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Clarke 14 RED, WHITE AND RLOE SCRAPS OF LIFE "One nation under God, indivisible. "even in Vietnam. By Sen. John McCain 16 AMERICA'S FARM CRISIS Experts claim the worst is over, butfarmers aren 't celebrating. By RobertA. Hamilton Jr. 18 COPING WITH HARD TIMES He's 58 and works 14-hour days to make ends meet. 21 THE FADING HEARTLAND Foreigners now own 12.4 million acres ofAmericanfarm land. 22 SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION Government controls: Darned ifyou do; darned ifyou don't. 25 DISPATCH FROM NORMANDY The D-Day beach resembled a museum ofcarnage. By Ernie Pyle 26 WILL EUROPE DEFEND ITSELF? The INF Treaty: Will it unite or divide NATO? By Brian Crozier 28 KOREA: 'AND STILL THEY KEPT COMING' Burning memories ofscreaming hordes andfrozen hell. By Donald Knox 30 18 A LEGACY FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN CWF: BuildingAmerica's tomorrow. 34 LEGION 'MINUTEMEN' TO THE RESCUE Nafl Cmdr. Comer spearheads action to save the VA Cabinet bill. 40 D E P A R T M E N T S DIG ISSUES Should Congress Reduce Capital-Gains Tax? 10 LETTERS 4 VETERANS UPDATE 32 VETERANS ALERT 42 COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 6 LEGION NEWS DRIEFS 36 PARTING SHOTS 56 DATELINE WASHINGTON 8 22 COVER Bountiful harvest. Photo by Woodfin Camp & Associates/Dick Durrance II. The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.8 million members. These military-service veterans, working through 16,000 community-level posts, dedicate themselves to God and country and traditional Amer- ican values; strong national security; adequate and compassionate care for veterans, their widows and orphans; community service; and the wholesome development of our nation's youths. JUNE 1988 1 The Wacky World "TTCMli ^[MiI^u©^[M Of Spike Jones FOR GOD AND COUNTRY His Greatest Hits Ever Editorial Offices 700 N. 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