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April 1982 Volume 112, Number 4 For God and Country

Commander's Message 4 ^4 The Bad News Bear By Joseph Stocker "Penny Wise, Pound Foolish" Those cute, cuddly bears that so adorably beg for food in

our nation's parks can kill an adult with one swipe of a £ Letters paw and destroy a recreational vehicle at the drop of a Our readers comment cookie.

\ 0 News to Use \b Till Death Do Us Part By Vernon Pizer Helpful hints for consumers Filling the void left by the death of ones spouse can—and

must—be accomplished if the survivor is to Big Issues honor the \ 2 memory of the departed. "Should Daylisht Savins Time Be Extended?" ^ 3 The Sullivan Sacrifice By Gary Turbak

24 Books Waterloo, I A, sent five brothers off to fight the war. In return, the got a towering symbol of duty Interestins new titles honor and courage. 28 Dateline Issues and opinions from the capital 20 SPECIAL REPORT-War on Drugs: The Military Strikes 30 The Message Center Back By Philip C. Clarke Of importance to veterans America's armed forces are fighting a no-holds-barred 32 News for Legionnaires battle with an insidious enemy: drug abuse among its service members. The Pentagon knows that if drugs win, Your orsanization at work America loses. £0 Parting Shots To leave you laushins

About our authors . . . in for AP in the '40s and ticle that needed to be done. Free-lancer Joseph Stocker, who '50s, before the serious drug trouble wrote "The Bad News Bear," lives in described in "War On Drugs: The Gary Turbak, a free-lance journalist Phoenix, AZ, where he writes about Military Strikes Back." whose work has appeared in other all sorts of wild and not-so-wild issues of the Legion magazine, wrote animals. Writing "Till Death Do Us Part" was "The Sullivan Sacrifice." difficult and emotionally draining, Philip C. Clarke covered U.S. forces says author Vernon Pizer, but an ar- Cover by Jim Chaney.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1982

Commander's Message THE AMERICAN LEGION Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

1982. It is a decremental budget National Commander fails into account that is, it to take Jack W. Flynt the effects of inflation on veterans' programs. Further, it is a budget that seriously jeopardizes the viability of The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Advertising Offices certain VA programs necessary if the 700 North Pennsylvania St. government is to discharge its re- PO. Box 1055 sponsibilities—and promises—to the Indianapolis, IN 46206 317-635-8411 veteran and his family. The two principal areas that most Publisher concern The American Legion are Dean B. Nelson medical and prosthetic research, and Assistant Publisher/Editor construction. (At the same time we Daniel S. Wheeler note that entitlement programs Managing Editor Gerard T. Atchison such as pension, compensation and Senior Editor levels the GI Bill—are mandated at Grail S. Hanford described by law and have thus been Associate Editor appropriately funded in this new Kathleen Whitehead budget.) Art Editor James A. Chaney Medical and prosthetic research is Production Manager an essential element of the veterans Bill Kroeker medical care program. That program

has three parts: patient care, educa- Advertising Sales tion (through affiliation with medi- Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. P.O. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ 07666 Jack W. Flynt cal schools) and research. 201-837-5511 The existence of a strong research program within the VA is one of the The American Legion Magazine Commission most compelling inducements to per- Milford A. Forrester, Chairman, Greenville, SC; Adolph F. Bremer, Vice Chairman, Winona, MN; James R. Newspaper headlines tell us that, suade high quality physicians to Kelley, National Commander's Representative, Devon, among other things, April is a month serve in the VA system. Physicians PA; Norman Biebel, Belleville, IL; Victor Broom, Fulton, MS; Andrew J. Cooper, Gulf Shores, AL; John J. of debate on Capitol Hill, particularly are also scientists. Many of them Dunn, Sr., Scranton, PA; Martin T. Jansen, Little debate over the Administration's pro- like to practice medicine in a set- Chute, WI; Eugene J. Kelley, Savannah, GA; James V IL; Frank J. Holcshuh, Youngstown, posed federal budget for fiscal year ting where they have access to re- Kissner, Palatine, OH; Russell H. Laird, Des Moines, IA; Arthur M. 1983. At times, it can seem very con- search facilities and can get research McDowell, Indianapolis, IN; Nathaniel J. McKee, Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce E. fusing, this process of give-and-take projects funded. Thus, a strong re- Princeton, NJ; J. H. Morris, Penny. Seattle, WA: Floyd J. Rogers, Topeka, KS; communication, weighing pros and search program within VA leads to George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; Ralph L. Smith, cons, sifting through mounds of in- better clinical care for patients and Bartlesville, OK; Dewey C Spencer. Mabelvale, AR; Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT; George J. Zanos, formation, statistics and projections. advances the science of medicine in Sr., Wellsburg. WV: Keith H. Gwilliam, Consultant, For those who've done their home- the United States. Roy. UT. Jerome Neuberger, Consultant, Staten Island, NY. work, however, straightforward so- When the Office of Management lutions and realistic goals can be and Budget (OMB) continues to re- identified. The legitimate and effi- duce the amounts provided for medi- The American Legion Magazine (USPS 020-540) is published monthly by The American Legion, 700 cient use of our tax dollars can be cal prosthetic research (as they and North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46206. directed. And important domestic did last year) the research program Price: yearly subscription, $9.00; single copy, $1.00 and social programs can be salvaged. is naturally weakened. If that hap- POSTMASTER: send address changes to: Circulation Legionnaires and members of our pens, both veterans' medical care Department, P.O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Washington-based national staff have and U.S. medicine are losers. Send editorial and advertising material to: The American Legion Magazine, 700 North Pennsylvania re- done their homework. That's why, In fiscal year 1982, the VA's St., P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. even as you read this, one of the most search budget was cut $22.5 million, Copyright 1982 by The American Legion. respected, credible and articulate thus seriously damaging ongoing re- Microfilm copies available: University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 voices being heard on Capitol Hill search projects. The proposed FY83 these days is the voice of The Ameri- budget for research is up only $9.5 can Legion. million, which is neither enough to Change of Address RO. Box This month I'd like to share with correct the damage already done to Notify Post Adjutant and Circulation Dept., 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Attach old address you what our collective voice is say- ongoing research projects nor repre- label, provide old and new address and current ing to members of Congress concern- sentative of the costs of inflation. membership Card number. Allow 8 weeks for change of address to take effect. ing the proposed Veterans Adminis- Thus, we will fight any further re- tration budget for fiscal year 1983. ductions and seek the restoration of Non-Member Subscriptions The VA's share of the budget, some research funds already cut. Other- Send $9.00 ($15.00 in foreign countries) to Circulation $25.6 billion, represents about 3.2 wise, the VA's programs of research Dept. P.O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. percent of the government's total bud- will lose their viability. get—down from VA's 3.3 percent The VA faces an equally serious share of the budget for fiscal year ( Continued on page 44) 0 —

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Jamaica for college students. A similar pro- • I was most encouraged by "Ja- gram extended to cover the other ser- maica: A Win For The West" (Feb- vices would serve to give a new di-

ruary) . It gives us reason to hope mension to ROTC. that more nations in this part of the Robert W. Ceder world could be influenced by Edward Sheboygan, WI Seaga's determined effort for democ- racy and free enterprise for his island • Since author Tom Wolpert re- nation. searched the article "ROTC: Is The DOMINICI MlRABELLI, JR. Comeback Complete?", Congress has Medford, MA authorized 2,000 additional scholar- MEDICAL ships for FY1982. This expansion re- Walking flects greater reliance on ROTC to FILE • Having been a confirmed walker provide college educated junior offi- for years, I was interested to read cers for the Armed Forces in the next concise up-to-date information "Walk Your Way To Fitness" (Feb- decade. on effective treatment of ruary). At 85 I am in fine fettle Dianne L. Gay common medical problems and try to walk every day, or as often ROTC Training & as possible. I can recommend this Education Analyst form of exercise for a lifetime physi- Office: ASSTSECDEF CAN'T SLEEP? cal fitness" regimen. Washington, DC NIGHTTIME PAIN? Alfred Hansen your When head aches, you can t sleep and ordinary Elk Horn, IA Nuclear Risk sleep-aids like Sominex, Nytol and Unisom don't really • help—try Quiet World? It's a lot more than a sleep aid. In I very much enjoyed Dr. Bernard (act, you'd need the relaxant in Sominex plus the 2 pain • "Walk Your Way To Fitness" was L. Cohen's "Is Nuclear Power Too relievers doctors recommend most to get all the help Quiet World brings. of particular interest to me, as I am Risky?" (January). This is a rare Quiet World makes you drowsy... recovering from heart by-pass surgery example of an article on nuclear relieves your pain and try to walk every day. With the power written by someone who ac- so you can sleep. passing of the months the exercise of tually has his facts straight and walking and the clear air have helped knows what he is talking about. I feel me to overcome the initial post-sur- you performed a valuable service to gery fear of physical exertion. Pre- your members by publishing this PAINFUL CORNS article. Ordinary pads just cushion painful corns to relieve the sented in this article is a program to pressure. Liquid Freezone" acts directly on the corn with enjoy and at the same time attain R. Scott Voigt special medicines that penetrate painlessly to the core of the corn. In just a few applications, Freezone helps dis- better health. Mattoon, IL solve the corn away.. .layer by layer. Don't just cushion Virginia Anderson your corns. Dissolve W. • them away with Colonial Heights, VA We accept the scientific evidence Freezone. that the burning and mining of coal Steel Pot damages our health and environment. • Thanks to Robert Southee for However, Dr. Cohen has not ad- dressed the similar problems asso- "The Steel Pot" (February) . During HEMORRHOIDS can be a recent visit my young grandson ciated with the nuclear industry. sheer agony when you wipe with dry toilet tissue. Now. inherent risks in prevent the irritation that dry toilet tissue can cause with was intrigued by my WWII helmet What about the Preparation H* Cleansing Pads. They're pre-moistened, lining, uranium mining and refining, the soft cloth pads with a and and also its fascinating gentle cleansing agent history as portrayed in your article. manufacture of fuel rods, the storage that soothes, cools, and and transportation of spent fuel? freshens without dry toilet M. S. Rd?ley I Cleansing I "~ \ WJ rjs CiPfSEl tissue irritation. Beacon Falls, CT Certainly our basic needs for heat, lighting and transportation are im- ROTC mediate, however, we must recognize • Tom Wolpert's "ROTC: Is The that decisions concerning the use of nuclear power are being made that ARTHRITIS When you suffer with Comeback Complete?" (February) the pain of minor arthritis you want fast relief. InfraRub* was most interesting, but I believe not only adversely affect our lives, contains a unique combination of warm, soothing, pain- but those of many future generations. relieving medicines that start to work instantly. InfraRub ROTC would make a better come- delivers strong, penetrating relief that lasts for hours. back by offering an off-campus pro- Pauline E. Watson What's more, InfraRub is barely scented. InfraRub: it's strong medicine without medicine smell. gram. For 50 years the Marines have Penn Yan, NY offered the Platoon Leader Course of two-to-six weeks in summer camps Truoi Bridge • Although our friends, the ARVN, Letters published do not necessarily abandoned us often, it was refreshing express the policy of The American to read the facts as presented by Legion. We reserve the right to both Johnnie M. Clark in "Battle For Use all medications only as directed. © 1981 Whitehall Laboratories. . N.Y. edit and select letters for publication. (Continued on page 56)

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Should Daylight Saving Time Be Extended?

Yes.r. The extension of Day- No.r. The recent decision by light Saving Time from six to the House to add an additional eight months is a simple measure two months to our annual obser- that can save us energy with almost vance of Daylight Saving Time no effort. Other benefits include was nothing less, as I view it, than the reduction of violent crime and more government intrusion into improved traffic safety. the lives of the American people. Under existing law, Daylight It also represents another con- Rep. Tony Saving Time is in effect from the Rep. Gene frontation between rural America P. Hall last Sunday in April to the last Taylor and the cities, with the rural point of (D-Ohio) Sunday in October. One prpposal (R-MOJ view ending up with the short end would add two more months to of the stick, which happens more Daylight Saving Time so that it would begin the first and more often during each session of the Congress. It Sunday in March. That does not necessarily mean that is a clear indication of the declining number of rural rep- in March and April sunrise will come at an unfamiliar resentatives in the House and Senate. or shockingly late hour. Sunrise in those months would Rural residents have historically viewed Daylight occur at the same time of the day as comparable days in Saving Time with dismay. Most all of their children September and October. ride buses to school and thus are forced to wait, at The philosophy behind the extension is simple. Day- considerable risk, in the cold, dark, often rainy part of light Saving Time helps make more efficient use of the the morning for their transportation. Those who live sun so that daylight falls on the most productive hours close enough to school to walk are also in danger because of the day. This system, which has proved its effective- they usually do not have sidewalks to walk on. ness for six months of the year, would be more pro- The National Bureau of Standards stated: "School- ductive for eight months. aged children suffered an increased number of fatal By adding two more months to Daylight Saving accidents in the morning during the four months, Time, we can save the equivalent of 100,000 barrels of January to April, in 1974 under year-round Daylight oil each day during those months through reduced use Saving Time (brought on by the oil emergency), as of electric lights. As the price of energy increases in the compared to the same period in 1973 when Daylight coming years, this saving will become more valuable. Saving Time was not in effect." According to the Department of Transportation, the Furthermore, cows aren't milked by the clock. Most number of traffic fatalities in March and April could farm chores, such as milking and feeding livestock, are be reduced by as many as 200 if Daylight Saving Time performed in the early morning. Taking away an hour was in effect during those two months. Another study, of daylight at that time certainly does not set well by the Justice Department, determined that Daylight with the people who provide our food and fiber. As one Saving Time could result in the reduction of violent of my colleagues remarked during the course of debate: crimes by 10 to 13 percent during March and April. "Who's going to wake up the rooster when the clock Extension could also increase recreational time, extend says it's time, but the sun does not agree?" prime shopping hours and assist some hundreds of The proponents argue that Daylight Saving Time can thousands of Americans who are stricken with Retinitis mean savings of up to 100,000 barrels of oil each day. Pigmentosa (night blindness). 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Everyone knows the grizzly is a mean critter, but a good many peo- ple tend to take a benign view of the black bears they sometimes see in national parks and on backpacking trails. They equate them vaguely with Gentle Ben and the amiable image cast by TV spots featuring Smokey with a few words about the destructiveness of forest fires. If you're among the folks who think like that, you might give some thought to the following incident. On an August day in 1977, a heli- copter deposited 31-year-old Cynthia Dusel-Bacon at a spot in the Alas- kan bush about 60 miles southeast of —

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Fairbanks. She was a geologist with cies extensively, "are equipped with ing. Harebrained people, ignoring the U.S. Geological Survey doing teeth and claws as sharp as needles the warning signs which are promi- research on rock formations. that give them the capability of kill- nently posted, feed the animals As she hiked along a ridge, a black ing a man with ease, and one swing everything from marshmallows on bear about three feet tall suddenly of its powerful paw can crush the sticks to leftover chicken. One tour- broke from the brush. Dusel-Bacon head of a cow." ist actually attempted to get a bear did all the things you're supposed to There is even undeniable evidence to hold a lighted cigar in its mouth do when you encounter a bear in that the black is, on occasion, a man- so he could shoot a picture for the the wilderness. She clapped her eater. In 1968, a middle-aged Indian guys back home. A Yellowstone hands and banged on a rock with a guide in western Ontario was killed ranger told of seeing a man luring a hammer to make noise and scare and partially devoured by a 300- black bear into his car so he could the bear away. It wouldn't scare, but pound male black bear. Three years get a cute shot of blackie behind the instead knocked her down. There she before, a Minnesota man was at- wheel; another put one of his kids stayed and played dead. It attacked tacked while he was fishing in a on the back of a bear. In a near dis- her nevertheless, tearing first at her stream near his home. His body, aster, a youngster in Yellowstone right arm, then at her left. Some- partly consumed, was found nearby. National Park poured a can of soda how, she managed to get off a dis- Tracks showed that two or more on the ground and then, as the bear tress call on her portable radio. bears took part in the macabre pro- lapped it up, reached over and pulled "This is Cynthia. Come quick, I'm ceedings—and blacks were credited one of the black's ears. The bear being eaten by a bear!" A chopper with the attack. took an angry swipe at the startled arrived in time to save her life, but Blackie has an appetite that is child who must have thought bears not her arms—both had to be am- about as eclectic as an appetite can were like puppies. Luckily blackie putated. get. He eats berries, nuts, fruits, missed and the kid skedaddled. It's not known how many such herbs, bark, insects, eggs, birds, All of this type of familiarity with horrors have occurred, but experts frogs, fish, small mammals, bees a potentially deadly wild animal estimate that the number is con- and any kind of human garbage he leads to trouble as in the case where siderable. For the black bear, far can get his paws on. In one notable a Yosemite black, with more than from being the avuncular Smokey case in Illinois, a tame bear being the usual amount of chutzpah, or even the shy, woodsy creature used to train bear hounds developed ambled into a well-populated camp- portrayed by some environmental- a taste for chewing tobacco. Not to ground, strolled up to a grill and ists, is—or can be—a truly lethal chew ... to eat. swiped a cooking steak. Had anyone animal. What makes him that way Combine this wide-ranging appe- protested, he would have found him- is an absolutely titanic appetite, a tite with the fact that people occa- self in real danger. The National short fuse and his innate unpredict- sionally do some pretty silly things Wildlife Federation calls this the ability. "Nobody knows one minute when near black bears and you have "mugger bear syndrome." In places to the next what a black bear is go- like Yosemite and Yellowstone— ing to do, and most of the time the and other national parks—mugger bear doesn't know either," said Ike bears cause thousands of dollars Cooper, a veteran Michigan bear "Come quick, worth of damage each year, mostly hunter. to parked vehicles. In all but a few Next to venomous snakes, says I'm being eaten by a bear!" instances, food was left in the cars outdoorsman/author Ben East, or RVs by campers. The bears, bears—blacks as well as grizzlies scenting the groceries, smashed win- are North America's greatest wild- dows and ripped out interiors trying life menace. And it's that element of the ingredients for real trouble. For to get them. unpredictability , in their character example, a family built a Blacks are intelligent as well as that makes them so. Wolves are dan- summer home out in the woods and, hungry. A bear learns quickly that gerous, but they don't attack, says when they discovered there were if he stands on his hind legs beside East. Mountain lions attack, but black bears in the vicinity, began the road and pats his stomach, some- there aren't that many of them. putting food out for them. Every one will stop and feed him. It's as if Bears attack, and there are plenty of summer for four years, a couple or he were consciously trying to live up them. three bears would keep dropping in to his reputation as the "Happy Even in an era of expanding ur- for a free lunch. The family thought Hooligan of the woods" (an allusion banization and diminishing bear that was kind of neat until one after- to a popular comic strip of a genera- habitat, there are tens of thousands noon they looked out and counted tion ago). Pretty soon a crowd of blacks in the United States and 17 guests! At that point a call for forms—a "bear jam," as it's called by Canada, including about 30 of the help went out to the state wildlife rangers. All of a sudden a ranger 48 contiguous states. office. rolls up. The bear recognizes his uni- Add to all this the fact that That's an unusual incident. The form and heads for high green. Or Blackie has the wherewithal to do a really big trouble occurs in the na- the bear hears the click of the car's great deal of damage both to people tional and state parks where it is public address system turning on, and things. "Black bears," said a not unusual for tourists and camp- and off it scoots. That's how smart game biologist who studied the spe- ers to find the bears cute and beguil- (Continued on page 26)

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Till Death Do Us Part

By Vernon Pizer

The last of the mourners had left and yet he lingered, numbed with ovemhelming sorrow, bewildered by the awful finality of the moment, unwilling to turn away from the new- ly dug grave. Later, recalling that moment, he said, "I could not accept the fact that it was my wife who had been lowered into the earth. Why her? How could I come to terms with that? After the years with her to share the good times and to ease the bad, how could I face a future that did not include her? Her life had ended and mine had shattered and I did not know how to pick up the pieces." The sad truth is that most of us will one day have to ask ourselves those same doleful questions. Find- ing the answers—the right answers is vital. In a unique way they will constitute the final expression of compassion and love between the one who has died and the one who must go on living. Though we try to close our minds A sensitive look at life's most to it, we recognize and reluctantly accept that death is the inevitable, heart-rending finality natural progression from birth, but our awareness is always in the con- text of an older generation—grand- parents, parents, uncles, aunts. We are unprepared for the death of a contemporary, especially a wife or husband, the sole person to whom we are related not by biological ca- price but by conscious choice, the person whom we have vowed to cleave to, forsaking all others. So the

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trauma of "marital survivorship" is sorrow openly, somehow feeling it is my shoulder. Gradually, the sensa- devastating. How can we deal with unmanly to shed tears, yet those tion of his presence grew dimmer and it? How can we overcome it? How tears need to be shed." then disappeared entirely." can we fashion a new life for our- Rabbi Jacob Goldberg, director of Another frequent reaction is a feel- selves? the inter-faith Commission on Pas- ing of guilt—guilt over things unsaid A popular TV commercial depicts toral Bereavement Counseling, puts or undone while the partner was still a busy throng freezing into rigidly it this way: " 'Good grief!' is more alive, over promises unkept, over immobile eavesdroppers when one than an exclamation; it is a necessi- hopes and plans unrealized. Guilt says to another, "My broker is E. F. ty. The mourner needs to mourn, over past unkindnesses or acts of ." Hutton and Hutton says . . . That needs to articulate his emotions, inconsideration, fancied or real. script, with only minor alteration, thoughts, worries and fantasies. It's Even guilt, sometimes, over the very could apply to Dr. Donald R. Bar- necessary therapy for him or for her." fact of survival. If the death was pre- dill, dean of Florida State Uni- To bottle up grief in some inner ceded by illness there are often guil- versity's school of Social Work. recess is to court disaster. "That ty self-doubts over whether great Sociologist, clinical psychologist and way," says Dr. Bardill, "it becomes enough or prompt enough efforts marital counselor, when Bardill an internal time bomb ticking away were made to obtain the very best speaks his professional peers listen while you exist in a kind of emotion- medical care. Grief-stricken and con- attentively. This is what he has to al limbo. Eventually, sometimes fused, the mourner finds it difficult say about marital bereavement: "It years later, the bomb goes off with initially to place these self-recrimi- isn't a fun subject and because it devastating effect. Grief is normal, nations into proper perspective isn't, for too long there has been a natural, cleansing, and its prompt within a framework of objectivity tendency to shy away from it. But expression must not be denied." and logic. In some instances, of looking the other way doesn't make There is agreement among the course, there may be a measure of it disappear; it only makes matters experts that coping begins with un- justification for a stirring of guilt worse. Fortunately, the situation is derstanding the nature of the grief but, reports Dr. Fabrikant, "most of- changing today. The complex ques- that a marital survivor experiences. ten it is unreal and unjustified by tion of marital survivorship, is com- Explains Bardill, "It is a special kind the facts and the survivor needs to ing out of the closet and is being of wrenching sorrow that creates its realize that." discussed openly. Professionals in a own peculiar effects. One effect is Even certainty that the finest care number of different disciplines are what I call 'spouse imagery,' a sen- has been obtained for a terniihally studying the subject and all of its sation that the dead partner is pres- ill husband or wife does not always implications. Their findings are help- ent—sitting in the accustomed place bar a feeling of guilt. This is be- ing the survivors to cope with the at the dining table, nestling close in cause of what the experts term "sur- tragedy and then move ahead on the bed, doing familiar chores around vivor withdrawal"—recognition that pathway toward resumption of a death is approaching and prepara- normal life." tion for it by beginning to detach From the moment his wife died, oneself mentally from the failing "Men, particularly, friends and family of the bereaved partner. Even though psychologists husband rallied around him in a con- often find it difficult to point out that withdrawal is a per- spiracy of kindness designed to cush- fectly normal reaction it does not express ion the blow. Making sure that he their overwhelming prevent pangs of conscience. There was not left alone with the misery is, however, a beneficial aspect of sorrow openly . wracking him, they tried to divert withdrawal, as Dr. Judith Newman his attention toward "safe" areas, to of Pennsylvania State University steer conversations into directions makes clear. It is this: during the ill- leading away from the death, ar- the house. Patients of mine who ness the surviving mate is able to ranged activities intended as distrac- undergo spouse imagery often tell begin grieving . in an anticipatory tions, threw up a screen around me that they fear they are cracking way so that after the death the sor- tangible reminders of his dead mate. up mentally, but those fears are row is less intense and less pro- In all of this, according to the ex- groundless. It is a common reaction longed. perts, they were doing precisely the that usually disappears promptly." No marriage is ever completely wrong thing. A young woman, recently wid- free of an occasional dispute be- "Grief is a crucial part of the re- owed, describes her encounter with tween husband and wife. But when covery process," says Dr. Benjamin spouse imagery: "For the first few one leaves—whether for work, an Fabrikant, professor of psychology weeks after his death I had the errand or an extended trip—follow- at 's Fairleigh Dickinson strange feeling that he was still with ing an unresolved argument and University. "The survivor must be me, not visible but somehow there while absent suffers a sudden death, allowed to grieve, to express and ex- within reach. At night, especially, I the guilt engendered by knowledge perience the deep emotion within. felt his presence there in the bed- that the last words uttered were in Men, particularly, often find it dif- room. One night I awoke because I anger is wrenching for the one who ficult to express their ovei^helming thought I felt a warm hand touching (Continued on page 46)

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By Gary T\irbak Matt, 22, and Albert, 20, were all summer and fall they fished and seamen second class. hunted, and in the evenings they took On the morning When Japanese Bettys and Zeros to the dance floors of Waterloo. Only of November 12, attacked the unloading operation Albert was married. Like most Amer- 1942 the light about 2 p.m., the Juneau remained icans, they watched the growing USS Ju- unscathed while knocking six enemy world tension with concern and wor- neau stood guard planes into the sea. This was only ried about America being drawn into off Lunga Point the second major action the Sulli- the war. at . vans had seen, but it would not be On December 7, the boys—along Under the protec- their last. with their parents and sister—hud- tive eye of the Juneau and the other Later in the day, frenzied mes- dled around the radio at 98 Adams members of the task group, American sages told of a powerful Japanese Street in Waterloo, listening som- transport ships hurriedly unloaded naval squadron approaching, and the berly to the reports coming out of their precious war supplies. American ships cleared Guadalcanal. Pearl Harbor. In a few days they But the Juneau also carried a Once the transports were headed learned that friend Bill Ball of Fred- unique cargo. Aboard the newly safely toward Espiritu Santo, the ericksburg, IA, had died in the at- christened cruiser were the Sullivan American fighting force—eight de- tack. brothers of Waterloo, IA. All five of stroyers and five —swung The young Sullivans discussed the them! about and steamed along the north matter and came to their parents At their own insistence—and con- shore of Guadalcanal. Aboard the with a decision: "Well, I guess our trary to accepted Navy policy Juneau, the five Sullivan brothers minds are made up," George said. George, Frank, Joseph, Matt and Al- prepared to enter battle together. "We're going in. Frank and I will bert Sullivan all served on the same It was what they wanted. "We've look out for the others. Don't ship. George, 29, and Frank, 26, always fought for each other, and worry." were the oldest and had each com- now we want to continue fighting On January 3, 1942, they enlisted, pleted a previous Navy enlistment. side by side," George had told their making it a condition that they be George served as a gunner's mate Navy recruiter in December 1941. assigned together. The Navy De- and Frank as a coxswain. Joseph, 23, "If we go down, we'll all go to- partment had originally balked at gether." that stipulation but relented under The death of a good friend at the insistent demands of the brothers. Japanese hands prompted that On February 15, after brief train- pledge. In December 1941, George ing at the Great Lakes Naval Train- and Frank had just ended Navy ing Center, the Sullivans drew assign- tours and all five brothers were em- ment to the new Juneau. ployed by the Rath Packing Com- Never before had five brothers pany in Waterloo. The Sullivan boys served on the same warship. worked hard and played hard. In the Their relatively peaceful Atlantic

Above, the USS The Sullivans is shown underway off Newport, RI in 1962. The ship, since decommissioned, is now on display at the Buffalo, NY Naval & Service- men's Park. At right, the five Sullivan brothers—Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison and George—are shown at the commissioning cere- monies of USS Juneau (far right), the ship that carried them to their graves eight months later.

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duty ended in August when the Out of the north came the Japa- once on its own ships. Torpedoes Juneau headed for the Pacific to nese with 11 , two battle- bounced harmlessly off hulls. Once, help bolster a faltering campaign. ships and a cruiser. In the darkness the American destroyer O'Bannon The Sullivans knew they would see the two squadrons moved directly to- found itself so close to the Japa- action. "Don't worry about us," ward each other, neither aware that nese Hiei that main bat- wrote Joseph in a letter home. "We'll the other was so near. At 1:30 a.m., tery guns could not be aimed low be all right. We're looking after each November 13, the Juneau's sister enough to connect. Like the others, other. Our mail took quite a while to ship Atlanta picked up blips on her the Juneau slugged it out with the catch up with us, but when it did radar. A few minutes later the lead Japanese at close range. oh boy—what a treat! Fifty-three American destroyer swerved hard to In less than an hour the battle was letters came at once. But we haven't avoid colliding with the Japanese over. Five American and three Japa- had time to read them all. We're destroyer Yudachi . . . and the battle nese ships lay on the ocean floor. going out looking for jaybirds." Al- was on. Others limped away or drifted aim- ways their letters ended: "Keep your The melee that followed has been lessly. But the Juneau and the Sulli- chm up and don't worry." linked to "a barroom brawl with the van brothers survived to greet the On November 1, 1942, Thomas lights out." Historian Jack Coggins dawn. Juneau had taken a and Alleta Sullivan mailed Christ- described it this way: "It was per- hit on the port side and listed se- mas presents to their five sons. Seven haps the most vicious night action verely. The cruiser was down 12 feet days later the Juneau left New Cale- in history. Armored ships engaged at the bow but could still move at donia for Guadalcanal. at point-blank range, destroyers 13 knots. Along with the other crew As night fell on November 12, the raked with automatic members, the Sullivans helped guide American force cruised along Guad- weapons, and torpedoes streaked to- their damaged ship away from the alcanal, preparing to pass between ward targets so close that the war- Japanese. it and nearby Florida Island. No heads had no time to arm." By 10 a.m. on Friday, November Japanese craft had been detected, Searchlights panned across the 13, the Juneau and five other Ameri- but the crews of the American ships water to iUuminate targets. In the can ships had withdrawn from the remained on the alert. confusion, each side fired at least ( Continued on page 54) ullivan acrifice

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By Philip C. Clarke

It was nine minutes before midnight, May 26, 1981, when Marine 1st Lt. Steve E. White made a second attempt to land his EA-6B Prowler jet on the canted deck of the carrier Nimitz as it practiced night landings 70 miles off the Florida coast. White's ap- proach was too high. Missing the arresting wires, the fighter bounced off a helicopter parked at one side, struck the nose of an A-7 and smashed into a row of F-14s stationed on the port bow. The explosion and fire that followed took the lives of the pilot, his two crew- men and 11 flight deck workers not directly involved in the landing ops. Forty-eight other sailors were in- jured, several during the hour-long fight to bring the ensuing fire under control. Damage was estimated at more than $100 million, including total or partial destruction of 20 air- craft. The incident soon produced an even more sensational story. Routine autopsies revealed evidence of THC, the intoxicant substance in mari- percent of all Navy and Marine Institute Research study, warned juana and hashish, in the bodies of Corps personnel in grades E-5 and that the prevalence of drug abuse six of the 11 dead deckhands, three of below periodically use illicit drugs, posed "a chronic threat that a po- ." whom were apparently "high" when that as a consequence one in four tential enemy could exploit . . But the accident occurred. Although the suffers some degree of "work impair- Pentagon officials today vigorously pilot's body revealed an excessive ment," and that one in 25 actually deny they are dragging their feet in level of brompheniramine, an antihis- is dependent on drugs. "Additional- trying to solve the problem. They tamine prescription drug, there was ly," he said, "one in eight is reported point to tough new crackdowns no proof that its effects had contrib- to be dependent on alcohol." (Drug against drug abuse, especially by the uted to the crash. Nonetheless, the abuse in the Army is slightly less Navy; to the addition of more drug Nimitz tragedy served to focus public prevalent—as it is in other services— detection teams using trained dogs attention on the drug and alcohol while the Air Force reports in with to sniff out hidden narcotics; and to abuse problem throughout the mili- comparatively good marks.) "What's the introduction of more effective tary. portable urinalysis kits designed to In Congress, there were demands identify drug users and the volume for a sweeping investigation of the of their consumption, including that Defense Department's entire anti- of marijuana. Soon to appear on the "From now on . . . drug and alcohol program. News re- anti-drug front: a highly sophisti- ports of drug rings operating openly the emphasis will be on cated seriology device capable of among servicemen, and of drug abuse determining alcoholism, even among punishment and discharge." by personnel assigned to high secu- individuals unaware of their own af- rity nuclear installations reinforced fliction. charges by critics that the military At the same time, Pentagon offi- wasn't doing enough. cials insist that the military's drug "We must root out this problem clear," said the Congressman, "is and alcohol situation is a mirror im- which is destroying our military that, taken as a whole, drug abuse age of American society at large. As from within," Rep. Joseph P. Addab- and alcohol abuse not only impair Secretary Lehman said in his reply bo (D-NY) , Chairman of the House lives of the users, but adversely af- to Addabbo: "We receive in our ser- Defense Appropriations Subcommit- fect military readiness." vices the products of the schools and tee, told a hearing convened 18 days Defense Department troubleshoot- lifestyles of our nation. The inci- after the Nimitz incident. In a letter ers concede they have a giant-sized dences of drug and alcohol abuse in to Navy Secretary John F. Lehman, problem. That fact was recognized as society are too high and they are too Jr., Congressman Addabbo cited a early as 1975, When Dr. David Mar- high in the Navy and Marine Corps Pentagon report disclosing that 60 low, director of a Walter Reed Army as well ... It is a most difficult prob-

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ON DRUGS: The Military a year in taxpayer's money to fight Strikes Back the problem. It's serious because it has an impact on combat readiness." The Defense Department's last Tougher Crackdowns service-wide survey, taken in 1980 and involving the questioning of And Improved 19,000 enlisted personnel, bears out the dimensions of the problem: Screening Are Two lem, but one that we are working • Among the ranks of E-l through hard to diminish." E-5, fully 50 percent had used some Weapons In The Given the nature of the all-volun- form of drugs during the preceding teer forces, the Navy Secretary would year. Broken down by services, the Pentagon's Arsenal seem to have a valid argument. The percentages were: Marine Corps, 61 National Institute on Drug Abuse es- percent; Navy, 59 percent; Army, 53 timates that two-thirds of Americans percent; Air Force, 33 percent. aged 18 to 25 have used marijuana at • At least 130,000 members of the least once and that more than one- armed forces were dependent on third now use it regularly. Nonethe- drugs or alcohol, meaning they were less, the services are under pressure either hooked on narcotics or alco- to screen out and deny enlistments to hol, or both. would-be recruits with a history of • At least 120,000 soldiers, sailors, illegal substance abuse. But without Marines and airmen were "high" or a draft, the military is hard pressed drunk more than 40 times during the to meet even the barest minimum of year while on duty on the firing manpower needs. "We're caught in a ranges, in the maneuver areas, on the dilemma," explained one Pentagon decks, in the maintenance shops or official. "We cannot ignore two out of wherever assigned. three potential recruits and still de- The survey also determined that fend the United States!" alcohol abuse remains the most seri- Gen. William C. Louisell, until ous threat, followed by marijuana; recently the Deputy Assistant Secre- service members aged 18 to 25 in tary of Defense for Drug and Alcohol grades E-l through E-5 are the pre- Abuse, underscored the seriousness dominant offenders, and the most of the problem in an exclusive inter- common practice is "poly-drug con- view with The American Legion Mag- sumption," meaning young heavy azine. "It's serious," he said, "be- drinkers also are heavy drug users cause we've got people who are under in many cases. the influence of either alcohol or According to General Louisell, drugs while on duty. It's serious be- "Many who abuse substances in the A drug-detecting dog and its Navy cause it takes the services of nearly armed forces are 'chemical gourmets.' handler leave the dock landing ship 4,000 full-time employees and 12,000 Almost half report they mix alcohol USS Monticello after a search for part-time personnel and $101 million Continued . . marijuana.

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crease in caseload admissions for al- cohol and drug treatment, over the past three years some 65 to 70 per- cent of those treated have been suc- cessfully rehabilitated and returned to duty. Overall, the Defense De- Monthly or more frequent use of "up- partment treated 112,000 service per- . . . Continued and cannabis, and 16 percent re- pers" within the Army also was vir- sonnel last year at a cost of $61 mil- ported mixing cocaine with alcohol. tually unchanged at 13 percent last lion, including operation of the The effects of such witches' brews year against 12.7 percent in 1978. Navy's world famous treatment cen- are unpredictable and dangerous." And the fact-finders reported the use ter in Miramar, CA. "The progress In recent years, Congress has con- of hard drugs such as heroin and co- we are making in combating our ducted its own surveys of drug and caine among Army troops in Europe problem," said General Clarke, "is

years, . alcohol abuse in the military. Most has decreased in the past three reflected in this data . . and by the of these surveys have produced re- but is still at "unacceptably high lev- fact that we have been able to con- sults even more alarming than the els." Over that period, monthly or tain the heroin abuse problem in Eu- military's findings. Despite com- more frequent use of heroin decreased rope despite continually rising avail- plaints by some critics that the Con- from 10 percent to 4 percent, and ability of that drug." gressional studies are carelessly con- for cocaine, from 9.4 percent to 6.2 Army "suppression teams"—there ducted, no one has challenged their percent. This reflected what the re- are now 75 of them staffed with more conclusions. port called the "positive impact" of than 300 MPs and CID agents—were credited with arresting 6,607 drug An example is last summer's sur- vey by a task force from the House offenders and with seizing more than Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse $137 million worth of illicit drugs in ". . . abuse and alcohol drug aid and Control. It was based on a poll a single 12-month period. And to in the war against alcohol abuse, the of 1,906 U.S. enlisted personnel at 22 abuse . . . adversely affect military installations in West Ger- Army plans to open five new treat- military readiness." bringing the many and Italy, and aboard the car- ment centers by 1985, rier Forrestal in the Mediterranean. total number to over 60. Most of the interviewees were in the At the same time, said General 18- to 25-year-old range and each was Army interdiction and suppression of Clarke, the Army is developing new assured total confidentiality. The hard drug activities in West Ger- techniques to better identify would- major conclusions of the study: many. By contrast, however, based be recruits who are drug or alcohol • Drug use while on duty during on surveys by the National Institute dependent. A recent Army survey the preceding month involved 49.27 of Drug Abuse (NIDA), non-mili- indicated that 40 percent of first- percent of the Navy enlisted person- tary heroin users in the 18-to-25- term soldiers used marijuana or nel questioned, 42.66 percent of the year-old category in the United hashish before they entered the ser- Army, 34.68 of the Marines, and 17 States are estimated at less, than y% vice. Although most chronic drug and percent of the Air Force personnel. percent. alcohol abusers can be identified dur- • On-duty use of alcohol for the The most controversial conclusion ing the induction process, it's often services was: Army, 28 percent; in the Congressional study concerned impossible to tag young people with Navy, 20.95 percent; Marines, 19.4 the questioning of European-based previous experience in heavy usage, percent; and Air Force, 15.7 percent. personnel on how they rate the ser- who might be potential problems for • Slightly over 60 percent of vices' drug and alcohol abuse treat- the military. Navy enlisted personnel aboard the ment programs. Seventy-eight percent The military's screening process Forrestal admitted using drugs, main- of Army respondents rated their treat- could be vastly improved with de- ly cannabis and "uppers" (ampheta- ment programs "fair to poor." Simi- velopment of a new blood testing mines, methamphetamines and other lar negative remarks went to the technique for both alcoholism and stimulants) while on duty at least Navy, 73 percent; the Air Force, 65 drug addiction. Also new on the scene once during the previous month. percent; and the Marines, 63 per- is a urine test for marijuana. Until Other conclusions of the survey: cent. now, detection by urinalysis has been "Among Navy E-l to E-4 person- Pentagon officials have challenged limited to six illicit drugs—opiates, nel, almost one-fourth are daily, these findings, contending that they amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine, chronic cannabis abusers; give undue emphasis to chronic GI methaqualone and PCP. Using new "Abuse of 'uppers' by Navy E-l to complaints while ignoring positive portable analysis kits, all services are E-4 personnel is at a dangerously effects of the military's expanding now conducting drug sampling oper- high level with 31.88 percent admit- anti-drug and alcohol campaign. ations at least once a month. The kits ting monthly or more frequent use." Testifying before a House Select are now standard equipment aboard Compared to a similar poll of U.S. Committee hearing last September, every major vessel in the Navy. The service members in Europe in 1978, Maj. Gen. Mary E. Clarke, the program has been taking more than last year's House Committee survey Army's Director of Human Resources half a million random samples a year, showed little change in chronic, daily Development, produced statistics employing eight drug-testing labs use of marijuana by Army personnel. showing that despite a 50 percent in- around the world.

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On the legal front, recent decisions war on drugs. under age 25, indicated "no serious by the Court of Military Appeals ap- Priority, however, must go to the degradation of combat capabilities pear to have cleared the way for the military's own alcohol and drug except for the fire-direction elements Defense Department to use urine abuse problem. In a recent Congres- of artillery units." What the comput- testing results for disciplinary action, sional survey, representative num- er analysis could not measure, how- including General Discharge for drug bers of service personnel were asked: ever, was the human and sociological abusers refusing to cooperate or those Given the amount of drugs that men/ effects of drug use on individuals in who fail rehabilitation. women in your unit use, do you think combat. Besides operating its own anti- they could go into combat and per- While acknowledging the link be- smuggling and customs program, uti- form to the best of their abilities? tween "substance abuse" and combat lizing scores of trained drug-sniffer Most of the E-l through E-4s said effectiveness, the Pentagon would dogs, the military has provided ex- "Yes," but most of the E-5s and like Congress and the public to un- tensive support to the Drug Enforce- above thought otherwise. Sixty per- derstand some of the special internal ment Agency and other federal cent of the higher ranking Marines difficulties it faces in trying to han- agencies in their battle against nar- said "No," as did 53 percent of the dle the problem. cotics smugglers. For example, cus- Army personnel and 52 percent of The Pentagon recently did an in- toms agents regularly ride on train- the Navy members. Only Air Force ternal analysis to determine why so ing flights of AWACS planes. Other personnel, by a ratio of 73 to 27 per- many soldiers, sailors, airmen and federal drug-control agents operate cent, believed their units would do Marines use drugs and alcohol. The out of the U.S. Naval Base at Guan- well despite the military's overall major reasons were predictable: the tanamo Bay and from a number of drug problem. desire to unwind and relax, to be U.S. Air Force bases. Moves are now In April 1980, the Pentagon ran a friendly and social, to overcome bore- under way to amend the "posse comi- simulated "short war" scenario dom, loneliness and depressing liv- tatus" act to allow the armed ser- through its computers. This abstract ing quarters, and because of peer vices to assist civilian authorities in analysis, which assumed varying pressure and a lack of suitable recre- special cases, such as the current levels of drug abuse for personnel (Continued on page 48)

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. its servants study languages spoken by three-fourths of the world's lost our adaptability . . We have become population. rather than its masters." Mary Eleanor Clark, biologist, He has introduced legislation to establish a National San Diego State Univ.— Commission for Utilization and Expansion of Languages "Too Thin" In Pacific "We have insufficient forces in Resources, an organization aimed at improving language the Pacific to handle all of the contingencies simulta- ." skills of U.S. citizens. In doing so, he feels vast improve- neously. Our forces are spread too thin . . Adm. Robert ments will be made in our trade and in our country's L. J. Long, Cdr.-in-Chief,— U.S. Forces, Pacific. national security. Cool Air Trouble "The worst thing that ever happened to Congress was the invention of air conditioning. In the and Replacing Criminal "Warehouses" old days, it got hot, muggy and sticky about June, they went home until January and didn't cause any switch from the traditional jail with steel bars, In a mischief." Rep. Clair W. Burgener (R-CA). United States Warren Burger is Chief Justice of the One Term Too Long—"There's no greater tragedy for a proposing "factories with fences" where inmates work, person of ability, character and prestige than to try to and room and board. receive wages pay stay that one extra term. You forget that you don't have During the past 10 years prison population has in- a lock on anything forever." Abraham Ribicoff, former 200,000 to approximately 350,000. Direct creased from U.S. Sen. from CT. from crime are estimated in the bil- and indirect losses Rejects Military Power—"Though an economic annually. According to the Chief Justice, lions of dollars power, we are determined not to become a military correctional institutions these data indicate our current ." power . . Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, Japan. failing to curb crime or rehabilitate criminals, and are Year Of The Big Shakeup—"Men and women will dis- that the multi-billion-dollar prison construction program agree on the policies adopted by this Congress and this to begin this year will be ineffective if used scheduled Administration. But almost no one will dispute the to build more criminal "warehouses." proposition that this Congress has made more funda- The Chief Justice's concept is not entirely new. Pris- mental changes in the public policy of this nation than ons in Minnesota and Kansas have been involved in any Congress in decades." Howard Baker, Senate Ma- programs in which inmates build machinery parts for jority Leader. companies. private Bad Times—Great Arts—"When things are going badly If allowed to make products, inmates will be able to in the world, the arts usually flourish because they play contribute to their upkeep while learning a useful skill a greater part in alleviating depressed spirits and give enabling them to secure full-time employment once re- ." people an interest other than their daily grind . . leased, Chief Justice Burger said. Peter Ustinov, actor and playwright. Finite Dollars, Infinite Demands—"The number of dol- Pill-Pushers Prey on Drug Stores lars with which we have to work is finite and demands The increased efforts of drug enforcement officials to thereon seem to be infinite. And so you have to make combat street sale of narcotics, which runs to $64 billion decisions and to make choices and to establish priorities." yearly, has created another problem—an outburst of Henry E. Catto Jr., Asst Sec'y of Defense. — over- drug-related robberies in local pharmacies. The success Protecting The Peace ". . . Young people tend to of the "narc" squads has pushers preying on retail drug look the fact that they inherited the peace—they did not stores as a source for their illicit products. sacrifice their health or their lives to make the peace. Under existing laws, federal agents are prohibited from That was an older generation. And the peace is protected pursuing criminal activities in this area. In a move to by hard work and thoughtful policies, not by slogans in overcome this loophole, Sen. Howell Heflin (D-AL), the streets and casual disregard for the vital interests of along with several colleagues, is proposing legislation one's country." Amb. W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., permanent which will make the robbery of any controlled substance rep., NATO. — exceeding $100 in value, or an individual felony which is Light From The Young "For ourselves, we also learn part of a series of pharmacy robberies, a federal crime. that wisdom doesn't come automatically with the years, The bill also provides stricter penalties for those caught like rings in a tree. We can gain a great deal by listen- and convicted. Violators will be subject to a 10-year ing to the young, and thus with light cast out the prison term, a fine of up to $5,000, or both. shadows of old age." Dorothea S. Greenbaum, sculptor.

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VA CONSTRUCTION EVALUATION PLAN PROMPTS VA pension program to compensate for in-

LEGION QUESTIONS . . . VA Chief Robert flation . . . The VA estimates 2.3 million Nimmo 's announced plan to conduct a major veterans with service connected injuries reexamination of the VA's medical facility or illnesses, and 354,000 survivors of construction program has been questioned veterans who died in service will receive by Legion leaders . . . "(This plan) is $10.1 billion in compensation payments an ominous sign that renovation and re- during the year. They expect to save $208 placement of aging facilities may never million by limiting payments for depen- take place," said Natl. Cdr. Flynt in a dents of veterans who are rated more than statement released in response to the 50 percent disabled . . . $3.9 billion in plan. "This entire construction program pension payments will be made to 820,000 has been studied, re-studied, refined and wartime vets and 943,000 survivors of closely monitored by Congress over the wartime vets . . . The budget seeks $7.72 years." Nimmo has directed that all con- billion for the medical department, up struction projects planned for FY1984 $542 million from the current fiscal year and beyond be revalidated by new criteria . . . Four nursing home units are sched- prior to being restored to the construc- uled for activation during FY83 and one tion schedule. Projects also funded on a new outpatient clinic and the expansion multi-year basis will be reassessed as of five others is slated . . . VA has well. "We cannot understand why hospitals requested $611.5 million in construction built prior to WWII and now hardly capable funds, up $137.2 million over the current of accommodating modern medical practices budget. Emphasis will be on six major need further evaluation," Flynt said. modernization and replacement projects, "Nor do we know why the 12.5 million WWII eight projects to correct fire and safety veterans whose average age is 62 have code deficiencies, four additional nursing been ignored in this action. They need home units and construction of a 380-bed extended care facilities which must be hospital and clinical services building started immediately. This does not require in Albuquerque, NM . . . The VA also plans revalidation. We are also concerned about to open new national cemeteries at Indian- the future capability of the VA medical town Gap, PA and Quantico, VA, and will system to provide the emergency backup seek funds for further development at the for active military hospitals which can- Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minne- not now handle an outbreak of overseas sota . . . VA employment will increase 955 hostilities." Flynt also said that the during the fiscal year to 218,420 . . . For Legion will monitor the plan closely and the Legion's analysis of the VA's fiscal that, "should it turn out to be a threat year 1983 budget, see the Commander's to the veterans medical care system, The Message elsewhere in this issue. American Legion will oppose it through every possible means." VA COMPUTER OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE . . . VA Administrator Robert P. Nimmo has issued VA BUDGET FOR FY83 IS $25.6 BILLION . . . an executive order directing changes in The VA budget for fiscal year 1983 seeks the VA's use of computers and automated $25.6 billion to fund medical care, compen- data processing (ADP) technology . . . sation and pension payments and other Changes include decentralization of com- benefit programs for veterans and their puter and ADP equipment to the local hos- families . . . The budget is an $867 mil- pital system and installation of local lion increase over the FY82 VA budget, mini-computers and appropriate subsystems but does not provide for the 4.8 percent . . . Nimmo said, "This new thrust of employee pay increase in 1982. The pay in- decentralization will provide much better crease will be addressed on a government- service in VA medical centers by improv- wide basis by the Administration at a later ing administration and patient scheduling. date . . . The budget includes proposals to In addition, it should speed things up in provide an 8.1 percent cost of living in- pharmacy and laboratory processes." In crease for compensation recipients and the past, criticism of VA computer pro- several adjustments in benefits ... It grams and their cost had been leveled by also provides for increases in medical care Congressional oversight committees such employment that the VA says will produce as the General Accounting Office, General the highest staff-to-patient ratio in the Services Administration and Office of agency's history and will provide medical Management and Budget . . . "Because of care funds for a record 1,365,078 in- this past history of problems and frag- patients and for 18,110,000 outpatient mentation, I knew that addressing this medical visits. In other areas, the bud- issue of computers was one of our highest get provides for funds for the indexed management priorities," Nimmo said.

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Even though temperatures in the Nation's Capital soared to the low 60s and just a hint of spring fever was making the rounds, Legionnaires attending the 22d Washington Con- ference, February 14-17, gathered in the Capital Hilton Hotel to discuss the problems and challenges facing America's veterans in the 1980s. While they listened to experts in the fields of national security, foreign policy and veterans affairs, National Commander Jack W. Flynt met with President Ronald Reagan on other matters of Legion concern. "Legionnaires and Auxiliary mem- bers have always been among the first to volunteer for the good of the nation," Cdr. Flynt told the Presi- dent. "[However] if we are to suc- ceed in increasing the impact of vol- untarism . . . some areas of federal policy will require restructuring and National Commander Jack W. Flynt presents The American Legion's man- renewed study." dates for 1982 to President Reagan at the White House during the Legion's The President and National Com- Washington conference. (Official White House photo by Bill Fitz-Patrick) mander went on to discuss the im- pact on nonprofit organizations of taxation of "unrelated business in- speeches by Ambassador to the Uni- On November 11, we will all stand come," ever increasing postal rates ted Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick; Ad- together and watch the Legion's flag and mandatory payment of royalty miral Thomas Hayward, Chief of fly over the completed memorial." fees required to play music at local Naval Operations; Robert P. Nimmo, Scruggs was referring to an an- Legion Posts. Reagan seemed recep- Administrator of Veterans Affairs; nouncement made by Cdr. Flynt just tive to the Commander's recommen- and U.S. Representative W. G. Hef- prior to introducing him. The Com- dations and, after receiving a bound ner (D-NC). mander told Legionnaires attending volume of Legion resolutions passed In addition, the estimated 1,200 the Legislative Rally that The by the National Convention, Legionnaires heard Jan C. Scruggs, American Legion will give the Viet- the President agreed to try to attend president and founder of the Viet- nam Veterans Memorial an American our 1982 Chicago Convention. nam Veterans Memorial Fund, say: flag in perpetuity and the flag pole Other highlights of this year's con- "No organization has done more to from which it will fly. ference included an award to veter- build the memorial for Vietnam vet- Legionnaires were also given a an columnist and White House cor- erans—or for Vietnam veterans in rousing send-off for their visits to the respondent Sarah McClendon, and general—than The American Legion offices of their Senators and Repre-

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early on that the idea would have no support in Congress, particularly at a time when the Administration is proposing to assume full responsibil- ity for the health care needs of aging nonveterans in this country through Medicaid." Speaking to the Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission later in the day, VA chief Robert Nimmo also talked about the funding for vet- erans programs. He said that the VA was currently reviewing all of its programs to find out exactly where it was heading by the end of the cen- tury in terms of costs versus benefits. Pointing out that the current budget is about $25 billion, Nimmo estimated that the budget by the turn of the century—given continuation of cur- rent economic conditions—would ap- U.S. Ambassador to the Jeane Kirkpatrick tells Legionnaires proximate $100 to $150 billion. This that "there is a return of national self-confidence in American foreign policy." type of eventuality, he said, will re- quire a great deal of advance plan- ning to sell the importance of veter- sentatives before leaving the Legisla- and the establishment of a relation- an benefits to the public. tive Rally during which each pro- ship with the based on Appearing before a joint session of gram commission chairman outlined restraint and reciprocity. "We cannot the National Security /Foreign Rela- his priority legislative objectives. Fol- expect [the Soviet Union] not to take tions Commission, United Nations lowing a particularly urgent appeal advantage of targets of opportunity," Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick by Dr. Robert P. Foster, Foreign Re- Goodby said. "We must therefore pointed out to a wall-to-wall audience lations Commission chairman, to have the means to deter them if they of Legionnaires and reporters that send a message to the Soviet Union are to take us seriously." last year's speech before the same through their Congressmen that The Commander also introduced group had been her first public speak- "enough is enough" of Soviet hege- U.S. Representative William G. Hef- ing engagement since being ap- mony, Cdr. Flynt introduced Am- ner and presented the Legion's Na- pointed. "This appearance marks the bassador James E. Goodby, Vice tional Legislative Award to him "in first time I have ever spoken twice Chairman, U.S. Delegation to Stra- recognition of his outstanding leader- to the same organization!" Saying tegic Arms Reduction Talks. ship on behalf of veterans." In ac- that the Legion played a very signifi- Echoing the words of Chairman cepting the award, Hefner said he cant role in American life in that it Foster, the Ambassador pointed out was proud to have been a part of the stood for a free, democratic and that the Soviet Union is "capable coalition responsible for the main- strong society, the Ambassador noted now of projecting its power into areas tenance of adequate funding for VA that those were essential elements of far from its shores." The growth of programs in 1981. our national identity. Soviet power, the disarray of the "I believe, as you do," Hefner said, The heart of the Ambassador's western alliance, and the emergence "that the funds to maintain our VA speech, however, centered on foreign of the Third World, along with west- hospitals, the funds to keep our com- policy as she began by saying that ern dependence on their natural mitment to the service connected dis- the current Administration has estab- resources, Goodby said, form the abled veterans, and the funds for all lished a "return of national self-con- changing strategic environment in veterans benefits and services should fidence in American foreign policy." which American foreign policy for stand on their own merit. I also be- Nevertheless, there were some shock- the 1980s must be formed. lieve," he said, "that the Adminis- ing aspects of the foreign policy ex- Building on that theme, Ambassa- tration and the Congress should give periences of 1981. dor Goodby said America is chal- the membership of The American Foremost was the Soviet repression x lenged with reinvigorating its foreign Legion and the 30 million veterans of of . "What happened in Po- policy by building on what Sec'y of this country the opportunity to de- land, we have seen before," she said. State Alexander Haig has called the cide what is just and what is reason- "We know the hunger for freedom four pillars of foreign policy: able for the American veteran." breeds repression in those countries restoration of our economic and mili- Congressman Hefner also assured under Communist dominion." Kirk- tary strength; reinvigoration of our Legionnaires that, in his view, the patrick said unofficial estimates in- alliances and friendships around the recent proposal to limit medical care dicate that at least 100,000 Poles are world; commitment to the develop- for veterans over 65 was "a trial bal- being held prisoner in 49 detention ment of the Third World nations, loon. I believe the President realized Continued . .

33 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1982 NEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

. . . Continued centers because of the recent crack- down on Solidarity. Describing the extent of that crackdown, the Ambas- sador quoted from an eyewitness ac- count published in a French news- paper which told of a Soviet officer ordering his Polish troops to fire on nonviolent strikers. The Poles re- fused to fire. Then came the tanks. "Workers faced them without fear and the tanks crushed them like puny little insects and the earth was bloody with needless dead." Kirkpatrick also talked about the accelerated Soviet buildup in the Western Hemisphere to the tune of "$9 million a day to fund Cuba's mili- tary machine and finance conquest in South America." Then, before fielding questions from the audience, she talked about the boldness with which the Soviets have pushed forward with their ex- pansionist goals during the past year Rep. Roy Dyson (D-MD) chats with Legionnaire constituents Bill Resting and how such aggression is being (left), MB Dept. Vice Cdr. and MD NECman Doug Johnson during the treated by the world's media. "We see reception for members of Congress. a revolution of obfuscation. Some people are confused about the true nature of the Soviets." Appearing before the same joint SALT I. But now we have started which said: "The conviction that the session was the Chief of Naval Oper- to move in the right direction." Get- many reports, the known perfidious- ations, Admiral Thomas Hayward, ting into specifics, Hayward noted ness of the Communist governments who told Legionnaires that the Navy that, despite detractors, the F-18 is in Southeast Asia, the logic that im- was "no longer hemorrhaging talent." "the finest aircraft we have brought plies some of the missing must have Reasons cited for meeting current along. It's four times as reliable as survived, all suggest that Americans recruiting and retention goals in- anything else we have" and the cost may be alive in Communist con- cluded support by the American peo- overruns attributed to its production trolled Southeast Asia." ple and their renewed appreciation have been greatly exaggerated. Sarah McClendon, in accepting the for men and women in uniform. "We Ann Mills Griffiths of the National National Commander's Public Rela- thank the Legion," he said, "for help- League of Families of American Pris- tions Award for 1982, gave more than ing to stimulate that fact." Further- oners and Missing in Southeast Asia 1,000 Legionnaires food for thought more, the CNO said, "the military is brought some optimistic news to pleasantly blended with an ample retaining career personnel at the members of the Foreign Relations dose of good-natured kidding. "Sec-

highest rate in history . . . We are Commission when she told them: retary. Caspar Weinberger of the not asking to get rich; we are only "We are encouraged by the increasing Defense Department had to call in asking to be able to live respectably." efforts of the United States Govern- his secretaries of the services recent- Admiral Hayward received thun- ment to honorably resolve the POW/ ly and rap their knuckles because so derous applause when he told Legion- MIA issue. The progress the gov- many male chauvinists have been naires that there has been some con- ernment has made in accepting and trying to downgrade women in the fusion over just what is meant by the acknowledging the importance of this services and push us out," said the "maritime strategy." "It means that issue is one of our unsung triumphs. World War II veteran. "My friends, this country is going to have a Navy Hopefully, with the increasing evi- you may not have realized it, but this second to none," he said. "We've dence of live Americans and the out- country needs us women." lost any measure of superiority over cry of Americans on this issue, due Later on, McClendon blasted the the Soviets. Maritime strategy means in large measure to the public aware- Reagan Administration for not get- we're going to regain that measure of ness campaigns of organizations like ting out more information to the superiority over the Russians." The American Legion, the govern- press, and called the real heroes of Elaborating on that point, the ad- ment will devote even more resources Washington "the reporters who are on miral said: "For 10 years we've al- toward swift resolution of this trag- the front lines trying to get informa- lowed the Soviets to out-invest us in edy." tion." Chiding Vice President Bush, military hardware. The Soviets have Griffiths went on to quote from a McClendon said that Bush, in speak- completely disregarded the spirit of Defense Intelligence Agency report ing to an audience in Lubbock, TX,

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what effect the attempt to reduce fed- eral spending is having on the VA's ability to deliver benefits and high VA's Q&A CORNER quality medical care to the veterans this nation." of The Commander al- These are questions representative of so told the association that legisla- those the Veterans Administration is tion to extend eligibility for burial al- frequently asked. For more information lowances and to expand eligibility for contact your Post Service Officer, local admission or transfer to nursing VA office or write directly to: Veterans homes has been introduced into Con- Administration (20), Washington, DC gress as a result of resolutions passed 20420. during the Hawaii National Con- Q. I've just moved and am wonder- vention. O ing if the Post Office will forward my VA compensation check to my new Founder Freund address? A. Yes. Checks issued under laws Dies in New York administered by the VA may be for- warded if the payee has moved and filed a regular change of address with the U.S. Postal Service. However, there is a time limit that the Postal Natl. Cdr. Flynt and Public Relations Service will forward VA payments. You Commission Chairman William should notify your nearest VA office Detwiler (LA) present the 1982 of your new address as soon as possible. You also consider contacting Public Relations Award to Sarah might your bank to have your McClendon, veteran Washington, VA payments deposited directly to your account. DC, correspondent. Q. My husband died while he was a patient in a VA Medical Center. Will the VA help with the expenses said it so was good to get away from of bringing him home for burial? Washington, "a city 'where a very A. Yes. If a veteran dies while a funny form of reality is defined by patient in a VA Medical Center, trans- what the Washington Post and the portation expenses to the place of New York Times say every morning burial will be allowed.

. . George, you ought to be ashamed!" Q. My father is a WWI veteran and he recently had a stroke that left him On a more serious note, McClen- Albert totally helpless and unable to care for don challenged the Legion to become Freund himself. Will the VA put hirfl in a "the information center to build citi- nursing home and pay for it? Albert zenship participation in this country Freund, a past president of A. The VA cannot bear the expense the . . . Go back home," she said, "and Society of Founders of The Amer- of a private home for veterans with organize public information, nonpar- ican Legion, recently died at his East nonservice connected disabilities unless tisan forums to meet regularly in your Northport, NY home. He was 84. the veteran is transferred direcdy from local high school or convention hall." Freund, a WWI veteran of the a VA hospital to the nursing home. such transfer That way, she said, citizens will U.S. Army who attended the Paris When a is made, the VA authorized care normally may not know what is going on in this nation. Caucus in 1919, was a retired build- exceed six months. In other developments during the ing superintendent for the Northport Washington Conference: Board of Education. Q. My husband is a 100 percent dis- • During Cdr. Flynt presented the Amer- WWI, Freund was aboard abled veteran, but his disability is not ican Legion's Career Education the transport ship Carpathia, the first service connected. Are we entitled to Award to Dr. Kenneth B. Hoyt. ship to arrive at the site of the sink- armed forces commissary and exchange Hoyt, division of career educa- ing Titanic. During WWII, although privileges? A. tion director Department of Educa- rejected by reason of age by all the No. Only 100 percent service con- nected disabled veterans and their sur- tion, was honored for "outstanding military services, he served in a civil- vivors are eligible for these privileges. service in the field of education, ian capacity with the U.S. Army specifically the career education Corps of Engineers, helping to con- Q. I am rated 10 percent disabled movement." struct the military airport in Ber- due to service connected disabilities. • Addressing the National Asso- muda. Am I eligible for preference in civil ciation of State Veterans Homes, Cdr. In the past, Freund had served as service jobs? Flynt said, "The American Legion both a Post Commander and Service A. Yes. Veterans rated as having ser- recognizes and appreciates the im- Officer. He was a member of Post 694 vice connected disabilities receive 10 portant role the state veterans in Northport, NY at the time of his preference points. homes play, and is concerned about death.

35 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1982 MEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

Missouri when the Japanese surren- Legionnaire Collector's Efforts dered to American Forces. Stutter's interests as a collector re- flected his work as a writer, editor Featured at Virginia Museum and researcher. Born at Cox's Mills, W. West Virginia, he had a lifelong passion for collecting things related to West Virginia history, the Civil War and the life and times of John Brown. His collecting efforts led to books by him on these and other subjects. Today, his collection is recognized by all John Brown authorities as the most complete assemblage of source and reference material on the subject in existence. In recognition of this and his other collecting efforts, the State of West Virginia purchased his entire collection intact from his heirs in 1977.

'Talking' Magazine Subscriptions Open

American Legion Magazine Com- mission Chairman Milford A. For- rester has advised Legionnaires that, despite a gratifying response to the "Talking American Legion Maga- Artifacts on display in the Stutter collection include 1865 sheet music, zine" program announced in January, a John Brown print with his signature and a pike blade representative of subscriptions are still being accepted. those supplied by Brown to his supporters during their raid on "This will be an ongoing program of Harpers Ferry, WV, in 1859. the Legion," Forrester said. "It's never too late to enroll and eventually we would like to have every eligible Boyd B. Stutler—aide to four Past National , managing Legionnaire on our subscriber list." with the Library editor of The American Legion Maga- In cooperation Books" pro- zine for 18 years and a self-described of Congress's "Talking necessary "souvenir hound" before his death in gram—which provides the equipment the Legion 1970—has had a major collection of phonographic — recorded on his artifacts placed on display at Magazine is being 8V3 the West Virginia Independence Hall rpm flexible discs and mailed directly physically in Wheeling, WV. to eligible visually or The exhibition, "Portrait of a handicapped Legionnaires. Forrester reminded Le- collector: Boyd B. Stutler," fea- Chairman is no tures highlights from the 80,000-item gionnaires that while there "Talking Ameri- Stutler collection of artifacts, photo- charge for either the graphs, books and documents about can Legion Magazine" or the disc- West Virginia Statehood, John Brown playing machine, you must still enroll and the Harpers Ferry Raid and re- in the program. the "Talk- lated subjects. The exhibition covers Complete details about Magazine" and three floors of the museum and is ing American Legion being presented by the West Virginia enrollment application are available Le- Department of Culture and History. by writing: "Talking American gion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indi- Stutler was a veteran of WWI. Dur- anapolis, IN 46206. ing WWII, he went back to the battle- fields as The American Legion Maga- WWII war correspondent for the zine's war correspondent in the Pa- Rehabilitation Legion Magazine Boyd Stutler is cific theater. During his 14 months The Veterans Administration has shown preparing a dispatch overseas, he filed front-line dispatches provided vocational rehabilitation to somewhere in the Pacific theater. from China, the and Ko- 835,000 disabled veterans since the rea, and was present on the battleship program was authorized in 1943.

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or over). Previously, maximum was 6 units. This Donald L. Clarke, CA Department Reprints Available protection is available throughout life, as long as the annual premium is paid, the insured remains Adjutant (1946-50) a member of The American Legion, and the Plan stays in effect. Available up to eight units at a H. Armand deMasi, National His- flat rate of $24 per unit a year on a calendar year torian (1962-64), Italy National Ex- basis, pro-rated during the first year at $2 a month per unit for insurance approved after January 1. ecutive Committeeman (1952-62, Underwritten by two commercial life insurance companies, the Transamerica Occidental Life In- 1968-73), Alternate National Execu- surance Co. of California and The United States tive Committeeman (1947-52), Life Insurance Co. in the City of New York. The De- American Legion Life Insurance and Trust Fund partment Adjutant (1946-47) is managed by trustees operating under the laws of Missouri. No other insurance may use the full Willis I. Brunton, IN Department words "American Legion." Administered by The American Legion Life Insurance Division, P.O. Commander (1946-47), Department Box 5609, Chicago, Illinois 60680, to which write Vice Commander (1943-44) for further details. James E. Mulder, WI National Ex- ecutive Committeeman (1964-66), TAPS Department Commander (1963-64), Department Vice Commander (1961- The Taps Notice mentions, when- 62) ever possible, those Legionnaires who have held high National or Depart- ment Office in the Legion, United LIFE MEMBERSHIPS States government, or other forms of national prominence. The award of a life membership to a Legion- naire by a Post is a testimonial by those who Samuel T.A. Crawford, VA Nation- know best that such a member has served The American Legion well. al Executive Committeeman (1967- Below are listed some of the previously un- listed life membership Post awards that have 69), Alternate National Executive been reported to the editors. Due to overwhelming demand, re- Committeeman (1952-53), Depart- Delfino Guiterrez, Felipe R. Pillos, Pedro T. prints of American Legion ment Commander (1975-76), Depart- Rania, Jack G.F. Yep (1982), Post 16, Stockton, The Maga- CA zine's three-part series, "Agent Or- ment Vice Commander (1949-50, Nemesio R. Paguyo Post Stockton, CA (1981), 798, ange: Time Bomb or Dud?" are now 1976-77). Leslie Siddall (1980), Post 27, Litchfield, CT available. Lloyd Johnson, MO Department Josephine A. LoCicero, John O. Olsen (1981), Post 24, Bradenton, FL Adjutant (1972-82). Copies of the series, which original- Edward W.P. Bond (1981), Post 4, Augusta, Reginald J. O'Neill, WY Depart- GA ly appeared in the January, Feb- Clifton C. 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Weston, 26 Park St., Portland, ME 04101 health form) 6th Arm'd Div. (July-Louisville, KY). Edward Arnold James Stockstad, National Reed, P.O. Box Louisville, "Effective January 1, 1982, a 20 percent 'across 5011, KY 40205 451-9822 the board' increaes in benefits will be extended Historian (1977-78), ND Department (502) through December 31, 1982." 6th Inf. Rest. & Auxiliary Assn. (July-St. Louis County, The American Legion Life Insurance is an offi- Commander (1969-70), Department MO). James Rushing, 5127 Waldo cial program of the American Legion, adopted by Ave., St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 352-4931 Vice Commander ( 1964-65) 9th Arm'd Engr. Bn. Assn. Mil- the National Executive Committee, 1958. It is (WWII) (Aug- decreasing term insurance, issued on application James Leonard McCrory, National waukee). Joseph Mohr, 6426 N. 93rd St., Mil- to paid-up members of The American Legion sub- waukee, WI 53224 (414) 353-3587 ject to approval based on health and employment Vice Commander (1940-41) 9th Inf. Div. (June-Fayetteville, NC). Daniel Quinn, 412 Gregory Ave., Weehawken, NJ 07087 statement. Effective Jan. 1, 1980, death benefits Henry Ray Sherritt, NM Depart- ranged from $80,000 (8 units through age 29, 25 in Ohio) in decreasing steps to $125 (% unit at age 75 ment Commander (1954-55) Continued . .

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Till Death Do Us Part

( Continued from page 17)

remains. "This is needless, prevent- another city. It was a mistake. I Eventually, for many marital sur- able anguish," Dr. Bardill says. "My missed everything that had been fa- vivors, the matter of remarriage wife and I vowed 25 years ago that miliar and comforting to me. In turn- comes to the fore and it is now that we would never part angry. Never ing my back on reminders of my the feeling of disloyalty to the for- since then has one of us left the sorrow I had also turned my back on mer partner is likely to be strongest. house or gone to sleep after a dispute all the things that had brought me "This is illogical and, in fact, it even without first kissing and making happiness, the things that gave me does a disservice to the memory of up." He adds, with an engaging stability and a sense of belonging." the dead mate," according to Dr. smile, "All other considerations The best, most effective way to be- Bardill. "When one remarries it is aside, a policy of immediate kiss and gin reweaving the torn tapestry of really a testimonial to the former make up has its own sweet rewards." your life is not to flee but to re- spouse. It says that that marriage The human mind and spirit are sume normal activities and interests. was so happy, so fulfilling, that you resilient. The tears dry. Unreason- Dr. Fabrikant encourages "a return want once again to be married." able self-recrimination becomes to work and other usual activities Three years ago widespread pub- purged by logic. The memories do and a resumption of a full social life lic attention was focused on the not become erased; the void, the as soon as possible." Dr. Bardill em- courageous efforts of Marvella Bayh loss, the sadness are still there. But phasizes and enlarges upon the same —wife of the then senator from In- the period of acute grief comes to an advice. "One of the worst things you diana—to cope with the cancer that end, usually in a matter of a few can do is to isolate yourself. Get out was taking her life. Because he is weeks. "If it persists beyond about among people. Because the pattern of a prominent figure whose words car- six weeks, professional counseling your earlier social life probably fell ry weight and because the events should be sought," Dr. Bardill ad- into a 'couples' format, broaden your are fresh in his mind, I asked Sen- vises, "preferably with a counselor circle by making new friends among ator Birch Bayh to share with read- who is accredited by the American whom a 'singles' format is common. ers of The American Legion Mag- Association for Marriage and Family But in seeking new friends bear in azine his experiences in coming to Therapy." (To find members of mind that where you go determines grips with the tragedy. "My wife AAMFT in your area phone the the kind of people you meet. H you and I were extremely close," he Association's referral service toll- make the bar scene you wind up says. "She was my right arm, my free at 800-854-9876.) with bar-type people and for most of heart and my soul, so losing her was Having come to terms with the us that isn't what we want. There the ultimate loss. Three factors tragedy, what now? How do you are too many more rewarding places helped me to cope. make a fresh start, a new life? than a bar stool—satisfying, produc- "First, our deep faith prepared us All knowledgeable sources agree tive alternatives like church clubs, to accept the Lord's will. I must that you should not hastily adopt cultural organizations of all kinds, confess as a mere mortal I could any major decisions involving a sig- sports and recreational groups, eve- not understand why one so full of nificant alteration in your way of ning college classes geared to ma- life and so occupied with helping life. Judgments reached quickly in ture students, travel clubs, square others should be taken prematurely, the aftermath of burying a mate are dance groups, and so on. I know of but I accept that the Almighty knew too often faulty. Dr. Newman sug- several warm friendships that devel- better. Second, since my wife during gests it is wise to delay major deci- oped in such unlikely places as her life bad done so much good I sions for as much as a year. "You Weight Watchers, jogging trails and tried to dwell on the fact that her should certainly wait at least three little theater groups. The point is good works were continuing even months before undertaking any radi- that man is a social animal and you after she went on. Third, my son cal changes," Dr. Bardill says. "Even can't be social in a vacuum. You Evan was a tremendous comfort to then it should be only after talking have to go where the people are." me. Not only were we able to con- the proposals over thoroughly with Inevitably, in striking out for sole one another, but Evan provided competent advisors. Enough pro- yourself in an enlarged social set- living proof that his mother lived found change has come into your life ting, you confront the question of on through him. without quickly taking on more. dating the opposite sex. If I go out "We have to grieve and we have That doesn't mean you shouldn't on a date, you ask yourself, am I to cry—there is nothing unmanly plan for the future—you should breaking faith with my dead mate, about tears. We have to take solace but give those plans an opportunity am I being disloyal? No, say all of from the positive aspects of the one to stand the test of time; in six or the experts emphatically. It is unnat- who has gone on. And we have to go seven months your views may. be en- ural, unrealistic and harmful to on living, trying to make our lives tirely different." shun the company of the opposite count for something." Recently, he "My first thought was that I must sex, they agree. Dr. Fabrikant cau- remarried. Dr. Bardill would call it a get away from everything that could tions against dedicating oneself to testimonial to the great happiness he remind me of the terrible ordeal I the memory of the lost mate, to en- had found in marriage to Marvella. had just passed through" a widow shrining her or him, and to resisting Perhaps Thornton Wilder summed recalls, "so as soon as possible after getting back into the "real world of it up best when he wrote, "The my husband's death I gave up my other people, both male and fe- highest tribute to the dead is not job and my apartment and moved to male." grief but gratitude." ©

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. . . so you buy drugs and alcohol." Chumney is receiving treatment in a civilian program because the VA says his drug problem is not service connected. At the same time, Dr. Stewart Baker, Director of VA's al- cohol and drug dependency programs, acknowledges that the drug abuse problems of veterans are too wide- spread for the VA's 52 drug treat- Sadat Peace Coin ment centers to handle alone. solution, it would seem, The easy March 1982, Phila- may purchase from 1 to would be to cut off the supply delphia. IMM an- 10 individual Sadat coins hence, fewer abusers. Yet, at best, the nounced today the re- at this price. Because of traffic can only be curbed. Despite tightened surveillance and frequent lease for sale of one of the extremely limited drug "busts," there is no realistic way the rarest and most im- number available, or- to cut off the flow of narcotics com- portant silver coins to ders will be filled on a pletely. Thanks to the cooperation of have been minted in re- first-come, first-served local authorities and a joint military cent history. The Sadat basis with a strict limit of task force in West , the push- Peace Coin struck in 10 coins per customer. ing of potent heroin to — American troops in West Germany .720 fine silver and measuring a All Sadat Peace Treaty Com- has been slowed from a tide to a large crown size 35mm—was issued memorative Crowns are accom- trickle. But hashish, which is up to 10 as legal tender in 1980 by the Egyp- panied by a certificate of authen- pot, is abun- times more potent than tian Government. Struck for peace, ticity and are fully guaranteed. dantly available to most service per- in commemoration of the Camp Corns classified "Brilliant Uncircu- sonnel. Furthermore, GIs can buy David Accord, where the Peace lated" have never been placed in "uppers" across drugstore counters in West Germany where the stimu- Treaty between and general circulation and are still in lant is called Mandrax. Also, U.S. was signed on March 29, 1979. mint state condition. postal regulations prohibiting mili- Moreover, the coin honors Egypt's To qualify for this offering call tary authorities from intercepting Nobel Prize winning president, An- Lee Collins toll free at and opening mail suspected of con- war Sadat, with a magnificently de- 1-800-345-8502 (in Pennsylvania call taining drugs has allowed the postal- tailed portrait. Only 100,000 of the at order drug trade to flourish unim- our Special Operator peded. Sadat Peace Coins were struck, 1-800-662-5180), Dept. SCB-2003,for All of this places the main burden making it a mintage that is quite liter- credit card orders, or send check or for combating drugs on the shoulders ally hundreds of times rarer than money order to: International Mon- of unit commanders and others in U.S. Silver Dollars of the past. etary Mint,Dept.SCB-2003,390 Pike direct, day-to-day contact with the International Monetary Mint is of- Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. ranks. The Pentagon can provide the fering these large brilliant uncircu- An additional $2.75 is requested to tools—portable urinalysis kits, edu- cational films, mess hall lectures, lated Sadat crowns at the Special cover insurance, postage, and spe- MPs and Shore Patrols outside local Investor Opportunity price of only cial handling. If not satisfied, you nightspots the like but it's up and — $30 each. You may never have a • may return your Sadat Peace Coins to the officers in charge to see that better opportunity to own this in their original condition within 14 the tools are used effectively. From highly sought after coin. Investors days for a full refund. This offer ex- the top to the bottom, the heat's oh to assign the problem high priority, who respond from this publication pires May 15, 1982. «= i9«2 imm, inc. right up there with gunnery practice, airplane maintenance and ship per- formance. Congress wants action, not more studies. Of all the services, the Navy is now trying to do the most, presumably because its drug-abuse problem is among the worst. For example, a re- cent spotcheck of Navy enlisted per- sonnel at bases in Norfolk, VA, and San Diego, CA, indicated that 48 percent had smoked marijuana dur-

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THE AMERICAN LEGION ma^ic'SndimOU CATCHES plained by Maj. Gen. William R. FISH LIKE Usher, Director of Air Force Per- sonnel Plans, over the past five years more than 3,000 Air Force per- CRAZY! sonnel have been removed from duty I made this remarkable discovery when my involving nuclear weapons because son went on his first fishing trip with me. We of drug or alcohol abuse. Any such hired this old Indian guide in a small town in abuse, past or present, by members Wisconsin. When our guide showed Mark how to bait his of the "personnel reliability pro- hook, I noticed that he rubbed something on gram," as Air Force nuclear units the bait just before Mark put the line in the are called, is cause for instant trans- lake. Within minutes Mark had himself a beautiful bass. You can imagine how pleased fer or dismissal. I was and Mark, of course, wanted more. Similarly, surprise urine tests ad- So the whole thing was repeated—the ministered recently at a missile and guide put on the bait, rubbed it again, and up space research unit at Hickam Air popped another beauty. Meanwhile, I sat there patiently waiting for my first fish. Force Base in Hawaii resulted in This went on all morning. Mark caught summary removal from duty of 19 30 bass and I got eight. It works for me- enlisted men assigned to the unit. When I pulled the boat in at noon and wouldn't be without it. The tests revealed that the men had paid off our Indian guide, I noticed that a D. Hulbutt, Duluth smoked marijuana within the past small, unusual seed had apparently fallen from the guide's pocket into the bottom of our boat. The odor from the seed was quite 15 days. strong and certainly different from anything I had ever smelled before. This was what Nonetheless, some critics of the he had rubbed on Mark's bait! military's anti-drug efforts remain When we returned home the next day, I gave the seed to a chemist friend of mine. He skeptical. One such critic is Addab- analyzed it and duplicated it into a spray for bo, whose Defense Appropriations me. Subcommittee held the widely publi- _ * I could hardly wait for my next fishing trip. cized hearings into the Nimitz acci- 1 What I discovered on that trip was abso- I lutely unbelievable. I have never before dent last year. Those hearings pro- I caught fish like that. Every time I baited my duced charges that the military had I hook. I sprayed it and up popped another "covered up" a 1968 study that found fish. that more than 25 percent of the per- I tested some more. I put spray on one bait and nothing on another. The sprayed sonnel questioned at 12 bases and bait got the fish almost immediately. The aboard one were "on" unsprayed bait got some nibbles, but no- illegal drugs. Addabbo says more re- thing more I some of friends samples of the forms are urgently needed. Noting gave my spray to try and the results were the that only three drug-control officers I same—they caught fish like never before. were assigned to the carrier's 6,000 I named my spray "CATCH FISH member complement, the Congress- LIKE CRAZY" cause that's just what it does and it works with all kinds of fresh man charged that "the drug problem or salt water fish. It works equally well is so bad on the Nimitz that in the on artificial or live bait. six months prior to the crash there Here's what fishermen say about my spray: "What you say is true. I caught fish like were 124 formal cases of court-mar- crazy-it really works!" 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If I "the equivalent of about four U.S. CATCH don't CATCH FISH LIKE CRAZY you will refund my don't rt0 money at once. combat infantry battalions assigned you dont even^ fcRAZY. ^ to Europe are lost because of drug r t 2 cans $10 (SAVE $2) plus $1.50 post. & hdlg. return i*r2S££ and TO abuse." In addition, said Addabbo, f 1 can $6 plus $.75 post. & hdlg. 4 cans $16 (SAVE $8) POSTAGE FREE! "the investigative staff uncovered a 111. Res. add 6% sales tax. surprisingly high number of drug in- Charge my VISA MASTER CARD fractions and arrests at sensitive mil- Card # itary locations. Included among the SEND . Expiration Date offenders were a number of military police on physical security assign- COUPON ments." TODAY! PRINT NAME The Congressional probers also Address found that "drugs are being sent to State Zip Continued . .

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3? Turtle Torture Three turtles decided to go on a picnic. They packed their lunches and went to the river bank. But before they could be-

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DOES 60 lbs. OF TOMATOES FROM ONE YIELD SOUND INCREDIBLE? NOT IF YOU OWN THE Amazing TREE TOMATO (Cyphomandra betacea)

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

... ONE BUMPER CROP AFTER ANOTHER . .

5 TO 7 MONTHS A YEAR . . . YEAR AFTER YEAR!

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great . . . about 5Vi ft. tall . . . you said leaves grew 16" 12" . . . mine are 15 and . It's just beautiful!"

Noted Citriculturist of New Zealand

"Ripening in New Zealand from late April to early November, the tree tomato has a very long fruiting season. Its wide range of culinary uses make it a valuable winter and

spring fruit . . . a welcome addition to the menu." "Although introduced into New Zealand many years ago, it is only in recent years that the tree tomato has become better known for its many uses. It is now much sought after, and its popularity is indicated by the high price realized for it on

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

The TREE TOMATO ... a remarkable new horticultural concept ... unlike

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All If any plants must arrive in perfect condition. you are not totally satisfied with ADDRESS order, return within 10 days for a prompt replacement or refund of purchase price (except post. & hdlg.). And all plants must thrive after planting, or return anytime CITY within 3 months for prompt replacement-no questions asked! LAKELAND NURSERIES SALES, Hanover, Pa. 17331 STATE ZIP © H.H.I, Inc., 1982-