Quincy, IL 62301 . 10583 USS Orion AS-18 (Oct-New Orleans) D.O. Stuck, 621 Terrace Albertson, NY 10683 USS Inch DE-146 Assn. (Sept-Corpus Christi. TX) O A. Spencer N.E., Grand Rapids, Ml 49505. 10760 V-12/V-5 Program, Muhlenberg College (Including Schoenrock, 3424 S. Lincoln St., Springfield, IL USS Oriskany CVA-34 (Aug-New York, NY) Daniel Marine units) (Sept-Allentown, PA) Marcella Schick, 62704. 10790 Kearns, Box 242, New Lisbon, NJ 08064. 10615 Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown, PA USS Independence CVL-22 (Sept-New Orleans) Joe USS Partridge AM-16/AT-138 (Oct-Pensacola, FL) 18104. 10787 Rogers, 141 Locust Dr., Maywood, NJ 07607. 10874 Joseph Shannon, 4509 Jones Rd., Knoxville, TN V-5/V-12, Southwest Louisiana Institute (Including USS J.C. Owens DD-776 (1950-54) (Sept-Ortley Beach, 37918. 11088 Marines) (Sept-Lafayette, LA) O.A. Williams, 61 4 Oak NJ) Raymond Lala, 42 Valley View Dr., RockawayTwp., USS Pasadena CL-65 (Oct-Pittsburgh) Wilfred Giroux, Manor Dr., New Iberia, LA 70560. 11080 NJ 07866. Rt. VF/VBF-85 (USS Shangri-la/WWII) (Oct-Falmouth, 11094 2, Box 421 , Norway, ME 04268. 10608 USS James C. Owens DD-776 (Oct-Charleston, SC) USS PC-1120 (Sept-Denver) Ted Eller, 4150 Yarrow Ct., MA) Kenneth Reightler, 1072 Charity Dr., Virginia Lee Warren, Box 660, Leeds, UT 84746. 10694 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. 11050 Beach, VA 23455. 10867 USS Johnson DD-821 (Dec-Hickory, NC) Brenda USS PC-1235 (Oct-Lansdale, PA) Edward Walls, 1410 VJ-12 and other VJs (Sept-Reno, NV) Bill Chades, Eckard. Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28613. 10758 W. Main St., Lansdale, PA 19446. 10856 15030 Whistling Dr., Redding, CA 96003. 10669 USS Juneau CL-52/CLAA-1 1 9/LDT-1 0 (Aug-San USS Perkins DD/DDR-877 (Sept-Meriden. CT) Michael VP-23 (P2 era) (Sept-NAS Brunswick, ME) Christian

Diego) Chuck Gonzalez, 701 B St., San Diego, CA Civitillo, 261 Howd Rd., Durham, CT 06422. 10607 Eybergen, Box 695, Brunswick, ME 0401 1 . 11028 92101 10737 USS Philadelphia CL-41 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) S.V. Stofko, VP-5 (Sept-Pensacola) Gayle Cooper, Box 10119,

USS Kalk DD-61 1 (Oct-Baton Rouge, LA) Jack Kimball, Box 187, Dayton, NJ 0881 0. 10705 Pensacola, FL 32524. 10619 551 Crestwood Ave.. Fremont, OH 43420. 10895 USS Philip DD-498 (WWII) (Oct-Charleston, SC) VP-731 (Sept-Nashville, TN) Bill Masser, 7305 Dolphin, USS Lackawanna AO-40 (Aug-Reno, NV) H.B. Will- Hazard Benedict, 20 N. Stone Mill Dr., Dedham, MA Detroit, Ml 48239. 10591 iams, 798 Glen Dr., Bullhead City, AZ 86442. 10704 02026. 10751 VPB-26 (WWII) (Sept-Cape Cod, MA) Paul Cameron, 48 USS LCI (G) 346/438/457 (Sept-Oklahoma City) Ray USS Pittsburgh CA-72 (Oct-New Orleans) Lee Warren, Santucket Rd., West Dennis, MA 02670. 10634 Malicoat, 244 S. Norman, Moore, OK 73160. 10968 Box 660, Leeds, UT 84746. 10599 VR-24 Assn. (Oct-Hilton Head, SC) Pete Owen, 24633 USS LCI (R) 31 (Sept-Branson, MO) Victor Kisela, Box USS Pocono AG-16 (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard, Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas, CA91302. 10783 232, Stralton, NE 69043 11072 Box 5145, Hickory. NC 28603. 10795 VT-86 (WWII) (Oct-St. Augustine) Harlan Shotwell, 1 208 USS LCI-411 (Oct-Durham, NC) Richard Baker, Box USS Pontiac (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard, Box 5145, Prince Rd., St. Augustine, FL 32086. 11204, Durham, NC 27703. 10915 Hickory, NC 28603. 10805

USS LCS (L) 114 (Sept-Jacksonville, FL) Henry Schutz USS Pursuit AGS-1 7 (Oct-Norfolk, VA) Frank Terne, 1 1 Jr.. Rt. 1, Box 287A, Gloucester, VA 23061 10993 Princeton Rd.. Somers Point, NJ 08244. 1 1021 USS Leonls AKA-128 (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard, USS Richey DE-385 (Sept-New London, CT) Henry Army Air Forces Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10768 Konrad, 18437 University Park., Livonia, Ml 48152.

USS Lindsey DM-32 (Sept-Sf . Louis) J. L Arrington, Box 10633 5065, Spring Hill, FL 34606. 10722 USS Richmond CL-9 (Sept-Richmond. VA) C, Doran, 1st Air Serv. Sq. (WWII) (Sept-Grand Haven, Ml) Otis USS LSM-132 (Oct-Knoxville, TN) John Pavidis, 233 418 Crest Dr., Northvale, NJ 07647. 11054 Block, 214 Crim St., Bowling Green, OH 43402. 10588 Savin Hill Ave., Dorchester, MA 02125. 10924 USS Robert H. McCard DD-822 (Oct-Mobile, AL) 3rd Staff Sq., Sherman Field (Sept-Leavenworth, KS) USS LSM-232 (Sepl-Norfh Little Rock, AR) W E. Holder, Lonnie Phillips, 14411 Co. Rd. 27, Fairhope, AL Roscoe Swenson, 2053 Highland, Salina, KS 67401 3740 Lochlane, North Little Rock, AR 721 16 1 1025 36532 10720 10989 USS LSM-320 (Sept-Cleveland) Charles Danielson, 432 USS Rodman DD-456/DMS-21 (Sept-Charleston, SC) 4th/6th Tac Air Comm. Sqs. (WWII) (Sept-Niagara Indiana St., Park Forest, IL 60466 10996 Norman Simonelli, 4648 Paul Revere Rd., Virginia Falls, NY) Lloyd Reeves, 2092 Danna Dr., Collins, NY USS LST Assn. (Sept-New Orleans) Linda Gunjak, Box Beach, VA 23455. 10649 14034. 10604 8769, Toledo. OH 43623 10756 USS Roll DE-362 (Aug-Las Vegas) John San-Marco, 6th AAF Radio Sq. Mobile/1 4 01 h Radio Intell. Co. USS LST-1 (Sept-New Orleans) Robert Binbow, 5834 411 W. Clary Ave., Ilk, San Gabriel, CA91776. 10946 (Sept-Jay, VT) William Armstrong, Box 1 33, Derby

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214, Clymer, NY 14724. 10898 Richards, 139 Kiser Dr., Tipp City, OH 45371 . 11044 64114. 10940 19th Bomb Grp. Assn. (Sept-Hampton, VA) James 89th Airdrome Sq. (Oct-Mobile, AL) Elmore Blake, 4005 Kiracofe, 274 Quinn Rd., West Alexandria, OH 45381. Springdale Rd., Mobile, AL 36609. 10741 10S98 98th Bomb Grp. /Wing (Sept-Las Vegas) Monty 24th Combat Mapping Sq. (Sept-Oklahoma City) Les Montgomery, 18980 Burnt Leaf Way, Monument, CO Coast Guard Bryan, Box 326, Mart, TX 76664. 1 1 023 80132. 10890 27th Bomb Grp. (L) (Oct-Savannah, GA) Paul Lankford, 151st AC&W Grp., 101st AC&W Sq., 101st Radar Patrol Frigate Assn. (Sept-Colorado City) Roberta 105 Hummingbird Dr., Maryville.TN 37801. 10995 Calib. Det. (Korea 1951/Berlin 1961) (Oct-Falmouth, Shotwell, 622 Southgate Ave., Daly City, CA 94195. 43rd Bomb Grp. (H) Assn. (Oct-Norfolk, VA) Lloyd MA) Arthur Kinder, 1 78 Highland Ave., Arlington, MA 10888 Boren, 102 Beechwood, Universal City, TX 78148. 02174.10809 USCGC 83514, RESFLO-1 (Normandy invasion) (Fall) 11003 303rd Bomb Wing Assn. (Sept-Tucson, AZ) O.R. Smith, Anthony D'Angelo, 40 Connecticut Ave., New Britain, 47th Bomb Grp. (WWII) (Sept-Seattle) Costa Chalas, Box 15086, Tucson, AZ 85708. 10776 CT 06051. 11057 67Trapelo Rd., Belmont, MA 021 78. 10780 307th Ftr. Sq., 31st Ftr. Grp., 15th AF (WWII) (Sept- USCGC Tampa (Oct-Mobile, AL) Joe Steed Jr., 8125 86th Obs. Sq. (C&D), Bellows Field (Dec-Waimanalo, Pascagoula, MS) Bill Trest, 10190 Lobouy Rd., Pass Rivertown Rd., Fairburn, GA 30213. 10804

HI) B. Camacho, 51 5 Tinker Rd., Waimanalo, HI Christian, MS 39571 . 11071 USS Brownsville PF-10 (Sept-Colorado Springs) Dean 96795. 10724 325th Airdrome Sq. (Nov-Hickory, NC) Larry Eckard, Surface, Box 256, Fontanelle, IA 50846. 11005 87th Airdrome Sq., 7th AF (WWII) (Sept-Allentown, PA) Box 51 45, Hickory, NC 28603. 10729 USS Brunswick PF-68 (Oct-Ft. Walton Beach, FL)

CarlCerino, Rt. 1 , Box 1047, Bangor, PA 1801 3. 10706 333rd Bomb Grp. (Nov-Great Bend, KS) Larry Eckard, Richard Thomas, 1856 Ridgeway Dr., Clearwater, FL 310th/311th/312th Ferrying Sqs. (Sept-Colorado Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10823 34615.11078 Springs) Rocky Bravo, 2712 N.W. 64th St., Oklahoma 339th Ftr. Sq. (WWII/Japan 1947-58) (Sept-Seattle) USS Durant (Oct-Cape May, NJ) Larry Eckard, Box City, OK 73116. 11058 Richard Cowles, 745 Harrison St., Belding, Ml 48809. 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10824 313th Signal Avn. Co. (Nov-Augusta, GA) Rick Coffey, 10707 USS LST-787 (WWII) (Oct-Hampton, VA) Ralph Burns. 3466 Lester St., Conover, NC 2861 3. 10771 341st Ftr. Sq., 348th Ftr. Grp. (Sept-Boston) Art Cronk, 8B Fallbrook St., Whiting, NJ 08759. 10979

320th Bomb Grp. (Oct-Louisville, KY) Stu Rowan, 108 32 Mulberry St., Trumbull, CT 0661 1 . 1 0900 USS LST-832 (Sept-Philadelphia) Rus Smeal, 12 W. Aspen, Hereford, TX 79045. 10939 493rd Bomb Grp. Memorial Assn. (Sept-New Orleans) Park Rd., Havertown, PA 19083. 11098 328th Serv. Sq./444th Sub Depot (WWII) (Sept-Grand John Conway, 58 College Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY USS Peoria PF-67 (Oct-Ft. Walton Beach, FL) Jack Island, NE) M.H. Paulk, Rt. 3, Box 280, Wood River, NE 12603.10850 Flickinger, Box 703, Fremont, OH 43420. 1 1 077 68883. 10759 602nd AC&W Sq. (Aug-Birkenfeld, Germany) Ray USS Ramsden (Oct-Cape May, NJ) Larry Eckard, Box 331st Serv. Sq. (WWII) (Aug-Peoria, IL) Robert Koehler, Alcaraz, 2531 Vermont St., Ramona, CA92065. 10852 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 10808 201 Jadewood, Morton, IL 61550. 10666 61 3th AC&W Sq., Site 34 (Shiriya Saki/1 951 -54) (Sept- 362nd Fighter Grp., 9th AF (Oct-St. Louis) C.F. Mason, Lexington, KY) James Avery, Rt. 2, Box 430, Dry

1 525 Carol Dr., Memphis, TN 381 1 6. 1 1065 Ridge, KY41035. 10793 368th Ftr. Grp. Assn. (Oct-San Diego) William Wright, 901st Engr. 8th AF, HQ Co. (July-Chicago) Chester Miscellaneous Box 21 93, Rancho Sante Fe, CA 92067. 1 0799 Rogers, 8537 S. Marquette Ave., Chicago, IL 60617. 370th Bomb Sq. (Sept-Albuquerque, NM) Neal Cupp, 10858 China-Burma-India Vets (Sept-Fort Dodge, IA) Walter 1219 Hilton PI. N.W., Socorro, NM 87801. 11096 932nd Aeromedical Airlift Grp. (AF Reserve) (Includ-

Gloe, 1419 Prospect Ave., Fort Dodge, I A 50501 457th Bomb Grp. (WWII) (Oct-Gulf Shores, AL) Homer ing predecessor units) (Oct- Scott AFB, IL) Bill 10990 Briggs, 811 Northwest B St., Bentonville, AR 72712. Moyer, 1839 North Rodgers, Alton, IL 62002. 11104 Civilian Conservation Corps (Convention) (Sept- 11047 7521 st Comm. Sq./59th Oper. Sq. Dep. (Burtonwood) Jackson, MS) John Moscinski, 52 Woods Rd., Little 461 st Air Service Sq. (Oct-Sacr amento) Robert Mercel, (Oct-Las Vegas) Steve Couvelis, 4518 Hidalgo Ave., Falls, NJ 07424. 11086 8588 Trionfo Ave., North Port, FL 34287. 11007 San Diego, CA 921 17. 10764 Korean War Veterans Assn. (National) (July-Arlington, 489th Ftr. Sq., 339th Ftr. Grp. (Oct-Thomasville, GA) Bradley Field (WWII) (Aug-East Granby, CT) H. Snyder, VA) Dick Adams, Box 127Caruthers, CA 93609. 10914 Robert Scislowicz, 1426 E. Windemere, Royal Oak, Ml 1463 Blvd., West Hartford, CT061 19. 10769 48073. 10952 Pilot Class 48-B (Oct-Las Vegas) T Leeder, 51 30 E. Midwestern Vets (Aug-Soldiers Grove, Wl) Roger 558th Bomb Sq., 387th Bomb Grp. (WWII)iSept- Charleton, #5-316, Las Vegas, NV89110. 10641 Turnmire, Box 113, Soldiers Grove, Wl 54655. 10849 Pigeon Forge, TN) Virginia Turner, Rt. 3, Box 84, Pilot Class 51-H (Dec-San Antonio) John Orr, Box Mosquito Assn. (Oct-San Antonio) Billy Turner, 8702 Lawrenceville, IL 62439. 10733 11071, Fort Worth, TX 76110. 11009

Midcrown Dr. , San Antonio, TX 78239. 1 0942 568th/580th Signal AW Bns. (Attached to 7th AF) Pilot's Class 42-A (Oct-San Antonio) A.R. Bredewater, 2 ND Korean Veterans (Oct-Jamestown, ND) Roger (Sept-Wichita, KS) Edward Zoladz, 528 Shoreline Rd., Royal Crest, New Braunfels, TX 781 30. 1 0786 Smith, 1739 4th Ave. N.E., Jamestown, ND 58401. Lake Barrington Shores, IL60010. 10699 Postal Courier Assn. (Sept-Colorado Springs) Jim 11004 583rd Signal AW Bn., HQ Det. (Aug-Newark, OH) Foshee, 3509 Deer Trail, Temple, TX 76504. 10869 Nebraska Vietnam Veterans (Aug-Lincoln, NE) NVV, Douglas Burkett, 1000 Drexel Hills Blvd., New Cum- Wheelus AB (Tripoli/1948-51) (Oct-Cocoa Beach, FL) Box 4263, Lincoln, NE 68504'. 10950 berland, CA 17070. 11051 David Ryan, 7225 S. Depew St., Littleton, CO 80123. Scouts and Raiders (Nov-Ft. Pierce, FL) James 871 st Signal Co., 56th ADG (- WWII) (Sept-Santa 10676 Barnes, 3216 Yale St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33713. Fe, NM) Riley Gelbach, 2545 Crestview Dr., Beloit, Wl 10663 53511. 10626 Special Operations Assn. (Oct-Las Vegas) Jack 896th Signal Co. DEP Avn. (WWII) (Oct-Boston) Dick Abraham, Box 200999, Austin, TX 78720. 10673 Diller, 1046 Old Country Rd., Severna Park, MD Marines 21146.10688 1886th Engr. Avn. Bn. (Sept-Imperial, MO) Henry 1st Marine Air Wing (Vietnam) (Oct-San Diego) Rob Ehlers, 5031 Grandview Dr., Imperial, MO 63052. Waters, Box 7240, Freeport, NY 1 1 520. 1 0932 11110 1st Marine Div. Assn. (Aug-San Diego) George Meyer,

1 Florida Ave. Woodbridge, VA 221 91 . 10848 2072nd QM Truck. Co. (Sept-McAllen, TX) Vernon 704 , LET'S GET TOGETHER Carson, 108 Cayuga Cove, Lake Kiowa, TX 76240. 2nd Bn., 3rd Rgt., 3rd MarDiv., G Co. (1966-69) (Aug- 10911 Olympia, WA) Bill Shadduck, 201 N.E. 41 St., Olympia, This column is for notices of proposed reunions. Airways & Air Comm. Serv. (Sept-Dayton, OH) Martin WA 98506. 11022 Notices should be submitted on official forms that can be Whetstone, 1001 Lake Ave., New Carlisle, OH 45344. 3rd Bn., 9th Marines, K Co. (Sept-North Olmsted, OH) obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope 10628 Anthony Kristek, 15875 Briarwood Lane, Columbia to Let's Get Together, The American Legion Magazine. Hobbs AAF Assn. (Oct-Hobbs, NM) L.R. Gregory, Station, OH 44028. 10732 P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices are Hobbs C of C, 400 N. Marland, Hobbs, NM 88240. 28th Marines, E Co. (Sept-San Diego) D.E. Severance, published only one time per unit per year. No notices are 10897 Box 1972, LaJolla, CA92037. 11099 published in November, the Convention issue. 81st Mortars, 3rd Bn., 1st Rgt., 1st MarDiv. (Sept- Columbus, OH) George Petro Jr., 5427 Willowwood Rd., Columbus, OH 43229. 11089 C-1-9, 3rd MarDiv. (Sept-Canton, OH) Tony Haloski, Army Air Force 9204 S. Sawyer Ave., Evergreen Park, IL 60642. 11011 7th Photo Recon. Grp., Mt. Farm, England (Oct- HMM (HMR) 161 (Sept-Kansas City, MO) Ronald Winter, 9th Traffic Rgt., RTO Ranger YD (Nurnberg/1946) Orlando, FL) George Lawson, 4390 14th St. N.E., St. 72 West St., Hebron, CT 06248. 10851 Elmer Jacobs Jr., 9730 Evans St., Philadelphia, PA Petersburg, FL 33703. 10597 Marine Corps Tankers Assn. (Oct-Jacksonville, NC) 19115. 10827 8th Photo Recon. Sq. (WWII) (Oct-Norfolk, VA) Sid Buck Wroten, 107 C Governors Ct., Glen Burnie, MD 22nd Ord. Bn., 835th/591st Cos. (1947-1949) Paul Chalupa, 324 Highland Park Dr., Kelso, WA 98626. 21061. 10974 Burns, 321 Leech Rd., Greenville, PA 16126. 10836

10738 Marine Det., London (1947-51) (Oct-Orlando, FL) 25th Mech. Cav. Recon Troop Ivan Mumford, Rt. 1 , Box 16th SOS (Oct-Forl Walton Beach, FL) Frank Scafidi, Robert Smith, 1860 Pinnacle Dr., Lakeland, FL33813. 417, Clarion. PA 16214. 10908 20602. 10611 Marion Thacker, 2280 Ingleside Ct , Waldorf, MD 10881 26th AAA AW Bn., A Btry. (1949-51) 20th Tactical Recon. Sq. (Oct-Hot Springs, AR) Stanley Marine Det., USS Huntington CL-107 (Oct-San Diego) 2523W. John St., Grand Island, NE 68803. 11114 Gawlik, 661 Woodland Dr., Tallmadge, OH 44278. Ken Pettit, 2757 Via Dieguenos, Alpine, CA 91901 26th Inf. Training Bn., (Camp Croft/1943-45) Harold 10999 10796 Arenstein, 31 Nottingham Ter, Waterbury, CT 06704. 27th Ftr. Sq., 1st Ftr. Grp. (Oct-San Diego) William Marine Raider Assn. (Sept-Scottsdale, AZ) Francis 10645

Arnold Jr , Box 2885, Hemet, CA 92343 1 0945 Hepburn, 471 1 Del Monte Ave., San Diego, CA 92107. 82nd Airborne (Las Vegas Chapter) Chuck Springer, 51st Ftr. Grp. (Sept-San Diego) Spence, 1464 Beverly 10671 8122W. Flamingo, #82, Las Vegas, NV89711. 10975 Dr., Anaheim, CA 92801 10947 Marine Rocket (Sept-Salt Lake City) Marvin Taylor, 261 86th Inf. Div. Band Bruce Henderson, 206 South St., 54th FIS (Aug-Rapid City, SD) Bill Newell, Rt 2, Box 361 Main Ave. S., Brookings, SD 57006 10812 Everett, PA 15537. 10982 Neche, ND 58265 10923 VMF-452 (WWII) (Oct-Charleston, SC) Joe Warren, 13 Please turn page

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93rd Evac. Hospital (Vietnam) Steven Amster, 31 Pine Ardinger, Rt. 4, Box 125A, Decorah, IA 52101 . 10680 Forest Dr., Jesup, GA 31 545. 11061 SCLU-16 & Boat Pool 12(WWII) W.B. Babcock Jr., 3142 96th Evac. Hospital (1943-45) Alfred Sherer, 2330 Secret Woods Trail W., Jacksonville, FL 32216. 10655 Air Force Maue Rd.. Miamisburg, OH 45342. 10965 Scouts/Raiders/UDT/SEALS/NCDU Jim Watson, 3300 101st Airborne Div., Cos. Q 506/516, Camp Brecken- N. A1A, Ft. Pierce, FL 34949. 11014 79th Station 9th William Pataki, ridge (Basic Training/1951) Edgar Cearlock, 1 140 USN Armed Guard, SS Chipana James Gailey, 271 Complement, AF 5336 Virginia Ave.. Springfield, 1L 62702. 11029 Spur Rd., Greensboro, NC 27406. 10625 Wiltshire Rd., North Royalton, OH 44133. 1 1040 119th Inf., 30th Div., F Co. Ed Arn, 2320 Burbank Rd., USS Alamo LSD-33 Donald Warner, 500 W. 15th St., 90th Bomb Sq. (LNI) (Korea) Gene Hogan, 960 S.E. Wooster, OH 44691. 10955 Cassville, MO 65625. 11017 16th, Hillsboro, OR 97123. 10621 3902nd CDS/72nd CDS (1960-62/1962-64) Gary Rudd, 131st FA Bn., 36th Div., D Btry. (Camp Bowie) Sheril USS Antaeus AS-21 (1943) Alfred Pfeiffer, 1 100 1526 Barnes St., Reidsville, 27320. 10.841 Huff, Dr., Del City, 15. Newportville Rd., i NC 3200Chetwood OK 731 11070 #51 , Croydon, PA 19021. 10845 132nd ASH Co., Americal Div. (Vietnam) Steve USS ARD-15 (WWII) Gordy Peters, 1707 N. Lynndale Tachikawa Baseball Team (1954-56) Hollan Pickard. 300 Lakeview Dr., Hampstead, 28443. 10603 Dempsey, 1 600 Cypress Dr., Ft. Myers, FL 33907. Dr., Appleton, Wl 5491 4. 1 0651 NC 10905 USS Basilan AG-68 (WWII) Ira Franklin, Box 685, 136th AAA Gun Bn. Bob Freepartner, 1541 S. Highland Renton, WA 98057. 11092 Ave., #K, Fullerton, CA 92632. 11037 USS Baxter APA-94 (1944-45) Alfred Pfeiffer, 1100

143rd Inf., 36th Div., E Co. (Stalag III B) Mrs. Agatha Newportville Rd., #511, Croydon, PA19021. 10846 Dreier, 912 Fenway Rd., Saint James. NY 11780. USS Burdo APD-133 Edward Golin, Centerville Woods, Marines 10618 108B, Beverly, MA 01915. 11015

259th FA Bn. (Camp Lee/WWII) Bill Morgan, Rt. 1 , Box USS Calamares AF-18 Belvin Bergeron, 250 Seventh 1st Airdrome Bn., 15th Defense Bill Gilligan, 920 Maple 62, Mountain Dr.. Gatlinburg, TN 37738. 10659 St.. Port Allen, LA 70767. 10961 Ln., Sistersville, WV26175. 10830 31 0th, 79th Div., B Btry. (WWII) Herbert Hall, 1 456 Judy USS Cinnabar IX-163 Thomas GkJosh, 8 La Combe 2nd MarDiv. Bill Smith, 21500 Lassen St., #168, Lane, Monroeville, PA 15146. 11116 Terr., Toms River, NJ 08757. 10828 Chatsworth, CA 91311. 10839 316th Med., 91st Inf. Div., A Co. (WWII) Warren USS Colgan USAT H6 (1945-46) Quinton Taylor, 277 Simonson. Box 9, Hanley Falls, MN 56245. 11041 Centerville Rd., Gilbert, SC 29054. 10963 397th Inf., 100th Div., 2nd Bn., HQ Co. Robert Alcorn, USS Connole DE-1056 (Plank Owners) Gary William- 13 Diamond Ave., Troy. NY12180. 11048 son, Rt. 5, Box 73A, Myerstown, PA 17067. 10840 445th Ord. Ammo Co. Iggy Lipari, Box 92, Maspeth USS Endymoin ARL-9 Alfred Schneider, 205 Colabaugh Coast Guard Station, Flushing, NY 11378. 11254 Rd., Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520. 10956 465th Ord. Evac. Co. A.T Rosetti, 901 2B E. Amherst USS Gen. G.O. Squire AP-130 (WWII) Don Meisinger, USCGC Cedar W-207 (1941-45/Alaska) John Pafford, Dr., Denver, CO 80231 . 10957 81 13 Barbara St., Omaha, NE 68124. 10752 Box 695, DOS Palos, CA 93620. 10664 482nd AAAAWBn.(SP) Charles Sklenar, 1427S. 167th USS Goldsborough DDG-20 James Johnson, 46 Green USCG PC-590 (WWII) Ed Schindler, 12998 Club Dr., St., Omaha, NE 68130 10670 Rd.,WestNyack, NY 10994. 10829 Redlands, CA 92373. 10702 508th MP Bn., 3rd Army (1946-47/Munich) Dave USS Hart DD-594 (WWII) John Brawdy, 641 8 Helen St. USS LST-763 (WWII) Rudy Leodler, Box 1257. Gon- DeMasy, 316 Shenango Blvd., Farrell, PA 16121. Library, PA 151 29. 10906 zales, LA 70707. 10838 10958 USS Hunter Marshall APD-112 Bob Lambertson, 3501 616th FA, 10th Mtn. Div., A Btry. W.M. Ringgold, 319 Bradshaw Rd., #22, Sacramento, CA 95827. 10844 Huntington Blvd. N.E., Roanoke, VA 2401 2. 10964 USS John Paul Jones DD-932/DDG-32 J.L. Laseter,

877th Engr. Avn. Bn. Bernard Posey, 2801 S. Cypress 1 01 St. Andrews Dr., Ocean Springs, MS 39564. 1 0837 St., Sioux City, IA 51 106. 10826 USS Kenton Rolf Kraushaar, 2807 Klondike Trl., Sioux Miscellaneous 894th Ord. HAM Co. (WWII) Fred Linnetz, 3848 W. 226th Falls, SD 57103. 10684

St., #1 14, Torrance, CA 90505. 10749 USS LCI (G) 454 (WWII) Floyd Jones, 1 27 Knowlandale 1386th MPs (Guam/1944-45) Lewis Bilotto, 22288 Dr., Starr, SC 29684. 11018 Merchant Seamen John Romeo, 5265 Guessman Ave., 91 Corning Rd., Corning, CA 96021. 11115 USS LCI (L) 490 Peter Ster, 1 0 Catalpa Way, Columbus, La Mesa. CA 942. 10983 3299th (formerly 2650th) Signal Radio Relay Station IN 47201. 10960 Co. Roger Reed, 581 Scirocco Dr., Yuba City, CA 95991 USS LSM-254 Bob Wetherbee, 2020 N. 55 St., Omaha, 11016 NE 68104. 10697 3615th QMTRK Co. Henry Miller, Box 361, Wilson, KS USS LSM-377 (1944-46) John Nolan, Box 1065, DuBois, LIFE 67490 10831 PA 15801. 10693 MEMBERSHIPS

7815th Station Complement Unit (1946-47/ USS LSM-99/90 (WWII) Leroy Leimkuehler, 1 128 S. Life Membership notices are published for Legion- Augsburg) Dave DeMasy, 316 Shenango Blvd., Fairlawn Ave., Marshall, MO 65340. 10698 naires who have been awarded Life Memberships by their Farrell, PA 16121. 10959 USS LSMR-190 Gordon Etter, 4320 Co. Rd., #24, Mt. posts. Camp Adair (1 942-44/70th, 91st, 96th, 104th Inf. Gilead, OH 43338. 10834 Life membership notices must be submitted on official Divs.) Fred Decker, 827 N.W. 31st St., Corvallis, OR USS LST-1085 Joe Ebl, 3521 S.E. 1st Ave., Cape Coral, forms which may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, 97330. 11113 FL 33904. 10630 stamped envelope to: Life Memberships, The American CIV AGRSG 8204 AV (Korea/1951) Rudy Papa, Rt. 2, USS LST-914 (1944-46) Harry Porter, 26 Gallery Lane, Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1 055, Indianapolis, IN 46206 Box 111, Evensville.TN 37332. 10656 Willingboro, NJ 08046. 1 1069 Haynie, KCAC Seoul City Team (1953-54) Ebby Box USS McConnell DE-163 (WWII) Ben Fricks, 800 Sylvan Dr. Frederick W. Knight, Charles Moyers (1991) Post

1118, Buffalo, TX 75831 . 1 0904 Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06606. 32, Safford, AZ OCS Class 15, Fort Riley (1949) Walter Kirkland, 8140 USS Nehenta Bay CVE-74 Stewart Wasoba, 10533 Lloyd Hammond (1979), John Bakker (1988), Chester Yalaha, Spring Dr., FL 34797. 10842 112th Ave. N„ Largo, FL 34643. 10636 Minot (1989), Rudy Ganzalez, Robert Mayer (1990) USS Scania AKA-40 Donald Ririe, Sweeney Plan, Belle Post 422, Rialto, CA Vernon, PA 15012. 10835 Robert L. Morton (1991) Post 35, Mount Dora. FL USS Searcher AGR-4 Vincent Sobral, Box 173, South- Navy Glen D. Kauffman (1982), Donald F. Seiler (1983), Alex port, ME 04576. 10623 McGregor, John H. Meyers, Daniel R. Pieffer (1990) USS Sturtevant DE-239 (WWII) Neal Larson, Box 318. Post 110, Port Charlotte, FL 111th NCB (WWII/Normandy, Philippines) Carl Swift, Bailey, CO 80421. 10589 Jack A. Collins, IdaC. LaLande, Allen A. Parks (1989), USS Taconic AGC-17 (1950-54) Jim Russo, 20 Ever- 130 South 2nd St., Brooklyn, NY 1 1 21 1 . 11055 James T. Blair, R. Gates Dearen, James R. Powell green Place, Basking Ridge. NJ 07920. 10833 1 19th NCB Ralph Marshall, 1 63 Middle Park Place, New (1990) Post 283, Jacksonville, FL Orleans, LA 70124. 10648 USS Winston (Enlisted) (San Diego/1965-68) Al Albert A.C. Mark (1990) Post 11, Honolulu. HI Boot Camp Co. 122, Bainbridge NTS, (1954) Marvin Reyes, Box 5161 , Salton City. CA 92274. 10903 Kary R. Krebs, Roman J. Wessels (1990) Post 332, (Pearl Twichell, 46 Ludwig Ave., West Seneca, NY 14224. USS YMS-251 Harbor/1945) Joseph LeBlond, 96 Rockton, IL 10843 Crystal Lake Rd., Tolland, CT06084. 10832 Paul A. Gordon, Paul Bourgault (1990) Post 166, Boot Camp Co. 139, C Unit, Sampson NTS (1944) USS YMS-429 Herman Whitten, 17238 Texas Ave., Fairhaven, MA Frank Hrycenko, 609 Center Ave., Carnegie, PA Webster, TX 77598. 10652 Richard Boulanger (1991) Post 224, Easthampton, MA 15106 10602 William Kahl (1975), Joseph Ravenis (1977), Donald Boot Camp Co. 1477, NTS Great Lakes (1943) Richard E. Rothwell (1978), Howard Bender, Earl Brown Reinstein, 681 3 Timberlane Rd., Baltimore, MD (1979), George Busick, Robert Rothwell (1980), 21209 11036 Army Air Forces Edward C. Schafer Jr. (1983), Edward W. Matoska, Boot Camp Co. 549, G Unit, Sampson NTS (1944) Edward T. Rohe Sr. (1984), Gordon Beecher (1986), Angelo Fusaro, #503, 320 South Surf Rd., Hollywood, Louis Beck (1987), Richard Lockwood Sr., George FL 33019. 10586 54th TC Wing, HQ Glenn McMurry, 8944 Krueger St., Waters (1988) Post 180, Rosedale, MD CBMU-542, New Hebrides/Okinawa (1943-45) John Culver City, CA 90232. 10862 Phillips L. Brown Jr. (1980) Post 33, North Haven, ME Miller, 822 San Simeon, Newbury Park, CA 91320. 98th/303rd Ftr. Sqs., 337th Ftr. Grp. (Sarasota AAF Menzo Caswell, Keith J. Montcalm (1991) Post 74, 11042 Base/1942-44) Harold Jensen, 1319 W. Norwood St., Newberry, Ml ComAir 7th Fleet (Flag) (1 943-44) Willis Haines, 22707 Chicago, IL 60660. 10899 Russell Ring (1990), Jean L. Wade (1991) Post 404, Manolete Or, Salinas, CA 93908 10624 358th Ftr. Grp. (365th/366th/367th Sqs.) Lubbertus Harrison, Ml

NAAS Oceania, Ship's Co. (1943-44) Roy McQuestion, Lok Jr., 1907 Maple Rd., Effort, PA 18330. 10635 Richard D. Snow (1991) Post 21 , Concord, NH

5545 Netherland Ave.. Bronx, , NY 10471. 10981 1077th Guard Sq. (LMAAB.NC/1 942-45) David Loyd Gerald M. Venne (1991) Post 37, Hooksett, NH Navy Unit, Camp Detrlck, MD (1945-49) Walter Chal- Jr., 5434 St. Joe Rd.. Fort Wayne, IN 46835. 11012 Richard J. Zelenka, Dorothy B. Zelenka (1990),

fanf, 91 1 1 Grant Lane, Overland Park, KS 66212. 1537th Ord. S&M Avn Co., 5th AF Melvin Wallin, 33 William H. Fegley (1991) Post 53, Ridgewood. NJ 11013 Cir. Babbitt, Al Galluzzo Jim Lindsay George Bohr, Garden , MN 55706. 11039 (1981), (1986),

NCBD-1052 H W Fanta, 1361 Fern Lake Ave.. Brea. CA 1815th Ord. S&M Co., 9th AAF(WWII) Oliver Dail, 1 200 Frank Genthe, Ernie Knott (1987), Robert Bottorff

92621 10966 Flobert Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464. 10902 (1989) , Joe Minsavage (1990) Post 249, Lake Port Lyautey, Radar Hill (1955-57) Bob Rhoades, 504 Pilot Class 43-K, Central Flying Trng. Command Hiawatha, NJ

N Spring St., Odon, IN 47562 10962 Harold Jacobs, 1 7545 Drayton Hall Way, San Diego, Walter E. Clark, John Jenkins, Donald Van Der Veen 51 River Assault Sq. 15 ( 1 968-69/T- 1 -1 1 ) Charles CA 92128 11117 (1990) Post 267, Haledon, NJ

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Official Announcement of the Historic

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Republic of the Marshall Islands is about the size of a U.S. silver dollar — but even thicker — and painstakingly minted in gleaming, brilliant uncirculated solid cupronickel. Shown enlarged. Each coin is protectively encased in an attractive Actual PresentationPak™ complete with a vivid narrative celebrating the diameter: 1 'h" Heroes of Desert Storm. Minted only in 1991 and available in limited quantity, the Heroes ofDesert Storm Commemorative Coin is offered without any premium over its $5 Face Value (add only PAST COMMANDER INTAGLIO PRECIUM RING 1 coin for shipping, handling insurance). assure fair in a new high-lustre alloy of gold, silver and $ .50 per and To palladium which makes the new look in distribution, there is a limit of five coins per order. American Legion rings. Past Commander is Order from the Republic of the Marshall Islands Coin Fulfill- only office available. Order No. 74182 at $225.00 plus$10shipping and handling. Give ment Center, One Unicover Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82008- ring size. Mail check and order to National 1991. Or call TOLL FREE 1-800-323-1900. All orders are sub- Emblem Sales, The American Legion, Dept. M201 ,P.O. Box 1050, Indianapolis, IN 46206. ject to limitation and acceptance. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

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JULY 1991 71 Error Margin

No matter how little room there is for

error, people always manage to fit it in.

Fore, Five, Six While a golfer and caddy were searching the rough for a lost ball, the golfer said, "Why didn't you keep your eye on the ball?" "I'm'sorry, sir," the caddy responded. "But you caught me off guard when you

hit it on the first swing."

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Near-Sighted Speaker As a speaker to a convention was Light-headed Lunch Full-time Fright checking into his hotel room, an elderly gentleman approached and told him An absent-minded professor met a "My daughter got a part-time job to that he always looks forward to the colleague and, after a short conversa- learn the value of a dollar," chuckled speaker's addresses. "What do you like tion asked, "Which way was I going the father. "And it scared the hell out of so much about them?" the speaker when I met you?" her." asked. "That way," said his friend, pointing. "My eyesight is not so good," replied "Oh, good," the professor replied, the elderly man. 'And when you're on "that means I've already had lunch." Deficit Reduction the program, I'm always guaranteed a The government increased the tax on good seat." cigarettes and liquor. So if you want to Too Real Estate lower the budget deficit, drink and Murphy's Real Estate Law: The price smoke. SOUND OFF of your home will always go up the month after you sell it. You can now "sound off" about Thoughtful Worker current issues through the Vetvoice angry supervisor called a worker An lines of The American Legion. This Growth Rate into his office and pointed an accusing month 's question: Should congres- By the age of 15, the average boy has finger at him. "You've been going sional terms be limited? Call now outgrown 34 pairs of shoes, 53 shirts the office telling a around everyone I'm 1-900-28-VOICE. You can vote, and two parents. mean, no-talent idiot should be who receive a tally that includes your vote, given the boot!" listen to opinions ofothers and record "That's not true," protested the your own opinion. Calls cost $1 per Spectator Sport worker. "I keep my thoughts to myself." minute and proceeds support Legion Medical experts tell us that we can programs. enjoy sex way past age 80. course, Of In addition, the Vetwice line allows they may not mean as a participant. Opportunistic Land you to comment on topics other than This is truly the land of opportunity. congressional terms. Some of the Any TV repairman, plumber or mechan- opinions recorded on Veh'oice lines Heaven Can't Wait ic can become President, if he doesn't are published in The American "You don't believe that God lives in mind a substantial pay cut. Leg/on Magazine Veh'oice section Heaven?" asked the reverend. and are indicated with the symbol "No," replied the little boy, "He lives Q . The magazine and other Legion- in the bathroom. I know because every Daring Truth naires await your call. morning my dad stands by the door and The boss doesn't like yes men. He shouts, 'My God, arc you still in wants us to always tell him the truth, no 1-900-28-VOICE there?'" matter how badly it might hurt us.

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Fourth of July Collector's Issue From the Notional Historic Mint

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SORRY—Limit 5 per address at this direct-from-Mint price. We 2 for $13 3 for $18 5 for $29 (E5869o> reserve right to extend time and quantity guarantees. Hurry! In NY & CA add sales tax. Add $2.75 shipping each bell. The National Historic is a private corporation Mint not affdiated Make checks payable to NHM, Ltd. as agent or otherwise with U.S. Government. Or charge to VISA MASTERCARD

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