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TIIF Vfl PRFPARFfl? loK i nc vh rncrHncu Desert Stormforced many to examine VA's effectiveness. By FredJordan 18

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Memorial Day 1991 will return home to New York state. By Gurney Williams 23

THE WORLD ON AWAVE Amateur radio makes the world a smallerplace. By Gordon Williams 26

THE THINGS THEY LEFT BEHIND

Mementos left at "The Wall" are relics oflove. 28

WHY HELPING GORBACHEV IS WRONG Is "Gorby mania"for maniacs? By Brian Crozier 30

THE REAWAKENING OF As the thaws, one expertpredicts upheaval in Europe. 32

VAULTING THROUGH HISTORY Our culture is bottled and sealedforfuture historians. ByFredHouston 34 32 STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART Success stories ofthe Legions Family Support Network. 36

1991 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE REPORT Desert Storm troops and theirfamilies dominatedLegion discussions. 42

D E P A R T M E NTS

BIG ISSUES Should Congress RaiseAuto Fuel Efficiency Standards? 10

VETVOICE 4 VETERANS UPDATE 40 VETNET 52

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 8 LEGION NEWS 48 PARTING SHOTS 76

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Flag Rally quite miserable. Things are all right. been at war for the past 18 days. Our Just wish we could get news more unit is doing pretty good. We are work- I was in World War II and in the often. We received your gift just five ing and pulling together to get the job . To me the U.S. Flag is days ago, but mail should move more done. So far, we've not had any prob- everything we stand for. My grand- quickly now that Christmas is over. lems and no missiles have come our father fought in the Civil War at Gettys- 1st Lt. Jennifer French way, so we are thankful. We are the burg, and he was wounded carrying Operation Desert Storm 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing and we fly that flag. If you don't respect the flag, the F-15 Eagle. Hope everything is then you have no respect for anything. We received your magazine here in going well for you in the good, old George Richardson Saudi Arabia. Thanks for the book and U. S. A. Thanks for the magazine and for Morrisville, Pa. your support. It is appreciated. We have supporting us. 1st Sgt. Harold Mason I don't believe an amendment pro- Operation Desert Storm tecting the flag would harm freedom of speech. Just because people don't like VETVOICE something doesn't mean they can Health Care destroy it. We're guaranteed freedom of Congress wants to cut VA benefits, 1-900-776-5432 speech. If you dislike something, you aid for dependent children, low-income Every month, The American can say anything about it. You can housing and anything else that might Legion invites you to participate in oppose it, but that doesn't give you the benefit the American people. Congress VETVOICE, a telephone service that right to destroy it. Without an amend- should at least take care of the sick. allows you to voice your opinion on ment, people would just tear up the flag Irene Halstead any current topics. Since the inception and say they are protected by the First Salem, Ore. VETVOICE, thousands Legion- Amendment. of of naires have called to vote on current David Gentzler The reason I voted "no" is because

issues, listen to others ' opinions and Glenolden, Pa. I've been to England four times and record their own thoughts. spent quite a bit of time there, and "1 " commend VETVOICE, said articles in newspapers about the health- From Saudi one Legionnaire who called the line. care system are horrifying. People who Just a note to say thank you. The "It's a great feature. I'm able to just need minimal medical care are ahead of American Legion Magazine pick up the telephone and voice my others who desperately need medical reached my battery this morning and opinion on anything. attention. People are dying all the time recorded on the was distributed among the troops. We Some opinions because of lack of care. I love England, in are a few miles south of the Iraqi border Opinion Line are published The but I hope I never get sick there, Magazine. waiting our turn in the war plan. We American Legion If because I would be afraid. Anyone who appreciate your concern and support. you want your opinion published, says they want socialized medicine IstSgt. WinfordE. Phillips be sure to leave your name and should look to England and find out recording. Operation Desert Storm hometown with your On how bad it is. each line you can vote, receive a tally G. Sandstrom vote, listen to opin- Thank you so much for sending so that includes your Elmhurst, III. many copies of The American ions of others and record your own opinion. Vote tallies are shared with Legion Magazine. I have enjoyed I believe everyone should be entitled nationwide and your reading them since I was a boy in Blen- newspapers to medical insurance. Veterans, the congressmen. Calls cost $1 per minute coe, Iowa. I am now an Air Force pilot poor, and even middle class are going proceeds are used to support of one of our C-130s. My family and I and broke trying to keep up with the high appreciate all that The American American Legion programs. cost of medical care. Legion has done throughout the years To make your vote count on the Ben Christiani as well as what you are doing for us and question, Should welfare recipients be South Daytona, Fla. our families during Desert Storm. required to work? see page 76 and Maj. Boh Keele call 1-900-726-7726. First of all, let me start with a mes- Operation Desert Storm To answer the question: Do you sage to Rep. Philip M. Crane of Illinois believe VA has the resources to serve (Big Issues, February): Malarkey. I'm backup see 1 warn to thank you for The Amer- as a medical for DoD? an insurance agent, and I don't feel ican Legion Magazines, definitely page 20 and call 1-900-776-0770. good about the price of health insur- an original package, all of the guys, To call with an opinion on any arti- ance. I believe it is a shame that we can really enjoyed. I'm in the Army branch cles vou read in the magazine, or on spend billions of dollars to bail out transportation and the commander of any topic, call VETVOICE 1-900- banks wiped out by criminals and the 326th Trans. Detachment. The 776-5432. grants that benefit so few. I'm desert is cold and rainy right now and Please turn page

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thoroughly disgusted with the leaders practice. However, assault weapons are My wife's parents and my parents and lawmakers of this country. Millions a misnomer. The media has mislabeled were born in Ireland. We had to over- of people cannot afford insurance for them. The true assault weapon has a come a lot of barriers as youngsters to medical care. I'd rather have my tax select between semi-automatic and get away from the Gaelic language, and money spent on medical care than given automatic. The media has also lied by we learned English by going to school. away like it has been. telling the public automatic weapons We should keep the education system in

Ray White are the weapons of choice of drug English. I believe the English language Waterford, Mich. dealers and other criminals. The statis- should be mandatory. tics don't bear that out. This is my opin- Bill Vernon My opinion is that we have to declare ion, and thank you for allowing me to Philadelphia against a tyranny just a war of our own express it on the call-in opinion line. our as heinous as Saddam Hussein— Charles Styers If a person is going to live in this are shameful medical care system. We Springville, Iowa country, that person should learn careful not to bomb civilians in war, but English. They should not have any spe- in cur- we allow millions to suffer our I believe all law-abiding American cial privileges because of their native rent medical system. It is time to do citizens should have the right to own language. They do not have to throw something about this crisis, and soon. and bear arms. The key to the issue is their culture away, but they have to Belint Mary the proper training and safety. I spend learn our culture. Venice, Fla. many hours working with Boy Scouts Ray Summerall instructing them in proper firearms use. Llano, On Target Everyone should promote firearms I'm a target shooter and a sports responsibility. Veterans Day shooter, and I am tired of all this anti- Ben House (Editor's note: the following poem gun legislation at the local, state and III. McHenry, was submitted by Louisiana Legion- national levels. I appreciate The Amer- naire Leon Jackson on behalf of Lee ican Legion standing firm in defense of I read William Tonso's article in the Estes, a Jackson, La. high school stu- our Second Amendment rights. March issue ofThe American Legion dent inspired by Veterans Day to pen Andy Denies and wanted to call in my Magazine "What Veterans Day Means to Me." Park Ridge, III. opinion. of Tonso's main argu- One The young man read his poem to an ments is that the militia is composed of audience of veterans at the Jackson War Those of us who are veterans realize all abled-bodied males from those older Veterans Home this past November.) that this country is not above being than 1 7 and younger than 45 who are or / had a dream near 3 a.m. that crashed taken over by terrorists. Crime will only have made a declaration to be citizens into my night— a multitude of Warriors increase if law-abiding citizens are of the United States. That means I'm standing in full sight. It's amazing deprived of their weapons. still a member of the well-regulated On their anguishedfaces were grim and position of that the media has taken the militia. Should I turn in any weapons I hateful glares; They wore Marine Corps supporting controls. apparently gun own when I pass the age of 45? blues, yet all they did was stare. Gerald Miller The way Tonso describes it, I could I saw the wounds of Belleau Wood, I Hale Center, Texas have picked up a weapon and gone to saw the sears of ; The dead were Iraq and Kuwait and started shooting. I there ofHeartbreak Ridge, and a company I believe regulations or laws any and mili- believe the law enforcement from Nam. interfering with gun ownership is con- Hunters tary should control weapons. Then one spoke out and asked me a trary to the Second Amendment. I have have the right to hunt; I prefer the bow question loud and strong: "Can they burn served 28 years in the U.S. Army, and and arrow. But I don't begrudge a the flag we died for? How can it not be one of the reasons I served this long was hunter having a hunting rifle. wrong? to defend the U.S. Constitution. We Jesse Burke I did not have an answer to ease their should all defend the Constitution, Bartow, Fla. angry pain. I could only make excuses for especially the Second Amendment. a country gone insane. Ray Irvin on Iwojust before I died; Vancouver, Wash. Native Tongue "I saw the flag Neither of my grandparents could I saw that lead pole lifted where the flag Federal legislation has already out- speak English, and our household was safely tied. lawed automatic weapons for the civi- functioned in two languages for quite a "I know it's just a symbol that flies

lian population. 1 think with our time. I don't think we should penalize above our graves, but let it be a symbol of Second Amendment rights, we should people who now speak Asiatic lan- what these men before you gave. have the ability to own any weapon of guages and must learn English before With that, the dream was over and I our choice as long as it is not an auto- they can participate in our society. awoke with fear and shame. To think afool matic. There's enough weapons avail- John Enders can trample the flag that bears their able for self-defense, hunting and target Seattle names.

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WE WILL REMEMBER THEIR COURAGE, PRIDE AND RESOLVE

ITH the lightning care for one another. Those who died in speed of air superior- Operation Desert Storm did so, not by ity and the thunderous choice, but certainly in the expectation roar of American-led that those of us who remain will raise

ground forces, Opera- high the standard they bore, and carry it tion Desert Storm on. To the families of those who we now rumbled to a swift honor, I pledge to you unflagging dedi- and decisive victory cation to their cause. over Saddam Hussein Another generation of Americans and his elite Republican National has been called upon to pay the price of Guard. In the wake of freedom's storm, freedom, and another generation of right was proved the master of might. Americans has come of age — their For the 500,000 American serv- character formed by those same forces icemen and women in the , that framed this magnificent land. the long wait was ended as frontline and Another generation has grown to adult- support troops worked in concert to hood hardened, but not embittered; depose a ruthless and proud tyrant. The independent, but not indifferent; self- mettle of our forces won out in one swift sufficient, but not self-centered. move that Desert Storm commander And because that is so, our nation Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf did, with full confidence, call on them Nat' I Cmdr. Robert S. Turner described as a "Hail Mary" tactic. to fight on foreign soil in the hope that Yet our victory was not without steep the principles which drew our ancestors costs. At press time. Pentagon reports in vain— and they did not die for glory, to this soil might prevail. list 199 Americans killed in the cam- or for Kuwait, or for oil, as some cynics They answered the clarion call paign to liberate Kuwait. Another 340 might claim. They died so that the prin- bravely and willingly, and we now were wounded, and 24 were listed as ciples of human dignity, individual mourn those who will live in our missing in action. We pray for the liberty, and the mastery of right over memories ageless, and forever young. speedy recovery of those who were might could triumph against tyranny. We join with their families in their wounded, and for the safe return of our Their deaths begin anew the quest sorrow, yet we deceive ourselves if we MIAs. America has faced since its birth, and think our sorrow is sufficient for the

To those families whose loved ones our generation will not forget the noble loss. We know it is not enough. Even in died in service to our nation, I extend principles for which they gave their our search for solace, we are powerless the condolences of 4. 1 million mem- fullest measure of devotion. to answer the question, "Why?" better bers of The American Legion family. Beginning the day America drew the than a humble carpenter nearly 2,000 We cannot fathom the depth of your line in the sand, The American Legion years ago: grief, but we share your sorrow and has stood behind our Armed Forces and "Greater love hath no man than this, mourn your loss with you. supported their efforts in the Gulf. that he lay down his life for his friends." Recently, while visiting Allegheny While they were there for us, we were For those they never knew— men and

County, Pa., I was privileged to share here for their families, and we will be women oppressed in a strange and hos- some time with the families of several here for them when all the celebrations tile land— our young men and women service members who died in Opera- are long behind us. laid down their lives. That gift can never tion Desert Storm. They now bear The Family Support Network of The be repaid, but we must never cease from etched forever on their faces the mark of American Legion will continue to meet striving to do so. sorrow. Yet, it is more than sorrow 1 saw. the financial, social and day-to-day Today, the fresh breeze of peace and

In those same faces, I saw also courage, needs of them and their families. The liberty has replaced the dark clouds of pride, resolve. The courage to live with sons and daughters of those who died Operation Desert Storm. Yet we must their losses and carry on. The pride of will find educational assistance and never forget the costs of freedom. To principles borne to the fullest measure. will come of age in a nation holding those whose faces we will never see And the resolve that their losses will go true to the principles their fathers and again and whose voices still echo in our forever unforgotten. mothers died to preserve. And their memories, we say, "Thank you." We

Their sons and daughters did not die comrades will continue to lift up and will remember.

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"This is a time of . . . pride in our troops."

President George Bush, 27 February 1991

A firing tribute to the Americans of our armed forces who made this weapon famous . . . and probably the last opportunity for collectors to be the original owner of a mint-condition, museum-quality M16A1 in semi-automatic.

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"They are truly prevalent M16A2. Firearms License, the Foundation will arrange deliv- ery with you after your reservation is received here. If America 's finest" Limited Edition Only 100 Each you do have an FFL, send a signed copy, and your President Bush A museum-quality M16A1 has been created to will directly to State of the Union M16A1 be shipped you. honor each of our armed forces: Army, Marine Corps, 30 January 1991 For personal service call 1-800-368-8080 or return Navy and Air Force. your Reservation to the Foundation at our National The edition limit is restricted to only 100 guns for Historic Landmark Headquarters and Museum, each service due to the scarcity of components, thus Vietnam . . .Lebanon . . . Grenada . . . "Columbia." Satisfaction is guaranteed or return for assuring rarity and collector value. Each is specially ...the Gulf War. a full refund. serially numbered between 001 and 100, with the r New generations of Americans proudly RESERVATION REQUEST prefix of the initials of the service branch honored. carry forward the military traditions of our fore- Please respond by 31 May 1991 Arms collectors know that rare guns have consis- fathers. To: The American Historical Foundation tently risen in value over the years and that investing 1142 West Grace Street, Dept. T89 And for more than 25 years, the M16 has been the Affi^^Lr Richmond, Virginia 23220 in firearms has proven to make good sense. ffll' military assault rifle they carried to defend liberty. Telephone: (804) 353-1812 * taois^ From jungle fighting on one side of the world to the Hand Engraved; 24-Karat Gold TOLL FREE: (800) 368-8080 Please accept my reservation for the M16A1 indicated below. shifting sands on the other, its battle honors live on, The forged upper and lower receivers are mirror I understand that delivery will be made within sixty-ninety days in service longer than other military assault rifle any after my payment in full is received. My satisfaction is guaranteed. polished to a high gloss. Each, in turn, is hand en- in American history, since the Model 1903. I may return my firearm within thirty days after delivery for a full graved and gold-gilt infilled with the respective ser- The M16A1 was our proud war horse through the refund if not completely satisfied. vice branch name, motto and symbol surrounded Army M16A1 Navy M16A1 '60s, 70s and '80s . . . through Vietnam, Grenada, with traditional gun scrolls. Marine M16A1 Air Force M16A1 Lebanon and numerous crises. It was even brought In gleaming contrast to gloss black, 12 compo- My deposit* (or credit card authorization) of $299.50 per M16 back into service in the Gulf War possibly the last — is enclosed. Please charge or invoice the balance due prior to nents are mirror polished and plated with genuine combat the M16A1 will ever see. delivery in nine monthly payments of $299.50 or in full. 24-Karat Gold. The beautiful high-gloss black finish Now, The American Historical Foundation is My payment in full of $2995 is enclosed. is a heat process, which makes the surface almost as proud to salute these battles, the weapon and the Please also send the optional Walnut Display Case, at $249 for hard as a diamond. each M16 reserved. Americans who carried it Even the stocks are custom finished in a deluxe, */// cancel my reservation prior to delivery, I will be refunded all monies special opportunity for collectors, this is an A paid less a processing fee of $29950 heavily-textured black finish and inset with two M16A1, production of which was discontinued years Check enclosed for . cloisonne medallions proudly bearing service-specific $ it replaced ago when was by the M16A2. Charge to: Visa, MasterCard, AmEx. historical dates and colors. A deluxe leather sling is Built Virginia residents add 4.5% tax. Custom fitted. Each Limited Edition M16A1 is being custom Card No Exp The American Historical Foundation has acquired built by the engravers and armorers of BFI in the last major supply of M16Al parts and has specially Windham, —suppliers to the governments of Signature commissioned these (in semi-automatic, for ease of the United States and many of our allies. Name ownership) in a custom-built limited edition. Satisfaction Address Each features the distinctive tapered, triangular- Guaranteed section handguard, tapered barrel and a half dozen This fires (in semi-automatic) authentic .223 other characteristics that you do not see on the now- (5.56mm) ammunition. If you do not have a Federal Daytime Telephone Number ( ©AHF 1991 T89 Big issues

SHOULD CONGRESS RAISE AUTO FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS?

Rep. Dan Glickman, D- Sen. Donald W. Riegle Jr., D-Michigan

The world went to war ^ The Persian Gulf crisis has recently, in part, because Ml 1 pushed energy policy back of our dependence on YES I ^ on the front burner. While 1 petroleum from the Persian Gulf states. strongly agree we need a national energy Saddam Hussein threatened to single- policy, we cannot allow ourselves to be handedly disrupt the world economy by stampeded into quick fixes that hurt us controlling the oil fields of Kuwait, Iraq more than help. We need a comprehensive and Saudi Arabia. Legislation to national energy strategy— not a piecemeal increase the Corporate Average Fuel plan that could devastate our manufactur- Economy (CAFE) standards is imperative to ensure a safe ing base, the U.S. auto industry. environment and national security. On Sept. 25, 1990, the Senate rejected one such proposal The United States cannot leave itself so vulnerable again. which would have imposed a 40 percent increase in Corporate

We must address the crisis in the Persian Gulf and this Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) for automobiles by 200 1 . I country's failure to respond to our growing dependence on led the fight against this measure because, while it sounds foreign oil. good, it's a bad idea. The legislation would have severely The imposition of CAFE standards and the response of damaged the U.S. auto industry, affecting thousands of Amer- automobile manufacturers to meet those standards more ican jobs, threatening safety and interfering with other car- than doubled the fuel economy for passenger cars since emission goals. 1975. Nonetheless, passenger cars and light trucks still Although petroleum is used widely throughout the economy, account for 40 percent of U.S. oil consumption. proponents of CAFE unfairly focus their legislation on the auto New CAFE legislation if implemented will build on industry. The Clean Air Bill alone, when finally enacted, will improvements in fuel efficiency and will further our goal of impose billions of dollars in new costs on the auto industry, U.S. energy security. My legislation, H.R. 612, requires driving up sticker prices. It is estimated that car manufacturers each automobile manufacturer to increase CAFE standards would have to shoulder additional costs of $62.5 billion dollars by 25 percent by 1996 and by 50 percent in 2001. If during the next five years to increase fuel economy. implemented, the United States would save about 3 million Safety is another vital issue in this debate. To achieve barrels of oil per day by 2005 and American drivers would higher fuel economy, average vehicle size would be reduced save close to $40 million dollars per day in gasoline costs. and safety sacrificed. Small cars do not protect occupants in We must evaluate the costs of improving automobile fuel crashes as well as larger cars, nor are they designed for family efficiency in light of the U.S. soldiers still stationed in the use. The Insurance Institute for Auto Safety recently reported Persian Gulf. The savings of nearly 3 million barrels of oil that as the size of vehicles decrease, occupant deaths per day by increasing the CAFE standards would more than increase. In 1979, the occupant death rate for Nissans and offset the amount of oil imported into the United States each Toyotas was 56 percent higher than their larger Ford and GM day from the Persian Gulf. According to a recent poll spon- counterparts. American consumers have already made their sored by the Alliance to Save Energy and the Union of opinions known on small cars by choosing to buy larger, Concerned Scientists, 84 percent of the respondents support safer, heavier cars that achieve lower miles to the gallon. increasing federal fuel economy standards to 40 mpg by To force the industry to scrap current production plans and 2000. make massive new expenditures would be a blow to this vital The American people possess the vision for our American industry. We need a comprehensive, carefully energy future the Bush constructed energy policy, administration lacks, as not poorly planned policies VETVOICE 1-900-776-5432 shown in the President's that threaten U.S. competi- To voice your thoughts on anything in The American Legion Magazine, call recent national energy tiveness, damage our econ- VETVOICE 1-900-776-5432. You can vote on current issues, receive a tally strategy, which does that includes your vote, record your opinion, and hear opinions of others. omy and cost many jobs nothing to address fuel effi- Calls cost $1 per minute and proceeds support Legion programs. that we can't afford to ciency. D lose.

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Product available in Canada NUMBERS, there is country. In 1892, the campaign culmi- It is a moment that we and strength." That is what nated with the celebration of the 400th prompted Res. 567 at the all Americans can spend anniversary of Columbus's discovery 72nd National Convention renewing a vow to the of America. The original draft said: nNin Indianapolis. It is a sim- "I pledge allegiance to my flag and grandest flag in the world ple idea, not born within (to) the Republic for which it stands- The American Legion, but that waves over the finest one Nation indivisible— with liberty which is wholeheartedly and justice for all." country on earth.' endorsed by its members. In 1923, the words "the flag of the Res. 567 calls for a national observance •••••••••••••• United States" replaced "my flag" and at 7 p.m. Eastern Day- a year later "of America" light Time on June 14, Flag was added to make the Day, for a "Pause for the intent unmistakable. On Pledge." At that moment, Flag Day, 1954, the final all across the country, change was made when thousands of voices will President Dwight D. join together and recite Eisenhower signed into law

the 3 1 words of the Pledge "under God," completing of Allegiance. the version we recite today. "The idea is simple, but "The 'Pause for the the results are extremely Pledge' is an excellent way powerful," said Gary W. to demonstrate our support

Sammons, chairman of of the U.S. Flag and all it the Americanism Commis- stands for," said National sion. "It is a moment all Commander Robert S. Americans can spend re- Turner. "While others may newing a vow to the grand- set our flag aflame, Legion- est flag in the world, which naires and patriots know waves over the finest coun- another fire — the fire of try on Earth." loyalty and love for our The idea originated in country." 1980 at Star-Spangled Ban- Legionnaires' pledge of ner House in Baltimore. This is the know as the U.S. Flag Code, the Legion allegiance to the U.S. Flag has been home of Mary Pickering, who sewed has maintained a high, constant profile especially visible in the last two years, the flag flown over Fort McHenry, as guardian of the flag and the ideals in the wake of a controversial Supreme

which, in turn, inspired Francis Scott and philosophies it stands for. From Court ruling that found that flag burn- Key to write the poem destined to supplying flags to schools, to battling a ing is protected as free speech under the become our National Anthem. The blind and misguided legal system First Amendment. Star-Spangled Banner House Associa- whose misinterpretation of law allowed The Legion has campaigned vigor- tion has been the official sponsor of the desecration of a symbol revered and ously for passage of a constitutional Flag Day since 1952, but the National respected, the Legion has stood first amendment that would outlaw the will-

Flag Day Foundation has taken over the and foremost for the flag. It is only ful physical destruction of the national

"Pause for the Pledge" campaign, and natural it should promote "Pause for the banner. for the past decade, support for the Pledge." "On June 14, at 7 p.m. Eastern Day- concept has grown. light Time, I ask you to pause and recite In 1989 and 1990, more than 100 original words to the pledge the 31 words that renew and confirm organizations and businesses and hun- THEwere published in Youth's Compan- those things every Legionnaire has dreds of private citizens contributed ion in 1892 by ordained minister worn a uniform to defend," National time and money to spread the word. It and magazine writer Francis Bellamy. Commander Robert S. Turner said. was a natural for The American Legion. The pledge's first rendition contained For more information on "Pause for From the days when the Legion brought 23 words and was part of a campaign at the Pledge" write to the National Amer- more than 60 organizations together in the time to fly the flag over schools and icanism Commission, P.O. Box 1055, one long weekend to draft what we now government buildings throughout the Indianapolis, IN 46206.

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America's fallen servicemen," said a limited issue, making it a collector's Herman G. Harrington, Chairman of item. (See Page 41) the Internal Affairs Commission. A spokesman for the memorial said "They were our comrades and they gave that in the past, when the mint offered everything to serve their country." limited editions, most were purchased The American Legion supports all by coin collectors even before the coins war memorials, but does not, as normal were minted. He suggested that veterans policy, contribute directly to any memo- STATUESQUE — The combined con- who want to support the memorial and rial. Legionnaires, however, are urged cepts of the Vietnam Women's Memo- are interested in receiving a one-of-a- to support military memorials, both at rial conveys "incredible dignity." kind limited edition coin place their the local level and nationally. As a pub- orders early. lic service, this magazine provides Donations can be sent to Korean War periodic updates on federal memorial summer, after approval by three federal Veterans Memorial Fund/ABMC, P.O. projects. commissions. About $2 million re- Box 2372, Washington, DC 20013- Today, there are four major projects mained to be collected before ground 2372. under way, and a fifth— the World War breaking could take place. II Memorial — is currently dormant in "We've been thrilled by the support Women In Military Service Memorial Congress. (See also page 46.) The American Legion has given us," In perhaps one of the most ambitious said Diana Hellinger, executive director memorial undertakings in recent his- Vietnam Women's Memorial of the project. tory, the Women In Military Service The design selection and competition "We anticipate completion of the Memorial project is compiling a com- for the Vietnam Women's Memorial is memorial in 1992," said Diane Carlson- puterized listing of the names of women now complete, though the judging panel Evans, the chairperson and founder of who have served in the military. The arrived at an unusual solution when the the project, and a Vietnam veteran her- design will use the Hemicycle outside selection was made. Two designs, one self. She has invested more than six Arlington National Cemetery's gate abstract, the other a sculpture of a years in seeing the Vietnam Women's and will include photographs, anec- woman in Vietnam-era fatigues, were Memorial move from a dream on paper dotes and information about service selected, then the individual artists to this point. "Sometimes," she said, "it's women. were contacted and asked to create a been like pushing a boulder up hill." Memorial planners said they must joint design. The result is a sculpture of Donations can be sent to Vietnam raise an estimated $15 million by a woman of incredible dignity sur- Women's Memorial Project Inc., 2001 November to stay on schedule for dedi- rounded by a 3,000-square-foot slab of S Street NW, Suite 302, Washington, cation. A spokesperson for the project marble, standing within a shroud of fine DC 20009. said, "This memorial is especially fit- mist. The American Legion was one of ting today, because of the large number the principal sponsors of the competi- Korean War Veterans Memorial of women who served in Operation tion that included 317 entries. It has been called the forgotten war, Desert Storm." As the magazine went to press, the but in 1986 Congress approved legis- Donations may be sent to Women In Vietnam Women's Memorial was lation that launched the Korean War Military Service Memorial, Dept. 560, expected to clear its final hurdles before Veteran's Memorial. Past National Washington, DC 20042-0560.

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Had the number But in the days and weeks following By FredJordan the war, a new, more haunting question of U.S. casualties surfaced: Is our system of veterans' health care up to its basic task, caring for in Desert mmmmmmmmm HEN the GulfWar was Storm former warriors in time of peace? For the acted much like a brilliant B still Operation Desert been high, VA's Gulf War had I 1,11 Shield, an urgent ques- searchlight playing over the surface of H tion among the vet- 172 hospitals major institutions calling attention to fl erans affairs fraternity would have been their strengths and weaknesses: the mm in the nation's capital United Nations, the American presidency mm was whether Depart- put to the test and Congress, the Pentagon, international I ment of Veterans alliances new and old. HmmMbmBI Affairs hospitals could And the VA. The department had meet the challenge an obscure 1982 law promised that it could free up 9,000 beds had given them: to treat wounded service- Storm, and 41 breathtaking days later in one day to make room for a flood of men and women that the much smaller there was, mercifully, no need to have an casualties; more than 1 8,000 in 72 hours; U.S. military care system could not answer to that question. All the planning, and 25,000 within a month. It would have handle. training, and preparation that had gone to make good on these commitments Then Desert Shield became Desert into creating the Department of Defense/ only after the military hospital system Department of Veterans Affairs con- had filled its available beds, estimated to Fred Jordan resides in Washington, D.C., tingency plan was as unneeded in the number 14,000 at the war's outset. and specializes in writing about govern- aftermath as it had been crucial at the The military care system in war time ment. outset. Please turn page

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1 Other equally knowledgeable people

\ believed and believe with equal vigor | that is doubtful that VA could have done

what it said it could in the face of large MEDICINE MEN — Like their predecessors, medics in Vietnam saved lives while numbers of wounded. They, too, did not putting their own on the line. want to be proven correct. John Sturdivant, the president of the American Federation of Government begins with the first-aid soldiers are would not be ignored in the crush of war Employees (AFL-QO) is one of them. trained to administer to themselves and casualties? Head of the largest federal government their buddies, and works out from the These are tough questions that neither workers union, one that represents individual according to the severity of the defenders nor critics of the Department 1 18,000 workers on the VA payroll, injury: the medic, the battalion aid sta- of Veterans Affairs wanted to answer Sturdivant said the "system would be tion; the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital except positively. One reason was strained mightily" by anything above or MASH unit, the combat support because the country was in the middle of 10,000 casualties. The reason is hospital. a war that Americans followed with grim extreme skepticism that every bed VA A Desert Storm casualty needing intensity and manifest concern for the lists in its DoD inventory is a staffed further treatment (unless she or he was a well being of the troops both while they bed.

special medical case) then would have were fighting in the desert and, later, "I flat don't believe it. From what I been flown to a military hospital in when they got home. have seen in my trips around the coun- Europe and, after treatment, from Europe For another, proving that the plan try, listening to our members," Sturdi- to military hospitals in the United States. would work or fail in the real world vant said, "I absolutely, flatly don't

Had the number and, importantly, the would mean an unthinkable number of believe it. Everywhere you go, you hear type, of American casualties exceeded American casualties. Collectively, we about staffing being such that they the capacity of military hospitals in this had willed there to be no casualties. can't take care of the people they have. country, the contingency plan would have Miraculously, there were relatively few. I don't think they have cut back on been called upon and staff at the 172 VA Raymond Charles Bonnabeau, Jr., service-connected care, but veterans in medical centers — 80 of the larger of the lower priority categories have been which were designated as primary care cut back." centers— would have begun receiving VETVOICE The VA's Dr. Bonnabeau acknow- wounded. ledged it was likely that there would be They had been specially trained both a point early in a disaster scenario at in what the contingency plan required of WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? which VA hospital officials would be them and in the treatment of the four Do you believe VA has the looking to free up beds. The conse- patients kinds of injuries they would most likely resources to serve as a medical quence for incumbent would seeing: the results of war- be no worse than having elective be chemical backupfor DoD? Call your opinion to for a few days, going fare; infectious diseases common to the 1-900-776-0770. You can vote, surgery postponed desert; a day early, or being sent to a trauma wounds from modern receive a tally that includes your vote, home weaponry; and combat stress. secondary facility, a smaller hospital listen to opinions of others, and to that a bigger primary hospital. That's how the plan was supposed record your opinion. Calls cost $1 per backs up work. To everyone's enormous relief, it "If they can't go home, they won't be minute and money raised is used to was not needed. But would it have worked support American Legion programs. sent home," Bonnabeau said. if Desert Storm had produced enough Results are sent to newspapers nation- There was worry, too, about the casualties to trigger it? Were VA estimates wide and your congressmen. effect of so many VA doctors, nurses, of beds available and beds that could be and technicians being in the reserves 1-900-776-0770 made available reliable? And what of and having been called to active duty in their assurances that veterans in hospitals Please turn page

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The question troubled Paul W. vative advice," the theme of which was If the VA got all the dollars it could

Schafer, M.D., of Washington, D.C., that the government had no business in possibly want, the quality of the care it executive director of the National the veterans health care business and affords veterans would not improve

Association of VA Physicians and should get out of it. until three things happen: medical Dentists. Not surprisingly, John Sturdivant of center directors wrest control of their "We are talking about a program that AFGE echoes Schafer's argument. But budgets from the central office in has been starved for the past 10 years," so does Jim Holley, the soft-spoken Washington; directors are made account- Dr. Schafer said. "With no increase in assistant to "Sonny" Montgomery. "If able for the quality of care; and the VA real funding, it has been given more and the Reagan trend had continued, VA philosophy changes to make care more complex tasks to perform and, as would be shut down by now. As it is, we patient-based. a result, has lost any fat that it had and fell way behind. Those cuts hit home But there is unanimous agreement about three years ago." among all these knowledgeables on one Holley thinks the Reagan administra- thing. It is a point of faith that the vet- PREPARED— Army medics attend to a "wounded" soldier of the 82nd Airborne tion's trend towards privatization of erans health care system in the United Div. during mass casualty exercises. veterans health care began to reverse States must remain separate and apart from the civilian system.

The reason is as humane as it is sim- ple. VA treats only about 10 percent of the vets in the country: the poor, the uninsured, those who have no alterna- tive to VA care. And the American way of caring for indigents is not good enough for veterans.

Turner said he sees it this way: "The American Legion supports a separate system because we don't think that the larger health system would provide that 10 percent the care they need. These are the medically indigent. We don't want them to fall into the Medicaid mix. That mix varies from state to state. Why should a veteran in Mississippi have less than a veteran?" And, the Commander looked ahead to the VA health care system of the future, "Five years ago we told Con- gress that means testing health care was wrong. Providing care on a budget- Please turn to page 66

22 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE FRIENDLY WARNING— "Don't ever use the word 'celebration' in Waterloo when referring to Memorial Day," says Donahue.

in Waterloo, At least that was the dream. Then By GurneyWilliams III Donahue's dad came home from work NY, the birth- at the American Can Company, where he was an accountant. "What's your INE-year-old Joseph G. place of Memorial plan?" his father asked. Donahue had decorated Day, the children "To follow the parade," Donahue a hand-me-down blue said. and white bike for the learn the proper "My boy, that's not what Memorial 1936 Memorial Day way to observe Day's about," said his father. "Your parade when his father decorations would be good for the taught him a lesson he the holiday Fourth of July. But this day has a special would never forget. meaning. It's about those who have This month is the gone before us." Young Donahue care- 125th anniversary of the first Memorial fully unthreaded the bright red, white

Day in Waterloo, N. Y. , and it's a lesson local five and dime— to the handlebars. and blue streamers and rolled them up.

Donahue wants America to learn. He'd done it all the day before so he He would save them for the Fourth. He The young red-headed Donahue had would be ready for the snap and blare of left the 5-cent handlebar flag in place, woven bright-colored crepe streamers a local drum and bugle corps leading a and the following day rode solemnly in through the spokes. He'd fastened a parade of proud men, hopeful scouts, the parade past his father, who wore a foot-long American flag— 5 cents at the Daughters of the American Revolution white shirt and conservative tie. The and politicians who would march elder and younger Donahues nodded to Gurney Williams III is a New York-based through the heart of a Main Street right each other in a reverential under- journalist who writes on a variety oftopics. out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Please turn page

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standing about the real meaning of Memorial Day. Still young in many ways, Joseph 1 Donahue, 63, is today a point man in a campaign to remind America about the roots of Memorial Day. He's now a HE importance is thatyoung

vocal resident of Waterloo, N.Y. , recog- nized by Congress and presidential guys went off—and never came proclamation as the birthplace of an idea launched 125 years ago this year: back. They didn't have a chance We should set aside one day annually at the we're living. That's for respectful recognition of men and life women who died for their country. why Ifly myflag every day "We don't use the word celebration in Waterloo," Donahue said during a visit to the headquarters of the Waterloo wreaths, crosses and bouquets. Flags created a long weekend by shifting Memorial Day Committee on East flew at half-staff over the dusty streets Memorial Day to the last Monday in Main Street. "It's not a day for as marchers in oppressive heat visited May. Stubbornly, Waterloo never varies majorettes in skimpy clothes, or each of Waterloo's three cemeteries. from its May 30 observance.

another long weekend, or parties— or Local lore has it that Welles suffered In that tradition of persistent patri- even car races," he said with a trace of heat exhaustion that day, and never otism, Donahue began a campaign in Irish temper. completely recovered. He died in 1868, 1987 to mark this special year with a "The importance is that young guys less than two months after Gen. John A. commemorative stamp. Waging the went off— at 18 and 20 years of age — Logan, commander-in-chief of the campaign took a lot of stamps. He and never came back. They didn't have Grand Army of the Republic, issued his wrote the Stamp Advisory Board, but a chance at the life we're living. That's Decoration Day order. The order set they wrote back to say the board only

why I fly my flag every day. I think of aside May 30 "for the purpose of issued special stamps on anniversary those who gave their lives for our lives." strewing with flowers, or otherwise years divisible by 50. It took just 45 That was what motivated Donahue decorating, the graves of comrades who minutes after he received the letter for back in 1987 to begin planning for the died in defense of their country during Donahue to respond. He pointed out anniversary this month. Waterloo's the late rebellion." that stamps had been issued for the Girl postmaster and a member of Legion Scouts and the Veterans of Foreign Post 396 of Geneva, N.Y. , Donahue OTHER towns have long claimed to Wars on their 75th anniversaries. He began to hope that the U.S. Postal be the original home of the tradi- sent copies of his letters to New York's Service would issue a special com- tion. Boalsburg, Pa., residents, for senators. He also contacted his con- memorative stamp. He also wondered if example, argue that a mourning teen- gressman, Rep. Frank Horton of Waterloo (population: 5,300) could age girl inaugurated the observance in Rochester, N.Y. The Stamp Board convince the President to lay a wreath 1864 when she plucked flowers and wrote again to say there were other there, perhaps at a re-creation of walked to the village cemetery to place ways to "celebrate"— the word grated Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb them on her father's grave. Columbus, on Donahue— Memorial Day. By 1989, of the Unknown Soldier. Most of all, he Miss., began decorating the graves of two years after the campaign began, hoped to find a way to tell America Confederate soldiers in 1866, its resi- Donahue had at least achieved a pledge what he had learned from his father. dents maintain, the same year Water- from Horton that he would "look into" He wasn't the first Waterloo resident loo's observance began. Carbondale, the possibility of a stamp.

with a message for the country. Back in 111. , held a community ceremony for its Meanwhile, the co-chairperson of

1 865, 44-year-old Henry Carter Welles, Civil War veterans a few days before the Waterloo Memorial Day Commit- a bearded Waterloo pharmacist, was at Waterloo. But in 1966, President tee, Priscilla M. Suffredini, was car- a social gathering when talk turned to Lyndon B. Johnson and Congress offi- rying on a campaign of her own, with the celebrations for returning Civil War cially supported Waterloo's claim. schoolchildren as foot soldiers. heroes. Welles had supported the Donahue acknowledges that other The committee intended to announce organization of Company C of the 33rd towns may have commemorated their its 125th anniversary plans publicly on

New York State Volunteers, known as veterans earlier than May 5, 1866, but Veteran's Day, Nov. 1 1 , 1989 at the the Waterloo Wright Guards. He argued he says Waterloo was the first to carry committee's East Main Street head-

that while it was right to praise the out annual full-dress ceremonies. Still, quarters, a handsome red brick man- living, the town should also remember he feels a kinship with good citizens sion with iron fencing. Suffredini, a soldiers who had died, by placing elsewhere who continue to believe that teacher, had helped organize students flowers on their graves. No one fol- their hometowns were first. "God bless in Waterloo into a petition drive. Stu- lowed through on the idea until the 'em!" he said. "They feel the same as dent representatives arrived at the kick- following year when Welles mentioned we do." off wearing red, white and blue sashes his idea to Gen. John B. Murray, a Many agree with Waterloo residents, and carrying hundreds of letters to Con-

county clerk and a Civil War hero. Led for example, that May 30 is the proper gressman Horton. "Dear sir," wrote by Welles and Murray, a group in date for Memorial Day observances, one first grader. "We want a stamp." Waterloo set aside May 5, 1866. considering Logan's order. They object Hymen Klionsky, the congressman's

Businesses closed. Women made to the congressional action in 1 97 1 that district field representative who was

24 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE HOPEFUL— L/fre other town folks, tioning, Suffredini received a call from but when she got to a local motel and Donahue wishes the President would lay Horton's secretary in Rochester asking met Horton he ushered her into a a wreath at Waterloo's re-creation of if she was free for lunch. By then, private dining room with places set Arlington National Cemetery. Horton had been appointed Honorary for more than 25 guests. There was Chairperson of the Memorial Day Com- room for the mayor, trustees and county standing in for the day, was "thrilled" mittee. "He wants a real update" on officials. with the students' response, he said. plans, Horton's secretary told Suffre- Horton introduced her to a stranger, Donahue was moved to deliver a dini. She spent two panicky hours William T. Johnstone, who in front of speech: writing a report. She didn't expect a the group delivered a message of vic- "We are not putting on a party," he large audience for what she had to say, Plectse turn to page 60 told the crowd. "Memorial Day obser- vances should not be recognized as only a day off, a time for play or whatever the spirit moves. Memorial Day obser- vance is an obligation of each adult to teach their children the meaning of the day. We must never forget the cost in human life that has allowed us to have the freedoms that we have today." The later sent the story of Waterloo's anniversary and Donahue's speech across the country. CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS sent crews to convey a message that Donahue him- self wasn't sure America wanted to hear. Last July, when Donahue was vaca-

POINT MAN— Donahue spearheaded a drive to convince the Postal Service to issue a stamp honoring this year's 125th anniversary of Memorial Day.

MAY 1991 25 HE WORLD ON A

Listening to shortwave radio can offer you a world of news, perspectives and excitement even more compelling. You could hear the hard-line communist view of the And the cost how broadcasters in dozens of countries world, but it also broadcasts some of the covered the war. "It's not that you get best jazz on the air. fits most different news stories," said shortwave With a more advanced shortwave pocketbooks. expert Larry Magne. "What you do get radio, you can receive not only the inter- is a different perspective on the same national broadcasters, but also the "util- story." ity" stations. The utility stations let you Voice of America covered the war day eavesdrop on ships and planes— both and night. There was top-notch war commercial and military— all over the reporting on the British Broadcasting world. It's legal to monitor such sta- Corp. (the BBC), Radio Canada Inter- tions, but you're not supposed to pub- By Gordon Williams national, Germany's Deutsche Welle, lish or repeat what you hear. Swiss Radio International, Radio As with the international broad- , and the World Service of casters, the utility stations offer excite- HE broadcast networks the Christian Science Monitor. Even ment even when there isn't a war. At did a splendid job of cov- Radio Moscow isn't quite the propa- any time you might hear a daring sea

ering Operation Desert ganda vehicle it used to be. It did some rescue, an aircraft in trouble looking for Storm. But millions of straight reporting on the war and some a landing, or a Hurricane Hunter plane Americans got even closer surprisingly straight reporting on the reporting from the eye of the storm. to the news, by following Soviet crackdown in the Baltic states. It's not unusual to hear planes of the the war through shortwave When the first Scud missiles hit, Customs Service chasing drug smug- radio. As many as 5 million nobody told the story better than Kol glers, or to hear Air Force One, with T Americans own shortwave Israel — the Voice of Israel — which President Bush aboard, chatting with receivers today— up by more than 1 mil- broadcast while its cities were under "Andy" (Andrews AFB near Washington). lion from a year ago. Stocks have been attack. United Arab Emirates Radio in Peace or war, there's always military replenished now, but during the war Dubai had frequent news reports— plus traffic on the shortwave bands— planes many stores were cleaned out of short- features to teach Westerners more about of the and the wave radios. the Arab world. The Voice of Turkey, Military Airlift Command flying all "People love the idea of being Johnny- right on Iraq's border, covered the war over the world, and Navy ships on the on-the-spot," said Bob Grove, publisher in detail. Radio Baghdad has all but high seas. Most touching are phone of Monitoring Times magazine. "Short- vanished from the international air- calls home from our troops still on duty wave vicariously lets you be in another waves, but Radio Havana had the in the Persian Gulf. The calls come, via country, hearing things as they happen." best slant on life inside Iraq. shortwave, through the Military Affili- Nearly every country has a shortwave But even without war news, there's ate Radio System (MARS). service — broadcasting news, music, always something fascinating on short- So there's more than ever to be heard cultural events and sports. More than wave. All those international stations on shortwave. You don't have to know

70 countries offer programs in English. continue covering the news— and there about electronics to hear it. Shortwave

Our own Voice of America broadcasts is plenty of it. The Persian Gulf will stay radios have gotten better, easier to use in 44 languages. a hot story for years. So will the turmoil and more compact. Sony's SW20 The war made shortwave listening within the Soviet Union. You can listen receiver brings in the top international as the nations of Eastern Europe struggle broadcast bands, yet fits into your shirt

Gordon Williams is a correspondent for to rebuild. Albania, just trying to cast pocket. AliC News and frequently writes for this off communism, has a powerful short- Shortwave receivers don't cost a for- magazine. wave station. Radio Havana still carries tune, either. Radio Shack sells the

26 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE radio wave per second.) A shortwave station doesn't have to be in your backyard to be heard. Shortwave signals bounce off the ionosphere and return to earth thousands of miles from the transmit- ter. The big international broadcasters use relay transmitters near North America, so you'll hear their programs loud and clear. Besides the interna- tional broadcasters and the utility stations, you can also hear amateur radio operators, or "hams." Most hams use single sideband, so you'll need a radio that can receive those signals. Hams are on the air con- stantly, talking across the United States, and some- times across the world.

Mostly it is routine chit- chat. But hams relay those calls home from the Per- sian Gulf via MARS. And when disaster strikes, hams may offer the only contact with the scene. A special ham frequency, at 14325 kilohertz, comes to life when a hurricane threatens the . Then you'll hear local hams reporting § on damage and casualties, 1 even as the storm rages. lRMED with radio, 1 International broadcas- antenna and broadcast | ters change frequencies | from hour to hour and from schedules, you can dial «j season to season. But three up the world. Then go s publications tell you where to tune at what times. to the Persian Gulf, | " Magne publishes the or wherever news is annual Passport to World being made, instead of sideband, you'll only hear what sounds Band Radio. Its 384 pages tell how to get like ducks quacking. started in shortwave, review the radios waiting for someone to It is called shortwave because it uses on the market, and list hour-by-hour bring you the news. radio waves that are shorter than the and frequency-by-frequency every medium waves that carry AM radio shortwave broadcast on the air. Cost: broadcasts. Radio waves are measured $16.95. by their length in meters and by their Two monthly magazines serve the Realistic DX-350 for $69.95. That frequency, which counts the number of field — Grove's Monitoring Times and pocket-sized Sony radio costs under waves per second. Radio waves in the Popular Communication. Each features $100. Pay a little more, and you'll get AM band stretch 200 meters and more, advice, product reviews, and lists of such extras as digital tuning and preset with frequencies from 520 to 1620 kilo- what to hear, when. Popular Communi- memories. For around $200, you can hertz. A popular shortwave band uses cations is sold on many newsstands. For buy a radio that will pick up the utility radio waves about 49 meters long- information about Monitoring Times call broadcasts. For technical reasons, most making it the 49-meter band. It covers 1-704-837-9200. utility stations broadcast in a mode frequencies between 5950 and 6200 Most consumer electronics stores called single sideband. Unless your kilohertz. (What used to be kilocycles carry some lower-priced receivers, with radio is designed to receive single are now kilohertz— one hertz being one Please turn to page 69

MAY 1991 27 ans Memorial was controversial from its inception. Some condemned the design— a great, V-shaped structure of reflective black granite with panels listing those killed in action by date on monolithic columns. At its apex, the first panel and last meet; the first killed

meet the last to die. Some say it is a gruesome structure, with black repre-

senting the color of shame. Others see it as a living monument, unadorned by pretty words or fine, artistic carvings; JUU 1 the simple statement that these 58,175 young patriots gave their lives for a country they loved. Maya Ying Lin, who designed the monument, said, HERE is unrequited pain artifacts? Mysteries shroud items left at "The names would become the memo- buried within the black The Wall, like the M-14 rifle stock, rial. There is no need to embellish." For

granite bearing the names sawed off and shortened, an obvious those who have seen it, felt it, experi-

of 58, 1 75 casualties of the jungle fighter's modification, inscribed enced it, Lin's words ring true. . The Viet- with "USMC Chu Lai, 1965-66" and The experience moves some to leave nam Veterans Memorial notched 18 times. Someone held onto something of themselves behind. averages 10,000 visitors a the weapon for more than two decades. There is a legend that a man day, many with the heart- It had to be a treasured artifact with approached workmen who were pour- T ache of losses unrecovered, deep emotional meaning behind it, yet ing the concrete foundation to the debts unpaid and memories that refuse it was left late at night in front of one of monument in 1982. He carried a Purple to die. the panels of The Wall. Heart, said it belonged to his brother, "During the day, we get tourists," The Wall has the power to move who had died in Vietnam. Would the said Duery Felton Jr., curator of the people emotionally. Some items, like workmen mind if he placed it into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collec- the modified M-14, were purposely concrete? No one objected, and the tion. "At night, that's when the real brought there; others, like notes written man tossed the medal into the wet con- ones come. The jungle grunts and those on backs of business cards, letters scrib- . As it sank, he saluted and said, guys who saw too much combat come bled on hotel stationery or words "Now, the memorial has a heart." late at night." inscribed on popsicle sticks are spur-of- Items began to appear with regular- What's the attraction of this the-moment offerings. ity after that and workmen began stor- monolithic, black icon nicknamed The There's something about the Viet- ing them in boxes in a tool shed near the

Wall? Why has it become the rich nam Veterans Memorial that's different site. In 1984, the memorial was offi- depository of mementos, letters, than anything else in Washington. Like cially turned over to the National Park poems, personal belongings and the war it represents, the Vietnam Veter- Service, and park rangers began send- .

ing the items to the Museum and military souvenirs abound. Others are PARTING GIFTS- Visitors to The Wall Archeological Regional Storage Facil- mysterious, and beg for answers. continue to leave mementos that include letters, paintings, wreaths and keep- ity (MARS ) , Lanham , Md Felton cited a bubble gum wrapper sakes such as teddy bears. Felton, who is a disabled Vietnam left in front of one panel. Reconnais- vet, has been involved with the preser- sance patrols used to use gum wrappers vation of these artifacts since the begin- and other trash to leave around a home. Love, Mom— 1990." ning. "This work is incredibly impor- campsite to give the enemy a false Felton and the members of the Park tant," said Felton. "We have the unique impression of how many troops were Service have begun to search for the opportunity here to preserve history in involved with an operation. But the meaning of the items left behind. Felton a way never before available." While wrapper might just be a reminder of regularly runs ads and publishes press normal museums collect artifacts someone who was attempting to quit releases urging people who have left involved with famous people or events, smoking, a habitual gum chewer, or items to contact the MARS facility and Felton said, "It's different with The perhaps someone who was nicknamed briefly tell about the item they left. "It's Wall. It's a living history. The things after a bubble gum comic character. voluntary," Felton said. "No one is people leave are linked with individual Twice a day, park rangers gather forced to divulge anything they don't tragedies, memories or events. They are what they find and ship them to want to." personal and deal with the common Lanham. All are carefully tagged with Many of the items are more personal man, the average soldier." the precise location where they were Please turn to page 65 found, including the panel number and

more than 1 5 ,000 artifacts left at name of the casualty, if known. Felton THEThe Wall often consist of a combina- said every effort is made to preserve the tion of things. For instance, a integrity or confidentiality of items left "boonie hat" contains a note and a behind. Notes in envelopes are left grenade pin and a series of medals or sealed and unread. ribbons fastened to the brim or hatband. For some, visiting the memorial is

None of these items are touched. The like visiting a gravesite. For others, it is entire "display" is left intact, filed and almost a way to communicate with the stored in steel cabinets within a huge dead. One mother of a Vietnam veteran climate-controlled warehouse. The killed in action left a teddy bear and a cabinets are air tight and white gloves note in front of the panel bearing her are worn when park officials and scien- son's name. tists handle the artifacts. "You are so special, son," she wrote. "Each item represents someone's "I'll always miss you, Sweetie. You

very special tribute or memory of some- loved your teddy bear very much, so I

one on the face of the monument. We brought one for you. I have yours at

treat everything with the reverence it deserves," Felton said. LOVE AND HONOR-An Airborne beret Many of the items left behind are was left by a buddy as a symbol of eternal typical. Campaign ribbons, medals and friendship and remembrance. wmsammmm HE most remarkable fact WLg. mjm about the Soviet Union on the eve of the referendum I on its own future sched- WHY HELPING I uled for March 17 was H surely the continued pres- I ence of the ruling Commu- I nist Party in the Kremlin. wBmBBmmH In Poland, Czechoslo- vakia and Hungary, the communist sys- tems imposed by Stalin are dead. In and Bulgaria, they still sur- vive, under new names. Yugoslavia is in crisis. The Soviet Union, too, is in deep crisis. On paper, Gorbachev has con- centrated more power in his hands than any previous Soviet leader, including Stalin. Yet his authority is increasingly IS WRONG flouted. When Soviet troops fired at civilians in Lithuania in January, the Soviet president made the unlikely claim that he had no knowledge of the An avowed Leninist Soviet boss Mikhail incident. Last July, during the 23rd Gorbachev is committed to expanding com- Party Congress, his main political rival, Boris Yeltsin, not only tore up his party munism worldwide. Maybe the United States card, but proclaimed the sovereignty of Boris Yeltsin instead. the Russian Federated Republic. Later should be backing he called for Gorbachev's resignation. Since then, most of the other Soviet Republics have claimed "sovereignty," defined as autonomous control over By Brian Crozier economic resources and political affairs. In February, Russia, the "do business." His visit with then- enabled the ex-Portuguese dependen- Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Byelorussia and Prime Minister Thatcher occurred in cies of Angola and to the Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia December 1984. stand up to anti-communist insurgen- and Lithuania) had signed agreements It is not by accident that Thatcher was cies. Moreover, Soviet military assist- amounting to an "alternative Soviet Gorbachev's first target in the decep- ance on a vast scale enabled Com- Union," bringing together 80 percent of tion exercise that appears to have been munist to extend its rule the population and at least that percent- planned earlier by his mentor, the late over the South and over neighboring age of natural resources in a loose con- Yuri Andropov. If "the Iron Lady" Laos and Kampuchea. federation. could be wooed, then it would be rela- The cost of these adventures was In these circumstances, the time has tively easy to win over President Ronald high. Gorbachev realized that the come for Western leaders to ask them- Reagan, Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Soviet Union was heading for total selves if they have been backing the German Federal Republic, and Presi- economic and social breakdown, and wrong man. dent Francois Mitterrand of . launched his policies of perestroika (re- The economic and social failure of In one sense, Gorbachev was indeed structuring) and glasnost (publicity, the Soviet system is obvious. The sys- "new" in that, on coming to power, he openness). Glasnost brought hitherto tem, however, has certain undeniable had to recognize that the Soviet Union repressed grievances to the surface. As strengths: It excels at repression, prop- was not merely having economic dif- for perestroika, Gorbachev's first con- aganda and deception, and also is good ficulties but bankrupt. In his book cern was a sweeping reorganization of at creating military power and at surviv- Perestroika (1987), and in many the propaganda apparatus and of the ing. speeches, Gorbachev referred to the Active Measures department (Service When Gorbachev reached the top in Brezhnev period (1964-82) as the A) of the KGB. Active Measures March 1985, he was immediately per- "years of stagnation." This description include operations of influence in West- ceived as a Soviet leader of a new kind may be apt for the Soviet economy, but ern countries, forgeries and "disinfor- with whom (in Margaret Thatcher's this also was the period of maximum mation". much-quoted words) the West could expansion of the Soviet peripheral The second aim in perestroika com- Brian Crozier, author of The Gorbachev empire. During those years, Soviet- prised a partial democratization of the Phenomenon: Peace and the Secret War, controlled regimes were set up in political process, with limited freedom

is a consultant on international affairs who Afghanistan, , South Yemen, of choice in the election of a new has visited more than 60 countries as a Nicaragua and Grenada, and a massive Supreme Soviet and Congress of foreign correspondent. Soviet airlift of Cuban troops to Africa Deputies; and a massive concentration T

w,[hen Soviet troops fired at civilians In all of these countries, the KGB took part in the public protests that led in Lithuania last to the collapse of the old regimes, but January, Gorbachev the depth and strength of public feeling claimed he had no proved uncontrollable. To some degree, however, the KGB managed in all cases prior knowledge to secure the secret archives of the satel- of the attack. lite intelligence and security organs, such as the HVA in East Germany and the StB in Czechoslovakia. During this period of turmoil, West- of powers in the hands of the new Presi- ern governments were concerned at the dent: Gorbachev himself. It is impor- possibility that Gorbachev might invoke tant to note that Mikhail Gorbachev has the "Brezhnev doctrine," proclaimed never submitted his own position to the by Leonid Brezhnev as a post-facto electorate; whereas Boris Yeltsin was justification for the Warsaw Pact inva- elected president of the Russian Federa- sion of Czechoslovakia in 1968: The tion, albeit by a narrow margin. doctrine claims the right of the Soviet A complementary operation was Union to intervene in a "socialist" coun- designed to modify the communist try where socialism is under threat. regimes in the East European satellites, Without formally repudiating the doc- by loosening the control of the ruling trine, Gorbachev just allowed events to HU$$f|N PRIZE parties, and by suitable changes of happen. The climax came in October y name (the label of "Democratic 1989, when he denied an appeal for laureate: Socialist," instead of "communist" was help from the beleaguered East German I favored). In four countries— East Ger- leader, Erich Honecker. many, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Two months later, at the Malta sum- SIGNS OF THE TIME-4 poster in front of mit, Presidents Bush and Hungary— the exercise spun out of con- Gorbachev the parliament in Vilnius depicts the trol. In Romania and Bulgaria, it proclaimed the end of the Cold War. current opinion of Gorbachev by Lithu- worked. Please turn to page 62 anians seeking their independence.

MAY 1991 31 INTERVIEW

THE REAWAKENING OF EUROPE

With the Cold War apparently oven what does the future

hold for Europe?According to security expert John J. Mearsheimer we will probably witness an unstable continent marked by bickering nations and threats of war.

0ESP1TE its recent return toform in the Baltic states, simple and powerful order on European politics. The Soviets there are signs the Soviet Union 's loosening grip occupied Eastern Europe, and the United States, in effect,

upon itsformer Warsaw Pact allies lias set the stage occupied Western Europe. Because the United States and the for historic economic and political changes in Soviet Union were so big and powerful, especially with all of

Europe. The Soviets ' heavy-handed treatment of their nuclear weapons, it was very unlikely that war would Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania as those republics break out in that region of the world. Therefore, Europe was strive for greater autonomy may signal a return to very stable. hardline policies some Western observers believed Now the Soviet Union is going to pull out of Eastern had crumbled along with the Berlin Wall in 1989. Europe, and the United States is certainly going to draw In addition, the United States' dealings with the Soviets are down its forces in Western Europe significantly, if not pull complicated by the role the North Atlantic Treaty Organization them out completely. The result will be that the various (NATO) will play in future political re-alignments among Euro- European states that have fought among themselves for pean nations. centuries will be free to do so again. The United States and Dr. John Mearsheimer points out in this interview with The the Soviet Union will not be there to impose order. It's

American Legion Magazine that if nothing else the Soviet principally for that reason that I think the situation in Europe Union served as the "glue" holding together NATO through 45 in the next 45 years is likely to be less stable than it was years of Cold War conflict. "Once you take away the threat, during the Cold War. " there 's no longer a clear-cut reason for having NATO, said Dr. Mearsheimer, who is chairman of the Department ofPolitical Q- What do you think was the major reason why the Science at the University of Chicago. An authority on nuclear Soviet Union did not launch a nuclear attack? weapons and international security issues, he discusses the A First of all, it was impossible for the Soviet Union or changing European political mosaic in an interview which also the United States to think about winning a nuclear touches upon the probable role a reunited Germany will play in war. There are only losers in nuclear war. In a conventional the political jockeying accompanying formation of the European war, you can think about winning a quick and decisive Economic Community in 1992. victory and gaining political concessions from your adver- sary. But that's just not the way nuclear war would end. American Legion Magazine: Most people view the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Eastern Europe as a great Q. What kept the Soviets from waging a conventional historic development promising democracy and peace for war against West Europe? that troubled area. Do you agree? A I think that there are two reasons. First, there was Dr. Mearsheimer: Wc have had stability lor the past 45 always the threat of nuclear escalation. There were years in large part because the bipolar competition between thousands of nuclear weapons on both sides in Europe and the United States and the Soviet Union imposed a very those weapons were intertwined with the conventional ow long will the U.S. be placed on Europe, because it concluded that Europe was an willing to internotionol ploy extremely stable area and thus there was no opportunity there policemon otter it gets its for the United States to get a leg up on the Soviet Union.

nose bloodied? Q. How would the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe affect the outlook there? A I think complete withdrawal of U.S. forces would be a bad move. When you think about the presence of forces. Thus, nobody was quite certain what would happen American forces in Europe, the question of Germany and when the conventional armies of NATO and the Warsaw Pact nuclear weapons is important to keep in mind. At some point crashed into each other. down the road, we will have to face the fact that the Germans

The second point I would make— and one that is somewhat are going to want nuclear weapons and that on balance it's a controversial — is that NATO was much stronger at the good idea to allow them to have nuclear weapons. The conventional level than the accepted wisdom had it. Most weapons will make them feel more secure. But I would prefer people thought that if the Soviets attacked, they would in the short run to keep a large American force in Germany quickly overrun the forces of the United States and its allies and to have the United States continue to provide nuclear in Western Europe. There were certainly periods, in the deterrence for Germany. 1950s, for example, when that was probably true. But from the early 1960s, when the Germans had rearmed, up to the Q And what about other nations, especially in the East? present, I think it was highly unlikely that the Soviets would A Europe is going to become multipolar. In such a sys- have rolled over NATO forces. They would have been in for a tern, the coalitions constantly shift and big states pick whale of a fight. And that reinforced our nuclear deterrent. on little states, or two states gang up on a single state. If the Americans maintain a presence in Europe, they can work to Q. And that tense peace allowed both superpowers to maintain a balance of power. They can help create a situation turn their attention elsewhere in the world? where no one state can get away with aggression. A Yes, if you look at the 1980s, I believe the Reagan We used to refer to Britain as an "offshore balancer." administration was interested in Third World interven- In other words, when it looked like the largest continen- tion and reducing the emphasis American security policy Please turn to page 70

33 MAY 1991 HISTORYVAULTING THROUGH

About 10[000 time capsules ore buried throughout the United Stotes.

The purpose is to preserve our heritage and send messages to future Americans.

By Fred HoustonJr.

ORE than 300 young- sters from Washington recently signed up for a 25-year tour of duty as keepers of the state's official . They probably won't do much until the year someday to other 10-year-olds. "They'll SAVING TIME- Washington Gov. Booth 2014. Then they'll have to promise to go see the capsule Gardner and Secretary of State Ralph Munro (top hat) join youthful capsule help the world remember a hopeful every once in a while to make sure keepers in front of the vault. time in a previous millennium. people are taking care of it," he said. They'll open the 7-foot-tall steel "And that's all." vault in the state capitol and look at Probably, young Wilmarth also will like Wilmarth will help overcome one some of what's there. Maybe they'll tell his successor that it's a great job. of the most serious challenges to the sample a bottle of Washington wine You get two "neat" T-shirts, one small, roughly 10,000 time capsules (not stored inside when they were young. and one extra large to be worn later counting cornerstones) buried all over

They'll put in more memorabilia. Then when you grow into it. More important, America: time itself.

they'll close it up again and appoint the job matches Wilmarth's keen New technology offers the hope that new 10-year-old keepers to take over interest in this country's heritage. we can protect books, papers, record- the wait-filled work. Other openings "The time capsule preserves our ings, pictures and possibly even beer will follow every 25 years for the next memories and things like that," he said. and wine from time's devastation. We four centuries. It tells people in the future about a probably can build stronger capsules

1 Aaron J. Wilmarth, now 1 , one of period in a previous century, "when than the Egyptian pharaohs' tombs.

the volunteers, likes telling about the there was peace." And it spurs Wil- But the greatest threat to the containers job the capsule keepers will bequeath marth to dream about the world in and vaults we bury— the messages we 2014, "when cars will have jets, and send to the future — is human fallibility. Fred Houston Jr. specializes in articles cities float on the oceans or in space." "Over time, people generally just about social issues in the United States. The personal involvement of people forget where they put them," said

34 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Knute "Skip" Berger, a Seattle writer protective packing material, the Corona ever," he said, "and here in this crypt and an expert on time capsules. Berger time capsule is filled with pride. we leave it to you." developed the plan to use hundreds of Time capsules haven't always been To get to the entrance, you walk to living keepers because he's convinced locked up with hope and optimism. the bottom floor of Phoebe Hearst Hall that the most reliable time capsule of all One of the most famous, at Oglethorpe on the Oglethorpe campus. Today is the oral tradition of passing lore on University in Atlanta, began its journey there's a seminar room across from the from one generation to the next. to the future with a sepulchral name in steel door. A coffee shop and book store "Think about things that last a long a somber time. Its designers sealed the share the same basement, marked with time, carried in the human chain," he "Crypt of Civilization" on May 28, old fallout shelter signs from the 1 960s. said. "Ideas, myths, stories, histories- 1940, at the threshold of World War II. The signs are another reminder of the some of them go back 10,000 years. So They engineered it to last, unopened, international tensions that motivated our idea was to give people the respon- until 81 13 A. D. Jacobs. sibility to keep the capsule from getting The crypt was conceived by Considering Jacobs' gloom when the lost." door closed, many of the Typically, the search for contents of the crypt are sur- buried capsules fails. Just prisingly playful. Packed ask Jim Deegan, a land into a room 20 feet long by developer in Corona, Calif, 10 feet wide and high is a who was chairman of the compressed museum of town's centennial commit- 1930s Americana. There's tee in 1986. The town tried a model of Donald Duck, in vain to find a collection the Lone Ranger, 18 toy of time capsules buried 50 soldiers, 1 2 toy civilians years earlier. "We just tore and a set of Lincoln logs. up a lot of concrete around For future sportsmen there the civic center," Deegan is a golf ball, a fishing rod, said. For every capsule a package of fishing hooks found, there are probably and a badminton set and 100 others that remain net. Dishes and paper entombed. drinking cups and wooden Currently, Corona is forks and spoons are pulling together material accompanied by an upper for three new time cap- set of dentures. The room sules. Contributions "com- also houses a collection of ing out of our ears" will fill 800 references and text- three yard-square hermeti- Please turn to page 68 cally sealed boxes, Deegan said. They'll fit into an above-ground monument this time, in the hope that someone will be able to find them when the time comes to unlock them. Instructions are to open the first box in 25 years, the second in 50 years and the last one in a century. It would suit Deegan fine if some WASHINGTON State things haven't changed when the last w box reveals its contents. "Our time may have solved the capsules are a way to say to the next problem of preventing generation, 'We did our part. Now you capsules from getting lost. do yours.'" The list bulges with artifacts archaeologists will love: vac- •••••«•••••••• uum tubes; the hood ornament from an Edsel; an eight-track tape. Other items, , Oglethorpe's presi- Deegan hopes, may never seem passe: a dent. He chose the opening date by letterman's jacket; a gavel from a adding 6,177 — the number of years school district board meeting; a report since the Egyptian's first calendar card from a school valedictorian. date — to 1936, when he got the idea. At "We're saying: Keep the quality of ceremonies during the vault's sealing, our schools. Keep up the traditions. We Jacobs spoke a message to the people of TIMEPIECE-Seatf/e writer Skip Berger don't burn flags here. When kids 8113. holds the stainless steel time capsule graduate, they like Corona and they stay "The world is now engaged in bury- that will be placed in the vault. The cap- here." Surrounding everything else, like ing our civilization forever and for- sule will be opened Nov. 1 1, 2489.

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OT long after the U.S. network. After talking with Mrs. government began its com- THOUSANDS Langston, Department Commander mitment of troops to the Robert Gosa and Department Adjutant Persian Gulfin response to OF DESERT STORM James Herring verified the military Iraqi President Saddam status of her husband, and concluded Hussein 's bloodletting of MILITARY FAMILIES her need was legitimate. They imme- Kuwait, it became appar- diately wrote her a check for $150 to ent that thefamilies ofthose buy food for her family. It wasn't a loan;

troops needed help. After RECEIVE ASSISTANCE it was a direct emergency grant. touring Saudi Arabia and meeting with our One of the most distressing and com- troops, National Commander Robert S. FROM LEGIONNAIRES mon problems since the activation of Turner spearheaded The American Legion National Guard and Reserve troops is Family Support Network, designed to help BY CALLING THE that their pay records have become military families, primarily those of mired in paperwork. Thus, many fami- National Guard, Air Guard and Reserve lies must wait several weeks or months members who were mobilized for Opera- FAMILY SUPPORT before receiving allotments. tion Desert Shield. "I thank God every day that I made The Legion launched a blitzkrieg of NETWORK NUMBER. that call," Sue said. "I was treated with video, audio and print public-service respect and they (Department of Mis- announcements that touted the network sissippi) made me feel at ease and and a toll-free number that families could Several hundred miles away, her hus- assured me there are others who are in call ifthey needed help. Those leaving their band Mark was training with his the same boat that I'm in." Meanwhile, telephone numbers are contacted by National Guard unit at Fort Hood, Sue and her daughters wait for word on Legion Departments. At press time, more Texas. whether her husband will be sent to than 22,000 telephone calls had been The situation was desperate, but Saudi Arabia. That concern extends to received by the network. thanks to The American Legion Family two of her brothers who also are in the On Jan. 16, 1991, Desert Shield became Support Network, the young mother military, one of whom is a crewman Desert Storm, as allied forces led by U.S. received immediate help from the aboard an Air Force B-52 on the island air power began the arduous campaign of Department of Mississippi. of Diego Garcia, and the other has liberating Kuwait. In response, Legion "Our finances were in terrible shape stateside duty with the Navy. leaders sent staffjournalists on the road to after Mark was called up," Sue said, It's a rainy afternoon and Sue visit several Departments; their job was to referring to the family's drastically Langston holds her baby close. She chronicle the effectiveness of the Family reduced income after her husband was straightens a family photograph Support Network. Thefollowing is the first forced to leave his carpenter's job and hanging on the living room wall, and installment of a series about this unique report for active duty. "I wasn't look- her hand lingers a few moments on the

I Legion program . The names of those inter- ing for a handout. All needed was a frame. The baby laughs, unaware of a viewed and photographedfor this feature loan to help buy food for me and my world on edge, and she touches her series have been changed to protect their daughters." mother's face. Some day soon, Mark privacy. Sue approached the Red Cross for a Langston will be able to hear the

loan but was told it would be some time laughter of both of his daughters. PEARL, Miss.—The cupboards in before her application would be Sue Langston's mobile home were approved. She then contacted the MIDFIELD, Ala. -Christmas 1990 almost empty, and formula for her National Guard Armory in Jackson, is a memory for most, but you wouldn't infant daughter was about to run out. Miss., which referred her to the Legion know it if you were in the living room of

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE INSTANT CASH— Sue Langston received found out about the Legion's Family "There was only one thing to do," a check from the Department of Missis- Support Network from a Birmingham Limbaugh said. "We bought her a new sippi to buy food for her family. The television station and made the toll-free battery, installed it, and got her back on money was a grant, not a loan. telephone call, which immediately was the road." transferred to Lannon Limbaugh, Since last August, when troops were Department Senior Vice Commander first sent to the Persian Gulf, Post 43 Phyllis Collingwood's house. A small and a member of Birmingham Post 43. has spent more than $1,500 to help Christmas tree, decorated with tiny Limbaugh and Post Commander Danny families whose lives have been dis- yellow ribbons, sits on a table and is Boling went to investigate the problem rupted by the U.S. military operation. surrounded by gifts, as it awaits the and found the battery was no good. Please turn page homecoming of a family member. The tree and gifts will remain in place until Phyllis's husband, Edward Colling- wood, returns from the war in the Persian Gulf, where he serves as an equipment maintenance supervisor with the Army in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Collingwood's wife and her daughter, Kristen, learned to cope with the every- day routine without him, but a simple matter of auto mechanics recently upset that routine when the family car quit running. "It doesn't sound like much of a

problem when you compare it to other

people's problems, but I had no idea what to do," said Mrs. Collingwood, who works full time as a nurse. She

AUTO AID — Alabama Legionnaires responded to the Collingwood house- hold when the family car quit running. The Christmas tree is in place until Dad returns.

MAY 1991 37 in its service to military members and their families. "Now, more than ever, some in our nation will begin to realize the importance of women in the mili- tary." Surrounded by gentle, sloping hills, this historic town, where tens of thousands of Americans died fighting for differing views, displays an obvious unity. U.S. Flags snap in the breeze in front of homes and businesses; yellow ribbons in tribute to our troops are everywhere. And each day, Michelle Garver pins a yellow ribbon on the patch of an Army

Ranger in honor of her husband. It will be the best homecoming of all when he returns after making the world a more peaceful and safe place to live.

LOS ANGELES-Every day, televi- sion viewers across America are bom- LEGION CONCERN -National Commander Robert S. Turner chats with Kathie barded with the latest news about the King and her son after the King family was helped with a financial problem. war in the Persian Gulf. And such news can often create different battlefields in the imaginations of children. While time has continued, the tiny In urban Los Angeles, Legionnaire Christmas tree in the Collingwood home James E. "Sarge" Broughton, Com- remains in place and waiting for the 'T mander of California's 23rd District, best gift of all— the return of Staff Sgt. JL thank God helped set up a panel to help squelch Ed Collingwood. children's fears and unanswered ques- I every day that tions about the war. GETTYSBURG, Pa. -Like most made that call/ The idea of establishing such a panel new fathers, Staff Sgt. Joe Garver, a was spawned when the activities director member of the Army's elite 82nd Air- said a young mother of Greater Urban Los Angeles YMCA borne Division, likes to show his who received help. contacted the Legion's Family Support friends pictures of his new baby. But Network to find out what help could be unlike most fathers, Garver has yet to provided. touch his daughter's face or hold her in Broughton, along with Harry Jackson, his arms. Service Officer of Los Angeles Post Last August, Garver and his unit view with Mrs. Garver and Herff per- 578, worked together to form the panel, were sent to Saudi Arabia as part of a sonnel director Tom Altemose, who which consists of an Army officer, NCO multinational force to thwart further immediately hired her as a computer and nurse, school psychologists, YMCA Iraqi aggression. operator in the company's comptroller staff, a resource specialist, a minister Garver's wife, Michelle, who was office. and pre-school director. More than 150 honorably discharged from the Army "We certainly support the men and children, ranging from pre-schoolers to while the two were stationed with the women who are proudly serving in this fifth graders, and their parents attended 82nd at Fort Bragg, N.C., now lives crisis," Altemose said. "Several of our the meeting. with her parents in this historic Civil workers have relatives and friends who "I think a lot of time we forget how War town. When she returned, she was have been called to serve." the news of the war affects our children," without a job and had few prospects. Miller said his Post planned to help Broughton said. "What we did was to All of that changed when she dialed Mrs. Garver recover the family's house- give them the facts and rational infor- 1-800-786-0901 - The American hold goods, which were still in storage mation." Legion Family Support Network. at Fort Bragg. Many of the children's fears surfaced "I heard about the network through "The financial and social problems in varying forms. Some expressed fears an Army recruiter friend who works in for many who have been affected by the of Iraqi warplanes dropping bombs in this area," said Mrs. Garver. Depart- mobilization have been tremendous," their neighborhoods; some envisioned ment of Pennsylvania officials were Garver said. "It's very apparent the Scud missiles raining down on Los notified of her call, and in turn, they Legion has the people to help those in Angeles. A few believed Saddam Hus- contacted Don Miller, Commander of need." sein would enter their homes and either Gettysburg Post 202. Miller found out Mrs. Garver said the Persian Gulf kill them or take them hostage. from his wife about a job at Herff-Jones War offers a new dimension that Amer- "Real or not, their fears exist,"

Inc. , a yearbook publishing company in icans must be prepared to face and one Broughton said. "If you talk to children Gettysburg. He helped set up an inter- the Legion apparently has acknowledged Please turn to page 64

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The more than 500,000 troops returning from nected causes by establishing four DIC benefit rates based on Operation Desert Storm can claim veterans' preference the veteran's age at time of death, rather than rank or degree when applying for federal employment after President of disability. George Bush authorized the Southwest Asia Service Medal • Authorize VA to furnish readjustment counseling to for those serving after Aug. 2, 1990. veterans who serve in combat operations after Aug. 2, 1990. Federal employees returning from active duty should • Authorize VA to provide prescription drugs ordered by provide discharge papers with proof of the medal award to private physicians for severely disabled veterans with receive veterans' preference credit. New federal job candi- wartime service who are housebound or need aid and atten- dates should claim preference on their applications. To dance. qualify, medal holders must have received an honorable • Include service during the Persian Gulf War period with discharge and serve either two years, or the full period the presumption that a psychosis that manifests two years ordered to active duty. No minimum service is required for after discharge from wartime service is considered service- veterans with compensable service -connected disabilities, or connected for purposes of health-care benefits.

for those discharged for disabilities incurred in the line of • Reduce from 1 80 days to 90 days the minimum period of duty. active duty required for a Persian Gulf War veteran to be Operation Desert Storm veterans are the largest number eligible for one-time treatment of dental conditions after of servicemen and women to be covered by veterans' prefer- discharge from service. ence since 1976, when preference for peacetime service • Require VA and the Department of Defense to report ended. annually to Congress regarding the needs of Persian Gulf The Southwest Asia Service Medal recognizes the sac- veterans for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the depart-

rifices and outstanding performance of U.S. Armed Forces ments' capabilities and plans for providing it. who deployed to the Middle East and participated in Opera- • Create a VA direct home loan entitlement for National tion Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The medal is Guard and Reserve members denied a home loan because of suspended from a sand-colored ribbon with red, white, blue, prior service or the possibility of future service in the Persian green and black stripes incorporating the colors of the United Gulf or any conflict. States and Gulf-area states. The reverse of the medal depicts • Provide VA-guaranteed home loan eligibility after 90 an upraised sword entwined with a palm frond symbolizing days wartime active duty service for National Guard, Reserve military might and preparedness in defense of peace. and active force members. A fit press time, both chambers of Congress Effective Feb. 5, 1991, the maximum loan interest were considering packages of veterans' benefits including rate for VA home loan guaranties was reduced from 9.5 provisions to increase education benefits, revise compensa- percent to 9 percent. tion rates for survivors, provide readjustment counseling, This is the first time since April 1987 that the VA and increase home loan access for veterans of Operation maximum loan interest rate has been below 9.5 percent. Desert Storm. VA also will decrease by one-half percentage point the The legislation combines several proposals introduced to maximum rates for Graduated Payment Mortgages to 9.25 Congress since the commencement of Operation Desert percent, home improvement loans to 10.5 percent, manufac- Storm. Some of the veterans' benefits provisions under tured home loans to 11.5 percent, manufactured home lot- consideration include: only loans to 1 1 percent, and manufactured home-and-lot • Defining the Persian Gulf War as beginning Aug. 2, loans to 1 1 percent. 1990, and ending by presidential proclamation, and make In fiscal year 1990, VA guaranteed 196,500 home loans veterans of this war period eligible for preference in federal for $15.8 billion. employment, VA pensions and burial allowances. • Increase Montgomery GI Bill basic benefits for active duty participants and for National Guard and Reserve partic- ipants. K • Increase basic benefit for two-year enlistment. HentUCky GOV. Wallace Wilkinson signed an • Increase National Guard and Reserve benefit. amendment to the state's Vietnam Veterans Bonus Act, • Waive the six-year enlistment eligibility requirement for which makes Vietnam veterans eligible to receive $15 per members of the Selected Reserve called or ordered to active month for era service and $25 per month for Vietnam service duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War. up to the $300 and $500 allowed for all conflicts. The

• Restore entitlement and extend delimiting period for deadline for application is Oct. 31, 1991 individuals whose education was interrupted as a result of This amendment will affect about 10,000 veterans or service during the Persian Gulf War. veterans' beneficiaries. For more information, call the • Restructure Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Veteran Bonus Branch 502-564-5220; or write P.O. Box (I)IC'j lor families of individuals who die of service-con- 1424, Frankfort, KY 40602.

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Signature . Date Shipping will begin in May, 1991 and continue for several months. All sales are final and not subject to refund. Orders may be filled in multiple shipments. Mail to: The United States Mint, P.O. Box 41998, Philadelphia, PA 19101-1998 Interrupted several times by Legion- WAsl-MNCjTON COHERENCE REpORT naires' applause, Cheney credited the U.S. battle successes to well-trained troops, advanced weapons technology, and support from U.S. citizens. Cheney emphasized that all United Nations resolutions will be enforced by the SECURING THE allies, and that the United States did not have any plans to claim Iraqi territory. During the Washington Conference Legislative Rally on Feb. 26, Sen. Sam Nunn of , chairman of the HOME FRONT Senate Armed Services Committee, also praised U.S. troops and the support While U.S. troops in the Middle East they receive on the home front. Nunn, who concluded an 1 1-day visit to the swept through Kuwoit, Legionnoires Persian Gulf days before his appear- tended to their fomilies ot home. ance at the rally, said the troops thanked Americans for their strong support. Nunn, a graduate of the Georgia Boys State program, described how Iraqi forces had been wedged in a tactical vice between U.S. and allied armies. At the rally, National Commander Robert S. Turner urged Legionnaires to visit their congressmen and ask for action on Legion legislative initiatives, including a constitutional amendment to protect the U.S. Flag from desecra- tion, and additional Agent Orange legislation. Turner also told the hun- dreds of Legionnaires who planned to meet their congressmen later in the afternoon to mention that the Legion has helped secure the home front through the Family Support Network. "I urge all of you to talk to your con- gressmen about our sons and daughters, our loved ones and friends who are serving in the Persian Gulf," Turner said. "Talk about our love of country. FAMILY SUPPORT— National Commander Robert S. Turner introduces the families of Laura Green and Ingrid Coleman, who were helped by the network. Talk about the flag, a symbol of a great nation, and our efforts to protect it from desecration. Tell your congressmen that our Legion family is more than 4 mil- lion members strong and that we are a ITH uneasy but rapt about the war's progress. Secretary of force to be reckoned with." attention, Legion- Defense Richard Cheney told Legion- To the standing ovation of Legion- naires at the 31st naires at the Commander's Reception on naires, Auxiliary and Sons of The Annual Washington Feb. 27 about the U.S. -led rout of Iraqi American Legion members, Turner Conference, Feb. 25- forces in Kuwait. introduced two families who received

27, monitored the "In terms of miscalculation, I don't assistance through the Family Support

news from the Persian think there is any question that Saddam Network. Laura Green and her daughters

Gulf as the ground Hussein is one of history's bigger losers," Nichole and Ashley from Pearl, Miss., war against Iraq con- Cheney said. "I can't think of a decision and Ingrid Coleman and her daughter tinued. During receptions and between he made right. He miscalculated when he Irene and sons Willie Jr. and Wesley meetings, Legionnaires' emotions swung took Kuwait; he miscalculated the depth from Woodbridge, Va., relayed a mes-

from jubilation, with easy allied victories of the opposition to him ... I think he sage to all Legionnaires who have given and Iraqi troops surrendering in the tens questioned whether the United States time and money to help families of U.S. of thousands, to sadness when a Scud had the determination to stop his aggres- troops in Operation Desert Storm:

missile killed 2H U.S. soldiers. sion and then roll him back. I think he "Thank you."

Conference speakers from the White misjudged the depth of world opinion. "When I was in Saudi Arabia, I House or Capitol Hill often carried first- He clearly misjudged the relative capa- promised the troops we, The American hand, up-to-date news to Legionnaires bility of our military forces." Legion, will watch over their families at

42 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE "The Agent Orange legislation may seem like a victory, but it's not," Jeanne Stellman said. "The scientific commu- nity you're dealing with is not on your side. The NAS wants to write the final chapter on Agent Orange. You've made progress by getting something through Congress, but you've got an awful lot more to do." The Department of Georgia pre- sented National Historian Harold M. Branton with the pen Franklin D. Roosevelt used to sign the GI Bill of Rights in 1944. The pen will become part of the collection of Legion- and war-related artifacts in the Emil A. Blackmore Museum at National Head- quarters in Indianapolis. Department of Alabama Adjutant Ray Andrews COMMANDING PRESENCE— Defense Secretary Richard Cheney (I) and Sen. Sam announced Troy State University in Nunn Legionnaires the Persian Gulf War. updated on Troy, Ala., has created the Robert S. Turner Scholarship in honor of the National Commander. home," Turner said. "Our priorities are Storm, but Derwinski told the VA&R The Hospital Volunteer of the Year for veterans and their families. We have Conference that costs to VA will be award was given to Gerald Dull of to put our beliefs into action." included in a supplemental budget Augusta, Ga., and The American Fulfilling his promise, Turner request later in the year by the Depart- Legion Public Relations Award went to announced that the Family Support ment of Defense. Kevin Dobson, an actor on television's Network had received more than In addition to Derwinski, Rep. Doug- Knot's Landing, for his work as the 20,000 calls for assistance and has pro- las Applegate of Ohio told the VA&R 1989-90 chairman of the National vided families with help ranging from Conference about the congressional Salute to Hospitalized Veterans. The financial assistance to car repairs to battle to update the Soldiers and Sailors American Legion National Organiza- emotional support. Relief Act. tion on Disability Awards went to: first Legionnaires attending the rally also Holding the 7-pound book of the place, Post 176 of Springfield, Va.; prepared to talk to their congressmen proposed 1992 budget, William M. second place, Post 78 of Milton, Fla.; by arming themselves with information Diefenderfer, Deputy Director of the third place, Post 135 of Cookville, from Legion commission leaders, such Office of Management and Budget, Tenn.; and fourth place to Post 498 of

as William O. Moore Jr. , Chairman of discussed the difficulties of obtaining Milwaukee, Wis. the National Security Commission, federal funds in the coming years. who detailed impending cuts in the "There will be a budget crunch for the defense budget, including troop reduc- next few years, but I think veterans will tions and equipment curtailments. get their fair share," Diefenderfer said. During the Washington Conference, WHERE would we be today if these Legionnaires remained concerned cuts would have come prior to the about Agent Orange and its effect on Persian Gulf War?" Moore asked. Vietnam veterans. Turner awarded Drs. "We may be viewed by some of our Jeanne and Steven Stellman a Legion legislators as a special interest group, Citation for Meritorious Service for but without our special interest, all their Agent Orange-related research. other special interests in this nation are Although Congress passed PL. 102-4, in jeopardy as well as the very freedoms which allows VA to compensate Viet- and independence we enjoy in this nam veterans for non-Hodgkins lym- country." phoma and soft tissue sarcoma, Jeanne Concerns about U.S. troops in the Stellman warned Legionnaires about Middle East frequently guided Legion an impending uphill battle to secure business in commission meetings dur- any additional compensation or bene- ing the conference. At the 68th Annual fits for Vietnam veterans suffering from National Veterans Affairs and Rehabili- Agent Orange. PL. 102-4 also man- tation (VA&R) Conference, Secretary dates that the National Academy of of Veterans Affairs Edward Derwinski Sciences (NAS) complete the Centers said VA won't suffer because of Opera- for Disease Control (CDC) study of FLAG'S ON FIRE - Entertainer and tion Desert Storm expenses. The Presi- Agent Orange, but during the years of Legionnaire, Bertie Higgins inspired dent's doesn't the study, the approved of proposed 1992 budget CDC NAS those at the legislative rally with song. include costs from Operation Desert the centers' research methods.

MAY 1991 43 SHORT SIGHT FOR LONG-RANGE CARE

HE proposed 1992 VA The President's believes the VA medical budget should budget meets the short- be no less than $14.3 billion. term needs of America's proposed 1992 "While the proposal includes some veterans, but fails to ade- positive points, there are a number of quately address long-term VA budget includes what we consider to be ill-considered care and the impact the assumptions and proposals an olmost $1 billion incorpo- war in the Middle East rated into the structure of this budget," will have on VA, according increase in medical Hanson said. T to National Commander The President's VA budget proposal Robert S. Turner. care over FY 1991. includes $11.8 billion in compensation "This budget only climbs the next benefits for the more than 2 million ••••••••••••••• hill when we've got a mountain of fiscal eligible veterans with service-con- trouble looming in the nected disabilities, and more future," said Turner. "Al- than 300,000 survivors of though the 1992 VA budget veterans who died of serv- proposal is the largest in VA ice-connected causes. An history, there's a long way to estimated $3.8 billion will go to compensate for the be paid in pension payments underbudgeting of the '80s." based on disability and need The 1992 VA budget pro- to more than 535,000 veter- posal President George Bush ans and more than 464,000 submitted to Congress survivors of veterans. requests $33.2 billion for The fiscal year 1992 VA, which includes $17 bil- budget also includes an lion for benefit programs, increase from $272.1 mil- $13.35 billion for medical lion to $369.1 million for care programs, and $595.5 Montgomery GI Bill educa- million for medical construc- tion benefits. Funding for tion. Because the budget education assistance to the was prepared before Opera- Selected Reserves will tion Desert Storm, it does HEALTH CARE— The FY 1992 VAhealth-care request of $13.3 increase by $6.4 million to not include any costs of the billion includes funding for aging veterans' programs, drug $102.2 million. war. According to VA Secre- abuse treatment and patient environment improvements. Funding for the Veterans tary Edward Derwinski, the Benefits Administration Department of Defense will would increase by $73.2 request a supplemental appropriation veterans are no better served." million to $715.2 million. According to for the costs of the war, including addi- VA estimates it can support more the proposal, the National Cemetery tional money for VA programs. than 1.5 million inpatients and more System would receive an additional The proposed 1992 VA medical care than 23 million outpatient visits with $3.3 million to raise its budget to $57 budget is $974 million more than the the proposed budget. million. 1991 budget, but much of this added The 1992 VA budget proposal also Although funding for medical research money will be used to pay salary provides for an increase of 1 ,863 nurs- will remain at the 1992 level of $216.8 increases and to compensate for ing home beds in 1992, and in addition, million, the number of projects funded inflation. the budget requests $85 million to pro- will be reduced to 2,037 from 2,275. "The request for medical care falls vide grants to states for the construction "This budget will allow us to improve short of what the Legion knows veter- of veterans' extended-care facilities, our health-care programs and improve ans need," Turner said. "Despite the and $143.7 million for new medical service to the nation's veterans," second year of increased VA funding, equipment. Derwinski said. "The increase in the the budget does not provide veterans During Legion testimony before the number of sharing agreements with the with any substantial new programs or House Committee on Veterans Affairs Department of Defense will help us expansions in benefits. Legion service in February, John Hanson, Director of continue to control costs and improve off icers are witnesses to the fact that the Legion Veterans Affairs and Rehab- access to health care for both military while funding is increased, individual ilitation Division, said the Legion and VA patients."

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Cemetery. It is estimated that 2 million WHEELS OF visitors a year will see the monument. In addition to maps, the wall will contain a narrative of the role armored forces have played in each conflict. Var- ious units of each era will be designated. The memorial was officially approved by Congress in 1986. Once approved, all federal memorials have a five-year limit to complete their project. In addition, all designs must pass through a number of agencies for approval before a location and design can be finalized. All funding must be in the memorial committee's hands before actual groundbreaking can take place. For the Armored Forces Monument, each hurdle except the final $200,000 in funding has been cleared. "No memorial gets funding from the federal government," said Wolf. "We have to depend on private contribu- tions. Until now, we have solicited backing from people who were actually involved with armor, their wives and family and military organizations. Now time is running out and we are appeal- ing to the public and veterans in partic- ular to help us clear this final obstacle." than once, the awesome power and skill of the men of steel STEEL STEED— More Though The American Legion does have made the difference between victory and defeat. not directly donate to projects like the

Armored Forces Monument, it encour-

ages individuals to contribute, and it is HEN Iraq invaded final battle," said retired Army Col. one of the major sponsors of the proj- Kuwait, the world Duke Wolf, executive director of the ect, in addition to a number of Army held its breath be- U.S. Armored Forces Memorial Com- and Marine organizations and other cause, among other mittee. "We purposely left space in the veterans organizations. things, the allied wall of the structure to allow the Armor was first employed in the forces could have sculptor to add an area commemorating form of a tank in 1915, during World faced the largest tank the efforts and sacrifices of those who War I, though American forces never battle to ever take served in the gulf." The U.S. Armored really began using the devices until place since the inven- Forces Monument will be the first fed- 1917 and 1918. Since those days, tanks tion of the device. Though there were a eral monument to recognize the efforts and armored vehicles have played number of skirmishes and one major of the people who fought in the gulf major roles in every major conflict the battle, the megabattle of thousands of region, if its financial obligations are United States has fought. Many U.S. armored behemoths never took place. met on time. soldiers owe their lives to the steel- Yet, for weeks, Americans watched in "We need an additional $200,000 to plated protection these mechanized fascination as elements of our armored be able to stay on schedule and dedicate machines of war provided. Infantry has forces prepared for war. These are the monument by Nov. 11, 1991 ," said marched into battle behind the shield of today's "men of steel." Wolf. "Everything else is ready." tanks. Had chemical or atomic weapons With the Gulf War still fresh in The monument is oval shaped, with been employed in the Persian Gulf, everyone's mind, a memorial project etchings of maps and major armor bat- tanks would have been used to bring the has been developing with little fanfare tles carved into the stone walls, com- war to the enemy over poisoned ground in Washington, D.C. It is the U.S. memorating World War I, World War II, and polluted soil. It is a proud history Armored Forces Monument, created to , Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. and a grand monument to the fighting honor the men of steel who have The centerpiece of the monument is an spirit of the men of steel. answered their country's call and eight-by-ten granite mural illustrating If you are interested in donating to served with armor since World War I. the evolution of armor since the days of the U.S. Armored Forces Monument, "We realized that, when war broke out the cavalry. The designer of the monu- write: U.S. Armored Forces Monument in the gull, our monument should ment is Harold Shaller. Fund, P.O. Box 1 146, Fort Myer, VA include those people who could very Once full funding is achieved, the 2221 1. For more information, contact well become a deciding factor in the monument will be erected on Memorial Col. Duke Wolf at (703) 532-0776.

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Option 4 loan fund with $5 million, and the United Stu- Option 4 Ends Financial Paper Chase dent Aid Fund Inc. screens applicants and handles the INCE its in- Option 4 loans are avail- worthiness and financial loan administration and ception in Feb- able to students enrolled or needs, which is determined guarantees the loans. ruary 1990, accepted at four-year col- by the cost of education For more information about s The American leges and universities and minus any financial aid The American Legion Option 4 Legion Option two-year junior colleges. A previously awarded. INB Education Loan Program, call 4 Education Loan Program qualified applicant may National Bank started the 1-800-548-3600, ext. 6381. has distributed more than borrow from $2,000 to 1,000 application kits and $10,000 per academic year helped students secure more for up to five years. than $165,000 for post-secon- Option 4 loan borrowers dary educations. may take up to 15 years to The American Legion, repay and choose between in conjunction with INB two repayment plans — Past NationalAdjutant National Bank of Indianap- standard repayment or a olis and the United Student deferred principal repayment William F. Hauck Dies Aid Fund Inc. , created The plan. American Legion Option 4 Repayment usually begins Education Loan Program to within 45 days of disburse- AST National istration school at Fort provide financial assistance ments, but through the de- Adjutant William Knox, Ky, and Desert Cen- to students who have ex- ferred principal repayment F. Hauck died ter, Calif. hausted other sources of col- plan, borrowers have to pay Feb. 20 in a Flor- After he received a com- p ida hospital. mission from Officer's Can- lege financial assistance, only the interest charges

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ships, and state and federal Option 4 loans are awarded Adjutant from 1967 to 1979, ning, Ga. , he served with the grants and loans. based on the applicant's credit and prior to his appointment 28th Infantry Division in as National Adjutant, Hauck Europe and was wounded was the Executive Director by a land mine. Post 178 of of the Legion's Washington, Garrett honored him with a D.C., office for 15 years. life membership in 1963. Hauck was born March In addition to his wife, 17, 1917, in Holgate, Ohio, Margie, and daughter, Mrs. and his family later moved to Cecelia Ann Detzel, he is Garrett, Ind. He joined the survived by two grandsons, Army in April 1942, training William H. and Bryan M. in the armored forces admin- Detzel.

Nat'l Cmdr. Turner Thanks Legionnaires For Condolences

AT I O N A L "I want to personally Commander thank the Legion family for Robert S. Turner its outpouring of support in extended his this time of pain," Turner REMEMBERED — Leg/onna/res from Post 160 of Pascagoula, N thanks for the said. "Every offer of sym- Miss., present a POW/MIA flag to the family of Lt. Col. Don many cards, letters and flow- pathy was greatly appre- Holland, a pilot missing in action In the Middle East. From ers his family received after ciated by myself and my left, Joe Peetz, Mary Ann Holland, Jim Holland and Bill White. the death of his mother, Mrs. family." Post 51 of Bastrop, La., also gave a flag to Don Holland's mother and father, Christine and Doug. Corine McCullough in Feb- Services were conducted ruary. Feb. 22 in Haralson, Ga.

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A caucus was called of many units, A form proposed, a purpose declared A committee formed to further the cause Of service men who fought and dared.

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A similar move was made at home To organize too with the overseas van, And form a body of loyal soldiers, But on disloyal ones to put a ban.

These plans took time and serious thought, Even the choice of a suitable name, But "American Legion" became the one Still held in honor with praise and fame.

In America then the plans moved fast Committees met on many dates A meeting in St. Louis was held With delegates from most of the States.

From this mighty group at last did come The organization as known today; A national body, the same in States With local Posts to have their say.

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As the Legion grew as it is today.

By Owal F. Barnes All praise to men who took the lead In forming this association And those who fought for benefits To avoid a veteran's degradation. n November eleven, nineteen eighteen, A quiet reigned o'er No-Man's-Land. The group now pleads in sincere hope Silent the guns that once did roar, That those who in later wars have fought Bringing death to many on every hand. Join in the fight to protect these rights And benefits which older vets have sought. In the minds of men there came relief, A thankful joy that war did cease. As comrades die their graves are marked Mixed feelings grew in every heart To let the world forever know From throes of war there was release. "Here lies the men who for country fought; Now o'er their graves may poppies grow!" Their fears allayed and hopes renewed, Thankful now they were alive, They felt a grief for those who died, Orval F. Barnes is a World War I veteran and member of Who did their duty, with the foe did strive. Argonne Post 60, Des Moines, Iowa

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Banasiak, 6547 Nebraska Ave., Hammond, IN 46323 66th Topo Engr. Co. (1951-54) (Oct-Ocean City, MD) (219) 844-9129 John Stephanos, 10527Truxton Rd., Adelphi, MD OUTFIT REUNIONS 13th C. A. Assn. (Oct-Pensacola, FL) Phil Stroupe, 5550 20783(301)439-0757 Knight Arnold Rd., Memphis, TN 381 15 (901) 795- 68th CA/895th AAA AW Bns. (WWII) (Sept-Mt. Pocono, Outfit Reunion notices should be submitted on official 2929 PA) S.T Campbell, 25 Summer Hill Glen, Maynard, MA forms. To obtain forms, send a self-addressed, stamped 15th Inf. Rgt. (Korea) (July-Des Moines, IA) George 01754 (508)897-2605 envelope to: O.R. Form, The American Legion Pilkington, Rt. 1 , Box 26, Cuba, IL 61427 (309) 785- 69th Cav. Recon. Trp. (Sept-Columbus, OH) Ralph Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. 2863 Riggs, 2790 Fairfax Dr., Columbus, OH 43220 (614) Because of printing schedules, notices should be 17th Airborne Div. Assn. (Aug-St. Louis) Edward 451-3088 received at least five months before reunions are held. Siergiej, 62 Forty Acre Mtn. Rd., Danbury, CT 0681 69th Signal Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Niagara Falls, NY) James Notices are published only one time per unit per year. No (203) 748-3958 Rae, 10459Tilburg St., Spring Hill, FL 34608 (904) notices are published in November, the Convention 18th Engrs. (C) (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) Charles 686-1421 issue. Andrew, 1 1 94 30th Lane, Pueblo, CO 81 006 (71 9) 948- 70th Tank Bn. /Armor Assn. (Korea) (June-Pigeon 3576 Forge, TN) Ashley Anderson, Box 31 6, New Palestine, 19th Combat Engrs. Rgt. (WWII) (Oct-Monrovia, CA) IN 46163 (317)861-4124 Mahlon Campbell, 307 Rogers Rd., Norristown, PA 75th Inf. Div. (July-Bellevue, WA) James Warmouth, 19403 (215) 539-9140 6545 W. 11th St., Indianapolis, IN 46214 (317) 241- Army 20th Combat Engr. Assn. WWII/20th & 1340 Bns 1 1 71 3730 Grp. HQ (Aug-Timonium, MD) Fred Miller, 33 Dawley 76th Cav. Recon. Trp., 76th Div. (Sept-Pittsburgh) Rd., Westminster, MA 01 473 (508) 874-5606 William Hauger, Box 77, New Stanton, PA 1 5672 (41 2) 1st Battle Grp., 18th inf., 8th Inf. Div., Assault Gun 20th Tank Bn., D Co. (Sept-Rapid City, SD) J.L. Gilles, 925-7777 Platoon (Germany/1960) (Aug-Evansville, IN) T.J. 628 Oakland, Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 348-3206 76th Inf. Div. (Sept-Pittsburgh) E.C. Cutler Jr., Rt. 2, Box Spalding, 1337 Mule Shed Fid., Richmond, KY 40475 23rd Inf., 2nd Div., F Co. (WWII) (Oct-Nashville, TN) 68, Jackson Ave., New Windsor, NY 12553 (914) 496-

1 st Battle Grp., 1 1 28th Inf., E Co. (Sept-Neillsville, Wl) John Rider, 784 Village Rd., York, PA 17404 (71 7) 848- 6808 James Hauge, Rt. 2, Box 357, Neillsville, Wl 54456 5222 77th Div. Assn. (Aug-Catskill Mtns., NY) Stanley (715) 743-2729 25th Inf. Div. Assn. (Oct-Hawaii) Lt. Ross, Bde. S2, Zielinski, 346 Broadway, Rm.818, New York, NY 1001 1st MP Co. (1948-51) (Aug-Uniontown, PA) Ken McMul- HHC, 3rd Brigade, Schofield Bks., HI 96857 (212) 571-6078 len, 156 Locust St., Canonsburg, PA 15317 (412) 746- 26th Inf., 1st Div. C & D Cos. (Sept-Hampton, VA) 78th Signal Co. (Sept-Kansas City, KS) Paul Stokely, Rt.

3151 BennieZuskin, 141 Saunders Rd., Hampton, VA 23666 1 , Box 628, Center Point, TX 7801 0 (51 2) 634-2469 1st Special Serv. Force (Aug-Hamilton, Ont.) Bill Story, (804) 766-3548 80th Gen. Hospital, HQ Co., M Section (WWII) (Oct- 11815 Quarter Horse Ct., Oakton, VA 22124 (703) 27th Inf. (WWII) (Aug-Paris, TN) Charles Stewart, Box Waynesville, NC) George Allred, Box 235, Bonlee, NC

620-5990 1 30, Covington, TN 3801 9 (901 ) 476-0521 27213 (919) 837-5883 1st/46th Inf., 198th Light Inf. Bde., Americal Div., A 28th Ord. MM Co. (WWII) (May-Knoxville, TN) Jim 81st Ord. Co. (HMTank) (Aug-Breezewood, PA) George Co. (Vietnam) (June-San Francisco) Frederick Wheeler, Box 3548, Knoxville, TN 37917 (615) 525- Kleponis, 905 Center St., Ashland, PA 17921 (717) Cowburn, 102 Thorton Cir. N., Camillus, NY 13031 1694 875-2177 (315)432-4130 29th Evac. Hospital Unit (SM) (July-Lebanon, IN) 83rd General Hospital (WWII) (Oct-Savannah, GA)

2nd Arm'd. Div. (Oct-Louisville, KY) Lewis Bogart, Rt. 1 Wayne Mills, Box 138, 519 Poplar Dr., Pittsboro, IN Clarence Durrence, 208 Stephenson Ave., Savannah, Box 208, Hughsville, PA 17737 (717) 854-3525 46167 (317)892-4813 GA31405 (912)355-4974 2nd Indianhead Div., 38th Inf., K Co. (June-Branson, 30th Signal Hv. Const. Bn. (Oct-Milwaukee) Ralph 83rd Inf. Div. Assn. (Sept-So. Fallsburg, NY) Robert MO) Richard Smith, 3286 CR 29, Burgoon, OH 43407 Pratt, 1230 Meadow Ln. MR, Estes Park, CO 80517 Derickson, 3749 Stahlheber Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013 (419) 986-5870 (303) 586-4800 (513) 863-2199 2nd Inf., 5th Div., Anti-tank Co. (Sept-Pipestem, WV) 32nd Inf. Rgt. (Sept-Dayton, OH) Chester Bair, 1022 86th Ord. Co. (1942-66) (Sept-Newark, NY) Tony Virgil Wettig, 206 Lincoln St., Richmond, IN 47374 Howell Ave., Brooksville, FL 34601 (904) 796-6219 Ticconi, 3145 Bassett Rd., Savannah, NY 13146 (315) (317)935-4035 33rd Arm'd Engr. Bn., A Co. (Sept-Lebanon, TN) Hugo 365-2539 3rd Arm'd Div. (WWII) (Sept-St. Louis) Leroy Hanne- Monroe, 5208 S.W. 25th St., Topeka, KS 66614 (913) 87th Arm'd FA Assn. (Sept-Clearwater Beach, FL) man, Box 61 743, Phoenix, AZ 85082 (602) 840-0398 272-8328 William Grembowicz, 6024 Fall River Dr., New Port 3rd Cav. Grp. (Aug-Rosemont, IL) Bob Hedstrom, Box 33rd Div. QM (WWII) (Sept-Bloomington, IL) William Richey, FL 34655 (813) 376-8767

1 34, Wheaton, IL 601 89 (708) 51 5-3824 Nance, 1210 Madison St., Bloomington, IL 61701 87th Inf. Div. Assn. (Sept-Oklahoma City) Gladwin 3rd FA Observation Bn. (Sept-Jackson, MS) Walter (309) 828-9903 Pascuzzo, 2374 N. Dundee Ct., Highland, Ml 48357 Caldwell, 261 Marvel Dr., Lancaster, OH 43130 (614) 34th Engr. Combat Bn. (Korea/1945-46) (Sept-St. (313) 887-9005 235-7918 Louis) Robert Jones, 10 ParkCt., Napoieon, OH 88th Engr. Hv. Pon. Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Alexandria, LA) 3rd Inf. Div. (Aug-Charleston, SC) Vester Thacker, 436 43545 (419) 592-9691 George Parcells, 406 Sagamore Dr., Rochester, NY Mt. Bethel Rd., Sunset, SC 29685 (803) 868-4321 36th Cav. Recon. Sq. (Oct-Austin, TX) David Davis, 14617(716)342-4828 3rd Sq., 17th Air Cav. (Oct-Louisville, KY) Bobby 4923 W. 65th PL, Arvada, CO 80003 (303) 428-1125 88th Glider Inf. (Sept-Niagara Falls, NY) Harold Marcum, 835 Faulkner's Lane, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 38th Field Hospital Assn. (Sept-Las Vegas) Rex Beinhauer, 16157 Bill Bond Rd., Saucier, MS 39574 (606) 236-8065 Hughes, 1505 E. 600 S., Jonesboro, IN 46938 (317) (601) 832-7480 4th Cav. Assn. (Sept-Rapid City, SD) Mike Loberg, Box 674-4983 93rd AAA Gun Bn., A Btry. (Sept-Perham, MN) James 416, Annandale, MN 55302 (612) 274-5422 39th Combat Engrs. (WWII) (Aug-lndianapolis) Sam Huebsch, Rt. 3, Box 412, Perham, MN 56573 (218) 4th ESB, 594th EB&S Rgt., C Co. (Sept-Lake Tahoe, Bright, 6329 Greenbrae, Paducah, KY 42003 (502) 346-5781 CA) Joseph Sullivan, 200 Eagle Rd., Suite 206, 898-2552 94th Inf. Div. Assn. (Aug-Orlando, FL) Harry Helms, 609 Wayne, PA 19087 (215) 687-4846 39th General Hospital (WWII/N.Z. & ) (June- Dogwood Dr., Downington, PA 19335 (215) 363-7826 4th Gen. Hospital (Aug-Paducah, KY) Edward Shelby, Londonderry, VT) Howard McCauley, Box 14076, 96th Chem. Mtr./317th Barrage Balloon Bns. (Oct-

134 Cedar Dr., Selmer.TN 38375 (901 ) 645-3403 Jacksonville, FL 32238 (904) 778-1 281 Indianapolis) Eugene Rodman, 1810 Ridge Hill Ave., 4th Replacement Dpt. (Sept-Philadelphia) Jack 40th Inf. Div. (Korea) (Sept-Kiamesha Lake, NY) Ed Indianapolis, IN 46217 (317) 881-0289

Hollingsworth, 1 1 207 Northwood Lake, Northport, AL Lown, 305 Highland Ave., Maybrook, NY 12543 (914) 97th Inf. Div., 387th Rgt., M Co. (Sept-Nashville, TN) 35476 (205) 339-1802 427-2320 Joseph Majeski, 108 Cranford Ave., Linden, NJ 07036 4th Signal Bn., T&T Co. (1950-53) (July-Boston) Don 43rd Inf. Div. (Sept-Cromwell, CT) Howard Brown, 150 (201)486-2140 Rama, 36 East St., Bennington, VT 05201 (802) 442- Lakedell Dr., East Greenwich, Rl 02818 99th Chem. Mortar Bn./442nd AA (Sept-Albany, NY) 5064 44th Cav. Recon. Trp. (Sept-Santa Rosa, CA) John Leland Martin, Box 391, Unionville Rd., Feura Bush, 5th Arm'd Div. (Central) (June-Topeka, KS) Kenneth Hilgart, 2221 Fremont Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95409 NY 12067 (518) 439-1556 Fitch, 4300 W. 19th St., Topeka, KS 66604 (913) 272- 45th Cav. Recon. Trp. (WWII) (Sept-Williamsburg, VA) 100th CML Mortar Bn. (Sept-Nashville, TN) Harry Fritz, 7507 Francis Accavallo, 755 Scott Dr., Rivervale, NJ 07675 4632 Ashville St., Philadelphia, PA 19136 (215) 333- 5th Engr. (C) Bn., 1278th Engr. Grp. (WWII) (Aug- (201)666-2564 6218 Wilkes- Barre, PA) Edmund Podczaski, Box 51, 46th Arm'd Div., A Co. (1949) (Aug-Ames, IA) Harold 100th General Hospital (1943-45) (Sept-Milwaukee)

Luzerne, PA 18709 DeVries, 7950 Steinway Rd., Lincoln, NE 68505 (402) Ronald Bowen, 41 1 Eisenhower Ave., Janesville, Wl 5th Inf. Rgt. (July-Portland, ME) Conrad Vaillancourt, 489-4763 53545(608)754-4831 Box 5025 STAA, Portland, ME 04101 48th General Hospital (WWII) (Oct-Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 101st AAA AW Bn. (July-Atlanta) John Guy, Box 15031, 6th Arm'd Div. Assn. (Sept-Harrisburg, PA) Edward F.R. Rogers, Box 288, Marshfield, MA 02050 Atlanta, GA 30333 (404) 633-4649 Louisville, Div., (Sept-Huntsville, 1 01 st Bde., HQ Btry. (July-White Bear Lake, MN) Reed, Box 501 1 , KY 40205 50th Combat Engr., 7th C Co. CA AA 6th Inf. Assn. (July-Sylvan Springs, MO) H.W. Barbee, AL) Buryl Larson, Rt. 4, Box 4171, Winchester, TN Bob Fredricksen, 2544 2nd St., White Bear Lake, MN 9926 Baptist Church Rd., St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 37398 (615) 967-6714 55110(612)429-5498 843-3429 50th Engrs., A Co. (July-Norfolk, NE) Edward Grone, 1 01 st/1 16th Recon. Sqs., 1 01 st Cav. Grp. (WWII) (Oct- 6th Signal Co. (Sept-Dallas, TX) Walt Tibbies, Rt. 6, Unit 1021 First Ave., Wayne, NE 68787 (402) 375-2947 Goldsboro, NC) G.G. Eanes, 131 Elon PL, Danville, VA

2, 1 , 677-5442 52nd (WWII) (Sept-Gettysburg, PA) Karl 24540 (804) 792-6358 Box 1 , TX 75751 (903) Chem. Co.

9th Inf. Rgt. Manchu Assn. (July-Omaha, NE) Ray Freudenberger, 241 1 Marne Hwy., Rt. 16, Mount Holly, 102nd AAA AW Bn. (A/T) (Sept-Buffalo, NY) Howard Tarabusi, 19Waterford Dr. Englewood, FL 34223 (81 3) NJ 08060 (609) 267-6846 Zeh, 981 N. Forest Rd., Williamsville, NY 14221 (716) 475-6063 54th Med. Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Barnesville, MN) Roy 632-0325

10th Mountain Div. (Midwest Chapter) (Aug-Elkhart, Hoekstra, Rt. 1 , Box 32, Barnesville, MN 56514 (218) 102nd Inf. Div. Assn. (Aug-Farmingham, MA) Frank

IN) William Wollney, 1571 W. Ogden 1536, LaGrange 493-4255 Alfiero, 21 1 Reynard Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Park, IL 60525 (708) 579-71 13 55th Arm'd Inf. Bn., 1 1th Arm'd Div., B Co. (Sept-St. 104th Engr. (C) Bn. (Sept-Denver) Stanley Sagen, 2205 10th Station Hospital (WWII) (Sept-Minneapolis, MN) Louis) George Reimer, 12463 Roth Hill Dr., Maryland Weston St., LaCrosse, Wl 54601 (608) 788-5073 CA. Carlton, 14913 Deerwood Dr.. Burnsville, MN His., MO 63043 (314) 434-4733 104th Ord. MM Co. (Sept-Superior, Wl) Joseph 55337(612)435-7369 58th General Hospital (WWII) (June-Jefferson City, Tisanich, 6728 Marsden St., Philadelphia, PA 19135

1 1th Engrs. (WWII) (Sept-Myrtle Beach, SC) A.B. MO) William Gudgel, HC 65, Box 33, Ainsworth, NE (215) 333-5970 Harward, 523 College Dr., Raeford, NC 28376 (919) 69210(402)387-1199 106th Inf. Div. (Sept-Huntsville, AL) Joe Massey, Rt. 1, 875-4809 64th General Hospital (Oct-Biloxi, MS) Dorothy Wood, Box 780, Remlap, AL 351 33 (205) 681 -1 701 12th FA Obsn. Bn. (July-West Liberty, IA) Joseph Box 146, Ocean Spring, MS 39564 (601)875-3195 106th Ord. Co. (HM) (1950-55) (Aug-Springfield, MO)

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Robert Weeks, Rt. 6, Box 135A, Rogers, AR 72756 165th Inf. Rgt., 27th Div. (Oct-West Lafayette, IN) T.J. Hothan. 513 Lowell Ave., New Hyde Park, NY 11040 108th Inf., K Co. (WWII) (Oct-Hornell, NY) Edward McCullough, Box 5244, Kirtland AFB, NM 871 85 (505) (516)775-3438 Reese, 80 Sherwood Ave., Hornell, NY 14843 (607) 265-0961 322nd Signal Bn., HQ Co. (Aug-Washington, DC) 324-3851 166th General Hospital (Sept-Milwaukee) Monica Robert Hogan, Box 1058, NHP, NY 11 040 109th Engr. Bn. (C), 34th Inf. Dlv. (WWII) (Sept-Rapid Carollo, 3609 N. Tucker Place, Milwaukee, Wl 53222 327th QM Supply Co. (Sept-Bloomington, MN) Robert City, SD) Clarence Carsner, 606 Franklin St., Rapid (414) 461-0358 Lund. 5640 Zumbra Ridge, Excelsior, MN 55331 (61 2) City, SD 57701 169th Inf. Cannon Co. (Sept-Harrisburg, PA) George 474-1747

110th Engr. (C) Bn. (June-Pittsburgh) John Lacny, 27 Putt, 13 Spruce St., Pine Grove, PA 17963 (717) 345- 331st Inf., 83rd Div., I Co. (WWII) (June) Milred Euclid Dr., DuBois, PA 15801 (913) 649-7089 8260 Chapman, Rt. 4, Box 136,Taylorville, NC 28681 (704) 113th Inf., B Co. (WWII) (Sept-Wildwood, NJ) James 172nd Inf. Rgt., 43rd Div., E Co. (Sept-Hummelstown, 632-2795 Gozidlow, 40 Conger St., Bloomfield, NJ 07003 (201) PA) Elmer Nisley, 13 W. Main St., Hummelstown, PA 343rd General Hospital (Aug-Skaneateles, NY) Don 748-9449 17036 (717) 566-2023 Connor, 5149 Onondaga Rd., Syracuse, NY 13215 115th Cav. Mech., FTrp. (July-Douglas, WY) John 176th FA Bn. (formerly 2nd Bn., 111th FA Rgt.) (Sept- (315) 488-7301 Perrine, 1095 Irvine Rd., Douglas, WY 82633 (307) Staunton, VA) Hugh Spinner, 138 Swift Creek Ln., 348th Station Hospital (WWII) (Oct-Charlotte, NC) Joe 358-5672 Colonial Heights, VA 23834 (804) 526-271 Zmudka, 8330 Kinmore St., Dearborn Hts., Ml 48127 1 16th Signal/FS 8608 AAU (Scheyern, Germany) 179th General Hospital (WWII) (Sept-Bettendorf, IA) (313)278-0913 (Sept-Harrisburg, PA) William Case, Box 108, Raymond Stock, 510 Iron Hill Rd., Doylestown, PA 351st Comm. Recon. Co. (Sept-Brainerd. MN) Tom Frankfort, Ml 49635 18901 (215) 345-1832 Loudon, 410 S. 6th St., Brainerd, MN 56401 (218) 829- 120th Ord. Co. (MM) (Sept-Pueblo, CO) Frank Estep, 192nd Ord. (Sept-Shawano, Wl) Russell Ecke, 170 3192 922 Alexander Cir, Pueblo, CO 81 001 (303)544-6972 Robin Lane, Shawano, Wl 54166 (71 5) 526-2339 361st Engr. Const. Bn. (Oct-Duffield, VA) James 120th Station Hospital (WWII) (Sept-Concord, CA) 195th AAA AW Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Louisville, KY) William Whiten, Box 260, Duffield, VA 24244 (703) 431-4300 Charles Schenz, 3450 Behymer Rd., Cincinnati, OH Dreher, 565 5th St. S.W., Strasburg, OH 44680 (216) 361st Engr. Rgt. (SS) Assn. (Oct-St. Petersburg, FL) 45245 (513) 752-3646 878-5325 Alfred Pierz, 8858 S. Albany Ave., Evergreen Park, IL 124th Arm'd Engr. Bn., 13th Arm'd Div., HQ Co. (Aug- 197th AAA AW Bn., A Btry. (Aug-Burlington, VT) Albert 60642 (708) 424-1787 Madison, Wl) John Roberts, 809 N. Water St., Water- Sponheimer Jr., Rt. 1, Box 61, East Ryegate, VT 05042 363rd Fighter Grp. /363rd Mustang Fighter Grp. town, Wl 53094 (414) 261-0717 (802) 584-3500 (June-St. Louis) Fred Munder, 4326 Osceola, St. 124th Cav. Assn. (Oct-Brownsville, TX) Emil Kovalcik, 199th Light Inf. Bde. (May-Columbus, GA) Peter Louis, MO 631 16 (314) 481-2653 4810 Knickerbocker, Houston, TX 77035 (713) 723- Joannides, Box 199, McLean, VA 22101 (703) 448- 376th TC Harbor Craft (Sept-Phoenix, AZ) Bill Harvey, 0370 0199 2207 W. Glenn Dr., Phoenix, AZ 85021 (602)995-4757 124th/154th Inf. Rgts., Service Co. (WWII) (Sept- 203rd General Hospital (Sept-Dearborn, Ml) Peter 383rd AAA Bn. (Aug-Zanesville. OH) William Neff, 131 Harrisburg, PA) Joseph Wall, 3544 6th Ave., Council Dimeff, 26034 Hope, Redford, Ml 48239 (313) 533- Star St., Crooksville, OH 43731 (614) 982-4766 Bluffs, IA51501 (712) 323-5287 7271 385th AAA AW Bn. (WWII) (June-Nashville, TN) Doug-

125th FA Assn. (Sept-Duluth, MN) H. Gould, 1219 203rd QM Bn., B Co. /3834th QM Gas Supply Co. ( Aug- lass Cochran, 420 Belvedere Rd., Hagerstown, MD

Stanford Ave., Duluth, MN 5581 1 (218) 727-4366 Grand Rapids, Ml) Irvin Wagner. 302 S. Monroe St., 21740 (301) 733-6312 126th/173rd FA Bns. (Oct-Milwaukee) Gertrude Kloth, Sturgis, Ml 49091 (616)651-5322 386th Inf. Rgt., 97th Div., L Co. (Oct-St. Louis) Eugene Box 188, Medford, Wl 54451 (71 5) 748-4843 209th CA AA Rgt./72nd, 421st, 422nd Gun Bns./898th Gray, 406 Lone Beech Rd., Monticello, IL 61856 (217) 127th Inf. Vets Assn. (Sept-Fond Du Lac, Wl) Douglas Auto Weapons/334th, 335th Searchlight Bns. (May- 762-4596

McNinch, 192 Chestnut St., Fond Du Lac, Wl 54935 Rochester, NY) Al Zagami, 51 1 Reeves Rd., Pittsford, 386th Rgt., 97th Inf. Div., K Co. (WWII) (Sept-Denver) (414) 921-0862 NY 14534 (716) 334-5713 Jimmy Dark, 1625 W. Grant St., Macomb, IL 61455 129th Inf., 37th Div., HQ/A/C/D Cos. (Aug-Monroe City, 224th Airborne Med. Co., 17th A/B Div. (Sept-Roches- (309)837-2845 MO) Russell Smith, Rt. 3, Box 48A, Monroe City, MO ter, NY) Edmund Wientczak, 9313 David Rd., Garfield 387th Inf., 97th Div., E Co. (Sept-Reno, NV) Rodney 63456 (314) 735-2367 Hts., OH 44125 (216) 341-0695 Anderson, 635 Mt. Fury Cir. S.W., Issaquah, WA 98027 129th Inf., 37th Div., L Co. (June-Paris, MO) Russell 234th/235th AAA Gun Bns. (WWII) (Sept-Chicago) E. (206)392-6270

Stith, Rt. 1 853-4462 turn , Williamstown, MO 63473 (314) Cain, 3 W. 120th St., Chicago, IL 60628 (312) 264- Please page 132nd Engr. Combat Bn. (Sept-Natick, MA) Matthew 1838 Ritsema, 3434 Hathaway Lane, Jackson. Ml 49201 237th Engr. Combat Bn. (Sept-Towsen, MD) Vincent (517)782-4885 Powell, 35 Idaho St., Passaic, NJ 07055 (201) 777- 133rd Inf., 34th Div., C Co. (July-Richmond, VA) Eldon 6541 Johnson, 1241 30th St. S.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 243rd Signal Operations Co. (May-Asheville, NC) (319)362-3522 George Bishop, 167 Euclide'Blvd., Asheville, NC 134th Inf., 35th Div., (WWII) (Aug-Lincoln, NE) Norman 28806 (704) 252-5442 Woehle, 2714 Crawford St., Bellevue, NE 68005 (402) 246th Engr. Combat Bn. (Sept-Westland, Ml) John FINDING 291-6026 Lawrence, 301 10 Westfield, Livonia, Ml 48150 (313) 135th Inf., 34th Inf. Div., 3rd Bn. (WWII) (Sept- 422-5310 Minneapolis, MN) Don Hoagland, Box 136, Aitkin, MN 249th FA Bn., 27th Inf. Div. (June-Davenport, IA) Louis SOMEONE 56431(612)684-2206 Turilli, 4608 11th Ave., D, Moline, IL 61 265 (309) 797- 135th Inf., 47th Div., Tank Co. (June-Redwood Falls, 2307 MN) Keith Baldwin, 302 E. Chesnut St., Redwood 258th FABn. (Aug-Sioux Falls, SD) Stanley Cross, 1017 TO HELP Falls, MN 56283 (507) 637-8270 S. Duluth Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57105 135th/1265th Combat Engrs. (WWII) (Oct-Will- 264th Sep. CA. Bn. (Aug-Sistersville, WV) James iamsburg, VA) George Mezzadra, 2321 Ellen Ave., Dietrich, 123 Thistle Ave., Sistersville, WV26175 (304) PLAN YOUR Baltimore. MD 21 234 (301 ) 665-0604 652-6641 143rd AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (July-Pickerington, OH) 265th FA Bn., A Btry. (Sept-Tulsa, OK) Hugh Randall. Harry Lane, 7291 Alspach Rd., Lancaster, OH 43130 1932S. Gary PI., Tulsa, OK 74104 (918) 744-1316 REUNION (614)837-9128 279th Combat Engr. Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Pittsburgh) 147th Inf. Rgt., M Co. (Sept-Springfield, OH) Fred Charles McCullough, 2033 Blairmont Dr., Pittsburgh, Bejcek, 5910 Sunset Dr., Bedford Hts., OH 44146 PA 15241 (412)833-2785 (216) 232-5411 281 st Engr. (C) Bn. Assn. (WWII) (Sept-Lexington, KY) IS HALF 148th FA Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Seattle) Ray Rydberg, 404 Albert Cline, Box 501, Gaffney, SC 29342 (803) 489- S. 192nd, Seattle, WA98148 (206) 243-5298 6528 150th FA (Sept-Ft. Wayne, IN) Richard Giese, 1917 284th FA Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Antioch, IL) Clair Schneider, THE BATTLE. Eileen, Ft. Wayne, IN 46819 (219) 747-4430 5805 South St., Richmond, IL 60071 (815) 678-4279 152nd Inf., 38th Div., 1st Bn. (July-New Albany, IN) Alan 288th FA Observ. Bn. (Sept-Fairfield Bay, AR) W.D. Hold your reunion in Virginia Beach Stephens, 2842 Wahoo Dr., New Albany, IN 47150 Frevert, Rt. 2, Box 351 B, Fairfield Bay, AR 72088 (501 (812)944-0400 884-3568 and the battle will be over before it

152nd Inf., L Co. (Aug-Warsaw, IN) Don Kreis, Rt. 1 , Box 294th Joint Assault Signal Co. (Sept-Buffalo, NY) starts. Because you'll get full-time 249, Milford, IN 46542 (219) 658-9319 Thomas Lanphear, 4570 Harris Hill Rd., Williamsville, 1 55th Inf., 31 st Div., E Co. (July-Cleveland, MS) George NY 14221 (716) 634-1863 reunion-planning services from our Kelly, Box 369, Cleveland, MS 38732 (601 ) 843-8393 295th QM Salvage Repair Co. (July-Johnson City, NY) expert staff well in advance of your 157th Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Winchester, VA) William Schlichter, 206 Main St., Dunkirk. NY 14048 Roland Clayton, 912 Log College Dr., Warminster, PA (716) 366-5404 group's rendezvous. 18974(215)675-0752 301st Ord. HM Co. (Field Army) (Aug-Coldwater, Ml) Assure yourself of complete 157th General Hospital (WWII/London) (Aug-States- Casey Medendorp, 173 W. State, Coldwater, Ml 49036 ville, NC) Henry Moore, 612K Davie Ave., Statesville, (517) 278-8953 victory now. Contact Dick Kinsley, NC 28677 (704) 871 -1876 302nd Inf., 94th Div., L Co. (Oct-Canadensis, PA) Military Conference Sales, at 157th Inf. Rgt./158th FA Bn., 45th Div. (WWII) (Sept- Charles Misner, 216 Bombay Ave., Westerville, OH Denver) Felix Sparks, 7900 W. 23rd Ave., Denver, CO 43081 (614) 891-4357 1-804-437-4700. 80215 (303) 233-2369 310th Inf. Rgt., 78th Div., B Co. (Oct-Myrtle Beach, SC) 160th General Hospital (WWII) (Sept-Lexington, VA) Mark Hoffman, 1221 Brinkerton Rd., Greensburg, PA Joseph Houser, Rt. 6, Box 54, Lexington, VA 24450 15601 VIRGINIA BEACH (703) 463-5063 313th Inf. Rgt., 79th Div. (WWII) (July-New Orleans) 161st F.A., 2nd Bn., HQ Btry./209th F.A. Bn., HQ Btry. John Joyce, 3435 Hollister Rd., Cleveland Hts., OH Department of Convention and

(Oct-Humboldt, KS) Paul Cook, Rt. 1 , Box 115, 44118 (216) 382-5076 Visitor Development Quapaw, OK 74363 317th FA Bn., 81st Div., HQ Btry. (Sept-Minneapolis, 2101 Park Avenue, Suite 500 161st Inf. Rgt., 41st Div., G Co. (July-Prosser, WA) MN) Bud Geiselhart, 12901 Upton Ave. S., #212, Virginia Beach, 23451 Howard Madson, 2317 Umpqua Rd., Woodburn, OR Burnsville, MN 55337 (61 2) 894-5401 VA 97071 (503)981-6562 322nd Signal Bn., B Co. (Aug-Washington, DC) William

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389th FA Bn., 97th Div. (Sept-Ft. Wayne, IN) Joe 537th AAA AW Bn. (WWII) (Sept-San Antonio) Roy Ward, 30 Dartmouth St., Fitchburg, MA 01420 (508) Newbauer, Rt. 3, Box 3668F, Grayling, Ml 49738 (517) Baker, 6314 Jacqueline, Wichita, KS 67208 (316) 688- 343-3613 939-8938 0647 735th Tank Bn. (Sept-Oklahoma City) Gladwin Pas- 390th Signal Avn Co. (SP) (WWII) (Sept-Huron, OH) 538th/28th Arty. Bn. (July-Oklahoma City, OK) Paul cuzzo, 2374 N. Dundee Ct., Highland, Ml 48357 (313) Harry Aivalotis, 138 Bello- Vedere, Fit. 4, Wheeling, WV Rands, 4708 Crest PI., Oklahoma City, OK 731 17 887-9005 26003 (304) 242-0046 (405)670-5176 746th AAA Gun Bn., A/B/C/D/HQ (WWII) (Sept-St. 392nd FA Bn., 42nd Div., C Btry. (July-Houston) Joseph 546th AAA AW Bn., B Btry. (Sept-Sioux City, IA) Robert Louis) George Stewart, Box 495, Tonganoxie, KS Smith, 513 Mountain View Ave., Hurley. NY 12443 McKelvey, Box 135, Jefferson, SD 57038 (605) 966- 66086(913)845-2582 (914)331-0140 5744 749th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Monticello, NY) John 397th AAA AW Bn./40th MM AA Bn. (Sept-Hershey, PA) 547th Engr. (C) Bn. (Aug-Maple Shade, NJ) Thomas O'Connor, 28 Willowbrook Place, Stamford, CT 06902 Edward Rowe, 11201 Towood Rd., Kingsville, MD Brown, 700 David St., Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 (609) 267- (203)324-6248 21087 (301) 592-6471 1420 751st Engr. Parts Supply Co. (Aug-Oshkosh, Wl) 400th AAA (AW) Bn., A/B/C/D Btrys. (Sept-Philadel- 548th AAA AW Bn. (MBL) (June-Kalamazoo, Ml) Robert Clarence Rohde, N4225 Boy Scout Dr., phia) Robert Waters Sr., 125 Highland Ave., High- LaPoint, 4105 Rivington, Kalamazoo, Ml 49008 (616) Campbellsport, Wl 53010 (414) 533-5072 lands, NJ 07732 (908) 872-1 668 343-5072 755th Rwy. Shop Bn. (Sept-San Antonio) Robert Mulso, 403rd FA Bn., 85th Div., B Btry. (WWII) (May-Per- 549th AAA (Sept-Oklahoma City) Gladwin Pascuzzo, 801 E. Park, Winner, SD 57580 (605) 842-1 377 ryopolis, PA) Walter Radishek, Rt. 2, Box 178, Per- 2374 N. Dundee Ct., Highland, Ml 48357 (313) 887- 756th Tank Bn. Assn. (WWII) (Sept-Louisville, KY) Roy ryopolis, PA 1 5473 (41 2) 736-4630 9005 Kosanke, 6701 S.E. Riverside Dr., Vancouver, WA 405th AAA Gun Bn. (Oct-Roanoke, VA) Warren Dillard, 556th AAA AW Bn. (Sept-Avon Lake, OH) Herb Lash- 98661 (206) 694-3756 2033 10th St. N.W., Roanoke, VA 24012 (703) 366- horn Sr., 3516 Williams Dr., Weirton, WV 26062 (304) 757th Tank Bn. (Oct-Las Vegas) Donald Pascuzzo, 3035 3576 748-7778 Westwind Rd., Las Vegas, NV89102 (702)251-9786 413th/523rd Ord. HM Cos. (June-Williamstown, OH) 568th AAA AW Bn. (Sept-Charleston, SC) Robert 764th Rwy. Shop Bn. (July-Bucyrus, OH) Louis Golia, Ralph Pickering Sr., 06521 St. Rt. 364, New Bremen, Glaser, 2411 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464 (215) 629 Sara Ln., Verona, PA 15147 (412) 793-2938 OH 45869 (419) 629-3702 323-9499 772nd FA Bn., HQ & S Btrys. (WWII) (Sept-Knoxville, 424th FA Bn. (Korea) (Sept-Indianapolis) Martin Logan, 574th/595th SAW Bns. (Sept-Chicago) Martin Halloran, TN) Clyde Parrish, 127 Garfield Ave., Florence, AL

1 1 05 Ridge Rd., Carmel, IN 46032 846-1 244 1 545 Ashford Ct. Wheaton, IL 601 87 682-9488 766-0655 (317) , (708) 35630 (205) 426th Arm'd FA Bn., C Btry. (WWII) (Sept-Bottineau, 593rd EB&SR, HQ & HQ Co., B Co., Medics & HQ 2nd 775th Tank Bn. (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Joseph Izzo, 383

ND) Neil Arntzen, 217 1st St. E., Bottineau, ND58318 Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) John LockwoodDr., N. Shirley, NY 1 1967 (516) 281-1505 (701)228-2793 McGrath, 2239 Mary Catherine Dr., Shively, KY40216 778th AA Bn. (Sept-King of Prussia, PA) Dominic 426th Med. Bn., 564/565/566th Amb. Cos. (Sept-St. (502)448-3118 Deoria, 319 Washington Ave., Phoenixville, PA 19460 Charles, MO) Harvey Legg, 16 Madrid Plaza, Mesa, 593rd Engr. Boat & Shore Rgt., C Co. (Sept-New (215)933-1436 AZ 85201 (602)833-2199 Orleans) Robert Boddy, 8448 Brecksville Rd., 783rd MP Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Anniston, AL) Anthony 444th Engr. Depot Co. (Aug-Allentown, PA) Felix Brecksville, OH 441 41 (21 6) 526-7320 Priore, 980 Bird Bay Way, Venice, FL 34292 (813) 485- Latsch, Rt. 1, Box 27, Orefield, PA 18069 (215) 395- 601st F.A. Bn. (Pk), A Btry. (Sept-Beachwood, OH) 7276 4168 John Javorek, 7258 Mulberry, Chesterland, OH 44026 784th MP Bn., D Co. (Aug-Sioux City, IA) Duane Weiler, 449th AAA AW MBL, C Btry. (Oct-Worcester, MA) (216)729-4500 Rt. 5, Box 1 86, Le Mars, IA 51 031 (71 2) 786-2279 Richard Margison, 90 Tompkins St., Cortland, NY 602nd TD Bn. (Sept-Oklahoma City) Gladwin Pascuzzo, 785th EPD Co. (Sept-Marietta, GA) A.E. Rikard, 4970 13045 (607) 756-5179 2374 N. Dundee Ct., Highland, Ml 48357 (313) 887- Fairmont Rd. S.E., Smyrna, GA 30062 (404) 432-1 539 449th MP Co. (Sept-Kissimmee, FL) M.J. Bartolomeo, 9005 787th MP Bn. (Sept-Cleveland) Charles Brynak, 5664 E. 4036 Alwick Lane, North Port, FL 34287 (813) 426- 604th AAA Bn. (Sept-Chippewa Falls, Wl) Elmer Berg, 141 St., Maple Hts., OH 44137 (216) 662-0244 9663 1276 9th St., Barron, Wl 5481 2 (71 5) 357-3247 789th EPD Co. (WWII) (Sept-Lexington, KY) Sam Vice, 455th AAA AW Bn. (Oct-Nashville, TN) Richard Hollis- 606th TD Bn. (Oct-Ft. Leonard Wood, MO) Arthur Hicks, Rt. 2, Convict Pike, Sharpsburg, KY 40374 (606) 247- ter, 3844 Faxon Ave., Memphis, TN 38122 (901) 323- Box 31 3, Ava, MO 65608 (41 7) 683-4476 3283 5859 607th Tank Bn. (Sept-Oklahoma City) Gladwin Pas- 802nd Engr. Assn. (Sept-Cincinnati) Raymond Griffith, 461st/463rd Ord. Evac. Cos. (Sept-Frankenmuth, Ml) cuzzo, 2374 N. Dundee Ct., Highland, Ml 48357 (313) Rt. 3, Box F433, Cooper Lane, Chester, NJ 07930 Ed Nashatka, 4335 Regan Rd., Bay City, Ml 48706 887-9005 (908)879-5687 (517) 684-0191 608th TD Bn. (Toledo area) (May-Fremont, OH) Bernie 802nd TD Bn. (Oct) Tom McCutchan, 428 White Rd.. 463rd AAA AW Bn., 79th Div. (Sept-St. Paul, MN) Haas, 729 Nickel St., Fremont, OH 43420 (419) 332- Mineola, NY 11501 (516) 747-4599 George Landshut, 437 White Bear Ave., St. Paul, MN 7860 809th TD Bn. (Aug-Southgate, Ml) Joseph Zalenski, 55106 (612)771-7035 617th OBAM Bn. (Aug-Seattle) Theodore Fest, Box 9928 Niver, Allen Park, Ml 481 01 (31 3) 382-901 464th Engr. Depot. Co. (Sept-Santee, SC) Harold 88042, Steilacoom, WA 98388 (206) 588-2733 820th TD Bn. (Oct-Virginia Beach, VA) George Verbeke, Strayer, Box 653, Santee, SC 291 42 (804) 854-3474 617th QM Dpt. Co. (Sept-New Philadelphia, OH) John 16085 Veronica, E. Detroit, Ml 48021 (313)779-8046

466th AAA Bn. (N. Eastern Branch) (July) James Terakedis, 21 1 High St., Dover, OH 44622 (216) 343- 838th Ord. Dpt. Co. (WWII) (Aug-Atlanta) Bernard Baskin, 28 Perry St., #12J, Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 6938 Kersting, 7912 Elmhurst Ave., Baltimore, MD 21234 359-3689 622nd Engrs. Base Equip. Co. (Sept-Williamsburg, VA) (301) 668-3569 472nd FA/472nd FA PARA GLI Bn. (July-Flint, Ml) Nilah Berry, 5207 W. Millington Rd., Millington, Ml 840th Engr. Avn. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Nashville, TN) Floyd Julian Panek, 3334 Demmler St., McKeesport, PA 48746(517)871-2530 Wells, 2906 Blossom St., Columbia, SC 29205 (803) 15131 (412)672-8442 622nd Ord. BAM (England/G-25) (Sept-Greensboro, 799-7616 472nd MP Co. (Sept-Nashville, TN) Roger Bassetti, NC) Scott Staton, 300 Sugar Loaf Rd., Hendersonville, 853rd Engr. Bn. (CBI) (Sept-Fresno, CA) Norman 21 06 S. Ash Cr, Mesa, AZ 85202 (602) 897-741 NC 28792 (704) 693-4880 Cederquist, 2351 19th Ave., Kingsburg, CA 93631 474th Signal Avn. Construction Co. (SCARWAF) 632nd TD Bn., Recon Co. (Sept-Green Bay, Wl) Ken- (209)897-7334 (Aug-Centerville, IA) Richard Wakefield, 205 E. Fair, neth Schoen, 1415 S. Locus, Green Bay, Wl 54304 858th Ord. HAM Co. (Sept-Douglas, GA) Howard Rt. 3, Centerville, IA 52544 (515) 856-8730 (414)494-3044 Aughinbaugh, 701 W. Gordon St., Douglas, GA31533 480th AAA AW Bn. (WWII) (July-Palmerton, PA) Samuel 644th TD Bn. (Sept-Philadelphia) Frank Arieta, 114W. (912)384-4951 George, Rt. 1, Box 1788, Palmerton, PA 18071 (215) Catawissa St., Nesquehoning, PA 18240 (717) 669- 861st (HAM) Ord. Co. (Sept-Bushkill, PA) Kenneth 681-4500 9341 Rhodes, 2800 15th St., Altoona, PA 16601 (814) 943- 489th AAA AW Bn. (SP) (Aug-St Louis) Delmon Yount, 691st FA Bn. (Oct-Bloomington, MN) Alton Lundquist, 0708 324 Davis Ct., Flat River, MO 63601 (314)431-2102 Box 44, Wheaton, MN 56296 (612) 563-4626 880th FA Bn., 69th Div., HQ Btry. (July-Greensburg, PA)

489th Ord. Evac. Co. (Sept-Staunton, VA) Burlin Sutton, 701st AAA Bn., A Btry. (1953-56) (Oct-Memphis, TN) Stuart McGowan, Rt. 1 , Box 402, Eagle Bridge, NY 804 Wren St., Staunton, VA 24401 (703) 886-0889 William Lucas, 859 Redding Rd., Seymour, IN 47274 12057 (518) 686-5906 491st AAA AW Bn. (Sept-Bordentown, NJ) Bill Dalton, (812) 522-4967 906th Ord. HAM Co. (Oct-Reno, NV) Frank Boston, 241 1615 N. 46th St., Pennsauken, NJ 081 10 (609) 663- 702nd Tank Bn. (Sept-Erie, PA) Anthony Cannarozzi, E. Canterbury Dr., Stockton, CA95207 (209) 477-61 67 6301 1516 Poplar St., Erie, PA 16502 (814) 456-2600 974th Engr. Maint. Co. (Aug-Berea, KY) Oneal LeMay, 502nd AAA Bn. (Sept-Gettysburg, PA) James Seibert, 702nd TD Bn., C Co. (Sept-Hyannis, MA) George 1277 Fork Church Rd., Lancaster, KY 40444 (606) 242- 1 31 Valley View Ave . Wheeling, 792-6061 0 , WV 26003 (304) Sheehan, 67 Washington Bursley, Centerville, MA 5153 02632 (508)428-9306 977th Engr. Maint. Co. (Sept-Louisville, KY) Don Frank, 506th AAA Gun Bn. (Sept-Erie, PA) Dean Olin, 2413 704th TD Bn., 4th AD (Aug-Louisville, KY) Sam 7210 Arrowwood Rd., Louisville, KY 40222 (502) 425- Center 969-1339 Rd , Ashtabula, OH 44004 (216) Schenker, 1823 Shady Dr., Farrell, PA 16121 (412) 2521 517th Parachute Combat Team Assn. (July-Sparks, 981-3988 989th Engr. Treadway Bridge Co. (May-Salina, KS) NV) William Lewis, 18630 White Pine Cir, Hudson, FL 708th Ord. Co., 8th Inf. Div. (WWII) (Aug-Pittsburgh) Lester Boston, 200 N. 8th St., Council Grove, KS 34667(813)863-2995 Alvin McCartney, Box 97, 479 Walnut St., Glenwillard, 66846(316)767-5537 522nd Engrs. (Sept-Indianapolis) William Lange, 2010 PA 15046 (412) 457-8904 993rd Engr. Treadway Bridge Co. (Sept-Manhattan, S. 9th St., Manitowoc, Wl 54220 (414) 682-2120 709th Tank Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Lancaster, PA) Paul Claster, KS) J.J. Vacek, 910 Wildcat Ridge, Manhattan, KS

522nd Ord. HM Co. (July-Oakbrook, IL) Raymond Ufer, 35 Euclid Ave., Middletown, NY 1 0940 (91 4) 343-4879 66502 205 Medill Ave., Northlake, IL 60164 562-0293 (708) 712th Tank Bn. (Sept-Troy, Ml) Paul Wannemacher, 280 999th FA Bn. (Korea) (Sept-Branson, MO) Dean Kneller, 529th MP Honor Guard (1966-69) (Nov-Las Vegas) Bill Western Ave., Morristown, NJ 07960 (201 ) 539-7147 Rt. 1 , Box 42A, Lowry City, MO 64763 (41 7) 644-7770 Crenshaw, 1626 Riverside Dr. N.E., Gainesville, GA 722nd Railway Oper. Bn. (Sept-San Anfonio) Robert 1061st Engr. PC&R (July-Kingsport, TN) Luther Noel, 30501 (404) 534-9997 Seeley, 527 Gaines St., Elmira, NY 14904 (607) 734- 605 Morison Ave., Kingsport, TN 37660 (615) 245- 530th Engr. Light Pon. Co. (Sept-Bradley, IL) Fabio 7782 7868 Fabbi, 17230 Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, IL 60477 (Aug-Seattle) Bill (708) 532-3732 724th Engr. Bn., A Co. (ARNG) (Aug- Ashland, Wl) 1138th Engr. Combat Grp. (WWII) Walter Stolarzyk, Rt. 2. Box 120B, Ashland, Wl 54806 Kubick, 3258 N.E. 104th St., Seattle, WA 98125 (206) 53 1 st AAA Bn., A Btry. (July- Dubuque, IA) Maurice (715) 682-571 1 524-3825 Willenborg, 1122 1 1/2 St., S.W., Dyersville, IA 52040 (319)875-7906 725th/791 st MP Bns. (WWII) (Sept-Canton, OH) Dwighf 1252nd Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) (June-Morgantown, PA) 535th QM Co. (Sal/Rep) (Sept-Cedar Rapids, IA) Bob Nefzly, 1237 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646 George Moore, 207 Shockley Dr., Rt. 3, Birdsboro, PA Zurfluh, 10245 46th Ave. S.E., Olympia, WA 98503 (216)832-9744 19508 (215) 582-8690 (206)459-7718 735th Railway Oper. Bn. (Sept-Las Vegas) Robert 1256th Engr. (C) Bn., 38th Vets (Aug-East Liverpool,

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1257th Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Louisville, KY) Altheimer, AR 72004 (501 ) 766-81 81 Seabee Auto. Telephone Class 5808 (Port Hueneme) William Palmer, 901 Ambridge Dr., Louisville, KY 59th NCB (Oct-Monticello, NY) Merritt Snyder, 1308 N. (June-Kansas City, MO) Walter Dickey, 6540 Reeds 40207 (502) 896-8455 Troxell St., Allentown, PA 18103 (215) 435-1001 Dr., Mission, KS 66202 (913) 262-5635 1264th Combat Engr. Bn. (Oct-Las Vegas) William 62nd Seabees (Sept-Cincinnati) William Stehlin, 2172 Seabee Veterans of America, IS X-6 (Oct-New Port Gertsberger, 3751 G Rd. Palisade, CO 81526 (303) Pinney Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45231 (513) 825-9131 Richey, FL) Fred Beake, 7211 Edinburgh Way, 464-7539 69th NCB (Sept-Booth Bay Harbor, ME) Howard Brewer, Brooksville, FL34643 (904) 596-1692 1289th Combat Engrs. (June-Shakopee, MN) Harlow Booth Bay Harbor, ME 04538 (207) 633-3728 Service Craft Unit 4, ServPac (Aug-Reno, NV) James Stillings, 562 Graham St., Hutchinson, MN 55350 71st Seabees (Aug-Louisville, KY) Fred Balke, 2301 Pressley, 131 8 Washington, Fredonia. KS 66736 (316) (612) 587-5646 Halls Hill Rd., Crestwood, KY 4001 4 (502) 241-4160 378-2647 1308th GS Engrs., F Co. (Oct-Hagerstown, MD) 77th Seabee Bn. (Sept-Clarksville, IN) B.I. Camp, 4821 SNAG-56 (Sept-Omaha, NE) Raymond Becka, 7811 Kenneth Alderton, 616 Hill Top Dr., Cumberland, MD Langley Rd., Ft. Worth, TX 761 14 (817) 626-1 103 Davenport, Omaha, NE 681 14 (402) 392-0444 21502 (301) 724-3354 79th Seabees (WWII) (June-Reno, NV) W.G. Lindroff, Vets (July-Honolulu) James Kikis, 94-824 1395th Engr. Const. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-St. Louis) 51 04 Lowen, Bakersfield, CA 93309 (805) 831-6621 Kime St., Waipahu, HI 96797 (808) 676-6982

Norman Rapp, 1 253 Grange Ave., Collegeville, PA 88th NCB (Oct-St. Louis) Cletus Nicholson, 5 Roan Cir., Boats, New London 1949 & 64' Crash Boats 19426(215)489-7959 Florissant, MO 63033 (314) 837-0835 (July-Xenia, IL) Billy Steward, Rt. 2, Box 146, Xenia, IL 1589th HQ Service Command (July-Indianapolis) Keith 90th Seabees (Aug-Cleveland) Barney Freeman, 5782 62899 (618) 835-2553 Haase, 5520 Edlou Place, Indianapolis, IN 46226 Parkwalk Cir. W.. Boynton Beach, FL 33437 (407) 736- UDT-8,9,10 (WWII) (June-Spearfish, SD) Jack James, (317) 547-1280 2859 401 Crestwood Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76107 (817) 737- 3405th Ord. MM Co. (formerly 67th Bn., A Co.) (WWII) 96th NCB (Including 613, 590, 1048, 3050) (Aug-Oak 3004 (Sept-Atlanta) L.E. Wood, 2839 Ponderosa Cir. Brook, IL) Hazel Solarski, 139 Ravenhead St., USN Armed Guard Vets of WWII (Oct-San Francisco)

Decatur, GA 30033 Houston, TX 77034 (713) 944-2305 John Noyes, 4615 E. 17th St., Tucson, AZ 8571 1 (602) 3463rd Ord. MM Co. (Sept-Mason City, IA) Raymond 97th/108th Seabee Bns. (Aug-St. Louis) Raymond 790-4229 Merril, 908 Eight Ave., Charles City, IA 50616 (515) Dierkes, 4417 Carriage Tr., St. Louis, MO 63128 (314) USS Abnaki ATF-96 (July-Memphis, TN) Joseph 228-7529 487-6212 Colombara, 720 E. Country Lane, Collinsville, IL 3482nd MAM Ord. Co. (WWII) (Aug-Greenville, SC) J.E. 110th QM Bakery Co. (Oct-Nashville,TN) Harry Fucher, 62234 (618) 344-8869

Cruse, 855 Palmetto Rd., Tyrone, GA 30290 (404) 510 Burton St., Raleigh, NC 27608 (919) 834-8639 USS ABSD-4 (Aug-St. Paul, MN) Charles Virts, 1 175 487-4627 115th NCB (WWII) (Sept-Sarasota, FL) Edward Plum- Arundel St., St. Paul, MN 55117 (612) 488-3346 3483rd Ord. MAM Co. (WWII) (Sept-Denver) Harold mer, 5023 E. Naomi St., Indianapolis, IN 46203 (317) USS Alabama BB-60/SSBN-731 (Sept-Silverdale, WA) Stahnke, 3350 S. Ash, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 756- 359-6990 John Brown, Box 501, Keller, TX 76248 (817) 431- 3459 116th NCB (Oct-Charleston, SC) John Hyames, 31 2424 3594th QM Truck Co. (June-Clarksville, IN) William Greentree Ct., Spartanburg, SC 29302 (803) 583- USS Alderamin AK-116 (Nov-Cambndge, OH) Loren Ellis, Rt. 1, Beech Grove, AR 7241 2 (501 (886-6864 6549 Brown, 217 Longdale Ave., Toledo, OH 43605 (419) 3711th QM Truck Co. (June-Wichita, KS) Raymond 125th NCB (Sept-Estes Park, CO) John Luse, 1 Quan- 693-6680 Shaffer, 2237 S. Vine, Wichita, KS 67213 (316) 265- tock Hills Dr., Bella Vista, AR 72714 (501) 855-3624 USS Algol AKA-54 (July-Asbury Park, NJ) Anthony Sori, 4375 136th Seabees (June-St. Petersburg, FL) Ralph 2045 Avalon Dr., Merced, CA 95340 (209) 722-6005 3853rd QM Gas Supply Co. (formerly A Co., 205th QM Harrison, 837 Millwood Rd. Broken Arrow, OK 7401 USS American Legion APA-17 (WWII) (Aug-Omaha, Bn.) (WWII) (Sept-Nashville, TN) J.R. Hackney, 718 (918)455-8243 NE) John Zuella. 268 Scott Rd., #9, Waterbury, CT Powers Ave., Nashville, TN 37206 (61 5) 227-3806 143rd NCB/ABCD (Oct-Sarasota, FL) Walter Frenz, 06705

Amerlcal (23rd) Inf. Div. (June-Hyannis, MA) William 131 1 Tanner Ave., Burlington, NJ 08016 (609) 386- USS Amick DE-168 (Aug-Las Vegas) John LeVaas, McLaughlin, 59 Florence Ave., Mashpee, MA 02649 6926 7809 Spring Brook Dr. S.E., Huntsville, AL 35802 (508)477-9791 AMM, NATTC, M8, Sec. 7, Memphis, TN (1943) (Aug- USS Amycus ARL-2 (Oct-Reno, NV) Wray White, 1427 Bill Portobelo Ct., San Ave., Army Otter-Caribou Assn. (Aug-Reno, NV) Hooks, ) John Powell, 5982 Floribunda #201 , Burlingame, CA 94010 (415) 31 324-1 Diego, 348-2140 Box 6091 , Columbus, GA 907 (404) 596 CA92124 Darby's Rangers (WWII) (Oct-Ft. Smith, AR) E.W. Assn. of Minemen (Sept-Long Beach, CA) Lyal Stryker, USS Andromeda AKA-15 (WWII) (Sept-Myrtle Beach,

Dr., Dr., N. Charleston, 29418 Lois Guffy, Rt. 1 Byron, 474-2572 Mays, 3 Novacaine Heber Springs, AR 72543 8517 Deerwood SC (803) SC) , OK 73723 (405) (501)362-6804 797-0841 USS Antietam CVS-36 (Sept-San Antonio) Joe Diaz, Fort Ruger/Derussy, HI (1932-42) (Sept-Fort Monroe, Battle of Ormoc Bay (Leyte/1944) (Sept-St. Louis) 810 Jennings Ave., San Antonio, TX 78225 (512) 923- VA) D M. Cooper, Box 142, Glen Dale, WV26038 (304) Russ Catardi, 936 Garfield Ave:, Ardsley, PA 19038 2978 845-0880 Bedford Springs Radio School (Co. 13/1944) (June- USS Appalachian (Oct-San Diego) Cliff Hollander, 431 HQ Btry., XII Corps Arty. (Sept-Onley, VA) H.W. Phillips, Buffalo, NY) Bruno Campagnari, 1809 Dugan Rd., Del Mar Ave., Pacifica, CA94044 (415) 355-6649

Box 197, Parksley, VA 23421 (804) 665-5967 Olean, NY 1 4760 (71 6) 372-1 780 USS Ardent AM-340 (Nov.-Sturgeon Bay, Wl) Al Casper, Merrill's Marauders Assn. (Support Grps.) (Aug-EI CAG-14 (Oct-South Padre Island, TX) J.L. Oswald, Box 2536 W. Warnimont Ave., #205, Milwaukee, Wl 53221 Paso, TX) Raymond Lyons, 11244 N. 33rd St., 2799, Harlingen.TX 78551 (512)423-3411 (414)281-2908 Phoenix, AZ 85028 CASU-12 (Oct-Kansas City) Gordon Hurst, 6409 USS Arided AK-73 (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) QM Demo. Unit 9135th TSU (Fort Lee/1948-51) (Oct- Oakbrook, Corpus Christi, TX 78413 Richard Baker, 1002 Catherine Ave,, Kinston, NC Hopewell, VA) Tony Cavaliere, 231 Orange St., New CBMU-539 (Oct-San Diego) James Smith, Box 4209, St. 28501 Haven, CT 0651 0 (203) 624-9400 Louis, MO 63163 (314) 534- 8931 USS Bairoko CVE-1 15, (Oct-Las Vegas) Max Ferree, San Francisco Port of Embarkation, APO/V-Mail Sta. CBMU-552 (Oct-N. Ft. Myers, FL) George Keen, 3142 3737 S. Sims Lane, Bloomington, IN 47403 (812) 825- (June-Louisville, KY) Max Doty, 5255 S. Irvington PI., Longview Dr. N.E., N. Ft. Myers, FL 33917 (813) 656- 9671 Tulsa, OK 74135 (918) 622-5384 5645 USS Bataan CVL-29 (Air Grps. included) (May-St. Women's Army Corps Veterans Assn. (Aug-Tarpon Farragut NTS (WWII) (Sept-Athol, ID) Marsden Warren, Louis) Sando Cosenza, 507 Carsonia Ave., Reading, Springs, FL) Ruth Helbig, Box 681, Port Richey, FL 2773 S. Dutton, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 546- PA 19606 (215) 779-7175 34673 (813) 868-9377 7449 USS Beatty DD-640/DD-756 (Oct-Norfolk, VA) George Yokohama Engr. Dpt., 8056 AU (Sagami, ) (July- Flying Midshipmen (1946-50) (June-Coronado, CA) Kelly, Box 2411 Lynchburg, VA 24501 (804)847-6184

1 1 Lawrence v 1 e . PA) Walter Williams, Rt. 2, Box 154, Don Day, 18140Calle Estepona, San Diego. CA92128 USS Belle Grove LSD-2 (July-Columbus, OH) Del Lawrenceville, PA 1 6929 (717) 827-2773 (619) 592-9655 Catron, 14732 Van Buren St., Midway City, CA 92655 MCB-9 (June-Port Hueneme, CA) Richard Casoli, Box (714)897-1787 88, Hanson, MA02341 (617)293-7212 USS Benson DD-421 (Oct-Myrtle Beach, SC) Paul

NAS "Twin Cities" Minnesota (Aug-Minneapolis) Kirk Yothers, 1 301 Belle Dr., North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 Johnson, 7325 14th Ave. S., Richfield, MN 55423 (61 2) (803)272-2715 Navy 866-7194 USS Biscayne AVP-11/AGC-18 (Oct-Reno) William NAS Whidbey Island (1971-76) (Aug-Oak Harbor, WA) Lindsey, 510 Mountain View, Lakeview, OR 97630

Jim McKinnon, 1 1 104 87th Ave. N.E., Marysville, WA (503)947-4801 1st Med. Bn., 1st MarDiv., D Co. (1950-51) (July- 98270 (206) 659-0708 USS Blessman DE-69/APD-48 (Aug-Las Vegas) Joe Columbus, OH) Jack Ries, Box 6452, Canton, OH Nat'l Assn. of Fleet Tug Sailors (Oct-Santa Rosa, CA) Young Jr., 6400 Edgemere, #72, El Paso, TX 79925 44706(216)492-7037 George Kingston, 2148 Clubhouse Dr., Lillian, AL (915) 778-6777 2nd & 4th Beach Bns. (Sept-Nashville, TN) Walter 36549 (205) 962-2171 USS Boxer CV/CVA/CVS-21, LPH-4 (Aug-Reno, NV) Bryant, 7620 E. 50th St., Indianapolis, IN 46226 (317) Nat'l CPO Assn. (Including Coast Guard) (Oct-Biloxi, Hank Wilson, 1751 Evergreen Ct., Derby, KS 67037 547-2319 MS) Jim Phillips, 2521 S.E. 60th St., Ocala, FL 32671 (316) 788-4560 4-Stack APD Veterans (Sept-St. Paul, MN) Jack (904) 629-5348 USS Braine DD-630 (Oct-Baton Rouge, LA) Paul Pennock, 4001 Constellation Rd., Lompoc, CA 93436 Naval Weather Service Assn. (June-Las Vegas) Herb Conway, 41 Widgeon Place, St. Michaels, MD 21663 (805) 733-3412 Goodland, 786 Christy Lane, Las Vegas, NV 891 10 (301)745-3792 8th NCB (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) John Kreiling, (702)452-1102 USS Briareus AR-12 (Oct-Virginia Beach, VA) Bob 3455 S. Corona St., #546, Englewood, CO 80110 Navy Nurse Corps Assn. (May-Orlando, FL) Lou Bell, Amos, 27 Winthrop Rd., Somerset, NJ 08873 (201) 16th Seabees (Sept-Portland, OR) Bob Abrahamson, Box 195219, Winter Springs, FL32719 249-4166 1425 E. 9th St., McMinnville, OR 97128 (503) 472- PBY Catalina Int'l. Assn. (Including Army, Air Force) USS Brinkley Bass DD-887 (Aug-Fall River, MA) Robert 5311 (Dec-Honolulu, HI) James Thompson, 1510 Kabel Dr., Shetron, 347 W. Leeside St,, Glendora, CA91740 23rd NCB (WWII) (Sept-New Orleans) Neil McLean, 635 New Orleans, LA 701 31 (504) 392-1 227 (818) 335-8040 E. Ramsey, Banning. CA 92220 (714) 849-6177 Rescue & Salvage Divers, Ship 13 (Aug-Warren, PA) USS Bunker Hill CV-17 (Aug-San Antonio) Jack Ballas, 28th NCB (WWII) (Sept-Nashville, TN) Bruno Petruc- Clyde Darling. 7 Nathan St., Warren, PA 16365 (814) 109Trailwood Dr., Euless, TX 76039 (817) 571-7935 cione, 43 Third St., Yorkville, NY 13495 (315) 736-0263 723-9301 USS Burleigh PA-95 (Sept-Evansville, IN) Carl Bell. 28th Spec. NCB (Oct-Dallas) Jimmy Hopkins, 13776 ROTC Class June 1944, U of New Mexico (Oct- 1470 Cranbrook Dr., Hermitage, PA 16148 (412) 342- Keno-Worden Rd., Klamath Falls, OR 97603 (503) Albuquerque, NM) Dick Primm, 3330 Knob Hill Ct., 7598 882-0897 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 553-0484 USS Butler DD-636/DMS-29 (Oct-Norfolk, VA) Joseph 30th Seabee Bn. (June-Provincetown, MA) Daniel Paul, Sampson NTS, Co. 340, Unit E (1945) (Sept-Waterloo, Please turn page

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Brown, 25 Partridge. Irvine, CA 9271 4 (714) 857-1935 Davis, 1705 Garfield, Terre Haute, IN47804 (812)232- Rhame, 1 550 Sims N.E., Orangeburg, SC 291 1 5 (803) USS Cabot CVL-28, A Div. (Sept-Louisville, KY) Tony 2127 534-2259 Stich, 934 Parkway Dr., Louisville, KY 40217 (502) USS Griswold DE-7 (WWII) (Sept-Bridgeton, MO) USS LCS-115 (Sept-Jacksonville, FL) E.R. Dale, 471 636-5358 Bruno Mancinelli, Rt. 4, Box 66, Monongahela, PA California St., Ripon, CA 95366 (209) 599-4528 USS Calvert APA-32 (Oct-New Orleans) John Cole, 506 15063 (412) 258-5379 USS LCS-33 (Sept-Jacksonville, FL) Chuck Leonard, Red Wing Ave., Kenyon, MN 55946 (507)789-6344 USS Guadalupe AO-32 (Sept-Baltimore) Tom Davis, 1819 South G. St., Richmond, IN 47374 (317) 962-

USS Canfield DE-262 (Oct-Virginia Beach, VA) Harry 1426 Gilbert Rd., Arnold, MD 21 01 2 (301 ) 974-0239 3328 Detwiler Sr., Box O, La Platta, MD 20646 (301) 934- USS Hamilton DD-141/DMS-18 (Sept-Charleston, SC) USS Lesuth AK-125 (Sept-Branson, MO) T.W. Stone, 9167 Bernard Maschauer, 2247 Sherwood Dr., S. Daytona, 6601 S.W. Fairdale Dr., Topeka, KS 66619 (913) 862- USS Charles Carroll APA-28 (Oct-Reno, NV) Milton FL 321 19 (904) 760-6582 0938 Smith, 1818 Crescent Dr., St. Joseph, MO 64506 (81 6) USS Hammann DD-41 2/Gansevoort DD-608 (Sept- USS Lewis Hancock DD-675 (Nov-Baton Rouge, LA)

279-8728 Minneapolis, Rt. , 1 MN) Clyde Conner, 1 Box , Grafton, Herman Johnson, 412 Edward Dr., Ladson, SC 29456 USS Chauncey DD-667 (Aug-Atlanta) Wilbert Wieland, WV 26354 (304) 265-3933 (800) 533-2415 2450 Kenwood Manor, #9, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 USS Hamul AD-20/AK-30 (Oct-Charleston, SC) Ralph USS Leyte CV-32 (Oct-Newport, Rl) Edward Prunier, 6 (605)334-8498 Kennedy, 6004 Mustang Dr., Riverdale, MD 20757 Bay Path Rd., Charlton, MA 01507 (508) 248-7265 USS Chepachet AO-78 (Sept-Elkhorn, NE) Russell (301)277-4069 USS Liberty Veterans Assn. (June-Washington, DC) Darling, 21510 Honeysuckle Dr., Elkhorn, NE 68022 USS Haverfield DE-393 (Oct-Charleston, SC) Harold Bob Hrankowski, 1 Airport Way, Suite 100, Rochester (402)289-4308 Rees, 2051 PioneerTrail, Lot 123, New Smyrna Beach, International Airport, Rochester, NY 14624 (716) 328- USS Chevalier DD/DDR-805 (Aug-Omaha, NE) John FL32168 (904) 428-6089 8747 Novak, 6200 Fleetwood Dr., Lincoln, NE 68516 (402) USS Henley DD-391 (Sept-Alvin, TX) Roy Anglen, Box USS LSM-44 (Nov-New Orleans) Tony Winkler, 4376 488-8828 3, Hume, IL 61932 (217) 887- 2372 Ewing Ave. N., Robbinsdale, MN 55422 (612) 533- USS Chilula ATF-153 (Sept-Winston-Salem, NC) USS Heywood L. Edwards DD-663 (Sept-Seattle) Bob 8966

Charles Buice, 1 401 Leheigh Ct., Winston-Salem, NC Chantler, 107 Bogastow Brook Rd., Holliston, MA USS LST 347/72 (Aug-Omaha, NE) Dale Nelsen, 129 27103(919)725-5694 01746(508)429-5290 S.W. Hillcrest La., Lee's Summit, MO 64063 (816) 525- USS Clay APA-39, Elizabeth C. Stanton PA-69 (Aug- USS Hilbert DE-742 (Oct-Long Beach, CA) Anne 5610

St. Clairsville, OH) John Brass, 403 E. 330th St., McCarthy, 26 Vernon St., Tewksbury, MA 01876 (508) USS LST-1091 (Sept-Savannah, GA) Furman Fowler, 1 Willowick, OH 44095 (216) 943-2079 658-8894 Murray Cir., Cheraw, SC 29520 USS Cockrill DE-398 (Oct-Williamsburg, VA) Merle Arr, USS Hopping DE-1 55/APD-51 (Oct-New Orleans) USS LST-121 (Sept-New Orleans) Dale Campbell, 236 80 Westwood Dr., Park Forest, IL 60466 (708) 748- Alfred Vilardi, 445 Georgia Blvd., Sebastian, FL 32958 Park Ave., Washington, PA 15301 (412)222-8840 7465 (407)388-1716 USS LST-279 (Oct-Windsor Locks, CT) Edwin Lappen, USS Collett DD-730 (Sept-Nortolk, VA) R.K. Conover, 9 USS Hyperion AK-107 (Apr-Moab, UT) Dick Nelson, 59 Brandywine Lane, Suffield, CT 06078 (203) 668-

Helen Ave., Freehold, NJ 07728 (908) 462-6449 HCR 61 , Box 25B, Lemoyne, NE 69146 (308) 726- 0036 USS Copahee CVE-12/VGS-12/VT/VF-21 (Oct-Long 2297 USS LST-325 (WWII) (July-Casper, WY) Icky Allgaier,

Beach, CA) John Pittsford, Rt. 2, Box 144, Farmland, USS Idaho Assn. (Sept-Louisville, KY) David Graham, 1 705 E. 2nd, Casper, WY 82601 (307) 235-6894

IN 47340 Box 1 1 247, San Diego, CA 921 1 1 (61 9) 271-61 06 USS LST-356 (June-Charleston, SC) Anthony Pucci, USS Cowpens CVL-25 (June-Cowpens, SC) Arthur USS Intrepid Assn. (Aug-) Frederick 4363 Inlet Rd., Marietta, GA 30066 (404) 926-0013 Furry, 5375 N. Wapak Rd., Elida, OH 45807 (419) 339- Hemmerich Jr., 144 Furler St., CN240, Totowa, NJ USS LST-384 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Stan Neal, 950 S. 2262 07512(201)785-1270 Garcia, #172, Port Isabel, TX 78578 (512)943-4603 USS Crouter DE-11 (Sept-Columbus, OH) Donald USS J. Richard Ward DE-243 (July-Indianapolis, IN) USS LST-453/Remus ARL-40 (Sept-New Orleans) McGhee, 726 Kirkwood Dr., West Jefferson, OH 431 62 Chester Eaton, 7946 N. Richardt St., Indianapolis, IN Charles Rester, Box 494, Orland, CA 95963 (91 6) 865- (614) 879-8677 46256(317)842-3607 5226 USS Curtiss AV-4 (Sept-Mesa, AZ) Francis Pavlu, 9255 USS Jeffers DD-621/DMS-27 (Oct-Reading, PA) USS LST-487 (Oct-Baton Rouge, LA) W.H. Boyt, 9452

N. Magnolia Ave., #293, Santee CA 92071 (619) 448- Warren Hilton, 209 S. Hall St., Morrison, IL 61270 Corinth St. , Baton Rouge, LA 70809 (504) 926-5449 3685 (815) 772-2422 USS LST-494 (WWII) (May-Baltimore) Earl Brown Sr.,

USS Cushing Assn. (Sept-Omaha, NE) Frank Man- USS John Rodgers DD-574 (Oct-Las Vegas) Jack 1 08 Moser St., Aston, PA 1 9014 (21 5) 485-0474 gano, 719 Hickory St., Omaha, NE 68108 (402) 422- Mindock, 326 W. 3rd St., Oglesby, IL 61348 (815) 883- USS LST-553 (Oct-York, PA) Darwin Bupp, 1998 Worth 1259 8443 St., York, PA 1 7404 (71 7) 854-0859 USS Dale DD-353 (June-Amarillo, TX) A.D. Payne, 71 USS Joseph E. Campbell DE-70/APD-49 (Sept- USS LST-602 (WWII/Korea) (Oct-Florida) Marco South Carolina, Amarillo, TX 791 06 (806) 374-4205 Nashville, TN) John Dohr, 10057 Meadowfield Lane, Sampogna, 1703 N. Jerusalem Rd., Easy Meadow, NY USS Damato DDE-871 (Aug-Shenandoah, PA) Morris St. Louis, MO 63128 (31 4) 843-4896 11554(516)489-3616

Moditch, 1 19 Gap View Rd., Slatington, PA 18080 USS Kalmia ATO-23 (Sept-Las Vegas) John Branin, 947 USS LST-636 (WWII) (Nov-Sebring, FL) J. Skipper Sr., (215) 767-5602 Haverford Rd., Ramona, CA 92065 (619) 788-0958 6910W. Josephine Rd., Sebring, FL 33872 (813)385- USS Dashlell DD-659 (June-Parsons, TN) Bob Markin, USS Kaskaskia AO-27 (Oct-Charleston, SC) James 8500

Rt. 2, Box 380C, Parsons, TN 38363 (901 ) 847-91 56 Wescoat, 9148 Forest Dr., Fairview Hts., IL 62208 USS LST-687 (Oct-Lancaster, PA) Art Kilvitis, 1509 USS David W.Taylor DD-551 (June-Independence, MO) (618) 397-4318 Grove St.,Avoca, PA 18641 (717)457-5506 Donald See, 12310 E. 43rd, B3, Independence, MO USS Kennebago AO-81 (WWII) (May-Tampa, FL) CO USS LST-694 (Sept-Columbus, OH) Robert Kirsch, Rt. 64055 (816) 373-4971 Kautz, 816 W. River Dr., Temple Terrace, FL 33617 4, Box 1 1 7, Evans City, PA 1 6033 (41 2) 538-81 51

USS DeHaven DD-727 (Sept-Pittsburgh) John Stan- (813)988-1931 USS LST-777 (Sept-New Orleans) John Drummond, 1 43 chak, 10 Clearview Dr., Greentree, PA 15205 (412) USS Key DE-348 (Oct-Kissimmee, FL) Robert Dolzani, 7th St., Salem, NJ 08079 (609) 935-4940 922-0548 4050 Stump S.W., Navarre, OH 44662 (216) 832-8473 USS LST-803 (Sept-Orlando, FL) Robert Sanders, 21 49 USS Dunlap DD-384 (Sept-Buffalo, NY) Raymond USS Kidd/Desron-48 (Aug-Atlanta) Jack Beavers, #14, Leisure World, Mesa, AZ 85206 (602) 396-6451 Brooks, Box 91, Southfield, Ml 48037 (313) 255-4602 Box 27, Canton, GA301 14 USS LST-826 (Oct-New Orleans) William Hunter, Box

III 522-7440 USS Dyson Assn. (WWII) (Oct-Nashville, TN) E.B. USS Kltkun Bay CVE-71, VC-5/63/91 & TAFFY (Oct- 541 , Wildwood, NJ 08260 (609) Fulkerson, Rt. 14, Box 182, Johnson City, TN 37615 San Antonio) Ron Vaughn, Rt. 2, Box 1378, Eastland, USS LST-993 (Sept-New Orleans) Emil Doroba, 6039 (615) 282-1236 TX 76448 (81 7) 647-3684 Granger Rd., Ashtabula, OH 44004 (216) 998-51 31 USS Edgar G. Chase DE-16 (Sept-Washington, DC) USS Knapp DD-653 (WWII/Korean Wars) (Sept- USS Maddox DD-731/622 (Aug-Dayton, OH) Ed Pirie, Elmo Allen, 51 25 Old Canton Rd., #205, Jackson, MS Indianapolis) Merle Otto, 3045 Hetrick Rd., Bath, IN 7900 Wallace Rd., Dundalk, MD 21 222 (301) 288-1 531 39211 (601)956-7255 47010 (317) 732-3140 USS Manchester CL-83 (Sept-Nashville, TN) Paul USS Edwards DD-619 (Oct-Fall River, MA) J.F O'Dea, USS LaGrange APA-124 (Oct-Baltimore) Stanley Paul, Huffman, 4415 Brookhaven Ave., Louisville, KY 40220 4904 Bonnie Rd., Kettering, OH 45440 (513) 434-5292 230 Hamilton Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18017 (215) 866- (502) 459-3260 USS Elmore APA-42 (WWII) (Sept-Salisbury, MD) 2262 USS Maryland BB-46 Assn. (Sept-Green Bay, Wl) USS Donald Messick, Rt. 3, Box 244, Delmar, MD 21875 USS Lake Champlaln CV/CVA/CVS-39 (Sept-Bur- Maryland Assn., 1478 LaCorta Cir., Lemon Grove, CA (301)548-9364 lington, VT) Phillip Nazak, 70 Hill Ave., Johnson City, 91945 (619) 469-3142 USS Essex CV/CVA/CVS-9 (Aug-Portland, OR) Bob NY 13790 (607) 729-4783 USS Mayo DD-422 (Sept-Buffalo, NY) Dick Slominski, Morgan, 6361 S.W. 106th PI., Ocala, FL 32674 (904) USS Lansdowne DD-486 (Sept-Chicago) Frank 9682 Savage Rd., Holland, NY 14081 (716) 537-9914 854-6474 Caterina, 12718 Mengibar Ave., San Diego, CA92129 USS Mayrant DD-402 (Sept-Westlake, OH) Edward USS Estes AGC-1 2 (Sept-Charleston, SC) Noah Joyner, (619) 566-8084 Wilkins, 3430 Lexington Ave., Lorain, OH 44055 (216) 44 Longstreet 536-4283 Rd , Weldon, NC 27890 (919) USS Lardner DD-487 (Sept-Chicago) Jim Meadows, 244-5462 USS Fechteler DE-157/USS Laning DE-159 (May- 12204 Eastridge Dr. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87112 USS McCoy Reynolds DE-440 (Oct-North Charleston, Pigeon Forge, TN) James Tipton, 1 1 Norris Ave., (505) 298-9236 Burris, Box 1 Blandburg, PA 16619 SC) Wendell 1 , Maryville, TN 37804 (615) 982-3921 LCI 464 (Sept-Hershey, PA) Bill Wertz, 610 Park USS (G) (814)687-3289 USS Flske DD/DDR-842 (Sept-Middletown, Rl) Clifford Dr., Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 272-2639 USS McGowan (WWII) (July-Bowling Green, KY) Bud Myers, 53 Old Fort Rd., Newport, Rl 02840 (401) 847- USS LCI (G) 726 (Sept-Flushing, Ml) Donald Reader, McCune, 60005 Myrtle Rd., South Bend, IN 46614 ;/,/> 271 7 Cambridge Blvd., Ft. Wayne, IN 46808 (219) 483- 8740 (219)233-7006 USS Flint CL-97 (Sept-San Diego) Robert Irwin, 1321 USS LCI (L) 445 (Sept-Phoenix, AZ) Frank Cerra, Rt. 1 USS Metcalf DD-595 (Sept-Wilmington, NC) John Maplewood Ave., Norfolk, VA 23503 C68 Huemer Lane, Chester, NJ 07930 (201 ) 879-7931 Chlttum, 350 S. Walnut St., Huntington, WV 25705 USS Frybarger DE/DEC-705 (Sept-St. Louis) Alex Boyd USS LCS (L) 15 (Sept-Jacksonville, FL) Harold Kaup, (304) 523-6963 233- Jr., 5107 Bryce Ln., Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 289 41st St. N.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 (319) 363- USS Metlvler DE-582 (June-Hyannis, MA) Dick Mac- 0581 1708 Donald, Box 582, Maiden, MA 02148 (617) 665-2140 USS Gilbert Islands CVE-107 (May-Nashville, TN) USS LCS (L) 45 (Sept-Jacksonvllle, FL) Gil Nadeau, USS Mlcka DE-176 (Oct-Springfield, IL) Franklin

Richard Hood, Rt. 4, Box 1 12, Towanda, PA 18848 7274 San Miguel Ave., Lemon Grove, CA 91945 (619) Bennett, 408 Jackson St., Washington, IL 61 571 (309) (717) 265-8790 460-1084 444-3365 USS Gloanes Assn. (Oct-Philadelphia) Roland Bedwell, USS LCS (L) 80 (Sept-Jacksonville, FL) John Byrnes, USS ARG-3 (Aug-PA or NJ) Melvin Swiger,

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2333 Valentine N.E., Grand Rapids, Ml 49505 (616) USS Sierra AD-18 (Oct-Charleston, SC) Len Delop- Nelson, 7215 N.W. Amity Ave., Parkville, MO 64152 363-6762 laine, 311 W. Roberts St., Norristown, PA 19404 (215) (816) 741-5377 USS Mobile CL-63 (Including Marines) (Sept-San 275-1753 VP 24/VA(HM) 1 3/VPHL 4/VPB 1 04 (Oct-Corpus Christi, Diego) George Trenchard, 12 Sunfield Dr., Calabash, USS Smartt DE-257 (Oct-Treasure Island, FL) A.H. TX) F.C. Kolda, 6938 Aswan Dr., Corpus Christi, TX NC 28459 (919) 579-9433 Schaper, 5433 19th St., Zephyrhills, FL 33540 (813) 78412 (512) 991-5703 USS Montague AKA-98 (Sept-Fresno, CA) F.C. 782-3445 VP-1 1/54/51 (1936-42) VB/VPB-1 01 /PATSU 1-2/CASU- Machado, 5445 S. Blythe Ave., Fresno, CA 93706 USS St. Lo CVE-63/VC-65 (Oct-Seattle) E H. Craw- 56 (1942-45) (Sept-Lexington, KY) G.K. Harmon,

(209)266-2978 forth, 1910 Windsor Way, Reno, NV 89503 (702) 747- 1700 E. Main St., Greenup, KY41 1 44 (606) 473-7086 USS Murphy DD-603 (Oct-Daytona Beach, FL) Bill 0884 VPB-18 (WWII) (Sept-Canton, OH) Ernest Moore, 384 Hoyer, 235 Woodland Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32018 USS Stephen Potter DD-538 (May-San Diego) Don High St., Doylestown, OH 44230 (21 6) 658-6682 (904) 255-6968 Huston, 2148 N.W. 197th St., Seattle, WA 981 77 (206) VPB-20 (WWII) (Nov-Pensacola, FL) Bernard Leonard, USS Nassau CVE-16 (Dec-Honolulu, HI) Sam Moore, 542-3495 4628 Peoples Twp. Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237 (412)

1 0320 Calimesa Blvd., Sp. 221 , Calimesa, CA 92320 USS Sterett DD-407 (May-San Diego) Jim Botkin, Box 821-2544 (714) 795-6070 966, Dinuba, CA 93618 (209) 591-4639 VPB-208/FASRON-105/Marine Dei., NOB Trinidad USS Neal A. Scott DE-769 (Aug-Las Vegas) Val Swegel, USS Stevens DD-479 (WWII) (Oct-Baton Rouge, LA) (Oct-San Jose, CA) Harry Edmundson, 1083 Danbury

1 300 E. Mercer, Seattle, WA 981 02 (206) 324-681 Richard Bond, Box 25, Newark, OH 43055 (614) 345- Dr. , San Jose, CA 951 29 (408) 252-8689 USS New Mexico BB-40 Assn. (Sept-Baton Rouge, LA) 1041 LeRoy Miller, 21 N. Old Orchard Ave., A307, St. Louis, USS Stlckell DD-888 (July-Portland, OR) Don Allen, MO 63119(314)963-2189 2936 S.E. 78th, Portland, OR 97206 (503) 771-9044 USS Oracle AM-1 03/Revenge AM-1 1 0/Sklrmlsh AM- USS Stockham DD-683 (Sept-Greensburg, IN) Robert 303 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) R.B. Thomas, 2658 Worden St. 'Melcher, Rt. 9, Box 344, Greensburg, IN 47240 (812) Army Air Forces #228, San Diego, CA 921 1 0 (61 9) 224-421 663-5121 USS Ordronaux DD-617 (Aug-Baltimore) Thomas USS Talbot DD-114/APD-7 (Sept-St. Paul, MN) Stuart Quinn, 22 Mingo St., Milton, MA 021 86 Hepburn, 704 Havenwood Lane S., Fort Worth, TX 1st Radio Sq., Patterson Fid. (1942-45) (Sept-Dayton, USS Pandemus ARL-18 (Oct-Louisville, KY) Marvin 76112(817) 429-5503 OH) Horace Moore, Box 736, Rosebud, TX 76570 Long, 24849 Co. Rd. 4 E., Elkhart, IN 4651 4 (219) 264- USS The Sulllvans DD-537 (Sept-Portland, OR) (817)583-4300 1 st Strat. A.F. 6940 Charles McCarty, 1420 Seabreeze St., Clearwater, Fl Air Dpt. Assn., 8th (Honington Air Base/ USS Patterson DD-392 (Sept-Warren, PA) Ted 34616 (813) 461-5316 WWII) (Sept-Phoenix, AZ) Warren Stanley, 3207 Myles Ct. 951 1 248-8627 Amoroso, 15 N. Main St., Union City, PA 16438 USS Thetis Bay CVE-90/LPH-6/CVHA-1 (Sept- #3, San Jose, CA 7 (408) USS PC-1228 (Sept-Philadelphia) Don Longenback, Kerrville, TX) Ollie Carnes, 4023 Dumont, Odessa, TX 2nd Bomb Grp., 20th Bomb Sq. (Wickersham's crew/ 1302N. 16th St., Allentown, PA 1 8102 (21 5) 435-2030 79762(915)366-0997 WWII) (May-Pasadena, CA) John Pasco, Box 49201 USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (July-Memphis, TN) Jess USS Thomas J. Gary DE/DER-326 (Aug-Mobile, AL) Atlanta, GA 30359 (404) 634-1 949 Dennis, 3053 Birchfield Dr., Memphis, TN 38127 (901) Ron Day, Rt. 1, Box 82, Heuvelton, NY 13654 (315) 3rd Strat. Air Depot, 8th AF (Watton, England) (July- 357-0263 344-8823 Norfolk, VA) W.S. Noble, 7266 Goodwood, Baton USS Picking DD-685 (WWII) (Oct-Hammond, LA) USSTinsman DE-589 (Aug-Las Vegas) Michael Lan- Rouge, LA 70806 (504) 925-8454 William Salassi, 6 Irvin Dr., Ponchatoula, LA 70454 gone, 17 Curtis St., Reading, MA 01867 (504)294-3631 USSTopeka CL-67 (1944-49) (Aug-Las Vegas) James 5th Station Hospital (Johnson Field, Japan) (June- Nashville, TN) L.J. Buddo, Box 35372, Louisville, USS Pondera APA-191 (Sept-Indianapolis) Betty Ellis, Wilson, 1022 W. Abbott St., Muncie, IN 47303 (317) KY 1701 N. Exeter Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46222 (31 7)636- 288-3949 40232 9544 USSTopeka CLG-8 (Aug-Long Beach, CA) D.E. Cass, 8th Serv. Grp., HQ Sq., 1 1th Serv. Sq., 482nd Serv. Sq. USS President Hayes APA-20 (Aug-New Orleans) John 3028 Bonita Woods Dr., Bonita, CA 91902 (619) 267- (Sept-Lancaster, PA) John Heckler, 76 E. Harbor Dr., Spann, 4370 Maroon Ct., St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 3123 Teaticket, MA 02536 (508) 540-1 303 631-7449 Torrance (Sept-Dayton, Dwight USS AKA-76 OH) 12th PID, 13th AAF (WWII) (July-Bristol, Rl) Kenneth USS Quincy (Sept-Pittsburgh) Albert Levesque, 46 Emmons, 1348 E. Main St., Greenville, OH 45331 Burkhardt, 132 Hope St., Bristol, Rl 02809 (401) 253- Foster St., Pawtucket, Rl 02861 (401 ) 728-3063 (513)548-5824 2529 Randolph CV/CVA/CVS-15 (Oct-lndianapolis) (Sept-Colorado USS USSTrathen DD-530 Springs, CO) Ken 17th Bomb Grp. (WG) (Oct-New Orleans) Vic Duvic, Walter Timmons, 785 Temple Ave., Orange City, FL Nagel, 3914 Harvest Meadow Dr., St. Charles, MO 1 735 Wilhurst St., Jackson, MS 3921 1 (601 ) 362-3056 32763 (904) 775-3721 928-1918 63303 (314) 18th Dpt. Supply Sq./Air Supply Dlv. (Aug-Dayton, USS Rawlins APA-226 (Oct-Des Moines, IA) Jap Brown, USS Utah AG-16 (Oct-San Antonio) Gilbert Meyer Jr., OH) CD. Schmidt Jr., Rt. 1 , Box 20, Lowell, OH 45744

3425 E. Washington, Des Moines, I A 5031 9 (51 262- F.M. West, Lytle.TX 772-4270 5) 13605 2790 78052 (512) (614) 896-2116 3718 USS Wadleigh DD-689 (June-Omaha, NE) Lyndol 21st Air Dpt. Grp./BAD 1 (WWII) (Aug-Van Wert, OH) USS Reeves DE-156/APD-52 (Sept-Lockport, NY) Lou Livengood, 1410 Argyle St., Hamburg, IA51640 (712) James Campbell, 20 Chelsea St., Staten Island, NY Grasek, Rt. 1, Box 100, Fultonville, NY 12072 (518) 382-1579 10307(718)984-2362 875-6052 Wainwright DLG-28 (Vietnam vets & plankown- USS 22nd Bomb Sq., 341 st BG (M) (CBI/WWII) (Oct-Kansas USS Reld DD-369 (Oct-Nashville, TN) W.J. Alford, 4720 ers) (July-Cincinnati) J.C. Carlson, 325 W. 19th St., City, MO) Dave Hayward, 6552 Crista Palma Dr., Estate Dr., Beaumont, TX 77706 Holland, Ml 49423 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714) 842-8478 Reynolds DE-42 (Sept-Omaha, NE) Joseph (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Walsh, USS USS Waldron DD-699 Joseph 30th Bombardment Grp. (Oct-San Antonio) Jo'hn McKenzie, 1016 Constantine, Three Rivers, Ml 49093 3932 Indian River Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23456 (804) Allison, Box 485, Charleston, SC 29402 (803) 723- USS Robert E. Lee SSBN-601 (Gold Crew) (Sept- 471-5499 5145 Groton, CT) G.P. Shaddock, 125 Elm Ave., Satellite Walker USS DD-517 (1943-69) (Aug-Atlanta) Charles 33rd Air Dpt. Grp. (Sept-Ft. Mitchell, KY) Herbert Beach, FL 32937 (407) 777-2453 Schnell, 816 Ricewood Dr., St. Louis, 631 29 MO (314) Cooper, 643 Reynosa Ct. Berea, 4401 7 (21 234- , OH 6) USS Rolette AKA-99 (July-Nashville, TN) Lawrence 487-4082 9007 Hancock, 6720 Jasmine Cir. Roanoke, 24019 , VA DD/DDE-466 (Sept-Seattle) USS Waller Ralph Brown, 33rd Photo Recon. Sq. Assn. (Sept-Valley Forge, PA) (703) 362-4209 4880 N.W. El Camino Blvd., Bremerton, 98312 WA Warren Harnish, 5012 Kylock Rd., Mechanicsburg, PA USS Russell DD-414 (Sept-San Francisco) Walter (206) 692-6482 17055(717)766-2313 Singleterry, 4544 62nd St., San Diego, CA 921 1 5 (61 Whitehurst DE-634 (June-Knoxville, 9) USS TN) Roy 46th Troop Carrier Sq., 317th T.C. Grp. (Sept-Colum- 582-1337 Graham, Rt. 12, Box 258, Morgantown, 26505 WV bus, OH) Richard Brown, 509 Clay St., Carey, OH Sabine AO-25 (Oct-Sacramento CA) E.P. Tellers, (304)594-1986 USS 43316 (419) 396-3059 71 1 Southgate Rd., Sacramento, CA 9581 5 (91 6) 929- Whiteside AKA-90 (Oct-Topeka, KS) George Vega, USS 49th Ftr. Grp. Assn. /49th Tact. Ftr. Wing (June- 2848 3724 S.W. 29th, Topeka, KS 66614 273- #628, (913) Selfridge ANG Base) John Roth, 1017 Adams S.E., USS Saipan CVL-48 (Oct-Myrtle Beach, SC) Carl 4472 Albuquerque, NM 871 08 (505) 268-2903 Boutilier, 27920 Birmingham Rd., Freeport, OH 43973 Wichita Tuscaloosa CA-37 (Sept- USS CA-45/USS 49th Trp. Carrier Sq., 31 3th Trp. Carrier Grp. (Oct-San (614) 658-3739 Cincinnati) John D'Ercole, 122 Eaton Ave., Hamilton, Antonio) Elmer Munkvold, 8922 W. Cherry Ave., River USS San Juan (Oct-Boston) William Carpenter, 1119 OH 4501 3 (51 3) 863-71 96 Grove, IL 601 71 (31 2) 452-9685 Aquia Dr., Stafford, VA 22554 (703) 659-4774 Wileman DE-22 (Aug-Las Vegas) Benny Del Genio, USS 57th Bomb Wing Assn. (WWII) (Oct-Huntsville, AL) Bob 107 Maple Ave., Girard, OH 44420 (216) 545-3845 USS Saranac AO-74 (Oct-St. Louis) Emmett Reed, 1 277 Evans, 1950 Cunningham Dr., Speedway, IN 46224 Bardot St., St. Clair, MO 63077 (314) 629-1 21 USS Wilkes DD-441 (Oct-Austin, TX) John Mercer, 201 (317) 247-7507 USS Saratoga CV-3/CVA-60 (Oct-Valley Forge, PA) PR. Dale Dr., Dupo, IL 62239 (618)286-4690 58th Bomb Wing (/lndia/) (Aug-Oshkosh, Tonelli, Box 9540, Las Vegas, NV 891 91 (702) 644- USS William C. Lawe DD-763 (Oct-Fall River, MA) Wl) Clarence Miller, 8149K N. 107th St., Milwaukee,

1776 Turner, 1 4 Gordon Terr. Newton, 021 58 Wl 53224 355-8611 Owen , MA (414) USS Sarita AKA-39 Assn. (Oct-Mobile, AL) Eugene (617)969-8328 69th Bomb Sq., 42nd Bomb Grp., 13th AF (WWII) (Oct- Kozuk, 8509 W. Red Bud Ln., Muncie, IN 47304 (317) USS William P. Biddle APA-8 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Donald San Antonio) Teve Davenport, 7418 Green Glen, San 759-6023 Skouse, Box 1638, Independence, MO 64055 (816) Antonio, TX 78255 (51 2) 695-3777 USS Saufley DD-465 (Aug-Bloomington, MN) Charles 478-3403 76th Trp. Carrier Sq. (WWII) (Oct-Cherry Hill, NJ) McLellan, 29089 Brozie Rd., Danbury, Wl 54830 (715) William Wehr, Rt. 1, Box 193, Watsontown, PA 17777 USS Woodford AKA-86 (WWII) (Sept-Appleton, Wl) Jim 259-7492 (717) 538-1501 Cutler, 800 Timmers Lane, Appleton, Wl 54914 (414) USS Scott DE-214 (Sept-Dubuque, IA) Alfred Tigges, 86th Ftr. Bomb Grp. (WWII) (Aug-Omaha, NE) Gilbert 739-8065 2433 Radford Rd., Dubuque, IA52001 (319) 583-7577 Hurt, 4920 Montcrest Dr., Chattanooga, TN 37416 USS Searaven SS-196 (Sept-San Antonio) Joe USS Woolsey DD-437 (Sept-Braintree, MA) John (615) 344-6077 McGrievy, 7525 University Ave., LaMesa, CA91941 Kenes, 108 Wayside Dr., Uniontown, PA 15401 (412) 86th/72nd Air Serv. Sqs., 52nd Air Serv. Grp. (CBI/ (619)460-4725 437-1220 1943-46) (Oct-Orange Beach, AL) W.E. Fleming, Box USS Sequatchie AOG-21 (July-Norfolk, VA) Ralph USS YMS-398 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Homer Lively, 5838 1569, Orange Beach, AL 36561 (205) 981-6314

Vierregger, 11 664 Pierce St., Omaha, 681 44 Sherman 484-1 1 81 89th Troop Carrier Grp., st NE (402) Ch. S.W. , Canton, OH 44706 (216) 24/25/26/30/31 Sqs. (WWII) 333-7944 USS Zellars DD-777 (Oct-Padre Island, TX) Miles (Sept-Topeka, KS) Wayne Taylor, 2222 S.W. Fairlawn USS Shea DM-30 (May-Charleston, SC) John Fernan- Wharfield, Rt. 2, Box 1258, La Feria, TX 78559 (512) Rd., Topeka, KS 6661 4 (91 3) 272-2584 dez, 4201 Oakridge Dr., Charleston Hts., SC 29418 797-1355 94th F.S., 1 st FG (WWII) (Aug-Jackson Hole, WY) John (803) 767-1422 VA-728/155 (Korean War) (Sept-Branson, MO) Ted Please turn page

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Michunovich, 106 Burlington Ave., Billings, MT 59101 (405) 737-3285 1 605 Wiltshire Rd., Akron, OH 4431 3 (21 6) 864-9482 (406)259-3466 16th Fighter Sq., 51st Fighter Grp., 14th AF (WWII) USS Joyce DE/DER-317 (Aug-Metairie, LA) Joe 107thTac. Recon. Sq. (WWII) (Sept-Las Vegas) Ted (Oct-Fort Walton Beach, FL) Bob Liles, 201 Manatee Helminger, 1513 Huron Ave., Metairie, LA 70005 (504) Dunmire, 7909 Hanson Ave., Citrus Hts.. CA 95610 Rd., Winter Haven, FL 33884 831-1454 111th Tact. Recon. Sq. (WWII) (Aug-Flint, Ml) Chuck 29th Bomb Grp., 314th Bomb Wing, 20th AF, 6th USS Pocatello PF-9 (Sept-Sheboygan, Wl) Robert Metcalfe, 597 Hamilton Rd., Mt. Morris, Ml 48458 Bomb Sq. (Guam) (Oct-Houston, TX) Jay Chovious, Nehrlich, Rt. 1, Box 198A, Elkhart Lake, Wl 53020 (313) 686-8608 704 E. 71 st, Hutchinson, KS 67502 (31 6) 665-6776 (414) 565-3694 305th Airdrome Sq. (June-Philadelphia) John Salo- 30th Service Grp., 9th AAF, HQ Sq. (Nov-Miami Beach, mon, 4107 Hellerman St., Philadelphia, PA 19135 FL) James Spagnuola, 19150 North Bay Rd., North (215)338-3914 Miami Beach, FL 331 60 (305) 931 -7033 314th Comp. Wing, 5th A.F., HQ & HQ Sq. (June- 33rd Air Dlv. (Sept Midwest City, OK) Nester Cole, 2732 Nashville, TN) Mel Hiller, Box 35372, 314th Comp. Warwick Dr., Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48304 (313) 338- Marines Wing, Louisville, KY 40232 1551 314th Trp. Carrier Sq. (Sept-Nashville, TN) Bernie 46th/89th/305th Depot Repair Sqs., 8th AF (July- Marion, IN 664-7851 Norfolk, Carmin, Box 44, 46952 (31 7) VA) W.S. Noble, 7266 Goodwood Ave., Baton 1st Bn., 28th Mar., 5th Dlv., C. Co. Iwo Jlma/1945 Ftr. (Nov-Orlando, FL) Richard Rouge, LA 70806 925-8454 352nd Grp. Assn. (504) (Sept-Quantico, VA) Bill Shadley, 601 Glenoak St. N., DeBruin, 234 N. 74th St., Milwaukee, Wl 53213 (414) 47th Fighter Sq. (Aug-lndianapolis) Ed Duty, 12306 St. Petersburg, FL 33703 (81 3) 525-1 277 771-0744 Riley Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46236 (317)823-6104 2nd & 3rd War Dog Pltns. (Oct-Asheville, NC) Pat Dale, Ftr. Assn./392nd/393rd/394th Sqs. (Sept- 65th Trp. Carrier (Aug-Winston-Salem, NC) 367th Grp. Sq. (WWII) Rt. 4, Box 438, Marion, NC 28752 (704) 724-4222 Newton, MA) Harold Chait, 356 Auburn St., Whitman, Bud Hawkey, 106 Union Dr., New Madison, OH 45346 2nd Bn., 11th Marines, E Btry. (Korea) (Aug-Grand 447-3920 996-3851 MA 02382 (61 7) (513) Rapids, Ml) Dick Doezema, 3231 Snow Ave., Lowell, 390th Bomb Sq., 42nd Bomb Grp., 13th AF (Sept- 66th Airdrome Sq. (Sept-Houston) Ray Head, 735 Ml 49331 (616)897-9657 Dayton, OH) F.J. Saler, 822 Valentine Dr., Sherman, TX Cuchia, Beaumont, TX 77705 (409) 835-5594 2nd Bn., 7th Marines, 3rd MarDiv., F Co. (Aug-New 75090 868-0358 69th Service Sq., 5th (Sept-Dallas) Virgil Harris, (903) AF Orleans) Ivo Alvarez, 12821 S.W. 47th St., Miami, FL 390th PLM, NT Sch., San Marcos, TX (Sept-Louisville, 1200 S.W. 77th Terr., Oklahoma City, OK 73139 (405) 33175 (305) 559-8777 KY) Milton Pfalzgraf, 8225 25th Ave., Kenosha, Wl 632-5950 3rd Barrage Balloon Sq. (WWII) (Oct-Hyannis, MA) 53143(414)697-0080 93rd Trp. Carrier Sq., 439th T.C. Grp. (WWII) (Sept-El Robert Herbst, 19 Shannon Ridge Rd., Danbury, CT 437th Signal Avn. Bn. (Oct-Carlisle, PA) Les Richards, Paso, TX) Tom Morris, 456 St. George's Ct., Satellite 06810 16 Grinnel Dr., Camp Hill, PA 1701 1 (717) 737-3648 Beach, FL 32937 (407) 773-6960 3rd Bn., 1st Marines, L Co. (July-Magnolia, AR) (Sept-St. Louis) E.A. 151 440th Trp. Carrier Grp./95th/96th/97th/98th Sqs. 100th Bomb Grp. Cassimatis, Harrison Jones, 34 Chinquepin Dr., Magnolia, AR (Sept-San Antonio) Courtland Mabee, 1 41 06 Heather- Executive Estates, Creve Coeur, MO 631 41 (314) 432- 71753(501)234-2204 field, Houston, TX 77079 (71 3) 497-5455 3420 3rd Bn., 9th Marines, I Co. (1967-68/Vietnam) (July- (Sept- Rl) 447th Sub Depot/351 st B.G. (England/1943-45) 102nd AC & W Sq. (1951-53) (Oct-North Kingston, Orlando, FL) James Lockwood, 3469 Rubio La., Yuma, Dearborn, Ml) Frederick Larsen, 608 Frank Satterfield Hank Connors, 14 Tanglewood Dr., Riverside, Rl AZ 85365 Rd., Perry, GA31069 (912)987-3570 02915(401)437-1482 4th Amph. Tractor Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Lake Tahoe, NV) Sq., (Oct-South Padre 307th 1947-54 452nd Bomb 322nd Bomb Grp. Bomb Gp/WIng (May-Dayton, OH) John Benedict, 26741 N. Shore Dr., Beloit, OH 44609 Island, TX) B.E. Forrest, 3213 Oakbrook Dr., Del City, Harold Sams, 41 00 Tonawanda Trail, Dayton, OH (216)525-7401 OK 731 15 (405) 677-0458 45430(513)429-0639 4th Bn., 10th Marines, 2nd MarDiv. (WWII) (Sept- 460th Ftr. Sq. (Sept-Denver) Lloyd Cuneo, 10600 W. 315th Air Serv. Grp. (N. Afrlca/Siclly/ltaly/Chlna/ Springfield, MO) Robert Fiala, 9536 Plainfield Dr., 38th Ave., #303, Ridge, 420- WWII) Falls, Naylor, Wheat CO 80033 (303) (Sept-Niagara NY) Sam 159 Rock Hill, MO 631 19 (31 4) 962-1 775 0735 Bering Ave., Kenmore, NY14223 (716) 876-0157 4th Bn., 12th Marines, 3rd MarDiv., L Btry. (Vietnam) 478th Serv. Sq., 30th Mat. Sq., 22nd Air Base Grp., 5th 329th FIS (July-Victorville, CA) Frank Brown, 15470 El (July-Alton, IL) Gary Landmark, 205 16th St. S., AF (1942-45) (Sept- Lexington, KY) Floyd Rouse, 500 Centro, Hesperia, CA 92345 (61 9) 244-6031 Benson, MN 56215 W., Box 223, Rt. 3, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 (317) 866- 340th Fighter Sq., 348th Fighter Grp. (WWII) (Sept- 4th Marine Rgt. (Corregldor/Bataan) (May-Memphis, 1936 Pittsburgh) Norman Townsend, 75 Fawn Hill Rd., TN) Pat Hitchcock, Box 1361 , Des Moines, IA 50305 486th Bomb Grp., 8th AF (June-Portland, ME) John Rochester, NY 1 461 2 (71 6) 865-8009 5th Dlv. MP Co. (Iwo Jlma) (June-Cleveland) Carl Pedersen, 507 Nannette Dr., St. Louis, 63125 367th Fighter Grp., 9th (WWII) (Oct-Memphis, TN) MO AF Jones, 11839 Pearl Rd. at 405, Strongville, OH 441 36 (314) 892-1482 A.J. Diefendorf, 25985 Holly Vista, San Bernardino, (216)238-8953 504th Bomb Grp. (Sept-San Antonio) Tom Schoolcraft, CA 92404 8th Defense & AA Bn., FMF-PAC (WWII) (Oct-New Rt. 3, Box 720, Seguin, TX 781 55 (51 2) 379-9667 388th Fighter Wing (Oct-San Antonio) Wilson Bomber Orleans) Robert Ellis, 44 Amherst St., Nashua, NH 86th Grp. NE) Hubert Dr., City, 525th Fighter Sq„ (Aug-Omaha, Petefish, 102 Madrid Universal TX 78148 03060 (603) 889-0528 Bouchard, 713 Fourth Ave., Berlin, NH 03570 (603) 450th Bomb Grp. (H) (Oct-St. Louis) Doid Raab, 5695 16th Field Depot, 1st MarDiv. (Peleliu survivors) 752-5316 Ireland Rd. N.E., Lancaster, OH 431 30 (614) 536-7635 (Sept-Omaha, NE) John Ellingrod, Box 147, Arthur, NE 560th, 561st, 562nd S.A.W. Bns. (WWII) (Oct-St. 484th/461st Bomb Grps. Assn. (WWII) (Sept-Kansas 69121 Petersburg, FL) Lee Cordell, 2830 Brighton Ct., City, MO) Bud Markel, 1122 Ysabel St., Redondo ANGLICO (Including Navy) (Nov-Washington, DC) Westchester, IL60154 (708)562-1520 Beach, (21 31 6-3330 CA 90277 3) Jack Summerfield Jr., Rt. 6, Box 376, Indiana, PA 584th Bomb Sq., 394th Bomb Grp., 9th AF (WWII) 485th Bomb Grp. (Sept-Little Rock, AR) E.L. Bundy, 15701 (412)463-3215 - (May-Nokomis, FL) June Kotarski, 3217 Faronia St., 5773 Middlefield Dr., Columbus, OH 43235 (614) 451 Avn. Supply Marines (East) (Oct-Atlantic Beach, NC) 921-7004 Pittsburgh, PA 15204 (412) 4589 Pete Freeman, Box 293, Havelock, NC 28532 (919) 855th Engr. Avn. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Cape Girardeau, 761st Air Force Band (1948-59) (Nov-Wichita Falls, TX) 447-5376 MO) Richard Rollins, Rt. 1 , Box 98, Cairo, IL 42914 Frank Engers, Box 1504, Suite 37A, 828 Janes Ave., Avn. Supply Marines (West) (Oct-Costa Mesa, CA) Lou (618) 734-0166 Woodridge, IL 60517 (708) 985-8589 Bushnell, 1825 W. Hall Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704 A.R. Noble, 904th Signal Co. Depot Avn. (Sept-Denver) 913th Signal Co. Avn. (July-Norfolk, VA) Wiley (714) 549-0103 Ballinger, 1019 E. Jardin St., Appleton.WI 5491 1 (414) 7266 Goodwood Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (504) Banana Fleet Marines (Oct-Cape Coral, FL) Hank 734-5460 925-8454 Thalgott, Box 95, Oxford, FL 32684 (800) 648-1 475 909th QM Co., Det. 14 (Sept-Branson, MO) John 925th Avn. Engrs. HQ Co. (Sept-San Francisco) Fred Basic School, 2-65, C Co. (Aug-Quantico, VA) Dan Wl Richardson, 1946 Everbreeze Rd., Greeji Bay, Cariker, 3211 Hawthorne, Amarillo, TX 79109 (806) Walsh, 42 Magnolia Ten, Springfield, MA01108 (413) 54304 (414) 494-6309 352-3155 781-8042 Air Commandos, 2nd/3rd Grps. (WWII) (Oct-San 1537th Ord. S & M Co., 5th AF (WWII) (Sept-Buffalo, China Marines Assn. (Sept-St. Louis) John Brown, R. 10031 Barnetts Ford Rd., Melvin Wallin, Cir. Babbitt, Antonio) W. NY) 33 , Eason, Garden MN 55706 10231 Tanner Dr., St. Louis, MO 63136 Orange, 672-4074 827-3354 VA 22960 (703) (218) D/1/9, 3rd Platoon (1 965-66/Vletnam) (Aug-San Diego) Burtonwood Assn. (England) (Oct-Frederick, MD) Roy 3641st Malnt. Sq., Laredo AFB (Aug-Binghamton, NY) Ron Flesch, 1888 NirvanaAve., Chula Vista, CA9201 Linton, 8658 Indian Springs Rd., Frederick, MD 21 702 Everett Sampson, Rt. 1, Box 120, Nineveh, NY 13813 (619)421-6601 695-6563 (607) 693-2302 (301) III Amphib. Corps Signal Bn., B Co. (WWII) (Aug-New (Aug-Wilmington, C.C.A.A.F. (Glider Test) OH) James Glasgow AFB (91st BW/322nd BS/90 TARS/1 3th FIS) Orleans) Hank Roback, 164 Riverside Dr., Utica, NY Wixson, 316 S. Walnut St., Wilmington, OH 45177 (Aug-Post Falls, ID) Bill McClung, 3307 Melody Manor 13502 (513) 382-4275 Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45239 (513) 923-3189 Marine Corps Mustang Assn. (Oct-Anaheim, CA) Bob P-51 Mustang Pilots Assn. (Oct-Oklahoma City, OK) Richter, Box 1 31 4, Delran, NJ 08075 (800) 321 -USMC George Budde, 331 2 Meadowbrook, Midwest City, OK Marine Corps Tankers Assn. (Aug-San Diego) Phil 731 10 (404) 733-1449 Morell, Box 2029, Oceanside, CA 92051 (619) 445- Shaw Field, SC (Aug-Sumter, SC) Ralph MacDonald, 8423 Box 534, Shaw AFB, SC 291 52 (803) 773-7591 Marine Det., USS Essex CV-9 (Aug-Portland, OR) Pilot Coast Guard WWII Gilder Assn. (Sept-Tucson, AZ) James Charles Tuerk, 317 Conner Dr., Exton, PA 19341 (215) Dipietro, 3855 Calle Cortez, Tucson, AZ 85716 (602) 363-9278 327-5896 Bering Sea Patrol Vets Assn. (Oct-Reno, NV) Richard Marine Det., USS New Jersey (Sept-Washington, DC) Anthony, 608 N.E. 198th St., Seattle, WA 981 55 (206) James Schatzman, Box 191, Woodlyn, PA 19094 (215) 363-2766 874-1552 USCGC Dlone WPC-107 (Oct-Huntsville, AL) Harrison Marine Deis., USS Gen. Mitchell/Gen. Randall/Gen. Ochs, 1020 Couch, Kirkwood, MO 63122 (314) 822- Gordon (Sept-New Orleans) Harry Parker, Box 732, Air Force 9931 NewPaltz, NY12561 (914)255-5703 USS Aquarius AKA-16 (Sept-Orlando, FL) Walter Old China Service Marines (1 st/6th Div./1 st Air Wing/ Swett, 3017 Lake Josephine Dr., Sebring, FL 33872 Navy & Army (Sept-Return to China) W.H. Wiedhahn,

5th Comm. Grp., 934th Signal Bn. (Oct-Colorado (813) 655-1044 1 44 Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180 Springs, CO) Charles Crank, 9854 Glenwood, Over- USS Cavalier APA-37 (WWII) (Sept-Las Vegas) Herb VMB-611 (Oct-Scottsdale, AZ) Gilbert DeBlois, 9904 land Park, KS 66212 (913) 381-3885 Cohen, 4151 Sanderling, #346, Las Vegas, NV 89103 Stoughton Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032 6th Weather Sq. (Mobile) (June-Oklahoma City, OK) (702) 873-7941 VMB-612 (WWII) (Sept-San Diego) George Lenhart, Don Garbutt, Box 96922, Oklahoma City, OK 73143 USS General William Black (Sept-St. Louis) Bob Frisby, 822 Paul Dr., Beaufort, SC 29902 (803) 524-6308

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VMF(N) 541 (Oct-Williamsburg, VA) Robert Marr, 2423 204th Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) Joseph Owens, 12630 USS Griswold DE-7 (WWII) Bruno Mancinelli, Rt. 4, Box Richmond Way, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (71 4) 545- Wildwood Dr., Sun City West, AZ 85375 (602) 546- 66, Monongahela, PA 15003 (412) 258-5379 8915 0629 USS Half Moon AVP-26 Chuck Hodge, Box 2753, VMF-115 (Joe Foss, commanding) (Sept-New 267th Separate CA Bn. (Alaska) Paul Mansberry, Box Harbor, OR 9741 5 (503) 469-9253 Orleans) Becky Trout, 9020 Capital of Texas Highway 61, Prosperity, PA 15329 USS LCI (L) 526 & 39 Lawrence Smith, 1047 W. Sim- mons St. Tucson, 85705 293-1 N., Suite 240, Austin, TX 78759 (800) 527-3039 321st Signal Co. Wing Lawrence Ambrose, 1488 St. , AZ (602) 799 LCI (R) 644 William Roseberry, VMF-121 (WWII) (Sept-San Francisco) George George Ln., Port Charlotte, FL 33983 (813) 625-3876 USS 2222 Hialeah Ave . Burianic, 501 W. Maple St., Palmyra, PA 17078 (717) 389th Rgt., 98th Div., F Co. William Smith, 52 Palm Leesburg, FL 34748 (904) 787-6907 838-3613 Blvd., Madison, OH 44057 USS LCS-86 John Paddock, 215 S. 1600 West, Provo, VMF-124 (WWII) (Sept-San Francisco) Robert Erskine, 71 1 th Tank Bn., C Co. Darrell Clement, 625 Azalea, Port UT 84601 (801)373-7701 1 624 Karen St., Lima, OH 45801 (41 9) 228-8951 Allen, LA 70767 (504) 344-3846 USS LSM-119 (WWII) Carroll Williams, 973 Hwy. 4 E.,

VMF-216 (Sept-Sioux Falls, SD) Harry Kirsch, Rt. 4, Box 716th MP (Vietnam) Duane Hursey, Rt. 1, Box 187, Camden, AR 71 701 (501 ) 574- 0271 117, Evans City, PA 16033 (412) 538-8151 Shelby, IA 51 570 (71 2) 544- 2662 USS LSM-132 John Pavidis, 233 Savin Hill Ave.,

VMS-3 (June-St. Charles, MO) Leon Ledson, 2921 723rd Railway Oper. Bn. Ray Stevens, 451 3 Broadbush Dorchester, MA 021 25 (61 7) 436- 1 1 60 Greenon Ln., Tallahassee, FL 32304(904) 575-6659 Dr., Dayton, OH 45426 (51 3) 837-0258 USS LST-1026 Daniel Heffley, 3735 Offutt Rd., Ran-

VMSB-1 33 (Including MAG-24 units) (July-Milwaukee) 807th Engr. Avn. Bn., Ladd AFB, AK (1949-51) Robert dallstown, MD 21 1 33 (301 ) 922- 5487 Floyd Bartlett, 120S. Wright Rd., Janesville, Wl 53546 Bersey, 363 Vesta Cir., Melbourne, FL 32901 USS LST-1073 Robert Sum, 338 Hamilton Dr., Penn (608) 752-4496 860th QM Fumigation & Bath Co. Anthony Ferraioli, Hills, PA 15235 (412) 793-0402 WWII Marine/Navy Paratroopers (Oct-Las Vegas) D.E. 560 Bement Ave., Staten Is., NY, 10310 (718) 720- USS LST-246 Bill Askin, 57 Hope St., Stamford, CT Severance, Box 1 972, La Jolla, CA 92038 1456 06906 (203) 323-5720 931 st Engr. Grp. Jerome Blaylock, Box 58383, Houston, USS LST-354/LST-801 (WWII) L.P. Volk, 670 Thompson TX 77258 (713)480-0000 Ravine Rd., Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 388-1 309 953rd Engr. Topo. Avn. Co. (WWII) Harold Degner, 520 USS LST-377 (Pacific) Warren Golden, 12970 Hwy. 80,

1 561-7208 S. 7th Ave , West Bend, Wl 53095 (414) 338-81 93 #82, ElCajon, CA 92021 (619) Miscellaneous 997th Sig. Serv. Bn., Oro Bay Rcvrs & Xmtrs Gp. USS Nemasket AOG-10 (WWII) Charles Glassmeyer, (WWII) Ralph Weber, 4054 Ozias Rd., Eaton, OH 412 Albers PL, Bethalto, IL62010 45320 (513)456-2072 USS Oklahoma City CL-91 Frank Zaccaro, 3506 Spring Mid-West Veterans (Aug-Soldiers Grove, Wl) Roger 1783rd Engr. Parts Supply Co. Ned Smith, Box 11, Valley Dr., New Port Richey, FL34655 (813) 841 -8707 Gosport, IN 879- Orion (South Pacific/WWII) William Tsouvas, Turnmire, Box 1 1 3, Soldiers Grove, Wl 54655 (608) 47433 (81 2) 4086 USS 624-3232 2465th QM Truck Co. Joseph Hooker, 418 Henkens Dr., 1 808 Valla Dr., San Jose, CA 951 24 (408) 269-4552

1 Dr., Perry, Minnesota Korean War Vets (Chapter 1) (Sept- Chadron.NE 69337 USS PC-810 Jack Smith, 51 Clearview #2, Bloomington, MN) Ed Valle, 1639 Stillwater Ave., St. 3186th Signal Service Bn. Jerry Bugger, 722 Country IA 50220 (51 5) 465-5843 Paul, MN 551 06 (61 2) 771 -5237 Lane E., Collinsville, IL 62234 (618) 344-7709 USS Phobas AK-129 Franklin Mangery, 1 14 W. Pgh. St., Moroccan Assn. (Sept-Orlando, FL) W.T. Bennett, 1622 3340th QM TRK Co. (WWII) Robert Barr, 5030 Mt. Delmont, PA 1 5626 (41 2) 468-5398 El Tair Trail, Clearwater, FL 34625 (813) 796-8807 Pleasant N. Dr., Greenwood, IN 46142 (317) 881-8846 USS Pirate AM-275 Albert Vicarelli, Box 620, Cutch- O.L.P.H. Elem. School (1903 to present) (Oct-Brook- 3537th MAM Ord. Co. Dick Gaffney, 3897 W. 80N., ogue, NY 1 1 935 (51 6) 734-5001 lyn, NY) Reunion Committee, O.L.P.H. Elementary Kokomo, IN 46901 (317)457-6957 USS Pollux AKS-4 Jim Bratcher, 193 Shady Oak, Div., 1st Inf., Inf. Ballwin, 63021 (314)391-5862 School, 5902 Sixth St., Brooklyn, NY 1 1 220 Americal Bn., 20th 11th Bde., 3rd MO Oklahoma Military Academy (June-Claremore, OK) Platoon (1 967- 68/Vietnam) Bob Tsouvas, 1 808 Valla USS Radford DD-446 Bob Fasbender, 21 5 W. 4th St., Mary Hamilton, Rogers College Foundation, Will Dr., San Jose, CA 951 24 (408) 269-4552 Carroll, IA51401 (712)792-3115 Rogers & College Hill, Claremore, OK 74017 (918) ASA 3rd RRU Phu Bai, Hue, Vietnam (1 963-64) Jerrell USS Santee CVE-29, Engine Room gang (1942-45) Pickett, 458- Cir., Westland, Ml 341-7510 Box 218, Wessington, SD 57381 (605) Robert Cox, 37840 Westwood #1 , Persian Gulf Command Veterans Organization 2344 48185 (WWII) (Sept-Buffalo, NY) Rita Caughill, 195 Picford MPs (Ft. Des Moines 1941-44/Panama 1944-45/Camp USSSatterlee DD-626 Clinton Little, 14521 11th N.E., Ave., Buffalo, NY 14223 (716) 835-0743 Roberts 1950-51) Norbert Pehl, 1912 Brigden Rd., Seattle, WA 981 55 U.S. Disciplinary Barracks (June-Leavenworth, KS) Pasadena, CA 91 1 04 (81 8) 797-8982 USS SC-1010 Perry Hughes, 12205 Sandi Lane, Mildred Kinder, 1715 Seneca St., Leavenworth, KS OCS Class 33, Ft. Riley (1951) Morris Turner, Box Medway, OH 45341 (513)878-4181 66048 (913) 682-7269 93390, Anchorage, AK 99509 (907) 279-5556 USS Sierra AD-18 Leo Bishop, 2508 Summer Field Dr., Vietnam Pilots Assn. (July-Reno, NV) OCS Class 9, Ft. Riley (1948-49) John Gorman, 505 W Sanford, NC 27330 (919) 774-6383 Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Assn., 7 W. Seventh St., 2nd St., Junction City, KS 66441 (913) 238-1209 USS Sproston (1950-59) Ernest Dearman, 1317 34th Suite 1990, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 721-8472 WCOC II Miriam Ansbro, Box 16033, Pensacola, FL St., Meridian, MS 39305 Wake Island Avengers (1941) (Oct-Arlington, VA) E.E. 32507 (904) 455-8885 USS Stevenson DD-645 Frank Kmiec, 66 Chadwick St., Laporte, 12th St. N.E., Hickory, NC 28601 (704) 327- North Andover, MA 01 845 6832 USS Thomas A. Edison SSBN-610 Jack Ensminger, Wyoming Vietnam & Era Veterans (June-Casper, WY) 10936 Old Forge Rd., Waynesboro, PA 17268 (717) Linda Watson, Box 1 Evansville, 762-9351 441 , WY 82636 (307) 235-3322 Navy USS Towner AKA-77 (1944-46) Ralph Strauss, Saddle Ct. Box 286, Bedford, NY 1 0506 (914) 234-7966 USS Utah BB-31 (1938-41) Charley Forrest, Box 2290, 5th Naval Beach Bn. Robert Gerry, 4850 Ocean Beach Barker Rd., Troy, ME 04987 (207) 948-2329 Blvd. #1, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 (407) 783-1648 USS Vulcan AR-5 (1941-91) Marino Simonetti, (717) LET'S GETTOGETHER Aerial Free Gunnery Class, NAS Alameda (1943-44) 829-1704 J.E. Stiles Jr., Rt. 1, Box 309, Adair, OK 74330 (918) USS YMS-41 1 Ed Ellis, 61 9 Carver St., Philadelphia, PA This column is for notices of proposed reunions. 785-2288 19120(215) 745-6083 Notices should be submitted on official forms that can be Aircraft Turret Maint. Class, NAS Jacksonville (1944) VA-165, NAS Whidbey Island (1966 to present) Ed obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope J.E. Stiles Jr., Rt. 1, Box 309, Adair, OK 74330 (918) Lambert, 3945 Blackman, Jackson, Ml 49201 (517) to Let's Get Together, The American Legion Magazine, 785-2288 782-7886 Boot Camp Co. 43-230, NTC San Diego (1943) J.E. P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices are VC-63 (1944-45) Wade Davis, Boone Villa Plaza, Stiles Jr., Rt. 1, Box 309, Adair, OK 74330 (918) 785- published only one time per unit per year. No notices are Boonville, MO 65233 (816) 882- 5022 2288 published in November, the Convention issue. VP-741/16, NAS JAX (1951-55) Ned Wilson, 3234 CASU-33/AO Div. basketball team/Heckman's AOM Cactus Springs Dr., Laughlin, NV 89029 (702) 298- crew (NAS Los Alamitos/WWII) J.E. Stiles Jr., Rt. 1 6099 Box 309, Adair, OK 74330 (91 8) 785-2288 VT-22, NAS Kingsville, TX (1967-70) Galen Wiser, 920 Army CUB-17, E8 Comp. 23, Lido Beach, NY (1944-45) Charles Wolfe, 2215 49th St., Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Sherman St., Wayne, NE 68787 (402) 375-4855 (609)663-5312 WAVES, NAS Barber's Pt. (1965-67) Diana Nichols, 5th RCT K.J. Thornton, 2503 N.E. 136th St., Seattle, WA Fasron-113, NAS Cubi Pt. Robert Velotta, 4106 12038 Carl St., LakeviewTr., CA 91342 98125 Dartford Rd., South Euclid, OH 441 21 (216) 692-3104 26th AAA AW Bn. (SP), A Btry. (1949-50) Marion Nat'l. CPO Assn. (Including Coast Guard) W A. Thacker, 2523 W. John St., Grand Island, NE 68803 Williams, Rt. 7, Box 2408, Boerne, TX 78006 (512) (308)384-1950 537-4899 32nd Med. Bn., B Co., Brook Army Med. Center (1946- Seabee/Coast Guard Disaster Recovery Douglas Army Air Forces Cir. Lombard, 101 Martin Rd., Glen Burnie, MD 21061 48) Robert Bersey, 363 Vesta , Melbourne, FL 32901 SLCU-12 James Berry, 120 Scenic Lane, Landrum, SC 90th FA Bn., HQ Btry. (1949-51) Andrew Lucas, 2139 29356 (803) 457-2571 11th Depot Repair Sq. Howard Griner, 3208 S Memo- OraDr., Fayetteville, AR 72701 (501)442-4612 USNTC San Diego, Commissary Dept. (Including rial Dr., New Castle, IN 47362 (317) 529-0009 1 4th St. W., 14th Liaison W.S. Gleason, 5621 Dr., 96th FA Bn. (Korea) Arnold Anderson, 350 S. MA A/1 952-55) Jim Paglia, 508 E. Euclid, Des Moines, Sq. Ashton Lakes Huron, 57350 352-631 Sarasota, FL 34231 (813)923-7424 SD (605) IA 5031 3 (51 5) 244-7011 1 35th Tank Co., 47th Inf. Div. (1 951-52) Phillip Schmidt, 374th Bomb Sq. (CBI) Lewis Abbott, 501 E. South 4th USS Bairoko CVE-1 15 Max Ferree, 3737 S. Sims Lane, 503 E. Chesnut St., Redwood Falls, MN 56283 St., Seneca, SC 29678 (803) 882-9352 Bloomington, IN 47403 173rd ABN Bde. (Sep), 503rd Inf. G A Quinn, 1155 478th Service/30th Material Sqs., 5th AF (WWII) Floyd USS Basilan AG-68 Francis Ragowski, 151 Sunset Dr., Westtown Rd., West Chester, PA 1,9382 (215) 399- Rouse, 500 W., Box 223, Rt. 3, Crawfordsville, IN Brockton, 02401 (508)586-4116 8876 MA 47933 (317) 866-1936 188th Combat Engr. Bn. (1943-45) Olive Tiano, Box USS Elden DE-264 Doug Leach, 131 Harpeth Trace Dr., 905th Engr., 13th AF, HQ Co. (WWII) Seymour 883, Derby, CT 0641 8 (203) 732-5455 Nashville, TN 37221 Feldman, 8200 Boulevard E., North Bergen, NJ 07047 201st AFA Bn., B Btry. (1950-53) J. S. Dailey Jr., 100 N. USS Garcia DE-1040 (1964-68) Leo Thompson, Box (201)861-1420

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MAY 1991 63 The Mississippi National Guard set Many of the calls that have been for- up eight family assistance centers to warded to the Southern California area FROM THE HEART assist military families. Many of those are from people who are merely looking Continued page 38 from contacting the centers were directed to for others to talk to who are in the same the Legion network, said Master Sgt. circumstances. That was the case of Mack Willis of the State Family LaTonya Arcoa of Long Beach, whose Program office in Jackson. "When we younger brother, James, is assigned to couldn't provide the help, we referred an Army artillery unit in Saudi Arabia. families to your organization. The "All of my family is in New York or at Legion knows how to get things done." Fort Sill, Okla. ," she said. "I want to be "I was frightened and very frus- with my family but can't afford to go trated," Kathie said. "It was impossible back." for me to go out and get a job because I A Legionnaire told her about the had to stay home with my youngest son," network and an upcoming support who was born with severe digestive group meeting of Desert Storm families. problems and requires special medicine She met with the group and shared and constant attention. common concerns, fears and problems Mrs. King learned about the Legion of coping with the absence of their network through the National Guard in loved ones. her state. Less than a day after speaking "I think what the Legion has been with Department of Mississippi offi- doing with its network is the best thing cials, she received a check to help buy going," Ms. Arcoa said. "When they food, medicine and diapers. "I've told me about the many ways they could always heard about The American help and assist families, it made my

Legion, but I didn't know what it stood heart feel good." for and what its members did," Mrs. While she has no immediate needs to

King said. "Now I know." be met by the network, Ms. Arcoa has Recently, Kathie and her oldest son found a way to occupy her spare time had the chance to meet with National and do her part for America's veterans. Commander Robert S. Turner, who was She volunteers two nights each week as ALLAYING FEAR -"Sarge " Broughton making an official visit to the Depart- a patient escort at Long Beach VA Med- of Angeles formed a panel to help Los ment of Mississippi. They discussed ical Center. children cope with the war. problems faced by Desert Storm "It helps keep my mind off worrying families such as the Kings. about my brother," she said. "It's also a "It really touches your heart to see small way for me to do my part for those straight, they can determine what the how families face and deal with every- who are sacrificing for our country." truth is." Broughton, Jackson and other day problems wrought by the war in the Legionnaires are planning future meet- Persian Gulf," Turner said. NEXT: Other families discuss how The ings to help parents calm their chil- Indeed, in a town that prides itself on American Legion Family Support Network dren's fears. tradition, Turner's words are appropri- has helped them during the Persian Gulf ate. "The American Legion Family Sup- crisis. CARTHAGE, Miss. -It's always port network continues a 72-year tradi- been a tradition in this town of 5,000 tion of service to those who answer the for businesses to close at noon Wednes- clarion call to duty and those who wait day and its citizens to take the afternoon for them to return home." off. And if you talk to locals, it's always been a tradition for citizens here to answer the call to duty when their ROWLAND HEIGHTS, Calif. -The country needs them. small boy peers at the visitors through Brian B. King of nearby Edinburgh the stairway rails. His younger brother was among those to answer that call is asleep on the living room couch, and when his National Guard unit, mostly a toddler hugs his mother's legs. combat engineers, was activated late Maria Hidalgo is given a check for last year for training at Fort Hood, $100 by Legionnaire Joe Chilelli, a Texas, and possible deployment to the member of West Covina Post 790 and Persian Gulf. When he was called up, he coordinator for the Family Support was forced to leave behind the most Network in the Los Angeles area. Tears important people in his life: his wife, were in the young mother's eyes and Kathie, and his two sons, Jason and she whispers her thanks. The money Brian Jr. Immediately after he was called will be used for groceries, diapers and to serve, his family began to experience other household goods that have been severe financial problems. depleted since her husband was deployed "We were told to expect pay prob- to Saudi Arabia with his Army unit. lems, but we had no idea it would be as "Most of our cases don't involve giv- bad as it was," said Mrs. King. While ing money to families to help make ends GROUP THERAPY—LaTonya Arcoa of the family waited weeks for the first meet, but we're doing our best to help Long Beach, Calif., was united with other families with loved ones in the Army allotment, their food and other those who ask for cash assistance," gulf. staples began to run out. Chilelli said.

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ALERT SYSTEM THE WALL Do-It- Yourself Kits Continuedfrom page 14 Continuedfrom page 29 Factory Direct Clocks and Furniture Also Assembled at nuclear power plants, at chemical than historically important. Like the and Finished plants and even spills of toxic materials bottle of beer and the note that accom- Grandfather Clocks, on roads or along railroads. panies it: "Hey Bro—Here's the beer I Mantel and Wall Clocks

"It was activated during Hurricane owe you— 24 years later. You were Curios.Tables, Chairs, Desks, Cradle.. .and more! Hugo," said EBS program manager Ted right. I did make it back to the world. DeLozier. "Although there's a pretty Great seeing you again. I'll be along Solid 3/4" Black Walnut, Cherry, or Oak good pre-warning system for hur- soon. Thanx. Sarge." Heirloom Quality ricanes, the EBS came on in Puerto Then there are the five cards— the Solid Brass West German 10, jack, queen, king and ace of spades. Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix and finally Movements and Dials in South Carolina. After the earthquake The perfect royal flush in poker, an Money Back Guarantee in Northern California in October unbeatable hand— and the note: "You 1989, some of the stations that got back always seemed to get burned playing on the air quickly were using backup poker. Well Pete, here's a hand for you generators installed for the EBS." to get even with on the last deal."

is currently trying to generate Not all mementos are left by the bud- FEMA I am dies of slain veterans. Felton said that interested in public awareness of EBS. "Everybody Do-It-Yourself Kits has heard the test tone," said Clanahan, more and more relatives— cousins, chil- Finished Clocks Finished Furniture SEND $1 FOR COLOR CATALOG "but a lot of people don't know what it dren and grandchildren— are visiting Name means. We want people to know that if the monument and leaving something Street there's a tornado watch in their area, behind. A hand-carved wooden cross City they ought to keep a radio on all night; bears the inscription in red ink and State if the watch turns into a warning, child-like script: "To Grandma, 2/16/ (Please Print)

they'll hear it through the EBS." 73, From Leslie." Another reads: EMPEROR' C'lXKTK COMIH1SV "Dearest Eddie Lynn, I'd give anything More than 1 ,000 times a year the World's Largest Manufacturer ol Grandfather Clock Kits to have you shell just one more pecan Dept. 3901 Emperor Industrial Park EBS provides warnings of floods, tor- Fairhope. Alabama J6532 Phone 1 205-928 2316 nadoes and other disasters. But it's for me on Grandma's porch. All my comforting that the national EBS has love, your cousin Anne." never been activated, even though the Sometimes there is no note, just If is tones that signal a test can still give one artifacts. Felton lucky, someone a breathless moment. Only when the will contact him to explain. Like the words are said, "This has been a guy who left 1 2 beers and two packets ," of Kool Aid. The items were left for the test . . does the chill pass for those . who were raised in the dawn of the 14 buddies he lost in Vietnam— 12 nuclear age, beers for the guys who drank and the Kool Aid for the two who didn't. Some of the notes are especially poignant.

"Dad, I know you would like Lisa . . COMRADES IN DISTRESS you could not ask for a better wife. Dad,

Readers who can help these veterans are urged to you have a granddaughter. Her name is write a witness letter, including the CI D number. Send the Meghan and when she sees your picture letters to CID, The American Legion Magazine, Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. she says, 'That's my pa pa.' Notices are published only at the requests of American "Dad, I've always been told I look Legion Service Officers representing claimants, using

Search for Witness Forms available from Department like you . . . how I wish I could Legion Service Officers. remember you. I was four when you MOVING? HQ, 1st Bn., 14th Arty. RoyS. Engle needs witnesses to were killed, but all I have are visions verify that while stationed at LZ Bayonet, Chu Lai, and childhood dreams of what you Vietnam, on April 20, 1 970, he hit his head in a fall and ..." his heart stopped. Contact CID 1 304. were. To insure prompt delivery, Bishop 7801st Sta. Comp. Unit, 2nd Mil. District Ted H. An estimated 10,000 visit every day needs witnesses to verify that while stationed at notify your Post Adjutant and

Wetzlar, Nov. 1 he was in a jeep to contemplate, to remember. And for Germany, on , 1947, the Magazine. Provide old accident. Contact CID 1 305. those who come at night, there are B Co., 4th Bn., 3rd Inf., 11 Inf. Bde. Steven A. Schreiner needs witnesses to verify that while stationed at My tears, pain and sorrow, and somehow, address (or label) and new Lai, Vietnam, on March 16, 1968, he suffered ear release. For some, The Wall is the only concussion from mortar shells during an operation at address with membership card

My Lai, causing hearing loss. Contact CID 1 306. contact they have left from an era they number. Send to: Inf. Casey, Korea 1st, 72nd Armor, 72nd Div., Camp wish to forget and, for others, it repre- Ronald L. Sneath needs witnesses to verify that while at the target range south of the DMZ in February or sents a time they desperately wish to March 1 972, he injured his shoulder and neck when he remember or bring back. American Legion Magazine was slammed against a turret rack. Contact CID 1307. "Yes, Allen, everyone has grown USS Halsey Powell DD-686 Arnold P. Hoit needs P.O. Box 1954 witnesses to verify that while serving aboard USS older, but you will always be 23 and Halsey Powell in the Pacific in 1 962 he was exposed to Indianapolis, IN 46206 radiation that caused cancer to sailors on the ship. forever young. " by Ken Scharnberg Contact CID 1308.

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themselves have been our biggest prob- THE BEST KEPT VA PREPARED? lem," by which he means that too many SECRETS IN rank and file veterans have not joined Continuedfrom page 22 RETIREMENT LIVING veterans groups or have joined and not gotten involved in the political process that' dictates how much of the national government's resources go to help vet- driven basis is wrong. Now, we're prov- erans. "Joining and paying dues is not ing ourselves correct. enough. They have to kick butt back "Unfortunately the system can't take home. They and their dependents repre- care of all service-connected disabled sent a third of the nation's population. veterans, so how can we believe every- They could have anything they want." thing is rosy? Dr. Paul Schafer echoed Holley. The "This nation has to make a decision VA health system's lapse from great- where its veterans are concerned," ness is in part due to the attitudes of the Retirement in America's "Ten Top Turner said. "We can provide very veterans themselves, to "the blindness Retirement Locations in the Sunbelt" best medical care possible for those of the middle class and more affluent provides a wealth of information on who have earned it, or we can just aban- veteran to the of the less well off living cost, climate, housing cost, needs health care, education, transportation, don the veterans. That choice is crucial, veteran and to what they, themselves, activities such as golf and outdoor and will send a powerful message to might face further downstream. There fishing, etc., and cultural opportunities. those who defend us tomorrow, and in will, after all, come a day when their Locations included on the 90 minute the years to come." insurance won't cover the vicissitudes program are Hot Springs, AR; Phoenix & Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Holley says in the last decade, "Vets of their situation." Lakeland & St. Petersburg. FL; Murray, KY; Knoxville. TN; and McAllen & San Antonio, TX.

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turned to an industry that didn't exist in Inside the capsule, there's a Chamber Jacobs' time. An aerospace company of Commerce video laser disk called TIME CAPSULES supplied the material designed for the "Cincinnati: The Blue Chip City," and Continued from page 35 harsh, hot environments of today's air- bank cards. Potentially one of the most craft. valuable items is a set of Cincinnati In something of a time-capsule adver- Reds baseball cards. A letter from Neil tisement probably aimed at the present as A. Armstrong, first man to walk on the books, movies, photographs and well as the future, a message printed inside moon and a former faculty member at seeds— but no gold, silver or jewels to the lid flaunts the strength of the black the University of Cincinnati, outlines tempt vandals. Besides recordings of box. The thermoplastic called APC-2 was his view of the present. Roosevelt, the collection includes developed by ICI/Fiberite to make access "We have great hopes that your world speeches by Hitler and Mussolini. doors, spars and rib sections for aircraft. will be even better than ours," Arm- Historian Paul Stephen Hudson, the Laced with carbon fibers, the material is strong wrote. He reviewed the mile- registrar at Oglethorpe, said the shadow stronger than steel along the direction of stone discoveries of the — of fascism darkened Jacobs' view. Time the fibers, the message reads. APC-2 from airplanes to antibiotics, satellites capsules today tend to be more upbeat, weighs about 30 percent less than alumi- to space flight. He marked some of the

Hudson said. And interest in them is num. But it costs more— about $100 a medical victories against smallpox, likely to grow as we approach the new pound, which may sound like peanuts a plague, tuberculosis and polio. millennium. century down the road.

"We approach it with exuberance," The 15-by-15-by-10-inch box, sealed view isn't entirely rosy. "We he said. "These are optimistic times." and filled with dry nitrogen to further HIShope that you will be free of And good times for time capsule protect contents, offers a generally cancer, multiple sclerosis, muscu- aficionados. Hudson, Berger and upbeat portrait of a city. "We adopted lar dystrophy and acquired immune others last spring met in Atlanta to form the theme, 'The way we were,'" said deficiency syndrome," the letter stated, the International Time Capsule Society. Richard E. Friedman, a member of the tacitly noting unmet challenges. He They offer information to anyone who Bicentennial Time Capsule Committee. expressed worry about overpopulation wants to salt away something for post- "We wanted to show people in the and notes that Cincinnatians are wor- erity. One piece of good news: The future what we were like ... a livable ried about nuclear weapons. But like technology of time capsules has never city, moving forward fast enough but most messages in time capsules today, been better. not so fast as Chicago. We're saying, his letter is generally optimistic. "We When Cincinnati planned its latest 'We will to you this livable city in the can only hope that you are as happy and time capsule, buried in a stone wall last hope that you, as our heirs, will main- as proud of our community in 2089 as year to be opened in 2088, the city tain it.'" we are in 1989," Armstrong concluded. Not everyone agrees that this is boom time for such time capsules. A few years ago, Pierre Belvedere Ltd. of Montreal, a Canadian gift distributor, plastic time YOUR PROPERTY ordered 1 ,500 15-inch gray capsules. The Keepsakes Time Cap- ^OF UNSIGHTLY BRUSH PILES! sules, at $15 each, were meant to be everyman's answer to King Tut's ...with the Amazing tomb— a modest chance to preserve Turn a mess like this... SUPER TOMAHAWK®** some family treasures. Chipper/Shredder. . Fewer than one-third of them sold, from Garden Way! *bk'en "w-v C*** -*a according to Pierre Desmairais, presi- • Ifs a powerful Chipper... handles big dent of the company. He speculates branches up to 3' in diameter with ease! why the capsule was a commercial • It's an efficient Shredder.. .turns bomb. "The teaching of history today is almost any organic matter into perfect sporadic. People used to be in tune mulch and compost instantly! about traveling to the past, and this no • Better Then "Old-Style" Units! longer holds true. It could also be • 4 Model Sizes... for small suburban into beautiful FREE mulch explained by the splitting of the family. lots or big country properties! in less than one hour! There's less interest today in the For Your FREE Catalog souvenirs that tie the family together. 1-800-366-3434 Call Dept. 321 Things are more transient." Or Mail This Coupon TODAY! Albert Bergesen, a professor of TROY-BILT Mfg. Co., Dept. A321 sociology at the University of Arizona, 1 02nd St. & 9th Ave., Troy, NY 12180 has another explanation. "Maybe a

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armed states— France and Britain on its whether there can be a reconstituted United States and the Soviet Union western flank and the Soviet Union on Soviet Union that comprises the Rus- found that they would become engaged its eastern flank? sian Republic, Byelorussia and the in a conflict and therefore reined in Ukraine. Right now, however, the evi- their client states in periods of danger. Q. The European Economic Com- dence points to an independent Ukraine This might seem like perverse logic, but munity (EEC) has brought amazing and an independent Byelorussia. the Soviet Union was in many ways a prosperity to West Europe. Can the very good foe. It was not highly aggres- EEC be expanded to bring similar Q. And more instability? sive. It was strong enough to provide a prosperity and benefits to East A Yes, let's just talk about borders. rationale for building powerful Amer- Europe and help it feel more secure? There will be all sorts of border ican military forces, but it was not the Alt remains to be seen whether or dispsutes among the new states that sort of state capable of causing trouble not the prosperity that has form in the wake of the collapse of the in the world in such a way that the existed in Western Europe for most of Soviet Union. In the aftermath of World United States couldn't deal with. the Cold War can be extended to East- War II, the Soviet Union imposed Q- Is the United Nations possible ern Europe. The situation in Poland, not boundaries on virtually all of the states a successor in providing the stability to mention the Soviet Union, is quite of Eastern Europe and on the con- that the bipolar superpowers standoff dire at this time. And the fluctuation in stituent parts of the Soviet Union. Now, did? oil prices growing out of the Gulf crisis the Soviet Union has lost its power to The historical record is making the economic situation even impose order, and the lines of the map A No. on the bleaker. So, it's not clear that you're are up for grabs. performance of international going to have economic prosperity institutions is an abysmal one. It's fair there— certainly not in the near future Q. Should the West support Gor- to say that they help on the margins, but and certainly not in the Soviet Union. bachev? as the foundation for a new and stable Second, it's not clear that economic A First, a powerful Soviet Union order in Europe or anywhere else in the prosperity produces peace, even though arrayed against the United States world, I wouldn't look to the United this is the conventional wisdom in the produced a bipolar order that was very Nations or any other international United States. Before World War I there stable. Not only was Europe stable, but institution. was a great deal of economic inter- so was the and to a lesser dependence and much prosperity in extent the Third World. The United Q- Are you saying that there's no Europe; the situation was very similar States and the Soviet Union controlled substitute for continued heavy U.S. to that which exists today. Yet war broke large areas of the world in such a way involvement in the world? out, which shows that states go to war that they made it very difficult for their A There is no substitute. None at not for economic reasons but princi- client states to engage in conflict. The . all. pally for security reasons.

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