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December 1981 Volume 111, Number 6 For God and Country

Commander's Message 4 ^ Q Romance Of A Tradition Of Giving The Rails By Phyllis Zauner

Letters The old, neglected train with its huge, snorting bulk and the 6 dignity of age has created an astonishing nostalgia even Our readers comment among those who never knew the age of steam. Big Issues 8 Lest We Forget Should Congress Curb The Powers Of ^2 The IRS? On this, the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we pause to pay tribute to those who died on that "date 20 News to Use which will live in infamy." Helpful hints for consumers What's New At The Message Center |4 23 The Dentist? By Douglas Greene Of importance to veterans Smile ... if dentists have their way your teeth will last a Dateline Washington lifetime. Here are the latest developments in the world of 24 dentistry Issues and opinions from the capital

Christmas In Bastoglie By Lester David 26 News for Legionnaires ^ £ General Anthony C. McAuliffe reveals the inside story of Your organization at work what Christmas was like during the Battle of the Bulge. 39 Books River Interesting new titles 13 The Of Blood By Ernest Cuneo 52 Parting Shots The Poles will- never accept Communist domination To leave you laughing regardless of the pressures placed upon them—and history holds the reason.

About our authors . . . dentistry holds a special fascination he left, a buzz bomb scored a direct Phyllis Zauner takes a backward look for him—but only when someone hit on the small hotel in which he had at the golden age of railroading in else is the patient. Greene, who calls been billeted, reducing it to rubble. "Romance Of The Rails," and reports himself a "dental coward," couldn't be on railroad museums and rides happier that those once-dreaded men Ernest Cuneo, a serious student of around the country. Zauner has in white frocks have finally done world affairs and an officer in the written several books on western his- something for people like him. OSS during World War II, wrote tory and is a frequent contributor to "The River Of Blood." In it he de- this magazine. Lester David, author of "Christmas tails why Poland will never accept In Bastogne," was in Liege, Belgium, Soviet domination, regardless of the when the Battle of the Bulge erupted. force applied. "What's New At The Dentist?" was A correspondent for The Stars and written by Douglas Greene, a health Stripes, he was ordered to evacuate and science writer who confesses that on December 22, 1944. The day after Cover by Tom Bookwalter.

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Commander's Message THE AMERICAN LEGION A Tradition Of Giving

gleefully concealed suspicions that it National Commander was really "just Daddy" under those Jack W. Flynt whiskers were gifts from them to me —gifts which set me on a course The American Legion Magazine that I would follow until this very Editorial & Advertising Offices day. 700 North Pennsylvania St. PO. Box 1055 My children are grown now and Indianapolis, IN 46206 there are other Santas in their lives. 317-635-8411 They have families of their own to guide and traditions of their own to Publisher Dean B. Nelson build. Yet, for me the tradition Assistant Publisher/Editor so years in their born many ago Daniel S. Wheeler childish grace before a father's fool- Managing Editor ishness lives in the faces of my grand- Gerard T. Atchison children as I reenact the visit of St. Senior Editor Grail S. Hanford Nick before them. It lives in the eyes Associate Editor of the hundreds of hospitalized chil- Kathleen Whitehead dren I visit each year ... in the eyes Art Editor where fear and loneliness are shed James A. Chaney like tears as they reflect the goodness Production Manager Bill Kroeker of the spirit of Christmas. And it Jack W. Flynt lives in the knowing smiles of the Advertising Sales elderly, forgotten, alone and perhaps Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. in institutions and hospitals near my P.O. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ 07666 201-837-5511 Years ago, when my children were home. Theirs are smiles of delight, growing up, a tradition was born in thanksgiving and merriment not even our home that lightened their lives The American Legion Magazine Commission children can surpass. MilfordA. Forrester, Chairman, Greenville, SC; Adolph and enriched my own beyond ex- I continue even in this my year as F. Bremer, Vice Chairman, Winona, MN; James R. Kelley, National Commander's Representative, Devon, pectation. It began by chance one National to honor that Commander PA; Norman Biebel, Belleville, IL; Victor Broom, Christmas season when the winter tradition forged before our fireplace Fulton, MS; Andrew J. Cooper, Gulf Shores, AL; John J. Dunn, Sr., Scranton, PA; Martin T. Little winds whipped the plains and the because I learned a valuable lesson Jansen, Chute, WI; Eugene J. Kelley, Savannah, GA; James V crystal cold of a Texas December then. I sought to sow a little hap- Kissner, Palatine, IL: Frank J. Holcshuh, Youngstown, crackled across the night. piness and, instead, reaped a bounty OH; Russell H. Laird, Des Moines, IA; Arthur M. McDowell, Indianapolis, IN; Nathaniel J. McKee, before My family and I sat our for myself that I never expected and Princeton, NJ; J. H. Morris, Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce E. fireplace. The youngsters were Penny. Seattle, WA: Floyd J. Rogers. Topeka, KS; George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; Ralph L. Smith, mesmerized the dance of the fire, by Bartlesville, OK; Dewey C. Spencer. Mabelvale, AR; little tongues of flame flicking at the Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT; George J. Zanos, Sr., WV; Gwilliam, logs heaped on the hearth. Mary and Wellsburg, Keith H. Consultant. The American Legion Roy, UT; Jerome Neuberger, Consultant, Staten Island, I watched the children more than the NY. fire and sought to rekindle in our- has a tradition of selves the childlike wonder that The American Legion Magazine (USPS 020-540) is giving also. published monthly by The American Legion, the miracle 700 makes even more magical North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. of Christmas. Second class postage paid at Indianapolis, IN 46204 and additional mailing offices. Price: yearly shared a secret that night . . . We subscription, $3.00; single copy, 30 cents. a secret about a special gift a family certainly never thought I deserved. POSTMASTER: send address changes to: Circulation Department, PO. Box Indianapolis, friend had promised to deliver to our In every happy face, in every spar- 1954, IN. 46206. children and we awaited his arrival. kling eye, in every grateful smile, my Send editorial and advertising material to: The American Legion Magazine, 700 North Pennsylvania He had planned to appear as Santa gift to them comes back to me a St., PO. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Claus to surprise and entertain the thousandfold. Copyright 1981 by The American Legion. kids, but for reasons now forgotten, The American Legion has a tra- Microfilm copies available: University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 he was unable to come. So, although dition of giving also. It lives from nothing had been said to Jack, Shar- year to year, from season to season. Change of Address ron or Karron, I decided to take on As this Christmas season approaches, Notify Post Adjutant and Circulation Dept., PO. Box the assignment, delaying Santa's ap- I consider the many blessings and re- 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Attach old address label, provide old and new address and current pearance until the next night. wards we as an organization and as membership card number. Allow 8 weeks for change of I rented a Santa suit the next day individuals have reaped in return for address to take effect. —the first of many I would wear as our compassion and concern for Non-Member the years unfolded—and became the others, for our trust in God and Subscriptions Send $3.00 ($4.00 in foreign countries) to Circulation jolly old elf himself. The little Country, and for our dedication to Dept., PO. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Flynts were delighted, and for me the the ideals set forth in our Preamble. transformation was a total one. Their In the area of veterans affairs and laughter, their wonderment and their (Continued on page 42)

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Should Congress Curb The Powers Of The IRS?

Yes. The story of the In- No. The Congress should not ternal Revenue Service is a history act to reduce the powers of the In- of a tax collection agency drunk ternal Revenue Service. The IRS with power, ruthlessly smashing has a difficult job to do for the dissent among its own personnel American people and must be giv- and brazenly roughing up taxpayers en the tools for the task. at will. The IRS defies and intimi- Taxes are an unfortunate and dates its Congressional creators to admittedly unpleasant fact of life. But, the Rep. George go virtually unchallenged in its Rep. Cecil as the motto over entrance blatant illegal to the are the Hansen exercise of awesome Heftel IRS states, "Taxes (R-1D) powers against the American public. (D-HI) price we pay for a civilized society." If the IRS decides that you have No one enjoys paying his or her underpaid your taxes, it has and uses the right to assess taxes. Yet, we must remember that tax collections pay what it decides you owe and then, without court proceed- for the many necessary services we enjoy as Americans ings or order, it can and often does lien and take all but such as our national defense, our highway system and $50 of your weekly wages. Also without court order, it retirement security. can seize your home and sell it, no matter how much or In order to have an efficient and fair tax system, we little you owe. Upon the sole signature of the local IRS must have a tax collection agency which is capable of office supervisor, it can and does seize bank accounts, doing its job for the American people. Fair tax laws automobiles and anything else it can find, all without you alone do not guarantee a high level of compliance. The —the victim—ever having a chance to make your case in IRS has the responsibility and must have the power to a court of law. The IRS is prosecutor, judge and jury and insure that honest and compliant taxpayers are not re- you have little or no recourse from its findings. quired to pay more than their fair share. If some are Two of the most recent Commissioners of Internal avoiding the payment of their fair share, it simply Revenue have testified before Congress that fear is an means that the rest of us have to make up the differ- essential element in the collection of income taxes from ence. When the IRS does not have adequate powers or individuals. This was demonstrated in Colorado recent- resources to do its job, an unfair burden falls on com- ly: in a mass strike against a small community, the IRS pliant taxpayers. seized and sold the $80,000 home of a tax delinquent for The burdens placed on the IRS are increasing yearly. $1,600, not one cent of which went to reduce the alleged Effectively dealing with added burdens such as tax tax delinquency. The seizure and sale were purely puni- protestors, complex tax shelter schemes, the under- tive—to teach the taxpayer and the rest of us a lesson. ground economy, unreported drug related income and This is not unusual. A memo from an IRS official to the growing problem of false withholding claims have one of its attorneys clearly states the underlying rea- severely hampered the IRS from conducting its normal soning for banging on a taxpayer when it produces no duties. In addition, the IRS has recently been given the ". money for the government, . . the taxpayer is com- responsibility of administering the windfall profits tax mitted to spend time and money defending his position." —one of the most complex tax bills ever passed. More such examples of IRS abuses are described in a To be sure, there are occasionally abuses of the power book I wrote on this subject, which offers advice on which the IRS possesses. Any organization of 90,000 fighting back against the IRS. individuals spread over the 50 states is bound to have To curb IRS abuses, I have introduced the Taxpayer a certain number of overzealous, irresponsible or unin- Protection Act (H.R. 4093), which reduces the agency formed members. Since the IRS employee holds the to its basic function as a collection service for taxes public trust, any violation or abuse of trust should be with the same power for debt collection as other gov- dealt with promptly and harshly. As a member of the ernment agencies and businesses. Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Commit- The IRS itself admits that 97 percent of all personal tee which oversees the conduct of the IRS, I have taken income taxes are paid voluntarily without need for any an active role in seeing that taxpayers' rights are assured collection activity. 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In a time when railroad travel has row-gauge Silverton passenger ser- been all but forgotten, and Amtrak vice had been all but abandoned, is in peril, it is difficult to compre- then rail fans heard about it. There hend the compelling fascination that was a surging rally to the dying line, railroads possessed for an entire na- and suddenly the car was full on tion for more than 100 years. Trains every trip. Now the railroad is run- had a romantic appeal, far beyond ning long tourist trains with every mere transportation; they exercised available piece of rolling equipment. a charm upon the human spirit. It's one of the most spectacular rail- There's an irresistible lure to the road trips in the U.S. today, travel- mystic compound called railroading ing through the canyon of the Ani- and it's not just old-timers who grow mas River and climbing in 45 miles misty eyed at the sight of a steam from 6,500 feet at Durango to 9,288 engine. The old, neglected train, at Silverton. with its huge, snorting bulk and the Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Rail- The classic steam engine of the dignity of age, has created an as- road, too, has been restored, and Skunk Railroad ( top) passes tonishing nostalgia even among runs with full loads from May to through scenic Mendocino county those who never knew the age of September, past the tailings of old and over Noyo Harbor (above) steam. The result is a sudden mush- mines that once made Virginia City as passengers recapture their rooming of restored railroads. the greatest treasure trove the world romance of the rails. The Denver & Rio Grande nar- had then known. In the days of its

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glory, the V & T routinely pulled the dying lines. Rail buffs go crazy, says private cars of Presidents, kings and a man who has ridden a number of the wealthiest tycoons on earth. Few "last run" trains. "They jump out of lines have had such a sentimental their cars, leaving their engines run- following in nostalgia. ning in the middle of the highway, In Northern California, rail fans run over and shoot pictures, then jam into a logging train called the jump back in and drive about 90 mph "Skunk," that rattles through 40 down to the next good picture spot to miles of heavy forest, switchbacks, pick up the train one more time." trestles and tunnels—twice a day, It is the devotion of these die-hard every day of the year. Most of the friends of the railroad that has made passengers are young to middle aged. it possible for new generations to But they all hang on the words of share a peculiarly American ro- the old-timers aboard, men whose mance, one that continues to fasci- train talk is marinated in wistful nate even those who have never been nostalgia for the magnificent ma- lulled to sleep in a swaying Pullman chines of the past. "It would sure berth by the rolling song of steel on make me feel real good to see it steel. They've formed associations to again," says one. "In a railroad keep the lore of railroading alive. camp, just the thrill of watching a They've made it their hobby and shay heading for the woods on a mission to scout the forests and can- crisp, frosty morning with a long vass remote fields and ghost towns Below, scenes like this were string of cars pushing after, whistle to rescue abandoned locomotives and common during WWII as military blowing, echoing through the hills equipment left to rot when there men and equipment moved to

. . . it's a magnificent sight." was no longer a use for it. They've war on the railroads. )f The nails

Other rail fans are born when 12- saved the pieces and polished the year-old boys build model railroads, rolling stock, and have put some of then turn into avid enthusiasts of the it back on tracks, some in museums. trains they've been copying. Today, the Steam Passenger Ser- And almost anyone over 40 who vice Directory (P.O. Box 666, Mid- was born in a small town has a last- dleton, NY 10940) lists more than ing memory of the depot. It was 100 operating lines and railroad mu- eminently recognizable with its wide seums where railroad buffs can touch overhang and the bay window base with the past. through which the stationmaster A brand new addition to the list could keep his eye on incoming and a magnificent one at that—is trains and his ear attuned to the the California State Railroad Mu- rhythmic beat of the telegraph oper- seum in Sacramento. Here's a mu- ator's vibrating key. Often the mem- seum that puts instant life into his- ory is quite detailed, even haunting. torical events that changed the A more freakish manifestation of West. the rail fan phenomenon is the "rail It's a production Walt Disney chase" that attends the last rites for ( Continued on page 40

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What's New At The Dentist?

If your teeth could be capped in dental science have already been just a day or two without being made! ground to stumps, which takes It's all part of a literal explosion months, costs heavily and makes in research which has resulted in you miserable while you're under developments that are revolutioniz- construction? ing dentistry today. By Douglas Greene If somebody could come up with And that's not all. Still newer invisible (or almost) braces to re- advances are on the drawing boards Wouldn't it be wonderful place those clunky metal bands which, when perfected, will make If they could figure out a way to youngsters and grownups must wear even these seem like old stuff. Would make dental work really pain-free to have their teeth straightened? you believe that in about 10 years for the millions of patients, includ- Yes, wouldn't it be wonderful? every schoolchild will get a shot con- ing most kids, who are scared stiff Well, hold tight. Because these and taining a vaccine that will protect of the drill and those sharp picks? many other giant forward strides in him or her against tooth decay?

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More later about this and other quieting them by themselves until improved forms of nitrous oxide, wonders that haven't emerged from the sounds disappear. (Biofeedback, "laughing gas" which is generally the lab yet. Let's take a closeup look incidentally, is now being success- safe, quick-acting, non-addictive and at some of the equipment, methods fully used by patients to control their —importantly—no problem for heart and knowledge that are here right own heartbeats and blood pressure.) patients. now. Mastering the technique may take "By combining these chemicals There's no better kickoff point three or four training visits. with high-speed drills that produce than painless dentistry, a will-o'- Also in the dentist's arsenal are a less heat," says N.Y.U.'s Dr. Green- the-wisp sought for centuries with variety of pain-killing drugs, includ- field, "it is now possible to do work less than total success. The tooth ing certain tranquilizers if needed in the mouth in one or two visits that doctors have come a long way from ahead of time. Even before an injec- would have taken many months." the days when all they could offer tion is given, the area is swabbed When you consider the time you had a patient prior to yanking was a with a topical ointment, such as to take from the job for those seem- hefty gulp of firewater. Now they Lidocaine, to take away the sting. ingly interminable trips to the den- have a broad-band approach, utiliz- The needles themselves are made in tist, that's capital "P" Progress! ing psychology, biomedicine, chemi- smaller gauge to make penetration So is "instant capping," which cals and technology, that extracts easier. It's also important to know isn't capping at all but a new way of the fear and makes dental work that local anesthetics are now safer fixing chipped, broken, misshapen as painless as getting a haircut. for heart patients because they con- and discolored teeth, or choppers Dentophobia, whose victims sit in tain significantly lower concentra- that have simply been worn down by white-knuckled fear in the dentist's tions of epinephrine, a chemical that time and use. The method, called chair if they can be dragged there increases the heartbeat and blood "bonding," involves building up at all, afflicts doctors, lawyers and pressure. layers of a composite resin substance corporation heads as well as lowlier It may surprise you to discover over the ones under repair. folk. The result of these terrors is that the injection you get is not In bonding, the tooth is first that necessary dental work is de- Novocaine, and hasn't been for swabbed with a mild acid which ferred until matters have progressed years. Patients have been calling etches the enamel to permit the ma- so far that up zooms the price of re- those numbing agents that for years terials to adhere firmly. Then a thin pair or, worse, out come the teeth. Pointing out that an increasing number of dentists around the coun- try are using these pain control methods, Dr. William Greenfield, as- sociate dean of the New York Uni- versity College of Dentistry, makes this statement that should reassure anyone with a toothache: "The den- tal patient today need not be fear- ful of any pain for any procedure."

"Substances have been perfected that can actually Cavity-free "super teeth' seal out tooth decay." may be a reality sooner than we think.

Biofeedback, a relatively new and can't get out of the habit. Ac- acrylic material is applied which is method of training people to relax tually, Novocaine is a trade name followed by a paste-like resin com- their muscles, is one pain-fighting for a chemical compound called pro- pound containing quartz, plastic and tool. Increasing numbers of dentists caine, which has been replaced in tiny glass particles. This material, now have special equipment which large part by other substances, just putty-like in consistency, is molded registers anxiety levels in a patient one of which is the injectible form of into shape. Final step is hardening by testing the tractions of certain Lidocaine. or curing the paste by exposing it to facial muscles. Says Dr. Theodore If the injection doesn't work all ultra-violet light for less than half Goldstein of the Mount Sinai Medi- that well, or a patient is still too a minute. Usually, the dentist will cal Center Department of Dentistry scared, the dentist's list of other apply two or three coats of the resin in New York City: "Through a sedatives and analgesics is longer for maximum strength and finish off sound system, we teach the patients than ever, ranging from injections the shaping and polishing with burr actually to hear the activity of their that lull you into a light sleep just and buffer. own muscles, and then go about long enough to get the job done to ( Continued on page 36)

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hristmas IN BASTOGNE

even the hell that was Bastogne. Many years had passed since the war had ended and the general, hav- ing been awarded his fourth star, was retired and a vice president of the American Cyanamid Company with luxurious offices in New York City. Having met him a number of times in Europe at places somewhat less opulent than this, I had come to visit, exchange recollections and, at long last, to ask that question. Tony McAuliffe swiveled halfway By Lester David around in his mahogany chair, placed the tips of his fingers together and In the Yuletide season of 1944, the began talking softly. small Belgian city of Bastogne was "There were 18,000 of us in there," surrounded and besieged. Called the he was saying, "and when that Battle of the Bulge, it was Hitler's Christmas week was over, about mi last desperate gamble to win World 12,000 cold, hungry, miserable guys War II. Inside, the 101st Airborne were left. The mercury was stuck Division, outnumbered eight to one, in the very low numbers and it CUistmas ^Dag — made an historic eight-day stand snowed on and off a lot of the time. against 135,000 Nazi troops. The "Our men didn't have clothing for man who commanded the U.S. forces that kind of hard weather. Most of was Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAu- them were sleeping in the open. They liffe. Called upon by the Nazis to didn't have shoe packs to prevent surrender, he sent back a defiant trench foot, that miserable condition one-word reply that has echoed that can drive you crazy from the

down through history: "Nuts!" itch and the burning. And frostbite . . The day after Christmas, the siege if a man didn't have frostbite some- was lifted and the German drive where on his body, the other guys fizzled out. In May, the war in Eu- would follow him around to see if he rope was over. was holed up in some steam-heated I was a war correspondent during apartment! the defense of Bastogne. I recall a "The Nazis were throwing in every fellow correspondent saying at the thing they had. Our losses were high, time: "Those poor bastards in there too damned high every day, but —cold, hungry, facing God only theirs were a lot higher. Every time knows what. What kind of Christmas they came at us with those tanks, can they be having?" The question we blew them apart. None of them haunted me. Thirty years later I got through. Not one." found out the answer from General But they tried. The week before, McAuliffe himself. on December 16, the German forces His story is bitter and overwhelm- had struck furiously and viciously ingly sad; yet, it also bears an in- with 28 divisions under the com- spirational message: the Spirit of mand of the aging Field Marshal Christmas can penetrate any place, Gerd von Rundstedt. Since Gen.

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Maxwell C. Taylor, the 101st com- that all of us are God's own creation, just as night enclosed the city, the mander, was in Washington, Tony is almost smothered all year by the most lovely of all carols, the words McAuliffe, the acting commanding problems and hassles of everyday of which were written in the 19th general, was ordered to Bastogne. living. But it's here now, and it was century in the tiny village of Obem- His orders were to hold the city. there then—at Christmas it emerges dorf, Germany. "But something special began to to shine its brightest. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, happen in that town soon after we "Since it's God-created, it pro- Alles schldft, einsam wacht . . . got there," McAuliffe was saying. duces in all human beings a touch of On an impulse, McAuliffe decided "Don't ask me how I knew or why, Him. Something strange, and a little to go inside the prison. His aide- but I felt it was there. So did every- wonderful, happens to us. We all be- de-camp, Capt. Frederic Starrett, one else." He paused, then let his come mellower, softer. We come warned it would hardly be safe to features relax into a smile. "Look," just a little closer to our fellows on step among the Nazi prisoners. The he said, "I'm supposed to be a pretty earth." U.S. guards at the gate also cau- tough soldier, not much for corny The Spirit of Christmas . . . tioned him not to go in, but Mc- sentimental stuff. But this wasn't Busy as they were inside that city, Auliffe said he saw no harm. After corn, and it wasn't just sentiment. I McAuliffe spotted signs everywhere all, it was Christmas. knew that the Spirit of Christmas that the spirit was rising. It had be- Followed by an apprehensive had entered little Bastogne. gun to touch the Germans too. Starrett, the general went inside the "We were completely ringed by As Christmas Day neared, Gener- special guarded enclosure and cir- the Fifth Panzer Army, but the spir- al McAuliffe was driving around the culated among the POWs. "Now it came despite the risks, the cold, town toward dusk visiting his troops. that I look back," he mused, "I the dwindling food supplies and the On the main road, which runs east realize that it was just another mani- lowering morale of the civilian popu- and west, he was passing the city festation of the unique spirit of the lation. That's because Christmas is prison when he heard voices raised holiday. Generals don't often walk more than a holiday celebrating a in song. He asked his driver to stop into POW cages to chat with cap- great event. You can't isolate a spir- outside the heavily barred gate and ( Continued on page 44 it, particularly one that expresses he listened. joy, hope, love and every other hu- Inside were about 400 POWs sing- man feeling that is good. ing Christmas carols. "Christmas is a time for height- During a brief lull in the almost ened awareness of the divine spark constant bombardment, the general that lives in every person. Of course, heard the words of O Tannenbaum, that bright little sun, which indicates followed by several others and then,

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... is one chasm which ( cannot be bridged in the advance of Marxism

By Ernest Cuneo

Lenin, instructing his disciples on tactics, warned that in the advance of Marxism all chasms and obstacles could be bridged except a "river of blood." Lenin's stern admonition ®S3 against mass murder, however, was lost on the ears of one of his most fanatical followers, Joseph Stalin. Thus, Stalin ordered two cold- blooded massacres of the Poles massacres which gave rise to a river 7A of blood between Poland and the Communists. It is a river which can never be bridged ... or ever forgotten. Stalin was a man of paranoiac fears, fears which he attempted to drown with wholesale bloodshed. Widely experienced in this gruesome art, he was field commander of the Bolshevik forces in the savage free- for-all in the wild Caucasus-Trans-

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Caspian war against the White ground by the retreating German allow the British to do so. The War- Russians. Later, when he succeeded armies. He accused the Polish Under- saw massacre was in ghastly progress. Lenin, he did not hesitate to quell the ground of inventing the story. Then, Churchill, appealing to President great peasant revolt by an imposed with diabolical cunning, Stalin Roosevelt, quoted a message from the famine costing millions of lives. waited until the onrushing Russian beleaguered Underground: "August Like the czars, both Lenin and armies had swept to the Vistula where 12, '44. Tenth day. We are conduct- Stalin coveted Poland both for its the Polish cavalry had thrashed them ing a bloody fight. Warsaw is cut by vast agricultural wealth and as the 24 years before. He promised to three routes. Two armored trains strategic road to Germany. This re- rescue Warsaw, but he didn't. The and artillery supported by aircraft sulted in war. Poland, on its part, German 4th Panzer Army had been are bombarding us. On the Russian- wished to regain the Ukraine which ordered to retreat west, but still oc- German front, silence since the third. was once under the Polish flag, and cupied Warsaw. Radio Moscow urged The soldiers and the population look the Poles had actually captured Kiev the Polish Underground to abandon hopelessly at the skies. Without im- after the Great War. Believing that all caution and to start a people's mediate support our fight will col- the German people were ready to revolt against the Germans. On July lapse in a few days." turn Communist following the fall of 29, 1944, broadcasts from Moscow in Churchill tried desperately to help. the Kaiser, the Soviet armies ousted Polish urged all Poles to take to the He ordered an airdrop from Italy. Of the Polish occupying forces from the streets of Warsaw to assist the liber- 28 planes, three were lost. Thereupon, Ukraine, then marched into Poland ating Russian armies, whose guns Stalin stopped the British airlift by on the road to Germany. they could hear just across the Vis- refusing British relief planes per- In August 1920, the Soviet armies tula River. British Intelligence had mission to land on Soviet territory. It reached the eastern shore of the Vis- became increasingly clear that Stalin tula River, opposite Warsaw. So wanted the Polish Underground an- extreme was Warsaw's peril that the nihilated so that he could put in a ". Polish Government and the entire . . some of this tale of Communist government in Poland. diplomatic corps fled to Poznan. The Then Churchill and FDR sent a villainy and horror should Polish army, however, did not flee. joint appeal to Stalin to permit The famed Polish cavalry hurled it- reach the world." American and British aircraft to drop self on the Russian flank and folded supplies. Stalin answered that those in it like an accordion. The Red army the Warsaw Underground were ad- disintegrated. Some units surren- venturers bent on seizing power and dered, some managed to struggle back armed and directed an underground that they had exploited the good faith to Russia, but most died. Polish Resistance Army of 40,000 of the people of Warsaw. It was savage war, but it was still under General Bor. On July 31, While Stalin refused to help or let war. In 1939, however, Stalin intro- General Bor was informed by Mos- others help, the Nazis directed their duced cold-blooded massacre. Russia cow radio that the Russian army had systematized killing to the hospitals occupied eastern Poland in 1939 by broken through the German outer de- and the pension homes. They agreement with Hitler. The Polish fenses. Accordingly, General Bor actually advanced behind 500 women officers retreated to Russian territory. ordered the Polish Underground to and children, many of whom were Stalin thereupon marched the 10,000 break cover on August 1st. The city killed. ranking officers of the Polish army was instantly paralyzed; the Battle of Churchill was beside himself with deep into the Katyn Forest. In even Warsaw was on. rage. He suggested to FDR that the deeper secrecy, he ordered them The Germans concentrated five American and British enter into handcuffed with their arms behind more divisions on Warsaw. Im- massive drops and land on Russian their backs, had them shot through mediately, the Polish Underground fields previously allocated. This FDR the back of the head and buried in sent out its first call for supplies. declined on the grounds that it would mass graves. Churchill flashed Stalin of the urgent not be advantageous to the general The Katyn Forest Massacre was need. Stalin casually wired Churchill war prospect in the long run. not discovered for years. When Hitler the next day saying the Underground Churchill told his cabinet, "The double-crossed Stalin and invaded Poles had exaggerated their plight. In Communists did not mean to let the Russia, the advancing German armies the absence of support, let alone spirit of Poland rise again at War- did not at first discover the Katyn rescue by the Russian armies, the saw." Forest Massacre. It was only when Polish Underground was faring bad- On September 4, 1944, Churchill they were in ignominious retreat that ly. The Panzers were firing point transmitted to FDR the appeal of the the shattered Germans, probably blank into the house-to-house de- women of Warsaw to the Pope: seeking cover, penetrated deeply fense. By August 9, they had cut "Most Holy Father, we Polish enough into the Katyn Forest to un- Warsaw in half and the annihilation women in Warsaw are inspired with cover the mass atrocity. The Berlin of the Polish pockets of resistance sentiments of profound patriotism announcement of the Katyn Forest had started. By contrast, the advance and devotion for our country. For Massacre discovery triggered in the of the Russian armies had stopped. three weeks, while defending our convoluted mind of Stalin the oppor- Churchill battered Stalin by cable, fortress, we have lacked food and tunity for which he had been waiting, to no avail. Stalin not only declined medicine. Warsaw is in ruins. The the massacre of the Polish Under- to drop supplies, but also refused to ( Continued on page 48)

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22 THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981 The Message Center

LEGION RESOLUTIONS ON VETERANS APPROVED AT military hospitals has increased from FALL NEC MEETINGS . . . Among Resolutions $5.50 to $6.30 a day. This charge applies approved by the National Executive Com- to dependents of active duty members, mittee during its fall meetings in Indian- dependents of retirees and to surviving de- apolis are a number which are of particular pendents of deceased service members. interest to veterans and their families. This change also affects CHAMPUS, since The National Veterans Affairs and Rehabil- the inpatient cost-share requirement for itation Commission presented Resolutions spouses and children of active duty ser- that included one urging the President vice members is based on the military of the United States and the Congress to hospital charge. Thus, these individuals assign the highest budgetary priority to will be required to pay $6.30 a day or the provision of funds for the adminis- $25, whichever is greater. This change tration and delivery of veterans benefits does not affect CHAMPUS cost-sharing re- and all related activities ... In another quirements for retirees, dependents of Resolution, noting there is an acute retirees or surviving spouses and chil-

shortage of registered nurses, the Legion dren of deceased members . . . Inpatient urged the VA to immediately undertake a charges at military hospitals are ad- study into the need for establishing inno- justed annually to reflect changes in vative and stimulating programs, scholar- Uniformed Services pay. ships, incentive pay and benefits that would attract nurses into VA service. NIMMO SEEKS TO STREAMLINE VA MANAGEMENT

Further, the Resolution urged that the . . . VA Chief Robert P. Nimmo has taken results of the study be presented to Con- steps to consolidate his management and gress with a request for additional funds control prerogatives at the executive level and for legislative authority to imple- of the VA . . . Calling it an effort to ment programs that will attract nurses unify and strengthen agency-wide over- into VA medical care service . . . Another sight capability, the VA announced that the VA&R Resolution calls for legislation to Office of the Administrator will be re- increase the monthly payment made to defined to include the Office of the Deputy those individuals entered on the Medal Administrator and the offices of the of Honor Roll from $200 to $300 . . . Two Associate Deputy Administrators for Con- VA&R Resolutions pertaining to Mexican gressional and Public Affairs, Planning Border Period and WWI vets urge Congress and Finance, Logistics, Information Man- to amend the law to permit these veterans agement and Administration. Nimmo said this direct admission to a private hospital on new alignment should result in a timely an emergency basis at Government expense efficient and effective oversight of the and to permit their direct admission or administration of veterans benefits. transfer from a private hospital to a nursing home, also at Government expense VA COMPENSATION INCREASED IN NOVEMBER ...... Another VA&R Resolution urges the Increases in VA compensation for veterans, President and the Administrator of Vet- their spouses and families went into erans Affairs to appoint veterans, where effect in November as a result of legis- possible, to those positions within lation signed into law October 17 . . . the VA in which policy and procedures are They provide an average 11.2 percent in- developed and implemented . . . The Na- crease for service disabled veterans, tional Economic Commission presented a and dependency and indemnity compensation Resolution, subsequently approved, that rates for surviving spouses and children opposes elimination of unemployment com- of veterans. The full amount of the in- pensation for ex-servicemen who complete crease will be included in the December their military service contract, noting checks with supplemental checks having that under current law those who are not been mailed in November. Veterans with a eligible for reenlistment are eligible for 10 percent disability rating will receive unemployment compensation. Another Eco- $58 a month, up from $54; 50 percent nomics Resolution urges Congress to disabled will receive $328, up from $291; appropriate funds specially earmarked for and 100 percent disabled will receive the use of the Veterans Employment Service $1,130, up from $1,016 ... The legislation to design, implement and monitor manpower also permits VA to guarantee, for the training programs to meet the unemployment first time, graduated-payment home mort- and underemployment needs of veterans. gage loans, and it increases to $32,500 the assistance the agency may provide to cer- MILITARY HOSPITAL AND CHAMPUS COSTS RAISED tain disabled veterans for adapting their . . . The Defense Department has announced residence to, for example, the require- the dependent rate for inpatient care at ments of wheelchair-bound individuals.

23 THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981 Dateline Washington

Move to Put Inventions to Work PEOPLE & QUOTES — A bloc of Senators headed by Sen. Harrison H. "Reagonomics In A Nutshell" ". . . The less we tax, the Schmitt (R-NM) is pressing for legislation that would more we can save. The more we save, the more we can permit commercial development of most of the 28,000 invest. The more we invest, the more we can produce. government-owned inventions. The more we produce, the more we can provide for every- Such reform of the nation's patent policy is needed to one's benefit." Donald T. Regan, Sec'y of Treasury. help overcome "an alarming rate of decline in the rate Not All Things To All People—"We do not believe that of technological innovations and economic growth," ac- government should try to be all things to all people. This cording to Senator Schmitt. Symptoms of this decline, country has been led down that path before and the he said, are reflected in the diminishing growth in pro- result was not a happy one. To continue the reckless ductivity, increasing penetration of U.S. markets by ." spending practices of the past would be irresponsible . . foreign competitors and the shrinking percentage of Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Sec'y of Housing and Urban De- world patents being granted to Americans. velopment. The legislation draws up uniform procedures for Why We Doubt The Soviet—". . . It is difficult for many turning over titles for inventions to all contractors who of us in my country and elsewhere to take very seriously originated them under federal research and develop- the commitment of the Soviet Union to promote world ment contracts, except where public interest must be peace and security when its forces continue to occupy the protected. formerly independent, nonaligned country of Afghanis- The supporting Senators believe inventions under- tan, in complete disregard of world opinion. We further written by the government can best benefit the country doubt Soviet sincerity when we consider its bankrolling by putting them to work through private industry. of armed aggression of other states elsewhere in the world." Sen. Robert T. Stafford (R-VT). Legal Loophole Aids Terrorists Economics Supports Political Goals—"Economic re- A recent spate of news stories alleging that former lations must reflect and reinforce our political goals of American intelligence agents and military specialists have influencing the behavior of Communist governments in been selling arms to and training terrorists abroad has ways which serve the vital interests of the United States led to the discovery that a loophole in our federal laws and its allies." Myer Rashish, Undersec'y of State for permits such nefarious activities. Economic Affairs. Aroused by the revelation, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D- — Laughter Spells Health ". . . When you see someone TX), with the support of several colleagues, has intro- with smile wrinkles, you will find that he's in pretty duced a measure to close the legal gap, and make it a darn good health." Bob Hope. crime for Americans "to hatch plots to foment terrorism." — Key To World Economy Cure? ". . . The key to the re- As things now stand, says the Senator, it's legal for a covery of the world economy lies in the U.S. because U.S. citizen to manufacture or purchase explosives here of the sheer size of its economy and because of the dom- and sell them abroad to terrorist organizations. inant role of the dollar in financial markets." Karl Senator Bentsen noted that slain and injured victims Otto Pohl, president, West German Central Bank. of terrorists have been steadily increasing over the past — Wonderful Washington "Washington: 'It's the only city four years, with Americans the primary targets. Ten I know where sound travels faster than light.' " Presi- Americans were killed last year and 94 wounded in at- dent Ronald Reagan. tacks around the world, he said. Labor Would Fight—"We have come too far, struggled too long, sacrificed too much and have too much left to Protesters Threaten Tax System do to allow all that we have achieved for the good of all An illegal tax protest movement—which has tripled to be swept away without a fight. And we have not for- in numbers over the past three years—poses a threat gotten how to fight." Lane Kirkland, president, AFL- to our nation's voluntary compliance tax system, the CIO. General Accounting Office reported to Congress. Judging The Judges—"Judges are not only not author- The GAO, which serves as the investigative arm of ized to engage in executive or legislative functions, they

Congress, found that the illicit protests had risen last are also ill-equipped to do so . . . Judges who purport to year to nearly 21,000 indentifiable cases of tax evasion, decide matters of public policy are certainly not as at- or reduction through complicated schemes. As yet, the tuned to the public will as are the members of the polit- government does not have a clear picture of this ically accountable branches." Sandra D. O'Connor, U.S. part of the nation's "subterranean economy." Supreme Court Justice. The schemes avoid payment of taxes on Constitutional Life Is Tumultuous—"We cannot dream of a Utopia in grounds by setting up so-called family estate trusts or by which all arrangements are ideal and everyone is flaw- claiming to be tax-exempt churches or ministries. An- less. It is a dream of death. Life is tumultuous—an end- other maneuver is the filing of false Form W-4 income less losing and regaining of balance, a continuous strug- withholding certificates. gle, never an assured victory." John Gardner, educator. Internal Revenue Service has created a special pro- No Time For Skeptics—"So much has been done, but so gram to uncover and chase down these protesters, but much remains to be done. We have come too far now to has had a hard time collecting the taxes due. The GAO have our resolve shaken by recent skeptics who want urged IRS to get tougher in its counteraction and asked instant gratification at the expense of sound, long-term Congress to back up IRS with necessary legislation. goals." Malcolm Baldrige, Sec'y of Commerce.

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25 Department Commanders, 1981-82-

The American Legion Department Commanders and National Execu- tive Committeemen for the 1981-82 term are shown on these two facing

Fred Schuler William Bishop Leonard McCulloch Glen M. Bennett John Homan pages. Alabama. Alaska Arizona Arkansas California The Commanders are elected by Department conventions and serve for one year. The Committeemen are elected in the same manner for a two-year term. The National Commander and five National Vice Commanders and the

Mrs. H. Rena Chaplin James E. Parker Eugene W. Freeman John J. Jackson David S. Lusby Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. of Columbia

Robert W. Sowerby Jackie D. Legg Robert A. Wellman Mel Weiss Harold Collett Melvin L. Smith Max E. Julian, Sr. Benny Blink Florida France Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa

Peter J. Fornacca Lee Grisolano John 0. F. Ellis Thomas Doyle, Jr. Ralph J. Brooks Douglas W. Henley Henry R. Troville Eugene Littlejohn Italy Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mexico

Robert D. Gordon Milo Cecka Lee H. Wall Sherman K. Foote Joseph W. Krall Roger Wild Robert Mayhew Robert C. Dinsmore Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire

Margaret M. Malone Buddy Phelps Alton H. Carpenter E. C. Toppin Robert E. Hennessy Dominic V. Belloni Walter M. Rapp Frank A. Saniti, Sr. New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon

David Bourland Victor T. Raia Alejo S. Santos Luis A. Andujar N. Pio Stizza Robert L. Hughes, Jr. D. R. "Don" Mason John J. Maddux, Jr. Panama Canal Pennsylvania Philippines Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

Lee Guy Carl R. Berg Arthur "Bud" Yeaw Jack M. Rainey Donald R. Green James M. Shade Jerry Williams George Van Dorn Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

2,6 National Executive Committeemen, 1981-82

National Chaplain are also members of the policy-making NEC body, with the Commander serving as chairman. In addition, all living and past National Commanders are life Lewis E. McCray Robert G. Blair Louis M. Pellon Lawrence E. Fisher Leo P. Burke members of the Committee with a Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California voice but no vote. The 58 Legion Departments in- clude the 50 states, the District of Co- lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Panama, Mexico, Canada, The Philippines, Italy and France.

J. Archie Corriveau Charles P. Smith Henry S. Bialoglowy John E. Byrne A. Leo Anderson Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. of Columbia

Billy Anderson Helmut Spangenthal W. D. Harrell Libert J. Pakele, Jr. Elton Ashton John B. Mahoney Gilbert E. Sheeks Dale L. Renaud Florida France Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa

Frank C. Bottigliero "Udie" Grant J. Leslie Brown, Jr Carroll B. Fields Robert C. MacFarland F. Douglas Johnson John P. Comer Veit Gentry, Jr. Italy Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mexico

Donald C. Huntley Donald R. Schroedl Fred M. Ingellis Erman W. Taylor Pete J. Tuss Lewis L. Adams Charles F. Langel M. Ray Olmstead Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire

Warren R. Davies Robert W. Durand Richard M. Pedro Robert A. "Bob" Tart Q. R. Schulte Charles R. Green Tom C. Smith T. Les Galloway New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon

Robert McGuinness Stephen J. Mikosky Ernesto P. Golez Roberto G. Vazquez John E. Demers, Sr. E. Roy Stone, Jr. Donald Clarke Charles G. Norton Panama Canal Pennsylvania Philippines Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

C. Lynn Steward W. E. Christoffersen Robert H. Vincelette Emmett B. Burley Frank V. Buzzell Jack T. Gribben Ervin Van Dyke John A. Mokler Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

27 December 1981

The roster of the winning West Tampa team include, ( standing; from left, Victor Garcia, George Horrnik, Noel Alfonso, Jim Diehm, George Morgan, Leo Armada and Coach Frank Permly Sr. Kneeling, from left, are Peter Queirolo, Greg Burgner, Larry Gonzalez, Brian Hubbard and Tony Alfonso. Below, in an earlier series game, a Virginia batter faces the Connecticut team. Legion Baseball Crown to W. Tampa, Magadan Tapped As Player of Year

West Tampa, FL's Post 248 Legion round of playoffs. Baseball Team won the 1981 Ameri- Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC), can Legion World Series Baseball Natl. Cdr. Jack Flynt and other dig- Championship in Sumter, SC, with a nitaries joined the crowd to watch the 6-5 win over James Waters-West- series played at Riley Park in Sumter. enders Post 361 of Richmond, VA. This year's series was described as The win came in the 15th and final one of the best ever by Legion base- game of the double-elimination tour- ball head George Rulon. "I have nament over a Richmond team that never seen such cooperation between had made a series-long drive from the city, county and a local Legion Post loser's bracket toward the title. With in the more than 20 years I've been one man on base in the 8th inning, involved in the program," he said. West Tampa 1st baseman George "Nor have I seen so many volunteers Hornick hit a single to center field work so long to make the series a that drove in the winning run. success." West Tampa 3d baseman David This year's series was hosted by Magadan was named American Le- Sumter Post 15. The 1982 Legion gion Baseball Player of the Year. He World Series will be played in Boyer- hit .458 for 21 total bases and re- town, PA, September 2-6 and hosted corded nine RBIs during the tourney. by Charles B. Yerger Post 471 there. He also pitched his team to a 6-3 vic- Other Legion Baseball awards: tory over Omaha, NE, in the second • James F. Daniel, Jr. Memorial

Sportsmanship Award to Keith Pe- terson, Bellevue, outfielder. Game-by-Game Results of the Tourney WA • Louisville Slugger Batting Award Game 1: R.C. Winter Const. Co. (outside sponsor), Bellevue, WA 10 to Roger Hulse, Tulsa, OK 1st base- James Waters-Westenders Post 361, Richmond, VA 3 man/outfielder with a .478 series Game 2: Meriden (CT) Post 45 Carson-Wilson Post 1, Tulsa. OK average. Game 8: Omaha (NE) Post 1 10 • Rawlings Big Stick Award to Kennedy Baseball Boosters Ass'n. (outside sponsor) Sacramento, CA 2 Kevin Sickinger, Richmond, VA Game 4: West Tampa (FL) Memorial Post 248 James L. Yates Post 9, Owensboro, KY catcher/outfielder with 32 total bases. • Dr. Irvin L. "Click" Cowger RBI Game 5: Virginia 17 Game 10: Virginia 4 Memorial Award to Victor Garcia, Oklahoma (Oklahoma out) 1 Nebraska (Nebraska out) 3 West Tampa, FL catcher with 21 Game 6: California 8 Game 11: Florida 9 Kentucky (Kentucky out) 0 Connecticut 8 RBIs. • Bob Feller Pitching Award to Game 7: Connecticut 2 Game 12: Virginia 2 Washington 1 Connecticut (Connecticut out) 1 Scott Anderson, Bellevue, WA pitcher with 44 strikeouts. Game 8: Florida 6 Game IS: Washington 3 Nebraska 3 Florida 2 • Jack Williams Memorial Leader-

Game 9: Washington 2 Game 14: Virginia 7 ship Award to Frank Permuy, Sr. California (11 innings/ Washington (Washington out) 6 California out) 1 and Frank Permuy, Jr., manager Game 15: Florida e and coach, respectively, of the West Virginia (Virginia out) Tampa, FL team.

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial A Magnificent and Lasting Tribute

By Robert W. Doubek Project Director

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial lift (VVM) will be one of the most mag- nificent national monuments ever established in Washington, DC. Located on the most prominent site between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, it will be the only major memorial to all veterans of a particular war, and the only memorial to veterans located on the National Mall. Set in a four-acre meadow, its mendous national consensus in favor the PFC, who bore the brunt of length will be comparable to the of the design. Yet, as would be the fighting in the war; and poets see a height of the Washington Monument. case with any good design, there has pair of hands joined to embrace Viet- The highly polished black granite of been a smattering of critical com- nam veterans and signal renewed its walls will stand out in strikingly ment. While the VVM accepts crit- national unity. In actuality, how- beautiful contrast to the surrounding icism as an indicator and acknowl- ever, none of those meanings was in- green lawns. Their mirror-like sur- edgement that the memorial will be tended by the designer. The angle face will reflect the sky and trees as bold and powerful, there have also results from one wall pointing toward well as the images of the neighboring been a number of misunderstandings the Lincoln Memorial and one to- monuments. and inaccurate statements about the ward the Washington Monument. On the face of the memorial will design which need to be clarified. The intended symbolism is that the be inscribed the names of the 57,692 Most of the misconceptions stem from sacrifices of Vietnam veterans are who gave their lives or who remain several editorials and columns which thereby brought into the historical missing. The chronological ordering were written from secondary sources context of our country. At any rate, of the names will evoke in the visitor without independent verification of the 130° angle of the walls is not a thoughts of the magnitude of the in- the facts. An editorial in the National "V" sign. No one can spread his dividual sacrifices made as the war Review of September 18th was typ- fingers that wide. progressed for 14 years. At the apex ical. Even though the record there Another misconception is that the of the walls an inscription will identi- was set straight by two letters printed memorial is somehow "invisible" or fy the memorial and dedicate it to in its October 16th issue, the myths "hidden," or has to be "stumbled the honor of all the members of the tend to prevail. upon." Rather than hidden, it will Armed Forces of the United States The most persistent rumor about be 10 feet high at its center and will who served in the Vietnam War. the memorial has been that the words literally surround a visitor's field of While striking in its expanse alone, "Vietnam" or "Vietnam War" would vision. It will be visible from both the memorial's power is in its simple not be mentioned thereon. The truth the Lincoln Memorial and the Wash- and dignified design. The design was is that there will be an inscription ington Monument and will extend selected over 1,420 other entries in containing these words on the face one third longer than a football field. the largest architectural design com- of the memorial, and that a decision Its site is an area visited by millions petition ever held in the United to exclude an inscription has never of tourists each year and it will be States or Europe. Architectural crit- been made or even considered. fully and safely accessible to all, in- ics have compared the uniqueness of Some allege that the black color of cluding the handicapped. Rather than the design to the Eiffel Tower. Paul the walls connotes "shame or sor- invisible, it will be a new focal point Goldberger of the New York Times row." If such were so, why are the on the Washington scene. stated that "its extreme dignity and Iwo Jima Memorial and the Seabees The chronological listing of the restraint honors these veterans with Memorial black? Indeed the citizens names neither will be a "random more poignancy, surely, than most of South Boston, MA, chose the iden- hodgepodge" nor will it make them more conventional monuments." tical material—black granite—for appear like "traffic accident victims." The eight man jury was composed the memorial to the Vietnam veterans Rather than cold, bureaucractic al- of some of the most prominent archi- and deceased, which was dedicated phabetical rolls, the names in chrono- tects, landscape architects and sculp- on September 13th of this year. Black logical order will integrate the sac- tors in the country. Of the four vet- is a color of dignity and respect. rifice of the dead and missing into erans on the jury, one saw combat in Others have complained that the the entire historical experience of the WWI, one received a Purple Heart wide angle formed by the walls some- war. They will be symbols of our at Anzio and one saw combat in the how symbolizes the "peace sign" of friends and brothers who still live Navy in WWII. the anti-war movement. More real- with us in our hearts and memories. The VVM is gratified by the tre- istic observers see the chevron of ( Continued on page 34)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981 NEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

Full Employment For All Veterans—The Legion's Goal

By James G. Bourie Director for Economics

It's a sad, but true, fact: Although one of The Ameri- can Legion's founding goals was employment for all veterans, many Legionnaires have forgotten this goal. And many veterans today lack meaningful employment. Today, not all Legion Departments have employment chairmen, and in the last three years an average of only 25 Departments have participated in one or more of the National Economic awards programs, with seven De- partments not participating in any awards program. Additionally, the Economic Division published and made available, free, a manual for employment chair- men which contains a wealth of job finding information. To date, 26 Departments have not so much as ordered a copy. This is not to state, however, that some Departments are not doing their part. The Department of Maine has sole responsibility for the Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) in that state, which has placed thousands of Vietnam and disabled veterans in mean- ingful employment. (At this writing, however, the future of Maine DVOP is in jeopardy. Since CETA funds have been cancelled, the program may be ab- sorbed by the state Job's Service.) Too, the Department fell on deaf ears. of Pennsylvania has contracted with the state to oper- In 1973, the Comprehensive Employment and Train- ate a Veterans Outreach Center. ing Act (CETA) was enacted to replace MDTA. CETA All of this is particularly disheartening when you con- combined many categorical programs into a single block sider the Legion's long record of fighting—and fighting grant and transferred responsibility for their adminis- hard—for the employment rights of veterans. And it is tration from the federal government to the states. Local truer still, today, when you think of Vietnam vets who, governments were to provide employment, training and eight years after that war ended for the U.S., are still remedial services primarily for the structurally unem- without employment. ployed. Veterans were not considered in the design of a To trace the Legion's fight for veterans' employment, national employment and training program and, in fact, one must go back to 1933, when Congress enacted the the Secretary of Labor stated the employment needs of Wagner-Peyser Act which placed full responsibility for Vietnam vets were not significant. veterans employment in the Department of Labor. Nonetheless, the Legion's Economic Division was man- But it was not until the closing years of the Vietnam dated by 13 Vietnam vet employment and training reso- War that the Veterans Employment Service (VES) lutions, and issued 13 separate special bulletins to De- actually began to look at veterans programs. partments urging them to contact their Congressional Before that, in 1962, Congress made the first attempt representatives to ensure veterans were made a mean- to address the nation's overall employment and training ingful part of CETA. Additionally, the division testified needs with the Manpower Development Training Act before three House and Senate Committees and Sub- (MDTA). While it was originally passed to combat committees protesting the lack of veterans participation job loss caused by automation, several years later it was in CETA. used primarily as a program for integrating groups into During this period, the Veterans Employment Service the labor force. languished as a part of the Employment Training Ad- Most veterans did not meet the poverty criterion and ministration. However, in 1972, Congress enacted the accordingly were not identified as a target group. Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. This and other related problems were identified by the This measure legislatively mandated the position and Legion's Economic Commission, which resulted in 39 function of local veterans employment representatives, approved resolutions for the years 1968-72, aimed at required that those contracting with the federal govern- increasing the opportunities for Vietnam vets in the ment must give special emphasis to the hiring of Viet- MDTA program and also the expansion of services with- nam and disabled veterans, and required that eligible in the Veterans Employment Service. veterans be provided employment and training under However laudable those resolutions were, the mood of any federal employment and training programs. Congress and DOL was to identify only disadvantaged The American Legion lobbied intensely for this bill, groups as a top priority. And the pleas of The American and considered it a major piece of veterans employment Legion—the veterans advocate outside of government legislation. The Legion's persistence finally paid bene-

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981

A Lone Star Line-up for Flynt

was the only federal employment program, fits in 1976 with Public Law 94-502, which created the Since CETA Division attempted administrative amend- position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans Em- the Economic These in- ployment (DASVE) within the Department of Labor. ments to strengthen the rights of veterans. such as the requirement that a vet- In 1977, Secretary of Labor Marshall announced a cluded amendments representative sit on Prime Sponsor three-point plan for the hiring of Vietnam vets. Point erans organization veterans representatives one was a program known as HIRE, which encouraged Planning Councils, and that all training courses. large corporations to provide job opportunities for be given CETA still, the Veterans Employment Service continued Vietnam vets. Point two targeted 35 percent of all And within another program. All CETA Public Service Employment slots for Vietnam to languish, buried deep had to be removed and realigned vets and point three provided for the establishment of veterans programs Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employ- personnel for a Disabled Veterans Outreach Program under a full Legion made its case before Department of (DVOP) in 100 large cities. ment. The various Congressional com- The Economics Division, in a prophetic letter to the Labor officials, Congress and culmination of this effort was Public Secretary of Labor, severely criticized the undertaking mittees. The 96-466 enacted in late 1980, which created the po- as fatally defective and largely superficial. Subsequent- Law sition of Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment ly, the first two programs failed, but DVOP has survived. transformed DVOP from an administrative to a It was not until the CETA amendments of 1978 that and program. veterans, especially Vietnam veterans, were identified statutory was still the problem of CETA, that after 10 as a special target group. But it was a bittersweet vic- There years and billions of dollars, had been an unequivocal tory, for statutory eligibility requirements precluded (Continued on page 47) most Vietnam vets from participating in the program.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981 NEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

Mt. Pleasant's Craig VA'sG&A CORNER Average Legionnaire Is Month's Legionnaire These are questions representative of Recent surveys by the National In- those the Veterans Administration is ternal Affairs Division indicate that frequently asked. For more information 2 percent of the Legion members are contact your Post Service Officer, local WWI veterans with an average age of VA office or write directly to: Veterans 86, 55 percent are WWII veterans Administration (20), Washington, DC with an average age of 61, 18 percent 20420. are Korean War veterans with an average age of 50 and 25 percent are Q. My father is a World War I vet- Vietnam era veterans with an aver- eran and he recently had a stroke that age age of 34. left him totally helpless and unable to care for himself. Will the VA place About 87 percent of all Legion- him in a nursing home and pay for it? naires are married while fully 92 per- A. The VA cannot bear the expense of cent are both home owners and regis- private nursing home care for veterans tered to vote. Thirty percent have with non-service connected disabilities children still living at home and over unless the veteran is transferred directly half live in rural areas. Finally, 53 from a VA hospital to the nursing home. percent of all members of the Legion When such a transfer is made, the VA are combat veterans. authorized care normally may not exceed six months. Founder Boyle Q. My husband recently passed away and I received a Presidential Memorial Dies in Maine Certificate. Can his parents receive such a certificate? Roy Craig Yes. His parents may send a request to the nearest VA regional office. Roy Craig, a member of Bob Tribby Post 58, Mt. Pleasant, IA, Q. I would like the government to furnish a monument for my husband's has been selected December's Legion- grave. How do I apply? naire of the Month. A. Get VA Form 40-1330, "Application Thanks in large part to his ef- for Headstone or Marker," at a VA forts, the graves of 1,500 veterans in regional office, from veterans service Mt. Pleasant and Henry County are organizations or from your local ceme- decorated each year with American tery or funeral director. Complete the flags on Memorial Day. He was also form and send it to Monument Service one of the originators of the Avenue (42), Veterans Administration, 810 Ver- mont Ave., N.W., Washington, DC of Flags Organization in Mt. Pleas- James L. Boyle 20420. ant. The man who successfully fought Craig is a WWI veteran and be- Q. I last attended school under the GI a 1920 proposal to turn the Legion came a member of the Legion in June Bill several years ago and I still have into a partisan, political group—an 1919. He has served as Post and several months of entitlement before action which many today feel would County Cdr., Chairman time limit expires. I quit Membership my When have destroyed the organization—is school before, I had an overpayment and has headed the District's Hos- dead at the age of 95. with the VA. Must I pay it back before pital Visitation Committee for three James L. Boyle of Waterville, ME, I re-enroll? years. a founder of the Legion and Dept. A. No. You do not have to pay it back In addition to his countless hours Adj. of Maine for an unprecedented to re-enroll. However, if you do not make as a volunteer for veterans programs arrangements to pay it back, your ben- 45 years, died September 18 following at the Mental Institute in Health Mt. efits will be withheld until the over- a brief period of hospitalization. Pleasant, he has also worked as a vol- payment is recovered. Born in Canada to Irish immigrant unteer at the VA hospital in Iowa parents, Boyle came to the U.S. in City, IA. Q. If a military retiree is rated 100 the early 1900s. He served with the In nominating Craig, Post 58 Cdr. percent disabled by his branch of ser- National Guard in France during vice but has never applied for a service Gilbert Milks noted that, "He has WWI and, following the war, at- connected disability rating from the VA, performed many tasks throughout the tended both the Paris and St. Louis will his surviving spouse receive VA years, such as sending a card to a Dependency and Indemnity Compen- Caucuses of the Legion. sick Legionnaire, sending flowers for sation benefits upon his death? He served as President of the a deceased veteran, cleaning up the A. Application for DIC must be made. Founders (1967-68), occupied nu- Legion Home, preparing lunch for The surviving spouse is not automatically merous elected and appointed Legion Legion meetings and many others. It entitled to VA DIC benefits and only positions and was instrumental in is a great privilege to serve with a the VA can make a service connected forming Legion Posts in almost every man of his distinction." death determination for DIC benefits. Maine community.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981

Life Memberships

The award of a life membership to a Legion- naire by a Post is a testimonial by those who know best that such a member has served The American Legion well. Below are listed some of the previously un- listed life membership Post awards that have been reported to the editors. Paul V. Miller (1981), Post 121, Watsonville, CA William Cox (1981), Post 194, Kelseyville, CA Harry P. Webster (1981), Post 247, Arcadia, CA Fred England, Vern Fleming, James Gilman, H.J. Gormly, J.I*. Keenan, Maderos Madzoeff, Arnold Pratt, John H. Morrill, Floyd Roberts, Raymond Rowe (1981), Post 309, Los Angeles, CA Edward P. Billingliurst (1981), Post 609, Los Angeles, CA Eugene Demers (1979), Robert E. Bray, Jr., Paul W. Jakubec (1981), Post 11, Bridgeport, CT John Yatka, Jr. (1981), Post 127. Orange, CT Leonard Jaglowski, Thomas Purtell (1980), Post 197, Marlborough, CT Marvin D. Pafford (1980), Post 313, Jackson- ville, FL James S. Kadoguchi, Antone J. Kimi, Manuel F. Medeiros, William N. Yuen (1980), Post 3, Hilo, HI Virgil Grand (1981), Post 1009, Glen Ellyn, IL Henery Walters (1981), Post 409, Leo, IN Anthony A. Belletto, Richard P. Haydel, Larry J. Taliancich (1981), Post 175, Metairie, LA Sylvanus H. Pierce (1981), Post 118, Mars Hill, ME Nels Reckdahl (1978), E.J. Doering (1980). Sidney Raabe (1981), Post 433, Gaylord, MN Glenn W. Yocum (1E81), Post 240, Richland, MO Edward Kozacek, William E. Tremmel (1981), Post 166, Coxsackie, NY Peter Grimmer (1981), Post 406, Boonville, NY Herman D. Lemke, James E. Price (1981), Post Members of St. Stanislaus Memorial Post 1771, Brooklyn, NY, Copley, OH 473, recently took their concern for the plight of America's MIA/POWs Nick Romeo (1981), Post 80, Pittsburgh, PA F. Panl Smith (1980), Russell R. Kauffman to Capitol Hill. The Legionnaires delivered a petition containing (1981), William H. Partner (1982), Post 298, Mifflintown, PA 9,100 signatures that urged responsible action by the government Ruben Aure (1975), Bernardino Buncay (1978), to achieve a full accounting and release the in Southeast Onofre Fernandez (1979), Vernon L. Flesner of MIA/POWs 2, Cavite City, PI (1980) , Post Asia. They also met with Rep. Frederick Richmond ( D-NYJ and William Borowick (1980), Charles E. Himeon Sen. Alfonse (R-NY). (1981) , Post 79, Central Falls, RI D'Amato Charles Clark, Richard Craig, Oliver Gibson, Clinton Harvey, Harold Kock, Otto Malmind, Rudolph Nelson, Pedar Phillips, George Shafer, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France in 1944 he Wesley Smith, George Wright (1981), Post 131, suffered a back injury when caught in a leaded Valley Springs, SD net. Contact CID 770 Marshall C. Estes (1968), Kenneth N. Carver, W.P. Barton, William A. Keel, Sr. (1981), Post 88, Donelson, TN TAPS COMRADES IN DISTRESS The Taps Notice mentions, when- Readers who can help these veterans are urged ever possible, those Legionnaires who to do so. Usually a statement is needed in sup- port of a VA claim. have held high National or Depart- Notices are run only at the request of American Legion Service Officers representing claimants, ment Office in the Legion, United using Search for Witness Forms available only States government, or other forms of from State Legion Service Officers. Please con- Legion Magazine, prominence. tact CID # , The American national P.O. Box 1055, 700 Pennsylvania St., Indianapo- R. G. Turner, TN Alternate Na- lis, Ind. 46206. tional Committeeman (1934-36, 37- 1st Battalion, 2d Armored Cavalry. Leo Turba is seeking witnesses to verify a claim that while 38), Department Commander (1933- stationed at Bay Reith, Germany in 1954-55, he suffered frost bite and Bronchial Pneumonia. 34), Department Vice Commander Contact CID 765 (1931-32). 3779th Student Sq., 3750th Tech. Tng. Wing. Curtis Stanley Webster needs witnesses to Albert Belserio Grazini, VT Na- verify a claim that while stationed at Sheppard A.F.B., Texas in 1952 he suffered injuries to tional Executive Committeeman left leg, right hip and both feet. Contact CID (1967-69), Alternate National Exec- 766 Surplus Disposal Station. Marcelino D. Vialpando utive Committeeman (1965-67), De- Kendall Sanders may not have had needs witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed at Liege, Belgium in 1946 he suffered partment Commander (1963-64), De- the best seat in the house, but at lacerations to right hand and elbow when he partment Vice Commander ( 1961-63) least he's got a record his jumepd off a truck. Contact CID 767 of USS Hamblen. Vernon Taylor Bell is seeking wit- Jessie Alvis Carver, NC Depart- attendance. Kendall, left, with NEC- nesses to verify a claim that while in the South Pacific in 1945 he suffered nose and back in- ment Commander (1965-66), De- man Jake Comer, points to himself juries. Contact CID 768 partment Vice Commander (1953- in the balcony in the only known USS James Hoban. Richard Brzozowski needs wit- nesses to verify a claim that while stationed at 54). photograph of the organizational Castle A.F.B. in 1943 he suffered a back in- jury. Contact CID 769 Emmett George Lenihan, WA De- caucus of the Legion held in Paris, 799th Port Co. Walter F. Carl, Jr. needs wit- (1948-49). 1919. nesses to verify a claim that while stationed at partment Commander March 17,

33 THE AMERICAN LEGION December 1981 NEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

(212) 338-7182 USS Bryant (DD 665) (April). Everette Owens, Vietnam Veterans Memorial OUTFIT REUNIONS 1241 Cape Charles Ave., Atlanta Beach, FL Reunion will be held in month indicated. For 32233 (904) 249-5578 particulars write person whose address is given. USS Durham ILKA 114-1972 Softball Team) ( Continued from page 29) Notices accepted on official forms only. For (June-Los Angeles). Tom Malone, 1440 39th St. form send stamped, self-addressed envelope to Place, Marion, IA 52302 (319) 377-7257 O.R. Form, American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box USS Fanning (DD 385) (June-Des Moines, IA). 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices must be Fred Winger, 3605 Truman Ave., Bakersfield, received five months before scheduled reunion. CA 93309 (805) 831-9487 Earliest submissions are favored when the USS Keokuk (AKN 4) (Feb-Sutter, IL). Kenneth volume of notices is too great to print them all. Adair, Box 34, Sutter, IL 62373 (217) 658-4931 To assist a visitor in finding a par- Notice of Outfit Reunions are run only once USS Liddle (APD 60) (Mar-New Orleans). Char- ticular name, however, an alphabet- during a calendar year. les Threet, Rt. 10, Box 64, Florence, AL 35630 (205) 764-6333 ical directory with the exact location Army USS LST 479 (June-Omaha, NE). C.W. Carbaugh, 3263 Pioneer Dr. SE, Salem, OR 97302 (503) of each will be readily available. 27th A.I.B., 9th Arm'd Div. (WWII) (July-St. 362-5912 Louis). William McMaster P.O. Box 28, Glen- That Vietnam veterans had no in- USS Miami (CL 89) (June-Lancaster, PA). Stan- dora, NJ 08029 (609) 227-7465 ton Richardson, 5507 Limeric Cir., Wilmington, in selecting the design is also a 30th Portable Surgical Hospital (April). James put DE 19808 (302) 366-1974 Stumfoll, 103 W. Main St., Llano, TX 78643 Milwaukee (CL (June-Orlando, FL). Al- misconception. Indeed, Vietnam vet- 247-4725 USS 5) (915) bert Hensley, 29 Roman Ave., Staten Island, S2d Station Hospital (Africa Italy-1943-45) erans set all of the criteria for the & NY 10314 (212) 761-8925 (Apr-Tampa, FL). Willard Havemeier, R.D. 2, USS PC 566 (Plank Owners) (June-Wabasha, MN). jurors. Conestoga, PA 17516 (717) 872-5501 design and selected all of the Walt Passe, 717 W. 5th St., Wabasha, MN 204th Co. (WWII) (Apr-Crossville, TN). El- MP 55981 (612) 565-4839 Each juror was personally inter- mer Atkinson, Rt. 14, Box 282, Crossville, TN USS Rinehart (DE 196) (June-Uniontown, PA). 38555 viewed by the WM to assure his Franklin Hixson, P.O. Box 1261, Uniontown, 246th Depot Co. (England, Ireland, N. Africa, QM PA 15401 (412) 439-8315 Italy-WWII) (May-New Orleans). Raymond sensitivity to the national need to USS San Juan (CL 54) (May-Norfolk, VA). Rev. Jee, Sr., 1512 Poinsetta Dr., Metairie, LA Earte Newman, 1130 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, honor Vietnam veterans. Each was 70005 MD 21202 (301) 727-3386 278th Regt. Combat Team (Sept. 1950-Sept. 1952) required to read extensively lit- CSS Savage *DEK 386) (May-Honolulu). Martin from (Mar-Gatlinburg, TN). James Arnett, Jr., Diamond, P.O. Box 1301, Honolulu, HI 96807 erature about the war authored by Abner Cruze Rd., Knoxville, TN 37920 (615) 947-4728 577-8229 (808) Sibley (APA 206) (June-Augusta, GA). Cliff Vietnam veterans. While no juror 299th Engr. Combat Bn. (WWII) (June-Bing- USS McKie, 3725 Old Waynesboro Rd., Augusta, GA hampton, NY). Donald Miller, 808 Placek Dr., in all selected 30906 (404) 798-1589 served Vietnam, were Johnson City, NY 13790 (607) 797-8826 USS Sims (DD 409), USS Buck (DD 420), USS 398th Army Serv. Force Band (Guadalcanal- for their expertise and experience as Yorktown Survivors (June-Bloomington, IN). Philippines-WWII) (June-Salt Lake City). Harry Emerick, 3011 Stratford Dr., Blooming- professional designers. Many Viet- Carting Childs, 1201 N. Raymond Ave., Fuller- ton, IN 47401 871-1419 ton, CA 92631 (714) USS William D. Porter (DD 579) (June-St. nam veterans participated in the 748th Engr. Base Equip. Co. (June-St. Louis). Louis). S. Dean Slough, P.O. Box 4064, Quincy, James Martin Sr., 5945 Fennwood Dr., design competition as competitors. IL 62305 (217) 223-8462 Zachary, LA 70791 (504) 654-9451 USS YMS 365 (May-Chicago). E.O. Pelino, 1115 The jury's unanimous decision was 811th Ord. Base Co. (May-Waynesville, NC). Ike Bank St., Bridgeville, PA 15017 (412) 221-9139 Fesmire, 503 Dellwood Rd., Waynesville, NC approved by the panel of eight Viet- VPB 203 (May-Beekley, WV) . Capt. David Burns, 28786 (704) 456-7820 Ret., 340-A Pine Ridge Dr., Whispering Pines, 827th Signal Co. (WWII) (June-Hot Springs, AR). nam veterans, including Purple Heart NC 28327 (919) 949-2646 G.E. McDonald, Holly Grove, AR 72069 (501) 462-8222 recipients. "B" Btry., 3d Bn., 71st Arty. (196S-70) (June- Marines The final and most unworthy Jackson Hole, WT). Michael Davis, 14 Black- 2d Amphibian Tractor Bn. (WWII) (Apr-Tulsa, hawk Hills Dr., Rock Island, IL 61201 (309) OK). David Young, 12 Woodland Rd., Sapulpa, complaint is that the designer of the 794-0449 224-0107 OK 74066 (918) memorial is of Oriental extraction. "D" Btry., 740th AAA Bn. (May-Owego, NY). 5th Marine Div. (June-Denver). W.E. Grannell, John Mosher, 3713 River Rd., Endwell, NY 4705 Nome St., Denver, CO 80239 (303) 371- Such un-American bigotry should not 13760 (607) 748-1832 1700 "C" Co., 124th Inf., 31st Div. (WWII) (May- V.M.F. 124 (June-Nashville, TN). Robert Er- be dignified by a response, but all Hattisburgh. MS). Edgar Beatty, 42 Twin skine, 1624 Karen St., Lima, OH 45801 (419) should know that she was born in Manor, Northport, AL 354 76 (205 ) 758-8897 228-8951 HQ. V Corps Vets Assn. (WWII) (June-Gatlln- V.M.S.B. 244th Sq. (June-Golea, CA). Reo Green, Athens, OH, of parents who escaped burg, TN). Alan McAuley, 1004 Patty Ave., 1130 Portesuello, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Sevierville, TN 37886 (615) 528-0046 (805) 682-0066 the Communists in China. Further- Retired Army Nurses Corps Assn. (May-San more, rather than opposition to U.S. Diego). Col. Marian Waterhouse, Ret., 12713 Air Force Calma Ct., San Diego, CA 92128 in ex- 7th Bomb Group (June-Park City, UT). Carl involvement Vietnam, she has Deleeuw, 1328 Via Margarita, Palos Verdes Es- pressed only sincere support and com- Navy tates, CA 90274 (213) 378-0953 1st NCB Bn. (March). Charles Mischler, 29 San- 38th Bomb Wing (France Group) (May-Ft. Worth, passion for the men and women who ford Ave., Emerson, NJ 07630 (201) 262-6615 TX). L/Col. Charlie Yates, Ret., 6513 Winifred, 17th Seabees, N. Africa half of 120th Seabees Ft. Worth, TX 76133 served and died there. (June-Mankato, MN). Dr. Kent King, 103 43d Bomb Grp. (H) (63d, 64th, 65th, 403d Recon. At present, the designer and archi- Thayer Ave., Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 345- & Hqs. SW Pacific-1942-46) (Dec-San Antonio, 6084 TX). R.H. Butler, P.O. Box 409, Fayetteville, tect of record are completing the 21st NCB (Fightin' Blackjacks) (Apr-Lincoln NC 28302 (919) 483-5105 development and refinement of the City, OR). James Rainey. Rt. 2, Box 399, 73d Bomb Wing (497th, 498th, 499th, 500th. 65th, Astoria, OR 97103 (503) 458-6731 91st, 303d, 330th Serv. Grps.-Saipan-WWIl) design, and the builder is receiving 139th NCB (Okinawa, Apr-Dec. 1945 (KY WWn (May-Denver). 73d Bomb Wing Assn., 105 Navy Vets) (June-Winchester, KY). George Circle Dr., Universal City, TX 78148 bids for materials. The process of in- 345th Fighter Sq. (June-San Diego). Jake Kings- Carpenter, Jr., P.O. Box 439, Winchester, KY scribing the names will begin early in 40391 (606) 744-8196 bury, 2106 Wesley Ave., Collinsville, IL 62234 Big T Vets Assn. (CSS Ticonderoga CV/CVA/ (618) 344-0131 and with the assistance of car- (May-Nokomis, FL). 1982, CVS 14) (Apr-Ticonderoga, NY). Anthony 584th Bomb Sq. (WWII) William Miller, P.O. Box 671, Nokomis, FL Taddeo, 31-84 51st St., Woodside, NY 11377 ing and patriotic organizations such (212) 726-8549 33555 (813) 488-3632 760th Bomb Sq. (Spinazzola, Italy-WWII) (June- as The American Legion, the neces- LCS (L) 92 (June-Chattanooga, TN). James Mc- Orlando, FL). Robert Cutler, 1335 U.S. Hwy. Clain, Rt. 1, Box Arnoldville, 30619 sary funds will be raised to allow 382, GA 19 South, Apt. A-16, Clearwater, FL 33516 (404) 742-8358 (813) 536-1018 ground to be broken by next March. Naval Air Station Lake City, FL (Dec. 1942- Aviation Cadet Class 42-B (Feb-San Francisco). Nov. 1945) (Feb-Lake City, FL). Tracy Graff, W.E. Radtke, P.O. Box 457, San Leandro, CA The memorial will be completed for Rt. 6, Box 59, Lake City, FL 32055 (904) 752- 94577 (415) 895-9200 dedication on Veterans Day 1982. To 6183 Class of 44-C (Feb-Winter Haven, FL). George USS Achomawi (ATF 148) (May-Houston). Rob- Gerlach, 1043 Biltmore Dr. NW, Winter Haven, quote syndicated columnist James J. ert Wesley, 2603 Dedman St., Pasadena, TX FL 33880 (813) 967-0261 77503 (713) 487-0584 Flight Line Personnel (Muroc Air Force Base- Kilpatrick: "It promises to be the USS Ancon Assn. (AGC 4) (June-Hawaii). Samuel 1944-45) (May-Dayton, OH). Walter Core, 8193 most moving war memorial ever Freedman, 1833 Market Ave. N, Apt. 302, US 68 S, West Liberty, OH 43357 (513) 465-3799 Canton, OH 44714 Kingman Air Force Base (Physical Trning. Dept.) constructed," and "believe me, [it] USS Bache (DD 470) (May-Newton, MA). William (June-Estes Park, CO). Henry Reimer, 104 E. Ford, 1358 E. 7th St., Brooklyn, NY 11230 Everett, O'Neill, NE 68763 (402) 336-3670 will pack an unforgettable wallop." q

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DIRECT FROM U.S. OPTICS What's New At The Dentist?

QUALITY SUNGLASSES ( Continued from page 15) AT FACTORY PRICES Each pair features: Impact resistant lenses • Handcrafted • Polished glass It takes between 40 minutes to an by it and so do his patients, includ- lenses • Hardened metal frames • No ing non-sense guarantee. hour to bond a tooth. Using the tech- a number of actresses and mod- FREE — limited time only— deluxe velour nique, dentists can give patients a els. lined case with each pair of glasses brand new smile in jig-time. Cost? Certainly one of the most hearten- ordered (a $3.00 value). Credit cards About a third of the older capping ing items of news is that a decay- accepted. Dealer inquiries invited. method. There are, however, some fighting technique, long in the works, NOTICE: Don't be fooled by cheap drawbacks. You're warned not to has finally emerged from the experi- imitations. These glasses are made crack nuts or chomp bones, not a mental stages in the labs and en- exclusively for U.S. Optics. To make good idea anyway even with your tered the dental offices, where it's in sure you get the best, order now and if own teeth, and on average bonded increasing use. Reports The National not completely satisfied return for a refund within 30 days. tooth will last about five years, Institute of Dental Research, "Sub- which is not as long as a crown or stances have been perfected that can jacket. actually seal out tooth decay." Moving from capping to teeth- Battling the old demon is just straightening may seem like stepping about as simple as applying paint, from the adult department into chil- which is precisely what the dentist dren's wear, but orthodontics is no does. The N.I.D.R. stresses that the longer just kid stuff. The American procedure is simple and utterly pain- These precision flight glasses are now Association of Orthodontics points less, a fact that kids, and grownups available to the public for only $7 95. If you could buy them elsewhere, they'd out that "the tissues' involvement in too for that matter, will hardly find probably cost you over $20 00 H20P movement of teeth are the same" at repelling. It's begun the same as available in gold or silver frame A $20 00 value only $7.95 Two pairs for $14 00 any age. Nowadays, one in every six bonding, applying a mild acid to etch patients getting fitted for braces is a the teeth. Then the sealant is painted grownup! on and hardened to a glossy trans- Reasons: straight teeth not only parent finish after exposure to small look better but last longer because amounts of ultra-violet light. crooked, crowded ones are harder to Usually sealants will stay in place maintain and put extra stress on about five years and studies have supporting tissues, eventually weak- shown that they are just about four ening them. And those heavy bands or five times more effective as a de- that made the kids look like cutlery cay fighter than good old fluoride, Aviator Teardrop Flight Glauses Flexible cable temples. W30A gold frame drawers are going the way of the which has been in widespread use for only. A $30 00 value only $9.95. dinosaur. decades. 2 pairs for $ 18 00 Researchers have come up with Decay prevention is crucial, of ingenious devices that are lighter course, but even though your teeth than the bands and pretty nearly in- are cavity free, you may still be in visible as well. The secret lies in dental trouble. The problem may lie clear plastic attachments which are in your gums—deep within them glued directly to each tooth, elimi- and that's even worse trouble. When nating need for the metal bands. A the gums become inflamed and the barely seen system of tiny wire bone to which they are attached is springs attached to plastic appli- destroyed, your perfectly sound, de- Proiessional Driving & Shooting Glasses ances can help correct single or mul- cayless tooth can end up out. Wide angle amber lens brightens visibility. 830D gold frame only. A $30 00 value tiple tooth units, says Dr. Isabel W. It's an unhappy fact of dental life

only $ 1 95 2 4 pans for $28.00. Grayson of New York City. Some that periodontal disease, that fancy To order send check or money order to U.S. Optics, specialists use removable appliances name for gum trouble, is way ahead Dept. 700, P.O. Box 14206. Atlanta, Georgia 30324. Credit card customers please fill in card ft and Exp. date.. of plastic and wire worn only at of decay as the No. 1 cause of tooth night, though most dentists feel loss adults. Right now, ac- QUANTITY MODEL tt GOLD SILVER PRICE they among 20P have limitations. cording to N.I.D.R., an estimated 30A X Disadvantages? A few. Plastic 94 million persons that's more than 30D X — braces break more easily than the 40 percent of the entire population Add Postage and Handling $1.00 per pair metal kind, so hard foods must be are suffering from the problem in Total ruled out. Also they stain more read- varying degrees of severity! And of ily, making frequent cleaning a must. the 23 million totally toothless

Visa or Master Charge n Exp. Date Dr. Craven Kurz, a specialist in Americans, "a large portion can adult orthodontics at the University blame periodontal disease." Name of California in Los Angeles, has What is it, actually? Masses of patented braces that are complete- bacteria accumulate on the teeth, Address ly invisible. They are placed only especially at the gumline, and start

City State Zip behind the teeth to be straightened. their invasion of the soft tissue, caus- Dr. Kurz's now-you-don't-see-'em ing infections as they proceed. Left FREE case with each pair. technique hasn't met with his col- untreated, the gums gradually be- leagues' approval yet, but he swears come detached from the teeth and

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. . . Continued it hasn't come off the drawing If periodontal disease has reached boards, but researchers in a number an advanced stage, there's still much of labs believe it will be ready in specialists can do, though it takes about a decade. time and isn't cheap. Specialists can There are still mixed reviews on clean away diseased tissue and bone, implants. This is the technique of and splint or join together loosened imbedding metal supports into the teeth. The idea is to strengthen bone and anchoring individual teeth them by spreading the force of chew- or an entire plate on them perma- ing until new bone can grow and nently. When it works teeth function grab the teeth firmly. almost like natural ones, plates stay- MEDICAL in In certain cases, the periodontist ing the mouth instead of a glass can remove a small section of the of water overnight. Still, although FILE palate and "replant" it with tiny the technique has worked well in stitches over the area where diseased many cases, Dr. David D. Scott of concise up-to-date information gum had to be cut away, exposing the N.I.D.R. is skeptical. "At pres- on effective treatment of the root. These grafts, reports Dr. ent," he says, "we don't recommend common medical problems Smigel, have a high rate of success. them for general use." More study is In another grafting variation, the needed on the various types of mate- dentist can "slide" healthy gum tis- rials best suited for them and how suffer with ARTHRITIS When you * * sue from an adjoining area to a much bone is necessary to support the pain of minor arthritis you want fast relief. InfraRub contains a unique combination of warm, soothing, pain- weaker zone, where it regenerates. them. relieving medicines that start to work instantly InfraRub What's up ahead? That tooth de- Transplanting a tooth from one delivers strong, penetrating relief that lasts for hours. What's more, InfraRub is barely scented. InfraRub: it's cay vaccine, just a glimmer in the individual to another is another in- strong medicine without medicine smell distance only a few years back is novation but so far studies show that, closer than ever. Dr. William H. on average, it remains only four Bowen, who heads up the decay pre- years in its new surroundings. That's vention and research division of the because they haven't yet solved the N.I.D.R., believes we'll have it be- problem of rejection by the host HEMORRHOIDS PePa fore the close of the 1980s. body. Much more successful has ration H" gives fast, temporary relief from the The culprit in decay has been been transplanting an individual's occasional pain and itch brought on by hemor-

rhoids. It even helps shrink swelling of hem- identified as a microbe named strep- own teeth from one part of the orrhoidal tissues caused by tococcus mutans, which thrives and mouth to another, such as removing inflammation. Available in both ointment multiplies in the mouth. Knock off an unerupted wisdom tooth and plac- and suppositories. s. mutans and you will prevent de- ing it in a socket from which a molar cay in the same way as the polio vac- has been extracted. cine destroys the dread virus that Replants, placing a tooth back in causes that crippling disease. its socket after it has been knocked Before you take BACKACHE Tests on monkeys, rats and ham- out in an accident, have a high de- regular strength pain relievers for a muscular backache, remember this: Momentum" Tablets sters have been enormously encour- gree of success if done within a half are specially made for backaches They're 50% aging. At Notre Dame University, hour. But it must be in one piece. If

stronger.. . with 50% more pain reliever per dose treated rats had less decay than this happens, wash it quickly if to relieve backache pain... to soothe inflamma- tion, so you can move more freely again. untreated ones and some were cav- there's water around and stick it back Momentum" Tablets: | ity free. And now, tests on human into its own socket yourself. Then 1^-- specially made 'or^np^^A. v- , volunteers are showing results. rush to the dentist. If you can't, backaches... hLHL good 50% stronger. The N.I.D.R., not given to loud tub- wrap it in a handkerchief and take thumping on anything, says in its re- off. Remember, though, that the cells strained way that these experiments on the root's surface, which are vital DENTURES Apply Anbesol® to "show bright prospects" for a vaccine. for refixing the tooth, have a short sore, painful gums. Anbesol kills pain on con- Some day periodontists will be life span out in the air. tact. Its two anesthetics deaden pain immedi- ately, soothe irritated nerve endings. Nothing able to prevent gum disease entirely Yes, things they are a-changing in short of a doctor's prescription gives faster relief through the use of prostaglandins. dentistry. Remember when the of the discomfort of denture These are a recently developed class Tooth Fairy used to leave a dime irritation, toothache, of natural drugs which are exciting under a kid's pillow for each lost cold sores or u^nl fever blisters. Esl AnpSSL. the medical world. Derived from baby tooth? Rosemary Wells of the hormones produced in the body, Northwestern University School of prostaglandins are among the most Dentistry in a nationwide survey of versatile and potent chemicals yet 400 youngsters reported they now discovered. The potential applica- average 660 per tooth, with some

Use all medications only as directed tions are vast, and among them is parents shelling out as much as $5 © 1981 Whitehall Laboratories. New York, N Y the prevention of gum inflammation, for just one! Just goes to show, you the initial sign of periodontal dis- never can tell where inflation will ease. Don't ask for it yet because bite. ©

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BE YOUR OWN Make $8® BOSS! Boxcars became bedrooms for stacked soldiers. Baggage cars were turned into mobile kitchens. Pull- an hour... man space for two was stretched to or more. Work part time, space for three—one man in the up- per, two in the lower. The less fortu- full time, right at home. nate slept sitting up in passenger cars, three or four to a seat. New re- No layoffs. No strikes. cruits even slept in the overhead. Provides a steady source Songwriters caught the spirit of nostalgia and immortalized Ameri- of year round income. ca's love affair with the train in songs like "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa This can be one of the most can step in with the much needed service of important decisions you ever make Fe" and "Blues in the Night." sharpening saws and practically any kind of Going into business for yourself can be the tool. But the time of conflict came to most exciting and rewarding decision you're SEND FOR FREE FACTS TODAY! an end. 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rehabilitation, we continue to focus programs of immunization against

. . . Continued on the needs of America's veterans for childhood diseases, and we support the government formed Amtrak and adequate health care, disability com- research into the causes of devas- offered to take the failing passenger pensation and burial benefits. We tating childhood illnesses. service off the hands of the rail- continue to fight the battle for Viet- We oppose in the most vigorous roads, leaving them free to enjoy the nam veterans on all fronts, and we and resolute fashion the exposure of more lucrative freight business. have demonstrated our commitment our nation's youth to drugs and alco- The paradox is that passenger to an appropriate monument to their hol, and their merciless, inexcusable trains are experiencing a fantastic service in Southeast Asia—a symbol exploitation at the hands of the vilest resurgence in public demand. Rider- of the nation's recognition of their kind of adult, the child pornog- ship has increased tenfold on some sacrifice. rapher. And, of course, we continue routes. More than 600 Amtrak trains What we have freely given on be- to support such vital programs as were completely sold out by April half of the nation's veterans of all Special Olympics, the Oratorical for summer travel in 1981, and more wars is substantial, indeed; what we Contest, Boys Nation, The Boy than 13,000 customers were put on receive, however, is far more than we Scouts of America and American waiting lists. In August 1980 alone, give. We receive a stronger nation Legion Baseball—programs that in- Amtrak turned away 400,000 re- which is respected in the eyes of its still enduring values and strong quests for tickets on just three of its citizens; a government rightly ac- character. western routes. cepting its responsibility to honor Do these efforts give us any- A star witness in the case for the promises made when young men thing in return? trains is the electrically powered were called into military service. We Of course they do, perhaps in the Japanese train they call the "Bul- bestow a gift of fealty and compas- most meaningful way of all. For let." The Japanese point out that the sion; we receive a more moral, when we look into the faces of Bullet saved the nation more than righteous nation. America's youth and see shining 40 million barrels of oil in a single there a radiant health of body and year, over and above the gasoline mind, we glimpse a vision of the that would have been used if passen- future. Into their hands we will de- gers had used their own cars. On liver our country, and through our today's market, that's $1.2 billion. Do these efforts give us efforts a generation of Americans will Even the private railway car is mature with the values and concerns back on the scene. It's not for the anything in return? that are ours, that were those of average man, of course. For starters, our forefathers, and which still rep- it costs about $100,000 for the car, resent the greatest hope for a $2 a mile to be hooked up and hauled troubled world. by Amtrak on scheduled passenger We are giving of ourselves through exhaustive legislative action in Wash- They give back to us the certainty runs, and $100 just to park it in a that all we have worked for through- station overnight. But for the man ington, action that cuts across the en- out our national life will not fall by who counts his pocket money in $100 tire spectrum of issues concerning is the wayside. bills, it's transportation in Great Americans. What we receive a body Gatsby splendor. of law responsive to the basic needs of Yes, fellow Legionnaires, The But rich or poor, the fascination our society and a system of protective American Legion's tradition of giving of railroad travel remains the same. legislation that upholds the economic is inextricably entwined in the fabric of this God-fearing republic. It is for Says Roy Thorpe, a 42-year-old self- and international strength of the made millionaire who owns a 1926 United States. each of us to work together to estab- lish or to our tra- private railway car, "When you fly, Our programs and concerns, of — improve— own dition of in you're nowhere. The world below is course, are vast, but one other has a giving and sharing a lilliputian and the service is imper- special place in my heart since it was year-long celebration of the true spirit sonal. On a train, it's the sound of the area which first drew me into the of Christmas. the locomotive, the landscape, the Legion: youth programs. The Ameri- Once again, I will soon take out faces along the track that put me in can Legion heeds God's injunction to my furred costume, pull on those touch with something real." care for the children. Perhaps no time familiar black boots and slip behind His sentiments aren't far removed is more appropriate than Christmas the white whiskers of my own from the reminiscences of an old to remind ourselves of our collective personal tradition. As I do, I will trainman visiting the new railroad and individual commitment to the know that what I give pales beside museum in Sacramento. Giving a nation's youth. what I receive. fond pat to the caboose's wood-burn- We support efforts to assist fi- During this season of joy and ing stove, his voice held a touch of nancially the families of children life, I urge you to take on the trap- melancholy as he recalled old times. with catastrophic illnesses. We pro- pings of your own tradition of giving. "I've cooked lots of coffee on one of mote and support efforts to identify If you have none, find one. Join these . . . drank it with old friends hearing problems in the very young with your fellow Legionnaires in their

. . . rolling along the track on the and to prevent speech and psycholog- vital business of caring and sharing, run to Portland . . . listening to the ical problems that might result from and you will quickly rediscover the whistle as she rounded a curve into the failure to detect that deficiency eternal message of Christmas. a crossing. All gone." q early. We advocate full support for Of that I am certain. Q

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Christmas In Bastogne

RAY YOUR ( Continued from page 17) ON THE

tured German soldiers." The Nazi soldiers, at first astounded, recovered and began rib- bing the general. "But," McAuliffe FOR LIFE recalled, "there was no arrogance, no nastiness. It was almost like a Find out more about this economical way to become football coach going into an arch- a "Paid Up for Life" Member (PUFL)! The cost is based rival's dressing room and being told on your actual age and the amount of your post dues. his boys won't win the conference championship. One kid—he couldn't Fill out this coupon or a facsimile and mail to: The have been more than 18—said to American Legion National Headquarters, PUFL on Time, me: 'We'll be out of here soon, Gen- P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 eral, and you'll be in.' Another said: Tt's nice and cozy here, General. You'll like it here!' Said a third: " Please send me additional information on how I can become a 'We'll be in Antwerp in a few days.' "Paid Up for Life" Member on the Time Payment Plan. McAuliffe stood there smiling un- til the POWs quieted down, then he Name : said to them with all sincerity: "I Address just came in to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas!" City State Zip Amid total silence, he turned and Member of Post Number. left the enclosure. As he reached the gate, he heard the POWs shouting Dept. of behind him, "Merry Christmas, Gen- eral." Interspersed was the German greeting, "Frohliche Weichnachten." SENIOR CITIZENS The Spirit of Christmas . . . Planer Molder Saw Bastogne's only hospital was lo- Florida Living You Can Afford cated in the Mande-St. Etienne re- e?^£,s Mobile Homes from $14,000.00 Lot rental ;2 $56.00 a Month. Retire at Beautiful Dogwood gion in the western part of the town. Mobile Park. Rated Three Star. Clubhouse- On the 19th of December, German f Bingo-Laundromat, City Police, light traffic. We have Rental Units and Lots for Sale. raiding parties had seized the build- Write Charles E. Boitnott, 1800 Boitnott Lane, ing, killed or captured practically Winter Park, Fl. 32789 all of the medical company and emptied it of all usable supplies x-ray equipment, blood, antibiotics RUPTURE agony and other drugs, even kitchen facili- DISAPPEARS... ties. Only 44 GIs and eight officers When you slip into a genuine to flee. Brooks Appliance! Your rupture managed will be held securely, yet gently, As a result, McAuliffe was left night and day at work or at play. Send for our free booklet today. with only a few first aid stations to BROOKS APPLIANCE COMPANY care for the constantly increasing 601 State St., Marshall, Michigan 49068 number of wounded GIs and, of Now you can use this ONE power-feed shop to turn course, the sick civilian residents. A rough lumber into moldings, trim, flooring, furniture call for civilian volunteers —ALL popular patterns. RIP-PLANE-MOLD . . . sepa- went out rately or all at once with a single motor. Low Cost HEARING AIDS and Renee Le Maire stepped for- . . . You can own this power tool for only $50 down. SAVE $200 ward. A graduate nurse, she had 3f±Day FREE Trial! ^Sellers AII-in-the-Ear Aid will help somehow escaped when the Germans NO OBLIGATION-NO SALESMAN WILL CALL you hear and understand! rifled the hospital. Renee, 25, was a BEL S C0 ' RUSH COUPON ^™ Try 30 days before you buy! beautiful woman with dark hair and r \Z No salesman. Free catalog! TODAY f^^9^T Kansas City, Mo. 64111 eyes, the daughter of a hardware RHODES. Dept. 34-W, Brookport. ILL 62910 BELSAW POWER TOOLS store owner in town. \"£CS j "Renee would have worked hard City, I 4=sT;^7 9393Field Bldg., Kansas Mo. 64111 | at any time of the year," McAuliffe |r~I VCC Please send me complete facts about tu j said, "but the Spirit of Christmas I PLANER — MOLDER — SAW and I I details about 30-day trial offer. I had risen in her and she worked f 111 II Name. three times as hard. She converted her own small house into a make- j Address_ TRAILER FOR THE 'SO's. Burro Travel Trailer shift hospital where she cared for as sleeps four. Under 1,000 lbs. Fiberglass. Ready to tow. City AL-12, 14143 21st ! Finish interior onlv. Write Burro many GIs as she could crowd in. She Avenue North. Plymouth, MN 55441. For full color catalog send ?2.00 to cover postage and handling. Dealers Wanted. '.State Zip_ worked incessantly, day and night,

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see mementoes of the great siege. c 1981. Encore House. Inc.. Roberts Lane Glen Head. NY 11545 City State Zip On that visit, McAuliffe made it a point to ask for Renee's father, Gus- PROSTAZINC & PROSTAZINC FORTE tav. He was still alive, still running Nutritional Hope for Men with a History of Prostate or Bladder Problems. his hardware store. The two men sat alone and talked quietly for an hour about the vivacious young girl who had given so much. "Renee was a true heroine of Bas- togne," the general told me. "She gave her life that Christmas Eve with her wounded soldiers. There is no doubt in my mind, nor will there ever be, that the Spirit was with her If you have experienced frequent, painful or delayed urination, or the feeling that week." that your bladder is always full, ask your doctor about supplementing your diet with zinc. Prostazinc and Prostazinc Forte are multivitamin, multimineral The Spirit of Christmas . . . formulations with zinc potency designed for the adult male's nutritional At noon the 25th, on a sudden needs. The nutritional value of zinc has long been established in the normal quiet descended on Bastogne. For function of the prostate, general growth development of reproductive organs, and nine hours, the Germans had bom- sexual maturation. A free brochure describing the use of zinc in avoiding various prostate problems, hardening of the arteries, various blood vessel barded and attacked. Some of their problems, body growth, smell and taste, is included with each order. Send tanks had penetrated the western $8.95 (postpaid) for 75-day supply, or $9.95 for 50-day supply of super defenses and were moving forward potent Prostazinc Forte to: BIO-VIM LABORATORIES, Department A, before they were flung back. There P.O. Box 7369, Naples, Florida 33941. were heavy losses on both sides. "The cook set about preparing Christmas dinner for the troops," THE ORIGINAL 3 REAL, OLD COINS McAuliffe said. "From somewhere, they had come up with a quantity of flour and a lot of rabbits. They fixed (genuine jPorcefciin these into pancakes and a stew. There was also another real delicacy. FLUSHES UP TO Some ingenious SEWER OR SEPTIC TANK LARGE CENT INDIAN HEAD CENT 1909-VDB $4.00 scroungers had dis- Minted from Minted before 1909 FIRST LINCOLN CENT covered cans of applesauce and our •No Digging Up Floors- 1793 lo 1857 $1.35 Designer Victor D. tials INSTAUS EASY. ANYWHERE! $9.00 bakers used that and the flour to k ol < ALL 3 - $14.35 Write Inc., Dept. Add $1.00 postage. bake some pies. With hot GI coffee, McPHERSON, AL IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. Allow lime (or d< Money-back guarantee. it made a pretty good Yuletide meal Box 15133 Tampa, Florida 33684 VILLAGE COIN SHOP DEPT. A

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Advertisement Hearing Loss Is Not A Sign Of Old Age.

. . . Continued lity, no songs, just serious talk about Chicago, 111. —A free offer of special interest to those who hear but do not for the men, especially since we were the battle. Yet, McAuliffe looked understand words has been nearly out of K-rations." back upon it as one of the finest announced by Beltone. A non- Later, the general was driving he had ever known. operating model of one of the smallest past the Hotel Le Brun on the Rue "We were the saddest-looking Beltone aids of its kind will be given de Marche when his eyes caught bunch of sacks you ever saw," he absolutely free to anyone who sends something shiny through a front win- said, "sitting around an even sadder- for this free model now. dow, one of the few left unshattered. looking tree. But that little tree, its Send for this model, put it on and The Le Brun, a small but elegant with Star of Bethlehem on top, wear it in the privacy of your own hostelry near a market square, was proved to me, and to all of us, that home. It will show you how tiny the command post of the Combat Christmas makes its presence known hearing help can be. It is not a real Command B of the 10th Armored. and felt wherever man may be. It hearing aid and it's yours to keep free. He stopped and went inside. emerges even in the midst of the The actual aid weighs less than a In the dining room was an eight- evil of war—and that is a message fourth of an ounce, and it's all at ear foot Christmas tree on which the of the most profound importance."

level, in one unit. GIs had strung homemade ornaments The Spirit of Christmas . . . These models are free, so we suggest of twisted foil, cut-out figures from Late in the afternoon of Decem- you write for yours now. Again, we K-ration containers and a few chil- ber 25th, the most vicious assault so repeat, there is no cost, and certainly dren's dolls. McAuliffe remained for far, launched from the west, had no obligation. All hearing problems a few minutes, chatting with the been flung back with heavy losses on are not alike and some cannot be men, then bade them a Merry both sides. helped by a hearing aid but many can. Christmas and left. Not long after, a "I was filled with a great feeling So, send for your free model now. shell burst at one end of the hotel, of thankfulness to God," the general Thousands have already been mailed, damaging the dining room and said. "I hadn't planned to go to mass so be sure to write today to knocking over the tree. One of the on that day, but I happened on this Department 4502, Beltone Electronics dolls lay on the floor, its face large and imposing home with a Corp., 4201 West Victoria Street, chipped and legs shattered. steeple-like roof on my way to the Chicago, Illinois 60646. When McAuliffe returned to the CP. I knew the priest and could see hotel to see how bad things were him inside and I felt I should go in." after the bomb hit, he saw the sol- McAuliffe entered the building. It diers lined up solemnly in the dining was filled to capacity with civilians. room as one of them pinned a Purple He knelt and gave thanks to God as Heart on the wounded little doll. the guns still, rumbled in the dis- FOR PERMANENT The Spirit of Christmas ... tance. k FUND RAISING ^ "We had our own tree at my head- Meanwhile, to the south, the 4th B||^ Easy way to raise money for your Organization quarters," McAuliffe recalled, "and Armored was driving forward to re- Bfep; because everyone has fun playing BINGO! our own holiday dinner too. They lieve Bastogne. They engaged the Thousands of Organizations are making up to $500.00 per week using "BINGO KING" supplies were special, all right, though noth- Germans late on the afternoon of the Eb^ and FREE Idea Bulletins. Write for FREE catalog ing like the ones back home. 26th and broke through four miles Sfe~ and details on raising money for your Organiza- tion. "Our tree wasn't nearly so' splen- south of Bastogne—victorious. PLEASE GIVE NAME OF ORGANIZATION. did as the one at the Le Brun. Ours The following morning—after his was only about a foot high and may- first good night's sleep in a week Dept. LE81, Box 2499, LITTLETON, COLO. 80161 be a couple of feet across. It was McAuliffe walked out of his head- decorated with a few real orna- quarters in the Belgian cantonment The American ments, though it beats me where the and his eyes fell on a splotch of staff got them. It was strung with green in a corner. It was the scrubby Legion Magazine tinsel, which was just some artisti- little Christmas tree from the dining cally cut tin from discarded C-ration room. The metallic tinsel was still is available cans and, on the bent top, someone on it, and the cardboard star, bare- put a big star cut from cardboard ly visible in the snow, was still at- in microform. —the Star of Bethlehem. tached. He paused for a moment and University Microfilms "Our Christmas dinner was bacon looked. Even there, tossed aside and International and powdered eggs, cheese, a meat left to wither, the general saw in it Please send additional information loaf and coffee. Please don't ask me the message it was intended to de- Name what was in the loaf. I didn't ask liver. then and I don't want to know now. "It was," he said, "the message of Institution. All I remember is that the cook did hope everlasting in the darkest of Street himself proud. It was all served on a hours. The same message of hope City_ white tablecloth, stretched across that comes to people on God's earth

State _Zip_ an old wooden table." at Christmas time wherever they 300 North Zeeb Road 30-32 Mortimer Street troubles life Dept. P.B. Dept. P.R. The dinner, in the basement of a may be and whatever Ann Arbor, Ml. 48106 London WIN 7RA Belgian barracks, lasted a half-hour. has brought upon them." U.S.A. England It was a somber affair with no jol- It was the Spirit of Christmas. ©

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Full Employment Most Desirable Mobile Home ( Continued from page 31 FLORIDA'S Community

failure for all vets. And that's where the fight is joined today. The present administration is not enamored with CETA and proposes a block-grant-to-states approach. . Congress and the Department of Labor are beginning to take a hard look, with DOL soliciting the support and assistance of the Legion's Eco- From $29,900 at Vero Beach you'll find a paradise on the beautiful Atlantic Coast, the nomic Division. Likewise, Congress Florida that's getting hard to find, and at Village Green you can retire on a sensible budget has asked for Legion help, which in an adult lakefront community of luxurious mobile homes. has resulted, just this year, in four Congressional appearances and six Find out how to fully enjoy your Florida retirement. Phone TOLL FREE 1-800/327-2824 (in Florida 1-800/432-2811) for brochure package and information on our visitation Congressional statements—all con- program. Or fill out the coupon. demning CETA and stating that vet- erans, especially Vietnam veterans, MAIL TO: VILLAGE GREEN, Dept. 3702 must be given meaningful employ- P.O. Box 6037, Vero Beach, FL 32960 ment programs. Mandated by 20 of the current 48 Name approved Economic resolutions deal- EEN Address ing with the Veterans Employment At Vero Beach / A Lakefront Community City . Service and Vietnam veteran em- of Discriminating ployment and training programs, the State -Zip People Economic Division will be in the eye Phone. of the storm in future legislative con- siderations. But our commitment to full vet- erans employment as enunciated in 1919 does not end with external ef- forts. The true cornerstone is what is This VET Did It - and YOU done internally by all Posts and mem- me -War injuries left Can Dolt bers. In 1970, the Legion's "Jobs for handicapped, but hadlv .success Veterans" program was designed and Sow iVa financial thanKs iu Too! a<; a Locksmith, promoted as a prolific local veterans Besides the your training. can work is fascinating.^ 1 employment effort. In conjunction can. - do it anybody Lamed, Kan with the Economic Division's three nirn .^ncnn. awards programs, Legion Depart- Make Up to $10 an Hour—even while learning! ments were to sponsor job fairs, appoint employment chairmen on all Train Department levels and intensify FAST their efforts to ensure full veterans at Home! Be a LOCKSMITH! employment. If you enjoy fixing things, you're a "natural" enable you to get your share of this always- to make hundreds of EXTRA DOLLARS a profitable business. Hundreds we've trained As commendable as the intent be- year in the fascinating business of Lock- are doing it. So can YOU. smithing. Rising crime increased de- hind that program was, very few De- has MAIL COUPON to discover how Locksmith- mand for service a thousandfold. Yet there's partments actually participated, with ing can keep the extra money coming in dur- only one Locksmith for every people! 17,000 ing spare time — or in your own full-time no Department programs in the last COLLECT CASH PROFITS ALMOST AT ONCE! business. Ideal for retirement— good jobs, too. five years. This is indeed ironic be- You're "in business" ready to make $5 to BELSAW INSTITUTE, 242Z Field Bldg. cause during the program's active $10 an hour a few days after you begin Kansas City, Mo. 64111 Accredited Member NHSC. years 575 Department job fairs were Belsaw's shortcut training. Easy, illustrated lessons complete with ALL practice equip- N. Hunt, Wilmington, Del.— "I make $50 a held, with over 17,000 potential em- ment PLUS week extra." — ployers participating. This activity R. Davis, St. Louis, Mo. "I cleared $110 last • ALL TOOLS YOURS TO KEEP Saturday." resulted in at least 100,000 veterans • KEY MACHINE YOURS TO KEEP Ed Boyle, Pittsburgh, Pa. —"My business going of all wars being hired. And, as noted • EXPERT PERSONAL ASSISTANCE at top speed. I'm moving to bigger quarters." • BUSINESS-BUILDING HELP FREE earlier, fewer than half the Depart- MAIL THIS COUPON . NO SALESMAN WILL CALL ments today have employment chair- I THIS DO-ALL PRO I BELSAW INSTITUTE, 242Z Field Bldg. men. KEY MACHINE YOURS Kansas City, Mo. 64111 I But concepts must be translated Rush FREE book, "Keys to your Future." into action. i TO KEEP!" Name Veterans do not secure jobs by Can add $25 Address. merely talking about them. The re- to $40 a week i (?j to your in- I sponsibility to find those jobs rests City .State. .Zip. m come ... and I with 16,000 Posts and 2.7 million " doesn't cost i you a penny Legionnaires. »•« extra! Hi

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The River Of Blood

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Germans are killing the wounded in German action, and there now ap- The population of Warsaw fought hospitals. They are making women pears to be nothing we can do to to the death. Of the 40,000 men and and children march in front of them assist them. women of the Polish Underground, in order to protect their tanks. There "I have long been deeply distressed 15,000 were killed outright, and near- is no exaggeration in reports of by our inability to give adequate as- ly all of the others were wounded. children who are fighting and des- sistance to the heroic defenders of Of the million civilians of Warsaw, troying tanks with bottles of petrol. Warsaw, and I hope that we may to- 200,000 were casualties. As the Ger- "We mothers see our sons dying for gether still be able to help Poland to man armies departed, Hitler ordered freedom and the Fatherland. Our be among the victors in this war with Warsaw razed. Over 80 percent of husbands, our sons and our brothers the Nazis." Warsaw was reduced to rubble. are not considered by the enemy to Churchill himself records the On October 2, Premier Mikola- be combatants. Holy Father, no one frightful end. Moscow wished to have jczyk notified Churchill that the is helping us. The Russian armies, the non-Communist Poles destroyed Polish forces of Warsaw were about which have been for three weeks at to the full, yet keep alive the idea to surrender. In one of the last broad- the gates of Warsaw, have not that they were going to their rescue. casts received in London, the incred- advanced a step. The aid coming to A fearful fate befell the population. ibly brave Poles declared that they us from Great Britain is insufficient. The Warsaw Massacre lasted for were dying but Warsaw and Poland The world is ignorant of our fight. more than two months. The Polish would live: God alone is with us. Underground had been forced to use "This is the stark truth. We were "Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, if the sewers as the only means of treated worse than Hitler's satellites, worse than Italy, Rumania, Finland. May God, Who is just, pass judgment on the terrible injustice suffered by the Polish nation, and may He punish accordingly all those who are guilty. "Your heroes are the soldiers whose only weapons against tanks, planes and guns were their revolvers and bottles filled with petrol. Your heroes are the women who tended the wounded and carried messages under fire, who cooked in bombed and ruined cellars to feed children and adults, and who soothed and com- forted the dying. Your heroes are the children who went on quietly play- ing among the smoldering ruins. These are the people of Warsaw. "Immortal is the nation that can muster such universal heroism. For those who have died have conquered, and those who live on will fight on, will conquer and again bear witness that Poland lives when the Poles live."

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Both the Nazis and the Com- My speech writers bug me. Half the time munists made of the Vistula a river I don't know what I'm talking about." of blood. But, once again, Poland reminded the Communists that you can hear us, bless us Polish communication. Here battle raged. "those who have died have con- women who are fighting for the The Germans threw hand grenades quered, and those who live on will Church and for freedom." and bombs into them. Churchill re- fight on." On September 5, 1944, FDR wired ported that "battles developed in Today, magnificent Poland again Churchill: pitch darkness between men waist bears witness that "Poland lives when "Replying to your telegrams, I am deep in excrement, fighting hand to the Poles live." Indeed, no matter informed by my Office of Military hand at times with knives or drown- what the maps may show, or the Intelligence that the fighting Poles ing their opponents in the slime. Communist government of Poland have departed from Warsaw and that Above ground, German artillery and pretends, Russia knows the Com- the Germans are now in full control. fighters set alight large areas of the munists are separated from Poland "The problem of relief for the Poles city. I thought that some of this tale by an unbridgeable "River of Blood," in Warsaw has therefore unfortu- of villainy and horror should reach the blood of the Katyn and the War- nately been solved by delay and by the world." saw Massacres. ©

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