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1 THE AMERICAN LEGION

April 1983 Volume 114, Number 4 For God and Country

4 Commander's Message Country Music Why Not A Nuclear Freeze? 14 Goes To Town By Phyllis Zauner Letters 3 Some say it's the sound; others, the lyrics. Whatever it is — from the Our readers comment White House to the Boston Pops, from Nashville to New York — just about everyone is enjoying a fling with "country." \ 0 Big Issues Should The Federal Government Sell £ Who WiU Teach The Its Land To Help Pay Its Debt? \ Children? By Robert A. Hamilton Dateline Washington \ 2 Problems in educational institutions have increased as the numbers Issues and opinions from the capital of those willing to enter the teaching profession have decreased. Can the situation be reversed? 24 News To Use Helpful hints for consumers \ 3 The Invisible Epidemic: 26 Veterans' Update Compulsive Gambling By Dr. Arthur S. Freese Decisions that affect you Its victims were usually considered among those most likely to

succeed and probably would have if "the purest form of 28 News For Legionnaires psychological addiction" hadn't interfered. Your orsanization at work Rebirth Of The 38 Books 20 Interestins new titles Battlewagon By Tom Gerard

As the Navy completes refitting of the New Jersey, it's nice to know Parting Shots 60 that a sailor and his battleship may separate, but the love affair never To leave you laushing ends. 22 The Great Technological Laboratory By Ernest Cuneo

In the event of WWW, America's "ace weapon" must be technologi-

cal superiority. Today's Israeli-Arab wars are the testing grounds for' that superiority.

About our authors . . . cles about health and psychological appeared in the Magazine before. This problems. article is the result of a three-day visit Free-lance writer Phyllis Zauner, to the New Jersey, homeported in Long whose "Country Music Goes To Town" Military affairs writer and former OSS Beach, Calif., shortly after it was appears here, says she moved from love officer Ernest Cuneo provides an in- recommissioned. of banjo music, which her father played, teresting historical perspective on the to country. Middle East struggle in "The Great Connecticut-based writer Robert A. Technological Laboratory." Hamilton's marriage to a former "The Invisible Epidemic: Compulsive teacher made him acutely aware of her Gambling," was written by Dr. Arthur Tom Gerard, author of "Rebirth Of reasons for leaving a career in educa- S. Freese, an award winning author The Battlewagon," is a former Navy- tion, and sparked the idea for "Who Will whose work includes hundreds of arti- man turned journalist whose work has Teach The Children?"

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3 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1983 Commander's Message THE AMERICAN LEGION

Why Not A Nuclear Freeze? talk this whole nasty situation over? You set your gun down alongside that National Commander Al Keller, Jr. tree over there and sit down here with me where we can be comfortable." Well, that's exactly what the hunter The American Legion Magazine all did. He told the bear he really Editorial & Advertising Offices wanted was a nice warm fur coat. The 700 North Pennsylvania St. P.O. Box 1055 bear, in turn, told him that all it really Indianapolis, IN 46206 :S A wanted was a full stomach. 317-635-8411 Later the bear got up and departed

... .alone. It had a full stomach and the Publisher Dean B. hunter had a fur coat. Nelson Assistant Publisher/Editor And that, my friends, is exactly the Daniel S. Wheeler scenario this country will face if it Managing Editor ever drops its guard and agrees to an Gerard T. Atchison

immediate nuclear freeze under pres- Assistant Editor ent conditions. The Soviet bear would Grail S. Hanford like nothing better than to see us lay Associate Editor Kathleen Whitehead down our arms, thus giving it a per- Art Editor manent position of superiority — a James A. Chaney posture which, judging from its past Production Manager record, it would not hesitate to take Dwight Lamb advantage of. During the past decade, when de- tente largely replaced containment as Advertising Sales Al Keller, Jr. Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. the basis of U.S. policy, the United P.O. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ 07666 States experienced a precipitate de- 201-837-5511 In this country and in other Free cline in its strategic balance with the World nations, we have witnessed or- Soviet Union. Throughout that period, The American Legion Magazine Commission Milford A. Forrester, Chairman, Greenville, James ganized and highly visible support for the Soviets SC; V. developed and deployed an Kissner, Vice Chairman, Palatine, IL; James R. Kelley, an immediate end to the nuclear arms alarming number of new strategic National Commander's Representative, Wayne, PA; Nor- man Biebel, Belleville, IL; Adolph E. Bremer, Winona, race. This call for a change in defense weapons as part of the largest military MN; Victor Broom, Fulton, MS; John J. Dunn, Sr., Scran- strategy comes from sincere people buildup in the history of mankind. ton, PA; Martin T. Jansen, Little Chute, WI; Eugene J. Kelley, Savannah, GA; Frank J. Holcshuh, Youngstown, who predict that if the superpowers do Former Secretary of Defense Harold OH; Russell H. Laird, Des Moines, IA; Arthur M. not freeze nuclear weapons' prolifera- Brown aptly characterized this asym- McDowell, Indianapolis, IN; Nathaniel J. McKee, Princeton, NJ; J. Fred Mitchell, Brewton, AL; J. H. Mor- tion then the world will be plunged metry: "When we build, they build; ris, Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce E. Penny, Seattle, WA; Floyd into a nuclear Armageddon. We of The when we don't build, they build." J. Rogers, Topeka, KS; George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; Ralph L. Smith, Bartlesville, OK; Dewey C. Spencer, American Legion understand such con- The Communists' massive arms Mabelvale, AR; Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT; George J. Zanos, Sr., Wellsburg, WV; Bernard Weddell, cerns and share them. We, perhaps buildup has also been accompanied by Consultant, San Jose, CA; Casimir F. Sojka, Consultant, even more than non-veterans, ear- frequent direct or indirect aggression New Rochelle, NY nestly desire that the world be purged in Angola, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and of threat of war or destruction. any Poland. Furthermore this totalitarian The American Legion Magazine is published monthly by Yet, having been a part of the history police state, which describes itself as a The American Legion, 700 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46206, Price: yearly subscription, $9.00; of conflict, we also know that freedom "peace-loving nation," has violated single copy, $1.00 cannot be purchased with appease- provisions of the ratified SALT I Send editorial and advertising material to: The American ment, nor can it be protected without agreement and of the unratified SALT Legion Magazine, 700 North Pennsylvania St., P.O. Box Indianapolis, IN 46206. strength. II proposal, and there is convincing 1055, Copyright 1983 by The American Legion. The Soviet Union, a strong sup- evidence that the Soviet Union has porter of the so-called Peace Move- violated chemical and biological war- Microfilm copies available: University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 ment, is a vocal advocate of such a fare agreements as well in their use of change in our defense strategy and "yellow rain" in Afghanistan, Cam- better would like nothing than to have bodia and Laos. Change of Address the Free World agree to an immediate Knowing the character of the adver- Notify Post Adjutant and Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Attach old address label, I nuclear freeze. Whenever hear of the sary with which we are dealing, it be- provide old and new address and current membership card Soviets pleading for nuclear disarma- comes imperative that any American number. Allow 8 weeks for change of address to take effect. ment and arms negotiations — espe- nuclear strategy recognize that deter- cially in view of their disregard of past rence as a defense policy has worked agreements — I am reminded of a story extremely well for almost 40 years. Non-Member Subscriptions Send $9.00 ($15.00 in foreign countries) to Circulation I heard about an attacking bear that Superpower conflict has been avoided, Dept., P.O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. suddenly found itself within the gun- thereby allowing the United States, sights of a hunter. Western Europe, Japan, Korea and "Now wait a minute," the bear some other nations of the Free World pleaded in conciliatory tones, "why to achieve unparalleled economic Member don't we just sit down together and (Continued on page 36) Audit Bureau of Circulations

4 MORE PROTECTION AND BENEFITS THAN EVER BEFORE. AT 1958 RATES.

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tPRORATED PREMIUM TO SEND WITH YOUR APPLICATION. The INCONTESTABILITY Your coverage shall be incontestable after it has

premiums shown above are for the full year of 1983 for approved been in force during your lifetime for two years from its effective date. applications effective May 1, 1983. Premiums for applications approved for June 1 or later are proportionately less, by $2 PER UNIT MAIL TO: The American Legion Life Insurance Plan PER MONTH, and any overpayments will be refunded. Premiums P.O. Box 5609 • Chicago, IL 60680 accompanying non-approved applications will be refunded in full.

Plan insured by Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company. EFFECTIVE DATE Your insurance becomes effective on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date your application is approved by the Insurance Company. Insurance may Application Subject to Underwriter's Approval be maintained in force by payment of premiums when due.

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CRUISES Andropov the conflict, some killed, some wounded or captured. Thank you for Call Toll Free • Ernest Cuneo's "Andropov And The this fine article. KGB Revolution" (February) makes a 7 days a week Charles W. Hoell, Jr. powerful case to support the theory Astoria, Ore. that the KGB has taken over the Kremlin from the Communist Party. Poland 1-800- Now Soviet actions must be viewed by the international community in the • The officers and members of the light of the policies and tactics that Cleveland Society wish to express were fashioned by Andropov while in their thanks and gratitude for Jan 327-0699 the KGB. Nowak's, "How The War Was Won and Berman E. Deffenbaugh, Jr. Poland Was Lost" (January). The ar- Within Florida call San Antonio, Texas ticle is most informative and will cer- tainly help its readers more fully understand the 1-800-432-3662 • Each month I count on The Ameri- plight of Poland. can Legion Magazine for one outstand- Chet Mutryn Bahamas, Caribbean, ing and informative article. The Cleveland, Ohio Jamaica,Virgin Islands, author's knowledge and perception of what's going on in Russia sheds light Pea Coat Europe, Mexico, on a subject that has puzzled me for • Regarding Bill Earls' "Coat Of some time. Mediterranean, etc. Navy Blue" (January) we wish to tell Huling, Jr. John you it was one of the most enjoyable 3&4 Whitewater, Wis. articles we've ever read. My husband, day a sailor of 25 years ago, still brings out cruises POWs Remember his jacket once a year and recalls the from memories. raved about the article • Reading "Return From Hell: The He Philip for three weeks before I had the oppor- 7 days POWs Remember" by C. tunity to read it. I'd swear he wrote it! longer $CQI Clarke, (February), I had a mixed feel- & yll i^B Thanks for publishing this tribute to from ing of remorse and happiness: first be- many a sailor's friend. %M mL%M cause of our tragic misunderstanding Mrs. Gary Trevor • Special Group Rates of Vietnam and, second, that there are Prospect Heights, III. • Special Air/Sea Savings people, such as Col. George E. Day, who represent what is best about • I, too, can associate with • Cancellation Protection America. the value and tradition of the Navy pea coat. • Accepted Wayne V. Dominowski Credit Cards But, sailors become a little short of Sioux Center, Iowa money at times, and I being one sold my 1964-issue pea coat for a mere $10. • I was impressed by the diversity What a dumb mistake! I among those interviewed concerning Now must settle for the new style and fabric, far the justification or lack thereof for our from the excellence of days gone by. involvement in the Vietnam War. I David M. Bell doubt that question will ever be set- Johnstown, Pa. tled. However, there was no mention in this article of those who are still Prisoners being held in Southeast Asia. These men have apparently been abandoned • In response to Jay Stuller's, "Put- by the government they sought to ting Prisons To Work!" (January), I serve. believe that as long as veterans and Robin F. Gatwood honest, hard-working citizens are un- Hickory, N.C. employed, the inmates of prisons should not be permitted up to $10 per hour wage. I'm sure • I read with renewed pride and deep that the prisoners mentioned in emotion this timely and necessary ar- the article don't have to worry whether their ticle. However, I found lacking the pickup truck will start in the mention of any enlisted personnel. Our morning. They don't have Air Force Air Rescue Unit had many to get up early to pack a lunch box. helicopter crews shot down throughout They need not stand in unemployment lines, nor do they need to live in cardboard boxes on the streets. They Letters published do not necessarily do not need to buy a license so they express the policy of The American can hunt to feed their families. Legion. We reserve the right to both William E. Jenkins edit and select letters for publication. Gillett, Wis.

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9 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1983 Big Issues

Should the Federal Government SeU Its Land to Help Pay Its Debt?

J. O • The application of eco- No • For a president fond of nomics to the family budget is fairly denouncing "quick fixes" to solve ur- simple, and it should be the same gent national problems, I find it truly with our government. ironic that this administration is When the family is faced with a proposing to sell some of the nation's financial problem, it can either try to finest resources in order to gain a raise its income by working a second short-term and temporary reduction job, borrow additional money (lead- in the level of the national debt. ing it further into debt), reduce ex- Tampering with the cornerstone of Rep. W. Henson penses or sell some of its assets and Rep. Edward our national heritage should be done Moore, possessions to raise extra capital. J. Markey, only under the most extraordinary R-La. Just as the average citizen cannot D-Mass. circumstances. overextend his income, neither should the federal govern- The administration proposes to sell more than 60,000 ment. But the federal government has attempted to solve acres — nearly 100 square miles — in the hope of raising its problems by raising its income (taxes on us) and by bor- $17 billion for the federal treasury. While this seems to be rowing more money (a projected record of $185 bi'Iion this a substantial sum, it would hardly make a dent in the $1 year, driving interest rates up and reducing available capi- trillion national debt since it amounts to less than 1.7 per- tal). It has also cut some spending this year aid last. But cent of that amount. In comparison, postponing the in- in the next Congress the coalition to cut funher domestic crease in next year's defense budget by less than 1 percent spending has been reduced, and the sentiment that we are could do more to bring down the debt level. Selling federal already overtaxed is prevalent. All agree we can't borrow lands is not an efficient means of halting a growing na- any more; therefore, the government has only one option tional debt, and there are other reasons as well. lfcA it has not used. Our public lands represent not only a source of scenic Our country does possess valuable assets that are going and natural value that require continuous federal protec- unused, but which could contribute to reducing our na- tion to survive, but they also represent a storehouse of tional debt. For instance, more than 775 million acres of wealth for the future. Land now controlled by the federal land — one of every three acres in the United States — is government holds an estimated 20 percent of all our

1 owned by the federal government. This acreage is larger known oil reser^ :, 30 percent of natural gas supplies and than Alaska, Texas, California, Montana and Idaho com- 40 percent of our coal resources. It is essential we protect bined. these resources for the future and we carefully manage the No one knows the value of these holdings, and with exploitation of vital energy supplies. Last year, the pro- many of these lands going unused and underdeveloped, the duction of energy on federal lands brought in more than $1 idea of selling some of these acres to reduce our national billion and will be a growing source of income in the future debt is sensible and would assist in -educing inflation, in- if it remains under federal guardianship. terest rates and unemployment. It iuld also restore mil- We should not be eager to raffle off so cheaply this excel- lions of acres to state and local tax rolls. lent source of continuous revenue and relinquish so easily Why does the government need to own vast amounts of areas of natural beauty and scenic value that should be land? Before the New Deal, our country allowed, and protected for future generations. encouraged, its citizens to homestead, buy or acquire land. Instead of organizing a giant land sale, the federal gov- Since the 1970s, the federal government has increased ernment should focus its effort on efficiently managing the its land holdings — far beyond the areas of national park- land it possesses. Furthermore, this federal land can often lands, wilderness areas and other lands that should be re- be cultivated as a source of continuous and renewable in- tained, preserved or protected. come by taking measures such as restructuring fees It does not make economic sense for the United States to charged for the rights of the use of the land. Such options hold onto large areas of surplus land for no purpose. I do simultaneously accomplish the worthy goals of preserving not mean parks or wilderness areas, but former military control of the resources, earning vital revenues from fed- bases long deserted, federal buildings that have not been eral properties and ensuring a legacy for our children. used for years and urban-area holdings that no longer Undeniably, today's growing budget deficit deserves ex- house anyone. These could be sold and put to use — traordinary and immediate government attention. And the creating jobs and boosting productivity. lands now under federal control need to be managed more Needed revenue would be generated for state and local efficiently. But it would be a mistake to let federal lands governments for revitalization and expansion, while the fall victim to political "quick fixes" to deal with an eco- federal budget would move closer to becoming balanced. nomic dilemma that has its roots in much larger and unre- The twofold benefit received from this proposal makes it lated issues. There are very few areas where the actions worthwhile and needed. taken today will have more of an impact on our future. We should consider, foremost, more appropriate options to re- solve the debt problem.

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Old Soldiers Await Call To Colors PEOPLE— & QUOTES The U.S. Army isn't letting its old soldiers fade away. Green Beret Rebirth "All that we're building is a force The land forces have quietly put into operation an that gives a national leader some alternatives to jumping emergency mobilization program that, within seven days into a major war." Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Lutz, commander, of call up, will bring nearly 100,000 retired GIs into active Special Forces. — service with assigned posts and commands. Temptation Of Space "We're not trying to put the The Pentagon is concerned that it will be short of expe- government into a shoe box. But I feel that we can run this rienced manpower in time of urgent need. To meet this government with less space and at less cost. When you re- shortage, it plans to call back into the Army those retirees, duce space, you save on utilities, furniture, equipment. mainly under 60, who are still physically fit and can step When you have lots of space, there's always the temptation into military jobs, relieving younger, fitter people for to fill it." Gerald P. Carmen, administrator, General tougher duties. Services Administration. — However, the General Accounting Office, Congress' in- Today's Special Challenge "Conservatism cannot re- vestigative arm, questions the feasibility of the plan. GAO treat from its traditional position, that some things are worries that if the retirees were recalled, nearly 15,000 worth dying for. The special challenge of the time is the would die or become hospitalized or disabled within a year. sophisticated proposition that although some things may GAO also questioned the ability of the retired soldiers to be worth dying for, it cannot be worth dying for nothing, use the latest weaponry. The Army is holding on to the which is what would be left over in the event of a nuclear plan, but taking another look at it. exchange." William F. Buckley, Jr., journalist. Symbols Of A Free People —"The Capitol, across the Youth Gangs Hit The Suburbs street from the Library of Congress, has reverberated with many of the nation's great public utterances. It is symboli- Youth gangs, who for years have terrorized the big cities, cally appropriate, and even necessary, on Capitol Hill that have now spread into smaller communities with an array we find two grand buildings, one a temple of the spoken of assaults, robberies and muggings, according to a re- word, another a temple of the read word. One is a symbol cently completed survey that was sponsored by the Justice of the publicity essential to a free government, the other a Department. symbol of the privacy essential to a free people." Daniel J. Western cities appear to be the primary haven for these Boorstin, Librarian of Congress. adolescent packs, and California is one of the major con- — Age Of Superstitions "An age of superstitions is a tributors to the nation's youth gang problem, the survey time when people imagine that they know more than they indicates. do." Friedrich Hayek, Nobel laureate in economics. Police departments trying to cope with the predatory Advice To Congress — "May they do their work, re- juveniles are experimenting with counter actions. Most ef- membering what they said to the people to justify their fective methods of "gang-breaking" so far are programs election." Senate Chaplain Richard C. Halverson. aimed at incapacitating the gang leader and his chief — Gap Is Narrowing "It may turn out that human in- lieutenants, and busting up the cohesiveness of the gangs telligence will eventually be defined as that which cannot through incarceration, aggressive prosecution and stiff be done by machines." Herman Kahn, futurologist. sentencing. — Philosophy Of Competition "I would say generally Fifty percent of the cities surveyed reported that violent . . . that anyone promoting the idea that a monopoly best crimes were the most serious problem encountered in deal- serves the public bears a very heavy burden of proof. There ing with youth gang activities. is a strong consensus in this country that a competitive ." marketplace philosophy is the way to go . . Mark. S. "Most Able" Ignore Teaching Fowler, chairman, Federal Communications Commission. Teaching, once considered a highly rewarding profession, Defense Dampens Danger— "To those naive American is losing instructors and student candidates to more lucra- citizens who urge unverifiable freezes or unilateral dis- tive jobs. Educational institutions facing the cold fact that armament, or who say, 'Better Red Than Dead,' let us good teachers are a rare breed, hope to get a helping hand reply 'Neither Red Nor Dead.' So long as our defenses re- from Congress. main adequate, there will be no war between the United A bill introduced by Rep. Paul Simon D-Ill., calls for States and the U.S.S.R." Sidney Hook, American philoso- commissions to be appointed by the states to examine the pher. — overall quality of teachers and to seek improvement. Japan Needs U.S. Friendship "From Japan's posi- Statistics presented at hearings in Washington indicate tion, realistically speaking, without a strong U.S. -Japan that less than 5 percent of 1981 college freshmen showed relationship we can't afford to have any effective Soviet an interest in a teaching career. In the past eight years, policy, for example, or any productive China policy. Also, students planning a teaching vocation dropped 79 points in for us to have a very close, cooperative relationship with scholastic tests, a sharper decline than in any other pro- the U.S. would be a source of psychological comfort to the fessional grouping. These tests, says the legislator, "show nations of Southeast Asia." Yasuhiro Nakasone, prime clearly we are not appealing to the ablest in our society to minister, Japan. ." — become teachers . . See "Reds" For Themselves "It would seem that the

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13 Country 1MUSICSvl By Phyllis Zauner /t was Willie's biggest hit of Town the night. Straddling a high stool, hunched over his beat-up guitar, he slid into "Whiskey River," loping through the lyrics in PfM his familiar, low-key style. In the hands of a lesser artist it might have been a mediocre song. But when Willie let loose with the last note, cowboy hats sailed to the stage in salute and the thunderous, foot-stomping ovations left no doubt the people in the audience under- stood exactly what he was saying. It was Willie Nelson In Concert. There's a potency to country music. The songs tell of simpler, more basic values. They tell of love and work, temptation and failure. They ferret out the feel- ings of average people in everyday situations. Most country composers don't set out to strike any cosmic chords, they simply write what they feel. And people in all levels of life are discovering that they like the music's earthy subject matter. The THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1983

twang of fiddles, banjos and guitars is drawing standing- mecca of America. More than half the country's records are room-only crowds in nightclubs. President Reagan invited now cut in Nashville at one or another of the 50 recording Merle Haggard to perform at a barbecue party. Willie Nel- studios counted among the world's most sophisticated. son sang at a Jimmy Carter fund-raiser. And when First One of the earliest of the commercialized country singers Lady Nancy Reagan spoke on drug abuse, she quoted not a on the Opry stage was Hank Williams, who probably has psychologist, but a country musician who sings about "a as strong a claim as anyone to being the "greatest figure in time when coke was still a cola and a joint was a bad place country music." Some scholars say to this day he is prob- to be." ably the most imitated singer and songwriter country Country music goes back to the homemade music of music ever produced. America's beginnings. Its roots are buried deep in the The songs he wrote — such as "I'm So Lonesome I Could rural areas of the Appalachians where British emigrants Cry" — reflect his rural, broken-home upbringing and un- settled in the coal-country foothills and rolling blue grass happy marriages. He was a loner, a man with one friend, farmlands. For them, music was no spectator sport. Every- Fred Rose, who guided his career. It was Rose who left Al- body played, everybody sang. They fashioned tbeir own in- abama to try and sell Hank's music to New York recording struments, made up ballads about their life and put them studios. But no one, it seemed, wanted "hillbilly music." to music. Finally Mitch Miller at Columbia, who later gained a fame It was singer Bill Monroe in the 1930s who brought this of his own as the goateed sing-along conductor, agreed to banjo-pickin' mountain music out of the hills and gave it a shop it around. He eventually placed Hank's best song name: bluegrass. with an aspiring young singer named Tony Bennett. And Bluegrass conjures up visions of hazy mountains, ram- Bennett's recording of "Cold, Cold Heart" sold a million shackle log cabins, dirt-poor farms and valleys scarred by copies, thereby launching his own career and lighting a abandoned mines. To purists — and particularly to Mon- fire under Hank's. roe — this is the true country music. Instrumentation is re- Hank's was short-lived. He died from a heart attack on stricted to guitar and bass for the driving rhythm, a five- Jan. 1, 1953 at the age of 29. string banjo, a mandolin and fiddle for melody. Whether it's Hank Williams telling what it's like to be Bill Monroe is push- "so-o-o lo-onesome," or ing 72 now, and he's Waylon Jennings wail- still stumping around ing about Thelma the country in his con- ("the gal that made a verted bus, the one wreck out of me") or that says "The Father Jimmie Rodgers' own of Bluegrass" on it, peculiar blending of still singin' and pickin' country and blues, his mandolin for the country music is a college kids who are reflection of whatever the chief fans of blue- emotion the singer is grass. "We don't have no feeling. arranged music," says But these emotions the fiddler for the Blue have been influenced Grass Boys. "These by changing times. so-called 'country The hardships of coal singers,' they play the mining were replaced same notes every time. by leaving home to Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are three who've When we play, we find work. Slavery and expanded the boundaries country music. never play the same of the Civil War brought break." another brand of up- But the Nashville Sound didn't grow out of the stompin' heaval. Strict religion, depressions, civil rights upheavals, and pickin' music called bluegrass. It began in 1925 with a changing values all have affected the music. Woody Gut- radio broadcast called WSM Barn Dance. For the first hrie sang about the migrant farm worker, Jimmie Rodgers time, country music had a national audience, and the about the railroads, Gene Autry about the lonesome still-young recording industry was sending scouts down prairie. Still, the story line remained the same — pathos, from New York to report on this home-grown sound. Two misery, happiness, life itself. years later the show's name was changed to The Grand But in tbe 1960s a clear gap started developing between Old Opry, and it was moved into an auditorium. the traditionalists and the newcomers. In a matter of a Simple as sunshine, it was a success from the start. brief five years, Nashville's Music Row drifted away from Crowds gathered to hear Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Merle the pure country sound. It was still loosely called country, Travis, Ernest Tubb. Over the years, the Opry walls have but a lot of it wasn't. A farm boy from Arkansas named held the echoes of such country American classics as Glenn Campbell turned out "Wichita Lineman," which re- "Wabash Cannonball," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Heartbreak portedly did $1 million in sales the first week. Elvis Hotel," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Rhinestone Cowboy" — and Presley, who was first showcased at Ernest Tubb's Record that's just a sampling of the repertoire that's the core of Shop down the street from The Grand Ole Opry, wedded the Opry's 50-year history. country to rock and became a millionaire. The Opry turned Nashville into the music center of the The two most significant events to hit Nashville between country. Since the 1960s, Nashville has been the recording (Continued on page 48)

15 WHO WILLTEACH THE CHILDREN?

By Robert A. Hamilton The rate of enrollment in education Within three programs in colleges is estimated to be During the 1970s, school adminis- one-half the 1972 level. This declining years, there will trators had talented teachers vying to rate has been caused in part by the get into their schools. A single adver- record number of potential teachers be a severe tisement could bring hundreds of ap- shunning the field of education to take plicants. "A superintendent's major better paying jobs in the private sec- shortage of problem was sifting through the doz- tor. ens of people qualified for the job. If Compounding the problem, the qual- qualified anyone had talked of a teacher short- ity of people opting for the education age in those boom times, even the ex- field as they enter college is dropping. perts would have laughed. A Department of Education study teachers unless Nobody is laughing anymore. A gov- shows the Scholastic Aptitude Test ernment agency predicts that by 1986, (SAT) scores for teacher candidates corrective action the supply of new teachers will be 12 dropping steadily since the early percent short of demand, a shortfall of 1970s. The 1982 scores averaged is taken now more than 21,000 teachers. 809 — compared to an average of 890

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for all other students taking the test. sounds wonderful compared to what I Most competitive colleges require an did my last four years of work. And I applicant to score a minimum of 1,100 still think that what I'm doing now (as on the SATs to be considered for ad- bail commissioner) is easier than what mission. "You can be sure someone I did at Norwich High School." will be teaching the subjects," said Teachers complain that the students Terry Herndon, executive director of are undisciplined and the parents are the National Education Association, unwilling to take the blame or to back "but likely it is going to be someone the teachers when they try to enforce with inadequate credentials, and that rules. Then, when grades suffer be- means the schools are going to suffer." cause a teacher's time is spent main- For some schools, the pending taining order in the classroom rather teacher shortage is not a prediction. than teaching, parents voice loud pro- Superintendents say they now receive, tests. perhaps, a dozen applications for posi- Other problems frequently cited are tions that would have brought 100 the increasing paperwork and extra seekers five years ago. Of that dozen, duties being foisted on teachers. As they are lucky to find one qualified for local education appropriations are the spot. A survey conducted by the slashed, more schools are cutting the federal government of schools across aides and unskilled workers from their the country showed 25 percent of the staffs and teachers must fill the result- school districts started the 1981 school ing void. "If I worked five days a year with one or more vacancies on week," bemoaned one ex-teacher, their staff. A poll of rural school dis- "maybe 10 percent of my time was ac- tricts in the Midwest revealed teacher tually spent teaching. The rest of the shortages in all but two subjects for time, I was a secretary — I started each over half the districts reporting. day with a stack of forms five inches According to statistics from the De- high that had to be filled out. Or I was partment of Education, there has been babysitter, club adviser, chaperon, hall a 77 percent decline nationally in the monitor or any of a dozen others. I number of mathematics teachers pre- ing, but neither was it making any didn't realize how hard I was working pared to teach at the secondary level, gains against drops of the last two until I took another job." and a 65 percent decline in science decades. Paul A. Loughran, assistant super- teachers. Other shortages appear in Gina Puchol-Salva taught at the intendent of the Mahopac, N.Y., cen- special education and vocational edu- Norwich Free Academy in Connecticut tral school district, had this to say dur- cation, where advanced degrees bring for four years before taking a few ing hearings in Washington, D.C., last only a little extra remuneration on years off to raise a family. When she year about the increased paper load on payday. returned to the job market four years teachers: "Professional responsibilities The reason most frequently cited for later, she didn't consider teaching mandate that the staff rise above the the downturn in growth of the number again. Instead, after scanning the bureaucratic paper flow . . . The in- of teachers is the pay scale. Never an want ads, she applied for a spot as a stitutions have a responsibility to outstanding field in terms of compen- bail commissioner. During the job provide as paper free and productive a sation, the last 10 years have seen a interview, she was told that many of climate as possible. The concern of the decline of 10 percent in the average the men and women she would be individual professional should and teacher salary. But pay isn't the only dealing with would be surly, un- must be focused on their current reason — long-time teachers and ad- cooperative and at times, violent. "I charges." ministrators say it's only the final in- told them, fine," she recounts. "That (Continued on page 40) dignity. "We are given the job of educating the youth," said William Zimmerman, treasurer of United Teachers-Los AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARIES OF TEACHERS, Angeles, during Congressional hear- 1970-71 to 1981-82: ings last November, "and yet, we have none of the control, none of the re- $18,000 sources needed. It is just one teacher and 30, 35 or 40 students in a class- room, without the kind of tools needed to do a good job. $17,000 "So I think that is one of the prob- lems: we can't attract new people to the profession because the profession doesn't look, in the mind's eye of many $16,000 oo oo teacher job seekers, like the kind of 6 — oo oo exciting job that it might have been in the past." One of the major reasons cited for $15,000 leaving the job is the lack of respect 'National Center for Education Statistics projection. from students, parents and, in some cases, administrators. A Gallup poll in Money is the main reason good teachers are leaving the field, while their qualified August 1981 showed that public opin- replacements are seeking alternate careers. During the past 10 years, teacher ion of teachers was no longer declin- salaries have dropped an average of 10 percent.

17 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1983 THE INVISIBLE EPIDEMIC: COMPULSIVE GAMBLING

By Dr. Arthur S. Freese As many as 40 sion estimated that in 1975 we had over 1 million CGs and more than 3 Compulsive gambling is a hidden dis- million potential ones (whose gam- ease, which may afflict as many as 4 million Americans bling habits indicated they would million Americans and seriously dam- eventually become compulsives too). ages 10 times that number. The suffer- may be touched But today, Joseph A. Dunne — ing and disintegration of its victims President and Executive Director of has been recorded by our news media by this hidden the National Council on Compulsive with reports of a compulsive gambler Gambling — believes we have more (CG) who awakened from major disease than 4 million compulsive gamblers. surgery and stole out of the hospital, By comparison, we have an estimated still bleeding, to cash a phony check 10 million alcoholics and only some and visit his bookie; another who — in half-million heroin addicts. However, five years-accumulated $1 million compulsive gambling is as serious as worth of losing racetrack and betting but he's still acutely aware that the either because research shows that parlor tickets; a teen-ager who killed disease "is inside you and liable to every CG adversely affects at least 10 an aged widow for a few hundred dol- explode tomorrow — the only time it's other people (at home and at work) as lars to pay gambling debts; a man who cured is when they put you in that box a result of his gambling problem. came home from the track to find his and nail the lid down." Like other ex- The earliest dice were used in India father dead of a heart attack and, be- perts, he is concerned that this addic- and Iraq some 5,000 years ago. Greek fore doing anything else, went through tion has now reached epidemic pro- and Roman myths tell of a god of the parent's pockets in a search for portions. gambling and luck; and gambling, more gambling money. The Commission on the Review of though illegal, flourished in ancient Arnold Wexler is Vice President of the National Policy toward Gambling Greece. Many of the Roman emperors The National Council on Compulsive was established in 1970 by Congress were avid gamblers, and loaded dice Gambling — and a recovering compul- and has conducted nearly three dozen were found in the ruins of Pompeii. In sive gambler. Now 45 years old, "Ar- studies and surveys for its report, early America, too, gambling was as nie" hasn't gambled in over 14 years, "Gambling In America." The commis- traditional as the spelling bee and

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barn raising — and nearly two-thirds Dr. Custer has noted a change in the legally and, increasingly, from illegal of all Americans placed some kind of sexual balance — where in the mid- sources. They feel badly at failing to money bet in 1974. 1970s the male compulsive gamblers achieve their fantasies, experience Where the social gambler enjoys outnumbered the female by some five remorse and even panic. They may be- gambling and can take it or leave it at to one, this has now dropped to three come severely depressed as creditors any time, the compulsive gambler is to one, and he expects it to be one-to- threaten or their marriages end—and hooked — for his whole life centers on one by the end of the '80s. He finds the suicidal thoughts or even attempts oc- gambling and he cannot control or stop CG— before his first bet — is "usually cur. For example, Wexler recalls driv- it alone. As Dr. Robert L. Custer, bright, energetic, articulate, competi- ing home from the track, "wishing I America's leading expert on CGs and a had the guts to smash the car across psychiatrist in the Veterans Adminis- the highway into another car or hop- tration Central Office, explains: "It's ing I would go off the bridge and be probably the purest form of psycholog- killed — even wishing my wife would ical addiction, for there is no drug in- die so I wouldn't have to face telling volved." And in 1980 the American her what I'd been doing. That last part Psychiatric Association formally was what made me seek help." classified compulsive or pathological Dr. Robert M. Politzer, Director of gambling in the mental illness cate- The Johns Hopkins University Com- gory. pulsive Gambling Counseling Center, These addicts get their "highs" from describes their typical client: he or she gambling ("I don't really feel alive un- has $15,000 to $80,000 in gambling less I'm gambling") and suffer when debts; has earned up to $100,000 a they can't ("I feel sort of dead year, but no longer has a stable job; is inside — it doesn't seem like life has HERE'S HELP involved in or facing legal proceedings; that much pleasure to offer"). When generally owes a vast amount to they win, they feel exhilarated, smart, SOURCES OF INFORMATION everyone (family, friends, business bright, optimistic — and they associates, every of when ABOUT imaginable kind lose, they feel devastated because it COMPULSIVE GAMBLING lending institution, loan sharks). reflects on them as persons. The underlying causes for this Dr. Custer was himself surprised, Gamblers Anonymous: addresses addictive behavior are not yet agreed when he first began treating gambling and telephone numbers of local upon. Some see such behavior as a so- addicts, to find that they suffered the GA groups can be found in the cially approved, vicarious way of ex- same withdrawal symptoms as other telephone directory of most large pressing hostile, violent and even addicts: "They actually went through cities. Or you can contact homicidal urges. Others regard it as cold sweats, tremors, diarrhea, in- Gamblers Anonymous P.O. Box an attempt to obtain immediate grat- somnia, shaking and the rest for three 17173, Los Angeles, CA 90017. ification through aggressive risk- or four days when they first stopped." Gam Anon: Contact a local unit taking and a childlike reliance on Arnie Wexler says, "Compulsive or: Gam Anon, 148 West 49th luck, magic and superstitions. gambling is an invisible disease. An Street, New York, NY 10019. The personality of addicted gam- alcoholic is obvious, you can see him 212-391-0911 blers is often classified as extremely and smell him, a drug addict, too, is National Council On Compulsive anxious and such people tend to have visible — but a CG is not. He is the Gambling: this also has many unrealistically high or low aspirations businessman, banker, the average guy local units. Its national head- (which may explain their wild betting on the street." He recalls one such quarters is: 99 Park Avenue, and constant expectations of "the big addict who went through over New York, NY 10016. 212-686- win"). One psychoanalytic view is that $350,000 in the four years following 6160. CGs are masochists with an uncon- his first bet of $5 on a ballgame. "But National Foundation For The scious desire to lose (which is why they he never went into a casino and didn't Study And Treatment Of keep betting when winning, until it's know what a deck of cards was Pathological Gambling: Suite all lost). Still another explanation is like — he just bet on sports." 308, AMA Bldg., 1101 Vermont that such addicts were given unrea- Wexler himself began gambling Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. sonable demands or neglected in when he was eight, playing marbles 20005. 202-789-1666. childhood, have low self-esteem and and cards with the kids on his block, try to use gambling to prove them- and was betting at racetracks by 14. tive, hardworking, industrious and selves and satisfy their hunger for But "no one can tell when you cross considered destined to succeed." Most power and importance. that invisible line to become a com- experts feel that the first bet is gener- Dr. Custer finds that compulsive pulsive gambler." He would bet ally made before the age of 14, but gamblers follow a similar pattern: thousands on a football game, or get addicts range from 16 to 70. "What really hooks them is into nickel-and-dime poker games Typically the CG is a big winner in winning — invariably they start off by when nothing else was available. At the beginning; obviously this doesn't winning a substantial amount and times he couldn't pay the bridge toll on last. As they begin to lose, their per- that's the bait that pulls them in. the way home from the track — or sonality changes. They become irrita- Being bright, hardworking and so on, would use his last dime to phone in a ble, restless, withdrawn and sensitive they study the games and some do well bet for several thousand dollars. to rejection. They borrow heavily (Continued on page 50)

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New Jersey's 16-inch guns are shown being fired during one of her previous lives. Center, the "new" New Jersey steams off Southern California. Far right, the Vulcan/Phalanx weapons system gets a workout. PHOTO: WIDE WORLD

By Tom Gerard said 74-year-old Hubert Buck as he stood in the shadows cast by New Jer- ITEM: The Navy announces its in- sey's 16-inch guns. "I'd sail with her tention to refit four Iowa-class again if I were just a bit younger." battleships and return them to the Buck was one of a number of former active fleet. They solicit volunteer New Jersey crewmen who traveled to crewmen for the 1,800 slots on USS Long Beach, Calif., shortly after the New Jersey (BB-62), the first ship to ship's recommissioning for a reunion come out of mothballs. More than with his old shipmates and an oppor- 6,000 volunteer, including hun- tunity to get a close-up look at the dreds of ex-battleship sailors and "new" New Jersey. retired Navy men and women. "She looks awfully good for a 40- ITEM: New Jersey's public affairs year-old lady. But I can look at her officer says the bags of letters — now and remember when we put her congratulations to the crew, re- in commission back in '43. We were quests from young and old for the best people in the world. We were photos, notes from well-wishers, better than anybody else. Darn, we ex-crewmen and just plain lovers of had to be the best. We were building battleships — threaten to paralyze the best ship in the world." the ship's post office. ITEM: No U.S. battleship was ever ITEM: Navy Secretary John F. lost at sea in action with the Lehman, admitting the outpouring enemy. And no U.S. aircraft carrier of interest and support for the ship was ever sunk that was being as she entered active service for the screened by a battleship. fourth time caught Navy planners "There's an aura about a battle- by surprise, calls it, "The worst case ship," said Lt. Cdr. Eric Willenbrock, of battleship fever I've ever seen." one of New Jersey's present-day "Doesn't surprise me one darn bit,' officers. "It's their majesty, their size,

20 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1983 lie Battlewagon what they've meant to American sea- S *\ power and diplomacy since the time of Teddy Roosevelt's 'Great White Fleet.' The Lady's Statistics There's a magnetism about this ship that draws people to it. Sort of 'The USS New Jersey (BB-62) is the Biggest Kid in Town' syndrome." second U.S. battleship to bear that It cost taxpayers $362 million to name and the only ship to have take New Jersey out of mothballs been placed back in active service (where she'd spent about 13 years four times. Originally commis- since her Vietnam War duty), spruce sioned May 23, 1943, she served in her up and add new armament. Navy the Pacific during WWII, acting, at planners say that equates to the cost of various times, as flagship for Adm. building the much smaller Perry-class Halsey's 3rd Fleet and Adm. frigate. But in this instance, New Jer- Spruance's 5th Fleet. At war's end, sey's 12 to 17 inches of armor plating she had earned nine battle stars. throughout represents a construction Decommissioned in 1948, she re- feat that would be virtually impossible turned to the active fleet at the out- to duplicate today. break of the Korean War, providing "There's no ship in the world," bombardment of enemy shore in- Willenbrock said, "in any Navy, that stallations and anti-air defense. has more than an inch-and-a-half of New Jersey received four additional armor, including our carriers. battle stars for her Korean War "So if New Jersey were built from service. scratch today, the estimated cost runs She was once again decommis- from $2-to-5 billion. That's as much or sioned in August 1957 and placed more than a Nimitz-class aircraft car- in the reserve fleet at Bayonne, N.J. rier, America's largest U.S. Navy She was recommissioned for the ship." third time in 1968 for service in ITEM: Critics of the battleship call Vietnam. During her year of serv- her "USS Sitting Duck" and point ice, New Jersey was awarded the out that a single French-made Ex- Navy Unit Commendation and two cocet missile sank a British de- additional battle stars. stroyer during the Falkland Islands She was decommissioned for the crisis. third time on December 17, 1969. In (Continued on page 45) 1981, the decision to once again re- activate New Jersey was made and funding provided. The ship is 887.5 feet long, and slightly more than 108 feet in her beam. The full load displacement is 58,000 tons. The battleship is powered by eight 600 PSI boilers and four geared turbine engines that provide up to 212,000 shaft horsepower.

New Jersey's: armor ranges in thickness from 12 inches on the hull, to as much as 17.3 inches on the turret faces and in the bridge area. Her conventional armament in- cludes nine 16-inch guns and six 5-inch/38 caliber twin-mount guns. She has also been outfitted with the (Continued on page 48)

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At right, an American-made Israeli F4 Phantom flies over Beirut, Lebanon. Below, a Palestinian commando is shown armed with a Soviet-made SAM 9 anti-aircraft missile launcher.

The Mideast: Great Technological Laboratory

By Ernest Cuneo tingly initiated a technological war. American technology subsequently For the past 15 years, the Israeli- drove his Luftwaffe from the Western Arab wars have been battlefield skies as it stampeded its own horse- laboratories for a deadly technological men across the skies of Germany. war waged by Soviet scientists against Their rain of heavy bombs again American and Israeli scientists. In ef- validated the Scriptural admonition fect, the Israeli-Arab wars are the test- that he who lives by the sword, dies by ing grounds for the latest weapons the sword. being considered for use should there Hence, the diplomatic effect of re- be a World War TJL cent events on Lebanese battlefields This deadly means of gauging the ef- cannot be overestimated. The Israeli fectiveness of new weapons was intro- defense forces have annihilated the duced by Hitler in the Spanish Civil most modern Soviet equipment yet to War of the late 1930s. In Spain, as see combat. Since all of Soviet foreign Franco's undeclared ally, Hitler or- policy is predicated on the tremendous dered Goering to ascertain how effec- amount of military armament massed tive the Luftwaffe was under actual against Western Europe, it follows combat conditions. Had Goering's that the utter defeat visited on the Luftwaffe been beaten in Spain, World Soviet material heavily compromises War II might not have occurred. How- the Soviet threat to Western Europe. ever, so effective was the Luftwaffe, Israel has won time for the West. that the bombings of Guernica and "Back to the drawing board" rather Burgos presaged the fearful Nazi than "On to the Channel" is the natu- bombings of London, Warsaw, Coven- ral consequence of this third cata- try and dozens of other cities. clysmic defeat of Soviet technology in In unleashing the Four Horsemen in actual battle. the skies, however, Hitler also unwit- As the first battle of ironclads be-

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tween the Merrimac and the Monitor noted that birds attack snakes from marked the beginning of modern behind, where they are blind, and navies, a new principle of warfare was away from their fangs, which strike discovered at the Battle of Mortain in forward only. Thus was born the con- World War II. When the American cept that tanks, like snakes, were armies broke out of Normandy and blind from behind and, like snakes, headed south to Brittany, their line of struck forward primarily. communications was only three miles Applying this principle, the British from the sea at Avranches. Allied in- carefully planned to attack tanks from telligence, through the breaking of the the air, from behind. To effect this, the German Master Code by "Ultra," lis- British created a new type of fighter. tened in as Hitler ordered the German They removed the ordinary armament panzer tanks to attack. Hitler, despite of their Typhoon fighters and placed the warning of German Gen. Gunther four rockets under each wing. This Above, a Soviet-made Mig 25 of the von Kluge that his whole left flank gave each airplane the firepower of a Algerian air force is shown making a was collapsing, ordered the 250 pan- five-inch cruiser at 1,000 yards — too low pass during a parade. Below, a zers to mass at Mortain and cut off heavy a broadside for even a heavy destroyed Soviet-made T62 tank used American communications at Av- panzer to withstand. The attacking by Syrian units in Southern Lebanon ranches. planes were called Rockphoons. is left behind by retreating units. However, Allied radar could see at The ensuing Battle of Mortain is a night where Hitler was blind, and classic example from start to finish of could hear the slightest of communi- how decisive in battle is technological cations thousands of miles away. Pre- superiority. When Hitler ordered that cisely, Allied intelligence knew Hit- 100 Luftwaffe fighters fly from Paris to ler's battle plans; more importantly, arrive over Mortain at dawn, Allied he did not know they knew. night fighters were waiting for them. Allied intelligence had been deeply Not one got through the ambush. interested in air-to-ground warfare, as When the German tanks struck out in distinct from bombing. Analysis of the clearing mists, the planes they air-to-ground warfare in nature re- thought were their defenders were, in- turned an answer astonishing to stead, their destroyers ready to swoop many: the most feared attack in na- in for the kill. Success was literally ture is air-to-ground, that of a swarm flaming: 175 panzers were "flamers" of hornets before which even the lion, and 40 more were disabled"'smokers." King of the Jungle, fled. Further study (Continued on page 52) " DON'T LET April 1983 ARTHRITIS News To Use KEEP ST9 YOU Money Market Account Guidelines If you're thinking about iDOWN opening a money-market account with a bank or thrift institution because of attractive interest rates and FDIC-FSLIC insurance be sure you understand in advance that: ' The Cushion-Lift 1. There are two types of accounts— one primarily for savings, Chair lifts you the other for checking (often called "Super NOW account"). Both require a minimum deposit safely, gently to an and both have penalties for excessive withdrawals. Find out what they are angle where you Interest 2. rates will vary from bank to bank, because different institutions can stand for use different indices on which to base their payouts. Moreover, some institutions yourself. graduate their rates, No need to ask for help. i.e., the more you deposit, the more you get. Read the No painful pressure on arms, 3. ads before you make a decision. However, inasmuch as the ads understandably will paint shoulders, knee joints. You'll enjoy the rosiest picture possible, investigate the rules gov- erning the account you choose before a happier, more independent life. you sign the agreement or deposit your money. And isn't that what you want?

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The Legion has told Congress a four-step nuclear forcing our military services. This translates into saving arms policy is necessary for peace. In recent testimony American lives. I would say their (Sabo and Green's) before the House Foreign Relations Committee, mem- efforts to do away with registration only discourage bers of the Legion's National Security, Foreign Rela- young people from complying with the law and create tions and Legislative Commissions said that in order to confusion. We certainly deplore this effect." Keller restore and maintain a credible nuclear deterrent, while noted that, "the manpower pool of service-eligible working toward reduced levels of armament, four se- young men is dwindling," and that, "this is clearly not quential steps are required. First, the United States must the time to abolish our modest system of postcard reg- modernize its nuclear forces to restore the efficacy of its istration. Instead, we should be looking beyond this nuclear deterrent triad. To convince ally and adversary economic time of troubles to recovery, and the difficulty alike of our determination to protect our freedom, main- then of filling the country's military manpower needs." tenance of a credible nuclear deterrent across the entire

spectrum of capabilities is indispensable. Second, the Last month we warned of an attack on beneficiary al - United States must offset the Soviet SS-20 missile threat lowances, which are travel payments for veterans hav- to NATO Europe, preferably through arms negotiations, ing to go long distances for care at VA hospitals. We but through deployment of Pershing II and ground- also reported that a cut in these allowances might be launched cruise missiles if necessary and as requested forthcoming because of a Justice Department opinion by NATO nations. Third, having restored a credible that interprets the payment as discretionary and not nuclear deterrent force and offset the Soviet SS-20 ploy, obligatory. While VA might have used the Justice opin- the United States would be in a sound position to ion to reduce funds in the VA budget, this is not negotiate significant, mutual, equitable, verifiable re- reflected in the proposed budget for fiscal year 1984. In ductions in nuclear forces with the Soviet Union. Fourth fact, the new budget proposal calls for an increase of $6 the Legion Commission members also said that, after million in the beneficiary travel account. Notwithstand- achieving mutual reductions, a nuclear freeze would ing this news, the Legion will continue to monitor de- serve to prevent subsequent expansion of nuclear forces cisions rendered on applications for the travel allow- by either side. This nuclear freeze would be one arrived ance. Department and Post Service Officers have been at from a position of equality between the superpowers; warned to report to National Headquarters any pattern therefore the likelihood of cheating by either side of irregularities in these award decisions. would be reduced. During the same testimony, the Legion warned the congressmen that an immediate nu- The cost of mailing Post newsletters and other Legion clear freeze without such a four-step strategy would: materials could almost double by next year. The Admin- lock in current Soviet advantages by preventing neces- istration continues to press for elimination of the postal sary modernization of U.S. nuclear forces; undercut subsidy that would push non-profit postal rates up by as U.S. leadership in NATO because the huge Soviet SS-20 much as 100 percent. Budget requests for the subsidy, missile force would be left in place without any offset; some $400 million, represent less than half the amount remove the Soviet's incentive to negotiate reductions in required to keep rates at the current level. In many nuclear forces and create opportunities for further upset cases, depending on what class of mail is at issue, this of the superpowers' strategic relationship by freezing amounts to a 3-4 cents per piece increase. For example, a offensive but not defensive weapons. The testimony Department publication with a readership of 5,000 cur- was made in support of the Legion's resolution on nu- rently pays 4.3 cents per piece. Without the appropriate clear arms control passed during the Chicago National subsidy, the cost would rise to 7.6 cents per piece. Convention last year. Legionnaires are urged to contact While talk of pennies sounds insignificant, the cost to their representatives in the House in support of the the Department publication with 5,000 readers would Legion's four-step strategy. rise from $2,580 per year to $4,560 per year—and thafs not penny ante. The Legion has advised Congress we The Legion is going one-on-one with Congressional support appropriate postal subsidy funding so as not to draft registration opponents. Reps. Martin Sabo, jeopardize important communication channels among D-Minn.,and Bill Green, R-N.Y., say Americans don't our members. want young men to register with the Selective Service System and have introduced a bill that would kill the $4 The Veterans Reemployment Rights Act has been up- million appropriated for draft registration during the held by a class action suit recently won in Pennsylvania. coming year. In response, Natl. Cdr. Al Keller Jr., re- Nearly 500 former railroad employees will receive a minded the Congressmen of the reasons registration was pension credit for their military service as the result of a initiated in the first place: "The $4 million cost of regis- recent class-action suit brought by the Justice Depart- tration this year is one of the cheapest insurance policies ment. The suit was filed on behalf of one former em- available," he said. "The president's military manpower ployee who had applied for and been denied pension task force determined two months ago that in the event credit for military service. Subsequent investigations of a national emergency and general mobilization, pre- revealed that several hundred former employees faced registration for the draft would save six weeks in rein- the same problem.

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ing participants in the controversy. And we'll consider some new initia- tives that have been launched by var- ious sectors of our society. Our purpose in compiling this in- formation is basic to our being mem- bers of The American Legion and is articulated in the preamble to our con- stitution: "We associate ourselves to- gether ... to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to Bit players included a scientific mutual helpfulness." Mutual helpful- community with other, "more impor- ness is why The American Legion has tant" things to do, a Veterans Admin- been in the forefront of efforts to see istration without answers — or an ap- solutions are found to the questions of parent unwillingness to find them Agent Orange. And it is the reason and a "laid-back" national attitude why we will continue monitoring, that refused to acknowledge a war evaluating and applying pressure (and its participants) they'd just as where necessary — to the participants against the was con- "The war land soon forget. who are searching for valid answers. the air as well, with ducted from If the analogy of Agent Orange ex- planeload after planeload^ the de- of posure as drama is to be carried one foliant Agent Orange laying waste to step further, then we must admit that VA Agent Orange Study million acres rice and 315 of paddies bad shows with bad players and bad mangrove forests. The Big Red One's Transferred to the Centers reviews tend to quickly fold and be for Disease Control area of operations was fairly soaked forgotten. with it in an effort to denude Hanoi's But that's where the analogy dies The most significant development in southbound infiltration routes. The and any assumptions of similarity recent months has been the transfer of men in Charlie Company saw its leav- must end. responsibilities for conducting a long- ings, the trees that turned orange be- Last year, in a three-part series overdue epidemiological study on the fore they died and then were burned to entitled "Agent Orange: Time Bomb or health effects of Agent Orange from black ash with napalm, and one day Dud?" The American Legion Magazine the Veterans Administration to the they were working along the Saigon reported on the struggle of Vietnam Atlanta-based Centers for Disease River when an Air Force C-123 lum- veterans to find answers to the poten- Control (CDC). bered low over their heads and sprayed tially life-threatening questions aris- That study was first mandated by the land all around them. They did not ing from their exposure to dioxin — Public Law 96-151 back in December know what the spray was and did not contaminant of the herbicide Agent 1979. The Legion immediately voiced ask. But the image haunted their Orange used to deprive the enemy of its opposition to that portion of the law memories years later when the papers cover in Vietnam — and of the federal assigning responsibility for the study began reporting the damage Agent government's fitful attempts at search- to the VA, noting that the study should Orange could do to the human body." ing for answers. We detailed legal, sci- be conducted by an independent sci- From Charlie Company, What Vietnam entific and bureaucratic efforts under- entific agency rather than the VA so Did To Us, by Peter Goldman & Tony taken that reflected well-meaning but that the results would be more accept- Fuller, published by Wm. Morrow & Co., misguided intentions, frustratingly able to Vietnam veterans their Inc. Copyright © 1983 by Newsweek Inc. and Reprinted by permission of the publisher. hazy efforts or small starts. families. Further, we questioned Our conclusions then were that whether the VA had on its scientific In 1969, the men of Charlie Com- while the VA and the scientific com- staff the personnel with the specialized pany were members of a tiny segment munity had sketched a preliminary skills — such as in epidemiology — to of Americans who'd been made un- map through the maze of confusing conduct a scientifically valid study. knowing players in a potentially tragic and conflicting claims arising over After being prodded by the Legion drama. Today, more than 14 years Agent Orange, they still had a long and members of Congress, the VA later, there is a growing roster of road to travel. And the Vietnam vet- asked CDC in October 1982 to take participants — Vietnam veterans and eran, particularly, had a life-and- over responsibility for conducting the Americans who've never stepped out death stake in seeing that road trav- study and an interagency agreement of their home towns — who've been eled as rapidly — and as accurately to do so was signed January 14, dragged into the controversy sur- as possible. 1983 — more than three years after the rounding Agent Orange dioxin. In this article, we'll examine the study was first directed. Act I saw the Vietnam veteran at progress made by these various scien- Under terms of the agreement, the center stage, demanding answers to tific efforts. We'll also describe how CDC is acquiring operational respon- the question of Agent Orange's effect dangerously high levels of dioxin con- sibility only for the Public Law- on the human body. The participants tamination have been found in soil mandated Agent Orange study. The in this, the first act of our drama, were samples taken in American com- VA will continue to conduct other re- greeted with a collective set of bad re- munities located near hazardous waste search described in detail below. views that reflected indifference, dumps — thus making some Americans The interagency agreement includes apathy or a lack of knowledge. at home still one more group of unwill- (Continued on page 30)

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Orange exposure. It doesn't make any Agent Orange & The Vietnam Veteran difference how loud a group shouts, if they've got nothing of substance to Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent letter, following the veterans' visit. shout about. Orange have reported a variety of Further, Vietnam veterans are It is the position of The American symptoms. These include: chloracne, reminded that the Agent Orange Legion that Vietnam liver damage, loss of sex drive, examination in no way constitutes a veterans —regardless of whether or changes in skin color and sensitivity to claim for benefits. If you have incurred not they are members of the light, numbness or tingling in the a disability you feel was caused by Legion — are entitled to scientifically extremities, psychological changes, your exposure to Agent Orange, you valid answers to the questions posed sore joints, cancer and birth defects in are urged to file a claim with the VA by exposure to Agent Orange. We will offspring. through Legion Service Officers. continue to monitor all aspects of the If you have been exposed to Agent Orange, regardless of whether or not you have manifested any of the symptoms, it is in your best interest to participate in an Agent Orange physical examination at the nearest VA medical facility. Your participation is necessary if the VA is to accumulate the large amount of data required to begin making scientific determinations of Agent Orange's effect on the human body. There have been problems with the exam in the past. To see the exams are administered as effectively and completely as necessary, The American Legion continues to monitor the program at VA medical care facilities throughout the country. The monitoring program is being accomplished by the use of questionnaires that the Legion asks to be completed by Vietnam veterans who have received the examination by the VA, through site visits at VA medical centers by American Legion Field Representatives, and through contacts with Vietnam veterans by Legion Service Officers. As a result of the Legion's continued interest in making sure that Vietnam veterans are examined and treated in a thorough and compassionate manner, recommendations to the VA have brought about changes in policy. For example, the Legion advised VA that there were problems in scheduling examinations in some medical centers, and widespread dissatisfaction with the lack of Although the claim may be denied, the search for those answers. And our information Vietnam veterans were disability will be on record for possible experts will continue to sit on the getting about the results of their consideration at a later date, when various governmental and scientific exams. more reliable scientific information panels that have been tasked to find The VA Agent Orange Projects may be available upon which a claim those answers, doing all they can to Office in Washington, D.C., has can be based. see the rights and needs of veterans subsequently instructed all medical Finally, Vietnam veterans are are fairly and reputably represented. facilities to reduce the amount of time reminded that rhetoric is cheap. Much Our federal charter mandates our between scheduling and completion of of the difficulty that marked initial unequivocal support for and assistance examinations; schedule them on efforts to begin solving the riddle of to the veteran and his family. It's a weekends and evenings where Agent Orange stemmed from mandate we've borne proudly for 64 necessary; and advise the veterans of individuals and organizations years. And it's a mandate, we feel, the findings of the examinations at the apparently more interested in media that bears with it more responsibility time they are completed, as well as by exposure than concern for Agent than it ever has. O

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diseases (some rare) to which some Agent Orange or some other factor. U.S. soldiers were exposed in South- The CDC expects to report preliminary east Asia, The American Legion results by late Fall 1983. strongly supports the expanded scope of the CDC investigation. Congress authorized such an ex- The Worker pansion in Public Law 97-72, passed in Dioxin Registry November 1981. That same legisla- tion, which the Legion supported, The CDC's National Institute of Oc- authorizes priority medical care at VA cupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) an initial $3 million provided by the medical centers for conditions incurred has also been engaged in Agent VA to launch CDC's investigations. by Vietnam veterans that may be Orange research. Recently, they re- The CDC has also received the scien- caused by Agent Orange exposure. ported steady progress in the develop- tific protocol for the study that many The CDC study will include some ment of the Worker Dioxin Registry. cite as the primary reason for the 30,000 Vietnam and non-Vietnam vet- The registry will include work and study's ongoing delay in getting erans to be selected by the Army exposure histories of people engaged in started. The protocol — which is a sci- Agent Orange Task Force. the manufacture of 2,4,5,-T, the com- entific road map of how to proceed in The American Legion, however, has ponent of Agent Orange containing di- the quest for answers — was initially voiced one concern they have with the oxin. The plan is to determine whether developed by the UCLA School of interagency agreement. Noting that or not these industrial workers are at Public Health under contract to the the agreement permits the CDC five greater risk of unusual patterns of ill- VA. The initial protocol was completed years to complete their work, Natl. ness or death as a result of working in November 1981 and farmed-out to Cdr. Al Keller Jr., said, "Our only re- with the chemical. various Congressional and scientific gret is that scientific answers to the Since 1979, NIOSH has been collect- panels for review and comment. The troubling questions of veterans and ing work histories going back to the consensus was that it wasn't even a their families won't be finalized 1940's. They expect to make their pre- good start and the protocol was re- sooner. The American Legion is not liminary analysis of the early results turned to UCLA for refinement going to put this in the closet until of their study in late 1983. The protocol the CDC has today is 1987. We will urge the timely release the result of further development and of all relevant findings as they become re-reviews. Congressional, scientific available to CDC." The Air and private sector people who've Force ex- Keller subsequently said he was amined the current protocol privately Ranch Hand Study initially pleased with contacts between admit they're still not convinced it is CDC staff members and the Legion During the Vietnam War, Air Force scientifically valid. But they're quick that underscore the CDC's commit- air crewmen and ground support per- to voice their belief in CDC's ability to ment to keeping the lines of communi- sonnel who participated in "Operation make the necessary refinements. cation open between interested parties Ranch Hand," the aerial spraying of And, it seems, their confidence in as the study progresses. Agent Orange throughout South Viet- the CDC is well placed. The op- CDC nam, were repeatedly exposed to the erates under the wing of the Depart- herbicide. The Air Force's Ranch Hand ment of Health and Human Services CDC Birth Defects Study study of these 1,200 people began in and enjoys a worldwide reputation as 1979 and, it appears, is the Agent medical super sleuths The who find an- CDC's involvement in scientific Orange study that has been least swers where others have failed. Their matters concerning the Vietnam vet- plagued by miscues and false starts. 3,500-member staff includes eran precisely and Agent Orange began long be- The study consists of three elements: the mix of skills — physicians, fore they accepted responsibility from (Da mortality study (death), (2) a epidemiologists, microbiologists and the VA for the major Agent Orange morbidity study (disease, including others — that can best find answers. In study. As part of initial Agent Orange birth defects in offspring), and (3) addition, these scientists have at research their efforts begun three years ago, follow-up. Besides Ranch Hand par- disposal what are commonly accepted the CDC — which has been studying ticipants, the study also includes a as the most sophisticated and exten- birth defects in children for a number number of people in a comparison sive laboratory facilities in the world. of years — was asked to include in group. (For more about the work done by the their research certain Vietnam Early critics of the Ranch Hand CDC, see "The Disease Detectives," in veteran-specific efforts as well. study protocol questioned whether the March 1982 issue of The A merican They are collecting data on 7,500 Ranch Hand personnel — many of Legion Magazine.) families in the Atlanta area who have whom have since left the service and CDC is recommending that the re- given birth to children with major taken airline jobs requiring excellent search include, besides the Agent structural malformations. The chil- health —would agree to participate. In Orange study, a study of the effects of dren of Vietnam veterans are being a recent appearance before the House other environmental and chemical further identified in the study. Thus, if Subcommittee on Oversight and In- hazards. This effort is known as a it is demonstrated that Vietnam vet- vestigations of the Veterans' Affairs "Vietnam Experience Study." erans have an increased chance of Committee, Maj. Gen. Murphy A. Realizing the possible implications fathering a child with birth defects, it Chesney, Air Force deputy surgeon of the wide range of herbicides, pes- must then be determined if the in- general, said the participation rate of ticides, other chemicals and tropical crease is associated with exposure to Ranch Hand personnel has been high.

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"The participation of the subjects Today, Richard S. Christian is the bulk of these records makes it difficult has been very gratifying," he said. chief of a greatly expanded Army and expensive to research their con- "Currently, 97 percent (1,159) of the Agent Orange Task Force that's been tents. On the other hand, the richness Ranch Hand subjects have chosen to assigned the job of retrieving the rec- of this collection makes it possible to participate." ords relating to Agent Orange that are undertake studies of the movements of Chesney also had some preliminary needed in support of the health combat battalions in areas where findings to report to the committee: studies. Agent Orange may have been sprayed. "Although more extensive analyses In a recent Congressional appear- This would have been difficult or im- and comparisons remain to be done, ance, Christian detailed steps taken by possible to conduct with respect to any preliminary findings indicate the the Army to ensure they are able to earlier conflict in which the United overall crude mortality of the Ranch promptly and effectively respond to re- States was engaged." Hand and comparison groups have search demands for data. been very similar. Based on the 60 "The staff of the task force has a deaths identified, excluding the 22 trained nucleus of 11 full-time re- killed in action, no statistically searchers. Furthermore, we are significant differences in total death authorized to hire additional personnel Veterans Administration rates have been found between the as needed," he said. Research Activities Ranch Hand group and the comparison "We have developed and im- previously mentioned, while the group. Both groups appear to have ex- plemented a computerized records As has relinquished responsibility for perienced significantly less mortality management system for indexing VA the epidemiology study to the than a similarly aged U.S. white male Agent Orange documents to facilitate major population, indicating a healthy retrieval of key records. We now have CDC, they retain a number of research activities dealing with Agent Orange worker effect. However, thus far, very over 5,000 Agent Orange and related few deaths have occurred in the study herbicide records indexed. and the Vietnam veteran. Since the groups and these deaths represent "To facilitate the examination of initiation of the Agent Orange Regis- only a very early assessment of mor- record collections held by other gov- try in 1978, more than 100,000 Viet- veterans have received an Agent tality." ernment agencies, we have taken steps nam Orange examination at VA health care facilities. (For a look at The American Legion's monitoring of these exams f\ and what they entail, see the accom- L \ panying article.) In addition, they have established a Vietnam service indicator in the Patient Treatment File so that the records of Vietnam veterans may be rapidly identified and retrieved as needed. The VA was also recently given ap- proval to develop a study of identical Chesney further predicted that to establish closer liaison with the De- twins where one twin served in Viet- interim reports on all aspects of the partments of the Navy and Air Force. nam during the period of Agent study would be completed in the next "The task force has also drawn up Orange spraying and where the other few months, with the data from the detailed plans for the retrieval of data did not serve in Southeast Asia. The questionnaire and examination phases that will be required as soon as the re- study is designed to investigate of the study to be available in the sponsible agencies decide on the re- whether the current psychological and April-June time period. quired characteristics of the epi- physical health of Vietnam veterans demiological study cohorts. was adversely affected by their mili- Army Agent Orange "Finally, the basis for the general tary experience in Vietnam. VA plans, Task Force research plan is the 'Department of subject to scientific review of the pro- Defense Exposure Index Model' — tocol, to begin physical examinations Last year, we reported that one of methodology to identify cohorts (study of 450 pairs of identical twins in late the major sources of frustration for all subjects) for the pending pilot and full 1983 and estimate they will have an parties involved in Agent Orange in- epidemiology studies." initial report by October 1984. vestigations was the problem of ac- Christian went on to describe a They are also planning their own quiring data from U.S. military rec- complicated system of interlocking ef- mortality study of Vietnam veterans. ords of combat actions and troop forts designed to guarantee the accu- The study is designed to compare and movements in South. Vietnam. The rate identification and interpretation analyze death rates and cause-of-death General Accounting Office charged of data required for the studies. The profiles of veterans with service in that Army records were neither com- material he will be retrieving the data Vietnam and comparable veterans plete nor well organized because of the from, "the Vietnam War Collection," with no service in Vietnam. They es- rapid pullout from Vietnam. And we comprises almost 40,000 linear feet of timate it will take two years to com- already know that finding out who was combat records. plete the studies. where when Agent Orange was dis- "The sheer size of these records is Scientists know that, to a certain ex- persed is crucial to establishing a both a challenge and an opportunity," tent, dioxin levels can be measured in cause and effect relationship. he said. "On the one hand, the vast (Continued on page 35)

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Hundreds of Legion leaders from around the country gathered in Wash- ington, D.C., February 20-23, to es- tablish legislative priorities during the coming year, examine problems faced by veterans and their families and formulate policy on various Legion programs and concerns. The lengthy list of speakers who appeared before the Legionnaires dur- ing the 23rd annual Washington Con- ference of The American Legion was led by President Ronald Reagan, who delivered a major foreign policy ad- dress at the conference. During a 40-minute speech that was repeatedly interrupted by applause, Reagan clarified his administration's policies on arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union, defended his increased military budget and re- viewed U.S. foreign policy initiatives taken during his first two years in office. Appearing before other Legion fo- rums were VA Administrator Harry N. Walters, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ed- ward C. Meyer, Air Force Secretary Verne Orr and Ambassadors James L. Malone and Elliot L. Richardson, among others. An overflow crowd heard Reagan de- scribe his administration's approach to arms control with the Soviet Union, saying that he had instructed Vice 23rd ^ANNUAL "Pursuing a policy of honesty and realism toward the Soviets does not mean that productive relations between our nations are impossible. What is required for such relations is restraint Washington and reciprocity. Restraint must be demonstrated not only by words, but by deeds. We respect international law and the independence of other peoples. The Soviets need only respond in kind."— President Ronald Reagan Conference before the 23rd Washington Conference of The American Legion. When Legionnaires Come A Callin' Capitol Hill Sits Up and Listens

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President Bush, on his recent Euro- decade of the seventies. . . Jack Flynt of Texas. The presentation pean trip, to convey, "my willingness "Today, we are on the verge of put- had been scheduled for the Legion's to meet anytime and anywhere with ting in place a defense program 1982 national convention in Chicago, (Soviet leader Yuri) Andropov to sign adequate to our security needs. If we but the president had been unable to an agreement that would eliminate an show the resolve to sustain the neces- attend. entire class of weapons from the face of sary levels of military spending ... we Earlier that day, National Com- the earth." can restore balance and deterrence, mander Al Keller Jr., of Illinois pre- Before any accord might be reached and we can better protect the peace." sented the Legion's Distinguished with the Soviets, however, Reagan Public Service Award to House Minor- said four "sound principles" were pre- ity Leader Robert H. Michel, R-Ill., requisites of any agreement. These who also defended the president's de- principles include equality of forces; Some of you remember fense budget in remarks delivered to not counting British and French Legionnaires. missiles; no shifting of Soviet missiles drilling with wooden Members of the Veterans Affairs from Europe to Asia, and an accord guns and doing and Rehabilitation Commission heard that can be effectively verified. VA Administrator Harry N. Walters Responding to critics of his ex- maneuvers with pledge whatever it takes in the years panded military defense budget, the cardboard tanks in ahead to provide up-to-date, second- president reminded veterans that to-none medical care for veterans. "some of you remember drilling with WWII. Walters, who was recently approved wooden guns and doing maneuvers to replace Robert P. Nimmo as head of with cardboard tanks at the outbreak the VA, noted that his role is not one of World War II. We must never repeat to see a balanced budget, but to fight that experience." The president also reviewed eco- for, and continue to be, an advocate for Increased military spending is nec- nomic initiatives taken by his admin- veterans. essary now, he said, because, "for two istration, reaffirmed our country's He described the VA's $26.1 billion decades, the Soviet Union has been support for Latin American nations budget proposal for fiscal year 1984 engaged in building up the most pow- threatened by Communist takeover the largest in history — as necessary to erful military forces in all man's his- and praised The American Legion for provide the care and support veterans tory. During this period, the United its continued efforts to keep America have a right to expect. Further, he States limited its own military spend- strong. vowed to "go to the mat" with David ing to the point that our investment in Prior to his address, Reagan was Stockman, budget director. "I intend to defense actually declined in real terms presented a belated American Legion champion all this nation's veterans, while the Soviet military investment Distinguished Service Medal by im- and the reason is simple. I believe that was nearly double our own during the mediate Past National Commander Continued . . .

The American Legion Award for Distingusihed Public Among the roster of distinguished guest speakers at this Service was presented by Natl. Cdr. Al Keller Jr., to Rep. Bob year's Washington Conference was Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Michel, R-IIL, "in recognition of his . . . consistent leadership Edward C. Meyer, shown here addressing members of the in the formulation ofsound public policy." Legion's National Security Commission.

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any man or woman who has served urged the Legion as a patriotic organ- an update on POW/MIA developments their country honorably and well de- ization to take the lead in trying to since her group's trip to Southeast serves my full support." avert a most serious danger to Asia last fall, and the January meet- Members of the Foreign Relations America as well as other nations. ing of POW/MIA families that was ad- Commission heard a debate on the "Trying to limit the nuclear arms dressed by President Reagan. Law of the Sea Treaty between the two race is a difficult challenge worthy of Legionnaires attending the three- men most closely associated with U.S. The American Legion's stature," he day conference also visited with their participation in the negotiations. El- said. representatives on Capitol Hill, where liot L. Richardson, the former U.S. Commission members noted that they outlined The American Legion's delegate who helped draft the Law of many of Dr. Muller's thoughts on the legislative priorities for the coming the Sea Treaty, said some of the subject closely followed Legion policy session of Congress. (For a look at treaty's provisions on seabed mining on the issue. The Legion favors nu- some of those priorities, see "Veterans' are defective but can be corrected. clear arms control under conditions Update" on page 26. "Why Not A Nu- His successor, James L. Malone, who assuring Soviet-U.S. equality and ver- clear Freeze?" the Commander's Mes- on behalf of the Reagan administra- ifiability of any agreement. As a phy- sage on page 4, furnishes a detailed tion refused to sign the treaty, re- sician, Muller said his concerns are discussion of the Legion's position on butted Richardson, saying the treaty is that nuclear armaments are already nuclear disarmament.) fundamentally flawed because the excessive and pose an unacceptable A significant addition to the agenda seabed mining provisions would im- long-term danger to people and mod- this year was the first meeting of the pose on the world a political and eco- ern civilization. "Veterans' Planning and Coordinating nomic philosophy adverse to American The National Commander's Public Committee." The committee was em- traditions of freedom of choice. Relations Award was presented to paneled by resolution of the National The wide-ranging debate involved Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder and Executive Committee last fall and "only questions of degree," Richardson president of Special Olympics, for the "charged with the responsibility of said, "whether the treaty's defects outstanding public service performed making short- and long-term recom- outweigh its benefits for the United by that organization. mendations including, but not limited States." to, anticipatory recommendations, in Much of the debate revolved around the area of rehabilitation, economics ." the relative part the United States and in the political field . . must play in the treaty, with Trying to limit the During opening remarks to the Richardson saying, "The U.S. cannot committee, Natl. Cdr. Keller outlined is pick and choose which provisions of nuclear arms race a the complexity of issues facing the the treaty it likes," while Malone difficult challenge Legion these days and reminded the ". noted that provisions of the treaty members that, . . we are at a turning would "discourage seabed mining by worthy of The point. Burning issues are on the table U.S. companies because it could force American Legion's now. They are issues we must face at the sale of advanced technology to once. As you know, they include, Third World countries." stature. perhaps first and foremost, the issue of An "eyebrow raiser" for some was Agent Orange and compensation deci- the appearance of Harvard cardiologist sions . . . the issues we will grapple Dr. James E. Muller, secretary of In- with include, today more than perhaps ternational Physicians for the Pre- The award, in the form of a bronze at any time since the Great Depres- vention of Nuclear War, before the plaque, was presented to her husband, sion, the gut issues of employment, Foreign Relations Commission. R. Sargent Shriver, by National Com- training and economic security. We Muller urged the Legion to send a mander Keller. Mr. Shriver, the have to face the hard, cruel fact that delegation to the Soviet Union to in- former U.S. Ambassador to France, ac- joblessness among Vietnam veterans vite Russian veterans to the United cepted the award on behalf of his wife, is deplorably high, that there are those States to discuss how to end the nu- who was hospitalized at the time. now unemployed who may never hold clear arms race. He emphasized that The American Legion has supported a job again — unless they get the kind he did not advocate unilateral U.S. Special Olympics — which is the of training they need to meet the job disarmament — which he said would world's largest international sports market demands of the '80s — and that be irresponsible — nor blind trust of program for mentally retarded chil- veterans employment preferences are the Kremlin, which he termed a to- dren and adults — since 1978. constantly subject to raids by those to talitarian regime. Legionnaires serve as coaches, helpers, whom the dollar sign, and the bottom Muller, who is spokesman for a fed- furnish transportation, food and line, are the only reality." eration of some 25 national organ- equipment. Last year they helped The seven Legion committee mem- izations representing 30,000 physi- nearly 22,000 special children in bers were joined by a range of profes- cians opposed to nuclear weaponry on communities across the country. sional consultants in medicine, the law medical grounds, praised The Amer- At a joint session of the National and employment matters during their cian Legion for showing a serious in- Foreigh Relations and National Secu- meeting. The members have been di- terest in the nuclear weapons issue. rity Commissions, Ann Mills Griffiths, rected to make their recommendations He thanked the commission for having executive director of the League of to the National Executive Committee an open mind by inviting an "anti- Families of American Prisoners and or National Convention, as appropri- nuclear" speaker like himself, and Missing in Southeast Asia, presented ate, and as developments warrant. O

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(Continued from page 3D human adipose (fat) tissues. To this Dioxin Contamination Legion Life Insurance end, the VA has proposed a jointly at Home Celebrates 25 Years Of funded program with the Environ- mental Protection Agency (EPA) that Residents of the tiny town of Times Service To Members will be conducted at the EPA Dioxin Beach, Mo., have established a dis- Laboratory in Bay St. Louis, Miss. heartening link with Vietnam veter- This month marks the Silver An- Finally, the VA has approved and ans exposed to Agent Orange. Federal niversary of The American Legion Life funded 10 research activities related to government officials have offered to Insuranee-*Plan. Since its inception in the effects of dioxin exposure on the buy the homes of all 2,400 residents 1958, the plan has paid more than $43 body. Seven of these studies deal with after investigators found the commu- million to more than 24,500 desig- the effects of dioxin exposure on the nity too contaminated with dioxin to nated beneficiaries. During those 25 liver's function. Scientists know that be safe for human habitation. years, annual claims paid have grown when animals are exposed to dioxin, The offer to buy out the residents from $342,000 to over $6 million. these chemicals are stored in the liver was less than reassuring for many who The American Legion Life Insurance and produce acute liver damage. They maintain the federal government has Plan was conceived back in October will study a variety of species and known about the highly contaminated 1956, when the National Executive dioxin-related contaminants. condition of their community for more Committee adopted Resolution 60, "In- One skin study will examine than a decade and took no action. surance for Members to Stabilize chloracne, the one documented effect Price tag for the buy-out is $33 mil- Membership." The resolution directed of low-dose exposure to Agent Orange lion, which will come from the En- the National Commander, at the time in humans, while other studies will vironmental Protection Agency's W.C. "Dan" Daniel of Virginia, to ap- investigate the effect of Agent Orange "Superfund" established to clean up point a committee of qualified persons on the central nervous and neuromus- the nation's most dangerous hazardous to investigate the possibility of an in- cular systems. waste dumps. surance plan for the members of The Further, government reports indi- American Legion. The Agent Orange cate there are at least 22 other such John C. Brogan, of Youngberg- contaminated areas in the state, while Carlson Company, a professional in- Working Group the EPA says that it may well be a surance consultant, was asked to As we reported in our initial series national problem — although they develop a comprehensive insurance on Agent Orange, the White House's have no idea where in the United plan for consideration by the Legion. cabinet level Agent Orange Working States dioxin has been dumped On February 22, 1958, the NEC—at a Group (AOWG) is the body charged through the years. special meeting held in Washington, with oversight of all efforts being Thus it appears a battlefield di- D.C. — adopted the plan and appointed undertaken on behalf of Agent Orange lemma born in the jungles of Vietnam the Group Insurance and Trust Com- research. Members represent a broad has, all the time, been a national di- mittee. Two major underwriters were spectrum of government and scientific lemma that's only now beginning to named to provide the coverage. organizations and embrace a variety of manifest itself. Until recently, John Q. On April 1, 1958, membership in the disciplines. Public might have felt compassion for plan was opened to all qualified Bart Kull's the man in charge of the the Vietnam veteran exposed to Agent Legionnaires under age 70. Then, as AOWG, and he thinks things are Orange, but little else. Now he shares now, the plan was based on a level really beginning to get on the right with that Vietnam veteran a vested premium of decreasing term coverage. track: "I'm really encouraged now," he interest in seeing answers found This formula has provided Legion- said during a recent interview. quickly. naires maximum coverage at minimal "Among all the participants there's a Vietnam veterans who've followed cost. It can be compared to mortgage greater sense of cooperation. Nobody's the developing story of dioxin con- insurance in that during the early warring with each other. People now tamination in the United States have family-rearing years, the benefits are share a common commitment and been treated to a feeling of deja vu as high when family security and protec- goal." they've watched claims and counter tion are most needed. For the mature Kull also said the coming year will claims hurled between citizens, indus- Legionnaire, the plan provides extra produce a variety of preliminary an- try and the government. estate dollars. swers to the questions surrounding There can be no doubt that the The plan's 25th anniversary this Agent Orange. Noting that many of question of dioxin contamination at year has been marked by the an- the studies bear 1983 deadlines, he home has been inexorably bound to nouncement of the availability of 25 feels preliminary Agent Orange in- the question of dioxin contamination percent more benefits through an in- formation will soon be available that in Southeast Asia. Thus greater crease of protection units from 8 to 10; may provide the information policy urgency has been brought to bear, as if and a special 20 percent benefit bonus makers need to begin developing legis- greater urgency was needed, than ever for deaths occurring in 1983 for all lation, if legislation is the answer. before. ages of insured Legionnaires. He also noted that the AOWG has The consensus these days is that ex- Today, Gene L. Fattig is the Head- further expanded its efforts, establish- cuses have run out. Reliable informa- quarters employee who coordinates the ing liaison with the State Department tion is the only thing people want. The needs of Legionnaires with the Life In- so that the flow of Agent Orange re- question remaining is will time run surance and Trust Committee and the search information among nations can out before that reliable information is plan's administrators, Youngberg- be facilitated. forthcoming? Q Carlson Co., of Chicago.

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(Continued from page 4) growth — growth that in some in- of U.S. nuclear forces and the vul- stances has been matched by the nerability of our ICBMs would con- development of democracy. tinue. It would also undercut U.S. Despite the success of a deterrence leadership in NATO because: Soviet OUTFIT REUNIONS policy, this country — as an offering to SS-20s would be left in place aiming at the false god of detente— allowed its the heart of Europe; it would negate Reunion will be held in month indicated. For particu- lars write person whose address is given. Notices accepted slip nuclear deterrent capability to far any Soviet incentive to negotiate nu- on official forms only. For form send stamped self- behind that which is required if the clear force reductions; and it would addressed envelope to O R. Form, American Legion Mag- azine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices world balance of power is to be kept in create opportunities for further tur- must be received five months before scheduled reunion. Earliest submissions are favored when the volume of check. Therefore, in order to restore moil in the superpowers' strategic re- notices is too great to print them all. Notice of Outfit Re- and maintain a credible nuclear deter- lationship by freezing offensive unions are run only once during a calendar year. rent while working toward reduced weapons, but not defensive systems Army levels of armament, four sequential such as air defense and submarine de- 1st Arm'd Div. Assn. (Aug-St. Louis) W.S. Beasley, Box steps are required: tection. Technological breakthroughs 5675, Anderson, SC 29623 (803) 225-2643 1st Med. Regt. (WWII) (Aug-Alexandria, MN) Melvin • First, the U.S. must modernize its in either of these areas by the Soviets Mattson, 515 SE 6th Ave. Apt. 8, Glenwood, MN 56334 (612) 634-3867 nuclear force to restore its effective- would put part of the U.S. nuclear de- 1st Signal Bn., 7th Army Assn. (Sept-Columbus, OH) ness as a deterrent. This moderniza- terrent triad at risk. William Harrington, 356 E. Jeffrey PI., Columbus, OH 43214 (614) 268-6376 tion will require that we develop an Although current proposals in the 2nd Bn., 410th Inf., 103rd Div. (June-Chicago) A.J. Thoeming, 2512 Burr Qak Ave.,. Blue Island, IL 60406 invulnerable ICBM force, upgrade the U.S. for an immediate nuclear freeze (312) 385-1287 nuclear bomber fleet, and complete the do not advocate adoption of a unilat- 4th Cavalry Assn. (Aug-Cedar Rapids, IA) William Eggert, Springyille, IA 52336 (319) 854-6171 Trident submarine program. eral freeze by the U.S., they tend in 4th (Ivy) Inf. Div. Assn. (July-Chicago) Richard Sover, 5042 N. Olympia Ave., Chicago, IL 60656 (312) 775- • Second, the United States must that direction. After all, what would 2262 offset the Soviet SS-20 missile threat be a quicker way to end the nuclear 5th Arm'd Div. Assn. (Aug-Louisville, ICY) Mrs. Claire Watrous, 8549 Lowell St., St. Louis, MO 63147 (314) to NATO Europe, preferably through arms race than for the United States 867-8308 6th Arm'd Div. Assn. (July-New York) Edward Reed, arms negotiations, but through de- to simply unilaterally freeze its nu- Box 5011, Louisville, KY 40205 (502) 451-9822 ployment of the Pershing II and clear arms program? We must re- 6th Inf. Regt. Assn, & Auxiliary (July-St. Louis County, MO) James Rushing, 5127 Wajdo Ave., St. Louis, MO Tomahawk I missiles, if necessary. We member, however, that the U.S. tried 63123 (314) 352-4931 7th Inf. Div. Assn. (June-Jefferson City, MO) Louis Wise, prefer the U.S. "zero option" proposal such an approach to a limited extent Jr., 3001 Richmond Ave., Mattoon, IL 61938 (217) 234- at the Intermediate-Range Nuclear in the 1970s and met a Soviet re- 6534 11th Airborne Div. Assn. (July-Clearwater, FL) Paul Forces Talks (INF) because it would sponse, not of moderation, but of mas- Brown, 3118 Samar Dr., San Antonio, TX 78217 11th Arm'd Div. (Aug-Wichita, KS) Alfred Pfeiffer, 2328 eliminate a new class of theater sive excalation of weaponry. Admiral St., Aliquippa, PA 15001 (412) 375-6295 missiles on both sides. The four-step nuclear arms strategy 13th Airborne Div. (Paratroopers & Glider-troopers) (Aug-Philadelphia) Harry Phariss, 1315 Hoover Ln., • Third, having restored a credible we advocate will be lengthy, compli- Indianapolis, IN 46260 (317) 253-6756 15th Constabulary Sq. (July-Cape Girardeau. MO) nuclear deterrent force and having cated and expensive, yet it's time we Omer Pincksten, 119 S. Benton, Cape Girardeau, MO offset the Soviet SS-20 ploy, the quit fooling ourselves about the verac- 63701 (314) 334-7300 16th Arm'd Div. charter for 5th, 16th, 26th Tk & other United States would be in a sound ity of the Soviet Union and accept the Cos. (July-Napoleon, OH) Lester Bennett, 8-329 Rd P3-R5, Napoleon, OH 43545 (414) 592-1109 position to negotiate significant, fact we're going to have to spend 19th C.A. (Ft Rosecrans, CA) (WWII) (June-Colorado mutual, equitable, verifiable reduc- money to maintain our freedom. De- Springs, CO) Donald Marine, Box 215, Copeland, KS 67837 (316) 668-5217 tions in nuclear forces. Such reduc- spite the time involved and the cost, 24th Inf. Div. Assn. (5th RCT, 6th lank Bn., 26th AAA Bn., 24th AVN Co.) (Aug-Savannah, GA) Kenwood tions, as are currently set forth in the tbis four-step approach offers the best Ross, 120 Maple St., Springfield, MA 01103 (413) 733- U.S. START proposals, would mark hope to preserve nuclear deterrence 3194 24th Sig. (H) Const Bn. (Aug-Harrisburg, PA) James the first time that offensive nuclear while working toward eventual reduc- Massimini, 1931 Alcoa Dr., Arnold, PA 15068 (412) 335-6679 weapons would actually be eliminated tion of nuclear armaments. 28th Div. (WWI, WWII, Korea) (June-Washington, PA) and not merely replaced. Either immediate nuclear freeze or William Smith, Mullooly St., Pittsburgh, PA 15227 (412) 881-6804 • And finally, after achieving mu- unilateral disarmament will put this 34th Inf. Div. (Red Bull) (Sept-Minneapolis) James Huyck, Rt. 1, Camp Dodge, Grimes, IA 50111 (515) tual reductions, a nuclear freeze would nation and, indeed, the entire Free 278-9248 serve to prevent subsequent expansion World in much the same position of 35th Inf. Div. (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) Jack Sabata, 4311 Womack Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80915 (303) of nuclear forces by either side. This that hunter who tossed away his rifle 596-3369 37th Div. Signal Co. (Aug-Columbus, OH) Ed Baer, 756 nuclear freeze would be one arrived at thinking the bear was also unarmed. S. Harris Ave., Columbus, OH 43204 (614) 276-2937 from a position of equality between to this point the vocal advocates 38th QM Co. (July-Greenwood, IN) Sherman Sheridan, Up 57 Crestview, Dr., Greenwood, IN 46142 (317) 881-5143 superpowers, therefore the likelihood of an immediate nuclear freeze have 45th Ordnance MM (June-Aberdeen, MD) Charles Kloetzer, 1307 Mill Creek Rd., Fallston, MD 21047 of cheating by either side would be re- been successful in drowning out those (301) 877-0563 duced. Nevertheless, in all arms con- who support a responsible four-step 46th Sig. (H) Const Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Lancaster, PA) Leonard Wise, 4505 Hargrove Rd., Temple Hills, MD trol agreements, The American Legion approach to nuclear arms strategy. 20748 (301) 423-4221 51st Med. Bn. Assn. (June-Somerset, PA) Wayne Lebo, 7 urges absolute insistence on the stric- Congress must be made aware of the Penrose St., Harrisburg, PA 17109 52nd Engrs. Bn. (WWII) (July-Milford, PA) test measures to ensure compliance by views of the silent majority of its con- Combat Norman Hotalen, 612-R 6th St., Milford, PA 18337 (717) both sides, including the fullest con- stituents, not only the vocal few. The 296-7463 65th Gen. Hospital (WWII) (Apr-Arlington, VA) Sarkis sideration of on-site inspection. of nuclear dangers an immediate M i h rani. m 19 Gregory Ln., Loudonville, NY 12211 In the Legion's view, a nulcear freeze are clear, the advantages non- (518) 472-9889 69th Inf. Div. (May-Scottsdale, AZ) Clarence Marshall, freeze only makes sense if it freezes existent. Legionnares must shoulder 101 Stephen St., New Kensington, PA 15068 (412) 335- 3224 equal Soviet and U.S. nuclear forces the responsibility of assuring that 75th Div. Vets Assn. lAug-New Orleans) James War- mouth, 6545 W. 11th St., Indianapolis, IN 46224 (317) is arrived at through the four-step dangers are averted and that a and these 241-3730 strategy outlined here. strategic advantage not be simply 76th Gen. Hospital (Apr-Fort Dodge, IA) Knut Oppedahl, 1111 5th Ave. SW, Humboldt, IA 50548 (515) 332-2250 An immediate nuclear freeze would handed to the Soviet Union by well- 96th Inf. Div. Assn. (Deadeyes) (WWII) (July-Houston) lock-in current Soviet advantages by meaning but misguided segments of William Broschik, 17819 S. Station Rd., Columbia Sta., OH 44028 preventing necessary modernizations the American public. G 106th Inf. Div. Assn. (July- Worcester, MA) Benjamin

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Britton, 36 Warren Rd., Auburn, MA 01501 (617) 832- 640th QM Co. (July-Knoxville, TN) Charlie Mills, 405 W. (May-Bowling Green, KY) Harry Shaub, Rt. 5, Box 53, 2308 Glenwood St., Knoxville, TN 37917 (615) 525-9028 Portland, TN 37148 (615) 325-2451 110th QM Bakery Co. (Aug-Minneapolis) Harry Tucker, 648th Tank Destroyer Bn. (Aug-Carbondale, ID Don "I.K.L.M. HQ" Cos., 3rd Bn., 135th Inf., 34th Div. 510 Burton St., Raleigh, NC 27608 (919) 834-8639 Ragsdale, Box 341, DeSoto, IL 62924 (618) 867-2290 (July-Minneapolis) Don Hoagland, 5535 159th Ave. 112th Cavalry Assn. (Aug-Dallas) Claude Rigsby, Rt. 1, 656th, 771st lank Destroyer Bns. (Aug-Monroeville, NW, Anoka, MN 55303 (612) 421-1460 Box 156A, Chandler, TX 75758 PA) R.A. Wolter, 2674 Akron Wadsworth Rd., Barber- "L" Co., 386th Inf. Regt, 97th Inf. Div. (Aug-Rolling 113th Med. Bn., 38th Inf. Div. (Aug-Indianapolis) Har- ton, OH 44203 (216) 825-5484 Meadows, IL) Harold Bartig, 147 S. 21st St., LaCrosse, vey Bastin, Jr., 159 W. Randolph St., Martinsville, IN 726th Rwy. Oper. Bn. (Sept-Albany, NY) Vincent WI 54601 (608) 784-6410 46151 (317) 342-3482 Padula, 47 lull Dr., Albany, NY 12205 (518) 869-7230 "Anti-Tank" Co., 184th Inf., 7th Div. (July-Harriman, 123rd Gen. Hospital (Sept-Cleveland) Dr. Thomas Glen- 729th Railway Oper. Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Topeka, KS) Al- TN) James Watts, Rt. 2, Box 412, Harriman, TN 37748 non, 82 Arlington Rd., Woburn, MA 01801 (617) 933- bert Colello, 4251 4th Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 (814) (615) 882-2255 2150 943-0551 C-ll-4, FARTC, 2nd Platoon, (Ft. Bragg, NC-1943) 124th Inf., 31st Div. Med. Detach. (July-Cocoa Beach, 744th Railroad Oper. Bn. (June-Oak Brook, IL) Joe (July-Altoona, PA) Al Petrogallo, 415 S. Rogers St., FL) W.O. Haisten, Box 217, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Kalafut, 4839 W. 24th PI., Cicero, IL 60650 (312) 863- Aberdeen, MD 21001 (301) 272-1161 (305) 783-0614 4409 Commo Pt HHC 3/8 Inf., 4th Div. (Vietnam) (1966-67) 149th Assn., 38th (Cyclone) Div. (WWII) (June- 755th Railway Shop Bn. (July-Bucyrus, OH) Eugene (June-Mannford, OK) Darrell Moody, Rt. 6, Box 437, Jeffersonville, IN) Marion Williams, 2005 Redleaf Dr., Perry, Sr., 6093 Leetonia Rd., Leetonia, OH 44431 (216) Batesville, AR 72501 (501) 251-1692 Louisville, KY 40222 (502) 425-4963 424-7978 Persian Gulf Command Vets Organ. (June-Louisville, 174th Ord. Depot Co. (WWII) (July-Lexington, KY) Don 813th Engr. AVN Bn. (WWII) (June-Longview, TX) KY) James Doak, Box 98, Collins, IA 50055 (515) 385- Grimm, 2401 Reims Rd., Lexington, KY 40504 (606) Glynn Arrington, Box 217, Gilmar, TX 75644 (214) 2393 252-2054 734-4482 Ranger Bn. Assn. (WWID (Aug-Orlando, FL) Francis 202nd AAA (AW) Bn. (WWID (July-Hickory, NC) Ken- 851st AVN Engr. Bn. (Aug-St. Louis) Charles Crowder, Coughlin, 14449 Spyglass St., Orlando, FL 32817 (305) dall Peterson, 602 S. Shamrock Rd., Bel Air, MD 21014 753 Wainwright Ave., Columbus, OH 43224 (614) 267- 277-6910 203rd Gen. Hospital (Sept-Harrisburg, PA) Wilma Putt, 1415 Society of the First Div. (July-Norfolk, VA) Arthur 25 Fishburn St., Harrisburg, PA 17109 860th AVN Engrs. (June-Niagara Falls, NY) Lewis Chaitt, 5 Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118 215th C.A. (AA) (July-Hibbing, MN) Roy Johnson, 4013 Payne, 215 1st Ave., Liverpool, NY 13088 (315) 457- Stuntz Dr., Hibbing, MN 55746 (218) 263-7633 6515 Navy 224th Gen. Hospital (WWII) (July-Huntsville, AL) W.J. 900th Ord. Co. (Sept-Columbus, OH) Willard Deitrick, Breiding, 184 Pierce St., Wheeling, WV 26003 (304) 234 S. Roys Ave., Columbus, OH 43204 (614) 274-6972 1st Beach Bn. (WWII) (May-Charleston, SO Frank 232-3616 1252nd Engr. (C) Bn. Assn. (July-San Diego) Wendell Burn, Jr., 4115 Winedale Ln., Charlotte, NC 28205 226th Signal Corp. (July-LaCrosse, WI) Gerald Hodson, Russ, 10707 Jamacha Blvd., #104, Spring Valley, CA (704) 537-6939 220 9th Ave., S. Onalaska, WI 54650 (608) 783-2987 92077 (619) 463-2744 8th Naval Beach Bn. (July-Atlanta) Donald Randall, Old 242nd F.A. Bn. (Aug-Kearney, NE) Paul L'Heureux, Box 1256th (C) Engrs. Bn. (WWID (Aug-Washington, PA) Bill Cook Rd., College Park, GA 30349 (404) 767-1798 158, Campbell, NE 68932 (402) 756-8727 Donald Davis, 141 Paul St., Washington, PA 15301 37th NCB (June-Amarillo, TX) W.L. Scott, Rt. 4, Box 372, 276th AFA Bn. (Aug-Chattanooga, TN) Frank Whisnant, (412) 225-2375 Amarillo, TX 79119 (806) 622-0042 Rt. 1, Box 57, Union Mills, NC 28167 (704) 287-4093 3031st OBER. Co., 625th OBAM. Bn. (Okinawa) 38th Seabees (Sept-Lincoln, NE) Edmund Plisek, 377 276th Engrs. Combat Bn. (Aug-Nashville, TN) Lee (WWII) (June-Brooklyn, MI) Edward Wooten, 3488 Cherry Lane Dr., Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-3157 Sharp, Rt. 1, Jay, OK 74346 (501) 291-4256 Shoreland Dr., Buford, GA 30518 (404) 945-7908 123rd NCB (Aug-Arlington, VA) Ed Widmayer, 13307 280th, 281st F.A. Bns. (July) Leo Holinstat, 20302 Nubia "A" Btry., 124th F.A. Bn., 33rd Inf. Div. (WWII) Foxhall Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20906 (301) 942-8988 St., Covina, CA 917244213) 339-7168 (June-Chicago) Albert Aiello, 5426 38th Ave., Kenosha, Aviation Boatswain Mates Assn. (July-San Diego) 283rd Ord. Ballistic & Tech. Serv. Detach. (July- WI 53142 (414) 654-2647 James Tuck, 10255 Holderway, San Diego, CA 92124 Martinsville, IN) Herbert Chambers, 860 E. Morgan St., "A" Btry., 499th AFA Bn., 14th Arm'd Div. (Aug- Chief Cable Censorship (July-Davenport, IA) John Martinsville, IN 46151 (317) 342-4343 Jamestown, NY) Ray Lindberg, 34 Cook Ave., James- Claussen, 115 Michelle, Hudson, IA 50643 (319) 988- 284th F.A. Bn. (WWII) (July-Evansville, IN) Albert town. NY 14701 (716) 484-1613 3767 Grisham, 8805 Mark Rd., Evansville, IN 47712 "A" Btry., 601st F.A. Bn. (Aug-Indianapolis) George Destroyer Escort Sailors Assn. (Aug-Long Beach, CA) 290th Engr. Combat Bn. (July-Nashville, TN) Clyde Braund, Rt. 1, Box 328K, Cambridge City, IN 47327 Jack Collins, Box 68, Oviedo, FL 32765 (305) 365-5331 Kiker, 1800 S. Chapman St., Greensboro, NC 27403 "A,B,C,D, & HQ" Btrys., 746th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) Lighter-Than-Air (May-Pensacola, FL) M.H. Eppes, 3304 (919) 292-6318 (July-Lexington, KY) George Stewart, Box 495, Ton- Spring Mill Cir., Sarasota, FL 33579 (813) 922-6381 307th Inf. Vets. Society (Oct-King of Prussia, PA) J.J. ganoxie, KS 66086 (913) 845-2582 LSM 13 (WWII) (July-Silver Spring, MD) Walter Bucher, Hanifin, 31 Moore St., New Hyde Park, NY 11040 (516) "B" Btry., 8th F.A. Obser. Bn. (June-Mankato, MN) 8777 1st Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 588-3100 742-0892 Daniel Edwards, Rt. 1, Box 176, Lake Crystal, MN LST 292 (July-Henry, IL) Virgil Maupin, Rt. 1, Box 19, 315th Inf. Regt. Assn. (WWII) (Sept-Columbus, OH) 56055 (507) 546-3733 Henry, IL 61537 (309) 364-2771 Francis Oczko, 144 N. 6th St., New Hyde Park, NY "B" Btry., 188th F.A. Bn. (WWII) (July-Ames, IA) LST 639 (June-Cleveland) Bob OToole, 8548 Wyatt Rd., 11040 (516) 352-7554 Donald Severson, Rt. 1, Jewell, IA 50130 (515) 827-5511 Broadview Heights, OH 44147 (216) 526-5220 346th Engr. (All Cos.) (July-New Stanton, PA) Wilbur "B" Btry., 237th AAA SL Bn. (Aug-Laconia, NH) John LST 694 (Apr-Mars, PA) William Walton, Rt. 1, East Ber- Stoner, 13 Park Ave., Scottdale, PA 15683 (412) 887- Mitchell, 13002 Hathaway Dr., Silver Spring, MD lin, PA 17316 (717) 292-1550 5815 20906 (301) 942-3299 LST 702 (Aug-Palatine, IL) Avon Jones, Rt. 1, Box 349, 360th Engr. Regt, Gen. Serv. (WWII) (June-Irwin, PA) "C" Btry., 382nd F.A. Bn., 103rd Inf. (June-St. Louis) Palatine, IL 60074 (312) 359-0704 Edward Ziats, Box 257, Marianna, PA 15345 (412) 267- Marcellus Jacobson, 3234 Anderson Dr., Eau Claire, WI LST 924 (Aug-Buffalo, NY) Edward Pernal, 82 Grant St., 3793 54701 (715) 832-8654 Depew, NY 14043 (716) 683-5548 362nd AAA SL Bn., 531st MP Bn. (June-Atlanta) Ralph "C" Btry., 226th AAA SL Bn. (September) Art Phillippi, Navy Patrol Bomb. Sq. 117 (VPB 117) (Liberators) Stark, 282 Seminole Dr. NE, Marietta, GA 30060 (404) Rt. 2, Adena, OH 43901 (WWII) (June-New Orleans) J.B. Carter, 17 Athena Ct., 422-5659 "D" Btry., 432nd AAA Bn. (July-Memphis, TN) Hayden Little Rock, AR 72207 369th Engr. Assault Support Regt. (June-Milwaukee) Long, Rt. 3, Box 311A, Concord, NC 28025 (704) 932- Navy Salvage Divers (Pier 88, NY) (1942-46) (June- Bob Reed, Box 503, Sullivan, WI 53178 (414) 593-2422 2998 Milwaukee) Frank Prebezich, 146 N. 15th Ave., West 379th AAA AW Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Parkersburg, WV) "D" Btry., 580th AAA AW Bn. (WWID (May-Winter Bend, WI 53095 (414) 338-3654 Charles Smith, 23 N. Holmes Ave., Indianapolis, IN Haven, FL) John Maroiti, 1250 Howard Terr. NW, Win- P.T. Boats Inc. (Aug-Washington) Boats Newberry, Box 46222 (317) 636-9598 ter Haven, FL 33881 (813) 293-3610 109, Memphis, TN 38101 (901) 272-9980 474th Fighter Grp. (WWII) (May-St. Louis) Robert Han- "HQ" Btry., 331st F.A. Bn., 86th Div. (July-Norfolk, VA) U.S.A.T. J.W. McAndrews (Armed Guard Crew) son, 7515 Wayzata Blvd., Ste. 226, Minneapolis, MN Dick Behrends, Box 2556, High Point, NC 27261 (919) (Oct- Wilmington, NC) L.D. Lloyd, Jr., 4832 N. Hills Dr., 55426 (612) 544-4122 882-415L Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 787-1527 480th AAA Bn. (July-Palmerton, PA) Samuel George, Rt. "HQ" Co. & Btry., 6th AAA Grp. (Aug-Colorado USS Alcor (Sept-Gettysburg, PA) Glenn Whaley, 91 1, Box 154, Palmerton, PA 18071 (215) 681-4500 Springs, CO) Harold Naylor, 789 State St., Wood River, Meade Dr., Lake Heritage, Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 512th MP Bn. (Fid. A) (June-Hot Springs, AR) Richard IL 62095 (618) 254-6492 334-0213 Pope, 4 Markwood Dr., Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) "A" Co., 17th Engr. Bn., 2nd Arm'd Div. (May- USS Ancon (AGC 4) (May-Long Island, NY) Ed Horn, 225-4603 Syracuse, NY) Albert Gaiella, 109 Sunstruck, Syracuse, 174 Osceola Ave., Deer Park, Long Island, NY 11729 522nd Ordnance Div. (May-Livonia, MI) Henry Mit- NY 13206 (315) 472-2851 (516) 586-3809 telstaedt, 4026 Highfield, Royal Oak, MI 48072 (313) "A" Co., 50th Engrs. (July-Mt. Pleasant, OH) Raymond USS Attu (CVE 102) (Aug-Rochester, MN) Walter Lange, 549-2494 McCue, Box 127, Mt. Pleasant, OH 43939 (614) 769- Rt. 2. Box 245. St. Charles. MN 55972 (218) 932-3326 533rd Engr. Boat & Shore Regt. (Pacific Theater) 2667 USS Atule (SS 403) (WWII) (Aug-Escondido, CA) Steve (WWII) (July-StUlwater, OK) Vernon Moore, Box 206, "B" Co., 702nd lank Destroyer Bn. (June-Branson, Zemanek, 93 Prospect St., Binghamton, NY 13905 (607) Mulhall, OK 73063 (405) 649-2289 MO) James Ridenhour, Box 422, Cooleemee, NC 27014 723-1738 538th, 3rd of 28th F.A. Bn. (Aug-Colorado Springs, CO) (704) 284-2244 USS Birmingham (CL 62) (Aug-Milwaukee) Buck Glans, Robert Davis, 1322 Dublin Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO "C" Co., 173rd Combat Engrs. (WWII) (Aug-Orlando, 1849 Indianapolis Blvd., Whiting, IN 46394 (219) 659- 80907 (303) 598-2412 FL) John Eilers, Parkersburg, IA 50665 (319) 346-2218 2942 542nd Parachute Infi Assn. (May-Nashville, TN) Bob "C" Co., 503rd MP Bn. (Aug-New Haven, CT) Edward USS Blackhawk (AD 9) & Assigned Destroyer Divs. Pardue, Best Western Capitol Park Inn, 400 5th Ave. Reynolds, 159 Chatham St., New Haven, CT 06513 (Asiatic Fleet) (June-Sparks, NV) H.M. Wagner, 25222 N., Nashville, TN 37219 (615) 254-1651 (203) 562-8198 Wilson St., Los Molinos, CA 96055 548th AAA AW Bn. (June-Saginaw, MI) Bernard "C" Co., 752nd Railway Oper. Bn. (May-Hot Springs, USS Brooklyn Assn. Historical Society (May-New Krueger, 68" 3430 Peale Dr., Saginaw, MI 48602 (517) AR) Robert Trimble, S. 34th St., Newark, OH 43055 York) Carl Crownover, 1023 38th St., Brooklyn, NY 792- 8672 (614) 344-7123 11219 551st Parachute Inf. Bn. Assn. (June-Miami Beach, FL) "C" Co., 805th Tank Destroyer Bn. (Aug-Blairsville, USS Bryant (DD 665) 1943-46) (April) Everette Owens, J.M. Hill, 27 Ringfield Rd., Chaddsford, PA 19317 (215) PA) Robert Rager, Rt. 4, Box 423B63, Blairsville, PA 1241 Cape Charles Ave., Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 388-2588 15717 (412) 459-6607 (904) 249-5578 567th AAA AW Bn. (Sept-Panama City Beach, FL) Floyd "D" Co, 32nd Arm'd Regt., 3rd Arm'd Div. (Aug- USS DashieU (DD 659) (1951-55) (July-Homer, IL) R.K. Shelton, 1417 Claiborne St., Danville, VA 24540 (804) Owosso, MI) Paul Lewis, 1238 E. Garrison Rd., Owosso, Utter, 2811 Capen Dr., Bloomington, IL 61701 (309) 793-6063 MI 48863 (517) 743-3931 663-4257 568th S.A.W. Bn. (Aug-Amana, IA) Vernon Gray, Cor- "D" Co., 341st (Aug-Escanaba, MI) Wilfred Crondine, USS Dobbin, Dewey, Hull, McDonough, Phelps, Wor- with, IA 5043Q (515) 583-2319 Box 105, Spalding, MI 49886 (906) 497-5164 den (Sept-Tampa, FL) George Gratton, 702 E. Henry 614th Ord. Ammo. Co. (May-Lancaster, PA) Robert Eby, "F" Co., 35th Inf. Regt., 25th Div. Assn. (Aug-Tucson, Ave., Tampa, FL 33604 (813) 239-3159 543 E. Roseville Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601 AZ) John Baynes, Rt. 1, Box 338, Pevely, MO 63070 USS Elmore (APA 42) (July-Everett, WA) Norman Rig- 622nd Ord. Bn. Assns (Aug-Williamsburg, VA) Scott Sta- (314) 479-5616 gin, 4828 West View Dr., Everett, WA 98203 (206) 252- ton, Rt. 6, Box 16, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (704) "G" Co., 291st Inf., 75th Div. (WWID (July-Louisville, 6573 693*4880 KY) Dave Sealey, 3910 Burning Bush Rd., Louisville, 626th Tank Destroyer Bn. (May-Bedford, MA) Frederick KY 40222 (502) 425-3933 White, 18 Spring Park Ave., Boston, MA 02130 "HQ & SERV" Cos., 143rd Tank Bn., 43rd Inf. Div. (Continued on page 56)

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42 Lady Plugs In Zoysia Grass Saves Time,Work & Money FREE! UP TO 600 PLUGS!

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• Attractively crisp military styling. Only Continued . . . Features the traditional gold braid, embroidered pattern and button on dents who have the aptitude and de- your choice of four bright colors: $2"| sire to go into education, subsidies red, white, blue, and black. that could be tied to a commitment • Functional design with generous visor will protect your eyes and skin from that the student go into teaching for a glare of sun. Air vents will ensure specified number of years in lieu of re- your comfort. payment. At the same time, Dunathan • Perfect for men and women. suggests, there should be research into Adjustable tab offers perfect fit, regardless of your size! the benefits of small schools, coupled with courses in • You'll want to wear it on the golf teaching at the smaller course, beach, boat, ball field, garden, institutions. hiking trail . . . everywhere! To prevent frustration with teaching and, thus, prevent a migration out of MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE the profession to other fields, many on your full purchase price less experts feel parent involvement could postage and handling. take a lot of the pressure off teachers. Experiments along that line have

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THE AMERICAN LEGION Battlewagon •manic Smlian Oil (Continued from page 21) CATCHES FISH LIKE "Excocet missile, hah!" said a first class gunners mate. "Do you realize that missile carried only 250 pounds of CRAZY! explosives? Do you realize that this I made this remarkable discovery when my ship was designed and built to take son went on his first fishing trip with me. We repeated hits from the 18-inch guns of hired this old Indian guide in a small town in the (WWII Japanese battleship) Wisconsin. When our guide showed Mark how to bait his Yamamoto guns that could launch a — hook, I noticed that he rubbed something on ton-and-a-half of explosives — and the bait just before Mark put the line in the keep on fighting?" lake. Within minutes Mark had himself a The questions, of course, were beautiful bass. You can imagine how pleased I was and Mark, of course, wanted more. rhetorical. The ship's skipper, Capt. So the whole thing was repeated—the William M. Fogarty, said that were guide put on the bait, rubbed it again, and up the ship struck by one of today's con- popped another beauty. Meanwhile, I sat ventional missiles, such as an Excocet, there patiently waiting for my first fish. he'd reply much as Adm. Halsey did This went on all morning. Mark caught 30 bass and I got eight. during WWII when asked what he'd do It works for me- When I pulled the boat in at noon and about kamikazes. wouldn't be without it. paid off our Indian guide, I noticed that a D. Hulbutt, Duluth "I'd pipe sweepers," he said. small, unusual seed had apparently fallen Thus it seems the New Jersey, from the guide's pocket into the bottom of our boat. The odor from the seed was quite strong and certainly different from anything I had ever smelled before. This was what perhaps more than any other ship he had rubbed on Mark's bait! afloat today, can take hits and keep on When we returned home the next day, I gave fighting. She can also dish it out. the seed to a chemist friend of mine. He Much has been made of the cruise analyzed it and duplicated it into a spray for me. missiles she will carry missiles de- — I could hardly wait for my next fishing trip. signed to sneak in under radar and What I discovered on that trip was abso- wipe out a target up to 1,500 miles lutely unbelievable. I have never before away with pinpoint accuracy. Too, her caught fish like that. Every time I baited my hook. I sprayed it and up popped another close-in weapons system can put up a fish. virtually impenetrable barrier against I tested some more. I put spray on one attackers. bait and nothing on another. The sprayed But you can keep your sophisticated, bait got the fish almost immediately. The unsprayed bait got some nibbles, but no- electronic, computer-directed weapons thing more as far as Thelbert Farmer is con- I gave some of my friends samples of the cerned. Farmer developed "battleship spray to try and the results were the fever" when he served on New Jersey same—they caught fish like never before. I named my spray "CATCH FISH as a gunner's mate during the Korean LIKE CRAZY" cause that's just what it ! War. He'd been enjoying his Navy re- does and it works with all kinds of fresh tirement for 10 years when the Penta- or salt water fish. It works equally well gon dropped him a line and asked if on artificial or live bait. Here's what fishermen say about my spray: he'd be interested in serving on New "What you say is true. I caught fish like Jersey once again. crazy-it really works!" KS Evansville> Ind "I didn't it," even think about he "/ read your ad and found it hard to said. "I jumped at the chance for one believe-but sent for it anyhow cause I'm not very lucky-after one day, I'm a believer-I caught Snook reason: the 16-inch gun is the I used your spray and caught all these fish and Sea Bass-it was easy!" D.D. Naples, Fla biggest — and the best — gun the J. Hannon, Chicago "I always keep a can in my tackle box. Its fantastic!' Navy's got. This piece of equipment K.V. Highland Park, 111. © Catch Fish Like Crazy 1982 right here," he said as he patted the CATCH FISH LIKE CRAZY (Dept. AL043 gun's 77-foot-long barrel, "is just as my 508 E. 115th St. Chicago, IL. 60628 you , if good today as it ever was. T will send CRAZY Enclosed is $ for spray cans. If I "For me, it's far superior to some of FISH UKE si fa& don't CATCH FISH LIKE CRAZY you will refund my don't CATCH r to this electronic stuff they've got around vou^V^^dmeyour*J money at once. today. fuse C 2 cans $10 (SAVE $2) plus $1.50 post. & hdlg. Blow a or a solenoid on one w J,,^ 1 return and 1 can $6 plus $.75 post. & hdlg. of those missiles and it's dead. But this 4 cans $16 (SAVE $8) POSTAGE FREE! great big 16-inch gun can take hit 111. Res. add 6% sales tax. after hit and just keep firing on and on Charge my VISA MASTER CARD and on." Card # The ship's "Big Guns" seem to serve SEND _ Expiration Date as still another endorsement of things having been done right back in 1943. COUPON The ship's weapons experts note the PRINT NAME guns can fire a projectile TODAY! that weighs Address as much as a Chevrolet every 30 sec- State Zip Continned . . .

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Most pipes will never guarantee taste. The . . . Continued New, Patented Bartlett does. Its in- onds. This biggest of conventional a manual stick shift like this any day." credible design weapons can hit within 50 feet of a There's no doubt it's nice to keep prevents sludge and bitterness from form- target that's 25 miles away with around the old things, so long as they ing. No flavor- enough explosive force to penetrate a don't interfere with progress. A good stealing vent holes.

Bartlett is incredible. 30-/bo£-thick slab of concrete. example is New Jersey's acres of teak- That's why we can ITEM: Sailors not part of a wood decks. In the past, if you wanted guarantee you the cleanest, coolest, battleship's crew grudgingly admit to get a complaint out of a battleship most flavorful smoke imaginable. there's nothing cockier than a sailor, you asked him about holyston- Write for no-risk trial and free gift offer: battleship sailor, unless it's a green ing that wooden deck. Sailors pushed US Patent No 4235252 Marine putting on his corporal's those stones across the decks, scrub- THE BARTLETT PIPE COMPANY stripes. bing them to a blinding white in fair IOOI Main Street South P.O. Box 849 New Jersey's recommissioning cere- weather and foul. It was backbreak- Sparta, North Carolina 28675 mony was a formal, stately affair, ing, brutal work that seemed to need what with the President of the United repeating just as soon as you'd States, top government officials and finished. Today, with a nod towards foreign dignitaries in attendance. But progress, much of the teak is scrubbed PALM BAY/MELBOURNE when the ceremony concluded, the first by a machine that roams topside. sailor hit the gangplank with arms There are few complaints from the From $29,900 swinging and a whoop that was picked deck crew and not many who bemoan up by the rest of the crew as they the passing of the good old days of Retirement living at its affordable best raced aboard ship. The "queen of the holystoning. can be found at Palm Bay Colony, sea" was officially in commission, and ITEM: Two weeks following New Florida's best mobile home value. For no one had worked harder to get her Jersey's recommissioning, a long- brochure call 800-327-6611 free color ready than New Jersey's crew. planned reunion of ex-New Jersey In FL call collect (305) sailors was held —on the weekend 231-3199 or write Palm f originally set for the ship's recom- Bay Colony, Dept. C, 360 missioning ceremony, but changed N.E. Apollo 11 Blvd., Because it's a to an earlier date to coincide with a Palm Bay, FL 32905 PALffl BAY mobile home community battleship, a battleship! presidential visit. "There was some grousing about having our thunder stolen," said Rus- IMPORTED sell Brown, organizer of the reunion LOCK BLADE "The crew has had to become very that attracted more than 100 ex-New 9" 0»»(«M Langth lips open in- close knit," said Mark Dawson, a first Jersey men to Long Beach. "But you S" Whin Clo»ad $3.50 Ea. stantly and locks auto- class boiler technician. "There are al- talk to these people and you'll hear • Sharp and matically to ways a lot of problems putting a ship we're all really proud to see her back Tough prevent acci- dental closing • Stalnlaaa Razor sharp in commission. But I think it's been in commission again." (ough stainless SIMl I Model # steel blade to' re harder on us because of all the politi- The battleship's original crew- K-12AL liable use and hard, long service Send 13 Se- cal interest in bringing a battleship men — and some who'd sailed with her Not tor sale m areas ptus 50* to cover poet- vhere prohibited by law age and handling out of mothballs. during the Korean and Vietnam "With the world looking over our easily slipped back into the WESTBURY SALES CO. Wars —

373 Maple Ave., Dept L-4-AL, Westbury, N Y 1 1590 shoulders, we've been working a little role of salty sailor, spinning old sea harder and a little longer to make sure stories, matching notes on liberty the job's been done right." ports (accompanied by the bemused ADVICE ON HOW NOT TO: Dawson, by the way, is another dis- expressions of some of the spouses) and Give Advice: ciple of "the old ways are sometimes eyeballing the ship that had changed the best ways" school of thought that the lives of them all. Worry: permeates the crew. He works in and "Back in 1943, my mother thought Raise Kids: around the eight boilers that produce the world had come to an end when Get Money: the power for New Jersey's four shafts. her son went off to war on this big ship Make Love: It's a power plant that cranks out the called the New Jersey," said one re- ship's of knots. in hotel after Enjoy Life: top speed more than 35 union participant the a He left a Navy ship with one of the day spent touring the ship. "Mother's -A SPOOF ON TRUTH- most modern, sophisticated propulsion 86 now and living with us. She's as systems to join New Jersey's crew be- mad as I've ever seen her because she's -12 Subjects in All cause, "I guess I just like an old stick grown too old to make the trip to Long -Over 50 Wisdom Quotes- shift," he said. Beach to see the ship that played a big in upside -YOU ARE IN THIS BOOK- "You have more direct, hands-on part turning her world control of what's going on with the down — by taking her son away to systems. You turn a valve and you get WWII." Send your name, address & $2.00 cash or a difference in pressure. Whereas with "I've been married to my husband check to: "Daddy Wags" Wagner, RO. Box an automated system, a short in your for 50 years," remarked one of the re- 9949 (do it now) Naples, FL 33941. electrical warning systems could eas- union wives, "and to the USS New ily knock the system off-line without Jersey for 40 of those years — whether Cash back if not pleased. " having a real cause. Yes sir, I'll take I wanted to or n t

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Seaman Dan Whitney is one of New Jersey's younger present-day crewmen. He'd been invited to the reunion's din- ner by one of the organizers who met him aboard ship. Decked out in his dress blues, he stood with a group of WWII New Jersey crewmen and fended off a reporter's persistent questioning: Would You Like "Why'd you volunteer for the New Jersey?" "Because it's a battleship," he re- A Norman Rockwell plied. "So?" (Growing exasperated) "Because it's Collector's a battleship, battleship! What more Edition can I say?" The looks on the faces of the old- timers surrounding Whitney were a Plate For $4? mixture of knowing glances and shared exasperations. Indeed, what more could one say? The New Jersey As part of an advertising pro- plates) per address, at a cost of is, after all, a battleship. In the mind's gram commissioned by Inter- only $25 postage paid. That's a eye of battleship sailors past and pres- national Collection Finders, we savings of $15 over the indi- ent, there is no way to articulate the will send a Norman Rockwell vidual price. These collector's special attraction that begins the first Collector's Edition Plate to any plates make a beautiful display day you walk up the gangplank. "You can serve aboard a battleship reader of this publication who and make valued gifts. This and then get transferred to another responds to this notice by May program is being conducted si- ship or shore station," said a reunion 25 for the sum of $4 plus $1 multaneously in other publica- member as he gazed one last time at shipping and handling. There tions. If you see it in more than the ship from the pier. "But you is no further financial obligation. one, please let us know as this never — not for the rest of your life ever completely leave that battleship." These plates feature Norman information is important to us. Battleship sailors have a supreme Rockwell's four beloved clas- Should you wish to return your sense of confidence in their ship and sics in glowing colors on a back- Norman Rockwell Plates, re- the men they serve with. They trust in ground of highest quality pure funds will be promptly made. their ship "to go in Harm's Way" and white porcelain. Each plate No request will be accepted in their shipmates "to be the best crew 6W on the best ship." is highlighted with 22-karat gold past May 25. Any checks post- This self-assurance can be eerily trim. Please indicate choice of marked later will be returned prophetic. When New Jersey was de- design from: The Cobbler, The uncashed. We will also accept commissioned back in 1969 for what Toymaker, The Lighthouse credit cards orders. Just give us most predicted would be her final trip Keeper's Daughter, or For a the name of the card, account to mothballs, the ship's commanding officer, Capt. Robert C. Peniston, knew Good Boy when you make your number and expiration date. Or, better: "Rest well, yet sleep lightly," request. Or, you may purchase send appropriate sum together he said to the ship, "and hear the call, the complete edition of all four with your name and address to: if again sounded, to provide fire power for a special price of $13 plus International Collection Find- for freedom." $1 shipping handling. ers, Dept. Buck Henry belied his 74 years as and You RN- 150 1,390 Pike he almost skipped down the gang- save $6 over the individual price. Road, Huntingdon Valley, plank. "Yes sir. I'd sail with her right There will be a strict limit oftwo PA 19006. now if I was younger," he said. "Only sets (or 8 collector edition ® 1983 International Collection Finders problem is, I can't find my way around the ship as good as I used to. And you know, a battleship sailor always knows his way around his ship." ITEM: The Navy recently an- nounced it was accepting volunteers for the second battleship to be brought from mothballs, the Iowa. Shortly thereafter, the Navy an- nounced it had received enough volunteers to man two and a half Iowas. O

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Statistics Music Cheney. (Continued from page 21) (Continued from page 15) Because Laura loves this house.

Laura and her husband Vulcan Phalanx Close-In Weapons Sys- 1965 and 1970 may have been the T worked hard restoring this is of firing old house. But then an ill- tem (CIWS), which capable arrival of Bob Dylan and Kris Kristof- j^L »;> I ness made it impossible 20mm armor-piercing ammunition at a ferson. The radical, young Dylan be- I for Laura to climb stairs, ! W rate of 3,000 rounds per minute. came a cult figure, and the air rang i ; They could have moved to a one-story house, but In addition to her guns, New Jer- with poems and frankness. And Kris- j . _ Q Laura loves this house. A sey is equipped with both the tofferson's explicit songs spoke of Cheney Wecolator'" was Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles. The things country music had never Laura's solution. It lets her ride from floor to floor ship carries 48 cruise missiles that can touched. "Behind Closed Doors" and quickly and comfortably. be fired from eight armored box laun- "For the Good Times" didn't leave It's UL approved, virtually chers (Tomahawk) and four quad-box much to the imagination suddenly a maintenance-free, and — can be installed on almost launchers (Harpoon). new sense of freedom swept over the any stairway, straight, Besides the new armaments in- people who wrote and sang country curved or even spirals. stalled during her most recent over- songs. For a colorful brochure on Cheney Wecolators or Wheelchair Lifts", the in- haul, New Jersey's modernization in- Johnny Cash, the singer who can do door/outdoor Handi Lift ", and other quality Cheney cluded the installation of advanced it all — blues, folk, gospel — teamed up products, contact your local Cheney Representative cruiser-style communications systems; with Dylan to introduce country fans or write; The Cheney Company, Dept. LE, 3015 S. 163rd Street, New Berlin, Wl 53151. (414) 782-1100. the installation of a modern electronic to folk singing. Still Cash believed countermeasures system; new aviation that if country music was to grow it Helping people help themselves facilities, including an operating sta- had to expand and reach a bigger The CHENEY Company tion for one SH-60B helicopter and audience. stowage space for three additional Today the audience is big. Between units; updated air-search radar and 1978 and 1980, record sales rose from conversion of the engineering plant to $100 million to $527 million. And burn Navy distillate fuel. more than 2,000 radio stations now On the habitability side, New Jersey play country music full-time. Designed to be has been air-conditioned throughout Country music has been good to and has been equipped with its own those who have been hoisted to success super comfortable! FM radio station and full-color closed on its sounds. According to U.S. News The Romeo Comfort Footwear circuit television station — the largest & World Report, Kenny Rogers has an Shoe/Slipper almost makes you self-contained unit of its type in the income of $4 million a year, Dolly Par- fleet. « ton lives on a 200-acre estate in Ten- feel like you're walking on air. nessee, and Loretta Lynn, the coal SPECIAL OFFER miner's daughter, is reported to be DIRECT FROM AMERICAN easily in the $1 million-a-year cate- gory. MANUFACTURER _ LUNG But a surprising number of the ASSOCIATION greats have come from the humble, rural life they sing about. Loretta " The Christmas Seal People Lynn did grow up in coal country. As Loretta herself tells it, she was born in a one-room cabin, had a pet hog, and never rode in an automobile or saw a • Made in BOLT TOGETHER toilet with running water until she U.S.A. of top grain leather, sturdy com- DOZER /MOWER was 12. Charley Pride, the only black position rubber heels. to achieve popularity kd country • Hand lasted, stretch Easily assembled MINI-DOZER Tractor gored for extra comfort and fit. music, spent his youth picking cotton Kit. 30 Attachments. Thousands In use. • Wear Indoors or outdoors as shoe or slipper. • CATALOG of Kit construction alongside his folks in the Deep South. • Save money by buying direct from manufacturer. & uses - $1.00 • ASSEMBLY left • Satisfaction guaranteed-or your money back. Merle Haggard, whose family MANUAL - $7 00 (refunded on • Available In Brown or Black, Sizes 7, 7Vi, 8, B'/i, any purchase) Oklahoma's dust bowl in the '30s, was 9, B'/i, 10, tOVt, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Widths: C, E. EEE. in Bakers- It STRUCK-KIT born in a converted boxcar ;J Dept. AM43DM field and grew up in poverty. He's AMERICA'S PRIDE FOOTWEAR CO. DEPT. A-3 > O Cedarburg, Wl 53012 P.O. BOX 14, HOBOKEN, GEORGIA 31542 played for the Nixons at the White Please rush prs. of Romeo Comlort Shoes at only House and for the $2-entrance-fee $19.95 per pair. Add $3.60 for postage and handling, IMPORTED in a Bakersfield auditorium. Georgia residents add 4% sales tax. NO C.O.D.'s. LOCK BLADE crowd Allow 3-4 wks. for delivery, is little about Hag- I" o.er all L.ngin There pretentious open in- Size Width Color(s) I" WhenCloeed $3.50 Ea. _ elantly and gard. No sequins. No hokey corn pone Enclosed Is my check or money order for $ lock! auto- matically lo ad libs. When he strums into "Mama . Please charge my credit card. pitvtnt ICCI' . VISA MasterCard dental cloeing Tried," he raises his leathery face up- RtiOr Sharp of his tough etainlosa wards and sings the memories Card # Exp. Date Model # teel blade loi • re' life cabins in K-12-AL liable use and hard, — about canvas-covered long eervice. Sand U.SO NAME. Vor loi areas where his father fit m plus Me to cover poet- crowded labor camps *he*e prohibilta by It* age and handling ADDRESS toiled to raise the family and "tried to WESTBURY SALES CO. feed my mama's hungry eyes." STATE ZIP CITY 373 Maple Ave., Dept. L-4-AL, Weitbury, NY 1 1590 Eddy Arnold was a plowboy on a

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perfect . . at FAR below distributor typical long-time country fan. He coutl What's the catch? Just this: These ere last year's discontinued EASY STARTI Plug In 2 CUTTING HEADS with started leaning into it when he was models. But they still carry TORO's cord and press 8 but- 4 flexible lines revolving at cleanly . fast, sure 7600'rpm to slice stationed as a Navy man in Texas and normal One Year Limited Warranty I ton Simple, starts every time. through grass. ELECTRIC MODELI Easy pushbut- got hooked on the Sons of the Pioneers' ton start with two heavy-duty mo- hit, "Cool, Cool Waters." The music has tors for plenty of power. Manufacturer's UNIQUE TWIN SPIN HEADSI 7600 EASY HANDLINGI About as simple changed a lot since then. It's been rpm. of spinning action turn the 4 and easy to handle as self-propelled Suggested Retail melded with pop and rock and blues. flexible filament lines Into highly ef- gas model, because of lightweight fective cutting instruments. design. Big, easy-rolling wheels. It's been inundated with cowboy big LIGHTWEIGHTI Less than 35 lbs. SAFER TO USEI Rapidly revolving '229.95 bands and amplified guitars. But Dave No bulky, heavyweight gas engine cutting lines slice sharply through to push around. Especially easy for grass but do not have the dangerous OUT THEY GO AT Wallace has moved along with the seniors, women and young teens to solidity of hard, metal-blades. handle, even on slopes and hills. changing sounds. "I like it because it SAFETY SHUTOFFI Release your EDQE TRIMS, TOOI Mows, trims hold on handlebar and engine stops. is, tells a realistic story of life as it its at the same time. Flexible cutting Starts again at touch of pushbutton. lines extend slightly beyond wheels ups and downs." And even though There is NO finer name In mowers on sides, so you can cut flush up to then TOROI Now YOU can get one Willie called "rebelli- walls, fences, trees. Convenlentl Nelson has been at a sensationally low pricel MULCHES AS IT MOWSI Overlap- ous and nonconforming," to Wallace So stop sweeting, straining, fussing ping cutting areas of 4 flexible lines over heavyweight mowers with fini- allow them to slice and reslice grass his memorable single, "Mamas Don't cky engines that run out of gas. Take Into fine clippings for mulch. Bag- It easy! Get this lightweight, effici- Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cow- ging is unnecessary. change In days. ent TORO with pushbutton start. Price subject to 60 outside original 48 states, boys," is best of the genre. ADJUSTABLE CUTTING HEIGHTI Offer void You can easily switch from 1 Vi, 2 % So, what's country — and who says? or 3 inch cutting heights. fc.O.M.B. CO. / Liquidators Dept. B-983-4209 its is To detractors, country music I 6860 Wayzata Boulevard / Mlnneepolis, Minn. 66426

primitive, its moral values old-fash- I Send Toro Mower/Trlmmer(s) at «88 each plus »18.76 for delivery. «w« qui | each for shipping and handling. (Allow 2-3 weeks ioned. To its fans, country music is di- I nu c.O.D. orders.) Credit osrd members can order by Add 2-3 weeks extra If paid by check. Sorry, week. rect, straight from the heart. And phone, 24 hours s day, 7 dsys a | Minnesota residents add 6% stste ssles tax. Toil-Free: 1-800-328-0609 My check or money order is enclosed what's with old-fashioned i I wrong moral Charge: Diners Club UMasterCurd" J VISA Am. Exp. If busy signal, or If no answer, call: values? Acct. No Exp. Toll-Free: 1-800-328-5727 I PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Whatever it is, the Nashville Sound In Minnesote, call: 1-800-742-5685 J Name is gaining a kind of acceptance it Address. never had before. Dean Martin sings C.O.M.B. Co. City country. Nancy Sinatra sings country. Stste . . ZIP-

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. . . Continued LANDMARK brated guitar innovators ever to hit for months or even years. Almost all the American stage, has played with have what they call a 'big win' — at SPEC! Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. least a half-year's salary." Paradoxi- Country is heard at the White House. cally, the gambling addict may be pro- It is seldom called "hillbilly music" duced by chance — for the same type of anymore. Its record and tape sales are person who never wins big will not be- second only in volume to rock-and-roll. come a compulsive gambler. Willie Nelson, standing on stage This is why the VA psychiatrist be- with his long, braided hair dangling lieves that the growth of legalized

~" from underneath his well-worn cowboy gambling will increase the number of You get a night in one of hat, looks out on an audience that is, CGs — simply through the increased our spacious ocean view rooms, ><3> as he says, "a lot of young people, a lot availability and likelihood of bigger breakfast buffet, of old people, all look in' at each other winnings. However, experts generally udmission to the Coquina Club- 1982 Showclub of the Year, """"W for the first few minutes." Young or agree with Arnie Wexler who says, "If and fond memories to last a lifetime. ~ old, All at Myrtle Beach's best oceanfront resort' they like the way he blends rock you closed every gambling establish- hotel. Price per person, double occupancy, 2 night mini- 'n' roll and country and western. ment there would still be compulsive mum. Kids under IB stay free (breakfast not included). Offer not valid holidays. Advance reservation and "People are people," he says, "they gamblers —just as you would still deposit required. Other special packages available, too. basically have the emotions, the if Call toll free 800-845-0658. In S.C. call collect 803-448- same have alcoholics you closed every bar 9441. Effective April I- April 30. same things make them laugh, make and had Prohibition again." TheLandmark them cry, and they all fall in and out Dunne feels strongly that our states of love. So most everyone can relate to have a special responsibility here: "In Best Western Resort Hotel the lyrics in the songs I do." this addiction we deal with the victims Oceanfront, 15th Avenue South, Willie's fans prove their loyalty of public policy for the state both Myrtle Beach, S. C 295 77. Uj§J And — by regularly selling out the 250 con- legalizes and promotes gambling." Like certs he does across the country each Dr. Custer, he seeks not the end of year. legalized gambling, but the appropri- Country music is definitely out of ation of even 1 percent or less of this the boondocks. © vast annual revenue for the develop- ment and support of treatment pro- grams for gambler addicts, the victims The Heart of Country of such state policies. Hank Williams grew up in Depres- A veteran himself, Dunne is also sion years and had little interest or troubled. "If there was one experience aptitude for schooling. all veterans had in the military," he Hundrods ol FoloyBolsaw trained men The songs he wrote are simple and says, "it gambling — and have iucoaad«d In this leeclnatlng was how Still in . . uncomplicated. they capture a and Highly prolllabla field many are compulsives as a result?" He YOU Can Do It Tool subtle way the heart-rending emotion is concerned that many veterans' pen- that country music is all about. sions go to support their habit. He [HI "I'm I Could is So Lonesome Cry" urges that chaplains, administrators judged by many to be Hank's best. Its and counselors in veterans facilities haunting word pictures describe an N«vir bafora hava monay-mahinB. opportunist bean io become more aware that some "veter- graat tor mmmquallflad Lochimitha. Now lucraliva regular abstract feeling in imagery that is as FREE lo«k ano" Kay builnau hn multiplied thousandfold at ans have severe gambling problems." mlllloni taah mora protection lainit looming crlma. BOOKLET! sophisticated as any you'll find in Val then * only ona Lookimlth far avary 17,000 ptopltl He also wants credit given the Veter- Train fast at Horn* - Collect CAIH PROFITS Right Away, songwriting. ans Administration for the best com- pulsive gambling rehabilitation in the Brecksville Division of Did you ever see a robin weep world (at the

1HI: MONI I OMNQ INI I the Cleveland VA Medical Center), for loiis how you quickly As leaves begin to die IIND »0« IXOITINO MCTe-No Oblnationl train to ba your own botl mi sficiM rooia and lauiwuiwr mcluoidi providing more treatment for such un- In a profitable Sparetime That means he's lost the will to live. 01 fulllimt butinait ol other organiza- I'm so lonesome I could cry. fortunates than any PRO your own. KEY Send Tor in this aUy4 your tion — and for working closely MACHINE Hear that lonesome whippoorwill YOURS with Gamblers Anonymous. TO KEEPI He sounds too blue to fly Dr. Custer feels that once a person nwi Kir mhmm The midnight train is whining low tutu in v, m um has truly become a CG, he or she is mew* in yw tnnmi MMAYBKLSAW INSTITUTE I'm so lonesome I could cry. unlikely to recover without help. But 10195 Field Bldg. Nad aut all about III as he explains: "All you have to do is HUSH COUPUW Kansas City, M0. 64111 I've never seen a night so long get them to stop gambling and get Ihci'c is NO OBLIGATION and NO SALESMAN WIN Call ever! When time goes crawling by. for they KILEYHKLSAW INSTmiTIi The moon just went behind a cloud, their lives back in order, have 10195 Field Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 641 1 all the strengths needed for recovery: To hide its face and cry. Please rush FREE BooK "Keys to your Future." determination, competitiveness, en- The silence of a falling star ergy. I've seen many of them pay off Lights up a purple sky, their debts and get good jobs again." And as I wonder where you are The VA psychiatrist advises the I'm so lonesome I could cry. gambling addict to start with Gam-

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50 THE AMERICAN LEGION Add to your family's security for as little members usually know when the prob- lem is too much for GA to handle and refer the addict to a treatment pro- as 46* a week. gram. The two systems work together, not competitively. GA was founded years ago, in July 1957, by two just 25 The American Legion The only official life members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) who met in Reno while their Life Insurance Plan offers insurance plan ap- wives were divorcing them because of extra security you can proved by The their gambling problems. They con- cluded that since AA could help alco- afford. Now more Legion has paid over holism, its same "12 Steps" should than ever. For just $43 million in bene- help gamblers. c According to a GA spokesman 46 per week fits since 1958. Mail (members are anonymous) the organ- ($24 per year) coupon aow. We'll ization now has 8,600 members worldwide in 439 groups. Meetings are you can leave rush details. held in 37 states as well as in eight them up to $12,000. other countries. GA and AA are vir- FREE American tually identical and the only member- This uncommon Legion decal if your ship requirement is the desire to stop the addiction. GA members provide opportunity is available coupon arrives by emotional and practical support and to all Legionnaires May 31, 1983, assistance to each other, and con- stantly remind themselves that they in good standing are only one bet away from disaster, under the age of 70 from being active gambling addicts again. Like the alcoholic who must never take that first drink, the CG must not make a single bet. The 12 Steps they follow include an admission that they are compulsive gamblers, that they are controlled by an overwhelming force and must turn The American Legion Life Insurance Plan themselves a\ er to "God as we under- • stand him" and ask his help, that they P.O. Box 5609 Chicago, IL 60680 will make amends to those who have been harmed by them and will share NAME. their knowledge with other CGs. Al- lied with GA ^re Gam Anon (to assist STREET families with support and practical help in dealing with the addict) and CITY _STATE. .ZIP. Gam Ateen (for the teen-age children of addicts). BIRTH DATE The first compulsive gambling Month Day Year treatment program was started by Dr. AL4 Custer in 1972 at the Brecksville VA Medical Center. This was the result of three GA members asking him for Inon- help because he was then in charge of MARTINS FLAGS an alcoholic treatment program. Since GUNS! 1 Thai s right, ihese precision built replicas 1 DISPLAYS FOR I ous firearms CANNOT CHAMBER OR FIRE REAL then, he has provided the impetus for fe« | AMMUNITION! Made ol machined melal, ihey look, » ORGANIZATIONS I weigh same the originals CAN BE DISASSEMBLED. as FAIRS and helped with the four other pro- . 30 blued, hand-finished parts. Comes full TOWNS-SCHOOLS perfect lor display MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Send I and Ask for our FREE CATALOG of over 60 d.f ferent models , Prompt shipment. grams now fully operative. These have 1 ICC Model shown GEHMAN P-08 COIG-81 200 tX) 12 75) colorful WHOLESALE Catalog for1983 I The COLLECTOR'S ARMOURY. Inc., Dept. A L been the VA programs at the Brook- FLAG CO., FORT DODGE, IOWA 5050) ! SCO SLATERS LANE. ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA 22313 MARTIN'S lyn, N.Y., East Orange, N.J., Loma Linda, Calif., and Miami, Fla., VA Medical Centers. In 1979, Maryland OLD COIN SALE. FREE^ became the first state to establish its /find money & BUYER'S - LINCOLN CENTS: 11 for S2 TREASURE treasure 1910P 18P 19P 20P 2SP 26P 27P 28P own treatment service — The Johns i GUIDE 1929P 29S 30P 34P 3SP 3SD 36P 36D J With a Quality CALL 1937P 37D 38P 39P 39S 40 P 40D 40S Hopkins University Compulsive 1941P 41D 41S 42P 42D 42S 43P 44P 1 Garrett Metal TOLL FREE 1944D 445 45P 45D 45S 46D 46S 47D Detector 1-800-527-4011 1947S 48D 48S 49D 49S SOD SOS 51D Gambling Counseling Center. Re- 1951S 52D 52S 53D 53S S4P I or (in Texas) 1-800-442-4889 54D 54S 195SP 55D 68S 69S 70S 72S 73S 74S cently too, centers have been started GARRETT ELECTRONICS Circle dates wanted 11 for $2 Satisfaction Guaranteed Dept. AL. 2814 National Dr

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SUPPLIES Continued . . . I W9 LJ^^ I EQUIPMENT on Staten Island and in Rochester, The German left flank collapsed. Pat- ACCESSORIES N.Y., as well as Bridgeport, Conn. ton's 3rd Army broke out across \jr Send lor our NEW catalog! and there is now talk of more centers. Europe. Such was the rout that Kluge ^ Include name of organization you work for The best way to learn of such pro- killed himself. (WM.GMNT DISTRIBUTORS grams in your area is through the The bird-snake theory had revolu- P. O. Box 1287. Port Chester. N.Y. 10573 local GA, which invariably is aware of tionized war from air to ground, paral- Telephone: (914) 949-4421 all the help available. leling that of the technological revo- With the common source, it is not lution of warfare at sea by the sub- surprising that observers have noted marine. In three successive battlefield similar treatment processes in the four tests, the latest in Lebanon, the Israeli VETERANS GRAVE MARKERS Send for successful and long-standing pro- air force has done much to advance free brochure and prices on economy grams. They all focus on current be- that revolution. Veterans Grave Markers. havior and problems rather than look- Modern day battle tests after Mor- Colonial Die Corp. 9243 First. ing to the buried causal psychological tain began during the Israeli-Arab Box 23, Baroda, Michigan 49101 factors (which traditional psycho- War of 1967. The intelligence services therapy emphasizes). All insist upon of the world watched with bated membership in GA and Gam Anon (for breath the outcome of vastly greater the spouses) as an integral and essen- weight of Soviet armament against ORNAMENTAL WINDMILL tial part of their program. Group as advanced American-Israeli technology. individual and it Unique lawn decoration. Turns in well as psychotherapy Militarily and diplomatically, was a slightest breeze. Adds rustic charm family involvement are employed. heavyweight championship bout with Sizes 4Vi ft., 8 ft., 10 ft. tall. For colorful literature Those in the program are given assis- every major power at ringside. On send stamps or 2,5c handling. tance in resolving their day-to-day eve, Israel ringed by | battle's was Air Machine Co.. Inc. Box 2156, Lohrville. Iowa 51453 problems such as court appearances 250,000 hostile troops, 2,500 tanks and and financial and legal complications. 700 war planes. Some programs emphasize inpatient At dawn of June 5, 1967, battle ARMCHAIR RACES: (hospital) care while others offer al- began. As at Mortain, it was over in a THE 'BETTOR WAY' most entirely outpatient help; some matter of hours. Before noon, the .to FUND- annihilated. RAISING SUCCESS employ a combination. 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Continued . . . brigades were on the plateau. Behind with telling results: not one of the raeli Embassies by the PLO from the Syrian tanks were three motorized 1,200 Syrian tanks returned to Syria. southern Lebanon had passed the infantry divisions, ready to exploit the It was an historic victory — won by point of tolerability, and that Israel breakthrough into the Galilee Valley. technology. But it was a Pyrrhic vic- would attack. As Israeli forces massed Ordered to fight to the last man, the tory. In two days, the Israelis had lost on the Lebanese border, the Kremlin Israeli brigades exacted a heavy toll. 10 percent of their air force. Though signaled its conventional warning to The Israeli tanks inflicted a three to they had lost the battle, the Soviet Israel by ordering a massive naval one loss ratio, but it was not enough. technicians had drawn technologically presence off the Lebanese coast: 30 Outnumbered at battle climax by six even with their improved surface-to- warships of the Red Mediterranean to one, the Israeli line was borne back air missiles. In bluntest terms, the Squadron appeared off Lebanon. to the rim. "snake" of Mortain now had eyes that Accepting the challenge, the U.S. Under these desperate circum- could search the clouds and a sting 6th Fleet moved east out of Naples, stances, the Israeli high command was that could reach birds of prey at high significantly enough, accompanied by forced to play its ace: the Israeli air altitude. the nuclear-powered carrier USS force would be forced to go in over the Meanwhile in the south, the Israelis Eisenhower and a combat regiment of new SAM batteries in support of the were again hard pressed as the invad- Marines. In response, the Soviet Black beleaguered tank brigades. In they ing Egyptian armies moved under the Sea Fleet immediately dispatched 10 went. The Phantoms and the Mirages protection of creeping SAM bases. An- more warships down the Dardanelles protected the upper altitudes while the other^xample of the battlefield as to reinforce the Soviet fleet off Leba- Skyhawks came in at tree-top level technological laboratory occurred non. Eyeball to eyeball, Washington with ground support. The Skyhawks when both adversaries revealed in- did not blink. In reply, the attack car- targeted so exactly that their strikes credibly advanced bridges — the Is- rier USS Kennedy sped up the Red Sea were within yards of the surrounded raelis, unveiling an engineering mar- through Suez to join the U.S. 6th Fleet Israeli tanks. The price in airplanes vel, a huge bridge on big rubber off Lebanon. Simultaneously, in from and pilots, however, was frightful — wheels, towed by tanks. Then, in what the Atlantic, the carriers USS Inde- more than Israel could afford to pay seems almost a direct duplicate of Gen. pendence and USS Forrestal cleared for long. Five percent of the Israeli air Robert E. Lee's tactics at Chancel- Gibraltar, bound east to join the 6th. force was lost on the first sortie. lorsville, the Israeli army crossed the U.S. warships now outnumbered the The Israeli air force was withdrawn Suez Canal, surprising the Egyptian Soviets 50 to 40. All factors were pres- from action, while the Israeli high armies by attacking the rear. The ent for another showdown at sea as in command considered its awful choices: Egyptian 3rd and 2nd Armies, the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Rel- whether to abandon the civilians of threatened with annihilation, were atively, however, the United States Galilee and save the air force for the rescued by the diplomatic intervention did not hold the preponderant advan- much more ponderous attack of the of Russia and the United States. tage in 1982 that it did in 1962. Rus- lightly opposed Egyptians in the It was a tremendous military victory sia, in a crash naval program, had South, already across the canal with nevertheless, but the score in the con- since built four blue water navies. In two divisions and 500 tanks, or to cast tinuing technological war was not im- surface tonnage they exceeded the the Israeli air force — and the fate of pressive. The Egyptian armies had U.S. Navy in the ratio of 3:2; in sub- all Israel — into the battle being lost made great progress when they were marines, 7:2. Brezhnev growled a on Golan Heights. Into the breach once under the SAM umbrellas. Once out warning to the U.S. not to land the more swept the Israelis, the Skyhawks from under them, neither the Egyp- Marines. flying up the Jordan Valley at such tian ground forces nor the Egyptian All fell silent. It was like the hush low level that they were flying virtu- air force stood a chance against Is- before a world heavyweight champion- ally into the mouth of the SAMs. rael's air force. This, however, re- ship fight. The intelligence services of Again the casualty rate was terrific. vealed something of a technological every major power were at ringside The Israeli 188th was gone; the 7th stand-off: the fangs of the snake, the when the fipst Israeli tank rolled was fighting on with more than 50 SAMs, were still limited not in their across the Lebanese border. percent casualties. But even as the air lethal effect, but in their ground Both anxiety — and expectation — force went in, the central Israeli army mobility. Thus, as the next round of were high. Earlier in the year, Israel reserve was arriving. So pressing was the technological war started, it was had indicated tremendous advances in the need up on the plateau that Israeli apparent the Soviets were achieving its air-to-ground attack by destroying generals were directing traffic at the lethal mobile effectiveness in their the nuclear installation under con- valley junction, waving single tanks SAMs. Obviously, if their rate of SAM struction at Baghdad with a pinpoint up into battle without waiting for for- mobility continued, Israel — and hence surgical strike, even more applicable mation. Up to the El Al junction in the Western Europe — would be in gravest to ships on the open sea than to land south and across the Daughters of danger because mobile SAMs could targets. Again, the destruction of Jacob Bridge the Israeli reserves give full protection in the sky to the H.M.S. Sheffield in the Falkland ac- poured just in time. The Syrian attack vast Soviet armies and navies below. tion by an Argentinian-piloted Israeli was stopped — less than five miles Thus, every major power knew there jet armed with a single missile, the from the Daughters of Jacob Bridge would be a crucial technological show- French Exocet, added air-to-sea and only 800 meters from the control- down in the next go-around, and that supremacy to the tremendous stakes of ling heights of El Al. From this line, it was coming soon. Early in 1982, the technological battles to be fought, stabilized at such terrible price, the Is- every major power knew that the that of the Soviet SAM 6, 7 and 8 raeli forces were able to counterattack global attacks on Israel proper and Is- missiles against the technological ad-

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Continued . . . USS England (DE (Aug-Long Beach, CA^ Edward decisive. Eighty-four Syrian- Except for the tremendous 635) equally advance Arterburn, 515 W. Virginia Ave., Peoria, IL 61604 (309) manned Migs, including several of in American-Israeli technology since 682-0718 USS Fiske (DE 143), Sloat (DE 245) (Aug-Long Beach, Russia's latest, the Mig 25, were shot the October War of 1973, the Soviet CA) Jack Collins, Box 68, Oviedo, FL 32765 (305) 365- in air combat. Israeli losses: scientists would have prevailed. 5331 down They USS Fremont (APA 44) (Oct-Boston) Oscar Baron, 192 none. had perfected the defense that exacted Concord St., Newton, MA 02162 (617) 332-7144 USS Frost (DE 144) (Aug-Long Beach, CA) Ernest The great technological duel, how- such a heavy toll in the Battle of Zimany, 475 Courtland Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06605 ever, was between the Israeli air force Golan Heights in the October War. (203) 333-2909 USS Frybarger (DE 705) (Apr-Salisbury, NO Alex and the new Soviet missile systems. Had the Israeli air force been forced to Boyd, 5107 Bryce Ln., Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 233- 0581 The Soviet technicians had come a fight as it had fought nine years be- USS Henley (DD 391) (July-San Francisco) Roy Anglen, Box Hume, IL 61932 (217) 887-2372 from Hitler's blind snake- fore, it would have been annihilated. 3, long way USS Hyperion (WWII) (May-Eufaula, OK) J.E. Odom, on-the-ground at Mortain. Indeed, the Moreover, despite the technological 2119 Christine St., Pampa, TX 79065 (806) 665-4297 USS Jenkins (DD 447) (May-Atlanta) A.C. Arnold, 1130 Soviets had constructed a veritable victory in Lebanon, the Achilles' heel Cheatham Hill Rd., Marietta, GA 30064 (404) 428-9511 USS Little (DD 803) (Apr-Dallas) E.M. Anderson, 8155 cobra's den, the king cobra of of Israel is in plain view: Israel mobile now Santa Clara Dr., Dallas, TX 75218 (214) 321-9908 which could rear to thousands of feet has a very low rate of casualty toler- USS Marblehead (CL 12) (June-Williamsburg, VA) E.R. Lauridsen, 6243 Rancho Hills Dr., San Diego, CA 92139 and spread successive layers of ven- ance. Israel's 25,000 regulars and (714) 479-1340 ingeniously designed USS Mars (June-San Diego) Everett Jones, Box 86253, omous explosive, 140,000 minutemen and women, San Diego, CA 92138 (619) 421-3721 to force attacking Israeli planes into clearly enough, cannot accept the USS Miami (CL 89) (June-Lancaster, PA) Betty Richardson, 5507 Limeric Cir., Apt 46, Wilmington, DE connected zones of concentrated same number of casualties as a major 19808 (302) 366-1974 USS Moctpelier (Oct-Wilmington, NO E.J. Ireland, fire. Missiles were not the only power and still survive. In terms of missile 7633 Hillshire Ct., Saginaw, MI 48603 (517) 781-0716 weapons. At the heart of each missile percentages, the loss of an Israeli USS North Carolina Assn. (June-Wilmington, NO C.H. Rosell, USS North Carolina Battleship Assn., Box F, battery was the new Soviet ZSU-23/4, soldier is the percentage equivalent of Hollywood, SC 29449 USS Patoka (AO 9) (May-St. Louis) John Hays, 11946 anti-aircraft cannon that fired at a loss of 10 American servicemen. an Hidden Lake, St. Louis, MO 63138 (314) 741-5911 the amazing rate of 4,000 rounds a Moreover, since by rule of thumb a 33 USS PC 1195 (WWII) (June-Hershey, PA) Chester Estep, 902 Pearl St., Washington Court House, OH 43160 (614) minute. Had the Israeli air force em- percent casualty rate is as much as 335-1481 of ground USS Pocomake (AV 9) (June-Norfolk, VA) E.R. Donlon, ployed the same method any army can absorb without danger Box 12652, Norfolk, VA 23502 (804) 464-6135 support employed in the October War of disintegration, it follows that the USS Ranger (CV 4) (Aug-Columbia, MD) George Pyle, 8629 Oakleigh Rd., Baltimore, MD 21234 (301) 665- of 1973, the Israeli pilots would have loss of only 50,000 men (about l/20th 1329 USS Seminole (AKA 104) (WWII) (Apr-Charleston, SC) fly successive of the U.S. casualties in World II) had to through seven War W.T. Bird, 50 Calhoun Rd., Waynesville, NC 28786 tunnels of concentrated missile fire would be a near lethal blow to the Is- (704) 452-1752 U.S. Submarine Vets of WWII (Aug-Scottsdale, AZ) —all but an impossibility. raeli defense forces. Under these cir- William Reitz, 1225 6th PI., Port Hueneme, CA 93041 (805) 483-5242 yet, within the first few days, cumstances, the state orders for And Arab USS Tennessee (BB 43) (June-San Diego) James Tag- the Soviet missile systems were de- armament now being filled — some $27 gart, Box 81065, San Diego, CA 92138 (619) 234-5463 USS Trenton (CL 11) (June-Trenton, NJ) Pete Dardani, stroyed, with but loss of a single Is- billions worth added to the more than 131 Goodwin Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066 (415) 355-0595 USS Twining (DD 540) (1943-71) (July-Milwaukee) raeli plane, the pilot of which man- $35 billion already cramming their Bruno Campagnari, Rt. 3, Dugan Rd., Olean, NY 14760 aged to parachute to safety. arsenals — will once again give the (716) 372-1780 USS Vincennes Assn. (CA 44, CL 64) (Aug-Vincennes, Sir Winston Churchill declared that Arab states a vast preponderance of IN) William Plapp, 713 Millikin St., Hamilton, OH 45013 (513) 892-9382 if could not be with material for the next assault. great victories won USS Woolsey (DD 437) (July-Charleston, SC) Tony Tor- but small casualties, history would On the basis of military purchases res, 13710 Capiz Ct., Whittier, CA 90601 (213) 693-8023 USS Yorktown, (CV 5) (June-Green Bay, WI) Robert have occasion to record the name of no in the world market, within the next Newcomb, Rt. 6, Box 235, Rhinelander. WI 54501 (715) 362-2613 this count, the Is- four years, Israel's great captains. By most implacable WAVES National Corporation (July-Philadelphia) Joan raelis scored one of the greatest vic- adversaries — Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Fenstermacher, 2839 Carnation Ave., Willow Grove, PA 19090 (215) 659-1164 tories in recorded history. Saudi Arabia and Syria — will have But how was this technological- massed armed forces of 8,000 field Air Force military miracle accomplished? The guns, 11,000 armored infantry trans- 2nd Bomb Sq., 22nd Bomb Grp., 5th A.F. (June- Lexington, KY) Jim Bradley, 5803 NW 70th Ave., Ft. full answer remains classified. Natu- ports, 12,000 tanks, 2,300 combat Lauderdale, FL 33319 (305) 721-9262 rally enough, a small country battling planes, 1,000 helicopters and more 4th Fighter Sq., 52nd Ftr. Grp. (WWII) (Aug-St. Charles, IL) Edward Dillow, 18 E. Charles St., Piano, IL for its life can scarcely be expected to than 500 SAM batteries. Additionally, 60545 (312) 552-8357 5th Ftr. Sq., 52nd Ftr. Grp. (WWII) (July-Minot, ND) reveal fully the technological secrets the Arab states will have total naval Joe Myers, Rt. 1, Box 303, Ramsey, IL 62080 (618) 423-2597 upon which its survival depends. forces of more than 100 warships. Ob- 11th, 482nd Serv. Sqs., HQ Sq., 8th Serv. Grp. (May- One thing is certain: unnoticed, the viously enough, Israel cannot begin to Lancaster, PA) John Heckler, 76 E. Harbor Dr., Teatic- ket, MA 02536 (617) 540-1303 British prediction that the Battle of compete with this vast panoply either 13th Bomb Sq., 3rd Bomb Grp., 5th A.F. (Apr-Panama Forrester, 8275 Taffy Dr., West would revolutionize warfare in money or in personnel. Thus, Is- City Beach, FL) J.R. Mortain Chester, OH 45069 (513) 777-6657 has eventuated. rael's hopes of survival, it appears, are 14th Ftr. Grp. (HQ, 37th, 48th, 49th, 50th, P-38) (WWII) (Aug-Englewood, CO) Val Phillips, 8116 E. Windwood It is an axiom of the theater that the in peace or in the alternative: mainte- Way, Parker, CO 80134 (303) 841-2605 19th Bomb Assn. (Apr-Reno, NV) Herbert Frank, 90-13 curtain always goes up. In the nance of technological superiority on 201st St., Hollis, NY 11423 (212) 465-5740 power-play on the world stage, how- an even greater scale. 20th Ftr. Grp. Assn. (Aug-King Cliffe, England) John Mayer, 5515 Kerth Rd., St. Louis, MO 63128 (314) ever, the curtain never goes down. Be- None are so blind as those who will 487-5027 Ftr. 51st Ftr. Grp. (China Blitzers) (June- fore the metal of the broken tanks had not see. However, the great technolog- 26th Sq., Sacramento, CA) Gordon Sortomme, 1206 41st St., Sac- cooled, hundreds of Soviet technicians ical victory in Lebanon should prove to ramento, CA 95819 (916) 452-2621 26th Service Sq. (June-Tulsa, OK) Robert Hunter, 820 were flown to the Lebanon battlefields even the most myopic American that Hilltop Ln., Logansport, IN 46947 (219) 753-9517 44th Grp., Bomb Wing, Strategic Missile Wing to the cataclysmic failure of of all America's defenses, the rampart Bomb assess (May-Rapid City, SD) Col. Thomas Pfeiffer, 68th Strat. Soviet weapons. The Soviet advances to be most vigilantly watched — and Missile Sq., Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706 (605) 399-2742 49th Ftr. Grp. (all Sqs.) 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DOES 60 lbs. OF TOMATOES FROM ONE YIELD SOUND INCREDIBLE? NOT IF YOU OWN THE TREE TOMATO (Cyphomandra betacea)

GROWS INDOORS OR OUTDOORS ... YOU PICK BASKET AFTER BASKET OF RIPE, TASTY TOMATOES

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Noted Citriculturist of New Zealand "Ripening in New Zealand from late April to early November, the tree tomato has a very long fruiting season. Its wide range of culinary uses make it a valuable winter and spring fruit ... a welcome addition to the menu." "Although introduced into New- Zealand many years ago, it is only in recent years that the tree tomato has become better known for its many uses. It is now much sought after, and its popularity is indicated by the high price realized for it on

local markets . . . Under suitable con- ditions the plant will produce from 40 to 60 lbs. of fruit annually." From New Zealand comes the biggest garden sensation of the century ... THE PERENNIAL TOMATO!

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