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The Magazine for a Strong America Vol. 125, No. 4 October 1988

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KNOW YOUR AMERICAN LEGION: THE NEC These lawmakers ensure thatpolicies and resolutions adopted at the national convention are carried out. 12 OUR NEGLECTED BALLOT BOX America ranks near the bottom in voter turnout among major democratic nations. By Philip C.Clarke 16 WHAT YOUR CONGRESSMAN CAN DO FOR YOU Only lawmaking ranks above solving constituents'problems. ByGaryTurbak 18

PIPELINE TO THE PRESIDENT The Department of Veterans Affairs willprovide veterans a White House voice to express their concerns about national issues. 20

THE FREE ENTERPRISE PATRIOT, PART 8 Andrew lands injailforfalse arrest. ByJohn Rickey 22 QUEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY "America should notput aprice tagonfreedom, "says Vice President George Bush. 24 QUEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY

"The greatest threat to our national security in this hemisphere is the drugproblem, says Governor Michael S. Dukakis. 26 VIGNETTES OF COURAGE Steeling himselfagainst the intensepain, hefinished dressing the rifleman's wound. By Vernon Pizer 28 AMERICA'S PRISONS: WHO'S PUNISHING WHOM? Each inmate in state andfederalprisons costs taxpayers as much as $24, 000 ayear. By Richard Greene 30

IN SEARCH OF LEADERSHIP

WANTED: Leaders who can harness America's greatness and motivate its people. 32 VA HEALTH CARE: SERVING 22 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR "It wouldn't save a dime to send veterans to community hospitals under Medicaid. 38

LEGION CRITICIZES AGENT ORANGE STUDIES CDC studies contain too manyflaws to be credible, the Legion charges. 40

P A T M E IM T S

BIG ISSUES Should Congress Pass The Family Welfare Reform Act? 10

LETTERS 4 VETERANS UPDATE 37 VETERANS ALERT 50

DATELINE WASHINGTON 8 VETERANS NEWS 42 PARTING SHOTS 80

MONEY SENSE 14 LEGIONNAIRES IN ACTION 48

COVER (White) House Hunting. Photos byAtlan/Sygma; KatzlBlack Star; McConville/Image Bank.

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sudden late diagnosis of lung cancer put religious ties, watched and guided us as No Magic Shield our whole world adrift. He survived his bark set out beyond the mist toward I applaud the defense of our Strategic seven weeks and six days from the day that distant shore where we must hope Defense Initiative by Lt. Gen. James of diagnosis— inoperable, terminal lung that others await its arrival. Abrahamson in "Regaining The High cancer with metastasis of the brain. T.S. Eliot said it well: "In my end is Ground" in May. The only way to kill a I want to point out that I was able to my beginning." program as well-founded in common sign the forms for him to go into hos- Thank God and some of mankind sense as SDI is to portray it as being pice care. He knew the six-month provi- that hospices exist to help us on our something utterly different from what it sion; however, he was spared the actual pilgrimage. Give them your support in really is— and indeed, this is what some chore of placing his name on the community hospital settings, indepen- people have done to our SDI program. "death" sentence. dent facilities and homes. We have sup- The fact is, SDI was never meant to With regard to the costs, we were ported a local building fund for a six- be a magic shield to defend us from the assured in the beginning that if he were bed facility by requesting donations as tough choices affecting our national lucky enough to survive past the mag- memorials for my husband, and so have security. The purpose of SDI is to ical "six," he would be cared for many others. increase the safety of our nation and without any change in the nature of care Mrs. Adrian Edw ards Cotter strengthen our deterrent— and I thank given and would receive no bills. Skyland, N.C. General Abrahamson for restating that The hospice nurses were on top of original purpose. the situation at all times. No matter Enola Gay Sen. Robert W. Kasten Jr. which nurse we got at whatever hour, Several of us on the Enola Gay Resto- Washington. D.C. she had Ade's entire file ready at a ration Committee met recently with Dr. moment's notice. The nurses deserve Martin Harwit, NASM director, to Final Journey credit for doing a job far above that of determine the status of the restoration, Last night, I curled up to read my many of today's "attending" physicians; and to offer our staff and financial husband's July issue, beginning with more important, their hearts are in their assistance to speed up the restoration. "Hospices: The Final Pilgrimage." work. With more than simple medical Although NASM staff enthusiasm Adrian won't be reading this issue. We expertise, they helped as we set sail runs high and the work is now farther lost him to lung cancer June 8. toward the unknown shore, and with a along, about 25,000 man-hours of work

Hospice was our harbor when the universal faith, unbounded by specific remain, and still no firm date has been established for the completion of the first building of the proposed NASM OurMostPrecious Freedom extension. The widely held belief that the Smith-

"The only sure didates, the impersonal nature of tele- sonian staff is insensitive and inflexible bulwark of con- vision-dominated campaigns, and the is not true. The staff is making progress tinuing liberty is a competence and integrity of government and the workmanship is superb. We government strong officials. would like the restoration to be com- to protect of thousands enough This lament of hundreds plete by 1990 so that the plane can be the interests of the of non-voters has propelled the nation displayed at an interim site until the people, and a people into a drastic voter decline: Less than NASM extension is built. strong enough and 60 percent of voting-age Americans cast Readers who wish to assist in the well enough in- their ballots in the 1984 presidential restoration should send their donations formed to maintain election. By contrast, in 18 other West-

its sovereign control over its government. ern nations, average voter turnouts to the Enola Gay Restoration Associa- How do Americans manifest this con- ranged from 94 percent in Belgium and tion, 1010 E. 86th St., Suite 61J, Indi- trol that Franklin Delano Roosevelt Australia to 75 percent in Great Britain anapolis. IN 46240. talked about? By exercising their single and Japan. Frank Stewart most important obligation as citizens: to People who shun their obligation of Indianapolis vote. Voting is the only way we can keep citizenship by choosing not to vote stand our freedoms intact, according to Benja- divided and vulnerable. It's only as a min Nathan Cordozo. who said, "The nation united in the common passion of Lose Your Gun? Constitution was framed upon the securing the "bulwark of continuing The Montgomery County Police theory that the peoples of several states liberty" that we can fulfill John Dickin- Department, 20000 Aircraft Dr., Ger-

must sink or swim together, and that in son's plea in "The Liberty Song": "Then mantown. MD 20874, (301 ) 840-2728. the long run prosperity and salvation are join hand in hand, brave Americans all. is looking for the owner of a Walther in union and not division." By uniting we stand, by dividing we 9mm automatic pistol, serial 21857A, His sage advice falls on the deaf ears fall." which was purchased at the Rhine Mein of many eligible voters, who ask, "Why This issue features the two candidates Air Force Base Rod and Gun Club in vote? Nothing changes." They complain who seek the highest office in the land. Frankfurt, West Germany. The pur- of the decline of our political parties, On Nov. 8, do your part to elect one of chase was made between Aug. 11, too many elections, poor-quality can- them. Please vote. Tlie Editors 1966, and Jan. 1. 1968.

4 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE FIND GOLD TONIGHT. ,

NORTH DAKOTA'S

H.F. "SPARKY" GIERKE ElectedNational Commander

HERE'S a new respect man or woman, black or white. A vet- Oratorical Contest and American today in our nation for eran is a veteran." Legion Baseball give young people a the men and women who A former Army captain, Gierke tremendous sense of accomplishment served in the Vietnam War. served as a lawyer in the Judge Advo- at an age when the opportunity to learn The wounds have healed, cate General Corps and as a military by doing is so vital to character-build- and the Vietnam veteran judge flying out of Long Binh, Danang ing," he said. "These programs offer now can stand tall and and Chu Lai during his 1969-70 Viet- wholesome alternatives that can help proud," said H.E "Sparky" nam tour. He joined the Legion shortly steer our children away from the T Gierke, moments after he after his separation from the Army. heartbreaking tragedy of drug and was elected National Commander of alcohol addiction." The American Legion. DURING his rise through the Legion Gierke knows firsthand about the "The torch of Legion leadership has ranks, Gierke served as commander positive values that come from the been placed in the hands of a new gener- of Carl E. Rogen Post 29, Watford Legion's youth programs. A former

ation of veterans," said Gierke, 45, who City, N.D. , where he is a life member, American Legion Baseball player, he is the first Vietnam veteran to sit at the and Ninth District commander and also was a 1959 delegate to North helm of the nation's largest and fastest- Western region vice commander in his Dakota Boys State, where he was growing veterans' organization. "Like department. He became the first Viet- assigned a counselor named Allen the generations of veterans before, we nam veteran to serve as North Dakota Olson. "Twenty-four years later, that served the country with the fervent Department commander in 1983. On same Allen Olson, then governor, hope that no other generation of Amer- the national level, appointed me to icans would be forced to take up arms he has been a the North Dakota again." member of the Supreme Court," With his family at his side, Gierke Constitution and C THE STRENGTH Gierke said. told 3,200 delegates to the 70th By-Laws Commit- Gierke received national convention in Louisville that tee of the National of the Legion his law degree his chief goals would be to put Legion Internal Affairs hos olwoys been from the Univer- membership over the 3 million mark, Commission and sity of North and to bolster the organization's Chil- was elected its pride—pride Dakota in Grand dren and Youth programs. national vice Forks, where he in whot we've "As we strive to reach 3 million commander in joined the Army's members, we must remember that there 1985-86. done ond pride in ROTC program are 22 million Legion-eligible veterans Although he and eventually

who do not know what it means to be a holds a life mem- whot we're doing. 3 became a second Legionnaire," Gierke said. "We must bership in Post lieutenant in an convince these veterans of the enorm- 29, Gierke and his air-defense artil- ous contributions they can make to family now make lery unit. He went America working through our organiza- their home in Bismarck, N.D. The on active duty in 1966 and switched to tion and, at the same time, clearly set Gierke family includes his wife of 23 the Judge Advocate General Corps in

forth what the Legion has to offer them years, the former Judith Lynn Olson; 1 967 . When he left the service in 1 97 1 and their families in return." sons Todd, 22, Scott, 20, and Craig, 14; he went back to Watford City to open a Gierke, however, cautioned the dele- and his daughter, Michelle Lynn, 12. law practice and to manage the ranch gates that "while seeking to attract Mother and daughter are members of where he grew up. At that time he Vietnam veterans to our ranks, we must the Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary, joined The American Legion. never forget that the Legion is an respectively. The importance Gierke "The Legion was the strongest and organization of veterans from all wars. places on his family perhaps explains most dynamic veterans' organization in

"To the Legion, it matters not what his special interest in the Legion's Chil- my hometown and state, and I was war you fought in, what rank you held, dren and Youth programs. proud to join it," Gierke said. "The whether you are healthy or disabled, "Programs such as Boys State, the Please Turn to page 72

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Dateline Washington

Red Rovers The European Economic Community, which is scheduled to achieve economic unity in 1992, could become a major Soviet military and economic aid to Cuba helps achieve problem over the next decade. Some Washington trade Soviet goals while fulfilling Castro's ambitions, according to experts fear that the move toward a single economic policy the Pentagon's latest assessment of Soviet military power. by the European nations would solidify the practice of During the past decade the Soviets have made huge arms subsidies on agricultural products and various services, shipments to the Caribbean island that include fighter leaving the United States at a trade disadvantage. aircraft, helicopters, submarines, frigates, patrol boats, At one time this nation had a favorable trade balance with tanks, armored personnel carriers, rocket launchers, surface- the European Economic Community, but since 1983 the tide to-air missiles, radar and electronic equipment. has turned, resulting in a huge overall trade deficit. Some About 2,000 Soviet advisers and a 2,800-man brigade experts believe that a united Europe will be more difficult to support Cuba's armed forces, along with 2,100 specialists deal with than Japan. monitoring U.S. communications'from sites outside Havana. Moscow's economic aid to Cuba averages $4.5 billion annually, backed up by about 5,000 Soviet technicians. In return, Fidel Castro provides 40,000 soldiers to Angola, Farm Exodus 3,000 military personnel to Ethiopia and 1,500 military The exodus of Americans from farming, running at the advisers to Nicaragua. rate of 2.5 percent a year over the past decade, has lowered the farm population to less than 5 million. Recent figures compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau show Chokers that farmers comprise just about 2 percent of the nation's population. Median farm-family income in 1986 was Latin America is the key to our security, says Adm. $23,326, about $3,300 less than the annual income of non- Carlisle A. Trost, chief of naval operations. farm families. However, farm families suffered from a 16 Central America and South America rim major shipping percent poverty rate vs. 1 1 percent for other families. lanes that are vital to the United States, including three People who work and live on farms have a median age of strategic choke points: the Caribbean Sea, the Panama Canal 37.6 years, 17 years older than the farm residents of the and Cape Horn. 1920s. About half of the nation's producers of agricultural The United States long has relied on a sense of almost products live in the Midwest, 29 percent in the South, 15 absolute security at home. "But in the past 30 years that percent in the West and only 6 percent in the Northeast. sense has been eroded, first by Cuba and lately by Nicaragua," the admiral said. "If the very real threats to the north-south axis go unanswered indefinitely," Trost said, "the potential exists not What Makes Johnny Run? only that we would confront a nasty situation close to home, One of every seven of our nation's young people— 1 .4 to but also that all security arrangements along the east-west 2.4 million children— run away and never return home, axis would be fundamentally riven." reports Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. These are not typical runaways, who sooner or later return home. Many of these youngsters are thrown out of their Feeding The Habit homes and have no place to go except the streets, according The link between drugs and crime has risen sharply in to Simon. recent years. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has reported What compels these children to run away? The reasons that a third of the convicts in state prisons say they were include economic hardship, neglect, desertion, abuse, addicted to drugs before committing crimes. parental drug or alcohol addiction, and mental-health The bureau's survey of 13,711 prisoners in 275 correc- problems. They come not only from urban ghettos, but also tional facilities also found that of all state-prison inmates from wealthy suburbs and rural communities. Once on the who had turned to drugs, half of them began by the age of street, they quickly are forced into theft, selling drugs or 15. About 50 percent of all those serving time for robbery, prostitution. burglary, theft and narcotics offenses were daily drug users. Simon has introduced a bill that would create a safety net Almost eight out of every 10 inmates had used drugs at for homeless youths through a $5 million grant program. some time in their lives, with 52 percent taking a major drug This program would encourage communities to shelter them such as heroin, cocaine, PCP, LSD or methadone. and train them for jobs.

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SHOULD CONGRESS PASS THE FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT?

Rep. Harold E. Ford, D-Tennessee Rep. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma

Poverty is rampant in black In 1 935, President Franklin America, and opportuni- Delano Roosevelt signed ties to escape it are few YES NO the Social Security Act, and far between. Our most recent attempts which included the major national welfare to reform the welfare system began in programs that exist today. As President

1984, as the child-poverty rate steadily Roosevelt envisioned it, the purpose of increased and the 1981 Reagan budget welfare programs was to provide tempo- cuts took full effect. rary relief to people and families until The statistics were, and still are, they re-entered the work force. alarming: One of every five American children live in pov- Fifty-three years later, welfare is the principal means of erty; half of these children live in single-parent families. A financial support for one American child in 10. What went significant contributor to the rise in child poverty has been wrong? the erosion of welfare benefits; 60 percent of all teen-age Study after study confirms this simple fact: Welfare too mothers receive welfare at some time. Of 63 million children often results in dependence, not independence. The welfare under the age of 18 in the United States, 12.3 million are system has actually exacerbated many of the problems it was poor, 7.2 million receive welfare and 3.3 million receive designed to prevent. survivors insurance. One of every four families remains on To reform the welfare system the House passed H.R. 1720. welfare for 10 years or longer. Despite years of experience with a flawed welfare system,

H.R. 1720, a welfare-reform bill, does not do all that we the majority not only failed to identify the problems, it passed might like to do to reform the system, but it does take mea- legislation that likely will worsen them. sured steps forward, offering hope and opportunity to In a time of huge budget deficits, H.R. 1720 will cost families that today can look forward only to dependence. The about $6 billion over five years. Approximately 80 percent of bill is based on three simple principles: that money will go to increasing benefits, rather than badly • Education, training and work should be the cornerstones needed job training and placement programs. In addition, of our welfare system. this bill will greatly increase the cost to the states. • The welfare system should create opportunities for Most distressing, H.R. 1720 prohibits states from families to be self-sufficient. That means helping families requiring welfare recipients to take jobs that pay less than support themselves and providing the services that they need welfare, including thousands of jobs that pay well above in order to do so. It also means encouraging family forma- minimum wage. tion. This completely thwarts the original purpose of welfare: •Welfare reform must spend our limited resources on those moving people from dependence to independence. Getting who are least able to help themselves. It can't overlook those people into the work force where they can advance is a who, through no fault of their own, cannot earn enough to dignified path out of the poverty trap. Nobody ever advanced support their families. up the welfare rolls. This legislation will not break the cycle

H.R. 1720 creates a new national education, training and of dependency; it will perpetuate it. work program — called Network — to provide comprehen- The solution to poverty is creating jobs and incentives. sive services to families that risk becoming long-term wel- H.R. 1720 contains numerous work restrictions and will fare-dependent. Better child-support enforcement will give actually increase the number of welfare recipients. It will not these families a second source of income to help them escape accomplish our primary goal of getting people off the welfare from poverty. For those who are able to work, transitional rolls and into productive jobs. services, especially child care, will make the shift from I believe that the duty of good government is to pass welfare to work a smooth laws that will encourage one. For the first time in people to live to the fullest UP! many years, work will be VETERANS, SPEAK extent of their abilities. I rewarded, and working Congress welcomes your views on this issue. Send your com- hope that Congress will em- Big families will be better off ments — pro or con — to The American Legion Magazine, brace this duty, because only Issues, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206, and we will deliver financially than those that then will we have a govern- them personally to Capitol Hill. Write today; your opinion counts! rely solely on welfare. ment worthy of its people.

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HHHQHH| T*S A Wednesday morn- One of the NEC's major respon- budget and approves expenditures, and I ing in October, and the sibilities is to ensure that policies and in the event that the office of National WSk H fourth-floor chamber at resolutions adopted by the national Commander becomes vacant, it elects a HH national headquarters convention are carried out, precisely successor. I buzzes with World Series and promptly. Each of the Legion's 58 Upon the recommendation of the HH predictions and other departments elects an NEC delegate and National Commander, the NEC HH conversations. A rap of alternate for two-year terms. Although appoints the chairmen and members of I the gavel silences the many departments re-elect their NEC- the Legion's 12 national service and HbbHH room; the crimson caps men for several terms, some restrict the program commissions and committees. turn to the front. The National Execu- number of terms a delegate can serve. From its own fold, it also selects NEC- tive Committee of The American The NEC also is composed of the men to serve on the commissions. Legion is now in session. National Commander, national vice Every fall and spring, NECmen commanders and past national com- THIS liaison has been beneficial for gather at national headquarters in Indi- manders, the latter serving as ex-officio the Legion," Stone said. "As this anapolis to discuss and carry out the members with a voice and no vote. relationship has developed over the business of the nation's largest, fastest- "Every department, whether it's years, it has kept the NEC more in touch growing veterans' organization. The Delaware or Texas, has equal represen- with the concerns and activities of the NEC also meets immediately before tation and voice on the committee," Legion." each national convention and within 24 said PNC E. Roy Stone Jr., who has Many resolutions that surface at hours of its adjournment. served as NECman from South national conventions are referred to The mandates and policies of the Carolina since 1953. "NECmen come standing commissions and committees Legion come from two sources, said up through the Legion ranks; they're for further study and discussion. After Nat'l. Cmdr. H.F. "Sparky" Gierke: dedicated people who are committed to the commissions and committees vote "The national convention and the NEC. doing what is best for the Legion." on them, the resolutions are forwarded Between conventions, the administra- The responsibilities of the NEC are to the NEC's Subcommittee on Resolu- tive power of the Legion rests in the as myriad as they are complex. The tions. "A convention resolution reflects able hands of the NEC." committee adopts the Legion's annual a Legion consensus, but it often needs

more definition to make it germane to The American Legion," Stone said. While NEC members deal with the legislative issues and concerns of the national organization, they do not neglect their own departments. NECmen are voting delegates to the national convention, and they also bring the ideas and concerns of their respective departments and posts to each NEC meeting. The NECmen, however, are tradi- tionally bound by an unwritten code that commands them to agree or dis- agree agreeably. "While issues might be debated by the NEC, the climate of camaraderie always prevails," Stone said. "Ulti- mately, we're all working for the common good, and that always has been the

AUGUST BODY— Many Legion milestones have been fashioned during spring and fall key to the success of The American NEC sessions throughout the organization's 70-year history. Legion."

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nations. Slightly less than 60 percent of voting-age Americans participated in the 1984 presidential election— nearly 10 percent less than in 1964. OUR NEGLECTED By contrast, 18 other Western nations register average voter turnouts ranging from 75 percent in Great Britain and Japan to 94 percent in Belgium and Australia. Even Botswana, which tradi- BALLOT BOX tionally has been last, experienced a surge of 76 percent voter participation

in its latest election, thereby passing the United States. U.S. citizens are increasingly staying away Such disparities in the turnouts are The Cen- from the polls. Will public apathy condemn somewhat skewed, however. sus Bureau bases its computations on America to the same fate as ancient Rome? the entire U.S. voting-age population, including many ineligible people, while other countries consider only their registered or otherwise qualified voters. compulsory voting, including By Philip C. Clarke Also, penalties for not voting, accounts in large part for the high turnouts in such HE 24-year-old medical countries as Belgium, Australia, Spain student from Virginia and Greece. While Italy doesn't formally didn't vote in the last two require its citizens to vote, the words national elections because, "Did Not Vote" are stamped on the iden- in his words, "there's too tification papers of those who fail to much red tape. *" Attending turn out on election day. school away from home, Voting is mandatory in many Third he submitted an absentee World countries as well. But in most T ballot for last November's developing nations, people need little election, only to be told that it was or no persuasion to vote. Andrew invalid because he hadn't re-registered Manatos, a former U.S. Senate staff

as required. By that time, it was too late member and veteran election analyst, to vote. attended an international conference of A 23-year-old college graduate from government officials at which one Third North Carolina encountered similar World envoy remarked, "I will vote, difficulties. After waiting in line for and a very high percentage of my two hours, she was told that she would people will vote. You see, if the wrong SELF-CONTROL — /n (he United States, have to go to the courthouse to record person gets elected in my country, it the burden of voter registration falls could mean the end of my life." her new address before being eligible to entirely on the citizen. vote. Instead, she went home in disgust. By contrast, said Manatos, "Amer- These were among the typical find- icans do not believe that their personal ings in a recent informal survey of 18- is amiss. The New York Times, in a post- lives will be changed materially by to 24-year-olds in North Carolina's election editorial last November, con- presidential elections. Perhaps if one of Piedmont region: Greensboro. High tended that the low turnout had rendered our political parties announced that the Point and Winston-Salem. While a few democracy in America a "delusion." top officials and supporters of the los- of the young people considered voting One reason for the low turnout may ing party would be imprisoned right to be a patriotic duty, no matter what, be the relatively small number of after the election, as is the case in some others claimed that they didn't know closely contested congressional races. countries, we all would be much more enough about the candidates or the Last November, according to the Amer- determined to cast our votes." issues— or simply didn't care. ican Enterprise Institute's Karlyn Americans would do well to heed the Indeed, public apathy is cited as a Keene, about 70 percent of the winners lessons of history. The ancient Romans major reason why the overall voter turn- were elected with more than 65 percent made much of what they called voxpopuli out in last November's election fell to of the vote. —the voice of the people. Then public near the all-time low. Obviously, when By contrast, in the 1954 off-year apathy set in, democracy withered and fewer than 25 percent of our young election, when about 60 percent of the Rome's civilization died. Today, citizens take the time and trouble to races were considered to be close, the America and other Western democ- exercise their voting rights, something turnout was considerably higher. racies are in the minority. Most of the Nonetheless, statistics prove that Earth's population does not know what Philip C. Clarke, a former AP correspon- even in presidential elections, the a ballot box looks like. Yet too many of our people to take their precious dent, is a free-lance journalist and editor United States ranks near the bottom in seem rights for granted. based in Greensboro, N.C. voter turnout among major democratic democratic

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calling or writing dows when a Pryor assistant delivered it. | your congress- Members of the House and Senate have an amazing, eclectic range of man really works. capabilities. Need a flag for your local school or Legion post? Your congress- Of all duties, only man can provide one that has flown lawmaking ranks over the Capitol. Have a relative who would like to attend a military acad- above solving con- emy? Only his congressman can get him in. Want a special tour of Cape Canav- stituents' problems. eral? Need a passport in a hurry? Need help in getting a federal grant? Call your congressman. Because of their influence and By Gary Turbak knowledge of government, congressmen frequently can engineer solutions. Because it's good politics to keep the YOU think that mem- SERVING YOU — Among other things, voters happy, they're highly motivated to do so. bers of Congress spend all your congressman can provide you with their time passing laws a flag that has flown over the Capitol. You also should call your congress- and giving interviews, man about important national issues. above solving constituents' problems. "It's that let OFthink again. The senators absolutely crucial people and representatives you For the average American, the federal their senators and representatives know a befuddling, frus- vote, particu- send to Washington have bureaucracy can be how they'd like them to trating said Sen. in recent years become maze." larly on new issues," John outstanding ombudsmen, McCain of Arizona. "For example, I requests for help come from have personal doubts about the so "call your congressman" is better OST some advice today than ever before. citizens who are entangled in red wisdom of adding to the bureaucracy by

I aren't "Calling, writing and talking to con- tape. Social Security checks elevating the Veterans Administration arriving time; a veteran is having department. But gressmen really works," said Rep. Pat on to a Cabinet-level Williams of Montana. "Everything trouble getting into a Veterans Adminis- because the overwhelming majority of tration hospital; Medicare payments veterans in state favor this legisla- from highways to education happens my aren't what they're supposed to be. tion, I am supporting it." because folks ask for it. The whole Social Security program got started Congressmen also become a court of Said Williams of Montana, "Most last resort for the desperate. The family members of Congress will vote as folks because the people wanted it, not a slain soldier wants his re- to provided that the con- because somebody in Washington of body want them — turned from Vietnam for burial; an gressman can determine what 51 per- dreamed it up." "As government's impact on Ameri- American citizen is being held in a for- cent of the people think and that the eign jail; federal agency is about to vote won't violate the congressman's can lives has increased, so has the need a foreclose on a homeowner. own definition of what is correct. to have someone speak in your defense," But requests are less than earth- "Congressmen also are very open to said Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota. many shaking. During a blizzard back home, new, unique ideas. If a proposal is good "Of all the responsibilities a con- got a call from a for the country, and good for the congressman has, only lawmaking ranks one House member constituent who was outraged by the gressman's state and district, he'll Award-winningjournalist Gary Turbak is a local shortage of snow shovels. Peti- likely prepare the legislation and pursue regular contributor to this and other leading tions for cash loans, recipes and free its passage." general-interest magazines. plane rides also are common. And one Please turn to page 62

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cal because it provides them with a White House voice to express their concerns about national issues." At press time, a conference committee was preparing the VA Cabinet bill for the President's signature. The LEGION GOAL— The Legion has vigorously pursued legislation that would provide a House overwhelmingly endorsed the seat on the President's Cabinet for the VA administrator. measure last year by passing H.R. 3471; the Senate passed similar legislation, S. 533, last July. Although the President realistic funding," Lenker said. "The an important role in helping forge and is expected to sign the bill before he key to securing funds is having access coalesce national policies," said Gary leaves office, the bill calls for the to those who control the budget, and no W. Sammons, chairman of the Legion's appointment of a secretary of veterans' one can deny that a Cabinet secretary Legislative Commission. "The veter- affairs no earlier than Jan. 21 , 1989. has far greater access and clout than ans' secretary will be the conduit Critics of the bill argue that the new does an agency administrator." through which veterans can express post will serve only a small segment of Opponents claim that elevating the their concerns directly to the Presi- the population, and that the bill caters VA will simply add another layer to the dent." Under the VA's current status as to the special interests of veterans' federal bureaucracy. But unlike previ- a federal agency, protocol requires the organizations. But data show that veter- ous Cabinet agencies, the DVA will not VA administrator to deal with presiden- ans and their dependents are anything start from scratch. tial aides and assistants, rather than but a "small segment" of the population. with the President. "There are 28 million veterans and [HAT the measure does is give a The American Legion has long more than 76 million veterans' depen- new name to an existing federal backed legislation that would elevate dents," Gierke said. "They represent agency." Gierke said. "The DVA the VA to Cabinet level and has reaf- more than 40 percent of America's will continue to carry out its same func- firmed that position in several resolu- population. Clearly, this demonstrates tions, but some of the employees will tions adopted at previous national con- that the bill does not cater to special have different titles. The so-called new ventions. Over the years, both houses interests." layer of bureaucracy is not new; it's of Congress have made several attempts "With a secretary of veterans' existed for decades." to establish the department. affairs, veterans will be in a better The secretary of veterans' affairs "The Department of Veterans' position to defend their earned benefits also will provide veterans with a Affairs is an idea whose time is long on Capitol Hill and especially at the stronger voice on national issues such overdue." said Gierke. "While it is true

White House," said William F. Lenker, as public health education, national that it will help veterans and their chairman of the Legion's Veterans defense, foreign affairs, the problems of dependents, the new department and its Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission. the elderly and disabled, homelessness, far-reaching responsibilities will touch "Adequate health-care programs for drugs, and the economy. the lives of all Americans in one way or the elderly, disabled and poor require "Each member of the Cabinet plays another."

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Whippoorwill. He never comes to town, and they said it was too cold to go out to his place, but they had to interview him as an

unbiased witness to our tests. I rode out to get him on Tuesday, but he wouldn't come

back with me. I had to get him, so when I got back to town, I made up a story about him shooting at me, and Sheriff Larson here in Wilfred Corners went out and arrested him and brought him in. He charged me with false arrest, and I'm in jail now for 30 days, so I'm not able to do any more on our cannon for a while. Leonard is working at the store full-time to help pay for food for his family and mine while I'm in jail, so he can't work on the cannon either. While I'm here, I'm working on the design for the cannon sight, and we should Andrew is in jail for false arrest Leonard be able to get right to work on that next month. works full-time at a grocery store to pay Let us know what we should do next, as for food for his and Andrew's families. I think we're about ready to deliver our cannon to the Army. Where should we send it?

Sincerely, Andrew Farnsworth President & Project Officer, T2C-3 Farnsworth & Cooper Cannon & Carriage Company

Copy to Captain Hawkins

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U April 1780 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Andrew Farnsworth President Farnsworth & Cooper Cannon & Carriage Company Wilfred Corners, Massachusetts

In Reply, Refer to: SPA 81 13-670 Dear Major Corby, ByJohn Rickey Dear Mr. Farnsworth: Your inspection team arrived a week ago to check our cannon. They left last night. You are advised that T2C-3 Weapons Systems FARNSWORTH AND We had a cold snap, and they didn't think we Evaluation Tests at the Salem Ordnance Plant, COOPER CANNON AND ought to try going out into the country to Weapons Range #4, will be conductedfrom 8 CARRIAGE CO. fire the cannon, so they just inspected it and through 15 June. Tests to determine compliance talked to Whippoorwill Green, the hermit, with contract specifications will be conducted about the tests we had last fall. They December 8, 1779 from dawn to dusk daily. Evaluations will be Wilfred Corners, thought everything seemed all right and accomplished by personnel of the 13th Army Massachusetts said they would say so in their report to you. Ordnance Division, Monmouth Artillery, Captain Hawkins was very helpful during Company B. Weapons systems offour Colonial their visit. took Major Hollis Corby He them around town and Army contractors will be tested at this time. entertained them for us in the evening. Contracting Officer You are directed to deliver your T2C-3 Weapons T2C-3 Weapons Systems Leonard and I couldn't be with them much, System and have it in place ready for transpor- as we've been clerking down at the grocery Weapons Procurement Branch tation testing by sunrise, 8 June. store Headquarters, Colonial Army nights to get some money to pay Two field-service representatives your Philadelphia, Pennsylvania interest on our loans. Then, of course, we of had to pay boarding down at the hotel for company are to be provided for maintenance the inspection team, and that took some supervision and training. Twenty-four sets of John Rickey, aformer Air Force pilot, is an extra money, too. appropriate operating manuals and mainte- executive in the defense industry. We had trouble arranging for them to see Please turn to page 71

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'I WANT TO KEEP AMERICA FIRST'

Vice President George Bush soys America should not put a price tog on freedom. Instead, we should spend what

is necessary to guarantee our long-term security. In this exclusive interview, he outlines his plan for the nation.

The American Legion Magazine: A Raising taxes would only hurt the What would your administration do ! tremendous economic recovery to preserve veterans' benefits and to we have had in our administration, so improve the VA health-care system? the first priority is to control spending. I support the Gramm-Rudman deficit Vice President Bush: The Bush reduction targets. Our hard work is administration will take the following beginning to show results. Last year the steps to ensure that America's veterans deficit fell by more than $70 billion are treated with dignity, respect and from the previous year.

compassion. I support a constitutional amend-

• Maintain comprehensive and ment requiring a balanced budget. I sound Veterans Administration pro- support a line-item veto to cut the fat grams for all veterans, their dependents from appropriations bills and put the and their survivors. national interest above the special • Use every resource available to interests. These are the tools that 43 of resolve the fates of our prisoners of war our nation's governors already have and and missing in action from all wars. the President needs. More than 2,400 Americans remain missing from the Vietnam War, 8,000 Ql What would be your strategy in waging the war on drugs? Do you support the use of U.S. from Korea and more than 78,000 from World War II. armed forces in drug-interdiction operations? • Maintain and enforce veterans' preference and all other will fight the drug war on four fronts: veterans' employment rights. «I I • Encourage drug users to seek treatment. • Appoint the first secretary of veterans' affairs and ensure • Eradicate drugs at the source and stop them before they that veterans' issues receive the high level of attention they deserve. cross our borders. • Enforce tough drug laws, including the death penalty for • Work to simplify and streamline the VAs various drug kingpins. delivery systems while maintaining their integrity. We will Eradication at the source can't happen, though, without continue improving our outreach to aging veterans, homeless international cooperation. In that regard, would: veterans, women veterans and former prisoners of war. We we • a of Western nations to must also continue improving the methods of coordination Convene summit hemisphere develop a strategy and a framework for cooperation. between the military services, the VA and the private sector. • Link foreign and military aid to eradication quotas Ql With much of the population already bearing the mutually agreed upon at the summit. For example, if nations heaviest taxes in our nation's history, what would your eradicate 80 percent of their target, they would get 80 percent administration do to bring spending under control and of their aid. But if they eradicate 120 percent, then they balance the federal budget? would get 120 percent of their aid.

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MERICA must continue • Provide training, advice and equipment to foreign law enforcement and military units fighting the drug lords. to pursue and support • Create an international strike force capable of rapid fully the Strategic deployment to "hot spots" in support of local search- and-destroy missions and capable of sustained combat if Defense Initiative. necessary. • Help drug-producing countries develop crop-substitu- tion programs to follow up eradication. In the important area of interdiction, this administration Q- What would your administration do to ensure a would coordinate sophisticated aerial reconnaissance with strong national defense? land and sea forces to identify and search suspicious planes, A I intend to work closely with Congress to continue the vessels and vehicles, using the military on an on-going basis I improvements in our national defense begun under the as we did with the successful South Florida Task Force. We present administration. While maintaining a strong defense would also insist on intelligence assistance from other through the continuing process of modernizing our strategic Western nations on drug shipments, building on the agree- defense systems, America must also attempt to reduce the ments reached at the Toronto summit. But we would watch level of nuclear weapons through continuing arms control our "friends" carefully to avoid the mistake of supporting negotiations, and by continuing to pursue and support fully corrupt politicians tied to drug lords, such as Noriega, the Strategic Defense Initiative. Ortega and Castro. A Bush administration will never pay off Our administration's spending for defense is a concrete or negotiate with crooks. example to the Soviets of our determination to support our allies in Europe. Our expenditures— our overseas effort- Q" What specific plans would your administration have will be affected by the willingness of the Soviet Union to to resolve the POW/MIA issue? enter negotiation and conclude agreements leading to real Our policy is to assume live American prisoners remain A and verifiable reductions in offensive forces it maintains in Z in Southeast Asia unless proven otherwise. We have Europe. applied pressure to and negotiated with the communist The question we should ask ourselves is not how much governments of Asia to obtain the fullest possible accounting money we should spend but what is required to guarantee our of Americans lost during the military conflicts there. Without long-term security. We're now spending 6 percent of the a doubt, those governments hold information that will help gross national product on defense; that is 25 percent less than resolve the status of a large number of missing Americans. the figure under Eisenhower and Kennedy. We must improve Through negotiations, we have been successful in account- the congressional appropriations process and stabilize ing for many of our missing servicemen. While we are funding. Congress must be willing to provide continuous, pleased by the results to date, we are not satisfied. Other long-term support of our strategic defense program. Americans are still listed as missing, and we will continue to devote all necessary resources to account for each of these Q" What should be the policy of the U.S. government missing men. Please turn to page 58

OCTOBER 1988 25 QUEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY

'IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP TO THE

The greatest threat to U.S. national security in this

hemisphere is the drug problem, says Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. In this exclusive interview he answers questions of importance to all Legionnaires.

The American Legion Magazine: just not fair to the majority of Amer- What would your administration do icans who pay in full and on time. to preserve veterans' benefits and to On the spending side, through a com- improve the VA health-care system? bination of supply management, reasonable price supports and the

Governor Dukakis: As President, I development of new commercial uses will: for farm commodities, we can make • Support judicial review for veterans. substantial savings in the $26 billion • Support legislation to compensate per year that the federal government disabled veterans who were exposed to spends on agriculture.

Agent Orange and atomizing radia- Moreover, I will work to reform the tion. nation's welfare system similar to Mas- • Call for the fullest possible sachusetts' successful employment and accounting of POW/MIAs from the training program. Our program has Vietnam conflict. helped more than 50,000 families lift • Support the continued funding of themselves out of poverty and become the Vet Center Program, which has self-sufficient. And we've saved mil- served the needs of more than 550,000 lions of dollars at the same time.

Vietnam veterans. I would also encour- We can also save substantial amounts age local initiatives in this area, such as supplemental state of money on health care by developing cost-effective, prepaid centers. health plans.

Finally, there remain many dubious federal projects that I Qz With much of the population already bearing the would seek to cut. Current proposals to develop a three-year heaviest taxes in our nation's history, what would your space plan represent a waste of the taxpayers' money. We can administration do to bring spending under control and also save millions by reducing federal support for research balance the federal budget? into nuclear-power generation. A There are four ways to reduce the federal budget deficit: cut spending, increase revenue, lower interest rates and Ql What would be your strategy in waging the war on improve economic performance. We must do all four. drugs? Do you support the use of U.S. armed forces in No serious candidate can rule out the possibility of new drug-interdiction operations? taxes. But before we rush to impose new taxes on those A I will create a national alliance against drugs, which will already paying, we should collect every dime we can of the I work with our nation's law-enforcement officers, gover- billions of dollars in federal taxes that go uncollected each nors, educators, parents and children to manage every aspect

year by the IRS. Tax compliance is down to 81 percent. One of our war on drugs. And I will lead that fight personally. in five dollars owed each year to the IRS goes unpaid and Other ways to combat the national drug problem include: uncollected. That's not legal. It's bad fiscal policy. And it's • Cutting off foreign aid to governments that refuse to

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URRENTproposals to cooperate with ours in the war on drugs. • Fighting to protect our coastlines by giving the Coast develop a three-year space Guard, Customs Service and Drug Enforcement Administra- tion the support they need to track down and bring to justice plan represent a waste of anyone trying to smuggle drugs into our country. the taxpayers' money. • Authorizing our armed services, under appropriate circumstances, to assist foreign governments seeking help to eradicate drug crops and destroy drug-processing laboratories within their borders. • Improve significantly our capacity for rapid sealift of • Working with Congress to enter into international materiel— the most cost-effective means of meeting overseas banking agreements, such as the one we have with the Swiss requirements. government, to freeze and seize bank accounts containing • Re-examine the roles and missions of the National Guard profits from narcotics trafficking. and Reserve, to explore what additional tasks can be assigned • Investing in new law-enforcement technologies that will to them, such as manning a larger share of Navy ships, bring 21st-century skills into the battle for our children's maintaining and repairing vital equipment, and providing future. more intelligence support to the active forces. • Increasing our commitment to local drug-treatment and • Provide the Guard and Reserve with modern equipment rehabilitation programs so that those who want to kick the to permit them to perform effectively on the modern habit are given the opportunity to do so. battlefield. • Pursue the Conventional Defense Initiative, which will Ol What specific plans would your administration have apply our best scientific minds to help the men and women of to resolve the POW/MIA issue? our armed services win on the battlefield. A major goal of my A In Massachusetts I have supported and signed legislation administration will be to harness new technology to meet our I to support a continuing effort to raise to the highest most pressing conventional defense requirements, such as a degree of public awareness the POW/MIA issue. The United breakthrough in tank warfare and the cost-effective use of States government should assign high national priority to "smart" weapons. resolving the status of Americans still missing and unac- counted for in Southeast Asia. Qz What should be the policy of the U.S. government regarding compensation and care for veterans who have Q> What would your administration do to ensure a suffered from exposure to Agent Orange? strong national defense? A I have a strong record on this issue. Massachusetts leads A The United States is, and must remain, the pre-eminent I the nation in state-funded scientific and medical research I maritime power. We should: on the effects of exposure to Agent Orange. Moreover, I • Enhance our submarine-warfare capabilities, to protect support S. 1787 and H.R. 3486, which would mandate against the growing, more-sophisticated Soviet submarine- disability compensation for Agent Orange victims suffering warfare threat. Please turn to page 66

OCTOBER 1988 27 ByVernon Pizer

LLOYD C. HAWKS 19TH-CENTURY poem by an unknown author contains these words: "God give me love and care and strength to help my ailing brother. "Those IGNETTES words surely are the credo of the medical corpsmen who brave the battlefield, unarmed except for compassion and courage, to tend their comrades' wounds. Pfc. Lloyd C. Hawks, a medic in the of COURAGE U.S. Army's 3d Infantry Division during World War II, is a case in point. Consider, for instance, what happened on Jan. 30, 1944, near the small town of Carano, halfway up Italy's west coast. The division had been locked in combat with a well-grounded German force. At midafternoon the enemy counter- attacked all along the front. Both sides sustained heavy casualties. Hawks, serving with the division's 30th Infantry, saw two of his unit's riflemen lying, wounded, in an exposed position cut off by enemy machine guns. In a shallow ditch between the two men and Hawks lay a third gravely wounded American soldier— a medic who had been shot despite the fact that he was clearly identifiable as a medic. Crouching low. Hawks left his position and ran about 50 yards to the fire as he raced back to the second rifle- Pfc. Lloyd C. Hawks richly deserved wounded corpsman. He drew enemy fire man. the Medal of Honor that he later but was not hit. Quickly and expertly. As Hawks was treating the man, a received. Hawks ministered to the man. Then he burst of machine-gun fire shattered his left the relative protection of the ditch right hip. An instant later a second burst

and began racing toward the two help- ripped into his left arm, leaving it WILLIAM R BARBER less riflemen. dangling uselessly. Steeling himself Hawks had covered perhaps half the against the intense pain. Hawks EARLY winter in 1950 distance to the two men when a bullet finished dressing the rifleman's wound ANgripped the rugged high country slammed into his helmet, knocking it with one hand. Then, in a remarkable of North Korea. By mid-Novem- off his head. Although the head wound demonstration of willpower, he dragged ber the ground was as hard as concrete, was slight, he was nevertheless sent the man to the depression where he had the wind was numbing and snowstorms

sprawling, momentarily stunned. taken the first rifleman. It was merely a drastically limited U.N. Command air Regaining his senses as several bullets shallow dip in the ground, capable of observation of enemy movements. That riddled the helmet, lying only inches shielding only two men, so Hawks left severe weather figured in the battle from him, Hawks scuttled to the two the two wounded men there and crawled- plans of the North Koreans and their riflemen. Turning first to the more away through heavy fire. Miraculously, Chinese allies. Under cover of the

grievously wounded soldier, he he made it all the way back to the ditch storms, two Chinese armies filtered stanched the bleeding and applied dres- where he had left his fellow corpsman down from Manchuria and fanned out sings, then dragged the man to a nearby earlier. into attack formation. On Nov. 27, the depression. He once again drew enemy The whole episode lasted for only a 200,000 Chinese soldiers struck the

few minutes, and it was minor com- outnumbered U.N. positions.

Vernon Pizer, a veteran journalist based in pared with the larger battle. But it was It was a devastating blow, an eruption

Valdosta, Ga. , writes extensively on the significant because it revealed the of rocket, mortar, machine-gun and military and war. nobility of which man is capable. rifle fire backed by salvoes from horse-

28 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE TO THE RESCUE— Hawks stopped the bleeding and dragged the man to safety. Then he went back for the other wounded man.

drawn artillery. The Republic of road, the 8,000 Marines coming down attackers back. Twice during the night, Korea's II Corps, stationed nearTok- from Yudam-ni would be trapped. reinforcements from Hagaru-ri tried chun, crumpled. North of the Chong- Fox Company of the 7th Marines and failed to break through enemy lines chon River, the U.S. 8th Army sustained held the vital three-mile pass at the to bolster Fox Company.

so many casualties that it had to begin middle of the road. Knowing that the To save Fox from seemingly inevita- withdrawing southward. fates of 8,000 comrades rested on him, ble annihilation, regimental headquar- Enemy pressure was unremitting Fox's commander, Capt. William E. ters ordered Barber to withdraw. But

across the ill-defined front, but it was Barber, determined to hold the pass for especially intense against the troops the men from Yudam-ni, radioed back holding the Chosin Reservoir, a huge that he believed he could stave off the lake used for generating much of Man- enemy if ammunition resupply were churia's electricity. One enemy force airdropped to him. He was given per- struck the reservoir's east side, where a mission to stand fast. HE 82 survivors 3,000-man regimental combat team of ; M Assessing the situation carefully, the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division Barber adjusted fields of fire, repo- I ofFoxCom- was deploying. A second hit the west sitioned some of his men, made sure bank, held by the 5th and 7th Regi- pony withdrew, that the airdropped ammo reached each | ments of the U.S. 1st Marine Division. foxhole, saw that the wounded were 1 leaving an Both forces outnumbered the belea- tended to, and directed the intermit- guered Americans by a vast margin. estimated tent firefights. Later that day, while \ 1,000 It quickly became clear that trying to making his rounds, Barber sustained a hold Chosin against such overwhelming ! enemy dead. severe leg wound that left him unable to odds would be suicidal. Orders were stand. issued for a pullback to consolidate Barber knew that he had to be on the with other U.N. units. Barber, dug his men in along the frozen line to maintain control. So after the The Marines on the west bank were slopes and braced for the enemy. medics patched him up as well as they strung through the wildest terrain in After nightfall on Nov. 28, the could, he had himself placed on a litter Korea: the 16 miles of granite cliffs and Chinese attacked savagely in estimated and carried to the front to direct the deep gorges between the villages of regimental strength. The battle raged defense of the pass. One day stretched Yudam-ni on the north and Hagaru-ri for seven hours as wave after wave into another, but Fox held. on the south. Their lifeline was the smashed against the American lines, at For five days and six nights, Fox single crude road twisting between the one point completely encircling them. repulsed fanatical attacks, allowing the two villages. If the enemy captured that Finally, Barber and his men flung the Please turn to page 70

OCTOBER 1988 29 PERSPECTIVE AMERICA'S PRISONS: Who's Punishing Whom?

By Richard Greene Keeping an inmate in a state or federal prison typically costs $12,000 to $24,000 a year. For that kind of money, ICTURE a lovely spring you can send a child to Harvard. Max- day. Ivan Boesky, wealthy imum-security prisons in some states, arbitrager and convicted such as New York, can cost far more — inside trader, is leaving sometimes $30,000 to $35,000 a year. his pleasant Manhattan Now you could send the child to sum- apartment. mer school and Europe as well. As "Cab, sir?" inquires a Orville Pung, commissioner of Min- doorman. nesota's correctional system, said ironi- "No, thanks." cally, "Prison is the ultimate welfare Boesky, dressed in coveralls and state." work boots, is picked up by a small Prisons are the fastest-growing users yellow van, which transports him, of state revenue. In Ohio, the 1988 three car thieves and two pickpockets to general budget grew by only 4 percent, Central Park, where the six felons while the corrections budget ballooned spend the next eight hours scrubbing by 16.5 percent. In Texas, the general graffiti off statues and grooming the budget grew by 6.8 percent; the correc- bridle path. When Boesky returns tions budget, by 33.8 percent. Texas, prisoners in county jails, which now home that night, an electronic device Florida, Michigan and Ohio now spend hold about 300,000 inmates nation- around his ankle transmits that fact to a about $400 million a year to operate wide, are now overcrowded and unman- central computer. If he sneaks out their prisons. California and New York ageable themselves. Case in point: the before the next morning, the computer spend about $1 billion a year. recent riots at New York City's Rikers will immediately call an officer of the Island prison, during which much- court. STAFF salaries constitute most of needed space for 600 prisoners was Boesky actually got three years in a this expense, and guards' salaries temporarily lost.

minimum-security starting — 1 in recently, prison officials partly prison, on as low as $ 1 ,000 per year Until March 24. But was that a sensible fate? some states— are inexorably heading managed the crush by jamming two or More and more states are now facing upward. But the biggest cause of the three inmates into 6-by-8-foot cells the fact that prison cells are too scarce prison crunch is an avalanche of prison- intended for one. "You can save a lot of and expensive to be used indiscrimi- ers. There are about 550,000 men and money that way — until you get sued," nately for everyone who happens to women in the nation's prisons— 500,000 said Randall Guynes, president of a break a law. Forcing lawbreakers to do in state facilities and 50,000 in federal research firm that deals with prison- menial work is only one possible way to prisons. One of every 450 Americans is related issues. Indeed, 36 states are cope with the now-staggering price that in prison, the highest rate in the West- under court order to make their over- society pays to keep them in prison. ern world. crowded prisons conform to more- Here is an update on the costs and the The burden will get heavier. We're humane occupancy standards. search for alternatives. adding 35,000 to 40,000 inmates each A new prison typically costs $15 mil- year, or the equivalent of a new prison lion to $60 million, and virtually every every four days. In the meantime, we're state is building more. In Michigan Reprinted by permission of Forbes maga- exhausting even short-term solutions — alone, 19 new prisons are under con- zine, March 21, 1988. © Forbes Inc., 1988. for example, the practice of keeping struction, another seven are on the

30 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE ers. Until now, such get-tough policies department at the University of Min- have been good politics. "No judge has nesota, "No one can argue that people ever been thrown out of office for being are better off for the experience of hav- too harsh on sentencing," noted Will- ing gone to prison." iam Kime, deputy director of research The one thing that prisons unargu- in Michigan's department of correc- ably do well is keep lawbreakers off the tions. streets for a while. But given their cost, But given the need for new prisons, prisons always will be scarce, so they the old problem of cost has new weight. should be allocated far more carefully The public generally cheers when a than has been the custom in the United criminal is packed off to States. jail. But will people still Promising alternatives exist, but job- cheer when prison bond bing out inmates to commercially run issues come up at the rate prisons is not likely to be one of them. of $2 billion or more per That may make existing prisons more

year? efficient, but it won't significantly stem ERICANS Further complicating the cost of housing a growing prison are paying a that question is another population. vexing problem: Higher More to the point are alternatives staggering price incarceration rates don't that actually get prisoners out of prison; necessarily result in lower many of them are nonviolent criminals to keep criminals crime rates. Throwing who do not need to be kept off the in our prisons people into prison may streets. Evidence is building that drunk- make the average citizen en drivers, hit-and-run drivers, bur- andjails. feel better, many penolo- glars, white-collar criminals, forgers, •a v gists have long maintained, fences, car thieves and some sex offend-

but it doesn't make him ers can be punished effectively without safer. For example, the spending $50 to $100 or more per in- average prison sentence for armed rob- mate per day to keep them behind bars. bery in Louisiana is 16.7 years, nearly Please turn to page 64 double the national average. But Louisiana has the lOth-highest rate of armed robbery in the country. If it is debatable whether prisons deter crime, it is beyond dispute that they don't rehabilitate prisoners. Said David Ward, head of the sociology

drawing board and four are being refur- bished. "There's been no bigger growth industry in Michigan in the past two years than the corrections department," said State Sen. Jack Welborn. The Edna McConnell Clark Founda- tion, which provides funds for criminal-justice research, estimates that the total cost of prison construction in this country will exceed $2 billion next year and rise to about $70 billion over the next 30 years, not counting inflation. Is the need for this huge outlay the result of some ghastly spike in the crime rate? Not at all. Rates of frequency for many crimes— including murder, robbery and burglary— have decreased since 1982. But during the same period, the U.S. prison population has grown by nearly 40 percent. The avalanche of new prisoners can be attributed to higher conviction rates and longer sentences for criminals of all types, particularly drug and sex offend-

OCTOBER 1988 INTERVIEW IN SEARCH OF LEADERSHIP

WhatAmerica critically needs is motivational leaders who can "rebuild mutual trust restore respect for our institutions and enhance the worth of the individual"

says leadership expert Gen. Walter F. Ulmer

American Legion Magazine: As one who has devoted his career to the problems and pursuit of leadership, do you agree with the critics who say that America is in decline?

General Ulmer: First, we need to put things in a world perspective. America still has a remarkably robust, uniquely open society that for all its flaws is still the best that man has ever created.

Q" You have confidence, then, in the inherent strength of our society? doing A I have confidence in our enormous potential for good. Americans have a fundamental good-heartedness and respect for human nature that probably are unparalleled in history. And innovation, creativity and individual worth still characterize our society. Yet in today's very complex

world, there is a need for a different kind of leadership, one that can rebuild mutual trust, restore respect for our institutions and enhance the worth of the individual.

Ql But isn't America already falling behind some industrial rivals, such as Japan and West Germany? A We are falling behind in many respects. In the business I world, we are not Competing as we were before. We are in the midst of an international trade competition the likes of which we've never seen before. The good news is that we are rediscovering the enormous power of motivation. In organizations that have strong leadership, people have caught some of their leaders' enthusiasm and vision. Their workers have clear goals, a better opportunity to contribute, and an environment that promotes innovation and creativity, some- Gen. Walter F. Ulmer, U.S. Army (Ret.), is president of the thing of which Americans are uniquely capable. Center for Creative Leadership, a non-profit institution Q> Given all this, why do we seem to have lost our com- located in Greensboro, N.C. petitive edge in the world?

32 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Profiles ofAmerican Leadership

ABRAHAM LINCOLN ADM. WILLIAM HALSEY

ENDURANCE COURAGE Among Lincoln's qualities as a leader Known for his daring and imaginative was his "inner strength to endure tactics, "Bull" Halsey elected to derision and opposition." "hit hard, hit fast, hit often."

A I think what happened is that we became lazy and sloppy, partly because we had no significant high-tech WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? competition until fairly recently. Also, from the beginning of of their other differences, all the industrial age, we had such immense natural resources REGARDLESS political candidates agree on one issue: America that we really didn't have to be efficient. needs new leadership. Campaign rhetoric aside, The United States still is a birthplace of ideas and leadership comes in many varieties and applies to advanced technology, but we've fallen down in terms of more than just government. paying attention to individual productivity and recognizing

According to Walter F. Ulmer Jr. , leadership is that there's more to a shop than the machines. For instance, "more process than office, more a function of indi- in one industrial plant in California where a new management viduals and teams at all levels of society than a small team took over, the rate of absenteeism fell almost set of powerful political or corporate individuals." immediately, and employee grievances declined from several Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.S. ambassador to the hundred to only 30 per year, all with no change except for a United Nations, described common leadership few new top people and some new leadership techniques. characteristics as: This shows that motivation is the missing ingredient in • The ability to confront baffling problems and areas where we have difficulty competing. In an overall propose solutions. Strong leaders, Kirkpatrick said, industrial context, however, we are starting to recognize "define the problem, articulate it for their fellow again the tremendous importance of leadership. citizens and restore thereby a sense that it is possible to deal with the difficulty." Ql Do you see a turnaround coming? • A vision of where society ought to be headed I see a turnaround in terms of recognizing the problems, A and a notion of how to get there. Vision is not neces- and in some places I see a turnaround in terms of solving sarily ephemeral; rather, it is born of experience and them. It is erratic and sporadic, but in areas many the change reflection. is dramatic. People are studying leadership. now But getting • Inner strength to endure derision and opposi- from understanding its value to putting it into practice is an tion. Any leader whose goals are bold and far- extremely difficult challenge. reaching is bound to upset the established order, but a leader who has confidence in those goals can in Ql How do you describe this challenge? time make believers of skeptics. A We have enormous expectations of our senior leaders, • Patience. In public life, Kirkpatrick said, the Z but in general we don't give them much support. In some leaders who achieve the most are those who learn to respects, the American public has gone from healthy skepti- compromise when necessary, never relinquishing cism to a very unhealthy cynicism. If we have a cynical their vision, but reaching their goals by incremental public, a cynical press and many undereducated workers, it's steps rather than by one heroic leap. almost impossible for good leaders to lead.

OCTOBER 1988 33 than ever heard Alexander the Great . George Washington and probably all the presidents before Franklin Roosevelt put together. In a time of highly complex issues, information flow becomes even more important to educating, influencing MFwe don 't make some funda- and motivating people. mental changes in our society We still have some very-well-educated people in Congress and elsewhere who do not seem capable of motivating others. within the next decade, we It's also true that education alone, or intellect alone, is not the will be on the decline. key to good leadership. But in general, if you don't have a well-informed, active public, I don't think it's possible for you to lead intelligently.

Qi Doesn't leadership also require the courage to make Q" What can we do about this? unpopular decisions? There is no quick, generic "fix." The first thing we can A AAleksandr Solzhenitsyn said that the fundamental flaw I do is stress the importance of leadership in our educa- Z in Western society today is a lack of courage. Perhaps tional system, in our bureaucracies, in the corporate world there is less courage in our society. Maybe we have not been and in the military. The next steps involve rebuilding a sense willing to sacrifice adequately for the greater good. of mutual trust and respect within society. When we had the breakdown at the Three-Mile Island nuclear-power plant, for Qi Do you think that government a serious leadership example, no matter what any expert said, there always was has problem? second-guessing. We now have a penchant for second- I think it's quite serious. In my opinion, it's partly due guessing that amounts to public cynicism. A I to the structure and procedure in Washington. The non- Trust is built in great part on competence and informed sensical budget process is a classic example of our not being citizens. But we haven't yet learned how to keep people up to up with the times. is date on society's problems so that they can appreciate the A more fundamental mistake our apparent movement toward neoisolationism. I this complexities of those problems, not just demand quick, think trend is a combination of a lack of understanding simple solutions. of the world, self-centeredness and a desire for immediate gratifica-

Qi But many Americans insist that we really need good tion, plus some absence of courage. Above all, I see an leaders. enormous naivete about the world at large. A Well, remember that during a typical TV news program These are long-term problems that go back to the basic tonight, more people will be listening to a single person Please turn to page 56 A FEW GOOD MEN

IN STUDIES comparing military officers with corpo- "Although our military system is probably as good rate executives, leadership expert Walter Ulmer said, as there is anywhere," said Ulmer, "we still haven't the men in uniform measure up "very favorably." In found that 'golden key' we need to make sure that all of fact, added the president of the Center for Creative the commanders are as good as we want them to be."

Leadership, "the longer I look at the corporate world, In an interview with The American Legion

the more comfortable I am with the military selection Magazine, Ulmer discussed the problems and pros- system." pects of today's high-tech, all-volunteer armed forces. Ulmer, a retired three-star general, served 33 years in the U.S. Army, largely in leadership roles. Now, Q- Isn't it difficult for a company commander to under his guidance, more than 15,000 aspiring busi- establish his authority in an all-volunteer Army? ness, government and military leaders each year Alt really doesn't seem to be a problem. Leaders in undergo two- to six-day training and self-assessment today's Army, however, need to be better than ever,

workshops at the center's Greensboro, N.C. , headquar- because our soldiers' and junior officers' expectations of ters. Several hundred of the participants are officers their leaders are exceptionally— and appropriately— high.

assigned by the Pentagon. So if you screw up today, it's worse than it would have According to Ulmer, America's military leadership been 20 years ago. generally is healthy. "We're still able to bring in indi- On the other hand, I've seen absolutely no indication viduals who have the capacity to grow in the right that today's soldier won't respond to good leadership. direction," he said. "The military now spends signifi- As a matter of fact, the tactical units in today's Army cantly more time teaching, thinking about, and discuss- probably are at least as good as any we have had in the ing the dilemmas and practical solutions of leadership past 35 to 40 years. So the transition from an egali- than do other segments of our society." tarian, democratic society for these individuals— who Ulmer said that the Army is taking a hard look at voluntarily joined the military— is not all that difficult. leadership education and techniques in the field, and at But they do expect their leaders to know what they're the need to teach senior commanders how to help their doing and to look out for them as well as for the mis- troops survive and innovate on the battlefields. Please turn to page 56

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p Uapitol Hill lawmakers are exploring other Stilwell conceded that there were long-range plans to methods of funding the VA Loan Guaranty Program, which move the stables, but added that "before we accept this has been beset by severe depletion of funds over the'past location, we want to move things that we feel need to be several years. moved." One draft bill under consideration would modify the S.J.R. 225, authorizing a Korean War Memorial on the current home-loan program by charging veterans a 1.25 mall, was enacted in March 1985. The law requires that $5 percent indemnity fee that would be placed in a special million of the estimated $6 million cost of the memorial be account along with a 0.25 percent federal contribution. raised through private contributions. Stilwell said $2.3

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Capitol Memorial Commission, but veterans on the memo- June by a 96- 1 margin. The move to H.R. 4870 will speed up rial's advisory board are disappointed with the selection. passage of the bill by eliminating the need for a joint- "They disapproved the site we wanted at the angle formed conference mark up. by Constitution Avenue and 17th Street," said Gen. Richard At press time, House approval of the legislation was G. Stilwell. U.S. Army (Ret.), the advisory-board chairman. expected before Congress recessed in mid- August. More Stilwell said the commission selected a site opposite the than $700,000 had been raised in cash and $300,000 in Vietnam War Memorial across from the reflecting pool on the pledges toward the $1.3 million goal. Contributions or mall. "We oppose the site because it is in a congested area requests for information should be sent to Suzanne Mills- near food-concession stands, a tour-bus parking area and Rittman, Executive Director, Vietnam Women's Memorial

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VA HEALTH CARE SERVING 22 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR

The VA health-care system remains basically strong and

unthreatened because manyAmericans consider it to be a national resource, Dr. John A. Gronvall, the VA's chief medical director says in this exclusive interview.

If*1 Mj|| R. JOHN A. Gronvall, chief medical director of system is going to face the same health issues associated with ^ the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery, aging. I runs the largest, most complex medical-care Ql the I system in the Free World. This system has an What has VA been doing in AIDS research and I annual budget of more than $10 billion, and treatment? AIDS is a major issue for us; we estimate that about I employs more than 203,000 health profession- A 7 percent of the nation's patients I als and support staff. The VA operates 172 hos- AIDS are treated in our l facilities. Our cost of providing care is about $25,000 each pitals, 22 ) outpatient clinics, and domiciliaries year per patient, and that's IhhNmH and nursing homes throughout the nation. considerably lower than the cost would be at community hospitals. American Legion Magazine: Critics contend that the VA researchers have been involved in developing a new government would save money if the VA health-care drug for treating AIDS and AIDS-Related Complex. Essen- system were merged with another federal agency. Is that tially, our investigations have centered on the reproduction true? and growth of the AIDS virus.

Dr. Gronvall: It has never seemed to me to be a serious Ql Surveys show that about 2 percent of VA patients are suggestion. Such a merger wouldn't save money because the women. Doesn't that seem to be lower than the overall studies show that the total cost of delivering care through the percentage of women veterans? VA is either the same as, or less than, the cost of delivering it You must consider the fact that the proportion of women through Medicare or Medicaid. It wouldn't save our govern- A ! veterans is low— about 1.2 million women in a veteran ment a dime to send veterans to community hospitals through population of 28 million. Historically, and even today, the VA these programs. In fact, those costs would be higher. medical system is viewed as being exclusively for men, and I Qb What has the VA done to meet the health-care needs believe that a great many women view it this way, too. of aging veterans? The VA began to reach out to women veterans about five A The VA has done a great deal of research on aging and years ago by providing specialized treatment, such as I related health problems. Our Geriatric Research, Educa- gynecological care. During that time, we also formed a tion and Clinical Centers throughout the country have special advisory committee on women veterans' issues and provided excellent training and research data for geriatric appointed a coordinator in each of our medical centers. Much specialists. of our efforts have been directed to renovation projects;

The age curve of veterans is parallel to the age curve of the special clinics have been constructed to ensure privacy for general population, but the aging peak for veterans comes women. As a result, I believe that women veterans are

about 10 to 12 years earlier. I believe it's fair to say that the becoming more aware of the health-care services that the VA medical community should learn from what the VA does well offers them. and from its mistakes, because the entire medical-care

38 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE BELIEVE that the Dr. John A. Gronvall, a board-certified pathologist, worked in VA hospitalsfor several years before becoming the VA's chiefmedical medical community should director in January 1987. learn from what the VA does

well and from its mistakes. / war with community hospitals. Nobody likes it, but it's a fact that we all have to live with. The shortage of nurses is a national problem, and we're experiencing part of that problem.

Qi How is the VA combating the serious nurse shortage? Ql Perhaps one of the best-kept secrets about the VA A The truth is, from an industrywide perspective, the medical system is the fact that it has been a training nursing shortage is going to get a lot worse before it gets ground for thousands of doctors and nurses over the better. years. Would you elaborate on this? The VA has 60,000 nurses at its medical facilities. Half are A This goes back to the late 1940s, when the VA became registered nurses, and the remainder are licensed practical I affiliated with medical schools. At the end of World War nurses and nursing assistants. That total is about 1 ,500 below II, both the VA and medical schools faced several problems. our all-time employment peak. Our problem with the short- Medical schools found that a lot of doctors who had served age tends to be related to geography. We have VA hospitals in as general practitioners wanted to receive specialized large cities, where private hospitals are in a better position to training. The VA found it necessary to recruit higher-quality offer more incentives to nurses. Areas where the competition physicians. So our agency and the medical schools channeled has not been significant generally have not experienced the their respective needs into an affiliation program that today shortage. includes more than 100 medical schools. It has been a good We've tried a number of ways to respond to the shortage, relationship. such as offering premium pay for weekend work and tuition- The VA became an attractive place for doctors and support programs; recently, we reactivated a scholarship researchers to gain practical clinical training. The program program. was broadened to include medical students; then it expanded to include nurses, dentists and other medical professionals. Q" It sounds as though the VA has entered a bidding war Every year, more than 100,000 students gain practical to attract and retain nurses. Is that right? experience in VA hospitals. More than half of America's A You bet. We're just setting up an office that will work on doctors can attribute some of their clinical training to the I recruiting and retaining nurses. Yes, we're in a bidding Please turn to page 69

OCTOBER 1988 39 The Legion Cites Flaws In Agent Orange Studies

AULTY research and mis- Research conducted gallons of Agent Orange in spraying interpreted data have operations dubbed "Operation Ranch clouded a second govern- by the Centers for Hand." Many researchers have said ment study ofVietnam vet- that there is a link between several dis- erans who were exposed Disease Control eases and exposure to the dioxin-based to Agent Orange, a Legion ignored data on defoliant. The VA does not acknowl- spokesman told U.S. sen- edge the link. ators. troop deployments The Legion also took exception to F "Several research flaws the CDC's analysis of veterans whose were committed by the Centers for Dis- and areas where combat experiences might have led to ease Control in its Vietnam Experience spraying occurred. psychological problems associated Study," said William F. Lenker, chair- with PTSD in the Vietnam Experience man of the Legion's Veterans Affairs Study. The spokesman said the CDC and Rehabilitation Commission. "downplayed" its conclusions, while Lenker' s comments came on the heels the body of its study described the of Legion testimony before the Senate classic effects of PTSD. Veterans' Affairs Committee, where a The CDC concluded, in part: "These spokesman criticized the CDC study. psychological problems, however, are Legion officials said the results were not of the magnitude that has resulted in inaccurate because of some of the Vietnam veterans having, as a group, restrictions that the CDC imposed on lower social and economic attain- its study. Included in the study were ments." veterans who were less likely to be Legion officials told the Senate com- exposed to combat, chemicals, medica- mittee that PTSD patients are receiving tions, or environmental hazards or con- inconsistent treatment in VA facilities ditions. Conversely, a number of veter- around the country and that the use of ans who fit those criteria were excluded Diagnostic-Related Groups have from the study. affected treatment programs. DRGs are

"CDC has thus committed two of the estimates of how long it will take to cardinal sins of epidemiology," the treat certain conditions and are used to Legion spokesman said. "The agency fund individual VA medical centers. has diluted the study by including non- DEFOLIANTS — L/.S. aircraft sprayed "Because of this," the spokesman more than 11 million gallons of exposed veterans and decreased the said, "PTSD programs have been Agent Orange over South Vietnam. statistical power by eliminating those revised to reduce the allowable length who are likely to have been exposed." of stays in hospitals from 120 days to, in Veterans restricted from the study some cases, 45 days or less. Under included those who served more than there were not enough Vietnam veter- some programs now, a veteran must be one tour of duty in Vietnam, and those ans exposed to Agent Orange heavily admitted and discharged repeatedly above the pay grade of E-5. enough to conduct it. over a number of weeks so that the The Legion specifically objects to "Rather than using this well- patient can complete the treatment the Agent Orange findings in this study documented material, as other studies program." and the findings in an earlier Agent have, the CDC chose a simplistic The Legion said that most Vietnam Orange study. approach and used a subjective evalua- veterans who are diagnosed as having Both CDC studies declined to use tion that indicated only the likelihood severe PTSD should not be in out- computer data on troop deployments of exposure to the herbicide," the patient treatment programs. "These and areas where defoliant was used. spokesman said. "The CDC rejected veterans must be kept on a ward The data, stored on what are called one of the most carefully developed and between intense counseling sessions HERBS tapes, were compiled by the extensive records found anywhere in because of the potential for flash- U.S. Army Joint Services Environmen- epidemiological research." backs, suicide attempts and other crises tal Support Group. CDC effectively Between 1 962 and 1971, the U. S. Air that must be closely monitored by pro- killed the earlier study by stating that Force dumped more than 1 1 million fessionals," the spokesman said.

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perception, rightly or wrongly, that decisions deny- Legion Blames VA Employee Cuts ing service connection for PTSD have been made by physicians with negligible In training, clinical expertise or For Delays Veterans' Claims expertise in psychiatry," the

spokesman said. It is possible that board members might be NE of every five resources. The service offi- sary. He explained that at less qualified medically than veterans' dis- cers said there is an apparent least 20 percent of the cases the psychiatrists and psychol- ability claims is fear of criticism from the that are remanded eventually ogists who have actually being remanded VAs headquarters in Wash- are decided in favor of the examined, diagnosed or o by the VA' ington if certain complex veterans. Awards are also treated veterans, the Legion Board of Veterans Appeals. cases are allowed. higher for remanded cases. official testified. Testifying before the House "This rationale is unac- The Legion also voiced its Committee on Veterans ceptable to The American concern about the qualifica- Affairs, a Legion spokesman Legion. Claimants should tions of BVA members. The blamed sloppy work for the not be forced into the proper adjudication of PTSD Boys Nation growing number of claims lengthy appeals process for cases often is hampered by that are being sent back to these reasons," the spokes- the lack of doctors with psy- Exposes Youths the originating offices. man said. chiatric expertise on the He told the lawmakers that He conceded that the board. Board members fre- there has been "an erosion BVAs remand rate reflects quently are specialists in To Government of quality of the decisions its genuine concern for due neurology, internal medi-

rendered by VA regional process, and that requiring cine, OB/GYN and family EFORE this, I

offices" during the past two additional evidence in a case practice. never felt I was years, a condition that he is both desirable and neces- "This situation raises the really a part of said was due to persistent B what this coun- and consistent cuts in field- try was all

station employees. about. Now, I do," said 17- The spokesman said the year-old David C. Nason of problem has been com- South Hamilton, Mass. pounded by the retirements Nason's words came after he of the "Class of '46," experi- witnessed a wreath-laying enced adjudicators and rat- ceremony at the Tomb of the ing-board people who joined Unknown Soldier, but they the VA at the end of World could easily sum up the feel- War II and are now closing ings of 95 other high-school out their careers. seniors who attended The An investigation has American Legion's 43rd Boys revealed that a large number Nation in Washington, D.C. of claims were sent back to Boys Nation provides young regional offices for special men with the opportunity to examinations or further learn how the federal govern- documentation. He said that ment works. the regional offices some- The youths met the Presi- times failed to submit the dent, and received tours and entire file or omitted crucial briefings at the Pentagon and information. the State Department during Legion service officers their 10-day visit in late July. inquiring about the increase Nason, sponsored by Post in remanded claims have been 32, Marblehead, Mass., was told that regional VA claims elected president of Boys The President greets delegates to offices rely on the VA Board OFFICIAL WELCOME— Nation. Jonathon Hancock, the 1988 American Legion Boys Nation in the Rose Garden of Veterans Appeals in Wash- 17, of Paducah, Ky. , was at the White House. With Reagan are (left) Marty Justis of to conduct investiga- elected vice president. Han- ington national headquarters and David B. Barlow of Boise, Idaho, tions and develop cases, president pro tern of Boys Nation. cock was sponsored by Post

rather than spend their own 31 , Paducah.

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The Legion has prepared Legion Urges Employers kits on employer awards pro- Comer Gains grams for Employ the Hand- icapped, Employ the Older Worker, and Employer of the Quick Results To Hire The Handicapped Year Award for Hiring Veter- URING his year ans. Posts can receive a kit as National Com- ACH year The at a nominal cost through by contacting their depart- mander, PNC American National Emblem Sales. ment adjutants or the National John P. "Jake" Legion, in coop- Thiesen said that to locate Economic Commission, The D Comer became er a t i o n with employers worthy of recog- American Legion, 1608 K known as a man who got quick the President's nition, departments and St., N.W, Washington, DC results. His official visit to Committee on the Employ- posts should contact commu- 20006. Iowa in July solidified that ment of the Handicapped, nity organizations and agen- reputation when Comer learned observes the first full week cies that help the handicap- that the VA medical center in in October as Employ the ped. "By contacting these VA Handbook Iowa City was limiting admis- Handicapped Week. local groups, posts can get sions to veterans who have During this year's obser- valuable leads on worthy service-connected disabilities. vance, Oct. 2-8, each employers while establish- Available Comer immediately tele- Legion department is ing post recognition in phoned VA Administrator encouraged to recognize an support of the Legion's Fop Veterans Thomas K. Turnage to express employer in its state that has efforts to help the handi- his outrage over the dis- established an outstanding capped." HE 1988 VA j criminatory policy. "It is tragic record in hiring handicapped handbook, "Fed- j when, at the whim of a hospital persons. A plaque for each I eral Benefits for administrator, veterans can no department is supplied by Veterans and longer receive the medical care

T I the National Economic Dependents," is to which they are entitled," Commission. off the press and available for Comer said. "While it is economically $2.25 from the Superintendent Within minutes, Turnage impossible to provide posts of Documents. U.S. Govern- ordered the Iowa City director with plaques, they, too, can ment Printing Office, Wash- and three other directors who participate in this fine pro- ington, DC 20402. The 96-page had similar restrictions to gram by presenting certifi- Employ The booklet, stock number 051- reverse their directives and to cates to employers in their 000-00192-3, covers VA bene- Handicapped Week resume providing medical care communities," said Bruce A Winning Investment! fits, eligibility criteria, and the based on the established eligi- Thiesen, Economic Com- addresses and phone numbers bility criteria. mission chairman. Appropri- The of VA offices, medical centers "CSS" When Comer called Tur- ate certificates are available and national cemeteries. nage, he was unaware that VA medical centers in Boise, Idaho; Fargo, N.D.; and San Diego, Calif., also were limit- Education Week Scheduled Nov. 13 ing admissions to service-connected veterans. Turnage, how-

I MER1CAN Edu- "If we are to preserve our "We encourage posts to ever, reassured Comer that cation Week, nation's greatness, we must contact local offices of the such restrictions were not in

established in ensure that it is left in good national cosponsors, and to effect and would not be 1921 by The hands. Our generation will develop American Education implemented at other VA hos- A 'American be judged on how well we Week activities and pro- pitals. Legion in cooperation with prepare our children for their grams," said Gierke. Comer said he believes that the National Education enormous task." Ideas and suggestions for the medical-center directors Association, will celebrate The U.S. Office of Educa- appropriate observances are probably were prompted to its 68th observance Nov. 13 tion became an official co- outlined in a brochure that is limit admissions because of to 19. sponsor of the week in 1922. available from department budget shortfalls. "The proper Noting the appropriate- The National Congress of headquarters or the National way to deal with such realities ness of this year's theme, Parents and Teachers signed Americanism Commission, is for the VA to submit realistic "America's Schools: Invest on in 1938, and the National The American Legion, P.O. budgets to Congress each year, in Your Future," Nat'l Cmdr. School Boards Association Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN not to continue to say it can H.F. "Sparky" Gierke said. followed in 1980. 46206. make do," he said.

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California Mike Canales 29,424 Maryland R Lee Fisher 13,919 Pennsylvania Ronald F. Conley 22,012 Canada Patrick Neumann 801 Massachusetts Paul A Morin 100,181 Philippines William H. Sener 1,085 Colorado Tillson Gorsuch 8.439 Mexico Frank H. Nolan 543 Puerto Rico Isidoro Cerpa Jr. 1,900

Connecticut Raymond R Bigelow 9,212 Michigan RoyB. Cicotte 12,692 Rhode Island Walter P. Pytka 4,721 Costa Rica Minnesota Lloyd M. Ricker 47,556 South Carolina Robert E. David 6,837 Delaware Thomas Wootten 3,089 Mississippi Clayton Thompson 4,080 South Dakota Russel D. Testerman 2,796

Dist. of Columbia Sotero Garcia 1,499 Missouri Oscar Walterman 36,292 Tennessee Ike F. Gentry 12,237 Florida Robert J Proctor 33.575 Montana Louis P. Fuhringer 3,758 Texas E H. Narmour 26,154 France Michael R. Verville - 3,223 Nebraska Michael D. Helm 13,340 Utah ElmerS. Pickett 2,426 Georgia Mary B Howard 7.842 Nevada Don L. Cirac 435 Vermont Wayne McLean 7,455

Hawaii Kenneth McAtee 1,975 New Hampshire Louis F. Milinazzo 16,905 Virginia William R. Bryant 14,871 Idaho George Kirkland 3.942 New Jersey Timothy P. Carmody 29,499 Washington Charles J. Benson 7,426 Illinois Clayborn M Lofton 44,237 New Mexico Cas Novak 2,910 West Virginia J. Carl Durham 3,291 Indiana Larry Bartlett 26.276 New York Frank J. D'Amico 51,202 Wisconsin Robert C. Weyenberg 10,911 Iowa Dorothy Andrews 4,694 North Carolina Jerry L. Hedrick 9,699 Wyoming Owen Heins 6,616 Italy Nazario Cicchillitti North Dakota Aaron Dalke 7,330

Posts, Auxiliary units, SAL squadrons. ted $100 or more as of Aug. 5, 1988:

No. Post Commander Department Amount No. Post Commander Department Amount No. Post Commander Department Amount

Post 64 Earl Hague Arkansas $ 100 Post 1941 Frank F. Belsito New York $ 100 Post 255 Irvine D. McGarven Pennsylvania $ 100

Post 31 Gordon E. McQuain Arkansas 150 Post 1060 Charles F. Larkin New York 100 Post 326 Charles F. Hartman Pennsylvania 155 Post 20 Thomas R Reed Arkansas 130 Post 529 Thomas Case New York 100 Post 346 Robert Deiter Pennsylvania 200

Post 1 Lyman E. Conn Colorado 100 Post 1132 K. Katzer New York 100 Post 366 Milton A. Kolb Pennsylvania 200 Post 161 Harold Tegeler Colorado 1,000 Post 936 William Burke New York 100 Post 410 Douglas L. Zimmerman Pennsylvania 101 Post 193 Terry Troundt Colorado 500 Post 797 John D. Clingempeel New York 100 Post 490 Gerald J. Wega Pennsylvania 100 Post 209 Max Hoyer Colorado 1,000 Post 853 Francis Weis Jr. New York 100 Post 497 Edward Hilsee Pennsylvania 110 Post 64 Michael R Arnold Florida 100 Post 527 Martin E Moot New York 100 Post 546 Anthony Mistecka Pennsylvania 125 Post 32 Fred Simpson Florida 1,300 Post 892 Ed Dornow New York 100 Post 571 Henry Wentz Pennsylvania 125 Post 235 John A Bush Florida 150 Post 1465 John W. Hesson New York 200 Post 588 Paul KreckerSr, Pennsylvania 133 Sqdn. 216 Georgia 359 Post 350 Joseph A Koson New York 100 Post 594 David Nelson Pennsylvania 100 Post 735 Elmer Shearier Illinois 210 Post 1456 Robert Keaveny New York 1,100 Post 601 Lee R Smith Pennsylvania 100 Post 105 Robert D Scheibly Illinois 100 Post 173 Richard C Jones New York 100 Post 602 Walter E. Mourar Pennsylvania 100 Post 83 Ralph A. Niles Indiana 100 Post 184 Gerald E. Mull New York 200 Post 641 Nick Glucki Pennsylvania 750 Post 261 Maynard Pemberton Indiana 237 Post 3 Louis G. Hess New York 100 Post 821 Stanley Fabiszewski Pennsylvania 100 Post 239 Lawrence W. Foster Jr. Indiana 100 Post 660 Donald Long New York 100 Post 823 William J. Campbell Pennsylvania 400 Post 423 Alan Cochran Indiana 670 Post 510 Joseph A. Baisi New York 500 Sqdn. 101 Pennsylvania 100 Sqdn. 158 Indiana 222 Post 1698 Pincus Elias New York 100 Post 99 Philippines 1,000

Post 79 Anthony P. Riley Indiana 217 Post 1796 George Scott New York 100 Post 1 Ray Daniels Tennessee 500 Post 464 Edward Gutzwiller Indiana 100 Post 483 Edwin Kaercher New York 100 Post 23 Charles Stone Tennessee 200 Post 102 Larry K Sargent Indiana 100 Post 272 Dolores Starr New York 200 Post 46 David Rockwell Tennessee 300 Post 53 Jean E. Cloud Indiana 270 Post 85 Robert Glein New York 150 Post 19 Jerry G. Attkisson Tennessee 200 Post 26 Richard Saunders Iowa 100 Post 422 Francis Guerrin New York 250 Post 173 Buddy Scott Tennessee 100 Post 14 Louis Plaisance Louisiana 1.000 Post 80 Clarence Stephens New York 100 Post 81 Robert R. Link Tennessee 1,200 Post 248 William Cummings Maryland 100 Post 89 Frederick Sherman New York 100 Post 82 Richard P King Tennessee 200 Sqdn. 41 Maryland 135 Post 1645 Varian Ootman New York 100 Post 109 Thomas Love Tennessee 100 Post 188 Clarence H Strack Massachusetts 100 Post 1305 Edward Kwitnieski New York 200 Post 5 William R Douglas Tennessee 100 Post 166 Ernest Lizotte Massachusetts 425 Post 225 Clare Irvin New York 100 Post 13 Roger O. Lowe Tennessee 200 Post 160 George Coope Massachusetts 100 Post 1038 Alfred F Borawski New York 100 Unit 3 Tennessee 100 Post 193 Robert Naponen Massachusetts 1.500 Post 339 William J. Avrutis New York 100 Unit 81 Tennessee 500

Post 68 Edward P. Grady Massachusetts 500 Post 230 William S Park New York 171 Unit 173 Tennessee 100 Post 249 Allen J. Hathaway Massachusetts 100 Post 471 Richard Stickley New York 100 Unit 13 Tennessee 100 Post 440 Pasquale Panaggio Massachusetts 1.000 Post 873 George Wells New York 100 Post 81 Douglas H. Montgomery Texas 100 Post 77 Thomas Simpson Massachusetts 300 Post 1832 Gerald St. Hilaire New York 200 Post 389 T.E.Carr Texas 100 Post 101 Walter P Foley Massachusetts 750 Post 374 Joyce Wood New York 100 Post 269 J.B. Huckabee Texas 1.000 Unit 155 Massachusetts 1.500 Sqdn 173 New York 250 Post 321 William R. Crawford Texas 250 Unit 101 Massachusetts 250 Post 13 Eddie Price North Carolina 157 Post 639 Richard E. Elmore Texas 500 VFW Post 26 Jim Clifford North Dakota 400 Post 199 Gary A Grant Virginia 232 Post 613 Massachusetts 500 Post 97 John R McCutchen Ohio 1.000 Post 86 Everett E Neff West Virginia 150 Post 523 John 0. Fecho Minnesota 200 Unit 96 Ohio 100 Post 85 Roger Johnson Minnesota 500 Post 158 8oyce Henderson Oregon 570 Post 99 Norman L. Hardon Minnesota 500 Post 84 Frank J Conva Pennsylvania 250 Post 21 Randy Rose Mississippi 175 Post 47 Edward S Cushman Sr. Pennsylvania 500 CWF SCOREBOARD Post 139 Henry J Prevou Mississippi 375 Post 75 Gerald Petrisin Pennsylvania 235 Post 24 Paul Howell Mississippi 100 Post 145 Nicholas Bielich Pennsylvania 100 The total amount donated to Post 230 Bruce R. Arnold Missouri 200 Post 160 Gasper Guerino Pennsylvania 100 Post 304 Morris D. Menhennet Missouri 100 Post 162 Carter E Newton Pennsylvania 160 the Child Welfare Foundation Post 3 Fred C Craigie Nebraska 2,525 Post 178 Fabian Marucei Pennsylvania 200 (as we went to press): Unit 159 New Jersey 100 Post 182 Myles Crebs Pennsylvania 500 Post 1380 Edward McHale New York 100 Post 201 William R Neitz Pennsylvania 115 $1,088,257 Post 977 Herbert Schaible New York 100 Post 239 R Michael Dolan Pennsylvania 100

46 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Remember Your First Experience With Fine China?

Mess . . . Chow lines . . . C rations . . . from talking some unsuspecting new troop into trading his pound cake for a can of ham and eggs chopped ... to creating descriptions like "(something) on a shingle", our collective mealtime genius is history It's an endless source of humor for everything from movies to music.

But what most people don't realize is that veterans never ate alone. Maybe it was a buddy whose rations were lost in combat or an orphan, begging on a dusty road to nowhere ... we shared what we had. War has a way of teaching the virtue in being your brother's keeper.

So it's not surprising that last year Legionnaires spent over forty-eight million dollars helping others. From emergency aid for our fellow veterans to caring for orphans here at home . . .

America is still counting on us. There are times when doing nothing is not an option.

Renew your membership today i . . . because doing nothing is not an option. Legionnaires inaction

Perpetuating the memory of a dear old friend. ..protecting the kids. ..owning LEGIONNAIRE a theater. .honoring the men of the OF THE MONTH USS Liberty... thanking a great gal.

w'hristina L. Speicher has become post's many community programs. the first recipient of the Gen. Lewis The post sponsors its own produc- B. Hershey Scholarship, which is tions and rents the theater to theatri- awarded by ANAVICUS (Army, Navy cal and other groups, including and Air Force Veterans in Canada, U.S. Legion posts. Burbank Post 150 recently used the theater for a fund- raising event; proceeds went to buy 16 wheelchairs for the children at the Burbank Crippled Children's Society.

Rose Harms Post 355 has donated $1,000 toward the new public Frank C. Bean library in Grafton, Wis. "We are especially proud because of its name. The USS Liberty Memorial Public phrase seems to aptly Unit) to an outstanding sophomore or Library," said post commander Elmer describe how Ohio Legion- junior at Tri-State University, Angola, Paegelow. "We felt it especially fitting ONEnaires feel about Frank C. Ind. Hershey, the first director of the to contribute to this memorial Bean: Thanks for the mem- Selective Service System and an alum- because little recognition or honor ories." nus and trustee emeritus of Tri-State, have been given to those sailors who A member of Col. Charles once served as president of ANAVICUS. were killed or wounded during the M. Young Post 204 in Canton, Attending the presentation were Israeli air attack on the Liberty in he has conducted installations of new (from left) Col. Frank R. Kossa, 1967." post officers from memory, without ANAVICUS treasurer; Judge Daniel F referring to the Legion's Manual of Foley, ANAVICUS president; and Gene To many GIs of World War II, she Ceremonies. Bean, an attorney, also is Wilson, membership chairman of the was the voice of their loved ones back recognized for his knowledge of both Indiana Department of The American home. To Legionnaires of New York national and departmental Legion Legion. County, she was everyone's choice for bylaws. A veteran of World War II, the 86- The American Legion has made a year-old Bean has served in various lasting impression with mothers in positions since he joined the Legion in Aurora, 111., thanks to Roosevelt- 1946; he has been district commander Aurora Post 84. The post is in its fifth and a three-time post commander. year of providing two annual finger- Bean, whose service earned him life printing programs for children. One membership from his post, was instru- session is held in July at the Kane mental in helping launch his depart- County Fair in conjunction with the ment's state hospital-visitation program. Kane County Council. The second "He's 'Mr. Legionnaire' in every " program, which the post co-sponsors sense, said Elizabeth Jester, Post 204 with the Aurora Police Department, adjutant, adding that Bean has headed includes free children's photographs, the Entertainer of the Year Award, the post's Christmas bell-ringing cam- provided by Aurora National Bank. which was given during their 70th paign with the local Salvation Army for annual convention. Making the presen- 25 years. tation to the incomparable Hildegarde, The respect he has earned was #% Legion post that has its own the- 82, were Legionnaires Paul Wendel and demonstrated last year, when the ater might be considered an oddity, John Morahan. department honored him as "Every- but for Hollywood Post 43, what Hildegarde, who made famous the body's Favorite Legionnaire." More could be more natural? Liberty song, "Darling, Je Vous Aime than 100 Legionnaires attended a Theatre was founded in the early Beaucoup," also entertained hos- special ceremony that recognized his 1980s on Post 43 property, and since pitalized veterans and troops during the service to others. that time has provided revenue for the Korean and Vietnam wars.

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Or the great location. homeless, elderly and unemployed? new programs that enhance the stand- For all these reasons and We must do more to enforce exist- ards of instruction and to improve the A more, people are choosing ! ing laws benefiting the homeless curriculum at the elementary and sec- and to make sure the federal govern- Polo Park, an adult commu- levels. ondary ment meets its obligations. For exam- of affordable, quality man- nity I to: propose ple, there is an often-ignored law that ufactured homes as low as • Create a $500 million federal pro- requires the Defense Department to private exec- $24,900. With a gram of merit schools that would pro- allow use of vacant space in military utive golf course, fishing on vide awards to schools that improve the spaces as emergency shelter. Lake Davenport, and lots you standards of education for their stu- A report by the U.S. Conference of can rent or own, you'll find the dents. It would be up to each state to Mayors shows that an average of 26 determine the criteria for academic best of Florida living at Polo percent of homeless persons are success. Each school that attains the Park. And Polo Park is only 8 severely mentally ill. We need to state criteria will be recognized by the miles from Walt Disney World develop community-based mental federal government as a National Merit health clinics, so those who are in the and other area attractions! School and will be eligible for supple- community can receive the care they Be our guest for free! mentary funding. need to function in society. Now you can discover Polo Each school that serves a significant Part of the solution is to increase the participating in Park by our proportion of disadvantaged stu- stock of low-income housing, so that guest house program. 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less of their financial means. We have to work with the states to develop tuition- Be Your Own Boss and Make prepayment plans. We can develop an education investment plan that will allow students to repay their college- tuition loans through payroll withhold- $18.00 ing in future years.

Ql What would your administration to do to ensure care for our nation's homeless, elderly and unemployed? A I will ensure that homeless veter- $30.00 ans have the opportunity to share in training and support services at the AN HOUR! state and local level under the Job Train-

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OCTOBER 1988 67 DUKAKIS HALFA DOZEN Continuedfrom page 67 policy that uses natural gas and clean coal-burning technologies to clean up our acid-rain problem and revive ailing regional economies. WAYS TO EARN • Finally, make a strong commitment to regional economic development. I will ask Congress for a half-billion dollars annually to rebuild America, and to provide federal grants for economy-building, job-creating, public- AN EARLY private partnerships in those states and regions of the country whose economies are lagging, and who need help in bring- ing strength and diversity and good jobs to their people. Q" RETIREMENT. What is your vision of America's future? Alt's time to wake up to the new challenges that face the American 1. Eat high-fat, high-cholesterol foods. family; time to see that young families 2. Smoke. in this country are never again forced to 3. Ignore your high blood pressure. choose between the jobs they need and the children they love; time to be sure 4. Heavily salt everything you eat. that parents are never again told no 5. Put on extra weight. matter how long they work or how hard 6. Stop exercising regularly. their child tries, a college education is a right they can't afford. Follow these easy steps and you It's time to ask why we have run up could retire from work, and from more debt in this country in the past life, sooner than you planned. eight years than we did in the previous

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or goals since you became chief medi- your pointing that out so that we can VA HEALTH CARE cal director almost two years ago? take the steps to correct the problem." I had two objectives when I came My overriding objective is to provide Continuedfrom page 39 A I into this office. The first was to the quality care that veterans need— ensure that every veteran who enters a and deserve. VA facility receives care that is second My second objective was to make the

to none. I want to be sure that veterans VA more influential in the health affairs VA's Department of Medicine and get the same care that they would get at that this nation faces. I believe that the Surgery. a university or community hospital, or elevation of the VA to Cabinet level is better care. If somebody came to me perhaps the most important dimension Ql Many Americans view the VA with convincing evidence that the care in achieving that goal. The VA has con- health-care system as being outside at a VA hospital or clinic is poorer than tributed a great deal to medicine and the medical industry as a whole. Has what is available at a neighboring facil- society, but our best contributions are that been a problem? ity, I'd say, "Thank you. I appreciate yet to come. A No, not really. Again, I would say I that our affiliation program has been successful in this regard. Physi- cians who work in our facilities often go to work in community hospitals, apply- ing what they have learned and gained from their experiences at VA hospitals. Remfimbranee That has kept us from becoming isolated from the overall medical community. We are in the mainstream of medical care. By that, I mean that VA doctors are as good as anybody else's doctors. There has not been a serious challenge to the quality of care that our patients receive in our hospitals. If our agency had been established as an isolated, insulated, totally self-contained hospital system, I think that the quality of care would have diminished over time. But the VA has stayed current on health Dedicated To The issues, medical education, and research Over 58,000 Americans and development. The VA health-care Who Gave Their system has been preserved because Lives In Vietnam many people view us as being a resource rather than a burden.

Ql Has the VA been, as you say, a major resource in medical technology and research? A Yes. In the early days, VA doctors I and researchers treated many vet- World renown sculptor Ron Hinote has erans who had contracted tuberculosis, poured his love and talents into this moving scene depicting a Vietnam Veteran at the with the name of a friend or loved one, so we took the lead in testing drugs that Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This highly creating a personal and lasting memorial. brought that disease under control. detailed work of art is cast in genuine pewter With your purchase, a portion of the The VA also has been a pioneer in the and mounted on a richly finished hardwood proceeds will be donated in your name to the creation of nuclear medicine. One of base. The pewter plaque is engraved with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and other "Remembrance" title or may be ordered Vietnam Veterans organizations. our most stellar achievements was the ORDER FORM development of the CAT scanner. Please enter my order tor "Remembrance" return my purchase within 30 days for a full

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OCTOBER 1988 69 advancing on the friendly emplace- the plane was struck by a surface-to-air ment. missile that smashed the main landing MEDAL OF HONOR Bennett immediately radioed for air gear and severely damaged the left Continuedfrom page 29 support for the threatened position but engine. Flame began to lick from the was told that no aircraft were available. crippled engine. It was obvious that the Trying a different tack, he requested craft would have to be abandoned. artillery interdiction against the Bennett ordered his observer to pre- men from Yudam-ni to file through the advancing enemy; this also was denied pare to eject. Almost immediately, the pass. Then Barber and the 82 survivors because the target was too close to the observer reported that his parachute of Fox Company withdrew, leaving an friendly troops to allow an acceptable had been shredded by flying debris. The estimated 1,000 enemy dead on the margin of safety. Frustrated but deter- pilot could have ejected safely, since his pass they had defended so bravely. For mined to aid the endangered unit, the chute was intact, but to do so would his epic stand, Capt. William E. Barber two airmen decided to take matters into have been to condemn his companion received the Medal of Honor. their own hands. to certain death. To give his observer his Bennett took the plane into a steep only chance for survival, the pilot dive to make a strafing run against the turned the plane toward the nearby Gulf STEVENL BENNETT enemy troops. Pulling up at the end of of Tonkin. Minutes later, the craft was the run. he turned and dived into over open water. /T WAS still early morning on June another strafing pass. This time the Instructing his observer to brace for 29, 1972, but it already was hot in enemy was ready, sending up heavy ditching, Bennett brought the plane in the hill country northwest of Hue ground fire against the plane. Shrapnel at a shallow angle, trying to settle the on the Vietnamese coast. Flying a twin- and shell ripped several holes in the craft on the water. Despite his skillful engine light aircraft on an artillery- plane, but none of the hits did serious manuevers, at the instant the fuselage adjustment mission, Air Force Capt. damage, and the airmen themselves struck the water, the plane spun. The Steven L. Bennett and his observer in were unscratched. They could see that impact crushed the front cockpit, the rear cockpit could feel the heat they were having an effect on the imprisoning Bennett in the wreckage. rising from the steamy ground. At least enemy: Forward movement had been The observer was more fortunate; he it wasn't raining, the airmen thought, halted, and there were several casual- was able to get out of the sinking plane. so they had good visibility. ties. Bennett dived into a third, then a Soon he was picked up by a rescue They had just passed over a friendly fourth strafing attack. helicopter. emplacement when they spotted move- It was clear now that the enemy was For his courage, professionalism and ment in the jungle canopy. Banking into starting a disorganized pullback. To selfless sacrifice, Capt. Steven L. a turn for a better view, the pilot and speed them on their way. the airman Bennett received the Medal of Honor observer saw a large enemy force dived for a fifth pass. At that moment. posthumously.

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70 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE We told those who asked that it was a war hero. Leonard and I think it might be when "Taps" Available PATRIOT it gets into battle. We're sure anxious for the Posts a cassette Continuedfrom page 22 evaluation team to see how well it shoots. needing recording of We got to the testing grounds about noon "Taps" for sounding military funerals or and have the cannon unpacked, all ready for patriotic services may receive one by the test. writing to George Gregory, 2985 Night- Sincerely, ingale, Rochester Hills, MI 48309. nance handbooks will be provided by the con- Andrew Farnsworth The recording features the "Taps" tractor. President & Project sounded at the funeral of President John F. with You are advised that the highest level ofsecurity Officer, T2C-3 Kennedy, complete the firing of the rifle squad. Another recording of now in effect on the T2C-3 Weapons System Farnsworth & Cooper Cannon must be maintained during transit to the & Carriage Company "Taps" available from Gregory is the traditional "Taps." evaluation site. Army Copy to Captain Hawkins Copies of the recording are free, but Wilfred Corners, Massachusetts Commanding donations are appreciated to defray the By Order of the Officer Continued costs of materials, recording and mailing. Major Hollis Corby Next Month Contracting Officer T2C-3 Weapons Systems Weapons Procurement Branch Headquarters, Colonial Army Philadelphia, Pennsylvania EXCLUSIVE FORMULATION USED BY AIRLINES —NOW AVAILABLE TO CAR OWNERS HCJb " cc to: Captain Earl Hawkins Glass Shield keeps Plant Representative T2C-3 Contracts ALL CAR WINDOWS PERFECTLY CLEAR AT ALL TIMES... FARNSWORTH AND COOPER CANNON AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN STICK TO THEM... CARRIAGE CO. NOT SNOW •NOT SLEET • June 7, 1780 NOT ICE NOT GRIME Salem Ordnance Plant NOT DIRT • NOT RAIN Salem, Massachusetts NOT BUGS • NOT TAR

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The Affordable COMMANDER CENTURY A ward- MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES Winning Continuedfrom page 6 Communities of Florida

YOURS FOR: strength of the Legion always has been . PERMANENT its pride — pride in what we've done RETIREMENT and pride in what we're doing," he said. LIVING Gierke's spirit of volunteerism has . SECOND HOME LIVING extended beyond the Legion. He helped

• INVESTMENT raise $32,000 as the state chairman of AT $17,900! HOMES the North Dakota fund drive for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is past Century Communities offer you a wide range of Fun-in-the-Sun choices in new mobile president of the North Dakota State

home living, including 6 communities with . . . living waterfront and marinas ... 6 Attorneys Association and the North communities with golf course living ... All communities have large clubhouses . . . heated Dakota Bar Association, and holds swimming pools . . . Jacuzzi whirlpools . . . plus many other amenities. For service and financial savings, Century offers its own Mortgage Company, Insurance Company and membership in several other legal and Travel Club Agency programs to its home buyers. judicial organizations. He is also a past Some are double-wide communities with prices from $29,900 and some are single-wide exalted ruler of the Williston, N.D. communities with prices from $17,900. Elks Lodge. The Gierkes are members

Learn about the choices along with ihe advantages avail- of the Lutheran Church. A II 14 Communities are able to you as offered by Florida's largest provider of new While Gierke is a member of other Developed and Operated by mobile home communities veterans' organizations, he said the MAIL TO: — C E N T U R Y — Legion long has held the most special CENTURY COMMUNITIES AL-10 (813) 647-1581 Choice locations include Ocala. place in his heart. "There's a strong P.O. 5252 . Lakeland, FL 33807 Tampa-Plant Box 1 eeshurg. Wildwood, sense of community among Legion- City. Winter Haven. Lakeland. Name naires — rather, a commitment to com- Haines City, Sebnng. Eustis. Zeph- Street Address vrhills. Ft. Myers and Pine Island. munities. That's what makes our City State. Zip_ organization unique and far more visi- This advertisement is not an ble than other groups," he said. offering to New Jersey residents. Phone ( #87DA(M582 It is the Legion's sense of communi-

ty, Gierke said, that will help curb the tragic rise of homelessness, particularly among veterans. In a passionate YOU DON'T NEED appeal that drew heavy applause from convention delegates, Gierke chal- lenged Legionnaires to work within CASTRO'S PERMISSION their communities and with officials to TO ENJOY THE UNIQUE HAVANA FLAVOR! help get homeless veterans off the streets and into meaningful job-training CUBAN-SEED-LEAF CIGARS FOR programs. THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE "It is a national disgrace that men COULDN'T AFFORD THEM! and women who served their country 1*11 send them to you from Tampa, the line cigar with honor and distinction now are left capital ot the world Sample the cigars in my new Sterling Sampler and enjoy a to fend for themselves on the streets of wonderful new smoking sensation. I'll include a generous sampling ot vintage- America," Gierke said, noting that leal, long-tiller and cut-filler cigars, all many of the homeless are Vietnam vet- perfectly blended for mildness and flavor. These superb smokes are made with expertly erans. But his focus on helping veterans blended Cuban-seed-leaf tobaccos grown and cured the old Cuban way in Honduras from seed smuggled out of Cuba is not just for those who served in the They're mild, flavorful and extremely satisfying to the cigar smoker who's Vietnam War. looking for something new, something better, something exceptionally tasty. Experts can't tell them from Havanas. You won't be able to either, when you try them. Natural wrapper. "While my generation of veterans If you're ready for a luxuriously enjoyable smoking experience, try them now. has come of age, we cannot forget the MY OFFER TO Thompson cigar co. Dept. bsgTI generations that came before us," CIGAR LOVERS 5401 Hangar Ct., Tampa, FL 33634-5391 Gierke said. "America's aging veteran I'll send you postpaid a selec- O.K., TOM! Ship me the Sterling Sampler under your money-back guarantee j is dramatically, tion of 42 factory-fresh for only $10.90. population growing

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new National Commander also won't have much opportunity to fly his own plane this year, although he can expect Swiss Doctor's to log as much as 300,000 miles as an Invention airline passenger while he visits posts and departments across the country. He Ends Your Foot Pain! also likes to play racquetball. Gierke says he will depend heavily Imported "FOOT on his family to provide him with the CRADLE" ends moral support and inner strength he tired, aching, burning feet! will need to carry out his duties during his 12 months in office. "My wife and Eight out of ten Works children have stood beside me in all of people suffer from both my endeavors with the Legion," he serious foot and men discomfort and 62% don't said. "There is no way that I can suc- believe they can do cessfully complete my year without anything about it. love, support." their guidance and If you've ever felt the But the focus of all Legion successes sensation of pins and How it's and strengths, from individual bluecaps needles or the feeling of guaranteed to walking on rocks; or if you in the field to the red hat of National suffer from flat feet, work for yon. Commander, remains the same, accord- painful corns or bunions, Like all great inventions it ing to Gierke. "All Legionnaires make a calluses, hammertoes, was quite simple once the cramping, coldness, difference when they get involved, and Swiss Doctor figured it numbness or tingling out! The secret of his it all comes back to pride," he said. ignoring the problem only "FOOT CRADLE" is in the interview with Amer- In a recent The makes it worse. Now you unique, contoured design. ican Legion Magazine, Gierke dis- can end the pain and Just as your body weight agony for good and make cussed several topics of concern to the shifts naturally with each your feet feel young again. step, so does the Cradle. Legion. Excerpts from that interview It's designed to apply the follow. natural laws of foot motion VETERANS' BENEFITS: "The Doctor's scien- to pain- battle of the VA budget never ends. We tific discovery • I racked * - • a feet. believe that the VAs FY '89 budget is The "Foot ends foot pain. deficient. For example, the budget Cradle" insert. allows for operating with fewer hospital A triumph of Swiss and nursing-home beds than are cur- inventive rently mandated by Congress. We saw genius! early warnings of this problem last "FOOT CRADLE year, when more than 2,700 beds were weighs The "FOOT taken out of service because of staff less than CRADLE," shortages. one handmade in Europe ounce, from genuine leather, Management problems and inade- yet its easily slips into any pair of quate funding already exist in the VAs unique, contoured shoes you own. Once you start walking, you'll Department of Medicine and Surgery. design enables it to help feel the difference immediately. We find the budget proposal woefully support your full body weight while unshackling Suddenly, you no longer lacking because it offers nothing to your feet from their misery. wince with each step. The correct the critical shortfalls in VA oper- pain from your corns and Works in any shoes calluses will disappear. ating funds, which include a severe —sandals, high heels, staffing shortage in the Department of sport shoes, sneakers, 30-DAY GUARANTEE Veterans Benefits." work shoes—even boots. You won't even realize Try "FOOT CRADLES" for NICARAGUA: "Although we take you're wearing them. See 30 days at our risk. If you no pleasure in saying, 'We told you so,' for yourself: Test "FOOT are not completely free of The American Legion was accurate A Swiss doctor who CRADLE" in your own foot pain, return them for specialized in foot therapy shoes entirely at our risk. a full refund. when it told the American people and knew that painful feet Congress that only military pressure needed to be properly SwissCo International, Dept. YAL108 from the Nicaraguan Democratic supported and cushioned. 712 No. 34th Street, Seattle, WA 98103 Resistance would force the Sandinista No one knew better, as he Yes! Rush my "FOOT CRADLES" on the RISK FREE regime to restore democratic institu- watched his patients try 30-DAY GUARANTEE. one remedy after another. tions and freedoms in Nicaragua. The 1 pair for $19.95 plus $1.50 postage/handling. Anything his patients tried 2 pair for $37.90 (Save postage/handling FREE. communist Sandinistas have proved $5) never provided long-lasting $ payment enclosed. that they cannot be trusted by their relief from pain. WA residents add 8.1% state sales tax. violations of the Central American Finally, he set out to solve Charge my VISA MasterCard Peace Plan. Now we are back to square the problem himself. After Card one: The freedom fighters must receive testing dozens of special # _Exp. date substantial humanitarian and military shoes and insole supports, Women's Shoe Size . Men's Shoe Size he invented the amazingly aid if we are to have any hope of democ- Print Name successful "FOOT racy surviving in that region and pro- CRADLE". Address

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