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Vol. 118, No. 5 ARTICLES KEEPING THE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH 13

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HOW TO ELIMINATE WASTE IN DEFENSE CONTRACTING 19

If E n AVI V-E DAY! 20 Tfore was ;oy a«d thanksgiving, but the peace remained to be won. By Richard F. Newcomb 20 THE STORY BEHIND TAPS 22 i/ere's ftow fAe nation's most soulful melody came to be written. By William L. Noyer

THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY EXPLOSION 24 Millions ofAmericans are beating the system by staying at home. By Phyllis Zauner

THE SOVIET MILITARY: A PAPER TIGER? 26

The Soviet military is not inefficient, not inept — it is deadly. By Edward N. Luttwak

NATIONAL CONVENTION '85 28 This business trip promises to be a pleasure. By Paul Martin

WHO WILL CARE FOR THE AGING VETERAN? 31

The VA medical system is under attack at the very time it's needed most.

IT'S THE SNEEZIN' SEASON 62 Medical advances offer new hope for hay fever sufferers. By Edward Edelson DEPARTMENT BIG ISSUES 11 Should Congress Approve the President's Strategic Defense Initiative?

LETTERS 3 LEGION NEWS 36 NEWS TO USE 44

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 5 POST OF THE MONTH 38 ORBEN'S WORLD 54

DATELINE WASHINGTON 9 LEGIONNAIRES IN ACTION 40 PARTING SHOTS 64

VETERANS UPDATE 31 OUTFIT REUNIONS 42

THE COVER

Nuclear submarine, USS City of Corpus Christi, on patrol at sea. General Dynamics photo

The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.5 million members. These military-service veterans, work- ing through 16,000 community-level Posts, dedicate themselves to God and country and traditional American values; a strong national security; adequate and compassionate care for veterans, their widows and orphans; community service, and the wholesome development of our nation's youth. Canada looks even better from the train This year, see for yourself!

Canada's vast and varied scenic splendour is a joy to behold. Especially when you travel through the scenery in the roomy, comfortable atmosphere of the VIA train. Where you'll see Canada up close through the panoramic window at your seat. Or from the glass-domed observation car on the transcontinental trains. Or from the dining car. Even from your private bedroom.

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dent for those I had in a snow-covered under those white crosses in our na- An Open Letter foxhole during the Battle of the Bulge or tional cemeteries. I wonder if their Mr. Stockman — Concerning your the stench of ? last thought was about receiving their recent statements about military re- And how would you have liked being retirement pay? tired pay: I think you should know in the steaming jungles of Vietnam, not I would suggest Mr. Stockman that that I would be quite willing to give up knowing the enemy— except for those you take a ride to Arlington National my retired pay if by so doing I could protesters in the states who were lend- Cemetery. Get out, look around and have back the muscle shot out of my ing aid and comfort to that enemy while reflect for a few minutes on what you right shoulder by an enemy ma- our young men were dying? have said. Do you really believe that chinegun. And give me back that part Yes, Mr. Stockman, after all this those buried there were more con- of my skull that is missing as a result was over and I was no longer physi- cerned about retirement pay than of that same encounter in Normandy. cally able to serve, I thought about about the defense of their country? And hand back to me the days, retirement pay. But let me assure you Robert E. Chisolm weeks, months and years that I was that my first thoughts, then and now, El Paso, Texas separated from my family while fight- were always to preserve the freedom ing in three major conflicts. Let me of this great country, even if it meant have the thrill of seeing my daughter's giving my life. In all honesty, and if I Smith 8 Wesson first step or of hearing her first word. could, I would never trade off the im- Compensate my wife for the worry, mense feeling of satisfaction and pride It was with some chagrin that I grief and long empty hours she spent in having been honored by being noted our handgun featured on the raising a child alone. All of this while allowed to serve my country and fight cover of your January, 1985 edition. her husband was thousands of miles its enemies. Mr. Stockman, this is a While we are always pleased to have away defending our country, and her feeling you will never experience. the public exposed to the high quality not knowing if he was alive or dead. Certainly, the great stress and frus- of our handguns, you can understand Can you pay me for being on duty 24 tration you must feel as Budget- Direc- that at the same time, we would pre- hours a day, seven days a week without tor contributed to your unfounded fer not to be associated with the "bad receiving— or even thinking— of over- remark. But your frustrations could guys." As you probably know, Smith time pay? And would you — had you never equal the grief of the parents, & Wesson is the main supplier of been willing to serve — have traded wives, sons and daughters of the handguns to police forces around the your accommodations as a divinity stu- thousands of young Americans lying world, and our allegiance is certainly with them. While, unfortunately, firearms can fall into the wrong hands, Smith & Wesson takes every effort Peace Through Strength . . . and Efficiency possible to reduce this chance to zero. Robert I. Hass This month we by-service analysis of major weapons sys- Senior Vice President examine the major tems reveals where we stand today and components of our analyzes how our military might com- Apologies are definitely in order. military arsenal and pares with our defense requirements. The cover should have shown a explore what the Uppermost in the minds of all Legion- ''Saturday Night Special." -Editors. Pentagon is doing naires is the necessity to keep our armed to ensure that the forces properly equipped, but at the same is time we realize that the billions spent on getting full value defense must be prudently managed. for every dollar Waste, fraud and abuse have no place in Alumni Search spent on national defense contracting. The delegates to the In September we will dedicate an defense, especially in the area of defense 66th National their Convention expressed honor roll for 115 former Stetson Home contracting the subject of much recent strong concern about this by passing a — boys who have served during the wars. nationwide controversy. resolution calling not only for sufficient We would appreciate receiving names America's nuclear and conventional de- funding for vital spare parts, but also for that should be included on the roll. terrent has proved its worth by providing the strict enforcement of a spare parts four decades of peace in Europe and by control program recently instituted by Don Colpitts preventing localized wars elsewhere from the Pentagon. 129 Timson St. escalating into global conflicts. The pre- Therefore, we are also featuring two Lynn, Mass., 01902 vention of war and the preservation of points of view on what needs to be done liberty, no matter what the cost, amounts to ensure that every defense dollar is well to money well spent. spent. One deals with eliminating waste However, our military arsenal cannot in defense contracting, and the other fo- Wrong Smith be thought of as a static asset a collec- cuses specifically on improving overall — I am not the director of the Nebraska tion of weapons and weapons systems Pentagon efficiency. Regional VA office, as stated in your which, once bought, can be forgotten. We invite you, our fellow veterans, to article (Building Membership) in March. They must be continually upgraded, con- share with us your thoughts on the state The director is Mr. James "Jim" Smith, tinually reassessed, to ensure that they of America's military readiness and on a commander. are sufficient to counter the threats posed what can be done to eliminate waste in past department in an ever-changing world. Our service- defense spending. The Editors Leonard L. Smith Lincoln, Neb.

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Memorial Day: Honoring the Dead, Caring for the Living

the end of this month mil- nation in observances which recall the ATlions of Legionnaires, Auxil- final moments of gallant and brave iary members, their families Americans. And today we also turn and friends will gather at cemeteries our attention to the plight of those across America to honor this nation's who remain among us, some rapidly dead. Row upon row of grave approaching their time of crisis. markers — not only in tiny church- On other pages of this issue is a yards and in vast national cemeteries, story with chilling implications. It is a but also on battlefields around the story in which America's aging war- world — vividly demonstrate how riors would fall victim to well-inten- deeply this nation is indebted to its tioned efforts to streamline govern- many gallant veterans. ment spending. It is a story with an Memorial Day, with flags and flow- as-yet unwritten ending. I encourage ers decorating the final resting places you to become thoroughly familiar of these valiant heroes, reflects self- with it, because it is not an issue The less courage and steadfast dedication American Legion will let slip into to America and to the preservation of obscurity; just as we have an obliga- her democratic ideals. tion to preserve the memories of our Since the first shots proclaiming the war dead, we have a sacred duty to United States as a sovereign republic care for those who survived. were fired more than 200 years ago, Nat'l. Cdr. Clarence M. Bacon America owes her existence to the almost 1.2 million Americans have sacrifices made by her veterans and, died in war; nearly 700,000 of them on the battle, with some who will soon as a nation, is honor-bound to make the battlefield. Many more were look to their nation for fulfillment of good the promises of adequate hos- casualties, but survived. promises of compassion and care when pitalization and care to those who The rows of monuments which span it is needed. served her. Millions rallied to Ameri- this nation's history pay mute tes- The responsibilities for remem- ca's call, with far too many paying the timony to the magnitude of what those brance and for compassionate care ultimate sacrifice. men and women gave in defense of were incorporated into the foundation So, this Memorial Day as graves their land and in defense of others. All of The American Legion and were around the world are decorated with other sacrifices pale in comparison. marked by two significant events our nation's colors, and as we join in Generation after generation went shortly after World War I. remembrance of those who answered into the breech, often against over- When the full force of veterans was in time of America's need and did not whelming odds and with little hope of brought to bear on the U.S. govern- return, we should all draw closer to- survival. Those memorials we decor- ment to provide adequate rehabilita- gether in dedication to seeing our re- ate this month also are a solemn re- tion and hospitalization of returning maining comrades live out their lives minder that we who survived have a veterans, The American Legion over- with compassionate care and dignity. continuing responsibility to our saw the formation of the Veterans There are many non-Legionnaire vet- comrades — both those who are alive Bureau — later to become the Veter- erans who would join us in this effort. today and those who are not. ans Administration. Many are just waiting for the opportu- First, we must continue to empha- At the same time, The American nity to once again rise to a worthy size to all generations of Americans Legion assumed the responsibility for cause. Seek them out and have them the true meaning of Memorial Day and remembering America's war dead join your post to carry on the founding encourage every citizen in this nation from the Grand Army of the Republic, precepts of The American Legion. to observe it properly, with compas- the organization credited with creating Because, just as Memorial Day is a sionate and heart-felt thanks to Amer- the national observance of decorating national observance of this nation's fal- icans who made the ultimate sacrifice the graves of America's fallen heroes. len warriors, we must also have a na- for our country. Today we carry on both traditions tional awareness of the potential threat Secondly, we must use this occasion with the same devotion that was in- to America's disabled, aged, sick or poor to inspire renewed dedication to those spired two thirds of a century ago. veteran. Our obligation and that of our Americans alive today who have borne This Memorial Day we will lead the country's can be no less.

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Rep. Thomas A. Luken is thinking of another approach: a paid. They get about 40 percent more than U.S. employees national lottery. for comparable jobs, according to government sources. The legislator suggests that as much as $50 billion could be raised by the federal government through a nationwide lottery. An opinion survey indicates that 62 percent of Alzeimer Centers Proposed Americans would go for the idea, he said, and he points out Identical measures in the House and Senate would create that some 20 states are already boosting their own reve- 20 federal regional centers for the treatment of Alzeimer's nues with lotteries. disease, an ailment that afflicts some four million Ameri- Luken doesn't propose jumping into his scheme right cans, or about 10 percent of citizens over 65. The bills were away. His legislation, first introduced in the 98th Congress introduced by Sen. Albert Gore and Rep. Claude Pepper. and revived this year, would create a national commission Alzeimer's, which results in steady deterioration of the to see how a national lottery would affect the state gaming brain, loss of memory, physical debilitation and death in operations, and how other countries, such as and three to 20 years, has been described by suffering families , are benefiting from their national lotteries. as "a funeral that lasts for years." Legislation sponsors believe that despite some federal assistance, victims of this spreading disease get relatively Alaska Outdraws Sun Belt little help, and that costs, running up to $50,000 per per- Most Americans on the move are heading South and son, must be borne by the patients' families, often breaking West to the sun belt states, but the biggest single lure for them financially. our peripatetic population is Alaska, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates. Alaska has been the fastest growing of the 50 states over Fewer Homes Hit by Grime this period, its 19 percent. head count jumping by The percent of the nation's homes "touched by crime" has However, most migration has been to the South and been steadily declining since 1975, according to the latest West, as has been the case in the previous decade, attract- figures issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. ing 94 percent of the 7.4 million Americans seeking a A household is considered "touched by crime" if during change of location. the year it experienced a burglary, larceny or auto theft; or California, Texas and Florida led all the rest in expand- if a household member was robbed, raped or assaulted. ing their populations. The Midwest, on the other hand, suf- The latest statistics show 27 percent of American homes, fering not only from cold weather, but also from industrial embracing some 70 million citizens, were touched by crime, shutdowns, was severely hit population loss, with by a 2-percent drop from the year before. Michigan hit the hardest. The statistics also revealed that urban homes were more The latest Census estimate disclosed that both York New vulnerable to crime than suburban; rural households were and Rhode Island, which suffered a dwindling citizenry dur- "touched" the least; lower income families were more vul- ing the earlier decade, have made a small pickup in popula- nerable than higher income families; and black households tion. There also migration into was some North Dakota. were more vulernable than white. Longer, tougher sentences by the courts and citizen Reduce U.N. Funding? crime prevention practices are seen as two of the factors in the crime reduction. Reducing the nation's spending is the main concern of both administration and Congress, but there's also a strong movement for a spending cut in the as well. A bill calling for a sharp decrease in the U.S. payment to Quote of the Month the United Nations was adopted by the Senate last year, "// we insist upon preparing for today's war by mounting but never made it through the House. Instead, Congress yesterday's defenses, we are doomed to defeat. Today the im- froze the American participation at $190 million. A recom- portant battles are not along borders but in remote villages mended cut will come up in the current session of Congress and small countries whose name few Americans have heard. with a greater chance of passage. In pinpointing aggression, it is no longer enough to look for " Congressional members are getting increasingly fed up the smoking gun; now we must look for the hidden hand. with the anti-American rhetoric in the United Nations and Richard M. Nixon its affiliated agencies. The United States has already pulled Former U.S. President

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The first duty of anyl The President's dream to nation's government is render nuclear weapons "im- to protect its people, YES potent and obsolete" by or- Our Constitution pledges us to provide biting exotic weapons in space to inter- for the common defense before all else. cept missiles before they reach U.S. soil For most taxpayers believe that much has great appeal, and research on such a of our military spending goes for concept should continue. However, to weapons to destroy whatever missiles promise that this so-called "Star Wars" or aircraft that may be launched against us. This is not so. In proposal would protect the American people from the dev- the late 1960s we abandoned attempts to build anti-missile astation of nuclear war is a cruel hoax, and an oversimplifi- defenses. In the 1970s, we tore down the anti-aircraft shield cation of the complex nature of our nuclear age. that we paid $100 billion for a few years before. The vision of protecting the U.S. population against nu-

The excuse for all this is that it is technically too difficult clear attack fades when examined closely. According to sci- to protect populations. The real reason is that many offi- entists, perhaps 5 percent or 10 percent of the missiles cials believe we are safe, as long as we can retaliate with would get through a defensive shield, called ballistic-missile nuclear weapons. These officials sought to make their defense or BMD. These missiles would be aimed at the wishes reality by negotiating treaties with the Soviets, hardest to defend targets in the United States — cities and which would make both sides vulnerable to each other. industrial installations. It would only take a few missiles And although the Soviets signed the SALT treaties, they getting through to wreak havoc on society as we know it. have hardly accepted the ideas and premises of American Furthermore, should the Soviets build their own BMD liberals. The Soviets have built theirs not to kill us, but to shield, the illusion of safety created might make them more disarm us. Their defense against aircraft is based on the likely to launch a pre-emptive attack against the United oldest, as well as the newest, means. They are building States in a time of crisis. hundreds of road-mobile and anti-missile systems that can Ballistic-missile defense would accelerate the nuclear protect hundreds of urban areas. They're producing ABM arms race because the first, and simplest response to a radars and interceptor missiles as well, and this year, they BMD would be to build enough missiles to saturate the sys- may launch into space the world's first high-energy laser. tem. U.S. deployment of a BMD designed to threaten the And yet the United States, despite President Reagan's effectiveness of Soviet missile forces could thus trigger an excellent words about safeguarding American lives, has no unbridled nuclear arms race. This is what the United anti-missile weapons and none are being designed. High of- States sought to avoid through ratification of the 1972 ficials have described the president's Strategic Defense Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union which Initiative as a $26 billion research effort, designed only to explicitly prohibits defensive systems. find out if the technology would enable us to defend our- Finally, it would be cheaper for the Soviet Union to build selves against ballistic missiles. But we already know the additional nuclear weapons to saturate a U.S. BMD, and to answer to that question. The Soviets have shown the world overwhelm our system with decoy missiles, than it would that it is possible to protect against ballistic missiles. be for the United States to build a BMD. Although it is According to many experts, there exists plenty of impossible to say with accuracy how much "Star Wars" technology, both ground-based and space-based, which would cost, many experts have estimated that it could cost could protect American people against Soviet nuclear up to one trillion dollars. This would put a strain on our weapons. The Soviet Union is building its defense one step defense budget, and take needed funds from other impor- at a time, and it would be to our advantage not to depend tant defense programs. upon the discovery of the "perfect weapon." Common sense A perfect defense is unlikely to work as promised, would tells us to do what we can with what we've got now. be incredibly expensive, and could actually increase the America should not be forced to lay belly up, unshielded likelihood of nuclear war by fueling the nuclear arms race against the Soviet sword. on earth.

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KEEPING THE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH A report on America's major weapons systems

SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WAR fought with weapons of unimag- inable destructiveness has posed a continuous threat to mankind for THEthe past four decades. Yet, these very weapons systems have also provided the deterrent which has kept the peace. America's weapons systems will help determine — should it occur how the next war will be fought; current military technology will shape, to a large extent, the outcome of that war. Our country has long un- derstood this and has invested heavily in modernizing and strengthening our military forces. In fact, our military services are now in the midst of a mod- ernization program which is long overdue and unprecedented in peacetime. But do we have the weapons we need? Are we yet able to deal with the broad spectrum of potential conflict posed by our troubled world? Also of paramount concern, are we able to solve the needling problem of much- publicized waste, fraud and abuse in defense procurement? In this special report, The American Legion Magazine examines, service by service, the latest advances in weapons technology— advances that are de- signed to help our military continue its mission of maintaining peace through strength. We also offer the views of two efficiency experts who discuss the actions needed to prevent the public from being ripped-off by those who would profit illegally from the billions being spent for needed modernization.

MAY 1985 13 — —

By Richard Barnard ARMY THE ARMY STANDS AT THE midpoint of an unprecedented peacetime build-up. At the heart of its modernization is the belief that the battle of tomorrow will be fought on a smoky, rapidly changing battlefield, where U.S. and Soviet forces meet in ground and aerial combat. The generals say this "fluid" battlefield requires the Army to beef up its airborne and ground mobility, enabling troops to strike quickly and decisively at an enemy, both in his front lines and in his rear areas. De- signed for use against Warsaw Pact forces in Central Europe, the new doc- trine is called "Air/Land Battle 2000." DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE To make its strategy work, the HUMMER The jeep's I'A-ton armored about five miles and fire on each in Army is buying thousands of helicop- replacement features a 20mm cannon. order of importance. Secretary Wein- ters, tanks and trucks able to go berger has set new tests and will de- nearly anywhere. It has plans for ton's days — while an improved ver- cide whether to keep or kill the 614- missiles able to fly farther — and with sion, known as the MlAl, features a vehicle program. greater accuracy — than any artillery 120mm gun of German design to bet- Hovering above the tracked combat shell. In addition, the service is pre- ter pierce Soviet tanks, and improved vehicles will be a new fleet of helicop- paring to replace its communications armor and protection from nuclear, ters. The Army wants 1,700 Black network so commanders can keep biological and chemical attack. Hawks to replace its aging fleet of track of their troops in a maddeningly Joining the Army's armored col- UH-1 Hueys. The new helicopter car- complex and chaotic theater of war. umns will be two other vehicles, the ries more men than the old Huey The Army's biggest program is its M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the "slicks" and is less susceptible to M-l Abrams tank project, which is Sgt. York Division Air Defense Gun. ground fire, according to veterans who about halfway through a decade-long The M-2 will become the Army's pre- saw action in both Vietnam and Gre- buy of 7,000 of the 60-ton vehicles. mier troop carrier, ferrying infantry- nada. The Army also plans to buy 550 Some of the tanks are mounted with men past enemy armor into enemy copies of its new AH-64 Apache, a $10 105mm main guns — far greater than territory to wreak havoc and disrupt million anti-tank chopper for day and the 75mm guns of Gen. George Pat- communications. The M-2 carries 13 night missions. men and is topped by a rapid-fire 25mm Hughes Chain Gun. The Army Army also plans to spend wants to buy 6,882 Bradleys. Theabout $30 billion between 1987 But, the Army is having trouble and 1997 to build a new fleet of with its Sgt. York anti-aircraft gun, light scout and attack helicop- named after WWI Medal of Honor ters to replace 7,000 Vietnam-era recipient Sgt. Alvin York. choppers. Known as LHX, the pro- The Sgt. York is a full year into posed fleet is expected to number production with complicated com- 5,000. The aircraft feature a single puter links between the system's pilot capable of air-to-air combat with twin 40mm guns and its radar. enemy choppers and aircraft. The Sgt. York is designed to Also stalking the skies of the future track as many as a dozen will be unmanned drones, lightweight, targets simultaneously at self-propelled reconnaissance vehicles like those used successfully by the Is- raeli Army during the invasion of . Known now as the Aquila, the Army's Remotely Piloted Vehicle

Richard Barnard, editor of Navy ABRAMS TANK This 60-ton tank has a Times, is a Washington-based jour- 105mm main gun and nalist who specializes in defense poli- can go as fast as 45mph. cy and weapons technology. "The smaller, single-engine f-16 was i designed as a less expensive dogfighter.

program would give ground command- ers the ability to survey enemy terri- tory and find targets up to five kilometers away without risking lives. To get its equipment to the battle- field and keep it all running, the Army has ordered 197,000 trucks of various sizes and makes for delivery by 1990. For example, the 1-1/4-ton "Hummer" will replace the ancient jeep fleet, but still leave the Army short of trucks. F-16 FALCON — 2,659 high-maneu- verability F-16s will add fire power to AIR FORCE USAF arsenal. THE PRIMARY TACTICAL striking arms of the Air Force re- radar, targeting systems and arma- main the F-15 and F-16 fighters. ments. One of the more dramatic in- The large twin-engine, single-seat novations is the F-16XL, which has a lift NAVY F-15 Eagle is widely regarded as one longer fuselage, far greater capac- of the world's finest fighters. Its ity and what are called "cranked ar- THE NAVY'S AIRCRAFT CAR- speed, range and beyond-visual-range row" wings. These are high-swept riers remain the "key to an effec- targeting capabilities place enormous wings of graphite composites. These tive, balanced 600-ship Navy," said flexibility in the hands of the pilot. changes, coupled with a computerized Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval In 1983, the aircraft was further control system, enable the plane to Operations. At present, there are 12 modernized with an advanced radar, a take off in two-thirds the distance of carriers, including three of the new data processor with better capacity the existing F-16 while carrying dou- Nimitz class. Three additional Nimitz and higher speed, and a simplified ble the weapons load and flying a far carriers are being built. These be- armament control system that is greater combat radius. hemoths are 1,092 feet long, can carry easier to operate and may be easily Also in planning is a proposal to about 95 aircraft and up to 6,200 men, adapted to fire advanced versions of build 100 B-1B bombers at a cost of and are capable of speeds over 30 knots. the Sidewinder, Sparrow or advanced $28 billion, with the last one to be built The carrier aircraft are one of the medium-range air-to-air missiles. in 1986. The B-1B carries a payload of Navy's principle means of projecting In 1984, the Air Force ordered a 26 cruise missiles and eight MK-82 power at sea and ashore. The two- new version of the Eagle, the F-15E, bombs. The B-1B takes advantage of engine, two-seat F-14 Tomcat inter- which is designed for ground-attack advanced technology, which allows ceptor has been a mainstay of the missions at night or in adverse wea- enemy radar screens to see only 1 per- Navy's tactical units. Its job in war- ther. The F-15E is a two-seater. The cent of the B-1B in comparison with time is to intercept attacking Soviet rear seat is to be occupied by a the B-52. naval bombers armed with cruise weapons controller. Advanced radar missiles. The Tomcat tracks 24 targets and infrared systems, and the plane's administration intends to fol- simultaneously. Under combat condi- aerodynamically improved fuel tanks Thelow the B-1B project with 132 tions, the F-14 carries six Phoenix and bomb racks designed for high Advanced Technology Bombers air-to-air missiles, which can be speeds, are among the innovations the (ATB), or Stealth bombers, at a launched and targeted simultaneously. Air Force believes will make the F-15 cost of $47 billion. The first ATB will The Navy has about 435 F-14A Tom- an effective night-attack plane. be fielded in the early 1990s. Scant cats, and gradually will order 306 ad- All told, the Air Force intends to data are available on ATB payload, or vanced F-14D versions. buy 1,376 F-15s at a total cost of $38 weapons capabilities, but both will be The F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter is billion. At present, the Air Force ap- less than those of the B-1B. The radar the Navy's newest tactical aircraft. pears to be overcoming the shortage of cross section of the ATB is less than The twin-engine, single-seat airplane spares that once hampered the F-15's. the B-1B, which would enable the is a dual-mission craft capable of The smaller, single-engine F-16 was bomber to get much closer to enemy air-to-air or ground-attack missions. It designed as a less expensive dogfight- air defense radar before being de- carries the Sidewinder and Sparrow er to counter-balance the more costly tected. III air-to-air projectiles. F-15. The Air Force will purchase at Those on capital hill anticipate an- The A-6E Intruder attack plane is least 2,659 F-16s. Like its larger sib- other round of debate over the wisdom widely acclaimed as the world's most ling, the F-16 Falcon has been con- of having a follow-up bomber almost capable all-weather craft. It is armed tinuously modernized with advanced immediately after the B-1B. with a variety of bombs and the Har-

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FORMIDABLE FIREPOWER Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers feature the latest in anti-air and antisubmarine weaponry.

poon anti-ship missile. It also is to fire cal launch missile system and 90 ous assault ship with an 840-foot car- the HARM anti-radar missile. It can missiles, including the Tomahawk. rier deck for helicopters and vertical/ attack ground targets with virtual Despite Soviet advances in sub- short takeoff planes, such as the pinpoint accuracy in darkness or in marine design, particularly in the Marine Corps Harrier II. The ship foul weather. The heart of the A-6E is quieting of subs, the U.S. Navy's also is fitted with six surgery suites its radar, which performs an array of SSN-688 Los Angeles-class nuclear at- and 600 hospital beds. complex tasks, including target iden- tack submarine remains one of its tification, tracking and terrain clear- most potent weapons. Though the first ance. The Navy has approximately 350 was commissioned in 1976, the sub's A-6Es; an advanced A-6F version is to guidance, warfare and data processing have new engines, new hydraulics and components have been continuously MARINES updated avionics. modernized. According to Navy ex- THE MARINE CORPS AN- perts, the sub's long-range sonar has nounced this year that it would fol- CG-47 Ticonderoga-class of proven to be exceptionally effective. low the Army's lead in buying the Theguided-missile cruisers is part of The sub is 360-feet long, and can M1A1 tank, the UH-60 Black Hawk the protective buffer of war- travel faster than 30 knots. It is armed helicopter and the Hummer. ships that surrounds each car- with the heavy Mk-48 , Har- Charged with placing many men rier. Designed primarily for anti-air poon and Tomahawk cruise missiles ashore quickly, the Marines will also warfare and antisubmarine warfare, and antisubmarine rockets. The Navy benefit in the coming years from the the Ticonderoga consists of an Aegis wants about 100 nuclear-powered purchase by the Navy of more than combat system. The Aegis is built submarines. About 30 SSN-688s have 100 amphibious assault vessels. The around the SPY-1 radar, which is been delivered to the Navy. largest is the LHD-1, essentially a specially designed to target and track Other warships include four reno- Marine Corps , de- incoming missiles, including sea skim- vated battleships bristling with new signed to carry helicopters, Harriers, mers and those attacking straight missiles and with their famous 16-inch vehicles and Leathernecks to staging down at the ship from high altitudes. guns refurbished. There also is the areas near enemy shores. The Navy The SPY-1 and other Aegis radars are new WASP-class LHD-1, an amphibi- wants five such ships. computer-linked to the firing systems Recently, the first of eight Landing of the Ticonderoga's weapons, includ- Ship Docks, LSD-41 Whidbey Island, ing the standard missile, antisub- was commissioned. Smaller than the marine rocket, Harpoon missile and LHD-1, these ships will provide a base Phalanx automatic gatling gun. Lamps MK III antisubmarine helicopters complete its armament. The Navy wants 26 CG-47s. The new DDG-51-class of guided- missile has a mission and design similar to the CG-47. The Ar- leigh Burke, the first of which was funded this is for year, designed HARRIER — USMC's anti-air and antisubmarine warfare V/STOL light-attack and is to be fitted with a smaller but fighters can take off more sophisticated version of the and land on a com- SPY-1 radar. It also is to have a verti- pact helicopter pad.

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"THE LOS ANGELES-CLASS NUCLEAR ATTACK SUB- I MARINE IS ONE OF OUR MOST POTENT WEAPONS.

for launching high-speed, beach-bound known as LCACs. These air-cushioned craft carry hundreds of Marines, can go over the surf and well inland. The Navy wants 90 LCACs. On their own, the Marines are re- building or buying hundreds of their amphibious workhorse called the LVT7A1, or Amtrac, which can carry 20 Marines through 10-foot waves at eight miles per hour. The Marines also plan to buy 386 AVG-8B Harrier jump jets during this decade and 225 copies of the F/A-18 Hornet. The two planes will replace a variety of aircraft, most notably the venerable Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom. The Marines' most significant proj- ect today and tomorrow will be a new species of aircraft known as the Os- NUCLEAR ATTACK SUB — 360 feet of States, weapon for weapon, will be in prey. The Osprey looks and flies like a high-speed hunter/killer firepower. a much better position to counter any twin-engine turbo-prop, but it can tilt Soviet offensive than at any time in its wings for helicopter-like takeoffs cent increase, followed in 1982 by a the past decade. Our systems are and landings. The Marines want to 12.1 percent increase. Real growth more reliable and flexible than those of buy at least 1,000 of the birds begin- declined, however, in 1983 to 7.8 per- comparable Soviet systems. Where ning in the 1990s. cent and in 1984 to 3.8 percent. the Soviets' strength is in overwhelm- As Congress fights the battle of the ing numbers of men and machines, budget and faces increasing pressure to ours is in more sophisticated systems

reduce the federal deficit, it is uncertain with generally superior capabilities. OVERVIEW what the future holds for real growth. It is certain, however, that the job of Nonetheless, according to Gen. OUR GOVERNMENT—THROUGH "rearming America" has begun. Bernard Rogers, Supreme Al- renewed commitment to military As a result of new emphasis being lied Commander of Europe, it readiness as evidenced by increased placed on modernization, the Navy, is still essential that we obtain defense appropriations — has made for example, will soon have 15 deploy- a continuing commitment from our tremendous strides during the past able aircraft carrier groups, compared NATO allies to rebuild their own con- five years in upgrading our strategic to 12 in 1980. Each group consists of a ventional forces — something most weapons systems. Though the results carrier and its air wing, and a protec- have been lax in doing, even to the ex- thus far are impressive, overcoming tive flotilla of guided missiles cruisers, tent of allocating our requested 3 per- the effects of the neglect of the 1970s destroyers, frigates and attack sub- cent per year commitment to real will require that Congress — and the marines, at a cost of approximately growth in defense spending. Further, American people — continue their $17 billion dollars each. the United States needs to increase its commitment to spend whatever is The Air Force is building 37 tactical array of conventional weapons, espe- necessary to sustain this program. fighter wings of 72 planes each, bringing cially deep-strike weapons — missiles Expressed in constant fiscal year its total to 40 wings. The Army is aim- with ranges of 80 to 300 miles that 1986 dollars, budget authority for na- ing at fielding virtually a new Army by possess precise targeting and anti- tional defense spending has risen from the late 1980s, complete with a modern armor capabilities. The U.S. also $196.9 billion in 1980 to $296.1 billion arsenal of battle tanks, armored fight- needs to continually upgrade its nu- in 1985, and the President has re- ing vehicles and attack helicopters. The clear arsenal, a vital part of which quested $313.7 billion for 1986. It is Marine Corps is refurbishing most of its would be deployment of the MX Missile. vital that this and similar appropria- fighting units as well. Now that substantial progress has tions throughout the 1980s be ap- According to the four Joint Chiefs of been made, it becomes the obligation proved if we are not to lose the head- Staff, the result of modernization efforts of the American people to ensure that way already realized. so far is that all of the services are in a Congress knows that we are commit- Real growth in defense spending better state of overall readiness than at ted to continuing a responsible mo- the amount of actual increase after any time during recent memory. mentum to ensure our armed forces factoring for inflation — was minus 0.2 Although weaknesses remain, and are second to none, or at least capable percent in 1979 and plus 2. 1 percent in new technology compels America to of countering any threat, no matter 1980. A significant increase in real continue to upgrade even its most the nature and or where it may growth began in 1981 with a 12.5 per- modern weapons systems, the United occur. The Editors.

MAY 1985 17 systemic problems, and we plan follow ups to ensure they work. The department now has a follow-up organization to ensure that manage- POLICING THE ment and auditors reach agreement and abide by that agreement. In fiscal year 1984, the department's audit follow-up specialists documented over 63,000 corrective actions with savings of $1.9 billion. We are also determined to make PENTAGON those who defraud or steal from the department pay a price for their illegal DoD's war on waste, fraud and abuse is saving mil- activities. In fiscal year 1984, cases initiated by defense investigative lions of dollars. The Pentagon's top investigator organizations brought 548 convictions. chronicles its money-saving success. Equally important, we are pressing management to make use of adminis- trative remedies. Defense activities ment procedures and highest moti- suspended or debarred 402 individuals By Joseph H. Sherick vated people in the country. Unfortu- or contractors during 1984, up more nately, we do not always stick to our than 500 percent from the 72 similar own systems and guidelines. In the actions in 1980. HEN Secretary Wein- past, we invested in auditors, inves- Detecting and prosecuting criminals berger took over the De- tigators, inspectors and consultants, is only one aspect of our investigative partment of Defense, he but often ignored or paid lip service to efforts. We also tell our employees of substantially increased the their findings and recommendations. the vulnerabilities that exist to pre- authority of his civilian We set up elaborate systems to help vent criminal activity from getting service secretaries. They us acquire weapons, but pushed new started. To accomplish this, we devel- were given seats on the weapons through development to pro- oped procurement fraud courses and Defense Resources Board where deci- curement without allowing our own fraud awareness briefings. In the past sions on spending are made, and they controls to warn us of flaws or prob- several months, more than 13,000 DoD received wider latitude in the day-to- lems. This does not happen because employees nationwide have attended. day execution of their programs. the department is managed by devious A handbook titled "Indicators of Along with the increased authority or inept people. It happens because we came an added measure of responsibility are part of a success-oriented society and personal accountability at all levels. which holds that today's problems can In the past, while too much attention be overcome by tomorrow's solutions. was paid to proposing and developing Unfortunately, tomorrow's solutions programs — especially those involving often cost millions of dollars, take in- the purchase of materials — too little at- ordinate amounts of time, and damage tention was given to management and the credibility of defense management. oversight of those programs. This is We are trying to demonstrate to the where the Office of the Inspector Gen- American people that our resources eral comes in. are used effectively, that we do We are an organization of 1,000 not — as a matter of routine — pay auditors, criminal investigators, in- $1,000 for a plastic stool cap. We are spectors and other specialists who set competent, capable and frugal stew- A WAR ZONE—A spirited war on waste Is policy and review the operations of ards of your tax dollars. The first step under way In the Pentagon. 18,300 workers of similar skills in the in this direction is to ensure that em- department. We began in 1981 after ployees follow guidelines. The second Fraud in Department of Defense Pro- Weinberger established the Office of is to ensure that department resources curement" is the basic text for these Assistant to the Secretary of Defense are not siphoned off through illegal or courses and briefings. for Review and Oversight, as a prede- wasteful activities. I believe we are Cooperation of DoD employees and cessor to our office, to coordinate his making progress in these goals. other concerned citizens is imperative plans aimed at preventing and detect- My auditors have totally refocused to make our initiatives work, and we ing waste, fraud and abuse. their efforts. A few years ago about 10 are getting that cooperation. Since DOD has some of the best manage- percent of available audit time was June 1981, when Weinberger encour- devoted to the acquisition process. aged people to use the Defense Hot- Joseph H. Sherick, This figure has now increased to over line to report cases of fraud, waste and Inspector General 60 percent. For example, in a DoD- abuse, more than 23,000 calls and let- wide received, leading to of the Defense De- audit of spare parts requested ters have been partment since by the Secretary of Defense, more nearly 8,000 inquiries and millions of than 300 auditors were used. We may dollars of savings. April 1983, has never get rid of all the spare parts If you know of fraud, waste or abuse worked in federal horror stories, given the size of the de- in the Defense establishment, call the government posi- fense procurement system, but major hotline— 1-800-424-9098. Your grand- tions for 35 years. reforms have been adopted to correct children will thank you.

18 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE HOW TO ELIMINATE WASTE IN DEFENSE CONTRACTING

DoD's attitude toward By A. Ernest Fitzgerald contractors needs alter- We need to think in terms of "should cost" and not what the contractor says ing before waste in con- it costs. reviewing the enormous tracting can be con- We need to write sound, binding cost increases in United contracts for weapons systems, using After trolled, says this cost- States weapons programs, I competitive prototypes wherever must confess that I want to efficiency expert. practical so we can define what we're throw up my hands and buying in specific, enforceable terms. shout, "Where has all the and among the contractors is required. We should not continue to change con- money gone?" Once we have DoD contracting em- tracts for contractors. We must stop In my opinion, major management ployees motivated to eliminate waste, giving spurious "contract nourish- reforms in the Defense Department we need to go after competition ment" change orders or other bailouts. are necessary to reduce excessive for contracts. For example, at We must enforce these contracts with- costs, shore up procurement proce- Tinker AFB, Okla., the government out relaxing requirements even if dures and yield greater returns for the realized a substantial cost reduction some may lose money on occasion. taxpayer's dollar. The way to qualita- after seeking out competitors for a Better technical performance at tive and quantitative weapons systems contract. They ^^^h^^^^^h ^^^^^^mmmm^ lower cost is pos- is not by pouring good money after ended up paying sible too. Con- bad, but by eliminating waste in U.S. $96 for a collec- sider the case of defense contracting. tion of parts that "WE the Sidewinder When we talk of eliminating waste had cost them MUST STOP air-to-air missile. in terms of management reforms, we $2,300 without This weapon was are talking about changing attitudes. competition. GIVING SPURIOUS phenomenally Admiral Hyman Rickover said it ex- Further example successful both in tremely well in the November 1984 using competition 'CONTRACT NOURISH the recent war in issue of The American Legion Maga- also showed very Lebanon and in zine when he wrote, "The Defense significant cost the Falklands. Department should be a demanding savings over a MBIT CHANGE ORDERS Yet it was devel- customer, not a partner of industry." broad range of oped at a rela- For DoD to become a demanding cus- defense products. OR OTHER BAILOUTS." tively low cost by tomer it will, indeed, require a change It is important small team of of attitude. We need top-level policy to understand ' people who knew based on attitude change that will that inflated prices in familiar spare what they were doing. The real shame encourage employees to do the right parts scandals reflect overpricing of it is that we already have people on thing — to see clearly that their duty lies generally in defense procurement the U.S. payroll who know how to in getting good equipment for our fight- spending. bring about the needed improvements. ing forces without bankrupting the tax- We need to motivate the buyers to Many tell me that they would do the payers, rather than in the care and feed- find ways to get more competition, right thing if they could get away with ing of defense contractors. both in initial awards and in follow-on it, but they can't. A changed attitude that will reward contracts. We need the buyers to Big spenders of all political persua- defense contractors' cost efficiency and negotiate, to insist on tougher price sions will argue that we have only two punish the waste, and set upright the limits based on what the work should alternatives in military acquisition: present upside-down rewards and cost with the fat squeezed out. continue to throw money at the prob- punishment system both in government We tend to allow the contractor's lem or accept less defense capability. actual cost to be accepted as the "good Teachers of logic call this the fallacy of A. Ernest Fitz- cost" because DoD employees have the the false alternatives. Obviously, we gerald, a longtime burden of proving why the cost have a golden opportunity right now proponent of cost shouldn't be awarded. When a con- to get more usable products for the efficiency in gov- tractor puts in for dog-boarding costs, taxpayers' acquisition dollar. The pub-

ernment, has been we look it up in our books and can't lic wants it, the operating forces would an industrial engi- find anything against it, so we end up benefit and we have people already on neer for 33 years, paying it. We've got to stop doing the federal payroll who know how most of it in military that. We need to turn it around and to do the job far more effectively than procurement. make the contractor justify the cost. at present.

MAY 1985 19 28th Division, Paris, France (Watercolor by Harry Davis)

homeland. Surely the Germans would THANKSGIVING F. By Richard Newcomb make a stand at the Rhine. AND REVELRY Gen. Hodges' First Army reached Ludendorff Bridge no Remagen on March 7, 1945, found the MARKED THE longer stands at Remagen, bridge intact, but with undetonated THEand the Rhine cruise boats demolition charges under the piers. VICTORY IN pass by the spot without a Was it a trap? Bradley telephoned word. You can see the old Eisenhower and said he had five divi- EUROPE, BUT piers standing bare in the sions he could throw across the Rhine. FOR MILLIONS water and, if you are Ameri- Do it, said Eisenhower, and remem- can, you know what happened here. bered later that suddenly it seemed to OF GIs, THE American GIs, 48 divisions of them him the end for Germany was "just in three full armies under Omar Brad- around the corner." WAR RAGED ON. ley, had smashed the Siegfried Line Two days later the VIII Corps and were driving eastward to the reached the Rhine at Andernach, and Rhine, the last barrier to the enemy the next day the XII Corps was there. Patton's magnificent Third Army, Richard F. Newcomb, afree-lance writer which had led the breakout from Nor- from Palm Coast, Fla., has authored mandy and the relief force at Bas- three books based on World War II. togne, never stopped at the Rhine.

20 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE vancing Russians at Torgau on the Elbe, 75 miles south of Berlin. Ger- many was split in half. Would the high command now try for a final stand in the Bavarian Alps, the so-called Great Redoubt? No, too late for that. One arm of Patton's Third Army, swelled to over a half-million men, had already plunged across southern Ger- many through Garmisch-Partenkirken, Oberammergau and into Innsbruck, Austria. Another arm had pushed into Czechoslovakia and even now stood on the outskirts of Prague. The last great American air raid of the war in Europe had destroyed Berchestgaden, and on April 30 Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin. The German radio announced the deed on May 1, and there was chaos in the Axis high command. Sherman tanks at St. Lo, 1944 (Oil painting by Ogden Pleissner) In the south, German Army Group G, the 1st and 19th Armies, surren- On March 22 the 5th Division problems were now his and he was dered to Gen. Devers on April 29. In quickly established two bridgeheads, awed by their number and magnitude, the north, Adm. Hans-Georg took 19,000 prisoners, and was off on but he was not dismayed. Friedeburg, the new head of the Ger- the dash that took them across Ger- The next morning the military lead- man Navy, surrendered German many and into Czechoslovakia. ers gathered at the White House and forces in the north to Montgomery, By the end of March, Montgomery's gave Truman their forecast: It would including Denmark and Holland, on British and Canadian forces were take at least six more months to finish May 5. On the same day, Adm. Karl pushing across northern Germany and off Germany, and the target date for Doenitz, now claiming to be Hitler's the Russians were closing in from the the defeat of was a year after successor, sent a representative to east. On the west the Germans were that, autumn of 1946. Eisenhower's headquarters "to talk." surrendering in droves, some 10,000 of But events were moving faster than Ike replied there was nothing to talk them per day, thankful the Russians they knew. The night before, after the about, just surrender unconditionally. had not gotten them. In the east, hun- swearing in, Henry L. Stimson stayed The next day, Col. Gen. Alfred Gus- dreds of thousands of civilians were behind when the others left. The sec- tav Jodl arrived at Rheims, still want- fleeing before the Russian armies, retary of war then told the new Pres- ing to talk. Eisenhower refused to see fearing death or (even worse) intern- ident that a top-secret project was Continued on page 58 ment at the hands of the avenging about to yield a new explosive "of al- hordes. Some parents killed their chil- most unbelievable destructive power." dren and then themselves, choosing Stimson said he would explain more death before capture. fully as soon as time permitted a On the afternoon of April 12, a longer meeting. That was not until White House telephone call reached April 25, when Truman learned the Harry Truman on Capitol Hill. Would full story of the atomic bomb program. the vice president please come to the In the meantime, the war in Europe White House as soon as possible? was rushing to a close. By mid-April Truman entered the family quarters the American armies had surrounded about 5:30 p.m. and Eleanor Roosevelt the Ruhr and on April 18 Bradley took rose to meet him. "Harry," she said, the surrender of 325,000 Germans, in- "the President is dead." Truman had cluding 30 general officers topped by been vice president for 82 days, and Field Marshal Walther von Model. A actually had seen little of Franklin De- week before that, Simpson's 9th Army lano Roosevelt. The President, only had reached the Elbe. recently returned from Yalta tired and In the east, the Russians crossed ill, had died at Warm Springs, Ga. the Oder River and pressed forward in A 7:09 p.m. on the 12th, Truman three spearheads on a 200-mile front, took the oath of office in the Cabinet the southern point heading for Dres- Room and began a presidency that den, the center one for Berlin, and the changed the world. No one then pre- northern one for Denmark and a link- sent could have imagined what the up with Montgomery's forces. Monty next four months held for history. had reached the Elbe on April 19, and Late that night Harry Truman went on April 25 the Americans met the ad- home to the modest apartment on Connecticut Avenue he shared with Antlalrcraft Crew In Action his wife and daughter. The world's (Oil painting by Dean Cornwell)

MAY 1985 THE STORY BEHENDTAPS JL

It's a bugle call that easily evokes tears on Memorial Day and at other

times when Americans formally honor their war dead. . . mournful notes that cause an upwelling of pride and emotion. The song is Taps—and

this is the story of how it came to he written.

of military music. Strangely enough, By William L. Noyer the composer was not a musician, had no "formal knowledge of music nor of the technical names of any notes." He TAPS.The lonely bugle grieves and composed Taps simply by ear. His we think of Memorial Day, Vet- name was Daniel Butterfield, a Union erans Day. Tiny American flags general in the Civil War. on seemingly endless rows of Butterfield's unit had taken part in a white crosses. Plaintive bugle pitched battle at Gaines' Mill, near notes that bring an involuntary Richmond, Va., on June 26, 1862. His lump to the throat. men had begun to falter. However, in Taps. spite of a serious wound, Butterfield A reverent hush falls over the seized the Colors and rallied his men mourners gathered beside a freshly to hold their ground. (He later re- dug grave. Eyes moisten as an Army ceived the Medal of Honor for his officer gently hands an American flag, bravery.) This action allowed the carefully folded in a triangle, to the Army of the Potomac to withdraw widow, then — "on behalf of a grateful safely to nearby Harrison's Landing. nation" — renders a slow, final salute. The Army's morale was low, but Taps. sank even lower after President Lin- And, if you have ever served in the coln arrived at headquarters and an- Armed Forces, you can no doubt still nounced that "reinforcement was im- hear the haunting notes rising to the possible." He advised his commander, stars and see the lights flickering out Gen. McClellan, "to wait, to rest and around the camp. An overwhelming to repair." Hopes for an early end to sadness wells up as you think of family the war were fading. and loved ones far away. An atmosphere of seriousness set- Yes, of all the military bugle calls, tled over the entire camp; there were none is more melodic or has such uni- no more cries of "On to Richmond!" versal appeal as Taps. It is the one call The younger volunteers were home- that is used at all U.S. military burial sick. Even the older men's thoughts services; it is always sounded, or turned to the anxious families they blown, to mark the end of the "minute had left up north. of silence" on Veterans Day. "It rolls Butterfield must have sensed the down the curtains on the soldier's day, mood. As night closed down over the and upon the soldier's life," the com- Virginia hills, he began to turn over in poser of Taps once said. his mind musical phrases which would However, few of us know about the express that strange quietude — the origin of Taps, or how it came to be hush that hung over the army of tents one of America's most inspiring pieces where thousands of men slept while sentries kept watch. At last he settled William L. Noyer of Fresno, Calif., is upon a combination of sounds that he a free-lance writer who specializes in hoped would bring comfort and peace military history. to the tired and troubled men.

22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE The next morning, July 2, 1862, As Norton later wrote, "The music A few days later, a soldier in Bat- Butterfield called in his brigade was beautiful on that still summer tery A of the 2nd U.S. Artillery died. bugler, Oliver W. Norton, and whis- night, and was heard beyond the limits Normally, he would have been hon- tled his melody as the surprised bugler of the Butterfield Brigade as it echoed ored by having his own squad fire listened. After hearing Norton blow through the valleys. The next morn- three rifle volleys over his grave. the call several times, Butterfield ing, buglers from other brigades came However, the Army of the Potomac hummed and whistled some changes. to visit and to inquire about the new was surrounded. Fearing that rifle vol- Norton, who soon had the call down Taps and to learn how to sound it." leys might provoke new fighting by the perfectly, wrote the seven notes on The effect was magical. It was soon rebels, Capt. John D. Tidball, the Bat- the back of an old envelope and played being used throughout the Army of tery A commander, told the bugler, it near dusk that same evening. the Potomac. "Just sound Taps." This was the first use of the call at a military funeral. Taps followed Butterfield to his new commands: To Fort Monroe (the first ft H military post to hear its mournful wail, to the Army of Northern Virginia, to W~9 the Army of Cumberland, to the Armies of the West (Chattanooga), to Gettys- burg, and finally on Sherman's March to AY IS DONE, GONE THE SUN the Sea. It has been said that the Con- FROM THE LAKES, FROM THE HILLS, federates also adopted Taps, using it at the burial of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson FROM THE SKIES, ALL IS WELL, in 1863. Taps was officially adopted by the SAFEII REST, GOD IS NIGH. Army in 1874. By 1900, all U.S. mili- tary services were using Taps and France even adopted the American call during WWI. At the end of World War I, Gen. John J. Pershing called in Hartley B. Edwards, an American soldier, to sound the final Taps. "It was eleven o'clock in the morn- ing," Edwards later recalled. "I stalled

a minute, and then I played it, still not knowing why. Then some Frenchmen came rushing in saying 'Fini la guerre' and I understood the armistice had been signed." Edwards' bugle, which may have cost the government $5 in 1918 when he took it to war, is now in the Smith- sonian Institution. As for Butterfield, he was severely wounded at Gettysburg by the heavy connonade that preceded Pickett's charge, but he did not retire from active field service until he fell a vic- tim to fever during Sherman's March to the Sea. After his distinguished military career, Butterfield resigned from the Army in 1870 to serve in the Treasury Department under President Grant. Butterfield later became a prominent banker, shipper, real estate operator and merchant. When old age forced him to seek a less active life, he re- tired to "Cragside," his country home at Cold Spring, N.Y., overlooking the Hudson River. In the evening, he could hear the West Point bugler just across the river sound taps. Butterfield died in 1901 and was buried in the cemetery of the U.S. Mili- tary Academy at West Point with full

military honors . . . and to that saddest song of all, his beloved Taps.

MAY 1985 23 The Cottage Industry

By Phyllis Zauncr Explosion every commuter has NEARLYoccasional daydreams of chucking his job and leaving the rat race behind. Fred TEN MILLION AMERICANS HAVE QUIT (we'll call him) did more than cherish the dream. He acted THE RAT RACE AND GONE HOME . . .TO on it. One day — a smoggy Friday in Los WORK. BEFORE YOUJOIN THEM, HERE Angeles when the commute was packed bumper to bumper — he an- ARE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER. nounced to his wife over a warmed- over late dinner that he was fed up. "I can't take it any more," he grumbled. new. Once it was a standard way of the morning to make my New York "The office politics, the three hours on life. In fact, some hugely successful calls. Now I get up, take a cup of cof- that freeway every day ..." businesses began at home. Milton fee upstairs, and get on the phone. That was six years ago. Today he's Hershey founded his candy empire And I'm saving a lot on gas." publishing tourist books (a subject when he began mixing batches of • In Sauk Village, 111., a young about which he formerly knew noth- caramel at home. Hugh Heffner put couple bored with office life bought a ing) out of a well-organized, profes- together the first issues of Playboy $4,000 IBM computer and plunged into sional-looking office that was previ- magazine on his kitchen table. Steve the free-lance word-processing busi- ously a bedroom in his home. And he Jobs and Stephen Wozniak launched ness. In their first six months, they almost never wears a necktie. Apple Computer Corporation from were taking in $1,800 a month. "We There's a growing movement across Jobs' garage. wanted to stay home with our three America to work at home. Men like But the new work-at-home advo- small children," they said. Fred have become part of a loosely cates don't necessarily aspire to em- • In Marblehead, Maine, a former knit, but huge segment of the economy pire founding. For them, being home bus driver now grinds and polishes known as "cottage industries." Some is an end in itself. Like Dorothy in brass propeller shafts into working rep- are goaded by a wish to spend more "The Wizard of Oz," they've dis- licas of nautical cannons in his base- time with their families. Others, who covered "there's no place like home." ment, selling them at prices from $600 have lost their jobs, find it easier to Once, "cottage industry" brought to to $1,200. His wife runs a second busi- start home-based businesses than to mind pottery makers and piecework ness, raising and selling 150 varieties of find new jobs. Some simply want con- seamstresses. No longer. Today its herbs. "I'm a homebody," he said. trol over their lives. numbers include such diverse occupa- "Sometimes we're a little pinched for in- According to the U.S. Chamber of tions as the Minnesota man who builds come, but we don't demand a heck of a Commerce, at least 10 million busi- and markets indoor greenhouses, and a lot, either. And I don't have to sweat nesses are run in American homes. former Purdue U. teacher who operates the rush-hour traffic into ." That's how many list home addresses a skin-care center in his apartment. Some home-based businesses, on the on the IRS form for sole business pro- People are finding that business-at- other hand, produce an amazing in- prietors. It's a 50-percent increase home makes good business sense. come. A woman in Chicago earned over a decade ago. But no one knows • In Los Angeles, a promotions over $120,000 last year making light really how many there are. It's a consultant who moved his business out fixtures for doll houses, according to nebulous netherworld so obscure that of an expensive Ventura Boulevard Coralee Kern, a Chicago business- estimates of how much money it gen- suite into his home finds he's saving woman who heads the National Asso- erates range from $20 billion to a the monthly rent, getting a large tax ciation for the Cottage Industry, and staggering $600 billion a year. deduction, and seeing a lot more of his is the country's leading advocate for Running a home business is nothing family. "We've all gotten a lot closer. the home-based business movement. My wife and I started this business "And her next-door neighbor doesn't Phyllis Zauner frequently writes together in 1973," he said. "Now we're even know she works!" she said. about business and our changing so- back working together and we like it. Kern had her own reasons for start- ciety for this magazine. I used to drive to my office early in ing a business at home 11 years ago.

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I I i i i ill f I'M T r ILLUSTRATION BY ED SAUK

Hospitalized with lupus, she learned "It becomes clearer and clearer," predicted that up to half the people in she would no longer be able to go out she said, "that the cottage industries the future work force would spend all and earn a living. She faced a grave are no longer just little old ladies or part of their working lives at home. situation. "I was divorced and had two knitting potholders. A lot of them are In fact, claimed cultural soothsayer children; I had to do something." men; they write and say, 'Thank you Toffler, with the electronic cottage What she did was to open a domes- for letting me come out of the closet.'" wired into the boardrooms of the na- tic cleaning service from her home, The nation's closets may empty in a tion, the transformation could be noth- dubbing it Maid-to-Order. Her plan hurry, given the emergence of a new ing short of a "workquake." was simple but effective: She asked type of home-based business, the elec- Some corporations have already the managers of tronic cottage. taken the first step. Control Data high-rise apart- i^B^^MH^^HHB Recent techno- Corporation, 3M and Blue Cross/Blue ments along fash- logical devel- Shield have installed computer termi- ionable Lake- if opments are mak- nals in select employees' homes and shore Drive to ing it possible for have plans to expand these programs. recommend her WANTED households to be Telecommuting shows promise of service to their TO STAY HOME extensions of opening up vast tracts of human tenants, offering offices; telephone potential, allowing people previously the managers a WITH OUR THREE computer hook- doomed to unproductive lives, to cut of her earn- ups allow work to blossom — the handicapped, for in- ings. After that SMALL CHILDREN.' be transmitted to stance. Already there's an organiza- she the head- Life, Inc. of Northbrook, 111. combed mmmm_m _ a company tion — newspaper soci- quarters miles that trains the severely disabled to ety pages and sent hand-addressed away from the actual work site. A de- become computer programmers. Con- letters to prominent Chicagoans, an- vice called an acoustic coupler con- trol Data also has a program for the nouncing her service. Within a few nects people who use computers to a disabled. It's called Homework and days she had 200 clients. main computer bank— or sometimes a allows companies to train and employ Despite solid financial success (she micro-computer is placed in the home. the disabled at home. now employs 460 people), Kern con- Welcome, then, to the wonderful So far, telecommuting is hardly a tinues to run her business at home. phenomenon of telecommuting, which tidal wave. But Jack Nilles, a senior She also publishes a newsletter shows promise of changing the daily research associate at the University of called "Mind Your Own Business At lives of Americans as radically as the Southern California, estimated the Home," which provides a network for automobile did a half-century ago. number of telecommuters ranges from the work-at-home group. Alvin Toffler, in The Third Wave, Continued on page b6

MAY 1985 25 THE SOVIET MILITARY: A PAPER TIGER? Anyone who thinks the United States doesn't need a strong defense should take note of this expert's assessment of Soviet military power.

By Edward N. Luttwak

is impossible to grow up in America without being highly con- scious of the vastness of the land ITand the unique dimensions of its wealth. Not much given to arro- gance and quite devoid of any imperial sense of superiority, Americans nevertheless approach the outside world with a presumption of material superiority — and with good reason: the United States remains by far the world's richest country. Others may have better restaurants, or even better universities; others may have outpaced the United States in produc- tivity within some industries or many, and nowadays of course there are sev- eral foreign countries in which average incomes exceed the American level. But these are all new developments not yet fully absorbed into the minds of most Americans, and in any case it remains true that the United States produces and consumes much more than any other country, specifically almost twice as much as the Soviet Union. Our minds therefore resist the notion that large as the American mili- forces are very much weaker than tary forces undoubtedly are, those of they seem. Citing refugee accounts or the Soviet Union are larger still, and personal experience, they depict the Excerpted from THE PENTAGON in some ways much more powerful. pervasive technical incompetence, AND THE ART OF WAR by Edward That is why our media are very drunkeness, corruption and bleak N. Luttwak. Copyright 198U by Ed- eager to relay stories of Soviet incom- apathy of officers and men. Drunken ward N. Luttwak. Reprinted by per- petence (submarines adrift, inept tac- officers and faked inspections, Turkic mission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. tics in Afghanistan), and that is why conscripts who cannot understand or- Luttwak is currently a senior fellow, there is a large readership for the var- ders in Russian, drownings in botched Georgetown Center for Strategic and ious books which have appeared of late river-crossing tests, the harsh lives of International Studies. which argue that the Soviet armed Soviet conscripts, ill-fed, ill-housed,

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virtually unpaid, and a pervasive lack hides, hundreds of helicopters and stories of corruption, they too are un- of adequate training fill these ac- countless smaller weapons that feature doubtedly authentic. But no great mil- counts. in its larger exercises. It only takes a itary empire is likely to be undone by It is odd how all these stories (each minimum of drunken inattention or generals who procure villas by corrupt true, no doubt) contrast with the daily technical incompetence, or mere dealings nor by sergeants who take evidence of the routine operations of apathy by maintenance crews to cause the odd rouble off a conscript; Anglo- the Soviet armed forces. Merely to an aircraft to crash; only a little more Saxon morality makes much of these keep its warships seaworthy and can sink a ship; and the delicate gear things, history much less. supplied in distant and often stormy box of a battle tank is easily wrecked. On the question of loyalty even less waters, the Soviet navy needs a great Many refugees can no doubt honestly need be said. Should the Soviet Union deal of disciplined expertise from offi- report having seen many soldiers and start a war only to experience a series cers and men. Even more skill is officers drunk; each who has served in of swift defeats, it is perfectly possible needed to carry out successfully the uniform has no doubt encountered that mutinies would follow, to over- missile launches and gunnery trials, much incompetence at all levels. throw the Kremlin's oppressive and which are also part of the Soviet naval Actual alcoholism in the severe, clin- most unjust rule. But if the initial war routine. Likewise, we have the daily ical sense is now epidemic in the operations are successful, it would be evidence of Soviet air operations; they Soviet Union, where so many lead foolish to expect that private disloy- alty would emerge to undo victory and disintegrate the armed forces. There is always a small minority of lonely heroes who have the inner resources The soviet union's military of character to act on their own against the entire power of the world's largest and most complete dictator- record compares very well ship. The rest of us, weaker souls, must stay in the safety of the crowd— and the crowd does not rebel with that of the united states." against a uniquely pervasive police system at the very time when suc- cessful war is adding to its prestige, and the laws of war make its sanctions too require a great deal of compe- bleak lives, no longer alleviated by the more terrible. tence, both in the daily training sorties once vibrant hopes of a better future. Only one claim can be allowed: It is of the fighters and in the long range Drunkeness is no doubt pervasive in true that the ethnic composition of the flights of the bombers and transports. the Soviet armed forces. But then Soviet population is changing, with Nor can the Soviet army fake all the again, Russians have always been non-Russians making up an increasing disciplined maintenance work, tight hard drinkers. Drunk they defeated proportion of the total. And it is also planning and operator skills needed to Napoleon, and drunk again they de- true that this creates problems of loy- assemble, move and operate the many feated Hitler's armies, advancing all alty unknown in the United States, thousands of complicated armored ve- the way to Berlin. As for all the because in the Soviet Union distinct nationalities persist intact, with their own languages, their own ethnic senti- ments, and sometimes with strong national an- tagonism to the Russian master-people. As the proportion of non-Russian conscripts increases, lan- guage problems increase also, and because many of these conscripts come from backward nationali- ties, they are harder to train in modern military skills even if they do know the Russian language. There is also a greater potential for ethnic strife, already manifest some- times in barracks-room fights and brawls. In the very long run it is possible and even likely that the non-Russians, or at least the larger non- MISSILE POWER Surface-to-air missiles parade through Moscow's Red Square during a military European peoples, the display of Soviet weapons technology. Missiles such as these were used extensively in combat by Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Tad- Soviet-supported military units in North Vietnam and the Middle East. Conti?iued on page 50

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French Quarter charm and Bourbon Street beat await more than 12,000 Legionnaires getting ready for business in Louisiana.

By Paul Martin

REPORTER once asked jazz drummer Gene Krupa what it was like to play in a group A with famous trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Krupa thought for a moment and then re- BIRTH OF JAZZ The Preservation Hall Jazz Band of the French Quarter, and other plied, "It felt like somebody top musical and vocal performers in Bourbon Street clubs and on street corners, turned on the power." leave no doubt to New Orleans' claim as "The Cradle of Jazz." Whether he was growling the lyrics to "Hello Dolly" in a Chicago night rants, museums, night clubs . . . and In addition to the Hyatt Regency, club or trumpeting "Honeysuckle much, much more. It's a place to shop, eight other hotels will be used for the Rose" in Stockholm, Louis Armstrong eat, dance, sightsee and enjoy. convention. The Sheraton New Or- carried the musical message of his The 67th National Convention, Au- leans will be headquarters for the New Orleans jazz heritage wherever gust 23 to 28, will have its head- American Legion Auxiliary. he went. quarters at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Other convention hotels include the New Orleans jazz is only one of adjacent to the Superdome. All gen- Fairmont, Hilton, Marriott, Mon- countless attractions in the American eral sessions, Monday through Legion's 1985 convention city. New Wednesday, will be held in the Orleans is Cajun cooking, the Super- Louisiana Superdome, the world's Planning a Trip? dome, street cars, paddlewheel largest domed stadium. steamers, antiques, gourmet restau- "More than 4,000 hotel rooms have Remember to use your been blocked out for our members," American Legion Paul Martin, a World War II Navy said Bob Radke, National Convention pilot, is a veteran magazine writer Director, "and we expect some 12,000 Family Benefit Plan who specializes in travel features. for the event."

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back home after the tour is through. The center of the French Quarter, Jackson Square, is dominated by a large statue of General Andrew Jackson. The hero of the battle of New Orleans in 1815 teamed up with Jean Lafitte, the notorious pirate, as well as Choctaw Indians, Creoles and slaves to win the battle. Royal Street could be called New Or- leans' antique row. Shop after shop is filled with English, Oriental, American and Irish antiques, including silver, china, jewelry, painting and rugs. The French Quarter is a sightseer's delight. Its Creole architecture cre- ates an atmosphere of a foreign city and combines native design skills with variations of French colonial traditions of eastern Canada and West Indian CRUISE Legionnaires can enjoy Saturday night dancing on the steam- MOONLIGHT Colonial styles. Of both architectural boat Natchez, which gets under way from the wharf opposite Jackson Square. and historical interest are the Ursuline Convent, completed in 1734, and St. Louis Cathedral, built in 1794. The French Quarter is famed for its superb restaurants. They offer a suc- culent choice of jumbo shrimp, snap- per, blue crabs, pompano, oysters, flounder and nearly any other dish done to perfection. Jazz enthusiasts find music heaven in New Orleans where jazz began at the start of the century. Locals and visitors alike enjoy Pete Fountain on the third floor of the Hilton and the Dukes of Dixie at the Monteleone. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs in the French Quarter. The New Orleans Jazz Club has es- tablished a Jazz Museum, which is open to the public. Among other items, the museum displays Louis Armstrong's first cornet. For a lovely evening on the water, steamboats have daily cruises that leave the wharf opposite Jackson Square. On Saturday night there's a moonlight dance cruise departing at 10 p.m. The luxury of a 19th century stern-wheeler river boat has been re- POPULAR SITES St. Louis Cathedral LOCAL FLAVOR— Ornate wrought-iron sails overlooks Jackson Square in the middle balconies echo architectural preferences created on the Mark Twain that of the French Quarter. of the past which never grow old. every night at 7:30. The cruise includes top musical teleone, Ramada, Royal Sonesta and Le provided by the "Blue Edition" jazz groups and a buffet steak dinner. Pavilion. The convention corporation ensemble from Keesler AFB, Biloxi, New Orleans offers an extensive office will open in May in the Hyatt Re- Miss. They offer everything from range of cultural facilities. For in- gency. The national staff office will set Glenn Miller to Michael Jackson. stance, the Confederate Museum up in the Hyatt in August. The Auxiliary will hold the states houses a unique display of Civil War The traditional memorial service is dinner in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom relics. The Institute of Middle Ameri- scheduled for Sunday morning, Aug. on Monday evening with more than can Research at Tulane University has 25, followed by the parade late Sun- 1,500 members expected to attend. one of the world's finest collections of day afternoon. Senior and Junior Conventioneers looking for a guided Mayan, Aztec, Toltec and other middle Color Guards and Senior and Junior tour of New Orleans night life will find American artifacts. Drill Teams will compete as part of excellent after-dark group tours avail- New Orleans is big enough to enjoy the parade. able. They include stops at more than and small enough to be friendly. It's The National Commander's banquet one night spot, generally three, for the geared to entertaining visitors with a will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 27 in show, dinner and a nightcap at one of nearly endless selection of recreational the Regency ballroom of the Hyatt the city's popular clubs. You'll be choices. Be there and let the good Regency Hotel. Entertainment will be picked up at your hotel and brought times roll.

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Apparent kickbacks in the manufactured The medal would also be available to legal heirs of deceased (mobile) home industry throughout the United States POWs, on application to the Department of Defense. are being investigated by the VA. The manufacturers al- "A Prisoner of War Medal would acknowledge military leged kickback scheme may have defrauded the VA of more service under the most difficult circumstances a soldier, than $3.5 million, VA officials reported. sailor or airman can endure," Roth said. "It would be a fit- One company has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and ting recognition by the people of the United States that an $450,000 to the VA in a negotiated plea agreement in settling individual forfeited his freedom in the cause of freedom." the government civil claims, the Justice Department an- nounced. In the first stage of "Operation Protect Veterans," the VA has identified 30 home manufacturers for investiga- Veterans receiving VA pensions tion. Records of an additional 75 are being examined. by virtue of being 65 or older are being asked to par- The VA has guaranteed over 90,000 loans to veterans buy- ticipate in a Congressionally mandated VA study. ing manufactured homes in a 13-year history of the program. VA regional offices are sending notices to pension recipi- "6" Since 1981, the VA has paid more than 3,000 claims on de- ents whose claim number ends in and who have no dis- faulted loans. ability rating on record. The agency estimates that about The kickback scheme involved guaranteed loans that de- 4,000 will be surveyed. faulted. Companies allegedly padded invoices that they had The veterans receive a letter informing them of the study certified as true manufacturing costs. Then, they would and offering a free voluntary physical exam. The study will give the additional money to dealers as kickbacks in ex- continue until November 1986. change for taking the mobile homes, the VA said. Results of the study will be examined, but the pension- There are about 150 home manufacturers and 7,000 deal- er's payment will not be touched unless there is a need to ers in the United States. The kickbacks from manufactur- increase it. The award will not be reduced or stopped. ers to dealers inflate the cost of the home, with the veteran The Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1984 re- paying the difference. The VA began its investigation about quires the VA to survey the health status of older, needy a year ago, based on information provided by the VA's wartime veterans who are eligible for pension solely be- Loan Guaranty Service and industry sources. cause of their age and income status. To receive a VA pen- sion, a veteran must have served at least 90 days, part of

which was in a period of war, be 65 or older (or, if younger, Scheduled publication of the Columbia be totally and permanently disabled), and have limited fi- University-American Legion Study of Vietnam-era nancial resources. Currently there is no proof of disability veterans has been delayed again due to last-minute infor- required for veterans over 65. mation that must be included. The information, provided by the Army, concerns spray- ing missions for the herbicide Agent Orange and must be An era ended recently when the Vietnam programmed into computers to compare it against surveys Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., closed its books after completed by members of The American Legion. five years of working from offices in Washington, D.C. The study, originally scheduled to be completed in With the unveiling of a statue of three fighting men on November 1984, was extended to February 1985. Insuffi- Veterans Day last year the memorial site was complete and cient return of survey forms hampered the study's comple- the National Park Service assumed responsibility for main- tion in November and was also cited as a cause for the sec- tenance of the memorial and the grounds. ond delay. The organization, directed by Jan Scruggs, served to raise Columbia University researcher, Dr. Jeanne Stellman, money and handle details of the construction and dedication of has asked that Legionnaires provided with surveys mail the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to which The American forms back. Legion and Auxiliary contributed more than $2 million. Some 15,000 Legionnaires were asked to answer ques- tions concerning their health, economic and education prog- artificial foot, the Seattle ress, and social readjustment following Vietnam-era ser- Anew VA First Presidential vice. Half of those surveyed served in Vietnam while the Foot, was among winners of the other half served in that era, but not in Southeast Asia. Awards for Design Excellence. The foot was developed at a cost of $38,000 by the VA Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. U.S. prisoners Of War may be awarded The revolutionary prosthetic device, which was praised medals, if a bill introduced by Sen. William V. Roth for its mechanical simplicity, high efficiency and modest Jr. passes the House. cost, enables foot amputees to participate in such sports as The medal would be given to former POWs who are serving running, basketball and soccer. It is currently being field- in the armed forces or who received an honorable discharge. tested in 42 VA prosthetics centers across the country.

MAY 1985 31 MlWBlHM IlilHlllll

Proposed cuts in veterans 9 medical care and services may be the first step in eliminating the VA's independent hospital system. We must not let that happen.

^^t is my uneasy feeling Opponents of the VA health care Development of Geriatric Care. The K that there is a very real system regularly point to other public VA hospital system has been a pioneer Bf move afoot to realign health care programs as alternatives, of much research dealing with the and thereby effectively but none seems to be equipped to do older population. Some of the most Jv dismantle the VA health the job as efficiently. Lost in the advanced work in basic and applied re- care system, as we clamor for change is a clear under- search has been and is being done by mmK^m, know it," said National standing of the unique missions of VA the VA in cardiovascular disease, Commander Clarence M. Bacon. hospitals. They are: cancer, cardiac surgery and Alz- It's not just the proposed cuts in • To Provide Care Tailored for Vet- heimer's Disease. Major emphasis in veterans benefits before the 99th Con- erans. Edward G. was stabbed with a these areas continues to be a focus of gress, as serious as they are, that con- German bayonet in World War II and the Geriatrics Research, Educational cerns Bacon. It's something more than the wound causes problems from time Centers: a total of 15 centers has been that; it's that those proposed cuts may to time. He has been going to the VA authorized by Congress. There are signify only a beginning of reductions Hospital in Tampa, Fla., for treatment currently 10 GRECs operational. yet to come. for years. Edward is just one of thou- • To Back up Military Hospitals in a Bacon came away from Washington sands of veterans who have service- National Emergency. Whether or not last September with these concerns connected wounds or disabilities, we like to think of it, the fact remains after a meeting with Veterans Admin- including mental and chemically in- that if the United States went to war, istration officials and representatives duced disorders that require special- the military hospitals probably would of the health care community. He was ized attention. Since the 1930s that not be able to care for even the first appalled to hear someone even suggest specialized care for veterans has been day's casualties. A recently added that there might be steps taken to the personal mandate of VA hospitals mission of VA hospitals is to absorb tamper with the VA's effectiveness to throughout the nation. the overflow of war casualties — a re- serve the health care needs of Ameri- • To Conduct Research and To Train quirement implemented through Pub- ca's veterans. the Nation's Health Professionals. lic Law 97-174, which alone justifies a "That meeting stiffened my resolve The VA hospital system is the largest strongly funded VA hospital system. to see that what we have worked so trainer of health manpower in the na- Who else has the expertise or genuine hard for over these past many years tion. About half of the practicing concern to handle those missions? Any- will not simply disappear in an at- physicians in the United States had one who analyzes the VA's very special- tempt to shuffle veterans into alter- some of their clinical training in the ized missions and reviews the VA's edu- native means of health care," the VA system. In fiscal year 1983, the VA cational contributions to the national Commander said. provided clinical training to more than and international medical communities But, if the VA health care system is 99,000 students in all health care dis- can clearly see the VA health care deliv- dismantled, who will care for the aging ciplines. For years VA hospitals have ery system provides such a unique mix veteran? By the year 2000 —just 15 been leaders in research of prosthe- of services that it is an irreplaceable years away — nine million veterans tics, tuberculosis and more recently in system and should be maintained as a will be age 65 or older and four million post-traumatic stress disorder. separate operation. will be 75 or older. • To Aid the Nation in Research and Critics argue that public and private

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efficient programs of hospital-based home care and adult day care, while sharing with states to build an adequate supply of nursing homes. Furthermore, if the VA health care system were to be eliminated, veter- ans would have no choice but to turn to state-operated medical care pro- grams which are severely overbur- dened as it is. In Michigan, for example, as in most other states, the effects could be awe- some. Michigan has more than 1.1 mil- lion veterans. In health care alone, the VA provided $206 million in medical care to that state's veterans and paid nearly $128 million to Michigan resi- dents in VA salaries in 1983. Add to those totals another $100 million spent that year on readjustment and voca- tional rehabilitation programs, insur- ance and indemnities, and construc- tion projects. It's apparent that Michigan and its economy need the VA as much as Michigan veterans do. Similar exam- ples of VA subsidies to state coffers could be echoed 49 times throughout the nation. Clearly, the elimination of the VA hospital system would not save hospitals can accommodate the medical tures which would be borne elsewhere. budget dollars, just merely transfer needs of veterans, while others believe In medical care, VA spending be- those costs — at even higher levels that VA care is not adequate. These tween fiscal years 1975 and 1984 rose to the states where veterans live. arguments, coupled with the mistaken from $3.7 billion to $8.8 billion. As with any health care system, the belief that free VA medical treatment Though this constitutes an increase of continued existence of the VA system is liberally provided to most veterans, 138 percent, the cost of Medicare could not be justified unless it could make it tempting for government spending during that same period rose maintain high quality care. Keen com- budget cutters to seek reductions in from $12.9 billion to $62 billion, an in- petition within the medical community the VA medical system, or to eliminate crease of 380 percent. In the private has prompted VA to offer several in- the system altogether. sector, medical spending between fis- centives to attract top medical person- "Our field staff mmt^^^^^m^^ cal years 1975 nel. Incentives such as special pay members who and 1984 rose provisions, medical university affilia- visit VA faciliti- from $66.6 billion tions and active research programs es," Commander np to $215 billion, or have made VA an attractive place to Bacon said, "have 323 percent. practice medicine. In fact, VA re- found that those Compared to "Given the clear search discoveries have received in- using the VA u restraint in VA ternational acclaim, including Nobel health care sys- medical costs in spending during Prize recognition. tem are over- these past 10 "Of equal, if not more importance," whelmingly the other programs, years compared said Bacon, "is that the VA is on the aged and poor to medical costs front lines of geriatric care and re- the oldest, the the VA hospital in other pro- search. How the VA provides care for poorest and the system is a model grams, the VA older veterans will help shape a national sickest veterans. hospital system is system of care for all of the aged. If forced into the <>f prudence." a model of pru- "The point we have to make is that private sector, dence," said the any tampering with VA services would these veterans Commander. seriously impair the VA's ability to would have to resort to Medicare, Budgetary critics of VA lose even provide comprehensive health care to Medicaid and to other publicly sup- more ground when discussing elimina- all veterans and would be economically ported systems, most of which just tion of the hospital system at a time destructive," he said. could not meet the increased demands when Americans over 65 are rapidly Bacon pointed out there are more placed on them." becoming a large portion of the gen- than 28.5 million veterans in America Bacon said that almost without ex- eral and veterans populations. Refus- and many of them will require medical ception, those who promote VA budget ing VA treatment to needy veterans in care as they age. "Regardless of what cuts are primarily concerned with this group would likely push them into happens to the VA health care system, short-term cost savings. They fail to the less-cost-effective Medicare sys- the need for care will not miraculously recognize the alternative federal costs tem and would take them out of a sys- vanish. Who will take care of them?" associated with cutting VA expendi- tem that is already setting up more Bacon asked.

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compensation, outreach and other programs of the VA. Especially urgent SERVICE TO VETERANS: is the need for VA to upgrade its cur- rent medical facilities to be able to deal adequately with the medical and personal needs of women veterans. To help VA with these problems in LIFERLOOD OF THE VA the short run, individual VA centers have the authority to contract for spe- cial services, such as gynecological care. From simple prescriptions to intricate Vietnam-era veterans are the bene- surgeries, America's largest hospital ficiaries of current VA programs. A $3.6 million contract to study post-traumatic system ministers to U.S. veterans. stress disorder was awarded to the Re- search Triangle Institute of North Carolina. About 2,900 men and women will be interviewed in what the VA hopes will be a significant work on the problems of Vietnam-era veterans. In addition to the study, the VA will open 52 new Vet Centers around the country this year. Since 1979, when the Vietnam Veterans Outreach Pro- gram began, 136 Vet Centers have opened. More than 250,000 veterans and 50,000 family members have been advised by counselors at the centers. The Vet Centers' staffs see an average of 6,300 new veteran clients each month. This program is funded through 1988. The VA has been directed by Con- gress to temporarily presume service connection for two diseases which may have been caused by exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange. Vietnam vet- HIGH-TECH MEDICINE The VA Is In the forefront of medical research. erans suffering from the liver disorder prophyria cutanea tarda, and chloracne, mission of the Veter- able. Studies commissioned by the a skin condition, are considered to have ans Administration is to agency concluded that there will have service-connected disabilities rheensure that quality medi- to be substantial changes in the mix of The Agency's research into Agent cal care and an appropri- services to VA beneficiaries by 1990. Orange was turned over to the Cen- ate level of benefits are Ten Geriatric Research, Educational ters for Disease Control in Atlanta. provided for eligible vet- and Clinical Centers were in operation Results of that research will be pub- erans and their beneficiaries. in 1983, after the addition of new cen- lished by the Veterans Administration The VA's fiscal year 1985 budget in- ters in North Carolina and Florida. as soon as they become available, creased more than $750 million to The agency also studied the special which will not be for some time accord- $25.7 billion. Nearly $25 million of the needs of women veterans over the ing to VA officials. increase is allocated to medical care, past year. The VA Advisory Commit- Unemployed Vietnam-era and Ko- and provides for more staffing for tee on Women Veterans has examined rean War veterans are eligible for a hospitals and Vet Centers. health care, rehabilitation, benefits, job-training program administered In 1983 the agency's health care sys- jointly by the VA and the Department tem served 3.1 million patients, includ- of Labor. Under the Emergency Vet- ing more than 1 million hospital erans Job Training Program, qualified inpatients. During that period VA employers receive 50 percent of a vet- surgeons performed 311,000 surgical eran's wages up to $10,000 per year. procedures, filled 41.5 million Employers provide a maximum of 15 prescriptions and provided disabled months of training for certain veterans veterans with 1.7 million new pros- with severe service-connected disabil- thetics and sensory aids. age 65 will triple ities, and up to nine months for other The aging of the U.S. veteran popu- to nine million veterans. A veteran must have been lation presents perhaps VA's greatest unemployed 15 weeks before applying challenge and opportunity for mean- by the year 2000, to VA for this program. ingful service to the people of the Since 1973 the VA has administered United States. constituting a the U.S. National Cemetery system. Once a veteran reaches 65, the VA tough VA challenge. Of the VA's 108 national cemeteries in is required to provide medical care, 40 states and Puerto Rico, 57 are open whatever the need, if space is avail- to new interments.

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HISTORY OF CARING: A LEGION LEGACY Thousands of sick, wounded doughboys deprived of medi- cal care sparked thefirst Legionfightfor veterans.

American Legion, adequate and confused agencies. justment Act of 1944 (known as the GI chartered by Congress in Late in 1920 The American Legion Bill of Rights). This concept originated rhe1919 as a patriotic, requested a Presidential committee to in The American Legion. A member of mutual-help and investigate existing conditions. As a the Legion wrote the bill, an employee community-service result, the Dawes Committee was ap- of the Legion suggested its name, organization, today has pointed. This committee, with repre- Legionnaires promoted it and handled more than 2.5 million members in sentatives of The American Legion, its legal presentation, and a former some 16,000 American Legion posts brought about congressional action Legion national commander secured worldwide. The founders of The Amer- consolidating most of the activities its approval in the Senate. ican Legion focused their major con- dealing with WWI veterans into a new The 1950s saw the and cern on the plight of the World War I independent agency — The United disabled veteran. States Veterans Bureau. Legion founders saw a staggering Under careful study by The American number of returning WWI veterans Legion, the Veterans Bureau faced needing medical attention. The War many reforms in the next two years to Risk Bureau and a maze of peripheral eliminate abuses that deprived veterans veteran services were an overwhelm- of hospital treatment and other rights 0wring the early ing hodge-podge of mismanaged, in- authorized by Congress. In 1923 The American 1960s, the Legion Legion drafted 91 construc- helped save 15 VA tive recommendations for liberalization of laws and Regional offices regulations governing vet- erans' benefits. Within a from closing. year Congress had enacted the World War Veterans Act of 1924, which included a new generation of veterans with many of The American rights and benefits to be provided by Legion's proposals and ex- the VA. In the early 1960s the VA tended the presumption of threatened to close 31 regional offices service connection for cer- and domiciliaries. The American tain classes of disability. Legion argued on Capitol Hill and Throughout the remain- saved 15 of those offices. der of the 1920s and early Vietnam brought about even more into 1930, The American demands on the VA system as the na- Legion continued to register tion's longest war produced even more legislative achievements veterans requiring services. The necessary for the care and American Legion quickly and strongly rehabilitation of disabled supported studies and research to ad- veterans, which culminated dress special problems such as Agent in the consolidation of the Orange exposure and post-traumatic Veterans Bureau and other stress disorder. agencies administering vet- This commitment of service to men erans' benefits into the in- and women who served so faithfully in dependent Veterans Admin- defense of this nation continues to be a istration on July 21, 1930. cornerstone of The American Legion AN OLD LEGION STORY A Tampa Legionnaire During WWII, came The ... a cornerstone set by its founders helps a fellow veteran at the VA hospital. The Legion American Legion's greatest in 1919 . . . preserved by its members is committed to providing continuous volunteer legislative achievement . . . today . . . and promised for the veter- work in support of hospitalized veterans. The Servicemen's Read- ans of tomorrow.

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LEGION NEWS

SCHOLARSHIP HELP AVAILABLE 1985 edition of Need-A- posts and departments and includes in- VETERANS rHELift? , The American Legion formation on another 500 scholarship publication on college loans programs, plus many grant and loan ADVISER and grants, is in the hands of programs for eligible students. Do you have a department commanders. The publication also provides a question concerning your veteran's benefits? The Published for the 34th year by the check-and-do list to help applicants American Legion Magazine will try National Americanism Commission, complete the Pell Grant application. to answer it in this column. Write to The Need-A-Lift? is a funding source book Posts desiring copies of Need-A- Ameri- can Legion Magazine, Veterans for high school counselors and parents Lift? should contact department head- Ad- viser Editor, P.O. with children getting ready to quarters. Additional copies may be Box 1055, In- dianapolis, graduate from high school. purchased for $1 from National IN 4.6206. The book details more than 4,000 Emblem Sales, P.O. Box 1050, scholarships available through Legion Indpls., Ind. 46206. Qn I believe I suffer disabilities as a result of being exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. What should I do? VA PANEL TO ASSESS STUDIES A Veterans who believe they were exposed to herbicides in Vietnam 15-member panel has been used as a defoliant in Vietnam. are encouraged to make an appoint- appointed by VA chief Walters s.aid "The government is ment for an examination at the nearest Harry N. Walters to counsel committed to continuing research on Veterans Administration medical cen- the VA on the results of the health effects of dioxin A and radia- ter. Benefits counselors at the medical studies dealing with the health effects tion exposure. With the assistance of center or at the regional office can as- of dioxin and radiation exposure. the panel, VA will develop regulations sist you in filing a claim for disability Walters said the panel was estab- that address veterans' compensation compensation for conditions you be- lished as a result of the Veterans' Di- claims relating to these exposures." lieve resulted from exposure. oxin and Radiation Exposure Compen- The panel, Veterans' Advisory sation Standards Act of October 1984. Committee on Environmental Haz- Q« My service-connected dis- Vietnam Veterans have complained ards, includes medical and scientific ability is worsening. How may I get about the effects of their exposure to experts on the health effects of expo- a re-evaluation? Agent Orange, a dioxin compound sure to dioxin and ionized radiation. A To be re-evaluated you must submit a request to the VA re- gional office in the state where you live along with any medical evidence to support your claim. Be sure to indi- cate your full name and your social se- curity number or VA claim number.

Q" I just received notification that I received an overpayment of my educational benefits. Will I be charged interest on this debt? A Interest and administrative costs of collection will be charged on all overpayments that are not paid in full within 30 days.

Q» Are lenders required to notify the VA if a veteran defaults on a VA-guaranteed loan? A Yes. Notice must be forwarded to the VA within 45 days after a debtor is in default for a period of 60 days from the date of the first default.

THANKS FOR THE SONG Songstress Margaret Whiting accepts the Dept. of Vermont's Q« What is the time limit for using Resolution of Appreciation from Dept. Cdr. Thomas D. Couts. Whiting, who was on her GI home loan benefits? first visit to her home state in 40 years, was recognized for the song she introduced and There is no time limit. made famous— "Moonlight in Vermont." She was also cited for "bringing pleasant ^ memories of Vermont when pleasant memories were needed, expecially during WWII."

36 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE ! . . . NOW! THE STARTLING BOOK THAT SHATTERS THE MYTHS WE'VE BELIEVED ABOUT WORLD WAR D.

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T wouldn't surprise me a bit nized it as a statewide leader in blood if their ancestors were the drive support. ones that sold the Brooklyn The post was named in honor of two Bridge," an Emporia resi- veterans, Homer J. Ball, the first area dent said about the Legion- resident killed in WWI, and Edwin naires of Ball-McColm Post 5, McColm, killed in action in the Philip- Emporia, Kan. pines in WWII. The resident, obviously a big fan of From its inception, Post 5 has the post, was referring to the year- actively sought and collected military round membership drive that escapes memorabilia to build a small museum. few Emporia residents who are eligi- But because of space limitations, the ble to become Legion members. post donated the collection to the Lyon One of the keys to the highly suc- County Museum. "It's a wonderful cessful membership drive is a tech- addition to our museum," said director nique that could be lifted from any Mary Mathemy. "Some of the items salesman's bible — instant response to date to the Spanish-American War." a potential lead. Another area of interest absorbing "It works when one of our members many members' time and efforts is flag meets someone who shows interest in display. In 1965, Post 5 began an Ave- joining The American Legion, said nue of Flags in front of its building, Hal D. Hollembeak, commander of the which was a mansion built in the late post. "We contact one of our recruiters 1800s. The practice of flying flags dur- by mobile phone and within minutes ing patriotic holidays and ceremonies the recruiter is with the potential caught on with community residents, COLORS AWAY ! — Legionnaires from member, showing and telling him what Post 5 s 32-man flag squad dedicate and and post officials are frequently called the Legion is all about and why he hoist a 20-foot by 30-foot storm flag over upon to give advice and assistance in should join." a local business establishment. setting up similar displays. Aggressive? Yes, but it pays off. Legionnaires Warren Horton and Thriving on gently rolling farmland "Some spectators got so enthused at Harry Shook also present a 40-minute near the Neosho River in eastern seeing our young Vietnam veterans class on flag etiquette to more than Kansas between Kansas and Wichita, marching, that they joined in and 500 4th graders annually in more than Post 5 has met or exceeded its mem- marched with them," said Warren 20 schools in a 50-mile radius. bership quota for the past 18 consecu- Pyle, who won a national membership When the members are not striving tive years. It has doubled its size since award in 1969 for his recruiting to add to their rolls, donate blood or 1967, with 2,163 current members in a achievements. fly flags, you'll find them happily town of 25,287 people. Ray Call, managing editor of the ensconced in planning youth and fam- "We continue to grow because of ex- Emporia Gazette, praised Post 5's con- ily picnics and other events. tensive community involvement, the tribution. "Our Veterans' Day parade While many Legion posts sponsor a high quality leadership of past post was a huge success, mainly because of baseball team, Post 5 sponsors two at commanders and an abiding concern Legion efforts," he said. Call supports an annual cost of about $10,000. It for youth and family development," Legion activities by publishing post helps send 15 children a year to the said Hollembeak. photos and stories and helps keep post state legislature to learn about their Since the post was founded in June members informed through its own government in action at a cost of $126 1919, its 32-man flag squad and ac- monthly newspaper, begun in 1983 by per person. Annually, the post provides companying honor guard made up Past Post Commander Harry Higgins. a $600 scholarship to a deserving stu- mostly of past post commanders has Keeping informed of community dent to attend nursing school. Addi- performed at just about every com- needs is the life blood of any active tional scholarships are awarded to the munity event, including funerals, flag Legion post. And in Emporia, a con- cadet lawman and ROTC programs. raisings, dedications and parades. It tinuing need just happens to be blood. "I'm really proud of our post," said was deeply involved in last year's Vet- Over the years, some 50 post members mayor Clar Allemang, a Vietnam vet- erans' Day parade, which was organ- have donated a total of five gallons eran and member himself. "It plays a ized by post member Charles Bol- each and 15 members have contributed vastly significant role in community linger. The parade, led by grand mar- 10 gallons each. The top donor is patriotic and civic activities, and is a shal Governor John Carlin of Kansas, Harry Papps with more than 15.5 gal- community meeting place for clubs, included 1,500 participants and lons in 368 donations. Although Post 5 groups, organizations and people of all marked the first time local Vietnam is only one of 352 American Legion ages to gather for food, fun, business veterans joined as a unit. posts in the state, Kansas has recog- and companionship."

38 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE To Honor Two Great Men Whose Lives, Deeds and Deaths Were Amazingly Alike! 20th Anniversary Commemorative LINCOLN- KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR A MOST UNIQUE COLLECTABLE 1984 Kennedy Half Dollar with Lincoln Profile. Each Mounted on an Amazing 19 Gold. Collection of J2*Tinin 24-K Astonishing Layered 2+*^. any m Coincidences! Lincoln pe««4^ struck with $£99 ONLY Layered in 24-K GOLD 1984 is a remarkably historical year! 20 years anniversary of his birth, Abraham Lincoln had ago, By a Special Act of Congress, John F. his portrait placed on the penny, the 1st cent to

Kennedy . . . the youngest man ever elected bear the words "In God We Trust".

President of the United States . . . had his por- The similarity between these two great assas- trait placed on the half dollar Coin as a tribute to sinated leaders is so startling that if these docu- his leadership and for the love of his country for mented facts were not fully corroborated, we the man. Likewise, to commemorate the 100th would find them almost impossible to believe.

• Lincoln was elected in 1860 • Kennedy was elected in 1960 BOTH MEN WERE SLAIN ON A FRIDAY • Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and hid in • Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and hid in a a warehouse theatre • Lincoln's secretary (named Kennedy) warned him not to • Kennedy's secretary (named Lincoln) warned him not to go to the theatre go to Dallas BOTH MEN WERE SUCCEEDED BY THEIR VICE PRESIDENTS NAMED JOHNSON • Andrew Johnson — born 1808 • Lyndon Johnson — born 1908

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Playing the Good Samaritan was a familiar role for Colonial Heights Post 284, Colonial Heights, Va, in 1984. The post dispensed more than $36,000 in aid to some 70 local residents and organizations during the LEGIONNAIRE year. The funds went to children in need of financial and medical assistance, to a OF THE MONTH leukemia sufferer, and to supply furniture for a children's waiting room at a local medical college. Additional beneficiaries included six teen-agers who received college scholarships, several youths who received paid trips to Boys State, operating funds for Boy and Girl Scout troops, and transportation for the post baseball team. Other donations went to people in trouble away from home; senior citizen groups; orphans; heart, cancer and cystic fibrosis victims; and to purchase TV sets and a wheelchair for veterans at a local veterans hospital.

With its officers so committed to community involvement, it isn't any wonder that Post 257, Laguna Hills, Calif., is becoming a local sym- bol of voluntarism in action. Adjutant J. Paul Denney, a member of the Legion's national security commission, and post service officer for the past 18 years, has built a history of compassionate attention to veterans and their families. He visits monthly at least eight veterans, their families and orphans; makes special trips to two VA medical centers to deliver magazines and funds for hospitalized veterans to buy needed items; serves as a liaison to other veter- ans from the local area; and frequently drives sick veterans to VA medical cen- Barney W. Breedlove ters in Long Beach and La Jolla. Two other Blue Cap Legionnaires are working diligently to get the American flag into more people's lives. For the past five BREEDLOVE is "a years, John C. Anderson, 1st vice commander, and David Hayes have spoken BARNEYliving Indiana legend," said to groups and organizations, urging them to buy and display flags. William D. Jackson, national executive director in In- A 100-year-old hotel serving as a post home may have contributed to dianapolis. "At 92, he's the na- Glen H. Daykin Post 155's membership success. The Britton, Mich., post tion's oldest continuously serv- ing director of a Boys State over the past 10 years increased its membership to where every sixth resident program, and as Indiana's department in the Britton area is a Legionnaire. The 1881 hotel, one of the town's oldest treasurer since 1937, he's also one of landmarks, serves as a natural attraction to townspeople and is the focal point the Legion's longest serving depart- for nearly every community activity, including two recent fund-raisers that net- ment officers." ted up to for local families' cancer-related medical expenses. $8,000 two A Legionnaire since 1919, Breedlove saw WWI action in France as a field A mail On the mOVe best describes E. George Yager, 2nd vice artilleryman. After his discharge he commander and service officer of Joiner Fitzhugh Post 278, Granbury, earned a law degree and spent the Texas. Yager has an office in his home stocked with every kind of Legion form next 66 years building a career of and pamphlet anyone would need. He sold ads to merchants to buy a full page in community service involvement. But his life-long love has been the the local newspaper to honor Pearl Harbor Day. He organized a veterans' flag spiritual, educational and intellectual ceremony, sought local Korean and Vietnam War veterans so their names could development of Indiana youth. As di- be inscribed on a commemorative plaque to be mounted on the courthouse wall rector of Indiana's Boys State since with WWI and WWII veterans' names, and established a veterans' affairs pro- 1937, he has seen an estimated 45,000 service gram with other post officers. He makes calls on house-bound older vet- youths attend Hoosier Boys State. erans; provides local media with articles on Legion activities; visits local hospi- In recognition of his half-century of tals regularly; maintains contact with other Legion posts and helps them when service to youth and 38 continuous needed; and collects furniture, food and clothing for the needy. years as chief attorney with the VA,

As a 30-year Legionnaire and former infantryman from WWII, Yager is con- Breedlove has earned many citations stantly seeking new members, and maintains a supply of canes, crutches, wheel- and awards, including the Department of Indiana's Distinguished Service chairs, etc., for veterans. He has held every office in the post several times. Award, and recognition from Pres- ident Ronald Reagan for his dedication What does a town that depends on its American Legion post for much to youth. of its social life do after the post is destroyed by fire? The whole town chips in "Breedlove is a man who has la- and builds another. That's what happened to Keystone Post 444, Millheim, bored long and hard," said Jackson, Pa., after the post burned in August 1982. After years of planning, the post "motivated not by love of money or opened in October 1984 at a cost of $125,000. Obtaining funds was a major prob- desire for fame, but to satisfy a deeper lem, but money-raising projects initiated by the Auxiliary, much volunteer work need ... to serve his fellow man." and the sale of $500 bonds helped to pay the mortgage.

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NE) Carl Amana, IA) Edward Schmidt, 1325 Harrison Dr., Clinton, Ackerman, 422 W. Irving Ave., Oshkosh, Wl 54901 Fischer, 1707 21st St.. Columbus. NE 68601 (402) 564- IA 52732 (319) 242-9178 (414) 235-7328 4454 203rd Coast Arty. AA Assn. (Houn Dawgs) (Sept- 802nd Tank Destroyer Bn. (Sept-Virginia Beach, VA) "HQ" Co., 1st Bn., 118th Inf. (June-Florence, SC) Dewey Carthage. MO) Lloyd Johnson, Box 10, Carthage, MO Tom McCutchan. 428 White Rd., New York, NY 11501 Sims, 1335 3rd Loop Rd., Florence. SC 29501 (803)

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(WWII, Korea) (Aug- Larsen, Box 225, Underwood, IA 51576 (712) 566-2041 Weatherford, TX 76086 (817) 594-8548 Scottdale, PA) William Zozula, Box 286, Scottdale, PA USS Kennebec AO 36 (June-Orlando, FL) Kennebec Stalag Luft IV & VI (July-Milwaukee) Leonard Rose, 8103 15683 (412) 887-5973 Assn., Box 1608, Chiefland, FL 32626 (904) 493-4057 E. 50th St., Indianapolis, IN 46226 (317) 546-1860 CIP, CIC, SIC, MID (Sept-Asheville, NC) Jim Marion, 4381 USS Keokuk AKN 4 (Sept-Schaumburg, IL) Kenneth "C" Co., 583rd SAW, 3rd Platoon (July-Brooking, SD) Braunton Rd., Columbus, OH 43220 Adair, Box 34, Sutter, IL 62373 (21 7) 658-4931 Gerhard Luttmann Jr., Rt. 3, Coleman, SD 57017 (605) MP Platoon, 9th Arm'd Div. WWII (Aug-Bloomfield, IA) USS Lang DD 399 (Aug-French Lick, IN) Rex Knight, Rt. 997-3526 Elmer DeFrehn, 198 W. Raymond St., Philadelphia, PA 4, Box 235B, Mitchell, IN 47446 (812) 849-5982 19140 (215) 457-2019 USS Lavallette DD 448 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Jerry Ingram, Society of the Fifth Div. 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Another independent said, "A lot of people were convinced I was really out of work. Understandable. I mean, who picks up dry cleaning at 10 a.m.?" How a Stop in a Others missed the sense of identity that went with company affiliation. "When you say you work for IBM, people nod. When you say you run a market-research business next to the German Shoe Store piano in your living room, a tone of compassion enters the listener's voice." William Renfro, head of a forecast ing firm in Washington, D.C., thinks Ended a Lifetime home-based workers miss out on that possibly essential office function — "schmoozing"— a term used by author Studs Terkel to describe the sense of companionship among workers as they of Foot Pain .. chat about their lives and gripe about Allows freedom

, for your toes common problems. "W Renfro has some tips for home- We were in Germany based workers: on the very first day of our vacation but my feet were • Get dressed in whatever you killing me already. I thought would normally wear in the office. a pair of more comfortable • Set up and keep office hours. shoes might help and I fell • Get to work on time. in love with a pair in a shoe in Wiesbaden, • Quit on time. Don't linger over store Germany. office problems through dinner time. But when I tried them • See people. Incorporate a game of on, they hurt too. I ex- squash into your routine. Join a pro- plained my problem of sore fessional association to maintain your aching feet to a friendly clerk and she pointed to a business contacts. counter display and said, There are many kinds of businesses maybe I needed a pair of that can be run successfully at home. special Leather Insoles. According to a March 1983 Kiplinger I took her advice and was I

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Nov. 12 from N.Y., Nov. 13 homes. "It's something we . . . from Norfolk (Wil- weren't conscious of . . . It's a little premature, but we may be organizing liamsburg). St. Kitts, specific workshops for home busi- Barbados, Gua- British Registry nesses, instead of the shotgun ap- deloupe, Rates per person, dou- ." ^ proach we've been using. . . ble occupancy, subject to Experts advise those who would availability. strike out on their own to be willing to do so on a shoestring for a year or two. Architect Peter Wheelwright, who UEEN gave up a salaried job to work out of a LIZABETH 2 converted loft in his home, would agree. "I felt really great the day I stopped being an employee. I had $1,500 in savings and the world was Mr. Les Kertes, Hartford Holidays, PO. Box 462, mine. Only a few weeks later did real- 277 Northern Blvd., Great Neck, NY 11022. ity sink in. Just the business of estab- Send me the facts on special QF.2 cruise opportunities for Legionnaires and lishing credit — rough!" Wheelwright their families. now has a booming business designing space for others who live and work in NAME one location. After two years out, he has matched his previous salary and is ADDRESS, APT NO. looking forward to breaking the $30,000 barrier, he said. CITY STATE ZIP As lines between workplace and E40121 © CUNARD 1985 dwelling place blur, home may still be where the hearth is — but it's becom- CUNARD ing a whole lot more besides. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE a

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62 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE or limit the symptoms of hay fever. promise when given nasally, Norman One is to prevent the release of said, although more work is needed to mediators. Hay fever injections — produce it in nosedrop form. The immunotherapy in formal language Johns Hopkins researchers can mea- — do that. The shots contain small sure the effectiveness of these anti- amounts of allergen, and steady expo- release drugs by looking at the amount sure to increasing amounts builds up of mediator in the nose. the body's resistance to the offending "We find that when we give a person molecules. The second method is to allergens in the nose, leukotrienes ap- stop the activity of mediators after pear in the nasal secretions," Norman they're released — which is what an- said. "This lets us know that the cells tihistamines, the most effective hay that make leukotrienes release it when fever drugs, do. an allergic reaction occurs. Histamine The problem is that antihistamines and other mediators also appear." give only partial relief because his- A number of anti-release drugs are tamine is responsible for only about a being developed by pharmaceutical third of all hay fever symptoms. companies, Norman said. "This test New research promises to increase gives the first look as to how useful the level of relief considerably. they will be." Researchers have discovered a family While work on new drugs treatment of mediators called leukotrienes (be- goes on, other researchers are trying cause they were first found in the white to produce better injections that will blood cells called leukocytes) that ap- reduce the body's reaction to the al- pear to be more powerful than his- lergens in ragweed pollen. One major tamine. A major effort is under way to effort is at Northwestern University develop drugs that do to leukotrienes Medical School where a group headed what antihistamines do to histamine. by Dr. Roy Patterson is working on of a reaction. For another, like all pol- "No drugs are available yet," said chemical modification of the allergens. len extract shots, they're effective Dr. N. Fink, chief of the al- As anyone who has had hay fever only for individuals who have hay lergy section at the Medical College of shots knows, the series of injections fever, which means that careful test- Wisconsin and president of the Ameri- are long and tedious because the body ing is needed to be sure that the right can College of Allergy and Immunol- must first become accustomed to tiny patients are singled out. ogy. "But every pharmaceutical com- amounts of the injected allergen. Only At the State University of Buffalo, pany is working on them. We look then can the dose be increased to build Dr. Robert E. Reisman is trying a log- forward to a new series of drugs that up resistance. Too much allergen can ical variation on the Northwestern ap- are effective in treatment." cause a violent and dangerous allergic proach. He gives the pollen extracts not only by injection, but also in the form of a nasal spray. Conventional extracts have only lim- ited success when given by nose, be- cause they tend to cause the very 1 EW TECHNIQUES AND symptoms they're supposed to pre- vent, Reisman said. PROVIDE AN The giant allergen molecules DRUGS PROMISE TO developed at Northwestern "have been very effective and associated INCREASED LEVEL OF RELIEF with very few side effects," he said. In addition, he said a nasal spray is FROMHAYFEVERFOR MILLIONS.?* a lot less expensive than a series of injections. There are yet other research proj- At the Johns Hopkins School of reaction called anaphylaxis. ects, added Dr. Roger Katz, an aller- Medicine, a group including Dr. Phillip The Northwestern team's approach is gist at the University of California at S. Norman is looking into leukotrienes to cross-link allergen molecules. These Los Angeles. and treatments against them. They giant allergen molecules increase resis- Scientists are working on a variety are concentrating on the nose, which is tance without causing a severe reaction, of new anti-mediator drugs, on syn- a major center of interest for hay said Dr. Leslie Grammer, a member of thetic steroid hormones that are dab- fever researchers. the research team. bed on the nasal lining to reduce Since the nose is where things are "Ordinarily, a series of shots can symptoms, and even on advanced happening, it makes sense to put your take three years," she said. "We can methods designed to turn off the drugs there, Norman said. The nose is give them in three months. When we body's production of the antibodies not only the place where many hay look at either the antibody level or im- that trigger mediator release. fever symptoms occur, but also it is provement in symptoms after three "All of these are going on simulta- lined with blood vessels that quickly months, we get the same results as is neously in various centers," Katz said. absorb a drug and speed it to other normally obtained in three years." Put them all together, and there's parts of the body. The new shots aren't a panacea, the hope of a cheerier ragweed season One antihistamine called azatadine, Grammer said. For one thing, they coming for hay fever sufferers. developed as a tablet, has shown don't completely eliminate the danger Meanwhile, gesundheit.

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