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Don’t blame military and very incomplete. On the first Refreshing read The February article “No Easy page were references to “conver- Joe Foss couldn’t be more right. Answers” quotes a veteran as say- sion,” “evangel[izing] the world” We’d better shape up in this coun- ing, “I went from being a social and a highlighted quote about try and forget all this “politically drinker to a weekend drinker to a “those of us who call ourselves correct” nonsense, or we’re down full-time drinker. I stopped paying Christians.” What about those of the tubes. What a refreshing read. rent… I lost us who don’t? Words by a straight-shooter. We my job.” Did Yes, on the second page you do need more like him. being a veter- devote one short paragraph to — Clarence L. Galliart, Halstead, Kan. an cause this? Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., I made the but the writer then goes back to Ideas with merit Normandy in- discussing the Christian Embassy. Thank you for the fine article vasion, was Aren’t there any Moslem or Jew- “The World According to Joe wounded and ish or Seventh-day Adventist Foss.” It is a shame that the maga- spent three prayer and study groups he could zine that professes to be for God years in Army have written about? and country gives the impression hospitals. I I recently joined the Legion and of humoring the views he received excellent care and retired thought I was joining a veterans expressed only because of his from a private corporation after 39 organization, not a religious one. great accomplishments and not years. The point? The military Please try to be more balanced and because the ideas have merit. Joe doesn’t make alcoholics and drug sensitive in the future. Foss was wise. Many cry that the addicts. They do it themselves. — Bernard Zazula, New Fairfield, Conn. economy is our biggest problem; it — Claude Lovett, San Antonio is not. Our biggest problem is na- An honest answer tional spiritual blindness and the A question to ask I just finished reading Dan All- intellectual lunacy that is a result. Unfortunately, it may be true sup’s excellent article on Joe Foss — Norman J. Shumaker Jr., Sumter, S.C. that there are no easy answers (“The World According to Joe when it comes to our homeless Foss,” February). I would like to Dubious agenda veterans. But what situation were commend you for running the arti- I just finished reading “The these homeless veterans in when cle in its entirety, specifically the Real Abraham Lincoln” (Febru- they joined the military? Had they last question: what is your great- ary). I would like to know who is completed their educations? Did est achievement? Foss said it was paying these revisionists to under- they have paying jobs? Were they his belief in God and receiving Je- mine this great nation’s history. living at home with their parents? sus Christ as his savior and Lord. Their venomous attacks are If any of these situations were ac- These days most editors would insulting. ceptable before entering the serv- have edited that answer so that — Harold J. Comppen, Fair Lawn, N.J. ice, were any of these situations readers would never have seen it. acceptable upon being dis- You chose to run it, and for that I Deeds, not words charged? Just what do our salute you. Anyone can find what Lincoln discharged servicemen expect — Mike Norman, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. and others stood for by reading from their society and their gov- what they, themselves, said. ernment upon discharge? And what they did in life and I enlisted in 1969. When I was WE WANT public service proves them men discharged in 1972, I used my of their words. Montgomery GI Bill benefits to re- YOUR OPINIONS Thanks to Dinesh D’Souza for turn to college and complete my The American Legion Magazine wel- setting the record straight on degree. I obtained a state govern- comes letters concerning articles Lincoln. ment job and have made my own that appear in the publication. Be –John C. Wilken, Oak Harbor, Wash. living since then. The fact that ap- sure to include your hometown and proximately 150 private-sector busi- a daytime phone number for verifi- No champion nesses, nonprofit service organiza- cation. All letters are subject to edit- “The Real Abraham Lincoln” tions and government agencies are ing. Send your opinions to: begs for some scrutiny as to its helping homeless veterans is great. veracity. It seems as if Dinesh But the question for most homeless The American Legion Magazine D’Souza works like the 9th Circuit veterans in this country is this: P. O. Box 1055 Court of Appeals, in that he only what have I done to help myself? Indianapolis, IN 46206 quotes and cites those points that — Jim Keebler, Huntsville, Ala. You can also contact us via further his beliefs and blatantly e-mail directly or through the omits the ones he doesn’t like. Too much religion World Wide Web: In reference to his comment As a non-Christian, I found the e-mail: [email protected] that Lincoln “never acknowledges article “The Other City of Angels” Internet: http://www.legion.org black inferiority; he merely con- (February) somewhat offensive cedes the possibility,” D’Souza

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Raymond, Athol, N.Y. from being placed on an equality official language of the United with the white race. The aspira- States because he wants the His- Death by SPAM tion of men is to enjoy equality panic vote? I am tired of listening While serving in the Pacific with the best when free, but on to phone menus of government during World War II, one SPAM this broad continent not a single offices first in English and again in story making the rounds told of an man of your race is made the Spanish. Here in New Jersey, even officer aboard a destroyer who equal of a single man of ours.” schools have adopted the practice. saved a can of SPAM during lean This is from the “great champi- The test for obtaining a driver’s chow days. He tied a string on” of the blacks. license is given in so many around the can and slipped it — Sidney M. Basford, Sneads, Fla. languages I’ve lost count. If you down the barrel of a 5-inch gun. don’t understand English, how A sudden kamikaze attack sent Learn the language can you follow the road signs? everyone to their battle stations. Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, If you want to live in America, As an enemy Zero raced for the de- clearly is writing for the benefit of learn our language. stroyer, the 5-inchers blasted away. his constituents (“English as Offi- — Norm Ivins, Tuckerton, N.J. Although the shells missed their cial U.S. Language,” Big Issues, mark, the can of SPAM crashed February). There is a vast differ- Stretched thin through the plane’s canopy, mor- ence between retaining with pride I strongly doubt that Jonathan tally wounding the pilot. The Zero one’s cultural heritage and refus- Pond’s article “Stretching Dollars” crashed into the sea. ing to assimilate into one’s new (February) would lead to future That was probably the only culture. It is the latter that financial security. In the real plane ever to be brought down by appears to be characteristic of world, there is no such thing as a can of SPAM. many recent immigrants. Requir- financial security. Webster defines — Bud Feuer, Roanoke, Va. ing all documents to be in English security as “freedom from danger, and Spanish, as is the case in risk or poverty.” The drop in the Fund VA care Florida, merely costs taxpayers stock market and failure of major VA’s decision to discontinue additional dollars and enables corporations has weakened our providing medical benefits for those who choose not to learn financial security. Category-8 veterans is terrible. I English — and there are many of My husband and I were well- use VA for only a few benefits them — to stay out of the main- prepared for retirement. With and get some of my prescription stream of the society in which home and car paid for, we bought drugs from it. I retired in 1994 they have chosen to live. The savings bonds, CDs and an IRA. and have only started using the same can be said for bilingual ed- We had two savings accounts. benefits to which I am entitled, ucation. For generations, immi- This was our nest egg. We were and now because of cutbacks I grants from many countries came totally ignorant of the outside am going to have to pay thou- to the United States to live and forces eyeing it. sands more dollars. Something learned without question the lan- In January, our HMO increased should be done. guage of the country. It is time for $236. Prescriptions increased from I realize that as a Category-8 recent immigrants to do the same. $15 to $40. Heating oil went from veteran, I am not in the same posi- — Allan MacKinnon, Marathon, Fla.. 99 cents a gallon to $1.39 a gallon. tion as those who are more needy. Garbage collection increased $10 a However, if VA is going to start dis- No need for law year. An unfair county assessment criminating against veterans like Legislation to dictate that Eng- on my 75-year-old home resulted myself — who not only served, but lish become the official language in a tax increase to $2,600 a year. I joined the military during the Ko- of the United States is ridiculous. now have a shortfall. I am sure rean War — then something is How do you force someone to our increase in Social Security will wrong with the system. learn the language of the country help a lot, all $10 of it. These funds should be a part of they live in? You can’t. New im- — Audrey M. Casperson, McKeesport, Pa. our national defense budget, not a migrants are eager to learn Eng- separate line item. This is no way lish. The problems are long wait- SPAM and eggs to treat those of us who were will- ing lists to attend classes and not I got a kick out of Harvey Mey- ing to give our lives in the service enough qualified instructors to er’s article “A Slice of Americana” of our country. teach English. Rep. Peter King (February), regarding the preva- — Ronald C. Pilenzo, Hobe Sound, Fla.

6 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine commander’s message Protect Old Glory now

uring the 107th Congress, a small pass it. That’s no surprise; the amend- group of U.S. senators ignored the ment has passed the House on four differ- Dwill of their constituents, fellow ent occasions. lawmakers and president regarding the We are close in the Senate. While S.J. flag-protection amendment. Res. 4 has 44 co-sponsors, 64 senators With a change in the Senate have expressed support for it at one time leadership, and with the help of Legion- or another. That’s three votes short of naires throughout America, I hope we can what we need to get it passed. change that in the 108th Congress. With the new leadership in the Senate, More than two years ago, the House we have an opportunity to put flag pro- version of the amendment, H.J. Res. 36, tection to a vote for the first time since overwhelmingly passed during a floor 2000. Since we began our fight to once vote. It was then sent to the Senate, again make the U.S. Flag a protected sym- where it sat. bol, the time never has been so right to Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., the Senate make this happen. majority leader at the time, never let the As of this writing, we are on the verge amendment get to of a war with National the floor for a Iraq. The war Commander vote. Neither did against terrorism Ronald F.Conley Sen. Pat Leahy, D- is an ongoing ef- Chase Studios How to contact Vt., then-chairman members of Congress fort. American of the Senate Judi- patriotism is run- It’s simple ciary Committee. Telephone numbers for U.S. senators and repre- ning at a level un- Despite having the sentatives’ district offices can be obtained from seen for years. common the blue pages of your local phone book or by support of more calling the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: For our soldiers sense that a than 60 senators, (202) 224-3121 stationed abroad, the amendment no sight is more symbol never had a Letters should be addressed to: reassuring than chance. The Honorable (full name) seeing Old Glory worth U.S. Senate All 50 states Washington, DC 20510 waving above now have resolu- their station and dying for is tions on the books or to: nothing more de- The Honorable (full name) a symbol calling for a con- U.S. House of Representatives moralizing than stitutional amend- Washington, DC 20515 seeing it burn in worth ment to protect the streets of the flag from dese- America. protecting. cration, but that didn’t matter. In effect, Since America fought for its independ- Daschle and Leahy kept S.J. Res. 7 ence, there has been no greater symbol of hostage until Congress adjourned. freedom and democracy in the world. November’s elections gave control of Men and women have given their lives the Senate back to the Republicans and to protect the ideas and principles it rep- put amendment-friendly senators into key resents. It’s simple common sense that a leadership positions. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R- symbol worth dying for is a symbol worth Utah, is the new chairman of the Judicia- protecting. ry Committee, where the resolution has Tell your senators and representatives been referred. Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is you believe this. Urge them to sign on as the majority leader. Frist is a cosponsor to co-sponsors. If they don’t support the S.J. Res. 4, introduced by Hatch and Sen. amendment, ask them why. Tell them Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., which is this desecrating the flag isn’t free speech; it’s session’s version of the flag-protection conduct, conduct most Americans find amendment. It reads, “The Congress shall offensive. Some even consider it treason. have power to prohibit the physical dese- The Supreme Court in 1989 took away cration of the flag of the United States.” our right to protect Old Glory. It’s up to The same amendment, H.J. Res. 4, has the people of this country to take that been introduced in the House and has 55 right back. The window of opportunity is co-sponsors and the support of more than open. Let’s put the Stars and Stripes in 300 representatives, more than enough to that window.

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Poorly protected computer systems put America at risk for an electronic Pearl Harbor.

BY WINN SCHWARTAU today. Instead, things are worse. Effective cyberterrorism hinges eportedly, al-Qaida is plan- on several key concepts. ning more attacks against First is reliance upon technolo- RU.S. interests, and some gy. The American economy is a may come in the form of cyberter- national-security asset that needs rorism. Such attacks will be much to be protected. Critical U.S. infra- more deadly than annoying virus- structures include transportation, es or harassing hackers. Well-or- power distribution, communica- chestrated cyberattacks can be tions, finance, water and emer- fatal to their victims, highly dis- gency services. ruptive to the economy and terri- In their purest form, cyberter- fying to the average American cit- rorism and information warfare izen. Imagine massively polluted are conflicts without bombs, bul- water supplies, constant regional lets or bayonets. It is conflict in power outages without rhyme or which computers and information reason, the sudden and inexplica- are the weapons and the targets, ble collapse of financial systems, and the effects are just as deadly communications blackouts and as well-placed explosives. air traffic-control systems going An asymmetrical adversary has haywire. This is cyberterrorism. inherent advantages over those At a June 27, 1991, congression- potential combatants who “play al hearing, I concluded a report by by the rules.” Such is the modus saying, “Government and commer- operandi of terrorists. cial computer systems are so poor- ly protected today they can essen- Folly of Our Optimism. Let’s look tially be considered defenseless – at the position in which America an electronic Pearl Harbor waiting and much of modern society has to happen.” placed itself. Our networked soci- At the time, detractors said I ety encourages technological ad- was overstating the condition and vances in every area of our lives. that cyberterrorism simply doesn’t How many computers do you exist. They were wrong. Had they have at home? My mother had 37. heeded those warnings, our coun- Are you including VCRs, televi- try might be much more secure sions, cable boxes, microwave

April 2003 13 The American Legion Magazine ovens and alarm clocks? How ing any military operation, along rorism. We also must remember many are in your car? Try with conventional kinetic weapons. the current breed of terrorist who upwards of 30. How many do you Class I Information Warfare uses the Internet as a tool and is use daily without thinking? The targets the individual. In cyber- threatening to attack our critical gas pump? ATM machine? Super- space you are guilty until proven infrastructures. market checkout? innocent, and in the United Despite the conveniences we States, personal privacy is not a Cheating in War. My dad taught have created with technology, we legislated right. Databases contain me to play chess when I was 3 have done ourselves a disservice. our digital essence. We all tend to years old. I never amounted to We never considered the security believe the contents of the com- much more than an average play- of our whole network. The Inter- puter, thus computer algorithms er, but at least it was a fair fight. net was an academic accident determine whether we get a car So is Go, the Japanese game of that was never meant to be what loan or qualify for health insur- pebbles, logic and strategy. Chi- it has become. Yet without tech- ance. Recently, a group of crimi- nese checkers. Checkers. Stratego nology, we lose our military and nals stole the electronic identities by Parker Brothers. It’s all the economic superiority. of 30,000 citizens to the tune of same idea. Two opposing forces, Ironically, the complexity and $100 million. In Bosnia, our ad- each with identical resources – sophistication of the technology versary researched personal de- gaming pieces – set up in mirror- we have created is one of this tails of senior leaders and bomber image pre-conflict positions. The country’s greatest weaknesses, and pilots, then threatened their fami- outcome of the game – or conflict some would argue – like Osama lies back home. What happens to – is determined by skill alone. bin Laden and his followers – our military morale in such cases? Nothing is left to chance like in downfall. We failed to build our Class II Information Warfare backgammon, which adds the un- technical society with “defense in includes industrial and economic predictable odds of dice to an oth- depth,” a key military concept for espionage against an organization erwise symmetrical conflict. thousands of years. We failed in by an organization or even by a Symmetry means both sides the basics, assuming all who use nation-state. British Air allegedly are equally equipped. This is po- technology are good guys, and that stole Virgin Air customers by ille- lite war to a fault, and both sides the bad guys will never use our gally accessing their databases. play by the rules. They use avail- own technology against us. We The French, Chinese and Russians able technology to the best of now are beginning to recognize – along with more of our “allies” one’s advantage just as the chess the folly of our optimism. – used extensive spy programs for player uses his pieces to the best We also failed to deal with corporate and national economic of his advantage. graceful degradation, another key gain by eavesdropping on Asymmetry means no rules. military concept. If a company or telephone and cell-phone calls, We changed the rules in 1945 by a society loses important pieces Internet sniffing, cracking pass- dropping two asymmetrical of its technical infrastructure, words, and electronic breaking weapons on Japan. That ended a what services can it fall back on and entering. The FBI reports that war. Al-Qaida used asymmetry until everything is repaired? 122 countries have engaged in on Sept. 11, 2001. That started a Think how many times you have online industrial/economic spying war. Asymmetrical adversaries been told, “Sorry, I can’t help against the United States, causing thrive on simplicity, not you. The computers are down.” economic losses in excess of $300 complexity. We tend to miscalcu- Airports. Hotels. Telephones. De- billion per year. late the real ability of low-tech partment stores. Restaurants. Class III Information Warfare is opponents to devise low-cost, Everyday places and things we conducted by nations and politi- low-tech methods to offset capa- rely on come to a grinding halt cal, economic and religious bilities of technologically superi- because we don’t have a means spheres of influence from the na- or adversaries. of continuing business operations tional to global levels. This Asymmetry is what gives ter- without technology. We expect includes cyberterrorism by mili- rorists their strength. They oper- computers to work all the time. tia-like groups and, in some in- ate outside the box of accepted We never think otherwise. This stances, narco-terrorists buying international behavior, with a reliance on a single variable is a the same high-end snoop-spy few notable nation-state excep- failure in any military model and, hacking tools and hiring the same tions. When we examine our po- certainly, for our country. experts as governments but pay- tential adversaries from a cultur- ing them a lot more. China’s 1998 al standpoint, their value systems War Without Bombs. Three class- declaration of “unrestricted war” can be radically different than es of information warfare and cy- against the United States and Rus- those of the United States, berterrorism exist. Current U.S. mil- sia’s announcement that informa- Europe, Russia or even China. itary doctrine is called “information tion warfare is second only to nu- Air Force lawyer Col. Charles operations,” and it uses many of clear warfare underscore the Dunlap said, “Our likely future the following ideas when conduct- severity and danger of cyberter- opponents will be unlike

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able to tens of millions of people. it be permitted to take the law into What do these scenarios have its own hands? The vigilante con- Winn Schwartau is president of in common? They all have cept is growing in popularity. Interpact Inc. He is a leading ex- already occurred. Today it is illegal for companies pert on information security, infra- At the far end of the spectrum, to disarm online assailants. That structure protection and electronic things only get worse – and that’s is the height of stupidity when the privacy. He is author of “Internet & what the Department of Homeland only other response is to suck in, Computer Ethics for Kids.” Security and the White House wor- absorb the blow and do nothing ry about daily: open the flood gates or let functionality suffer for the Article design: King Doxsee

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A U.S. Air Force security guard mans a machine gun at the entrance of NATO’s base at Tirana Airport in Albania. Corbis

April 2003 19 The American Legion Magazine place and purpose. As President century capabilities into its mili- War by Committee. Of course, George W. Bush observed in tary is the United States, as was more is at work here than Prague, “Our NATO alliance faces painfully evident in Afghanistan. Europe’s relative military weak- dangers very different from those Just days after the attacks on ness. The Kosovo War no doubt it was formed to confront. Yet America, NATO invoked Article V, affected Washington’s confidence never has our need for collective its all-for-one collective defense in NATO’s capacity to conduct mil- defense been more urgent.” The clause. Soon, NATO planes were itary operations. As The Economist dangers come not from Soviet di- deployed to the United States to lamented, “Europe’s real visions plowing through the Fulda monitor the skies for hostile or weakness in security matters lies Gap but from failed states and suspicious aircraft. But the not in a shortage of cruise rogue regimes on faraway conti- deployments, like the sincere missiles, but in a deep reluctance nents where terrorism breeds. statement of solidarity expressed – born of years of letting America As a consequence, the running in Article V, were more symbolic do the hard geopolitical work – to post-Cold War argument over than substantive. After years of think strategically.” For example, NATO’s role beyond Europe is now miniscule investments in defense, in the first hours of the Kosovo closed. As French ambassador to there simply wasn’t much NATO campaign, Greece and Italy called NATO Benoit D’Aboville observes, could do collectively to help for a bombing pause. Germany that dispute “has fallen away with Washington in the campaign publicly dismissed Britain’s sug- the Twin Towers.” NATO is not yet against al-Qaida and the Taliban. gestion of a ground attack. Britain prepared to become the top cop in This should come as no surprise: retained veto power over anything the global fight against terror, but America’s 2003 increase in mili- targeted by British-based B-52s. it is ready to join the posse. tary spending was actually more France vetoed “sensitive” targets According to NATO Secretary than the total defense outlays of throughout the war. Hence, Short’s General George Robertson, “For any European government. To initial target list of thousands was our people and our societies, ter- borrow a phrase from scripture, chopped down to hundreds by rorism poses a mortal danger – a NATO’s spirit was willing, but the NATO’s less-hawkish members. In danger we must protect ourselves body was weak. fact, only 53 targets were hit on against here and now.” There were notable individual the war’s opening night. Belgrade exceptions in Afghanistan: Great wasn’t even hit until the 11th day Hard Choices, Hard Feelings. Britain had both the means and of the air campaign. “Instead of a The new NATO will be character- the will to join America in the first fierce, full-out attack at the begin- ized not just by a longer reach, counterstrike against the global ning, hammering away at all tar- but by new command procedures terror axis. Other NATO nations gets,” recalls historian David Hal- and new capabilities. The alliance contributed after the Taliban was berstam in his book “War in a needs all three to be effective in routed. Turkey led the Internation- Time of Peace,” “the number of the global fight against terror. al Security Assistance Force in and targets, the importance of the tar- In Robertson’s view, “NATO’s around Kabul. Germany, France gets and the number of planes had credibility comes from its capabil- and a handful of other NATO al- been greatly reduced.” ity.” Hoping to enhance their joint lies sent units to clear caves. But However, the most critical inter- capabilities, NATO leaders have their role was limited, and Wash- nal dispute came as a Russian agreed to forge a 21,000-man rap- ington’s invitation came late, brigade lunged at the Pristina air- id-reaction force. First proposed causing hard feelings in Europe. port. When American NATO Com- by Washington, the NATO Still, this asymmetry of power mander Wes Clark ordered British Response Force will be something was a problem long before Gen. Michael Jackson to seize the like an all-star team: countries will Afghanistan. When NATO used air airport, Jackson refused. Both men voluntarily contribute specialty strikes to muscle Bosnian Serbs to then appealed to their national units, thereby accentuating their the peace table in 1995, 75 percent commanders, a practice permitted strengths and enhancing flexibili- of the raids were conducted by under NATO’s vague and unwieldy ty. 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24 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine BY JAY STULLER tients, the parts could replace they finished what the historic diseased hearts, kidneys and liv- Hitler failed to do.” n the beginning, man created ers. Couples with hopeless repro- In any event, roughly six years Dolly. Born on a cool February ductive disorders could finally after Dolly there are no new Iday in 1997 near the city of Ed- have a child that’s a true genetic Hitlers. Science is finding cloning inburgh, she looked much like offspring – a clone with the far more difficult than once imag- any other lamb in Scotland. As genes of at least one parent. ined. In February 2001, researchers with all other sheep, Dolly sprang To others, Dolly was a sheep in at Texas A&M announced they’d from the womb of a ewe. And yet, wolves’ clothing. produced the world’s first cloned because she didn’t originate Esteemed professor and public kitten, known as “CC,” short for through the union of sperm and policy analyst James Q. Wilson carbon copy, but only after many egg – actually, it was an embryo noted that average people instinc- deadly failures. Dolly died recently containing the genes of only one tively recoil from the notion of at age 6, after suffering from pre- parent – Dolly became a maga- cloning, which calls forth a “men- mature arthritis. zine supermodel. tal picture of identical babies be- This is not to say that a human The world’s first genetic copy ing produced in some biological has not been cloned. of a creature more complex than factory,” perhaps grown only for Brigitte Boisselier, director of a frog, Dolly captured the imagi- their body parts. Clonaid – a company founded nations of disease researchers Another commentator wrote by the Raelian religion – and infertile couples alike. After that it wasn’t hard to imagine announced in late December the all, if one could clone genetically “a veritable army of Hitlers, alleged birth of a cloned baby to modified organs taken from ani- ruthless and remorseless … an American couple. Skeptical mals or grown from human pa- reproducing themselves until scientists doubt the company’s

April 2003 25 The American Legion Magazine claim without independent ‘… growing people to harvest the first sailing ship – known DNA testing. in Greek mythology as the organs is not going to happen Argo – represents the origin Ultimate Decision. U.S. of culture and the start of its policymakers are stumbling in a lawful society. decline. That’s because while toward a position on cloning, Chopping an organ sailing ships made it possible skinning knees and pulling to explore and trade, the ves- hamstrings in the process. out of a clone would be sels also brought pirates, pil- Established in January 2001 lagers and plague. and charged with developing just as much a murder as Of course, cross-breeding a cohesive take on cloning, the genetics of plants and su- the president’s 18-member killing any other person.’ perior domesticated animals Council on Bioethics recom- – Dr. Gregory Stock, has yielded tremendous ben- mended a complete ban on director of the Program on Medicine, efits and few downsides. Ac- human cloning for reproduc- Technology and Society at UCLA cording to a recent report tion, but only a four-year from the National Academy moratorium on cloning for of Sciences, cloned cows and research. Conservatives were left ping an organ out of a clone pigs could be a boon to American bitterly disappointed by what would be just as much a murder farmers and the nation’s food some called the council’s “stop- as killing any other person.” supply. With an ability to copy gap measure.” What’s of more concern to only the most prodigious pork Elsewhere, South Korea has Stock is a ban that stops all em- and milk producers, farmers banned all forms of human bryonic and stem-cell research. If could concentrate only on top- cloning, and the United Nations Congress is persuaded to “convey quality stock. is seeking a worldwide treaty to human rights to a few cells in a Although worried about the ef- do the same thing. But while the Petri dish, research into promising fect genetically engineered animals U.S. House of Representatives cures for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s could have if they escaped and en- passed a bill outlawing cloning and other diseases would come to tered the wild population – a defi- for any purpose, the Senate, as of a halt,” he says. “To me that’s the nite concern as genetically altered this writing, had still failed to real disregard for human life.” farmed salmon mingle with ocean call a vote on its version of the Still, others insist that messy species – the academy believes the legislation. experiments and the potential for duplication from cloning alleviates The delays are largely the re- abuse offer abundant evidence most of those fears. The genes of sult of an American society that’s favoring a ban on cloning. these animals will not be altered. still engaged a fiery debate over Named in January 2002 to lead As Eric Hallerman, a biologist at on the use of human embryos for the Council on Bioethics, Dr. the Virginia Polytechnic and State reproductive cloning and most Leon Kass – a University of University, told The Washington any other type of medical Chicago professor and bioethics Post, “The concern about food research. At stake are not only expert – is a leading opponent of safety, we thought, was just way hopes for infertile couples but cloning. In congressional testimo- overblown.” also treatments for diseases that ny last year, Kass called cloning Humans, though, are another affect roughly 100 million Ameri- “a serious evil” and a “giant step thing. The very idea of cross- cans. While the ultimate decision toward turning procreation into breeding people to improve the will force sacrifices – a choice be- manufacture.” He also said “per- species, called “eugenics,” has sel- tween embryos or ill adults – the mitting human cloning means dom won favor – other than with debate is currently far ahead of saying yes to the dangerous prin- leaders in the Third Reich. An ap- the science. ciple that we are entitled to deter- preciation for the unpredictable “Much of what you hear today mine and design the genetic ways kids turn out is a fundamen- about cloning humans is a makeup of children. It’s very im- tal part of the human condition. If sideshow,” says Dr. Gregory portant that we think deeply perfected, cloning would remove Stock, the director of the Program about these things. The future of some of the guesswork. on Medicine, Technology and So- humanity hangs in the balance.” Fundamentally, cloning is sim- ciety at UCLA. The author of a ply an alternate form of reproduc- new book called “Redesigning Pros and Cons. Cloning is far tion. But instead of a random mix- Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic from the first time man has tried ing of genes from a mother and Future,” Stock says he feels that to control nature. Ever since hu- father, a clone carries the identical many arguments against cloning mans learned to make tools and genetics of one individual. are the stuff of science fiction. manage fire, we’ve struggled to The process starts with an egg Even if cloning works, “the idea live longer, more securely and harvested from a donor – be it a of growing people to harvest or- prosperously. Most discoveries sheep, cat or female human. The gans is not going to happen in a produced benefits, but also unin- nucleus of the egg, which lawful society,” he says. “Chop- tended consequences. After all, contains the DNA of the egg

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In mal or person to be cloned you do with the mistakes. It’s the animal experiments, only and are fused into the hol- one in 200 tries produces sur- lowed-out egg, which is then a question that people who want vivors, and many of them chemically treated or shocked to do cloning keep ignoring. In have serious illnesses and into behaving as if it’s a fer- problems. So what happens tilized egg. Finally, if the the animal experiments, only one when you make a sick or de- transplanted cells inside the fective baby? Creating that donor egg begin reproducing, in 200 tries produces survivors, kind of suffering is truly un- it can turn into an embryo – ethical.” ready for transplantation into and many of them have serious But suffering is what ther- a host mother. The lamb, kit- illnesses and problems. So apeutic cloning, using stem ten or baby is a genetic repli- cells and embryos, is meant ca of the creature that donat- what happens when you make to ease. Without argument, ed the cells. the goal is noble. The process It is seldom a perfect repli- a sick or defective baby? raises questions. ca, and it’s not full-sized. “I Creating that kind of suffering “It really comes down to would hope people are past what society decides about the idea that cloning would is truly unethical.’ the status of an embryo,” let you reproduce full-grown, – Dr. Arthur Caplan, says Dr. Russell Connors Jr., a adult copies of a person,” Catholic scholar and an assis- says Dr. Arthur Caplan, the director of the Center for Bioethics at the tant professor of theology at director of the Center for University of Pennsylvania Medical Center the College of St. Katherine in Bioethics at the University of St. Paul, Minn. “Science is Pennsylvania Medical Center. surrogate, and then carried to not the enemy. It’s how we use it. “And it’s not as if clones are com- term. “Very few people now get And there’s evolving church doc- pletely ‘unnatural.’ Twins are worked up about ‘test-tube’ ba- trine which asserts that God is clones. What you’d get with bies,” Stock observes. working through man, that hu- cloning is something like a That evolution of thought is man ingenuity can be seen as ex- delayed twin. But it starts with a precisely what concerns Kass. pression of God’s will.” baby. And because environment Since the birth of Dolly, he says, Connors makes it clear that the has such a huge impact on how a talk of human cloning “has gone Catholic Church contends that person turns out, it’s unlikely a from ‘Yuck’ to ‘Oh?’ to ‘Gee whiz’ life, although not necessarily a clone would grow up to be a copy to ‘Why not?’” He warns the unde- person, begins with the fertiliza- of the donor.” cided against being seduced by tion of an egg. “Therefore,” he Perhaps more important is an either familiarity with the idea or says, “an embryo is life that ought issue that lurks down the road humanitarian arguments on behalf to be protected. If you hold that beyond cloning, which is the idea of the infertile and those who wish to be true, then all your of designing better babies, Caplan to replace a child who has died. subsequent questions on cloning adds, “Parents will want to make To Kass, these well-intended are pretty easy to answer. You better and improved children. ideas merely open the door to don’t create life with an intention That’s genetic engineering, not monstrous things, such as “the to destroy it.” cloning.” bizarre prospect of a woman While Caplan favors a ban on Still, cloning is the first “giant bearing and rearing a genetic human reproductive cloning, he step” of which Kass spoke, a sci- copy of herself, her spouse or de- says he believes the research will ence driven in part by the power- ceased parent.” Kass also ques- continue, somewhere, somehow. ful desire by people to have chil- tions “the narcissism of those “Whether we like it or not, sooner dren. And this is not the first time who would clone themselves and or later there will be a cloned reproductive issues are behind think they know who deserves to human.” social discord. When introduced be cloned,” especially “men play- When all is said and done in in the 1940s, artificial insemina- ing at being God.” this world of 6 billion individuals, tion was viewed by some as a a clone may ultimately become form of adultery. The technique A Question of Ethics. Caplan just another person – as ordinary today is no more or less contro- says he is less concerned about and extraordinary as God intend- versial than adoption. the future implications of cloning ed for all of us, when, on the Concerns also arose with the and more about what’s happening sixth day, He first made man.
development of in-vitro fertiliza- today. “For one thing, I think the tion, when sperm and eggs are more we learn about cloning, the Jay Stuller is a freelance writer who united in a lab and then the sub- further off it gets,” he explains. resides in Northern California. sequent embryo is placed into the “My main worry is over what you womb of the original mother or a do with the mistakes. It’s a ques- Article design: Doug Rollison

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Editor’s note: Deputy Defense Sec- retary Paul Wolfowitz made the case for disarming Iraq when he spoke before the Council for For- eign Relations in New York on Jan. 23. The following is an ex- cerpt of that speech.

he threat posed by the con- nection between terrorist Tnetworks and states that possess weapons of mass terror presents us with the danger of a catastrophe that could be worse than Sept. 11. Iraq’s weapons of mass terror and the terror networks to which the Iraqi regime are linked are not two separate themes, not two sepa- rate threats. They are part of the same threat. Hussein one last chance to having to resort to force. And Disarming Iraq and the war on choose a path of cooperative dis- we’ve put more than just our terror are not merely related. Dis- armament, one that he was hopes into this process. Last fall, arming Iraq of its chemical and obliged to take and agreed to take the Security Council requested biological weapons and disman- 12 years ago … member states to give “full sup- tling its nuclear-weapons program The United States entered this port” to U.N. inspectors … Let’s is a crucial part of winning the process hopeful that it could elim- consider for a moment what in- war on terror. Iraq has had 12 inate the threat posed by Iraq’s spectors can do and what they years now to disarm, as it agreed weapons of mass terror without can’t. As the case of South Africa to do at the conclusion of and other success stories the Gulf War. But, so far, it demonstrate, inspection has treated disarmament Even when inspectors were in teams can do a great deal to like a game of hide-and- verify the dismantling of a seek, or, as Secretary of Iraq before, the Baghdad regime program if they are working State Colin Powell has was building and retaining with a cooperative govern- termed it, “rope-a-dope in ment that wants to prove to the desert.” weapons of mass terror. the world it has disarmed. It We are dealing with a is not the job of inspectors threat to the security of our It would be folly to think to disarm Iraq; it is Iraq’s nation and the world … that those efforts stopped job to disarm itself … U.N. Security Council Reso- Think about it for a mo- lution 1441 gave Saddam when the inspectors left. ment. When an auditor dis-

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In concentrated sonable to expect a few form, that quantity of ricin is hundred inspectors to that quantity of ricin is enough to kill more than 1 search every potential hid- million people. Baghdad de- ing place in a country the enough to kill more than clared to the U.N. inspectors size of France … Nor is it 1 million people. that it had over 19,000 liters the inspectors’ role to find of botulinum toxin, enough Saddam’s hidden weapons to kill tens of millions; and when he lies about them and unmanned aerial-vehicle program 8,500 liters of anthrax, with the conceals them. That would make and chemical or biological agent potential to kill hundreds of mil- them not inspectors, but detec- dispersal. There is no information lions. And consider that the U.N. tives, charged with going about Iraq’s mobile biological- inspectors believe that much larg- through that vast country, climb- weapons production facilities. And, er quantities of biological agents ing through tunnels and search- very disturbingly, Iraq has not ac- remained undeclared. Indeed, the ing private homes. Sending a counted for some two tons of an- inspectors think that Iraq has few hundred inspectors to search thrax … Iraq’s national policy is manufactured two to four times an area the size of the state of not to disarm but rather to hide its the amount of biological agents it California would be to send weapons of mass terror … It is a has admitted to and has failed to them on a fool’s errand or to shell game played on a grand scale explain the whereabouts of more play a game. And let me repeat: with deadly serious weapons. than two metric tons of raw mate- this is not a game. More recently, Iraq has again rial for the growth of biological Indeed, with its Dec. 7 declara- begun referring to the inspectors agents. Despite 11 years of inspec- tion, Iraq resumed a familiar as spies, clearly hoping to make tions and sanctions, containment process of deception. Secretary them uncomfortable at best and and military response, Baghdad Powell called that 12,200-page afraid at worst, and to intimidate retains chemical and biological document a catalog of recycled Iraqis from interacting with them. weapons and is producing more. information and brazen omissions For Iraqis, there is nothing sub- And Saddam’s nuclear scientists that the secretary said “totally tle about the intimidation. As are still hard at work. fails to meet the resolution’s re- President Bush stated so correctly, As the president put it, “The quirements. Most brazenly of all, and as numerous reports by Hu- history, the logic and the facts the Iraqi declaration denies the man Rights Watch and other or- lead to one conclusion: Saddam existence of any prohibited ganizations confirm, “The dicta- Hussein’s regime is a grave and weapons programs at all.” tor of Iraq is a student of Stalin, gathering danger. To suggest oth- Among those omissions are using murder as a tool of terror erwise is to hope against the evi- large quantities of anthrax and and control, within his own cabi- dence. To assume the regime’s other deadly biological agents and net, within his own army, and good faith is to bet the lives of nuclear-related items that the even within his own family.” millions and the peace of the U.N. Special Commission con- Today, Iraqi obstruction contin- world in a reckless gamble. And cluded Iraq had not accounted ues on large issues as well as this is a risk we must not take.” for. There are also gaps in small ones. Authorities that Reso- For people who cherish free- accounting for such deadly items lution 1441 confers unconditional- dom and seek peace, these are as 1.5 tons of the nerve gas VX, ly on the inspectors are constantly indeed difficult times. But such 550 mustard-filled artillery shells subject to conditions by the Bagh- times can deepen our under- and 400 biological weapons-capa- dad regime. For example, the res- standing of the truth. And this ble aerial bombs … olution requires that the U.N. in- truth we know: the single great- Iraq fails to explain why it’s pro- spectors shall have “free and un- est threat to peace and freedom ducing missile fuel that seems de- restricted use and landing of in our time is terrorism. So this signed for ballistic missiles it fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft, truth we must also affirm: the claims it does not have. There is no including manned and unmanned truth does not belong to tyrants information on 13 recent Iraqi mis- reconnaissance vehicles.” But Iraq and terrorists. The truth belongs sile tests cited by (Chief U.N. has objected to U-2 flights and to those who dream the oldest weapons inspector) Hans Blix that shoots at our Predators. and noblest dream of all: the exceeded the 150-kilometer limit. Even when inspectors were in dream of peace and freedom.
There is no explanation of the con- Iraq before, the Baghdad regime nection between Iraq’s extensive was building and retaining Article design: Holly K. Soria

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34 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine commentary

BY ROGER KIMBALL world’s self-proclaimed su- perpower, undertaken as a n the 1960s and consequence of specific Ameri- 1970s, the fa- can alliances and actions?” Imous commen- While most Americans tator Susan Sontag made expressed outrage about the a career of promoting highbrow attacks, the prevailing elite liberal anti-Americanism. America, she opinion was more likely to search complained, was a “mechanized, for an excuse, an extenuation, a anxious, television-brainwashed” rationalization, anything but a

Samuel A. Minick society, a country “founded on clear-cut denunciation for an un- genocide” and that in its maturity warranted act of terrorism. Imme- indulged in a “lethal” barbarism. diately after the attacks, Reuters She described America as cancer- news agency refused to describe ous, inorganic, dead, coercive and the perpetrators as terrorists. The authoritarian. After the World reasoning was that one man’s ter- Trade Center was destroyed on rorist was another man’s freedom Sept. 11, 2001, she wrote in The fighter. Not everyone went as far New Yorker magazine: “Where as the playwright Harold Pinter, is the acknowledgment that who described the United States as this was not a ‘cowardly’ “the greatest source of terrorism attack on ‘civilization’ or on earth.” But many liberal com- ‘liberty’ or ‘humanity’ or mentators agreed with the classi- ‘the free world’ but an cist Mary Beard, who reported that attack on the in England many people felt that “however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.”

April 2003 35 The American Legion Magazine Academia’s Anti-Americanism. retreating army at Basra. You group of teachers whose motto is Nowhere are such sentiments are unworthy of my support. “For Reasoned Scholarship in a more common than in academia. Free Society.” Consider the case of Barbara Takes your breath away, Consider this item from the Foley, a professor of doesn’t it? St. Xavier rep- University of California-Berkeley English at Rutgers rimanded Kirstein English department’s fall 2002 University in New and relieved him course catalog. It was for English Jersey. In the Ironically,‘diversity’ of his teaching R1A, “The Politics and Poetics of wake of the duties for a se- Palestinian Resistance,” which deadly means ‘variety,’ yet mester. Under would earn students four units assaults on campuses across America pressure, he toward a degree: New York apologized and Washing- actually encourage strict for the mes- The brutal Israeli military ton, Foley sage but pre- occupation of Palestine, [ongo- posted a mes- conformity on all sumably will ing] since 1948, has systemati- sage on the In- soon be back cally displaced, killed and ternet for her stu- contentious issues. molding young maimed millions of Palestinian dents. It dealt partly minds. people. And yet, from under the with readings for the brutal weight of the occupation, class, partly with the terrorist Selective Diversity. The great Palestinians have produced their attacks. “We should be aware irony lurking behind these exam- own culture and poetry of resist- that, whatever its proximate ples, which could easily be multi- ance. This class will examine cause,” Foley wrote, “its ultimate plied, centers on the word “diver- the history of the [resistance] cause is the fascism of u.s. [sic] sity.” What quality above all oth- and the way that it is narrated foreign policy over the past many ers do college administrators and by Palestinians in order to pro- decades.” teachers strive to nurture on cam- duce an understanding of the Take the much-publicized case pus these days? Intellectual rigor? Intifada ... This class takes as of Peter N. Kirstein, a tenured pro- Not likely. After all, rigor presup- its starting point the right of fessor of history at St. Xavier Uni- poses maintaining high standards, Palestinians to fight for their versity in Chicago. Last fall, and, as we hear repeatedly, high own self-determination. Conser- Kirstein received a form e-mail let- standards are invidious. Houston vative thinkers are encouraged ter from a cadet at the U.S. Air Baker, a former president of the to seek other sections. Force Academy soliciting help pub- Modern Language Association, licizing a symposium on the theme spoke for some in his profession “The Politics and Poetics of “America’s Challenges in an Unsta- when he said that choosing be- Palestinian Resistance” is not an ble World: Balancing Security with tween Shakespeare and Jacque- academic or scholarly inquiry. It Liberty.” Kirstein’s response de- line Susann, for instance, is “no will not attempt to step back and serves to be quoted verbatim: different from choosing between a assess the merits of arguments for hoagy and a pizza. and against a certain interpreta- You are a disgrace to this “I am one whose career is dedi- tion of historical events. On the country and I am furious you cated to the day when we have a contrary, “conservative thinkers would even think I would sup- disappearance of those standards,” are encouraged to seek other sec- port you and your aggressive Baker said. tions.” After news of this class baby killing tactics of collateral Ironically, “diversity” means made national headlines, Berkeley damage. Help you recruit. “variety,” yet campuses across administrators removed that line, Who, top guns to reign [sic] America actually encourage strict but the class went forward. death and destruction upon conformity on all contentious is- The accumulation of anecdotal nonwhite peoples throughout sues. We have read the stories: evidence tells us a lot, but hard the world? Are you serious sir? the case of campus A, which data also exists to convince skep- Resign your commission and champions diversity but looks the tics. American Enterprise maga- serve your country with hon- other way when a conservative zine provided a revealing picture our. No war, no air force cow- student newspaper is confiscated of the political diversity of college ards who bomb countries with- and destroyed; or campus B, faculties in “The Shame of Ameri- out AAA, without possibility of where the women’s studies pro- ca’s One-Party Campuses,” an ar- retaliation. You are worse than gram refuses to welcome women ticle from its September 2002 is- the snipers. You are imperial- who are pro-life; or campus C, sue. “Today’s colleges and univer- ists who are turning the whole where administrators and many sities,” the article notes, “are not, damn world against us. Sep- prominent faculty members to use the current buzzword, ‘di- tember 11 can be blamed in mounted a campaign to prevent verse’ places. Quite the opposite: part for what you and your co- the establishment of a local chap- they are virtual one-party states, horts have done to the Pales- ter of the National Association of ideological monopolies, badly un- tinians, the VC, the Serbs, a Scholars, a traditional-minded balanced ecosystems ... They do

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40 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine A plaque at corner of Olive Street and Tucker Boulevard commemorates first U.S cau- cus of The American Legion in 1919. About 1,100 World War I veterans attended. James V. Carroll

School of Fine Arts were launched August to this magnificent city of and historical sites, a zoo and in 1879; it was the first museum famous firsts. Fifty years have botanical garden, major-league west of the Mississippi. passed since this historical city sports teams, more than 1,000 In 1890, a St. Louis physician along the Mississippi played host restaurants to satisfy even the invented peanut butter as an for an American Legion National most discriminating tastes, seem- easy-to-chew source of protein for Convention. The friendship will ingly never-ending nightlife and his elderly patients. Louis Sulli- be renewed Aug. 22 to 28. blues that is out of this world. van designed the Wainwright St. Louis is probably best Building in 1891, considered the More Than the Arch. Modern St. known for its music, particularly world’s first skyscraper. Ralston Louis is home to cultural variety the blues. The city has nurtured Purina produced the first hot cere- and unforgettable dining experi- such musical geniuses as Scott al here in 1898. Buster Brown ences. It also is one of America’s Joplin, who brought ragtime to Shoes, ice-cream cones, iced tea most revered and exciting music the city’s saloons, brothels, bars and hot dogs served in a bun de- venues. No wonder visitors quick- and restaurants in the late 1800s. buted at the 1904 Louisiana Pur- ly learn there is more to the city Josephine Baker began her enter- chase Exposition, more common- than what “meets the Arch,” ac- tainment career in St. Louis. W.C. ly known as the St. Louis World’s cording to the St. Louis Conven- Handy wrote the “St. Louis Fair. That same year, St. Louis be- tion and Visitors Commission. Blues” while standing on the came the first American city to Attractions include world-class banks of the Mississippi host the Olympic Games. museums, national monuments riverfront. The song “Frankie and The world’s first gas station opened here in 1905. President Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to ride in an air- plane in 1911, in St. Louis, when he climbed into an aircraft with record-setting pilot Arch Hoxsey. The first experimental parachute dive in the world took place here in 1912 when Albert Berry jumped from a plane over Jeffer- son Barracks. The antacid Tums was devel- oped in St. Louis in 1928. In 1931, Irma Rombauer, a 55-year- old St. Louis widow, self-pub- lished the book “The Joy of Cooking.” In 1944, St. Louis University became the first uni- versity in a former slave state to welcome black students and fac- ulty. And, in 1919, St. Louis was the site of the first U.S. caucus of The American Legion. Food and fun are plentiful at restaurants and nightclubs in Laclede’s Landing along the Legionnaires will return this downtown riverfront. James V. Carroll

April 2003 41 The American Legion Magazine Sculpture Park and Museum, one of America’s major sculpture St. Louis snippets parks, and the Lewis and Clark
Founded in 1764 by Auguste
Home to Anheuser-Busch, world’s State Historic Site also are free. Choutea and Pierre Liguest. largest brewery. Visits to the Missouri History
375,000 residents.
38 inches annual rainfall. Museum, Museum of Contempo-
Encompasses 61 square miles.
Average summer temperatures be- rary Religious Art and the Muse-
Second-largest U.S. inland port. tween 57 degrees and 90 degrees. um of Western Jesuit Missions

Sixth-largest U.S. Fortune 500 Hosted first Olympiad in which also have no admission charges. headquarters city. women competed. Neither does the St. Louis Fire

16th largest U.S. metro Hosted last Olympics in which golf Department Museum. area: 6,392 square miles with was included as a sport. Legionnaires can take a short 2.6 million residents.
Has 6.6 percent combined sales tax. pilgrimage to the corner of Olive
Has 4th lowest cost of
Observes Central Standard Time. Street and Tucker Boulevard, living among top 20 where a plaque commemorates metro areas. the first U.S. caucus of The Ameri- can Legion in 1919 at the Shubert Johnny,” a tale of murder, was District touts the city’s newest Theater. The theater no longer written about the wild life in the nightspots. “The later it gets, the stands, but the plaque is affixed to St. Louis sporting districts. busier it gets for these cutting-edge a wall of a bank building just a Other musical icons such as Ike clubs,” St. Louis officials say. few feet away from the caucus and Tina Turner, Miles Davis, and Riverport Amphitheater rocks with site. Missouri 10th District Ameri- opera stars Grace Bumbry and outdoor evening entertainment in canism Chairman Joseph Bisher Robert McFerrin entertained St. the West Port Plaza district 20 recently discovered the plaque Louis music lovers. Local resident minutes from downtown. Even was missing after ownership of Chuck Berry continues to thrill more night life can be found at St. the bank changed. Bank officials fans from time to time at Blueber- Louis Union Station. Once the located the plaque and reposted it. ry Hill in the Loop neighborhood. busiest train terminal in the world, Veterans also may wish to visit After dark, St. Louis becomes it now houses more than 100 the Soldiers Memorial Military an eclectic assortment of food and stores joined by restaurants and Museum. Dedicated in 1936 to St. fun, but it’s the music that drives bars in the heart of downtown. Louis’ veterans and war dead, the the city’s nightlife. Blues, jazz, museum has uniforms, photo- Latin alternative, world beat, Free Fun. St. Louis also bursts at graphs, weaponry, war souvenirs techno, rock and musical styles the seams with entertainment and and regalia on display. It too has too new to name can be enjoyed educational opportunities, many of free admission. in venues throughout the city. which are free of admission charge. More working blues musicians The Art Museum, the Science can be found in St. Louis than Center and its planetarium, the St. anywhere in the world, according Louis Zoo and the Missouri Histo- to the St. Louis Convention and ry Museum can all be taken in for Visitors Commission. Visitors are free. Visitors can wander through welcome to “sit side by side lo- history galleries at the Old Court- cals and take it all in – every last house or explore the Museum of mournful, soulful, you-done-me- Westward Expansion underneath wrong note of it.” the Gateway Arch for free. Musical notes waft through Cahokia Mounds, site of Ameri- neighborhoods citywide. Street ca’s largest ancient Indian civiliza- side signs point to “Live Bands tion, also is free. And don’t forget Nightly,” especially in blue-collar the headquarters of Anheuser- Soulard or the clubs nestled Busch, the world’s largest brewer, alongside the cobblestone streets and a visit with the Clydesdales at of Laclede’s Landing. A walk be- Grant’s Farm or with the domestic tween clubs in the Loop neighbor- creatures at Purina Farms. hood offers visitors sidewalks Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis adorned with brass stars and bi- and the Contemporary Art Muse- ographies honoring the city’s um of St. Louis are free to visit. most notable citizens. The Tourists also can explore the his- Pageant Theater, a venue for tory of America’s rivers and boats some of the best touring and St. at Golden Eagle River Museum or Louis-bred entertainment, is one view the artifact and audio-visual Take a magical journey from faraway of the Loop’s newest attractions. displays at the Holocaust Museum places to your own backyard at the Mis- The Washington Avenue Loft and Learning Center. Laumeier souri Botanical Gardens. James V. Carroll

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Grand Center, Cathedral Basili- James V. Carroll is an assistant View the Gateway Arch from numerous vantage points editor at The American Legion throughout the Jefferson National Magazine. Expansion Memorial, a National Parks Service site. James V. Carroll Article design: Holly K. Soria

44 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine under the radar

New war, old argument As Mackubin Owens, a pro- Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., fessor at the Naval War College, has raised eyebrows – and more recently explained, “The claim of than a few tempers – this spring disproportionate minority casual- with a proposal to reinstate the ties wasn’t true during the Viet- draft. Given the global war on ter- nam War … [And] it is even less ror, the disarmament of Iraq and true today.” In Vietnam, 86 per- the looming challenges on the Ko- cent of the Americans killed rean peninsula, Rangel may have were white. About 12.5 percent a point. The military seems to be stretched thin. were black, which was actually less than the corre- However, by his own admission, Rangel isn’t sponding U.S. Census numbers of 13.1 percent. motivated by a desire to make sure the Pentagon In today’s wars, where pilots and Special Forces has the manpower it needs to meet the rising de- do much of the fighting and dying, the numbers are mands of war. In fact, he voted to oppose military even less reflective of the country as a whole but action against Saddam Hussein. Rangel, a Korean not in the manner Rangel would have us believe. As War veteran, wants to make sure Americans a recent USA Today analysis revealed, blacks com- “shoulder the burden of war equally,” which prise about 2 percent of Air Force pilots, 2.5 percent sounds reasonable. Who could argue with the prin- of Navy pilots, 5 percent of Army Green Berets and ciple of shared sacrifice? “A disproportionate num- 10.6 percent of Army combat infantrymen. ber of the poor and members of minority groups Rangel has every right to oppose the war, but it’s make up the enlisted ranks of the military,” Rangel sad that he is using race to make his case. In the says, and hence bear a heavier burden in times of Afghan campaign, 54 Americans were killed and war. Renewing the draft, he concludes, will spread about 260 wounded. The Pentagon didn’t break that burden across U.S. society and force the na- down the dead and wounded by race. In fact, the tion’s leaders to be more cautious. only thing we know they had in common were the Rangel’s stated objectives are honorable. The flags on their caskets and that they volunteered for problem with his proposal is that he’s operating military service. under a false premise. – A.W.D.

Guard also will deploy says al-Qaida is “obsessed” with a fleet of seven Global “radiological dispersion devices … Hawk UAVs, which have [and] nuclear weapons.” Al-Qaida been featured in the U.S.-led materials recovered in Afghanistan war on terror. The range and are loaded with references to un- capabilities of the Global conventional weaponry. Moreover, Hawk dwarf the Eagle Eye. once they have a target in their sites The upgrades are just a – whether it’s an embassy, a war- small part of the Coast Guard’s ship, or the World Trade Center – $17 billion modernization, which al-Qaida operatives have shown an may take 20 years to complete. unwavering ability to keep attack- 21st-century Coast Guard ing it until it is destroyed. As Down- In an effort to extend the Coast DC in the crosshairs ing told the Post, “These guys con- Guard’s range and improve its vi- According to a recent Washing- tinue to go after targets they have sion, the service that specializes in ton Post investigation, the Penta- tried to get before.” Most observers homeland defense will acquire and gon deployed an elite combat unit believe Flight 93, which crashed in deploy a fleet of unmanned aerial in and around Washington in late Pennsylvania, was aimed at the vehicles to monitor and protect 2001 in response to concerns that White House or Capitol dome, mak- America’s coasts. terrorists might use a crude ing those buildings likely targets for The bulk of the new UAV fleet nuclear or radiological weapon. future al-Qaida attacks. will be Eagle Eye drones, which lift Operating under the code name These reports are sobering, but off like helicopters and fly like “Ring Around Washington,” the they shouldn’t be surprising. Only fixed-wing planes. According to the unit used special vehicles and ra- those who believe that the fall of New York Daily News, the Eagle diation sensors to monitor streets, the Twin Towers marked the end Eyes can fly faster and farther than waterways and buildings for radio- of terrorism’s war on America – the Coast Guard’s existing recon- logical signatures. and the fall of Kabul marked the naissance aircraft, such as the HH- The “Ring Around Washington” end of America’s war on terrorism 65 helicopter. Moreover, since they has reportedly been deactivated, – could be surprised by al-Qaida’s are unmanned, they remove any but not for a lack of threats. Gen. wickedness or Washington’s new- risk to Coast Guard personnel. Wayne Downing, former White found preparedness. Further down the road, the Coast House adviser for counterterrorism, – Alan W. Dowd

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Comstock ing a tougher stance or dragging their heels on approvals, but standardized practices are now being adopted by agencies around the world. Officials say ap- proval times and rates are not much different than they have always been.

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Between 1997 and 2001, the rates to close budget shortfalls. plaining of low reimbursement percentage of physicians accepting In northern New Jersey, which rates, have dropped out of the Med- Medicaid patients dropped from has one of the lowest payment icaid system in recent years. HMO 87.1 percent to 85.4 percent. Prac- rates for office visits, 38.3 percent or group staff physicians not tices still accepting Medicaid are of practices were closed to Medic- accepting new Medicaid patients taking a higher volume of patients. aid patients. By contrast, commu- increased from 15.1 percent in 1997 According to the report, nities such as Cleveland, Boston to 21.7 percent in 2001. During that “Mounting Pressures: Physicians and Little Rock, Ark., have rela- same period, physician treatment Serving Medicaid Patients and the tively high Medicaid rates and of the uninsured decreased from Uninsured, 1997-2001,” issued by fewer practices closed to Medicaid 76.3 percent to 71.5 percent. the nonprofit Center for Studying patients: 8 percent, 11.8 percent The study also found that doc- Health System Change, such pres- and 12.6 percent, respectively. tors who continued to offer charity sure is likely to continue and per- Doctors heavily involved with care for the uninsured did not in- haps increase. A core cause: managed care were more likely to crease the amount they provided many states are considering freez- stop accepting Medicaid patients. and so did not offset the drop in ing or cutting Medicaid payment Many managed-care plans, com- their ranks.

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Comstock Under the proposal, the thresh- old for co-payments for a single veteran would rise from $9,690 to in Priority Group 7 is utterly they have health insurance that VA $16,169. As a result, more veter- ridiculous. Congress should reject can bill for the cost of their med- ans could receive outpatient drugs that proposal, just as it did the ad- ical treatment,” Conley says. without paying a medication co- ministration’s plan last year to Veterans’ service organization payment. VA estimates eligible charge Priority Group 7 veterans leaders told the House Veterans veterans could save approximately a $1,500 deductible. Although Affairs Committee on Jan. 29 that $33 million a year on prescription eliminating the pharmacy co-pay- VA is terribly under-funded and medications. ment for certain veterans in the asked Congress to provide a budg- On the other hand, Priority-7 second through fifth priority et that will enable VA to meet the and Priority-8 veterans would pay groups is laudable, raising it for health-care needs of America’s higher co-payments for prescrip- the bottom two priority groups veterans. tions drugs – a jump from $7 to should be avoided.” Conley has visited more than 25 $15. The 2004 proposal follows a Program changes in the VA facilities in nearly as many 2002 co-pay increase from $2 to proposed budget and a recent deci- states where he has found that $7. The budget plan also would sion to suspend new Priority-8 en- veterans are waiting anywhere require certain Priority-7 and all rollments “allow the department to from four months to more than a Priority-8 veterans to pay a $250 refocus its health-care resources on year for medical appointments. annual enrollment fee. serving those veterans who need it VA Undersecretary for Health Dr. “I’ll give the administration most – those with service-connect- Robert Roswell told the committee credit for seeking $25.4 billion in ed conditions, those with lower VA is swamped – a victim of its VA health care funding, not count- incomes and those with special own success. After approximately ing the $2.1 billion VA expects to health-care needs, such as blind- 800,000 veterans enrolled in fiscal collect from third-party insurance ness, amputations or spinal cord year 2002, demand is unprecedent- providers,” American Legion Na- injuries,” VA Secretary Anthony J. ed for VA health-care services, tional Commander Ronald F. Con- Principi said. The proposed budget Roswell said. ley said. “This is a substantial re- would increase the number of Conley says the long-term quest and a good sign from the higher-priority veterans in VA care answer is mandatory funding for administration. by 169,000, VA estimates. The cut- VA health care, as it is for Medicare “Having said that, The Ameri- off of new Priority-8 enrollments and Social Security. The American can Legion cannot support a cou- will not change the health-care Legion, along with other veterans’ ple of proposals that would affect benefits for Priority-8 veterans al- service organizations, individual veterans in VA’s lower health-care ready registered, he says. veterans and numerous military or- priority groups,” Conley added. “By denying a certain Priority ganizations have united to fight for “Charging an enrollment fee to all Group, the administration is send- current legislation that would make veterans in Priority Group 8 and ing the message that these veter- VA health care a mandatory, rather to non-service connected veterans ans are not a priority at all, even if than discretionary, budget item.

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Before This Special Offer Is Discontinued. © legion news Legionnaires help promote Forrest Sherman restoration The USS Forrest Sherman DD- 931 was the first of a new class of destroyers developed after World War II and the prototype of the Navy’s present-day ships. Named for the then-youngest Chief of Naval Operations and World War II hero Forrest Percival Sherman, the ship was commissioned in 1955 by Adm. Arleigh Burke and the admi- ral’s widow, Delores Sherman. The Sherman was known as “the last of the great gun ships.” The ship was an engineering marvel, bearing a 1,200-pound steam plant that enabled her to travel faster than any ship to date. For info and history Group, which conducts biannual She also carried fully automatic reunions for former crew members, gun-control systems that allowed USS Forrest Sherman Foundation, Inc. discussed restoring the ship long 720 Reedy Circle her to take on multiple targets. Her Bel Air, MD 21014 before the foundation was formed. fully air-conditioned crew spaces Many of the ship’s alumni are Le- Call: (410) 836-9260 made the ship more habitable. Online: www.ussforrestsherman.org gionnaires, including Lussier. The Sherman played an impor- “As a society, we have a tenden- tant role in military history, cy to build something great, then including participating in the U.S. docked near the National Aquari- cast it aside when we no longer involvement in Lebanon, where um in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. have a use for it,” Lussier said. she received a unit citation she The Baltimore Maritime Museum, “The Sherman was a prototype and also protected the Straits of For- a part of the Living Classrooms should be preserved so that future mosa in the Pacific. Foundation, will manage the ship’s generations can see firsthand the However, the Sherman had not restoration and exhibition. achievements of the past. The Sher- seen its last battles – battles to pre- The Maritime Museum expects man was the first of its class after serve its past. A long, distinguished the Sherman to augment their World War II and the first ship with career as a warship ended in 1982 sleep-aboard project for youth a hurricane bow, which led to when the Sherman was decommis- from adjoining states. With metro- many improvements we have in sioned and laid up in the Philadel- politan campgrounds quickly dis- today’s ships. That alone should be phia Naval Shipyard as part of the appearing, the museum’s program enough to preserve this ship. We inactive fleet. While three of her has proven a successful weeklong feel it’s a labor of love.” sister ships had been retained as camping alternative. Children The foundation has embarked museum display ships in New sleep aboard and participate in the upon a $5 million capital and en- York, Washington and Bremerton, museum’s educational programs. dowment campaign drive to restore Wash., the Sherman was twice sold Since the programs take place pri- the Sherman and provide for future for scrap and towed away. Some- marily during the summer and the maintenance needs. The ship’s how she escaped the torch. The sleeping capacity on the museum’s restoration and building of its infra- Navy returned her to Philadelphia other ships is only 62 children per structure will cost in excess of $2.5 and scheduled her to be sunk as night, the programs are booked up million. The remainder of the $5 part of an exercise in January 2001. almost a year in advance. The million is to establish a trust fund The USS Forrest Sherman DD- Sherman, because of her configu- for future maintenance of the ves- 931 Foundation Inc., a nonprofit ration as a warship, would enable sel. Ticket sales will provide fund- corporation registered in Maryland the museum to offer an additional ing for the day-to-day maintenance, and a member of the Historic 300 berths per night. but every five to seven years the Naval Ships Association, formed in The founding officers of the Sher- ship must be dry docked for hull late 2000 to restore the ship as a man Foundation are Kurt A. Wage- maintenance and repairs. Efforts to museum display and memorial to mann, president; Robert Mehlrose, raise funds will primarily come Navy and Marine Corps veterans. vice president; and George C. from the private sector, but assis- The foundation sought to unite the Lussier Jr., secretary/treasurer. tance from federal, state and local ship with a fleet of historic vessels The Forrest Sherman Alumni governments also is being pursued.

54 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine Health-care atomic Digital Technology improvements Atomic accuracy in any U.S. time zone recommended Atomic digital watch keeps time and date accuracy by reading from the official time transmitter. The Bush administration’s 2004 budget for the Department of Vet- he world has become a smaller erans Affairs has a strong bottom place in the past few decades. line but a few disturbing propos- T Transactions take place across als, says American Legion Nation- the world in an instant. Having a al Commander Ronald F. Conley. timepiece that can not only keep The proposed budget will in- perfectly accurate time, but keep crease the number of higher priority track of the time zones can be really veterans in VA care – those with helpful and convenient. Now there service-connected disabilities, low is a watch that can scientifically incomes and/or those with special give you the right time in all zones medical needs such as spinal cord within the 2,000-mile radio signal injuries, blindness and amputations range. – by 169,000. If you travel—this watch is a necessity. “However, The American Le- The Atomic Digital Watch from gion cannot support a couple of LaCrosse Technology is radio-con- proposals that would affect veter- trolled, maintaining its incredible ans in VA’s lower health-care pri- accuracy by automatically reading ority groups,” Conley said. from the official standard frequency “Charging a $250 enrollment fee to and time transmitter in North all veterans in Priority Group 8 America. This WWVB radio signal displays the precise accurate time. and to nonservice-connected vet- gets its time from the most precise It sets itself to the F-1 Fountain erans in Priority Group 7 is utterly clock in North America based in Atomic Clock using a working ridiculous. Congress should reject Colorado, and transmits its signal battery, it adjusts itself for daylight that proposal, just as it did the ad- over a 2,000-mile range. When out- saving time and leap years, and it ministration’s plan last year to features a variety of practical and Radio wave convenient features to fit your charge Priority Group 7 veterans a lifestyle. $1,500 deductible.” technology Even with the budgetary Try it for yourself. increase, a large number of higher- side the range, the timekeeping Advances in electronic technology income, non-disabled veterans en- operates off a 3-volt lithium battery. let you get precise timekeeping at rolling in the VA health-care sys- The Atomic Digital Watch gives you an affordable price. Now, thanks to tem would prevent VA from focus- a selection of 24 time zones. This a factory-direct relationship with ing on its core constituency and ultra-accurate radio-controlled time- the manufacturer of the Atomic on reducing waiting times. piece has a perpetual day and date Digital Watch, you can try it for Another change in co-payments calendar, signal reception indicator yourself with TechnoScout’s exclu- is being proposed. The co-payment and is powered by a 3-volt lithium sive home trial. Try this product for battery expected to last three years. 30 days and return it for the full for Priority 7 and 8 veterans would purchase price if not satisfied, less be raised from $7 to $15 for a 30- A timely gift. shipping and handling. day supply of medication. In addition to its accuracy, the Atomic Digital Watch-Silver Finish “Eliminating the pharmacy co- watch is water resistant, and has a ZY-2412...... $69.95 $49.95 + S&H payment for certain veterans in battery-saving “OFF” function. The Please mention color and promotional code 24142. the second through fifth priority stainless steel butterfly clasp and For fastest service, call toll-free 24 hours a day groups is laudable,” Conley said. removable links to adjust the band “Raising it from $7 to $15 for the size make it a good fit. This watch is 800-399-7858 bottom two priority groups should a great gift for anyone who values be avoided. precision and technology. To order by mail with check or money order, or by credit “By denying a certain priority card, please call for total amount plus S&H. To charge it Does anyone really know what to your credit card, enclose your account number and group, the administration is send- time it is? expiration date. Virginia residents only—please add 4.5% sales tax. ing the message that these veter- The Time and Frequency Division ans are not a priority at all, even if maintains the F-1 Fountain Atomic they have health insurance that VA Clock. This watch is the next best 1998 Ruffin Mill Road can bill for the cost of their med- thing to having your own atomic Colonial Heights, VA 23834 ical treatment. VA health care is clock, because it automatically All rights reserved. © 2002 TechnoBrands, Inc. 30256 not free to all veterans.” legion news Old mailbox collects flags for disposal

Two Legionnaires from the Fort Bellefontaine Memorial American Legion Post 335 in Spanish Lake, Mo., came up with a unique idea for collecting U.S. flags for dispos- al. The two men obtained a retired mailbox from the local U.S. Post Office, had it sandblasted and painted, and placed it at the Span- ish Lake Firehouse #1. Pictured from left are Commander Bill Do- err and historian Greg Beisher of the Spanish Lake, Mo., American Legion Post 335, Fire Chief Larry Boyer and Assistant Fire Chief Bob Ritter of the Spanish Lake Fire De- partment. Several other posts across the nation have implemented similar programs to properly and respect- fully dispose of used U.S. flags.

Courtesy of American Legion Post 335, Spanish Lake, Mo. POWs may be eligible for back pay Note: The following article by Where to apply information. Application information Michael McLellan, Chief of Naval and forms are available on the Inter- Personnel Public Affairs, in the Navy applications should be sent to: net at www.persnet.navy.mil/ Navy’s online newspaper “Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel pers62/wwiipow/wwiipow.html. A Attn: World War II POW Back Pay (PERS-62W) NewStand” and other official Navy 5720 Integrity Drive special section has been established releases, clarifies an article Millington, TN 38055-6200 within the Department of the Navy published in the February issue of (800) 762-8567 to handle these requests. The Navy The American Legion Magazine: will determine eligibility for back A number of sailors and Marines Marine applications should be sent to: pay by researching each individual’s who were held as prisoners of war Headquarters, USMC request. This will include obtaining 2 Navy Annex, RFL-F7 during World War II are authorized Washington, DC 20380-1775 and reviewing the member’s to receive promotion back pay un- (866) 472-7139 archived personnel and pay records. der provisions of the fiscal year The expiration date is Sept. 30. 2001 Floyd D. Spence Defense Authorization Act. Only those applications postmarked on or before The act provides for those who were selected for Sept. 30 will be processed. promotion but not available to accept the promotion because of their internment. It does not include Wake For related news, visit the Chief of Naval Personnel Island, Cavite or Guam civilians. Nor does it include “Navy NewsStand” Web page at Army, Army Air Corps or Merchant Marine civilians. www.news.navy.mil/local/cnp. The authorization enacted in FY 01 expires Sept. 30. Only Navy and Marine Corps POWs held between Dec. 7, 1941, and Dec. 31, 1946, are eligible. If the serv- Note: The American Legion Magazine contacted official ice member is deceased, the surviving spouse is enti- U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force sources and learned that at tled to the back pay. The amount of the back pay will the end of World War II, the Army and Army Air Corps pro- be determined using the amount the member would moted those former POWs who were unavailable to accept have been paid, calculated using World War II pay rates their promotions at the time of their internment. These pro- motions were only for those servicemembers who were not adjusted for inflation. If there is no surviving already in line for a promotion at the time of their capture. spouse, no claim will be paid. Surviving children of de- Since the Army and Air Corps are current on all POW-relat- ceased former servicemembers are not eligible. ed promotions, no applications are being solicited for Eligible veterans, retirees or surviving spouses may either of those branches. complete an application and provide the necessary

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The war on terrorism and ongo- a family meet monthly expenses. Through TFA, a post can call ing military preparations for war Posts also serve military families upon the national organization for with Iraq have created uncertain by connecting them with existing cash assistance to help meet the futures for military families. As social services in the community. basic needs of veterans’ children. loved ones are activated and de- To establish a strong program in Funds are granted for temporary ployed, countless families face the the local community, posts are en- periods to eligible families when it hardships of meeting monthly ex- couraged to visit their Reserve and has been determined after investi- penses and accomplishing every- National Guard units to offer assis- gation that a child is in need and day household tasks. National tance. Posts also are that all other local resources have Guard and Reservist families are encouraged to “adopt” been exhausted or are not especially vulnerable during peri- units and provide ongoing available to ods of activation and long-term support for families with- provide deployments. in that unit. the The American Legion assists The Legion Web site required the families of servicemembers provides a link to the assistance. through two unique programs: the Family Support Net- TFA can Family Support Network and the work, where Legion- help those Temporary Financial Assistance naires can obtain the military fami- Program. following promotion- lies separated al material to assist due to activa- Family Support Network. In in public tion in meeting response to the massive activation awareness: the costs of of Reserves and National Guard p Radio public- shelter, food, units during Desert Storm, the Le- service announce- utilities and gion created the Family Support ments health expenses Network to help alleviate some of p Suggested when parents are the stress placed on military fami- speeches unable to do so, lies. Through its toll-free, 24-hour p Suggested thereby affording nationwide hotline, military person- briefing for the children a more nel and their families seeking assis- Guard and Re- stable home environ- tance can be connected with local serve units ment. Last year, TFA services. Information taken from p Graphics, advertisements and awarded $421,477 in calls to the hotline is sent to the other promotional materials non-repayable grants Internal Affairs Division at National Brochures that outline the pro- to 431 families and 901 children Headquarters in Indianapolis. The gram also are available for distribu- throughout the United States. information then is relayed to the tion through posts to Guard and Veterans seeking assistance department in Reserve units. Family don’t have to be Legion members, which the call origi- More info Support Network but they must be Legion-eligible nated. The depart- brochures can be or- or currently on active duty with ment contacts posts For more information about the dered through the minor children living at home. in the area, which Family Support Network, visit Americanism/Chil- Cash grants, not loans, are provid- in turn contact the http://www.legion.org/attack dren & Youth Divi- ed to keep the family unit intact. individuals and as- /docs/family.htm sion at National Applications for TFA are obtained sess what assistance (800) 504-4098 Headquarters. and submitted through the depart- can be provided. ment Children & Youth chairman The continuing success of the Temporary Financial Assistance. or department adjutant. All TFA Family Support Network is entirely The Temporary Financial applications must originate at the dependent on Legionnaires at the Assistance Program is the local level and be submitted local level assisting families, landmark program of the National through the department. whether it means mowing lawns, Commission on Children & Youth, Together, the two programs en- doing minor house repairs and established in 1925 as a form of sure that no family suffers hard- chores, running errands or helping direct aid to children. ships caused by military service.

58 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine Legion offers discount prescriptions

With all the discount prescrip- tion programs being introduced by drug manufacturers and drug-store chains, it’s often difficult to choose one. One wonders if all plans are basically the same. Unfortunately, they’re not. Often prescription plans have rigid quali- fying criteria based on age or in- come that many people don’t meet. Most charge either a monthly membership fee or a larger enroll- ment fee. All too often, the discounts are only available on cer- tain drugs or at certain stores or only if you meet all of the qualify- ing criteria. Fortunately, a program exists that combines the best attributes of ® other discount plans but doesn’t Versatile New DR FIELD come with restrictions, fees and qualifying criteria. And Legion- naires are already enrolled. and BRUSH MOWER… Since August 1995, The Ameri- cuts down and chops up tall, wiry field grasses can Legion Discount Prescription —even 2-1/2"-thick hardwood saplings! Program has saved members CONVERTS in seconds and their families in excess of • RECLAIMS meadows, roadsides, fencelines, without tools to a — $30 million. trails, pond edges, and woodlots...any area Pro-Style Members of The American Le- too overgrown for ordinary mowers! LAWN MOWER... gion family are automatically en- • PIVOTING MOWER DECK follows the rolled at the time of membership. ground without scalping. MULCHES most Members receive discounts on pre- vegetation into small pieces — so there’s scriptions simply by taking their nothing to trip over or pick up. Powerful SNOW THROWER... current membership cards to one • 4-SPEEDS, POWER-REVERSE! 11 to 17 of the thousands of participating HP with and without electric-starting! pharmacies across the country. • LOADED WITH NEW FEATURES and A mail service option allows options — built-in fuel gauge, hour DOZER and members to have up to a 90-day meter, light, brakes! DOZER and supply of medication shipped di- more! rectly to their homes, a great ben- MADE IN USA efit for those who take GSA Approved 1-800-548-7100 maintenance medications. YES! Please send me your FREE Catalog and Video about the new DR® FIELD and BRUSH MOWER, including models, pow- ered attachments, and factory direct savings now in effect. Name ______For more info AML Address ______Call the RxAmerica toll-free Help Desk at (800) 770-8014. City______State ______ZIP______

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In today’s sluggish economy, Savings bonds also are invest- higher than the national average it’s important to find safe places to ments in America. Since shortly af- on one-year CDs. save hard-earned cash. U.S. Sav- ter the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist at- The Patriot’s new inter- ings Bonds offer a great way to tacks, Series EE Patriot Bonds est rate of 3.25 is 90 save money while protecting in- have been supporting the war percent of the average vestors from loss. on global terrorism and U.S. yield of five-year “Over the last two years, sav- recovery efforts. Treasury notes for ings-bond sales have increased, I Bonds are gov- the preceding benefiting both investors and our ernment savings six months. By nation,” President George W. Bush bonds designed to purchasing a said recently. “Americans are be- make sure returns Patriot Bond coming more aware of the safety, outpace inflation. before the affordability and competitive inter- Bonds purchased end of est rates of savings bonds.” before the end April 2003, More than 55 million Americans of April 2003 investors are now taking advantage of sav- will earn a fixed will earn 3.25 ings-bonds’ competitive rates. 1.6-percent interest, percent interest Whether purchasers choose Trea- plus an inflation premium of for six months sury I Bonds or Series EE Bonds, 2.48 percent. from date of purchase. their money is guaranteed to grow Rates on both Series EE bonds “The deceptive thing about and be available for future needs. and I Bonds are adjusted every these numbers is it looks like the I Both types of bonds can be pur- May 1 and Nov. 1 by the Treasury Bond is a better deal,” says Dan chased in various denominations, Department. Pederson, president of from $50 to $10,000. “The I Bond BondHelp.com and author of A Series EE Online looks a whole lot “Savings Bonds: When to Hold, purchaser pays only Savings bonds may be pur- better now that its When to Fold and Everything In- half the bond’s face chased from most financial composite rate shot Between.” “But over the past 12 value. In other institutes or via the Internet. up to 4.08 percent,” years, the Patriot has averaged words, a $1,000 For more information, visit the writes Laura Bruce, about 2.55 percent over inflation. bond costs $500. On Bureau of the Public Debt’s Web senior writer for So if the Patriot holds to that trend the other hand, pur- site at www.savingsbonds.gov. Bankrate.com, an then it may, over the long haul, be chasers pay full face online source of in- the better buy.” value for I Bonds. Bonds increase formation about more than 100 The government recently in value monthly, and interest is financial products. “It had been extended the minimum holding compounded semiannually. Inter- pegged at 2.57 percent the previ- period from six months to one est is exempt from state and local ous six months.” year on bonds issued as of Feb. 1, income taxes. Federal tax can be The 4.08 composite rate is more 2003. Investors who cash savings deferred until the bond is than a half-percent better than the bonds in less than five years forfeit redeemed or it stops earning inter- national average on five-year CDs three months’ interest. est after 30 years. and more than a couple of points – Elissa Kaupisch

A brief history of U.S. Savings Bonds The sale of U.S. government securities to bond sales showed the attractiveness of reducing the government’s dependence on the public dates back to 1776 when private small denominations. large private investors and the commercial banking system. It also might encourage citizens purchased more than $27 million In the mid-1930s, when the incentive to in government bonds to help finance the citizens – as a byproduct of owning some save was as shaken as investor confidence shares in their country – to become more American Revolution. Since then, many in financial institutions, a personal experi- generations of American families have concerned about national policy. ence of Treasury Secretary Henry Morgen- been offered the opportunity to help thau Jr. led to the introduction of U.S. Sav- The secretary and his advisers developed a finance national projects, including the ings Bonds. He had observed the success new type of government security, one Louisiana Territory purchase, Panama of Great Britain and France in offering, for designed for general financing and priced Canal construction, the acquisition of Alas- continuous sale, a government security to appeal to the mass market. Since it was ka and the completion of the first specifically patterned to the needs of ordi- to be tailored to the needs of the small transcontinental railroad. Bonds also have nary citizens. saver, they agreed it should feature built-in helped finance the costs of wars. A similar product, he felt, might prove safeguards. By selling Civil War bonds, the Treasury equally acceptable to Americans. It could Thus, U.S. Savings Bonds evolved, and for learned the effectiveness of selling person broaden the base of the public debt by the past six decades they have remained a to person. Similarly, Spanish-American War attracting the funds of small savers, thus safe, secure way to save money.

60 April 2003 The American Legion Magazine “If I told you that I can end a lifetime of foot pain Members save instantly, you probably on vacations A partnership last year between The American Legion and Veterans wouldn’t believe me...” Holidays (RCI) enabled more than “Imagine my com- 1,000 Legionnaires and their fami- “Half a million lies to vacation “Space-A” at resorts other men and women plete surprise as I throughout the country, paying only didn’t either ... until slipped a pair of $249 for seven nights’ lodging in they tried this revolu- custom-formed one- to three-bedroom condomini- tionary European Feathersprings into ums. That amounts to less than $36 discovery that my shoes for the first per night for groups of two to eight. positively killed their time and began the Veterans Holidays is not a vaca- road to no more pain. tion club nor a ploy to sell people foot pain dead! timeshares. Utilizing a straight-for- “Don’t live with The tremendous pain ward, weekly rental program, Veter- foot pain a moment and pressure I used to ans Holidays accesses excess longer! If you’re feel every time I took exchange units at timeshare resorts ready to recapture the a step was gone! I around the world. Historically, ex- vitality and energy could scarcely believe cess exchange inventory simply sat that healthy feet how great a relief I empty. Rather than let great vaca- provide, I’ll give you Harvey Rothschild, felt even after walking tion opportunities go to waste, Vet- 60 days to try the Founder of Featherspring Int’l. erans Holidays makes it available to several hours. And remarkable foot support system I after just a few days of use, my pain Legionnaires. Like Space-A military discovered in Europe. You will travel, the rate is great, but that is disappeared totally - and has never immediately experience relief and where the similarity ends. Once one returned. makes a Veterans Holidays reserva- freedom from foot ailments. tion, he or she cannot be bumped. I GUARANTEE IT! “Whatever your problem – corns, “Space-A” rentals are available “How can I make such an calluses, bunions, pain in the balls of at all times of the year and can be unprecedented guarantee? Because I your feet, toe cramps, fallen arches, reserved anywhere from two days personally lived in constant, agoniz- burning nerve endings, painful to 12 months in advance of check- ing foot pain for years before my ankles, back aches, or just generally in dates. However, the most avail- exciting sore, aching feet and legs – my ability of units can be found dur- KILL FOOT discovery. ing off-season periods. In-season PAIN DEAD! Feathersprings are guaranteed to What end your foot pain or you don’t pay and popular vacation destinations started out a penny. can be found, but usually only as simple within 30 days of check-in. aching “But don’t just take my word for For resort condo rentals, it is it: Experience for yourself the wise to speak with a vacation coun- from corns and calluses grew into selor, who can explain the special full-blown, incapacitating misery immediate relief and renewed energy features and rules. Once a member only a few other foot pain sufferers that Feathersprings provide. Send for has an account number, he or she could understand. your FREE kit today on our no risk, has the option to register on the “Believe me, I tried all the 60-day trial offer!” Web site to make reservations on- so-called remedies I could get my Visit our website at www.featherspring.com line. Procedures and policies are hands on (and feet into), but none of Please send FREE INFORMATION KIT! posted on the Web site. them really worked. It wasn’t until FEATHERSPRING INTERNATIONAL, INC. More info my wife and I took a trip to Europe 712 N. 34th Street, Dept. AL043 that I discovered a remarkable inven- Seattle, Washington 98103-8881 For more information visit: ® tion called Flexible Featherspring Name ______www.veteransholidays.com Foot Supports. Invented in Germany, Or call RCI: Address ______(877) 772-2322 these custom-formed foot supports absorb shock as they cradle your feet For a copy of the rules and procedures, City ______State ____ Zip ______as if on a cushion of air. call RCI. (800) 481-5738 ext. 8253. Look for a LARGE PINK ENVELOPE © FEATHERSPRING, 712 N. 34th Street, containing all the details. No obligation. Seattle, Washington 98103-8881 No salesperson will call. comrades

How to Submit a Reunion contact name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Send The American Legion Magazine publishes reunion notices for vet- notices to The American Legion Magazine, Attn: Comrades Editor, erans. Send notices to The American Legion Magazine, Attn: Com- P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206, fax (317) 630-1280 or e-mail rades Editor, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206, fax (317) 630- [email protected]. The magazine will not publish the names of indi- 1280 or e-mail [email protected]. viduals, only the name of the unit from which you seek people. Listings Include the branch of service and complete name of the group, no are published free of charge. abbreviations, with your request. The listing also should include the Life Membership notices are published for Legionnaires who have reunion dates and city, along with a contact name, telephone number been awarded life memberships by their posts. This does not include a and e-mail address. Listings are published free of charge. member’s own Paid-Up-For-Life membership. Notices must be submitted Due to the large number of reunions, The American Legion Maga- on official forms, which may be obtained by sending a self-addressed zine will publish a group’s listing only once a year. Notices should be stamped envelope to The American Legion Magazine, Attn: Life Mem- sent at least six months prior to the reunion to ensure timely publication. berships, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. “Comrades in Distress” listings must be approved by the Legion’s Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation division. If you are seeking to verify an Other Notices injury received during service, contact your Legion department service “In Search Of” is a means of getting in touch with people from your officer for information on how to publish a notice. unit to plan a reunion. Listings must include the name of the unit from “Taps” notices are published only for Legionnaires who served as which you seek people, the time period and the location, as well as a department commanders or national officers.

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