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June 1981 Volume 110, Number 6 For God and Country

Commander's Message 4 -(4 A Tale Of Courage By Sterling G. Slappey We Must Never Forget The story of the "fluid war," a war with no slory and little justification that virtually destroyed an Indian nation. £ Letters Our readers comment ^ £ Robots: There's One In Your 3 News to Use Future By Donald J. Newman

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Commander's Message THE AMERICAN LEGION We Must Never Forget

that portion of the national budget National Commander Michael J. Kogutek earmarked for veterans. As taxpayers, veterans and Legion- naires, we support fiscal responsibil- The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Advertising Offices ity wholeheartedly. After all, we have 700 North Pennsylvania St. as much interest and as much at stake PO. Box 1055 as anyone in the fiscal well being of Indianapolis, IN 46206 317-635-8411 the United States. We believe gov- ernment should live within its means Publisher to ensure a vibrant economy which Bertram G. Davis will benefit every citizen. Yet, we also Assistant Publisher Dean B. Nelson strongly believe that those funds Editor which are available should be care- Dan Wheeler fully apportioned to programs that Managing Editor support and protect the American Jerry Atchison way of life. Senior Editor Grail S. Hanford Thus, when national spending pri- Associate Editor orities are finally set, we believe vet- Kathleen Whitehead erans assistance programs should Art Editor rank second only to national defense. James A. Chaney For if the nation's highest priority is Production Manager Michael J. Kogutek Bill Kroeker national defense, then its second pri- ority the must be servicemen and Advertising Sales women who serve today and served in Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. EO. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ 07666 years past. To do less is to break the Again, as in years past, The 201-837-5511 American Legion is involved in the trust that veterans placed in the na- federal budget appropriations hear- tion when they answered the clarion Publisher Emeritus ings on the Hill, which will deter- call to service. James F. O'Neil mine how much money is to be allocated for the rehabilitation and The American Legion Magazine Commission A. Forrester, Greenville, SC (Chairman'; medical care of veterans. While the Milford Adolph F. Bremer, Winona, MN (Vice Chairman'; outlook for adequate funding is not "The American Legion will James R. Kelley, Devon. PA (National Commander's Representative); Norman Biebel, Belleville. IL; Victor altogether encouraging, it is consid- continue to fight for a fair Broom, Fulton, MS; Andrew J. Cooper. Gulf Shores. AL; erably better now than it was several John J. Dunn, Sr., Scranton, PA; Frank J. Holcshuh. months ago when there were plans deal for veteran." Youngstown, OH; Martin T. Jansen, Little Chute, WI; every Eugene J. Kelley, Savannah, GA; James V. Kissner, to chop more than $1 billion from Palatine, IL; Russell H. Laird. Des Moines, IA; Loyd the VA's budget. Such a drastic cut McDermott, Dumas, AR; Nathaniel J. McKee, Princeton, NJ; J. H. Morris. Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce E. especially in view of the VA's ever Penny. Seattle, WA; Floyd J. Rogers, Topeka. KS; declining percentage of federal allo- We also believe that veterans pro- George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; Ralph L. Smith. Bartlesville, OK; Wayne L. Talbert, Delphi, IN; cations—would have meant unprece- grams—already inadequately funded Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, CT, George J. Zanos, dented curtailment of veteran ser- —should not be treated as optional Wellsburg, WV. vices and programs. expenditures. Veterans have earned Now, partly as a result of our testi- their benefits by their sacrifices made The American Legion Magazine (USPS 020-540) is mony to Congress and meetings with willingly when our nation called upon published monthly by The American Legion, 700 North the President and his staff, many of them during times of conflict. The Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Second class postage paid at Indianapolis, IN 46204 and therefore, are the proposed cuts will not become VA programs, not additional mailing offices. Price; yearly subscription, reality, though some cutbacks are in- "giveaway" programs. Far from it. $3.00; single copy, 30 cents. 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Retiring these days is a tricky business. So go over your options with your company's personnel director and your local Social Security Board. Remem- ber, Social Security will be important to you because it involves tax-free income, adjusted for inflation, plus Medicare. Broadly, you will find: Early Retirement: If you call it quits at 62, your Social Security benefits will be reduced 20 percent vs. retirement at 65; at 63, the cut is 14 percent; at 64, 7 percent. However, because you are getting an early start on pay- ments, you will be ahead of the game in total benefits (vs. retirement at 65) for 15 years. MEDICAL On the other hand, ask yourself 1) how will the pension from my em- ployer—if any—be affected, and 2) how do I handle medical insurance FILE until age 65 when I am eligible for Medicare? Retire and Work: You can earn up to $5,500 this year without affecting concise up-to-date information Social Security benefits if your age is between 65 and 72; under 65, the on effective treatment of ceiling is $4,080; over 72, there's no penalty. Excess earnings are docked common medical problems at the rate of $1 for every $2 earned, and will affect a dependent spouse's benefits as well. Meantime such earnings are not, of course, net gains. You have to pay CAN'T SLEEP? taxes on them and make Social Security contributions, even though you NIGHTTIME PAIN? are drawing S.S. benefits. When your head aches, you can't sleep and ordinary Deferred Retirement: If you're thinking about working full time past 65, sleep-aids like Sommex, Nytol and Unisom don't really figure Social Security help —try Quiet World* It's a lot more than a sleep aid. In out how much you can earn without wiping out your tact, you d need the relaxant in Sominex plus the 2 pain benefits entirely. Here's the formula: Double your expected annual benefits relievers doctors recommend most to get all the help Quiet World brings. and add $5,500—i.e., if your benefits will be, say, $7,500, double that to Quiet World makes $15,000 and add $5,500 for a wipe-out point of $20,500. Of course, many you drowsy... relieves your pain other factors aside from Social Security should affect your decision. Only so you can sleep. you know what they are.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981 Big Issues

Should the U.S. Put The Dollar Back On The Gold Standard?

Yes., The Great Depression No. A return to the gold the policies jimpr shaped economic of standard has an appeal on the sur- nearly half a century. Now the face—because it would prevent the Great Inflation is reshaping those government from printing money on policies. Inflation has raged in whim—but in practice it would only double digits for two consecutive • jgB 1^ compound our economic problems, years—a situation we hoped never gtifll J|F fej In the first place, it would make to see again when it last occurred h£Wk iMti. mm the value of the dollar depend on Rep. Philip during WWI. Rep. Henry how much gold is mined and traded. M. Crane The virulence of this inflationary S. Reuss As a result, it would tie our hands (R-IL) cycle stems from fiscal and mone- (D-WI) in dealing with inflation and reces- tary practices of the federal govern- sion and put us at the mercy of ment, which spends more than it collects. To finance the events and actions abroad. If new gold were found, for deficit, the government has resorted to printing more example, our money supply could increase, and our money. Consequently, the value of money depreciates economy would suffer a burst of inflation. This happened because there is so much of it relative to the goods it time and again in the 19th century, when we adhered buys. The government calls this "monetization of debt." to a gold standard and gold discoveries were made from You and I would call it "counterfeiting." It has the same Africa to Alaska. On the other side of the coin, whenever result: the paper printed by the government is worth the gold supply dried up, relative to demand, farmers, less, and everyone loses buying power. industry and consumers ran out of purchasing power. The only way to stop inflation is to curtail these bad Recession, and even depression, were the inevitable con- habits and force government to subscribe to a standard sequences. where money cannot be manipulated. The gold standard The truly chilling prospect is that we could be held does that. It restricts the power of governments to create hostage not only to the discovery of gold but to deliber- excessive amounts of currency to cover their largess. ate actions of foreign governments. Just our luck, it History has repeatedly shown that gold is an effective happens that the Soviet Union and South Africa check on profligate governments. From the ratification of neither of them our most reliable allies—are the major the Constitution to the Civil War, our nation enjoyed the producers of gold in the world today. Both are capable benefits of a gold standard where contracts were certain of making mischief for us. And they could: by pumping and savings were not depreciating daily. This condition gold into world commerce, they could bring on an encouraged capital formation. At the same time, the American depression. Moreover, a gold standard would Consumer Price Index did not rise or fall more than mean that we would be guaranteeing these producers a single point in a year for decades. The gold stan- dollars for their gold anytime they wanted; we would dard guaranteed that the paper currency retained its also be providing them the profits for their production. value. As a result, South Africa and Soviet Russia could be- Despite this demonstration of monetary stability, come, in effect, the world's biggest recipients of U.S. contemporary government policymakers complain that foreign aid. another gold standard would leave them no "flexibility Another problem with the gold standard is that it to fine-tune" the economy. By this they mean they want could cause high interest rates across the nation. Advance- the power to issue paper money according to their view ment of our economy's real output would call for in- of America's need for money. Unfortunately, it is pre- creases in the money supply. However, a finite supply cisely this "fine-tuning" which causes inflation. of gold inhibits this expansion. The Federal Reserve Objections to the classical gold restraint on money would be tempted to raise interest rates to attract gold creation, such as "we do not have enough gold" or "other from abroad. gold-mining nations could hold us hostage when we need If we wanted more dollars in circulation to finance money," are not supported by the experience after the economic growth, there would be a temptation to modify Civil War when the United States returned to the gold the gold standard so that, for example, only 90 percent standard. Americans then learned that these were fal- of a dollar would have to be backed by gold. Another lacious arguments because the gold itself rarely changed time, we could lower the standard to 80 percent. The hands in consumer transactions. It was most important as government would be just as capable as it is today of a standard, a measure, of contract value that did not running deficits; the Federal Reserve Board could still waver with political whim. If we wish to finally defeat issue bonds and incur debts. All in all, a return to the inflation, we must again make money a stable standard gold standard, far from solving our current economic —that is, "as good as gold." problems, would create a lot more.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981 Dateline Washington

Sponsors Laser Catch Up PEOPLE & QUOTES

Sen. Howell Heflin (D-AL) has warned Congress the Tax-Use Challenge—"The taxing power of government United States is five years behind the Russians in the must be used to provide revenues for legitimate govern- development of laser technology, and he is- pushing for ment purposes. It must not be used to regulate the creation of a National Laser Institute to help the United economy or bring about social change. We've tried that States catch up. and surely must be able to see it doesn't work." President Heflin's bill, which has the support of a bloc of sen- Ronald Reagan. — ators, would establish the institute as part of the execu- Political System Questioned "Would it not be better if tive branch of government with the goal of coordinating we had a system that would draw in women and minority and accelerating U.S. research and development for both delegates because each had an intellectual and political civilian and military laser technology. contribution to make, rather than because the party The laser—which stands for Light Amplification by wants superficial proof that it is broad and fair?" Stimulated Emission of Radiation—is being used as a Terry Sanford, president,— Duke Univ. surgical scalpel in eye surgery and has great potential Revival of Pacifism ". . . We are even hearing in other in the production of electricity through fusion and as a countries the contemptible 'Better Red than dead' slo- powerful technological weapon, according to Heflin. gan of a generation ago." Richard V. Allen, Nat'l Se- He says that some day a laser beam could be fired curity adviser. — from the United States to destroy a missile just after it People Understand Risk ". . . The desire for absolute was launched from Russia or other enemy countries. safety as far as science and technology are concerned is not rational. People don't impose that absolute re- Functional Illiteracy Plagues U.S. quirement on everything else they do; in fact, people intuitively understand risk. When you cross a street . . . Every day, federal, state and local governments pour you make a judgment as to whether you're going to out streams of information which, in theory, is compre- make it or not. Most of the time you are right—but hensible to 99 percent of our citizenry. Their messages every once in a while you get stung by an unexpected ." may not be understood, however, since it was recently event . . Walter R. Lynn, professor, Cornell Univ. disclosed that one out of five Americans is "functionally Advice To Regulators—"Don't just stand there. Undo illiterate," lacking in the simplest skills necessary to something." Murray Weidenbaum, chairman, Council read instructions or express themselves in writing. of Economic Advisors.— Under the Basic Skills Improvement Program author- Focus Is On Soviets ". . . A great deal of what we're ized in 1979, Congress sought to raise the level of read- saying and doing today is focused on the Soviet problem. ing, writing, counting and speaking skills of our citizens I want to suggest that that emphasis is a direct conse- —and especially young Americans whose functional quence of the dangerous trends which have resulted in illiteracy is a barrier to getting a job or enrolling in the the recent past from Soviet activity. It does no good to armed forces. pretend in our policies or our proclamations that that However, the recession, unemployment and reduction is not the most serious threat to world peace that we're of agency budgets have piled new roadblocks in the way facing today." Sec'y —of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. of accomplishment of the program's goals. Meanwhile, Highway Death Rate ". . . It is worth noting that the the influx of tens of thousands of illegal aliens has highway death rate today is highest in those states that thrown all literacy estimates into question. We may have the poorest enforcement records and lowest in ." even be losing ground, according to some observers. those where the law is strictly enforced . . Rep. James Howard (D-NJ). Clarion Call— see the Soviet Union increasing its Flood of Bills to Curb Alien Flow "We military power and making inroads into the Third

Congress is flooded with bills designed to halt or World . . . Under such circumstances, the countries that limit immigration. Sponsors of the legislation claim that share common values such as freedom and democracy more than 800,000 immigrants—illegal and legal should strengthen their solidarity and cooperation to ." crossed our borders in 1980 and that it is the biggest ensure peace, with the U.S. playing the central role . . surge of newcomers in 50 years. Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki,— Japan. Most proponents to curb immigration appear to be A Challenge To Science ". . . it is simply not possible getting behind a proposal which sets the level of legal with all the animals in the world to go through new aliens allowed in the U.S. at 350,000 a year, provides chemicals in the blind way that we have at the present fines and punishment for employers who knowingly hire time, and reach credible conclusions about the hazards illegal aliens and increases the personnel on the U.S. to human health ..." Dr. Joshua Lederberg, president, Border Patrol. Rockefeller Univ. Backers of the measure estimate that there are 5 to The Mysterious Senses—"There's no such thing as taste 10 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. who, removed or light or color in the world. These are just electro-mag- from the work force, would lower the U.S. unemploy- netic vibrations, ordinary photons. They're just purely ment rate to 4 percent from the present level of about physical things but in order to perceive them as light or 7 percent. color, or sound or smell or taste or pain ... all of this is Immigration reform advocates seem to have the sup- created out of brain events by some mysterious pro- port of most Americans, based on surveys showing over- cess we don't understand." Sir John Eccles, neurobiolo- whelming majorities in favor of tighter alien controls. gist and Nobel Prize winner for medicine.

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The hero of a forgotten war, Chief Joseph made his people's plight a national issue

nacular of the day, "Indian haters." would usually send them back un- By Sterling G. Slappey Years after the war, one of his for- harmed. Often he would send mes- mer captives wrote: "The chief sat sages with them to Army command- fire, silent, foresee- ers: "Let my people go to the buffalo In the Northwest where Idaho and by the somber and meditations possi- country in peace." Montana meet Canada, one can still ing in his gloomy bly the ending of his cam- But there was to be no peace. And leave the high roads and walk along unhappy read of losses would be heavy, due mainly to the streambeds and among the cairns paign. The noble red man we this the Indians' lack of mobility. Old marking the graves of Indians, cav- was more easily impersonated in people and children had to be pro- alrymen, infantrymen and early Indian than in any I have ever met

. . . Grave and dignified, he looked a tected and this tied down scores of settlers. Whoever they were—and warriors. today, a century after they fell, chief." he was. Only a natural leader the Battle of Clearwater, Jo- few recall their names—they fought And At with a strong military instinct could seph was as the a grisly, nasty war which is now vir- emerging main tually forgotten. have kept his people together for so battle chief. The Indian force was long over so distance. The still fragmented, however, this It was a war with no glory and and much and flight was punishing, especially to- was a factor in the Indian defeat, little justification; a war that pro- duced only one hero and he, an In- ward the end when the Northwest along with Army weaponry and in- cold joined forces with the to fantry. tried dian chief, was the loser. That warrior Army Indians to turn the was Hinmaton Yalaktit, known as create misery and death. Many In- Army flank during the two days of sick, or Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe. dians were hungry, wounded fighting and were repulsed. Army The Nez Perce Indian War began freezing. Warriors, women and chil- lines held and then advanced, artil- dren died by the scores. Tepees and lery shot sprinkling the war- on July 27, 1877, and ended 76 days among lodges were burned, old and wounded riors. Joseph recognized that the line later. It consisted mainly of pitched of battles and skirmishes during a Army troopers was an insurmount- 1,321-mile chase by soldiers and able obstacle and he most wisely put a stream armed settlers after Joseph's Nez between himself and How- ard, and began his retreat. He left 23 Perce. This "trail of tears" began "Let my people go when the Nez Perce tribe was or- dead, 40 badly wounded and 40 dered by federal authorities to vacate to the buffalo country captured. These were heavy losses their traditional hunting grounds from a force of 1,000. in peace. 99 near what is now Lewiston, ID, so Then came the Battle of Big Hole, white settlers and miners could have a 24-hour action in which both sides the Indian lands. Joseph refused to lost heavily, especially among lead- move to less desirable lands and ers. Neither wanted to continue. Nez chose instead to flee to the buffalo were left to die and parents carried Perce troubles began when other country to the east. Every step of his their children until they dropped. chiefs, disregarding Joseph's deploy- flight was followed by the pounding Always there was a rush. A rush ment orders, were surprised by an hoofbeats of pursuing Army units to ford a river before the troopers early morning attack. Rearguard under the command of Gen. Oliver closed in. A rush to fortify. A rush sentinels had not been staked out as O. Howard and Col. Nelson A. Miles. to kill game and catch fish to feed Joseph wished. There was hand-to- The force of Joseph's character, the band that numbered slightly more hand combat with fists, clubs, rifle leadership and exceptional military than a thousand in the beginning but butts and stones; losses among the skills for a time kept the Nez Perce became smaller by the day. Mocca- Nez Perce were heavy early on. moving ahead of the soldiers. The sins and clothing wore out but there Slowly, however, Joseph astutely warriors fled, stopped to fight, and was no time for repairs—no time for grouped his warriors in small fight- fled again. Joseph chose advanta- anything except to flee. ing groups and, after many hours geous battle sites, sensed when to send This was the trek, the running bat- under his command, the Nez Perce pushed the troopers back. his small band forward and when to tle, the fluid war which ended 2y2 He probed the call it back. Invariably he was in the months later, not in the buffalo coun- and probed and finally threw vortex and, when there, he was calm try of Wyoming and southern Idaho, troopers off balance, thereby, at and patient. but near the Canadian border. least, avoiding a defeat. A late rally Joseph was an uncommon man Joseph maintained a tight com- by the troopers failed to achieve possessed of innate kindness even to- mand. He permitted no scalping and much because Joseph would not let ward the settlers who were, in the ver- when troopers were captured he ( Continued on page 40) THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981

Soon, Mom will be able to assign kitchen and cleaning chores to the friendly family robot.

By Donald J. Newman

After a quick breakfast prepared and served by the ROBOTS: family robot, Mr. America dashes off to work at a steel fabricating plant. Business has been booming since the There's One In Your company began importing steel from mills in space. Even the job has been more enjoyable since he was promoted to supervisor of the robot crew that now mans the forge that once bored him to death. FUTURE Robots have eliminated a great deal of drudgery from Mrs. America's life as well. After breakfast, she pro- grams the household robot to clean up the breakfast Friendly mutts may soon be dishes, vacuum the floors and order the week's groceries. Before leaving home for the day, she punches a series replaced as "man's best friend' of buttons on a computerized control panel that will operate a dozen appliances while she's gone. A steady supply of electricity has been no problem since auto- mated solar power stations began beaming power to earth from their orbits hundreds of miles above the planet. A peek into the 25th century? Hardly. The pro-

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A robot may be nothing more than a computer controlled crane (left), such as this one in the die casting industry, or it may be a complex "miner" (right) programmed to locate and mine minerals on the moon.

liferation of robots in the world since their introduc- Through its thermostats, the computer knows when the tion 25 years ago suggests that on the job, in the home temperature needs to be adjusted and it automatically or in outer space, the day when robots will serve us all operates the heating and cooling equipment, in accor- is closer than we might think. dance with its program, to attain the right temperature. "With no fundamentally new capabilities, a robot of That's an oversimplification. More complicated jobs 1984 should have a profound impact on man's work style require intricate equipment and sophisticated programs, and perhaps even on his entire lifestyle," predicts Joe but in a shopping center or in space, the principle re- Engelberger, president of Unimation Inc., probably the mains the same. first company to produce industrial robots. So far, robots have been relegated to highly struc- The beginning was 1956 and since then, more than tured jobs in factories and offices, but technological ad- 1,000 of Engelberger's machines have joined the work vances and facilities designed to accommodate the ro- force. He expects to add another 600 to 700 this year bots' dull senses of sight and touch are allowing the and by 1990, he says 5 percent of those world laborers machines to fill less rigid jobs. performing the most unpleasant tasks will be replaced Engelberger sees the day when we'll insert a special by robots. The humans will have more humane jobs. card into a slot at the gas pump and: "The proboscis "The ideal job in a plant, if you have to have a blue- of a robot arm would use computer-directed appendage collar job, is to be the guy in charge of the robots," ac- trajectory and both tactile and vision recognition data cording to the manufacturer. "The fellow who's the boss to find the gas tank. At most station islands during the of six robots—that's the common ration by the way day, there would be spots for drivers to buy gas, discuss may come into his die-cutting job and open a paperback the weather and dawdle over politics with fellow hu- while the robots are all up working. Or maybe, he might mans who are not harassed by the obligation to simply have one that's down, another one that needs an oil dispense gasoline." change or he may need to reprogram one because they Cars may not be the only things fed by robots. changed the die." "With a computer in control of product flow, robots Science fiction movies aside, a robot is nothing more could be ever so effective in making, delivering and col- than computer-controlled machinery. What separates lecting for all those tons of hamburgers, hot dogs, french it from plain old automated equipment is its ability fries and strawberry milkshakes," Engelberger notes, to perform more than one task (simply by changing the adding people will still have jobs. program) and it is often endowed (through a program "The presence of people would help sell the product, and electronic, information-gathering sensors) with an and these folks would probably strum instruments and ability to make decisions. sing pleasantly. Given good food and good entertain- The environmental control system in your favorite ment, what more could you ask?" shopping mall is a good example of your basic robot. (Continued on page 44)

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It promises to be the solution to some hard problems that have been ignored for too many years RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCE: leaders and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has decided that How Real A Deterrent? the U.S. must act. At the RDF's command post, a half-buried bunker in By Philip C. Clarke a remote corner of MacDill dubbed the "Mole Hole," a and Marine "Any attempt by any outside forces to gain control mixed staff of 242 Army, Air Force, Navy officers and men springs into action. of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault messages are flashed to military on the vital interests of the United States of America, By prearrangement, These include three and such an assault will be repelled by any means units contributing to the RDF. at Ft. Bragg, NC; necessary, including military force." Army divisions—the 82nd Airborne 24th —President Carter, in State of the the 101st Airborne at Ft. Campbell, KY, and the Union address, Jan. 20, 1980. Infantry (mechanized) at Ft. Stewart, GA—a Marine amphibious force based at Twentynine Palms, CA, and squadrons. Also Over the Pentagon's hot line to the U.S. Readiness several scattered Air Force tactical forces and a squadron Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida alerted are three Navy carrier task weapons. crackles an order to activate the RDF—the Rapid De- of B-52s armed with conventional military power, the RDF ployment Force. A Persian Gulf regime with Soviet From this diverse array of what's considered necessary: an initial force backing is massing troops to invade a neighboring na- orders up an authorized pool of 230,000 men, tion whose oil exports are vital to the United States and of 50,000 drawn from potential of an additional 100,000 Reservists its allies. This threatened nation appeals to the U.S. for with the help. The President, after conferring with Congressional on standby. ) THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981

The Military Airlift Command sends fleets of trans- This is a tall order, indeed, for a force that is only 14 port planes winging to predesignated airfields to pick months old and is still suffering from growing pains and up the assembled troops, weapons, vehicles and short- organizational headaches. The RDF, moreover, is a term supplies. Navy cargo ships steam for ports to load mere headquarters staff until it orders up actual combat on heavier military freight for the long haul. units from the services. To at least two carrier battle groups, a Marine am- Critics contend it will take at least five years and an- phibious ready group and a fleet of seven "preposi- other $25 billion before the Force is fully capable of tioned" supply ships anchored off the U.S.-leased combating any large-scale aggression threatening U.S. British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean go interests in the "arc of crisis" stretching from the Medi- orders to head for the scene of action. The ships, on terranean to the Indian Ocean. They point to gaping station since July 1980, are crammed with military shortages in airlift and sealift capacity needed to rush cargo, including M-60 tanks, artillery, ammunition, fuel, troops and equipment to any distant trouble spot. And water and other supplies sufficient to sustain the 7th despite eight training exercises by the RDF over the Marine Amphibious Brigade for at least two weeks. past few months, the overall preparedness levels of our With everything in motion, the RDF's commander all-volunteer forces are still far below standard. and his staff grab rucksacks and battle gear and hurry Efforts to obtain permanent bases in the region thus to their command and control planes for the 8,000-mile far have been unavailing. Egypt, Oman, Somalia and flight to the Persian Gulf. Kenya have tentatively agreed to permit access rights This is but one of the scenarios that could develop if and limited stockpile facilities for the RDF, but these the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, as it's formally could be cancelled at any time. The Defense Depart- designated, is ordered into action half a world away. ment plans to order another 12 supply ships to be Will the plan work? Would advance elements of the prepositioned in the Indian Ocean with enough mate- Force arrive in time and in sufficient strength to secure riel and equipment for a full Marine division for a the area? What if the landing is opposed by heavy month. But these "floating warehouses," to cost some enemy fire? And what if the Soviets jump in with some $5 billion, won't all be ready until 1986. of their seven airborne divisions poised within quick fly- A fleet of 130 to 200 strategic transport planes- ing distance of the Persian Gulf? designated the CX—capable of landing on relatively There are no easy answers. short runways, has been designed to provide badly Pentagon officials stress that the RDF, born after the needed additional airlift. But the cost has skyrocketed Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the seizure of to as much as $20 billion, and even if the controversial American hostages in Iran, is not an invasion force. CX's are ordered it will take several years before all "Rather," says an RDF fact sheet, "it is structured are ready to fly. Until then, the RDF will have to make chiefly as a force to deter aggression from outside the do with what's available. Persian Gulf region and to assist nations in the region Just how do the RDF's capabilities measure up? in (so doing). At this point, a battalion of 800 paratroopers and a "The presence of such a force," it continues, "would squadron of 18 to 24 tactical fighter-bombers could be be intended as a signal to potential adversaries that airlifted to the Persian Gulf in 48 hours. movement of their armed forces into the area could A brigade of 12,000 Marines could be flown in within result in direct confrontation with the United States." a week to "marry up" with weapons and supplies now And if deterrence should fail, the RDF would stand aboard the seven prepositioned ships in the Indian and fight until reinforcements arrive. Ocean. ( Continued on page 37

Specially trained American soldiers from the Rapid Deployment Force (opposite page) train during recent exercise. (Left) VH60A Blackhawks, Huey Cobras and Rangers trail near the pyramids of Egypt during "Bright Star 81." (Right) A C5A Galaxy unloads its cargo, a RDF Blackhawk. THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981

Miracle Of Mnemonics occurred to me I had left my wife in Lester David By The average the store. No more. Now I can remember On any given day of the year the person's ability lists of 10 to two dozen items, plots following events are absolutely cer- of plays and movies and—wonder of tain to occur in your home town: to remember can wonders have even improved my • At least a half-dozen persons — sense of direction, which is actually won't remember where they parked be greatly based on memory and concentration. their cars in a shopping center and improved—here's It would sound impressive if I will wander around hunting for them, reported that some latent capacity feeling foolish. how for genius had suddenly awakened in • A husband will carefully write often three and my brain, but all that happened was down all the items he's been asked ing at least twice, items. Once that I learned a few secrets of to pick up at a supermarket—and four times, for forgotten train then forget to take the list. I found myself on a commuter • A man will greet another on the in bedroom slippers—just didn't re- Another street, give him a big smile and hello member to put on shoes. and ask about the wife and kids. The time I took my wife to a department fellow thus greeted won't remember store where she scouted bed linen men's shop. After if he's the school principal, the own- and I went to the er of the local deli or an old Army buying some shirts, I drove home. I buddy. was pulling into the driveway when it If you're wincing because the shoe fits too well, don't feel badly. Jerome Walman, memory training consultant for the Department of Defense, estimates there are millions of folks around the country with minds like sieves. And none of them is happy about it. I was all of the above. I would rarely leave the house without return- — "

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strengthening my memory which I'm they were, so they can come back un- going to pass along. erringly. "Distraction is the enemy Information is exploding all of remembering," warns Dr. Adler. around us in today's complex world. Long ago, a psychiatrist named Dr. The blunt truth is that the indi- Henry C. Link wrote that every ex- vidual who finds it tough to absorb perience in your life is recorded on and retain new technologies will prob- some of the billions of brain cells ably be left at the post while those through one or more of your senses. with a more efficient mental store- "The problem of memory improve- house move ahead in the great game ment," he wrote, "is to emphasize of success. That's a warning from these impressions and to file them Dr. Herbert M. Adler, clinical pro- away in such an orderly manner that fessor of the department of psychi- many will remain intact. The clearer atry and family medicine at Thomas the impressions, and the neater your Jefferson University in Philadelphia, mental storehouse, the easier it will who has worked with successful be to remember. Clear impressions and unsuccessful—persons for years can only be recorded by listening and as a teacher and practicing therapist. concentrating—hard. He's just one of many experts who It may sound surprising that relax- have found that people who can't ation is equally important, yet it's so, keep up move further and further fact, if you must forget something, cautions Mr. Walman, who keeps down the success ladder. drop out of your mind that widely ac- urging armed forces officers and Well then, if we accept the thesis cepted notion that memory dims men to avoid tensing up when they that a superior memory is all that's with advancing years. It just isn't so. want to recall things. "The more you essential in today's increasingly Studies in universities here and try to remember the inventory, complicated world, it must follow abroad show that the overwhelming prices, numbers, names or whatever, that only superior people can pos- majority of people experience no or- the less you'll succeed," he says. sess one, no? ganic deterioration of the brain's The man's got something. Recently, I No. But absolutely no! The aston- ability to recall and operate at peak tried all day to remember the name ishing fact is all persons with normal efficiency as they grow older! All of an important business contact, and intelligence have perfectly good mem- this was no big news to researchers failed. Relaxing in the shower that ories. However, most people don't use at the National Institutes of Mental evening, the name popped into my them well and go through life feeling Health, a government agency, which mind. shortchanged. Unlike the little engine recently concluded a series of re- Physical exercise, a good prescrip- that could, they feel they can't, thus search studies in this area. They tion as a body relaxant, is a memory they keep on forgetting things and found that the brain power of men jogger too. You'll do much better at failing to memorize even the simplest an interview, promotion exam, or pieces of information. in any situation requiring the need to The human memory is a lot like recall if you unwind with some form your muscles. While we're all endowed ". . . there are millions of of activity beforehand. Mind re- with equal numbers and kinds, some searcher Russell explains that physi- of us "are more equal" than others. folks around the country cal activity increases the oxygen sup- Meaning that the muscles with the with minds like sieves." ply to the brain in the short run. Over best tone and greatest strength and longer periods of time, he says, reg- flexibility belong to those who put ular activity can keep the arteries time and effort into conditioning unclogged. them. past 65 was approximately the same How about food as a memory stim- While you can't see your memory as that of men much younger. ulant? Forget the old wives' tale that bulge and ripple like biceps, the com- How, then, can you drop "I forgot" fish can make you smarter, but cer- parison with muscles is especially from your vocabulary once and for tain foods do help. Russell points out apt. Unless the information in your all? First, learn two key words: that foods rich in Vitamin E help the head is used regularly, psychologist concentration and relaxation. Put nerve cells in the brain to make bet- Peter Russell points out, you'll quick- this down as an article of faith: all ter use of its available oxygen. Good ly develop mental flab. Then all your people with strong memories have dietary sources of Vitamin E are billions of brain cells, which are ca- cultivated the power of riveting their whole wheat, whole grain and corn; pable of storing 10 million units of in- attention on what they want to ab- cottonseed, soybean and peanut oil. formation, will give you lazy service sorb. When they read, they focus Generally, Russell recommends a or none at all. sharply on the matter at hand. When well-balanced diet, with an abun- Fitness experts have discovered they listen to the boss or a lecture, dance of fresh vegetables and fruit. that older persons can expand their they don't let their minds drift to Go easy, he says, on artificial pre- bodily potential fairly quickly what they want to say, but they take servatives and dyes, sugar and starch, through a regular exercise program. note of the details they want to re- caffeine, alcohol and other unneces- Same goes for mental functioning, call. When they drive, they don't sary drugs. regardless of age. As a matter of daydream but look sharply where (Continued on page 34)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981 The Deadly Lilliputians

Gulliver had it easy compared to one million Americans who are acutely allergic to insect venom

vere allergic reactions to insect venom can cause death. don't know they're "Most « people allergic to insect venom until they're bitten or stung," says Dr. Martin Valentine of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. "And even those who react normally to stings can't be sure the next one won't trigger an allergic response." Such uncertainties make insect bites frustrating to treat. In one re- cent spider bite case, my father— 64-year-old Midwestern farmer—was admitted to a local hospital. By William Childress He was misdiagnosed twice by his physician—who first suggested a When Jonathan Swift wrote Gulli- heart attack and then the flu—be- cal Symposia, a booklet published ver's Travels in 1726, he wrote about fore an intern found two tiny punc- for doctors. Nonlethal scorpions a race of tiny men called Lillipu- ture marks on the inside of the man's cause sharp pain and swelling, but tians. Today, with the term now arm. The culprit turned out to be a extremely poisonous varieties—such meaning anything extremely small, Brown Recluse spider, and dad spent as those in the Southwest which kill we have our own Lilliputians—and three days in intensive care and al- some 1,500 people yearly—possess they can be deadly. They are scor- most died—even requiring blood potent neurotoxic venoms. pions, spiders, ticks, bees, hornets transfusions. Ten weeks after the These potentially lethal stings are and wasps, and most of us generally bite, he was still weak and his huge, red hot at first, but soon a deceptive refer to them as insects. ulcerous scar (Brown Recluse venom tingling occurs in the area, which Insect attacks are on the upswing. literally "digests" flesh so plastic quickly spreads over the body. Hy- Sharply reduced uses of pesticides surgery is often required) had still peresthesia (extreme skin sensitiv- have produced increased insect popu- not healed. ity) follows, which in turn is fol- lations, with the result that over two Spiders—along with scorpions and lowed by hypesthesia (general skin million people a year suffer pain, ticks—are not insects. They are numbness) and a drowsy feeling. serious illness or even death because arachnids and belong to an ancient Immediate medical action must of attacks by spiders, scorpions, class, Arachnida, which has existed be taken or the victim will develop wasps and other tiny but dangerous in its present form for nearly half a itching of the nose and mouth as creatures. billion years. They emerged from the the venom spreads. Speech will be- Hardest hit are children and elderly seas as the first land animals during come sluggish. Clamped jaw muscles people whose lower resistance and the Cambrian Period. The 60,000 will prevent swallowing oral medi- sometimes frail health often make species of arachnids are loosely re- cines. Frothing at the mouth and con- hospitalization necessary following lated to the crab family. Most arach- vulsions follow in waves and death an insect bite. Younger adults, too, nids are venomous to some degree, from respiratory failure can occur. are increasingly being affected. Stings many dangerously so. "Perhaps our biggest problem," and bites are being recognized as One example is the scorpion, says one physician, "is the tendency serious medical problems—especially known to physicians as "public ene- of so many people to treat insect to one million Americans whose se- my number one" according to Clini- bites cavalierly. They should not

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ignore any bite or sting. Each dangerous parasites. Some articles on at once—an experience I never for- insect —and bite—must be treated the subject pass on the old, absurd got. Fortunately, I was not allergic to on its own merits, because hista- drip-gasoline-on-the-tick's-head trick. the venom or I'd have been dead. Just minic reactions vary from person to Failing that, says one such article, recently I was again a victim: a wasp person. burn its bottom with a hot cigarette. smelled my coconut oil suntan lotion Histamine, a chemical in our Both are nonsense. and stung me three times before I bodies which governs blood vessel The only way to remove ticks is could kill it. dilation, produces these reactions by the thumb-and-forefinger method, Bees and wasps have similar ven- from bites, stings or other injuries. using a slow, firm pull, not squash- om. The main characteristic, and But it isn't the bite or sting that ing the tick, and not twisting. If you're the one that can kill those allergic, is creates a danger of death. It's the lucky, a small hunk of your skin will histamine plus hyaluronidase— body's reaction to the injected ven- come away with the little monster, "spreading agent." Protein compo- om. People overly sensitive to arach- meaning its head is still attached to nents most likely cause the allergic nid or insect venom release floods it, not to you. reactions, but science still does not of antihistamines, causing a total know the exact makeup of venom. allergic reaction, or anaphylaxis. Only bees cannot replenish their Anaphylaxis means a severe reac- poisons, and die upon stinging since tion to foreign proteins introduced ''Most arachnids are their stinger (and much of their rear into the blood, and anaphylactic abdomen) remains with the victim. shock venomous to some degree, can kill in as little as a min- It is impossible to list all the ute. Only an epinephrine injection many dangerously so." symptoms of bee and wasp stings. can halt the reaction. Suffice to say they can kill and even Although the FDA prohibits sale nonsensitive individuals can be or possession without a doctor's pre- caused untold pain and misery, of- scription, kits called Ana-Kits are Ticks dig in and slurp away like a ten days after an attack. Some vic- available at pharmacies. People kid burrowing in ice cream. They tims have delayed reactions to the sensitive to insect venom should don't breathe through their heads venom, developing fever, malaise, get a physician to prescribe such a (hence, a drop of nail polish to headache and aching joints up to 14 kit and have it always near. It con- "smother" them is absurd), and days after being stung. tains a syringe of epinephrine (a once their tool kit of a mouth has When a bee stings, this is what vasoconstrictor), chewable antihis- lanced into position, the arachnid re- happens according to a pamphlet tamine tablets, alcohol pads and leases a glue to hold it in place! But published by CIBA Pharmaceuticals: a tourniquet. Instructions should be ticks, like the rest of us, prefer to keep "When the sting penetrates the skin, carefully followed! head and body together—hence pull- the two lancets work alternately, Another arachnid, the tick, is also ing them off, and dabbing the bite sliding back and forth on their taken much too lightly. Ticks—there with disinfectant or alcohol, is still tracks. With each thrust, the barbs are 440 species but only about half the surest and best way. anchor the lancets deeper into the of them chomp humans—carry some Of all biting or stinging insects, flesh. The same movements also nasty diseases: encephalitis, tick fe- bees and wasps—there are at least operate the plungers on the lancets ver, tularemia and the infamous 800 varieties—produce most of the to expel the venom." Rocky Mountain spotted fever, stings we encounter. As a boy, I once The principle is a lot like a hypo- which can kill. Worse, a great deal ran headlong into a wasp nest in a dermic needle—with barbs. In any of misinformation is passed along plum thicket. Two dozen whizzing, case, bee stingers must be removed about how to rid yourself of these buzzing, angry red-hot needles hit me ( Continued on page 42)

Known by physicians as "public enemy number one," the scorpion (left) is but one of many arachnida whose sting or bite can be deadly. The Black Widow ( opposite page, left) and the Brown Recluse ( right) spiders are two more infamous Lilliputians.

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Commanders Message

C Continued from page 4) the budget his blood for his country is good Attempts to cut VA's creeping apathy enough to be given a square deal and other signs of afterwards. More than that no man toward veterans are but two symp- illness each of us must is entitled to, and less than that no toms of an go beyond man shall have." labor to cure. But we must That pledge must not be broken, platitudes. We need action. We must the magni- no matter what the cost. reawaken Americans to What concerns me, though, as tude of the contributions made by our have much as attempts to radically cut veterans. America's veterans in adversity they the VA's budget, is a creeping apathy proven that even toward veterans and their plight by are among the nation's most precious Americans who seem to have forgot- resources. As the battles against in- flation, energy dependence and my- ten—or, perhaps, never knew—the contributions made by our fighting riad social problems persist, Amer- men and women through the years. ica must realize anew that, even as in war without re- Perhaps it's simply a case of people veterans fought are con- not liking to think about that which gard for future rewards, they fight behalf of this na- is unpleasant; and there is certainly tinuing to on nothing pleasant about the horror of tion in new and equally important war or the terror of facing an enemy areas. view was to dis- on the field of battle. But that's When the popular causes, the You don't climb mountains? no excuse to forget those who did, or parage America and its lot of time at the ! we do spend a Most of us don't But the war with the warrior. veterans held true. When the nation's beach, boating, hiking, touring or just plain hammocking. to confuse of pessimistic, the veterans Here's the most comfortable, most practical pair Perhaps, too, some people tend to mood was — the shorts to come along in years, from Haband resisted the trend. And, now that the Surprising Savings Company in Paterson, N.J view the reasons why a nation would country once again feels renewed HUGE POCKETS' HUGE SAVINGS' go to war—and why people would be itself, the veterans are in the These are the real thing, with required to fight that war—as iso- pride in full 12" deep front pockets, the the fight in all walks tough reinforced double track lated instances divorced from the forefront leading big 8 x 7 inch cargo stitching, life all professions. They are a type buttoned flap back realities of today. The wars are over, of and pockets, the works — Even living legacy of service and honor the heavy, deluxe they say, let's forget them. Yet how "Kilimanjaro Cloth" No-Iron forgotten without forget- and, as such, they are an inspiration polyester and cotton. can they be for the future. Great fitting, great feeling ting also that threats to freedom, both masculine shorts, in colors Legionnaires must, therefore, Desert Tan, Slate Blue, and from within and without our great We Loden Green, or Country- all the dedication and zeal we Club Burgundy . Even waist nation, are unceasing? Our need for with sizes 30thru54 IN STOCK I to once defenders will never end. can muster, lead the fight HABAND 265^ N.Jhh St., Pa^r^on ,_N ._07 530_ People with a "forget-the-veteran- again instill in every citizen that and respon- fountain because-there-is-no-war" mentality same sense of dedication being caught sibility which has become synony- 3 pairs 29.75 probably are guilty of mous with America's defenders of HABAND - Executive Division Available in Sizes up only in those day-to-day things 265 N 9 St., Paterson, NJ 07530 30 thru 54 lives. freedom. I have pressed this issue Please send me the shorts specified that directly affect their Un- (Sizes 46 thru 54 which I enclose can't lead that for $ addS1.25ea.pair! fortunately, they fail to realize in continually, but I + $1 .25 toward shipping. Or Charge To: OVISA D MasterCHARGE their worries over the grocery bill fight alone. Acct #. that the very veter- Nor can The American Legion Exp_/_/ Colors Qty. Size and car payment singlehandedly turn apathy into in- I forgotten are the people If on receipt do not TAN ans they've them, I choose to wear B nation tensity of purpose. That's why I call may return the shorts BLUE who fought to preserve that within 30 days for full GREEN D their high stan- on each of you reading this message refund of my remittance. whose plenty makes Burgundy E not, whether 70M-056 dard of living possible. —whether veteran or

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NIMMO TAPPED . TO HEAD VA . . President Cemetery near Phoenix has received a Reagan has nominated former California $104,125 matching-fund grant through state senator and retired the VA Cemetery Grant Program. Arizona National Guard Colonel becomes the second state, following Robert P. Nimmo, 59, to Maryland, to receive a grant under a head the Veterans program designed to aid states in the Administration. Nimmo, a establishment, expansion and improvement WWII B-24 pilot and company of veterans' cemeteries. The VA grant commander of the first will be used to help build an adminis- National Guard unit called tration building at the 635-acre site, to active duty during the 17 miles north of Phoenix. The grants Korean War, is a member of program took effect in Fiscal Year 1980 Robert P. Nimmo Atascadero (CA) Legion to provide financial assistance to state- Post 109. His nomination owned cemeteries on a 50-50 matching came almost four months after the present fund basis to provide veterans an al- administration took office, making him ternative to burial in a national one of the last federal agency heads to cemetery. be named. Nimmo is a rancher and businessman who served two terms in the California state assembly before going to PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY LIBRARY SEEKS the state senate. He was a member of that DONATIONS . . . A recent fire at the state's Republican Central Committee Philippine Military Academy, the Republic from 1972 to 1980 and a Reagan delegate of the Philippines (equivalent to our to the GOP National Convention last year. U.S. Military Academy at West Point) destroyed more than 14,000 volumes, "JUST FOR YOU" CATALOG AVAILABLE . . . including English language books, maga-

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POW/MIA UPDATE

By Ann Mills Griffiths Executive Director, National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia

Commander Ron Dodge was a POW in Vietnam. So was Sergeant When Anderson, IN, decided to host a parade honoring Vietnam veterans, Don Sparks. Colonels Charles Shel- the resulting one-and-a-half hour parade was viewed by thousands ton and David Hrdlicka were cap- on the streets of Anderson and countless more via nationwide television. tives in Laos. None of these men Among the 50 units participating in the parade were members of Vietnam were ever released. To this day, their Era Veterans Outreach Post 85 in Indianapolis, a recently chartered Post fate remains unknown. While the that operates out of the local VA-sponsored Vet Center. The group United States government officially is shown being led by Post Cdr. Joe Compton. denies that any POWs are still held in communist countries in Indochina and have presumed dead all but a that this is not just a humane gesture, munities worldwide. The ads simply dozen of the POW/MIAs, evidence but a U.S. government responsibility request information on missing continues to mount that some of our and obligation, due every serviceman, Americans, alive or dead. To date, servicemen are still in captivity. past, present and future. more than one hundred refugees After "Homecoming" in 1973, Of greatest and immediate concern have responded, relaying to the when almost 600 servicemen and are the recurring reports of Cau- League reports such as the following civilians were repatriated (some after casians still held captive in South- examples: being held for more than eight years) east Asia. The influx of Indochinese Sighting Report 109—The refu- nearly 2,500 others did not return. refugees into this country over the gee source of this report, a former The military men not released in- past few years has brought convinc- USAID employee, says that in De- cluded 113 listed as prisoners of war ing new evidence the Vietnamese cember 1975, he was stopped while (POW), 1,178 presumed killed-in- continue to hold American service- driving his taxi in Thakek, Laos, and action/body not recovered, and 1,- men in captivity. The Defense In- arrested when his USAID identifi- 237 missing-in-action (MIA). Since telligence Agency (DIA) is currently cation card was discovered. He was then, the remains of 74 men have investigating over 300 firsthand, live transported by truck to Viengxay, been returned and the vast majority sighting reports. Some reports refer Laos, and from there travelled about of the POW/MIAs have been pre- to groups of men spotted as recently SV2 hours to a camp surrounded by sumed dead, based primarily on the as the fall of 1980. bamboo trees. He says that there was passage of time without new infor- The United States government was a natural cave at the mountain (the mation to indicate the individual is not always anxious to investigate re- source provided explicit detail on the still living. ported sightings of Americans. cave area) which was used to hold That only a few individuals are Since 1973, it has been their con- POWs. He saw five Caucasian technically listed as living does not tention there was no evidence to in- prisoners held in the cave and was minimize the need to achieve the dicate anyone was still held. Virtu- told by his guard they were American fullest possible accounting for the ap- ally no government effort was made pilots. All five men were approxi- proximately 2,500 men whose fate to collect intelligence data on this mately six feet tall. The refugee, in remains in question. The debt owed question. Thus, the burden of proof his report to the League of Families, to each unaccounted for serviceman, was left to the families of the missing described the physical characteristics as well as to that individual's family, men. of the five men and noted they had is well known. Although this obliga- Over three years ago, frustrated by a red rash around their ankles. The tion can never be fully satisfied, government inaction, the National source was tied up a short distance the United States government can League of Families started running away from the cave where the Amer- and should make every effort to ads in Vietnamese and Laotian icans were kept. After a month, he achieve as extensive an accounting as language publications which are cir- was moved to another location and possible. It should be emphasized culated in refugee centers and com- held there for over two years. This

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The Sault Ste. Marie (MI) Drum and Bugle Corps of WWI—octoge- WWl Drum & Bugle Corps narians all—have hung up their bugles and muffled their drums. "We just ran out of wind," said Nixes Off-Key Playing Cdr. Oral "Moose" LaCombe, 85, "so we figured it's better to appear in parades without trying to play off- key." The Corps, which has played thou- sands of parades and concerts (and has toured England and France) wore the famous WWI soup dish hel- mets, high choker collars and wrap- around "cannonball" leggings. Ira D. MacLachlin Post 3 marked the playing of the last note on Memo- rial Day, following the city's tradi- tional parade with a reception at the Post home. A special plaque was also unveiled in their honor. "The Corps has done honor," said Post Adj. John W. Allen, "not only to their nation and to The American Legion, but to Sault Ste. Marie in a marked way. We are proud to record permanently on the walls of the Sault Post their names and deeds." The Corps, with 18 members rang- ing in age from 89 to 80, did not serve together as a musical unit during WWI. They were formed out of a larger Legion Corps of men who re- turned to Sault Ste. Marie following the war.

Members of the Sault Ste. Marie (MI) Drum and Bugle Corps of WWI toast Additionally, last year an Inter- "Buddies present and absent" with champagne furnished free by a grateful agency Group (IAG) comprised of French winemaker. representatives from responsible agencies within the State and De- man is now in the United States, say that he further checked out the fense departments, the National has provided a sworn affidavit and information and the Americans are Security Council, the National has agreed to be polygraphed by being held at Ham Tan. League of Families and the Con- DIA. In the last two years, since the gressional POW/MIA Task Force, Sighting Report 123—Another League started collecting intelligence was established to ensure that pri- source reports, "A number of data on its own, U.S. government ority is given to this issue and that American POWs previously detained officials finally decided they could U.S. efforts are coordinated. in Hanoi have been moved to Ham no longer ignore the mounting It is evident U.S. government pol- Tan in South Vietnam during the evidence that American prisoners are icies and attitudes are becoming more month of August 1980. They were still held. DIA has significantly objective. Where previous official transferred on the same train as stepped up its efforts to substantiate statements claimed a lack of credible Vietnamese POWs of the grade major the sighting reports. Lt. General evidence that men were still held, or higher. When their train arrived Eugene Tighe, DIA Director, told new U.S. policy reflects increasing in Da Nang, our relative, an Air Congress in a recent public hearing reports indicating that some Ameri- Force major (Vietnamese), was on on the issue, "DIA continues to put cans may still be in captivity. How- board that train. He sent word to us top emphasis on investigation of in- ever, government attitudes are not

. . . that he was being transferred to formation relating to U.S. personnel changing as quickly as necessary. In the South. Upon hearing that, my who might still be held prisoner in the year since the IAG was formed, brothers and I followed up the mat- Southeast Asia. I have insured that the State Department has yet to de- ter. On that train there were Amer- all of the intelligence collection dis- velop a strategy to secure the return ican prisoners; my relative saw them ciplines are brought to bear on the of the men still held and to obtain very clearly." The refugee goes on to matter." ( Continued on page 46)

29 THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981 NEWS FOR LEGIONNAIRES

June Legionnaire VA'sQ&A CORNER Is Medicine Bow Man Howard I. Smith, a veteran of both These are questions representative of WWII and Korea and Adjutant of those the Veterans Administration is William Home Post 64 in Medicine frequently asked. For more information contact your Post Bow, WY, is June's Legionnaire of Service Officer, local VA office or write the month. directly to: Veterans Administration (20), Washington, D.C. In nominating for Legion- Howard 20420. naire of the Month honors, Past Post Cdr. Clarence Parrish noted that, Q. May a veteran pay off a VA guar- "(He) has spread Legionism through- anteed home loan before it becomes due? out our community, as well as A. Yes. GI loan partially throughout the Department. A may be or fully paid at any time without penal- "He is never too busy to lend a ty. Partial payments may not be less helping hand to anyone in need .... than one monthly installment or $100, For the past two years, Post 64 has whichever is less. Consult your lender maintained 200 percent of (member- for details. ship) quota, mostly through the de- Q. If a veteran dies before a home sires of Smith." loan guaranteed by the VA is repaid, Howard, who holds an Honorary will the VA pay off the balance? Life Membership from Post 64, has A. No. The surviving spouse or other served as Post Adj. continuously Robert W. Spanogle, 38, a Vietnam co-borrower must continue making pay- since 1964. In addition, he has served era veteran, has been named National ments. Mortgage life insurance is avail- as Post Cdr., Dist. Adj., Dist. Vice Adjutant of The American Legion by able from private companies. Cdr., Dist. Cdr. and Dist. Oratorical the National Executive Committee. My husband died while Chairman. Q. he was a He will take office July 1, 1981, patient in a VA medical center. Howard Will was awarded four battle succeeding Frank Momsen who has the VA help with the expenses of bring- stars and a Bronze star for his service announced his retirement. Spanogle ing him home for burial? in the U.S. Army. previously headed the Legion's A. Yes. If a veteran dies while a That, in patient in a part, is why members of Washington, DC office, a post he VA medical center, trans- Post 64 believe Howard "is as deserv- accepted in November 1979. Before portation expenses to the place of ing of the burial will be paid by VA. honor of Legionnaire of the that, he was Director of Internal Month as anybody in The American Affairs and held various positions Q. What happens to the money I Legion." in Internal Affairs and Membership. contributed to the Veterans Education- We agree. al Assistance Program if I die while on active duty? A. The law provides that unused con- tributions will be refunded to the bene- ficiary designated under the veteran's Servicemen's Group Life Insurance pol- icy if he is so insured. Otherwise, the funds will go to the veteran's estate.

Q. My husband was in the Navy at the time of his death and was buried at sea. Can I obtain a memorial mark- er from the VA to be placed in a pri- vate cemetery? A. A memorial headstone or marker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garibaldi of may be furnished by VA to commemo- Galileo Post and Auxiliary 236 in rate any eligible veteran or service per- son San Francisco are presented Certifi- who died while on active duty and whose cates of Appreciation by Past Post remains have not been recovered or were Cdr. and Superior Court Judge John buried at sea. A. Ertola in recognition their of My husband is a Howard I. Q. World War I Smith combined 52,810 hours of volunteer veteran who is not eligble for a VA service to the Fort Miley Veterans pension due to income. Is he eligible Housing Money Medical Center. For those who for VA outpatient treatment? The VA plans to guarantee 362,000 might wonder, based on a 40-hour A. Yes. A World War I veteran may- home loans valued at $19.8 billion week and no vacations, that's almost be provided VA outpatient treatment for for any condition even though he is not eligible ex-service members and 25y2 years of volunteer service'. receiving a VA pension. active duty personnel this year. fSFVAMC Photo)

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Borden A. Sclmider (1981), Post 161. South- boro, MA Walter Sparks, Ellsworth Mohn (1977), Ches- ter Duda (1978), Emil Tyburski (1979), George Gosselin (1980), Harold Roukey (1981), Post 224, Easthampton, MA James J. Lannan (1981), Post 247, Tyngsboro, MA Russell Erickson, Eugene Insley (1980), Post 86, Aitkin, MN Leon A. Cefalu (1980), Post 86, Leland. MS Charles B. Circle, Nicholas L. D'Argenio, Frank L. Smith (1981), Post 24, Rome, NY Russell E. Koert, Jr.,; Soman E. St. Clair (1981), Post 332, Batavia, NY Samuel Tardi, David Maclnnes, Ely Bar (1981), Post 630, Forest Mills, NY Ernest N. Munkelwitz (1981), Post 651, Say- ville, NY Charles LeBrun (1981), Post 1545, East- port, NY John DeBevoise, Charles R. Adams (1981), Post 1682, New City, NY Harold W. Shepherd (1981), Post 1846, North Western, NY OUTFIT REUNIONS Reunion will be held in month indicated. For which particulars write person whose address is given. Recent visitors to National Headquarters include a French film team Notices accepted on official forms only. For has come to the United States to produce a movie on Legionnaires Disease, form send stamped, self-addressed envelope to O.R. Form, American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box outbreaks of which have recently appeared in France. Shown talking with 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices must be received five months before scheduled reunion. Adj. Frank (left) are, left, William Brewster, Director of the Momsen from Earliest submissions are favored when the Indianapolis VA office; Dr. J. P. Godard of Paris, France; and Mr. volume of notices is too great to print them all. Notice of Outfit Reunions are run only once Maurice W. McHaffie and Dr. Duke Baker of the Indianapolis VA hospital during a calendar year. education staff. Army Vice Commander (1977-78). 1st Cavalry Div. Assn. (Aug-Colorado Springs, CO). Col. W.J. Irwin, 2505 Avondale Dr., COMRADES IN DISTRESS Colorado Springs, CO 80917 (303) 596-1377 Mrs. Mary Sepples Dore, CT De- 1st MP Co. (1948-81) (Aug-Kingsport, TN). Readers who can help these veterans are urged Lloyd Burden, 18 Huey Dr., Walton, KY to do so. Usually a statement is needed in sup- partment Vice Commander (1956- 41094 (606) 485-4407 port of a VA claim. 57). 14th Tank Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (Aug-Lexington, Notices are run only at the request of American KY). Anthony Ziegler, 171 Sedgefield Dr., Legion Service Officers representing claimants, Harathan, LA 70123 (504) 737-9363 using Search for Witness Forms available only John E. Drinkard, AL Department 17th Airborne Div. Assn. (Aug-Dearbom, MI). from State Legion Service Officers. Please con- Edward Siergiej, 62 Forty Acre Mountain Rd., tact CID # , The American Legion Magazine, Commander (1952-53), Department Danbury, CT 06810 (203) 748-3958 P.O. Box 1055, 700 Pennsylvania St., Indianapo- Vice Commander (1950-51). 20th Inf. Med. Detach., 6th Inf. Div. (WWII) lis, Ind. 46206. (July-Devil's Lake, ND). George Hiltner, 9201 10th Ave., Landgon, ND 58249 (701) 256-5434 4th Staff Sq., Boiling Field, DC. George Snyder is Dr. F. Herrick Conners, NY Alter- 33d Inf. Regt., 2d Div. Assn. (Korea) (July). seeking witnesses to verify a claim that while Carl Kleinpeter, Rt. 2, Box 363, St. Amant, stationed at Boiling Field in 1940 his right ear nate National Executive Committee- LA 70774 (504) 644-4729 was flooded with aviation gasoline. Contact CID Department Com- 26th Service Sq. (WWII) (Aug-Tacoma, WA). 736 man (1963-64), Robert Hunter, 820 Hilltop Ln., Logansport, IN "HQ" Co., 3d Bn., 17th Inf., 7th Division. Finley mander (1962-63), Department Vice 46947 (219) 753-9517 G. Boothe needs witneses to verify a claim that 80th Inf. Div. (July-Wichita, KS). Saul Solow, while stationed at Onyang, Korea in March 1946 Commander (1958-59). Burgundy E, 197, Delray Beach, FL 33445 he suffered a back injury in a jeep accident. (305) 278-8385 Contact CID 737 37th Ordnance Co. (Aug-Baltimore, MD). Tony "A" Co., 195th Infantry. D.J. Chapman is seek- Gailes, 50 S. Euclid Ave., Apt., 103, Pitts- ing witnesses to verify a claim that while sta- Life Memberships burgh, PA 15202 (412) 734-3275 tioned at Camp Blanding, FL in September 1945 44th Engr. Combat Bn. (Aug-Rockville, MD). his teeth were pulled and he needs the name of Lloyd Black, Jr., 109 Woodvale, Box 143, Legion- the dental surgeon. Contact CID 738 The award of a life membership to a Clarksville, GA 30523 (404) 754-2427 1st MP Co., Hq. Bn., 1st Marine Division. Edward naire by a Post is a testimonial by those who 50th General Hospital (ETO-WWH) (Aug-Bur- William Lincoln is seeking witnesses to verify known best that such a member has served The lington, NC). James Mundy, P.O. Box 642, a claim that while stationed at FMF West Pac American Legion well. Graham, NC 27253 Danang, Vietnam in July 1968 he suffered from Below are listed some of the previously un- 35th QM Base Depot Assn. (Ft. Lee, England, Malaria and was sent to 1st Med. Bn. to be listed life membership Post awards that have France) (July-Norfolk, VA). Col. Arthur Day, cured. Contact CID 740 been reported to the editors. Jr., P.O. Box 1122, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 "G" Co., 329th Rest., 83d Inf. Division. Claude J. 63d Signal Bn. (WWII) (July-Palm Beach, FL). Morgan, needs witnesses to verify a claim that Robert Garza, Alfonso Mendez (1977), Gust E. Crawford Ayers, 11630 Laurel Valley Cir., while stationed at Luxemburg, France in Octo- Post 694, Marina, CA Kranse (1980), West Palm Beach, FL 33411 (305 ) 793-0673 ber 1944 he was wounded by a shell blast and Titus Rhiger, Jospeh Baidne, John Bridges, 66th Fighter Sq., 57th Fighter Grp. (Aug- was hospitalized. Contact CID 741 William Callaway, Harold Stanton (1980), Ar- Denver, CO). Daryl Benson, 1608 Jamaica, thur Akell, Roy Rail (1981), Post 13, Canon Aurora, CO 80010 (303) 366-6724 City, CO 79th Fighter Group (WWII) (June-Orlando, FL). Roland Ellis (1975), Roland Figgs (1980), Edwin Newbould, 1123 E. 73rd PI., South TAPS Post 19, Laurel, DE Holland, IL 60473 (312) 331-3744 Lowell C. Allen, Roy M. Amos, Harold Gos- 83d Inf. Div. Assn. (Aug-Pittsburgh, PA). mentions, when- lant (1981), Post 25, Lake Placid, FL Robert Derickson, 3749 Stahlheber Rd., Ham- The Taps Notice Schul- A.B. Miller (1980), J.D. Henry, Morris ilton, OH 45013 (513) 863-2199 ever possible, those Legionnaires who man (1981), Post 107, Live Oak, FL 84th Inf. Div. (Railsplitters) (Aug-Sioux Falls, Remigio J. Llauget, Sr., (1981), Post 111, have held high National or Depart- SD). Oliver Day, 1713 E. 49th St., Sioux Tampa, FL Falls, SD 57103 ment Office in the Legion, United Anthony Gattone, Edgar E. Jeswein (1980), 97th QM Co. (Railhead) (WWII) (Aug-Nash- Post 111, Orlando Park, IL ville, TN). William Wilson, 106 Turpin Cir., States government, or other forms of Albert R. Sparks (1981), Post 336, Chicago, Columbia, TN 38401 (615) 388-8222 IL 112th Cavalry Assn. (Aug-Dallas, TX). Claude national prominence. Howard P. Ryan (1981), Post 949, Chicago, IL Rigsby, 4472 Preston Cir., Dallas, TX 75211 Ralph C. Hagey (1981), Post 1009, Glen Ellyn, 112th Liaison Sq. (Aug- Denver, CO). Kenneth IL Winter, 1525 Elmwood Ave., Bettendorf, IA Mike D. Mireles, TX Department Frank P. Minio (1981), Post 218, Algiers, LA 52722 (319) 355-7671 Fred Rosendale, William J. Gordon, Jr. (1981), Continued . . . Commander (1979-80), Department Post 4, Baltimore. MD

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693d Engr. . . . Continued Base Equip. Co. (WWII) (Aug- 773-5374 Nashville, 113th Medical TN). Carl Phillips, RR 4, Box 157, Bu., 38th Inf. Div. ( Aug-Martins- "B" Btry., 188th F.A. Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Bis- Cadiz, KY 42211 (502) 522-6530 ville, IN). Harvey Bastin, Jr., 159 W. Ran- marck, ND). Walter Botnen, 721 718th Railway Oper. Bn. N. Bell St dolph St., Martinsville, IN 46151 (317) (WWII) (Aug-Lan- Bismarck, ND 58501 (701) 223-8480 caster, PA). Alfred Krause, 342-3482 206 James St., "B" Btry., 248th F.A. Bn. (Aug-Marion, SC) Sinking Spring, PA 19608 (215) 120th Ordnance Co. (MM) (Aug-Benton Harbor, 678-5047 F.E. Brown, Jr., 1711 Furman 722d MP Bn. Z.L. Dr. Florence MI). Joe VanDam, 1591 S. Riviera (Aug-Philadelphia, PA). SC 29501 662-2395 Dr., Adolph Lightman, (803) Stevensville, MI 49127 (616) 429-5690 1112 Old York Rd., Abing- "C" Btry., 602d F.A. Bn. ton, PA 19001 (July-Denver. CO). 130th Inf., 4th IX, Vets Assn. (Aug-Hoopeston, (215) 885-1962 Sam Lombardi, 9375 761st F.A. Teller, Broomfield CO IL). Mrs. Howard Gaddis, 531 E. Thompson (Aug-Pittsburgh, PA). John Cam- 80020 (303) 423-1333 erota, 403 Taylor St., Pittsburgh, Ave., Hoopeston, IL 60942 (217) 283-7037 PA 15224 "C" Btry., 880th F.A., 69th Div. (412) 683-4271 (Aug-Harris- 142d General Hospital (July-Oklahoma City, burg, PA). Wayne Murphy, 80 Maple 775th EPD Co. (China, Burma, Ave. OK). Mrs. Elaine Mehalko Nolen, 1516 NW India) (WWII) Mansfield, OH 44906 (419) 529-4996 (Aug-St. Charles, 39th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73118 (405) IL). Richard McDonald, "HQ" Btry., 217th F.A. Bn., 298 Circle 44th Inf. Div 528-5067 Dr., Palatine, IL 60087 (312) (Aug-Chicago, IL). 397-3856 Harley Friend, 3429 W 172d, 941st F.A. Bns. (Aug-Manchester, NH). 83rd St., Chicago, IL 60652 804th T.D. Bn. Assn. Joseph Proulx, 300 Candia Rd., Manchester, (WWII) (Aug-Rosell, NM). "HQ" Btry., 270th F.A. Bn. Ruffus Lee, (Aug-Amarillo. NH 03103 (603) 625-6789 811 S. Roselawn Ave., Artesia, TX). Dell McCuistian. NM 88210 Rt. 6, Box 650 185th Ordnance Depot Co. (Aug-Somerset, PA). (505) 746-4372 Claremore, OK 74017 811th Tank Destroyer (918) 341-2294 William Foster, P.O. Box 254, Winchester, Bn. (Aug- Indianapolis, "A" Co., 63d Engrs., OH IN). 44th Div. (Aug-Nashville 45697 (513) 695-0663 Jack Chaille, 3610 N. Shadeland Ave., TN). Charles Hampton, Indianapolis, IN 154 Hardaway Dr 195th F.A. Bn. (Aug-Overland Park, KS). 46226 (317) 545-3008 Goodlettsville, TN 37072 813th Engr. Aviation Bn. (WWII) (July-Eau Charles Tipton, 2406 S. 47th St., Kansas City, "A" Co., 120th Med. Regt., 45th Div. (WWII) KS 66106 Claire, WI). Neil Zeug, 2738 Wellington Dr. (913) 262-8878 W, (July-Cushing, OK). Mrs. Fred Cannon 702 202d MP Co., II Corps. (Aug-Columbus, OH). Eau Claire, WI 54701 (715) 832-7077 E. Main, Cushing, 818th, 819th, 820th OK 74023 Fr. William Patterson, 4252 Pine St., New MP Cos. (July-Flint, MI). "A" Co., 188th Howard Rembold, Combat Engrs. (Aug-Framing- Boston, OH 45662 (614) 456-5154 512 Kenmore Ave., Belair, ham, MA). Fred Garry, 21014 5 Kings Ct., Framing- 227th AAA SL Bn. (July-Cave City, KY). D.M. MD ham, MA 01701 897th Ordnance (617) 877-2919 Martin, Union Star, KY 40171 (502) 547- (July-Alsip, IL). Ron Bennett, "A" Co., 596th 12747 Westgate S.A.W. (June-Williamsburg 7606 Dr., Palos Hts., IL 60463 VA). Edward Fulton, (312) 448-3657 1224 Randall Dr 238th Engr. Combat Bn. Assn. (July-Tulsa, OK). Chillicothe, OH 45601 (614) 773-5906 Jesse Woltf, 993d Engr. Treadway Bridge Co. (Aug-Frost- Box 5, Parlin, NJ 08859 (201) "A & B" Cos., 6th Med. Bn., 6th Inf. Div. (June- 721-9356 proof, FL). Leonard Ralston, 27 Lakefront Minneapolis, MN). John Lofgren, 3531 Aquila 249th F.A., 27th Inf. Tr. Pk., Frostproof, FL 33843 (813) 635-3502 Div. (WWII) (June-Syra- Aye. S, Minneapolis, MN 55426 (612) 935-9795 1117th MP Co. AVN. (July-St. ^ cuse, NY). Clifford Flarry, 1033 W. Colvin St., Louis, MO). "B" Co., 86th QM Btry. Vernon RoMe, 4181 (Aug-Greenville, SC). Syracuse, NY 13207 (315) 475-7635 Robert Koch Hosp. Rd., St. A.E. Cruse, 426 Louis, 63129 Broad St., Fairburn, GA 250th F.A. Bn. (Mini) (WWII) (June-Lafayette, MO (314) 487-4890 30214 (404) 964-7810 1126th, 1399th LA). Earl Guidry, 605 Robert Lee, Lafayette, MP Cos. (AVN) (WWII) (Aug- "B" Co., 115th Lancaster, PA). Inf., 29th Div. (WWII) (June- LA 70506 (318) 233-4289 Marvin Morris, Jr., 1078 Hagerstown, MD). Leroy Brookside Dr., Weddle, 334 Bryan 272d F.A. Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Columbia, SO. Fairmont, WV 26554 (304) PI., Hagerstown, 366-4291 MD 21740 R.W. Hope, Sr., P.O. Box 5927, Columbia, "B" Co., 142d Inf., 1905th Engr. Avn. Bn. 36th Div. (Eastern Grp.) SC 29250 (803) 254-1466 (Aug-San Antonio, TX). (July). Mrs. Victor Davidson, Humbert Villa, 203 Audrey 22 Queen Ann 304th Ordnance Regt. (B), 2d Bn. (July-Lan- Alene Dr., San St., Friendship, NY 14739 Antonio, TX 78216 (512) 342-7464 caster, PA). Laurence Jenkins, 2965 Duncan "B" Co., 591st Engr. Boat Regt. (Aug-Hebron. Ct., Wantagh, 11793 2074th QM Trk. Avn. (S.W. Pacific) (WWII) NY NE). Art Fangmeier, Hebron, NE 68370 (402) 304th, 610th Ordnance (Aug-Detroit, MI). Henry (Aug-Salisbury, NC). Stanley Levine, 33 St. 768-2383 Lusch, Diesing, Elmo Rd., Worcester, MA 01602 (617) 755-1405 28363 Madison Hts., MI 48071 "C" Co., 135th Med. Regt., 128th Inf., 32d Div (313) 547-3655 3450th Ord. M.A.M. Co. (Aug-Milwaukee, WI). & Band (Aug-Marshfield, WI). Joseph Fleis- 304th Eugene D'Aoust, 3858 N. 98th St., Station Hospital (WWII) ( July-Middle- Milwaukee, ner, 707 S. Apple Ave., WI 53222 (414) 462-2569 Marshfield, WI town, NY). Richard Milburn, 16 Ingalls St., 54449 (715) 384-5976 Middletown, 3482d Ord. M.A.M. Co. (Aug-Greenville, NY 10940 (914) 343-8705 SC). "D" Co., 410th Inf., 103d Div. (Aug-Cleveland 348th N.T. Brewster, Rt. 4, Box 228, Combat Engrs. (Aug- Alexander, VA). Newman, GA TN). Bill Levitt, 23071 Oak Crest, 30263 (404) 251-2366 Oak Park Ralph Amrine, 1122 Emily Ln., Anderson, IN MI 48237 (313) 542-6093 3767th QM Truck Co. 46011 (Guadalcanal) (July- "E" Co., 1st Battle Gp., 128th Grants Pass, OR). Bayard Inf., 32d Div. 357th AAA Searchlight Bn. (WWII) (Aug-Wil- Carlson, 1147 SW (Aug-Neillsville, WI). W.O. James Hauge mington, NC). Carl Rietschel, Lee Ln., Grants Pass, OR 97526 (503) 467- 347 B Pine P.O. Box 386, Neillsville, WI 54456 (715) Ridge Dr., Whispering Pines, NC 28327 (919) 2064 743-2632 Btry., 949-3984 "A" 499th Arm'd F.A. Bn., 14th Arm'd "G" Co., 164th Div. (Aug-Riehmond, Inf., Regt. (ND Nat'l Guard) 362d Ftr. Grp., 9th AAF (WWII) (July-Chicago, VA). E.J. Schermerhorn, (WWII & Korea) (July). 600 Clarence Risser, Box IL). William Maries, 2838 Blue Brick Dr., Morelock Dr., Richmond. VA 23235 (804) 535, Valley City, 276-0525 ND 58072 Nashville, TN 37214 (615) 883-1208 "H" Co., 155th Inf., Btry., 31st Div. (July). George 368th Engrs. (WWII) ( July-Framingham, "A" 605th Mtn. F.A. Bn., 10th Mt. Div. MA). Tucker, 2706 E. Tennessee St., Corinth Alex Andreski, 460 Bostwick Ave., Janes- (July-Paducah, KY). William Knight, 752 N. MS 38834 ville, 36th St., Paducah, 42001 WI 53545 (608) 754-9321 KY "K" Co., 129th Inf. (July-Huron, SD). 383d "A" Btry., 893d Bn. (Aug-Norwich, Keith AAA (Aug-Columbus, OH). Joe Bennett, AW NY). Lounsbury, 635 13th St. SW, Burt Wales, Box Huron, SD 57350 804 Gladden Rd., Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 3, Plymouth, NY 13832 (607) "L" Co., 152d Inf., 38th Div. 291-3577 (Aug-Warsaw IN). Fred Kirkendall, 109 Mary Mac Dr., War- 442d AAA AW Bn. (later 99th Chemical Mortar saw, IN 46580 (219) 267-6374 Bn.) (WWII) (July-Ogden, UT). Blain Two Jen- Founders "L" Co., 386th Inf. Regt., 97th Inf. Div. sen, (Aug- 3249 Wall Ave., Ogden, UT 84403 (801) Toledo, OH). Harold Bartig, 147 731-3175 S. 21st St LaCrosse, WI 54601 (608) 784-6410 446th Engr. Base Die Depot (Burma Rd.) (Aug-Salis- in Texas "M" Co., 63d Inf., 6th Inf. Div. bury, MD). Ota (Aug-Oklahoma Stevenson, Rt. 1, Box 324, City, OK). William West, 9213 Wabaday, Salisbury, Fred J. "Jack" Griffith, 88, of Pan- Over- MD 21801 (301) 742-4685 land, MO 63114 (314) 427-0335 456th Ordnance Evac. Co. (Aug-Milwaukee, WI). handle, TX, and Floyd "Service" Co., 110th Inf., 28th Div. (WWII Willard Hoffman, 436 Carl Cooley, & Fond du Lac Ave., Korea) (Aug-Scottdale, PA). William Zozula Sheboygan Falls, 53085 of WI (414) 467-3166 85, Waco, TX—both Founders of Box 286, Scottdale, PA 15683 (412) 887-5973 470th AAA AW Bn. (July-Grantville, PA). E.R. APO 724, (Alaska Hwy., Dawson Creek, B.C.) Keller, 715 E. Guilford The American Legion died recently. St., Lebanon, PA — (June-Bloomington, IL). Archie Lawler, 17042 (717) 273-2727 2645 Griffith, a member of Kit Carson S. Garfield Way, Denver, CO 80210 (303) 472d Engr. Maint. Co. (WWII) (Aug-Henderson- 756-3485 ville, NC). M.L. Misfeldt, P.O. Box 2248 Post 441, was a retired businessman Ranger Bns. Assn. (1st thru 6th Bns.) (WVVXI) Davenport, IA 52809 (319) 323-5025 (Aug-Milwaukee, WI). Robert Olesen, 472d F.A. Para Glider Bn. and local civic leader. 1025 (July-Cleveland, He served Jones Ave., Racine, WI 53402 (414) 633-9064 OH). Julian Panek, 3334 Demmler St., with the American Women's Army Corps Vets Assn. (Aug-Los McKeesport, PA 15131 (412) 672-8442 Expeditionary Angeles, CA). Stacy Fletcher, P.O. Box 48817, 505th Parachute Inf. Regt. (Aug-Houston, TX). Force in France during WWI. He was Los Angeles, CA 90048 (213) 931-6173 Allen Langdon, 3634 Bentley Ave., Los Angeles XIII Corps Assn. (July). John Bitting, 10104 CA 90034 (213) 838-4240 decorated with the Purple Heart for Quinby St., Silver Spring, MD 20901 (301) 523d MP (Aug-Staunton, VA). Kenneth Harris, wounds suffered in action 593-8919 3610 Rock Springs Rd., Pomeroy, OH 45769 and was a (614) 992-7569 participant at the Paris Caucus. Navy 566th QM Railhead Co. (Aug-Tiffin, OH). Char- 29th Sea bee (August). les Whiteman, 10727 Columbus Ave., Fostoria Cooley, a member of Cecil Potter James Arcaro, 115 Ma- OH 44830 (419) 435-4284 jestic Dr., Lombard, IL 60148 (312) 932-8037 Post in 52d NCB (July-Greenville, 611th O.B.A.M. Bn. (July-Lancaster, PA). An- 389 Ft. Worth, was retired MS). Claude Richard 115 Oak Dr., thony Matted, 68 Cassala Dr., Hamden CT from the Railway Greenville, MS 38701 (601) 06514 Postal Service. He 332-7444 61st Seabees (July-Huron, 622d Ord. Bn. Assn. (G-25) (July-Nashville, served in both World Wars I II, OH). Robert Pierce, and 3722 Edgewater Dr., Vermilion, TN). Scott Staton, Rt. 6, Box OH 44089 (216) 16, Hender- 967-5065 sonville, NC 28739 (704) 693-4880 retiring from the Army as a Major. 693d AA M.G. AW AB (July-Wauseon OH) 62d Seabees (Sept-Fargo, ND). Clarence Svevm, Cooley was a participant in the St. Box 361, Enderlin; 58207 Dale Lantz, 103 Vine St., Archbold, OH 43502 ND (701) 437-4554 (419) 445-6441 Louis Caucus. 63d NCB (August). Arnold Rasmussen, 2104 S. Adams, Grand Island, NE 68801

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107th NCB (Sept-Merrillville, IN). Norman USS Dobbin, Hull, Dewey, Worden, McDonough, Coast Guard Joseph, 2020 S. 14th Ave., Broadview, IL Phelps (Dec. 7, 1941) (Sept-Indianapolis, IN). 60153 (312) 681-3343 Carl Seconds, 10103 Chris Dr., Indianapolis, IN 26th, 211th, 390th Construction Units (Sept-Beach Aviation Ordnancemen (NAS Whidbey Island, 46229 (317) 894-0410 City, OH). Woodrow Alpeter, 318 2nd Ave., WA) (Aug-Oak Harbor, WA). Ralph Heffley, USS Edwin A. Howard (DE 346) (Aug-Buffalo, Beach City, OH 44608 (216) 756-2246 145 E. Denneboom, Coupeville, WA 98230 NY). Johnson McRorie, 8302 Stanwood St., USS Samuel B. Chase (APA 26) (Sept-Indian- apolis, IN). (206) 678-5664 New Carrollton, MD 20784 (301) 577-7826 Jay York, 3322 English Ave., CBMU 593 (July-West Unity, OH). Hubert USS Gambier Bay (CVE 78) (Aug-Oklahoma Indianapolis, IN 46201 (317) 634-7852 Hutchinson, 309 Sycamore, West Unity, OH City, OK). Tony Potochniak, 1100 Holly Ln., 43579 (419) 924-2060 Endicott, NY 13760 Marines Gansevoort Jim Creek NAV Radio Station (Aug-Arlington, USS Hammann (DD 412), (DD 608) 5th, 14th Defense Bns. (WWII) (Aug-Columbus, WA). R.L. Toussaint, 1316 Park Hill Dr., Ar- (Sept-Bandara, TX). William Carson, 17 Wil- OH). Hiram Quillin, Rt. 6, Box 194, Gunters- lington, 98223 435-2432 low Ln., Windsor, 12550 (914) 562- WA (206) New NY ville, AL 35976 (205) 582-8829 LST 177 (July-Youngstown, OH). Vince Mon- 5219 6th Marine Div. Assn. (Sept-New Orleans, LA). giello, 201 W. Venango St., Mercer, PA 16137 Helena (CL 50, CA 75), Benham (DD 397) USS George Booz, P.O. Box 195, Clifton Hts., PA Bill Bunker, Arcadia (412) 662-3061 (Sept-Seattle, WA). 1139 19018 (215) 583-2905 LST 272 (Gray Raider) (August). Robert Den- Ave., Arcadia, 91006 (213) 445-8662 CA 12th Defense Bn. (July). Bill Turner, P.O. Box nebaum, 259 21st St., Ship Bottom, Indiana (July-Fall River, MA). Tom Ruff, W. NJ USS 244, Grand Rapids, OH 43522 (419) 832-5081 08008 Troy, 12181 Box 357, NY Honolulu N.A.S. (Marine GD Det., Keehee La- 399 (Aug-Norfolk, Rogers, P.O. (July-Annapolis, MD). LST VA). Thad USS Maryland (BB 46) goon, Mongoose Flat, 1944-45) (Aug-Nash- Box 624, Cherryville, NC 28021 (704) 435-9789 Dragovich, 1401 New York, St. Cloud, FL Emil ville, TN). Wesley Gaunce, 1724 Sterling Ave., LST 619 Endymion) (Sept-Hershey, PA). 892-7722 (USS 32769 (305) Cincinnati, OH 45239 (513) 931-3752 William Triller, Jr., 319 1st Ave., Newton (July-Danvers, MA). Dick Mac- USS McGowan Marine Air Warning Sq. 7 (July-Minneapolis, Square, 353-2176 Billerica, 01821 PA 19073 (215) key, 40 Pondover Rd., MA MN). Robert Brown, 2405 N. Elm, Fargo, Naval Medical Unit ND Research 2 (WWII) (Sept- (617) 667-3361 58102 (701) 293-5913 Milwaukee, Diego, CA). C.W. WI). Chuck Davison, 1122 Holmes USS Medusa (AR 1) (Aug-San Montford Point Marine Assn. (July-San Diego, PI., DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-2618 Mantz, 486 Welton St., Chula Vista, CA CA). Brooks Gray, P.O. Box 12546, Philadel- USS Acorn (Aug-Ogdensburg, NY). Harold Ross, 420-9299 92011 (714) phia, PA 19151 (215) 877-5974 Ogdensburg, 13669 393-3662 (Sept-Cassville, MO). Floyd R 4, NY (315) USS Omaha (CL 4) VMF 123 (Aug-Cincinnati, OH). Roscoe Pope, USS Astoria (CA 34) (Aug-Gearhart, OR). Ken Mears, Rt. 1, Box 37, Ft. Supply, OK 73841 407 Forest Ave., Erlanger, KY 41018 (606) Cruse, 625 E. Edison St., Hillsboro, OR (405) 766-3361 342-6618 97123 (503) 648-3507 USS Pawnee (ATF 74) (Aug-Arlington, VA). USS Callaghan (DD 792) (Aug-Pascagoula, MS). Bill Miller, c/o Troopship Photos, Box 1131, Robert Thatch, 834 Piccadilli Rd., Anderson, Arlington, VA 22211 (703) 243-0712 Miscellaneous IN 46014 (317) 643-8900 USS PC 793 Assn. (Sept-Seattle, WA). Joseph 593d JASCO (Aug-Pittsburgh, PA). Sid Man- USS Connolly (DE 306) (Aug-Buffalo, NY). Wilkinson, P.O. Box 343, New Florence, PA waring, 155 Hickory Grove, Horseheads, NY Samuel Saylor, 700 Ednor Rd., Silver Spring, 15944 (412) 235-9235 14845 (607) 739-5190 MD 20904 (301) 774-7480 USS Register (APD 92) (July-Boston, MA). BataaH-Corregidor (Survivors & POWs) (Aug- USS Creon (ARL 11) (Aug-Stone Mountain, GA). Edward Blanchard, 1813 Farmington PI., Fontana Dam, NC). Wayne Carringer, Box 46, J.J. McLaughlin, 2081 Sylvania Dr., Decatur, Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 367-3455 Robbinsville, NC 28771 (704) 479-6205 GA 30033 (404) 636-8191 USS Rockwall (APA 230) (Aug-Little Rock, AR). Christmas Island (APO 915, Central Pacific) USS Detroit (CL 8) (Sept-Scottsdale, AZ). Craig Donald Kusnir, 2140 S. Military Tr., West (WWII) (Aug- Hutchinson, KS). Gene Mettlin, Gates, 8731 E. Jackrabbit Rd., Scottsdale, Palm Beach, FL 33406 (305) 965-2266 509 N. Main St., Hutchinson, KS 67501 (316) AZ 85253 (602) 945-3137 USS Salinas (July- Atlantic City, NJ). Anton 665-5450 USS Dixie (AD 14) (Aug-Cleveland, OH). James Gandy, 514 Kennedy St., Perth Amboy, NJ Co. 556, CCC (July). Roger Woodcock, Corunna, Thatcher, 2361- (52) Grove Ave., San Diego, CA 08861 (201) 442-6935 IN 46730 (219) 281-2044 92154 (714) 424-6591 USS Savannah (CL 42) (September). Murray VP 11, VP 12, VP 13 Detach., VP 14, NAS Flanders, Rt. 1, Box 179, Spanish Fort, AL, Personnel Jap. Attack Survivors (Kaneohe, 36527 (205) 476-9729 HI). (Dec-Kaneohe, HI). Bill Barker, Rt i, USS Starlight (AP 175) (A.B.M. Divs. 1944- Box 86, Henderson, TX 75652 (214) 836-2435 1945) (Aug-Bethany, MO). C.T. Alburtis, RR 1, Eagleville, MO 64442 (816) 867-5690 USS Steelhead (SS 280) (Sept-Sacramento, CA). H.T. Vande Kerkhoff, 862 Chatham Ave., Elm- American Legion Life Insurance hurst, IL 60126 (312) 834-2718 USS Terror (CM 5) (Aug-Fresno, CA). Myron Month Ending March 31, 1981 Pierson, 8883 Avenue 19, Chowchilla, CA The fallowing is an actual case from the 93610 (209) 665-1627 files of The American Legion Life insurance USS Thomas Jefferson (APA 30) (Aug-Wick- Plan: liffe, OH). Stanley Ahlin, 2878 Cricket Ln., $5,107.41 paid. Cause of Death: Burns. Total Willoughby Hills, OH 44092 Premiums paid: $540. USS Trenton (CL 11) (Aug- Lake Okoboji, IA). Benefits Paid January 1, 1981— Leroy Morton, RR 1, Box 242, Milford, IA March 31, 1981 $1,039,566.00 51351 (712) 332-7292 Total Interest Paid Since USS Wadsworth (DD 816) (July-Gatlinburg, January, 1981 2,864.99 TN). George Hidalgo, 511 Bramm Rd., Bristol, Basic Units In Force (Number) 230,421.0 TN 37620 (615) 764-9168 New Applications Approved USS William Seiverllng (DE 441) (July-Hunt Since January 1, 1981 499 Valley, MD). Gene DeCarlo, 643 S. Macon New Applications Declined 239 Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224 (301) 342-4972 New Applications Suspended 188 VP S3 (Black Cat Sq.) (Sept-San Diego, CA). (Applicants failed to return Larry Bunce, 300 7th St., Coronado, CA 92118 health form) (714) 435-8089 "Effective January 1, 1981 a 20 percent 'across the board" increase In benefits will be extended Air Force through December 31, 1981." 2d Bomb Gp., (H), 15th Air Force (Sept-Hamp- The American Legion Life Insurance is an ton, VA). William Davis, 204 Sylvan Rd., official program of the American Legion, adopt- ed Greenwood, SC 29646 (803 ) 229-0065 by the National Executive Committee, 1958. 6th Service Sq., 443d Sub. Depot (England) It is decreasing term insurance, issued on appli- (Aug-Seven Springs, PA). Fred Tichnell, 136 cation to paid-up members of The American Le- Darby St., Wilmington, NC 28403 (919) 791- gion subject to approval based on health and 2358 employment statement. Effective Jan. 1, 1980, 10th. 81st, 313th Ftr. Sqs., 50th Fighter Group death benefits ranged from $80,000 (8 units (WWII) (July-Reno, NV). B.B. Morrison, through age 29, 25 in Ohio) in decreasing steps P.O. Box 82229, Atlanta, GA 30354 (404) of $125 (% unit at age 75 or over). Previously, 996-7253 maximum was 6 units. This protection is avail- 19th Bomb. Assn. (Western) (Sept-Riverside, able throughout life, as long as the annual pre- CA). Herbert Frank, 90-13 201st St., Hollis, mium is paid, the insured remains a member of NY 11423 (212) 465-5740 The American Legion, and the Plan stays in ef- 47th Fighter Sq. (July-Warren, OH). Bill fect. Available up to eight units at a flat rate of Ceroli, 40 Galluppi Dr., Lowellville, OH 44436 $24 per unit a year on a calendar year basis, (216) 536-8659 pro-rated during the first year at $2 a month 316th Ftr. Sq., 324th Fighter Grp. (July-Chester, per unit for insurance approved after January WV). Donald Penn, 1200 Mick Rd., Wells- i. Underwritten by two commercial life insur- National Emblem Sales employees ville, OH 43968 (216) 532-2205 ance companies, the Occidental Life Insurance 452d Bomb Wing (L) (Korea) (Aug-Long Beach, Co. of California and United States Life Insur- Bob Storm and Martha Chappell CA). Norman Stone, 81 W. Barclay St., Long ance Co. in the City of New York. American Le- Beach, CA 90805 (213) 638-9913 gion Life Insurance and Trust Fund is managed model the official attire of The 892d Chemical Co. (AD) (Aug-Nashville, TN). by trustees operating under the laws of Mis- American Legion's 63d National John Hawkins, RR 4, Box 228A, Walkerton, souri. No other insurance may use the full words IN 46574 (219) 586-2564 "American Legion." Administered by The Ameri- Convention to be held in Honolulu, AFLC Hq. Command Crew (1961-81) (July-Fair- can Legion Life Insurance Division, P.O. Box born, OH). Clifford Kirk, 1 Danzig Ave., 5609, Chicago, Illinois 60680, to which write for Hawaii Aug. 28 to Sept. 3. 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Rapid Deployment Force

( Continued from page 19)

About three battalions of the 82nd goal of readiness to fight 'one and Kelley, concedes shortcomings in air- Airborne could be airlifted in within one-half wars' at any time. lift and sealift. He also shares mis- a week, with the remainder of the "Nonetheless," he said, "what is givings over the Force's divided 15,000-man division arriving by the there is ready and it will go—no chain of command. But he's confident end of the second week. doubt in my mind." that these problems can be resolved It would take another two weeks Such reassurances from gung-ho without subjecting the Force to de- to bring in the 101st Airborne Divi- military professionals have not stilled structive criticism. "No organization sion with some of its helicopters. critics who contend that the RDF is in military history has been misun- The 24th Infantry Division with fatally flawed. derstood by so many people," Kelley its heavy tanks and other armor Sen. William S. Cohen (R-ME), told the Senate hearings. "No respon- would go by sea, requiring at least a chairman of the Senate Armed Ser- sible person could logically call the month. In all, 95 percent of the vices subcommittee on seapower and RDF a 'paper tiger.' The RDF plans RDF's supplies and equipment would force projection, has complained of to have available, on a daily basis, a have to be shipped by sea—a 12,000- the RDF's "hydra-headed command" force which exceeds 200,000 young, nautical mile voyage. which he said shows that little has hard-charging professional soldiers, Gen. Volney R. Warner, head of been learned from the recent hostage sailors, airmen and Marines. In the Readiness Command, says, "To rescue mission. Cohen also insisted terms of deterrent capability and reach maximum effectiveness, the that "a cardinal principle of U.S. combat power, these forces represent RDF should be able to deploy two- military intervention in the Gulf some of the best our nation can cur- thirds of its combat units in the re- must be avoidance of the kind of rently muster—and, as it matures, gion within 20 days. But to do this Vietnam-style, massive logistical the RDF gains increased recognition would require a doubling of the Mili- presence on land that inevitably and respect from friends and foes tary Airlift's present fleet of 70 arouses the hostility of indigenous alike." C-5's and 234 C-141's." nationalism." At 52, the lean, no-nonsense gen- With what the RDF now has, Another leading critic, Dr. Jeffrey eral has served with all four branches Warner estimates that combat troops Record of the Washington-based In- of military service. In an interview could be sustained for 30 to 60 days, stitute for Policy Analysis, testified with The American Legion Magazine assuming shipping would be available that in his opinion the RDF is "a in his sparse, windowless office at for heavier equipment. But the Navy's standing invitation to military disas- MacDill, he exuded enough confi- strategic sealift capability is down to ter—a disaster from which the mili- dence in his embryonic Force to be only 63 amphibious-assault and cargo tary reputation of the United States, "the first man off the first aircraft." vessels, fewer than half the number already battered by 30 years of de- Yet, is the RDF a credible deter- of 10 years ago. feats and miscarriages, would have rent right now? "If the Russians come over the difficulty recovering." "In broad terms," said Kelley, "we border tomorrow morning, and you In an 82-page study, Record called can deny the Soviets the kind of 'free want us to get there tomorrow night, the Force, as currently constituted, lunch' they had in Afghanistan. If then we're going to have problems," "little more than a hodgepodge of I were sitting in the Politburo, I'd says Maj. Gen. Jerome F. O'Malley, improperly equipped and structured be examining the capabilities of the chief of Air Force operations, plans units lumped together under a con- RDF very carefully. Equally impor- and readiness. "On the other hand, fused command apparatus rent by tant, I'd be looking at the will of the if tensions build and we have two unusually vicious and debilitating in- country that took the decision to cre- weeks' warning, we can get there." terservice rivalry for domination of ate the RDF." This margin may be on the short the rapid deployment mission." Said Kelley: "Only a year and a side. Some intelligence experts be- Warning that an "outnumbered half ago, if you asked someone what lieve it would take at least a month's and outgunned" RDF could face de- the U.S. might do about meeting a warning of an impending crisis for the feat if pinned down by sizable Soviet crisis in the Middle East-Persian RDF to mount an effective reaction or Soviet-backed forces, Record Gulf area, you'd get a rather blank force. In any event, the RDF's strat- called for its replacement by "a stare. Today, you have a Force that egy calls for getting to the target small, agile intervention force" is working together on all the hard area, if at all possible, before an drawn from the 188,000-man U.S. problems we put away on the shelf aggressor can arrive in force. Marine Corps and commanded by a for too many years." General Warner admits the RDF newly constituted 5th Fleet assigned The general acknowledges the could not "go to the Middle East to the Indian Ocean and Persian need for a restructured command. right now and defeat a Soviet force Gulf region. Such a Marine force, Under the present setup, the Force equal to what they have in Afghani- he noted, would not have to draw is subordinate to the Readiness Com- stan," or some 80,000 troops. "We're down U.S.-based units normally in- mand's CO., an Army general. If playing catch up for 10 years of lack tended as NATO reinforcements. He dispatched to the Persian Gulf, the of interest and that's going to take also said the Marines have a Penta- RDF would take orders from an Air some doing," he told the Association gon readiness rating of 70 percent Force general at European Com- of the U.S. Army. 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With high losses, Miles was forced fears known to politicians, generals No one knows how many Indians to turn the battle into a siege. Snow and Indian bureau officials. And, of were killed at The Battle of Big was falling. The Indians needed course, they coveted the fertile In- Hole, but 30 were found in one tepee blankets and ammunition, but Jo- dian lands. area. An Army report said 89 died, seph, ever the stately leader with the After Bear Paws, the Nez Perce among them Joseph's wife. Howard booming voice, hung on. were taken to Fort Keogh for the win- lost 29 troopers, five civilian volun- Colonel Miles, in his grab for ter. Months later, they were taken teers and had 44 seriously wounded. glory, called for a parley with Joseph. to Fort Leavenworth, KS, and then Col. John Gibbon, the front line com- There was agreement and the two to Oklahoma near Tonkawa. mander, later wrote, "And here you met halfway between the battle lines. Within eight years only 268 of Jo- find us, some killed, many wounded, They sat on a buffalo robe as they seph's band that once numbered but in no way discouraged. It was a spoke, but there was an immediate more than 1,000 remained alive. The gallant struggle. Who would have be- hitch. Joseph refused to have his others had been killed in the war, lieved that those Indians would have warriors surrender all of their weap- killed by the Southwest heat, im- rallied after such a surprise and made ons. Just before Joseph was to start proper food, misery and heartache. such a fight?" Later Gibbon also back for his camp, he was seized on Joseph, however, survived to become wrote, "Few of us will forget the wail orders of the colonel. In direct viola- an American hero. His leadership in of mingled grief, rage and horror tion of the declared truce, Joseph the lost cause, the grand way he con- which came from the Indian camp was hobbled, rolled in a blanket and ducted himself during the trek and four- or five-hundred yards from us thrown to the ground among the afterwards, his manner of dealing when the Indians recognized their mules and horses—humiliated. He with generals and politicians—all slaughtered warriors, women and was not injured, however. added to the aura about him. children." Meanwhile, Lt. Lovell Jerome of Joseph kept the case of the Nez Chief Yellow Knife, one of Jo- Colonel Miles' command was cap- Perce always in front of the press, seph's battlefield leaders, later told tured by Chief Yellow Bull. The the politicians and the Presidents. why the Indians did not pursue the lieutenant, as was often the custom He asked only that his people be soldiers harder: "We did not charge. with forces led by Joseph, was well allowed to return to their home—to If we killed one soldier, a thousand treated. He was allowed to keep his the cool, clear mountain homeland of would take his place. If we lost one sidearms and hot food was sent into the Northwest; to be allowed to leave warrior, there was no one to take the Indian camp to him from the the flat, hot, humid, dry, endless his place." force of troopers. "I am treated like plains of the Southwest. In retrospect, it is now accepted I am at home," Jerome said in a In time, Colonel Miles became Jo- that after Big Hole the war was lost note sent to Miles. "I hope you are seph's sponsor and advocate. By for the Indians. However, the Indians treating Chief Joseph as I am then, Miles was the most famous under Joseph obviously did not ac- treated." Miles soon released Joseph general in the Army. Together, Jo- cept this. Joseph and several lesser in exchange for Jerome. seph and Miles, aided by others, chiefs planned a raid soon after Big The situation for the Nez Perce finally prevailed upon the authori- Hole which resulted in the capture worsened by the hour. Scores of war- ties to let the surviving Nez Perce re- of 200 mules and a great many—no riors were slipping away to Canada turn to their beloved Northwest area. one knows how many—Army horses. from Joseph's encampment. Those And there they live today. Joseph and the chiefs sent their that remained loyal were in no con- Many live on Indian reservations, warriors, four abreast, toward the dition to wage war. Finally, Chief Jo- some near Lewiston. Others are scat- troopers' camp during the dark seph realized that the end had come. tered about in Idaho, Oregon, Wash- hours. As expected, sentinels thought Joseph surrendered with the vow: ington and Montana. And Chief Jo- they were troopers in formation re- "I will fight no more forever." seph—the man who led his people turning from a raid. Miles led the final surrender from one promised land in search of Thirty miles from Canada at a negotiations, if, indeed, "negotia- another and, finally, back again place called Bear Paws, the final tions" was the proper word. The died on September 21, 1904. He was battle of the war occurred. General Indians agreed to do what they were honored in death for being the great Howard's force was far back along told. They laid down their arms, American that he was; he was re- the trail, but Colonel Miles was close agreed to live peacefully, but kept spected and admired as a man who and he moved in on the poor position many of their ponies for transporta- did what he knew was right for his on Snake Creek that Joseph and tion. 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By 1984, provided sufficient in- orbiting space stations housing as launch vehicles to bring bulk ma- vestment in research is encouraged many as 10,000 workers. Following a terials to a construction platform by a potential market, household 1975 conference on space colonies, where components can be manu- robots probably will be "playthings attended by representatives of the factured using automated machines. for the rich" who can afford to either National Aeronautics and Space Ad- "The structural elements will be build or remodel their homes to ac- ministration and the American In- handled by teleoperated or automat- commodate the machines. stitute of Aeronautics and Astro- ic cranes and manipulators that em- Although "there is no way one nautics, O'Neill commented that place components and join them. could hope for a combination British "with good direction and high prior- Free-flying robots can transport butler, Japanese manservant, Irish ity, but not under 'crash program' structural pieces between the shuttle maid and German cook," Engelberg- conditions, I estimate that the first or the fabrication site and the as- er says, there will be much for ro- space manufacturing facility could sembly site and connect them." bots to do. be in place with its productive ca- If a lunar base should be needed, "First, it can do basic cleanup: pacity working by about 1988." robots could build that too. scrubbing floors, washing windows, • In-space processing of steel, "An automated system might dusting, vacuuming, etc. All of these mined in asteroids for import to launch the base building project," activities would be programmed and earth, has been studied and, accord- says Heer. 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How base would be built using automated the condiments at hand and their can we afford to build the facilities equipment and robots, in part, draw- age. Keeping the larder stocked could to house the construction crews that ing on the stockpiles and performing be done by the robot's computer in will build solar power stations and construction operations similar to direct communication with that of floating factories? Knowing that those used in earth orbit (where the supermarket. If the lady of the nothing will ever be less expensive some materials are delivered to the household wanted to cook some ex- than it is right now, how do we ever site) . After construction, general pur- otic dish, she could feed the recipe make space profitable? pose robots would do maintenance to the robot and it would gather "A promising approach might fol- and repair. Once established, the lu- the ingredients, ordering anything low the one being pursued (else- nar base would use many types of in- not on hand." where) in society, that is, using in- dustrial automation in its work." On a rainy day, the robot could creased levels of automation through When does Heer expect to see double as a teacher or playmate. machine intelligence, robotics and enough interest and investment to "The family could rent chess-play- teleoperator (remotely controlled turn our attention to the potential of ing software and have on hand a machines) technology," suggests the cosmos? chess adversary of any chosen skill Dr. Ewald Heer, technical manager "I think when some of our re- level. Or, one could choose to make of the Robotics and Space Mechan- sources are depleted or sufficiently the robot a Monopoly or Scrabble ics program at the Jet Propulsion scarce," he answers. adversary," says Engelberger. Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. 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Little, Inc., has been bulk materials to fabricate parts at though gears and computers have re- studying a solar power satellite that the site could shrink costs. placed his artificial protoplasm. could beam to earth, via microwaves, Heer describes his vision of robots' Heer estimates that robots of one an amount of power equal to that of roles in space. sort or another are already doing the at least two Hoover Dams. With re- "Systems such as large space an- work of 400 million people, and, he fined technology and an adequate tennas, satellite power systems and notes, "The man/machine symbiosis transportation system, these could be space stations will require large and is moving with ever-increasing speed in place by the end of the century. complex construction facilities in toward more automation." • Gerard K. O'Neill, a Princeton space. The shuttle can deliver some And where will it stop? Nobody

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of DOLLARS I WITH Vietnamese cooperation in accounting BURKE missing. for the SEAT-LIFT Throughout the eight long years since the end of U.S. involvement in CHAIRS Vietnam, the families of the men Free have found it necessary to intensify UN-SKRU OPENS LIDS EASILY. No more their struggle to obtain an account- Week twisted wrists! Slip your jar lid into the Un-Skru until it wedges; then turn the jar. Home Trial " ing. For the past ten years, The Fits lids from y2 to 5" wide. Made of plastic with a steel "gripper". $6.95 plus American Legion has donated ad- Ask about Medicare coverage 850 postage; 2/S13.50 plus $1 postage. ministrative and legislative assistance Order from Hoist, Inc. Box 370, Dept. AL-681, 1118 W. Lake, Tawas City, Ml as well as office space to the National Now's the time to save hundreds of 48763. League of POW/MIA Families. The dollars with a comfortable Burke recliner. seat-lift chairs let you Legion's support and that of other Burke stand and sit when you want, with less such organizations is an integral part strain. Power recline to any position, of the League's present optimism that automatically elevating your feet and their goal is now in reach. legs. Write for information and Keith Baker, POW/MIA National compare. Committee Chairman for The Amer- FIX LAWN MOWERS ' P.O. BOX 1064, Dept. AL-681 FOR FUN & PROFIT! Fascinating RE- ican Legion suggests concerned ic. Mission. BlttKE Kansas 66202 VISED Handbook by F. Peterson gives citizens can help by writing letters to or call TOLL FREE 1-800-255-4147 you the knowledge skilled mechanics L. learn. Completely updated. Hanoi to demonstrate that the re- J OVER 125 ILLUSTRATIONS show turn of prisoners and cooperation how to trouble shoot, repair carbu- retors, engines, balance and on the accounting for the missing is a sharpen blades, etc. Exploded drawings are extensively used. to all Letters to concern Americans. INSTRUCTIONS COVER reel, ro- the President and Members of Con- tary ana rider mowers, pre- MAGNIFYING GLASSES ventive and routine mainte- gress, supporting action on the nance, how to identify brand names, where to obtain re- issue, also suggested. POW/MIA are placement parts. How to Those wishing to further demon- buy and use a lawnmower. TRY the HANDBOOK OF LAWN MOWER strate concern for their missing com- REPAIR. REVISED EDITION. Rush only $9.95 plus $1.10 handling on 10-day rades and at the same time help the money-back guarantee. League financially may wish to wear EMERSON BOOKS, Inc., Dept. 735-F. Buchanan, NY 10511 a POW/MIA pin on their lapel or A Blessing For Folks Over 40 hat. The pin can be obtained by Easily read your phone book, Bible, sending $3.00 and a stamped, self- ads or labels! 30 day home trial. Not addressed envelope to: POW/MIA for astigmatism or eye disease. U.S. Families, 1608 K Street, N.W., UPSTAIRS . . Washington, D.C. 20006. made impact resistant lenses. State age/sex. Only $6.98 + 75C handling. DOWNSTAIRS Precision Optical, Oept 34-V, Rochelle. ILL 61068

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47 THE AMERICAN LEGION June 1981 Parting Shots

Little Gray Home in Smogland Approaching Los Angeles Airport from Denver, a passenger suddenly jumped from his seat and began running from one side of the plane to the other. Asked by the stewardess what the problem was, he re- plied, "Oh, nothing's wrong. I was just checking the freeways to decide which one to take home." —Sharon Connor

The bathtub was invented in 1850, and the telephone in 1875. Had you lived in 1850, you could have sat in the bathtub for the next 25 years without having the phone ring once. —David Douglas

Parental Guidance A young lady was doing a survey in a housing project. She asked one elderly man if he participated in sports. "No, my parents won't let me," the old- ster replied. "Your parents?" questioned the young lady. "Yes, Mother Nature and Father Time."

—Martha J. Beckman

Small boy to Dad reading bedtime story, "Fiddlers three? Don't you mean a three-piece string combo?" —Robert Patrick

Cautious Kid A bachelor's smart, "Operator, I want to call St. Barnabas Church in Cleveland." He isn't a dunce; He never makes THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE The same mistake once. —Lois Kosinski

Supreme Sacrifice Same Ball Game A diet is a penalty for exceeding the A red-blooded American patriotic-type A minister, walking through the lobby feed limit. fellow went for his physical examination of a hotel one morning, recognized a ball- —Becky Martin only to be told the sad news—he had only- player he knew by sight. He sauntered six months to live. "Well then," the pa- over to the player, introduced himself and triot declared, "I shall become a Commu- said: "One thing I've always wondered. nist." Why must you play ball on Sunday?" "A Communist!" exclaimed the doctor. "Well, Reverend," smiled the player, "But why?" "Sunday is our biggest day—we get the The doomed man's response rang with best crowds—take in more money—and conviction: "Better that one of them after all, Sunday is your biggest day too, should die than one of us!" isn't it?" —Matthew Daniel With a nod of understanding, the minis- ter explained: "But there's a little differ- ence. You see, I'm in the right field." Supply-Side Slip Up? The ballplayer brightened and re- The sociology professor was discussing sponded, "So am I, and ain't the sun hell the population explosion with the class. out there?" "If you lined up all the people in China —Kara Williams four abreast," he said, "and marched them over a cliff, the line would never end." Academic Perfection One student looked blank, whereupon the Two disillusioned college presidents professor explained. "The population, you were discussing what they'd do if they had see, would grow faster than they could their lives to live over. go over the cliff." "I think I'd like to ran an orphanage," The student thought for a moment and said one. "No parents to contend with." "This is simply nature's way of said, "But how could it? They'd be "I'd rather run a penitentiary," said the telling you I made a boo-boo." marching." other. "No alumni pressure groups." —Michael. Coghlan —Edward Fowler THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE

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