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PARADE OF TERROR By Anthony Miller

A new mural casts the Centralia Wobblies more favorably; the Legion remembers its martyrs. 1

THE mi DITCH IN AMERICAN GIVEAWAYS By G. Russell Evans The Panama Canal begins to slip away from U.S. control. n LOCKED AND UNLOADED interview

The canal will continue to operate smoothly, promises a U.S. official.

THE HONOR PRINCIPLE By Andrea L Houk

An appreciation of the Air Force Academy code by one who learned from it

WORKING OVERTIME FOR VETS By Robert C. Imler

Hire Quality and The American Legion team up to match vets to good jobs.

CART SOLDIER By John Mulligan A Vietnam veteran tells how he battled back from PTSD and homelessness. 22 IN THE FLOW OF LIFE By Joe Stuteville

Harold L. "Butch" Miller dons the National Commander's red cap. I^EIPARTMENITS

I ISSUES Should Campaign Finance Be Reformed?

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TELEPHONE #(- Rich With Sterling Silver Accents—Just $55. THE FRANKLIN MINT First, the matter of the BSA ban on Hot All Bad known or avowed homosexuals has ENJOYED "As Bad As It Gets," but been in litigation in various places since Mr. Medved made a big omission 1981. There have been a number of from his list of positive films: John court and administrative rulings on this Wayne's "The Green Berets." Not all and other issues. Last April, the Califor- Hollywood productions are anti-mili- nia Supreme Court unanimously ruled in tary. How about "The Rough Riders," favor of the BSA in a proceeding on the "Gettysburg" and "Glory"? I never leadership status of an avowed homo- object to a movie because of too much sexual. Just for the record, the Boy sex, violence or portrayals of "us" as Scouts of America has never been the bad guys. What bothers me is a bad required by any court to accept a known plot, bad acting, excessive preaching or avowed homosexual and is not now and falsifications of historical subjects. compelled to do so. MattEgloff I appreciate what The American Belgrade, Mont. Legion has done on behalf of our long- standing relationship in support of the Scouting program. Decorate Him Thomas R. Deimler MICHAEL Medved deserves a BSA Relationships Division Director, Misses Point medal for his article. The hugely h-ving, Texas MICHAEL Medved's story, "As distorted portrayals of American Bad As It Gets," misses the point life, history and everything else by the when he says Hollywood often is entertainment industry have become so out of touch with the public. From this distasteful that I have given up on most READING Jim Brady's article veteran's point of view, Hollywood is in movies and television. Maybe the ("Korea's Lingering Grasp," July) touch with the public because every moguls don't care what we think, but brings back fond, but sad, memories. weekend it "touches" the public for sev- they aren't getting my money or time. We met in January 1951. My best buddy eral millions of dollars with their fami- Shirley Morris from WWII, Dick Brennan, was in the lies. Hollywood has no scruples or Hartford City, Ind. same platoon with him, in a refresher morals; all it wants is the almighty buck. course for reserve officers called back to George A. Backus duty. Jim "Wild Horse" Callan, Doug Palmer, Mass. Moral Differences Bradlee and Carly Rand were also there. READ your interview with Gary That young smiling Irishman from Bauer with great interest. While I Brooklyn survived our wild weekends X-RatedTalk applaud Mr. Bauer's concern for the in Washington, D.C., so he was ready SPENT five years in the Navy, so moral structure of the American family, for Korea. There was always a sensi- I've heard trashy talk before. The one must wonder if he and the group he tive side to Brady and despite the 47 article about today's filmmakers represents have a comer on moral val- years, he can never forget the men ("As Bad As It Gets," August) is ues. One gets the sense reading your with whom he served. His humility something I have been thinking about interview that Bauer is actually more will always be there, and Korea will for a long time. Most don't want to sit concerned with the fact that government be an eternal part of his life. through a two-hour movie, listening to may be playing "Big Brother" than with Mr. Brady's story is a compact and foul language and watching blood and the decline of the family structure. poignant memoir about young men guts spilled everywhere. Today's On homosexuality, while no religion like them who served their country in youth are desensitized to sex and vio- actually condones it, not every church a war that most Americans did not lence because there are not many slams its doors shut on gays who just want to know about and would rather movies to watch without these kinds want to worship their Creator. forget. He will always be that kid from of scenes. Robert W. Hardy Brooklyn who will never forget the Richard Kiiykendall Paramus, N.J. heroism of his buddies. Ulster, Pa. John G. Ledes Katonah, N.Y Thumbs Down Scouts Upheld Correction Michael Medved doesn't like WISH to clarify the position of the IFtoday's movies, he should stay home Boy Scouts of America as referenced the August issue, Tom Hagel was and watch reruns of the Lawrence in the interview with Gary Bauer, INmistakenly credited for painting

Welk Show. Everyone is a critic these addressing his response to the question "Desert Storm" and "Ever Vigilant." days. about the federal court rulings ordering Mike Hagel, Tom's brother, should Eric S. Loew the BSA to admit gays into Scouting have been credited as the artist. We Keystone Heights, Fla. ranks and as adult leaders. regret the error.

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mission . If we don't, we risk seeing sional elections. While we certainly our election process swept away in a need to investigate whether any laws tidal wave of money. were broken by these practices, we

I was pleased to introduce the must make sure that the call for addi- Federal Election Enforcement and Disclosure Reform tional campaign finance laws does not curtail our consti- Act. The legislation is aimed at two of the biggest prob- tutional freedoms. Any comprehensive reform bill lems confronting our current federal campaign system: should be constitutionally sound. the inability of the FEC—as currently constituted and I am concerned that certain provisions in current cam- funded—to adequately enforce election laws, and the sig- paign finance reform legislation are too vague and might nificant gaps in existing campaign finance disclosure not meet that standard. As the Supreme Court ruled in requirements. the Buckley v. Valeo case two decades ago, and reaf- One of the most glaring problems with our current firmed in last June's Colorado Republican Federal Cam- federal campaign system is the ineffectiveness of its sup- paign Committee v. Federal Election Commission deci- posed referee. The FEC, whether by design or through sion, restricting campaign spending is the same as circumstance, has been beset by partisan gridlock, uncer- restricting an individual's right to free speech. I strongly tain and insufficient resources, and lengthy proceedings believe in citizens' right to express support for their can- that offer no hope of timely resolution of charges of cam- didates of choice, whether through volunteer activity or paign violations. voluntary financial contributions.

This proposal can help strengthen the ability of the I also believe there should be no public financing of FEC to be an effective and impartial enforcer of federal campaigns. Congress should not force taxpayers to campaign laws by addressing those problems. The act finance campaigns of candidates they do not voluntarily can alter the commission structure to eliminate partisan- support. In addition, I believe that greater disclosure ship; give the FEC independent litigating authority, and should be an integral part of any campaign finance allow private individuals to bring civil action in cases reform proposal. where the commission fails to act; authorize the FEC to All contributions to political candidates should be levy fines for minor campaign reporting violations; pro- reported and available for public review. Thorough and vide the FEC with sufficient funding by imposing filing timely documentation of campaign contributions fees on federal candidates; mandate electronic filing of increases accountability, exposes potential conflicts of all disclosure reports to the FEC; and authorize the FEC interest, and allows voters to decide for themselves what to conduct random audits, to seek court enforcement of is appropriate. urgent and major infractions and to implement proce- Furthermore, we must effectively enforce the laws dures for dealing with last-minute complaints. already in place to prevent campaign finance abuses. For

In addition, I would create a new advisory group out- example, the Federal Elections Campaign Act already side Congress to continually review and recommend prohibits U.S. candidates from receiving contributions changes in our federal campaign system. from foreign nationals. Finally, my proposal seeks to enhance effectiveness of The Senate Committee on Government Affairs con- campaign contribution dis- ducted investigative hear- closure requirements. ings regarding possible ille- A campaign could not Your Opinions Count, Too. galities which might have deposit a contribution until Senators and representatives are interested in occurred in both the presi- all information is provided, constituent viewpoints. You may express your dential and congressional and contributors of $200 or views by writing The Honorable (name), U.S. Sen- campaigns. Stricter enforce- ate, Wasliington, 20510, or The Honorable more would have to pro- DC ment of current campaign (name). House of Representatives, Washington, vide certification that their finance laws should be a DC 20515. You may call the U.S. Senate at (202) main focus of any proposed contribution is not from a 224-3121; the House at (202) 225-3121. foreign national. reform legislation.

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Center for Strategic and International regularly, 22 years after it was Studies has critical comments for just founded and chartered by the secre- about everybody involved in finding a tary of defense. Bart Ives, a regular solution. The media "have flunked the member who works on environmental test" in terms of adequately highlight- affairs for the Department of the ing the problem, he told THE AMERI- Army, spoke about its activities at a CAN LEGION MAGAZINE, "and Presi- recent conference on "visionary lead- dent Clinton doesn't want to talk ership" in Washington. Described as

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One scheduled witness: Lee A. |RITICS are comparing it to inter- I another chance to end co-ed basic Casey, a former Justice Department .nal passports that Russians are still training. That's when another com- official, who notes that the Declara- C'Irequired; to have to travel around mission, headed by Anita K. Blair of tion of Independence accused the their country. The Department of the Independent Women's Forum, is King of England of depriving us of Transportation has issued a contro- scheduled to issue its final report on trial by jury and "transporting us versial set of proposed regulations women in the military. Blair, a noted beyond the seas to be tried for pre- that would force the states to mandate conservative, tells THE AMERICAN tended offenses." that all citizens have a national identi- LEGION Magazine that her commis- "If the United States joins the fication document consisting of a dri- sion is bipartisan and that her aim is ICC," he says, "Americans again will ver's license with a Social Security "to get the facts." She says this will face transportation beyond the seas number on it. For those who don't include surveys of military personnel for judgment, without the benefits of drive, another form of ID will be and trips to bases. trial by jury, in a court that would not required. The House had acted to end guarantee the rights we all take so "Beginning in 2000," states Lisa mixed-gender basic training, but the much for granted." Dean, director of the Center for Tech- Senate in June refused to go along, Meanwhile, a Pentagon memo nology Policy at the Free Congress voting 56-39 against a weaker version issued before the latest round of ICC Foundation, "citizens will no longer of the legislation that would have negotiations warned that the tribunal be eligible for health care, or employ- merely ended mixed-gender barracks. could "be used by some governments ment, able to conduct bank transac- "The Senate marched to the beat of and organizations for politically moti- tions, board an airplane, purchase the feminist drummers," declared vated purposes" and that U.S. mili- insurance, or acquire a passport, if radio commentator Jane Chastain, tary personnel could be targeted for they don't have this card." while Kate O'Beirne of National arbitrary or frivolous charges. The new regulations also will Review called the Senate vote an The Senate voted 55-45 in 1994 to affect Second Amendment rights. "outrage" on the CNN Capital Gang support the creation of the ICC. A Without the ID, Dean says, you will program.

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in the town's first Armistice By Anthony Miller Day Parade. When the firing stopped, three veterans lay ENTION "Omaha dead, three others wounded. Beach" and watch A fourth doughboy, Dale the reaction of a Hubbard—nephew of a local 16th Regiment lumber mill owner—was killed dogface who sur- by fellow veteran and IWW vived the mines, organizer Wesley Everest as he shelling and small fled the chaotic scene. Hub- arms fire of D- bard's enraged companions Day; or say, "Khe captured Everest as he was Sanh" to a Marine reloading. Retribution for the who survived the killings was not long in com- 1968 siege. Silence likely will be ing; that night someone cut the the response to anyone who town's power supply as a signal wasn't there. for several Centralians who

For World War I Legion- stormed the darkened jail and naires, any mention of "Cen- dragged Everest to a nearby It||ii09il tralia" evokes the same intense bridge over the Chehalis River,

emotional reaction by these vet- The statue "The where they lynched him. They erans in recalling the "Armistice Sentinel" memorializes the four left the dangling corpse perfo- Day Murders" of Nov. 11,1919. veterans murdered while marching rated by a dozen bullet holes. in that 1919 Armistice Day parade. The small town of Centralia in The three Legionnaires the timber country of southwest killed earlier during the parade if sf- Washington endured a major eruption of class were Warren O. Grimm, a lieutenant in the war warfare between lumberjacks trying to unionize who was an up-and-coming local attorney and and the timber mill owners and their allies. The commander of Centralia's Grant Hodge Post 17; lumberjacks, whose organizational efforts came Arthur R. McElfresh, who survived fierce com- Itl to be associated with outbreaks of violence, saw bat in the Meuse-Argonne offensive of Septem- the Legionnaires—strong advocates of law and ber 1918 to return to his hometown to manage order—as among those allies. These perceptions the local drugstore; and Ben Cassagranda, back turned a ferocious struggle over labor issues into from France just six months. a fatal blood feud. Accounts of what happened in Centralia are The assailants were members of the local as cloudy as that overcast November day in 1919 Industrial Workers of the World chapter, the when local veterans donned their newly moth- "Wobblies," who claimed to be defending their balled olive drabs to mark the first anniversary union hall from an attack by veterans marching of the war's end. The IWW defenders maintain they fired in self-defense, suggesting that some in the parade had halted outside the union hall while several fell out of formation to rush the

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I a cushion of decades, is no longer our ally in Panama. The planned give-away of one of America's most strategic footholds in a dan- gerous world—the Panama Canal — stands to be com- pleted Dec. 31, 1999, near- ly 40 years past the moment

I when the United States started down the path of surrender. U.S. sovereignty there is nearing a conclu- sion in a disturbingly quiet manner.

G. Russell Evans is a retired U.S. The beginning of the end was subde stream media in the surrender of the Coast Guard captain and aviator. He and quiet, also. President Dwight D. Canal under terms of the 1977 treaties. is a long-time student of Panama and Eisenhower decided in 1960 to allow Overseen by President Jimmy Carter and the Carter-Torrijos Treaties. He has Panama's flag to fly alongside Old Glory then Panamanian dictator Brig. Gen. written two books about the canal. The in part of the Canal Zone as evidence of Omar Torrijos, the treaties are especially most recent, Death Knell of the the "titular sovereignty" of the Panama- worrisome, given factors now at work in Panama Canal?, is now available nians. That mistake began a course that the isthmus of Panama. with introductions by retired Navy would lead to illegal treaties, bad deals China, the planet's remaining com- politics. munist superpower, appears on the Adm. Thomas H. Moorer , former and unsavory chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There has been a general lack of verge of becoming gatekeeper of the interest by Americans and the main- canal. Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., a

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1998 canal, their own country or the United States, Panama- nians have entered into what amounts to a 50-year contract with Hutchison. The Hong Kong company huge conglomerate based in Hong When American firms submitted bet- will be in a position to delay "expedited Kong, now a part of China, won con- ter bids for the operations, Panamanian treatment" heretofore guaranteed U.S. tracts to operate the vital ports of Bal- President Ernesto Perez Balladares warships. boa and Cristobal at each end of the changed the rules, allowing Hutchison to Events could conceivably lead to man-made passageway. Hutchison's double its bid. This unorthodox process Rodman Naval Station in the former head is Li Kashing, a man known to was evidently determined by "bucket Canal Zone coming under Chinese have close ties with the Chinese gov- loads of money from Asia," reported El control, giving Beijing a base of opera- ernment. The company was also given Siglio, a Panamanian newspaper. U.S. tions for warships and submarines only long-term options for other facilities, Ambassador William Hughes called the 900 miles from the United States. including several military installations bidding unorthodox and unfair. Regardless of Chinese intentions in U.S. forces are scheduled to evacuate. Without regard to the security of the our own hemisphere, reasons to recon-

OCTOBER 1998 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • ||j Commeintary

sider these treaties are plentiful, includ- ing their questionable legality and the historic and current importance of U.S. interests in the canal. when I hear The canal saves 8,000 miles and two weeks over the Cape Horn route. It is "the most vital strategic waterway in inteIHgent officials the world" says retired Navy Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, former chairman state that the canal of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "I am as- tounded when I hear supposedly intel- ligent officials state that the canal no no longer has any longer has any strategic value," says Moorer. On Nov. 18, 1903, the United States strategic value.' entered into an agreement to guard the Adm. Thomas H. Moorer independence of the new Republic of Panama. The Americans also provided had failed, at outlandish costs in men $10 million in gold and an annual pay- crane, Alex La Valley, passed between and money, in two previous attempts. ment of $250,000. Thus the United the Caribbean and the Pacific's Gulf of Canal builders became heroes. But

States purchased the Canal Zone, a 10- Panama through the completed canal. it seems Panamanians were never satis- mile-wide swath across the isthmus Often called the "eighth wonder of fied, despite the protection and eco- from Panama City to Colon. Eleven the world," the canal was an example nomic bonanzas that ensued as hosts to years later a self-propelled floating of U.S. engineering genius. The French much of the world's shipping. Threats

• LEGION • 1998 IB THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OCTOBER THE LEGION'S POSITION

|INCE the signing of tlie Panama Canal Treaties in 1977, Tlie American Legion Phas been concerned about the implica- tions of turning over canal operations to the Panamanian government. "The Panama Canal is and will remain a vital seaway for United States commerce and

naval operations," notes John A. Brieden III, chairman of the Legion's National Foreign Relations Commission. "The concession of the operation of the ports of Colon and Balboa by the Panamanian government to an entity of the People's Republic of China would cre- ate a situation inconsistent with U.S. national interests." The Legion has several resolutions about the Panama Canal and treaties. The most re- cent is Resolution 178, adopted by dele- gates to the 1997 National Convention in Or- lando, Fla. The resolution concludes: 1. The United States should take any nec- essary actions to ensure Panama will be able to operate the Panama Canal efficiently after Panama assumes control. 2. The United States should take any nec- essary actions to ensure the Panama Canal is operated efficiently and in a manner consis- tent with United States national security in- terests. 3. Construction of a new canal or major improvements in the existing Panama Canal should be consistent with U.S. national secu- rity interests. 4. The United States should seek an agree- ment with Panama to continue stationing U.S. armed forces in Panama after 2000 to protect the canal and evolving democratic nations in the region. 5. The United States should encourage demo- cratic evolution in Panama to help provide sta-

bility and a better, freer life for Panamanians.

gotiating away the canal. Officials There are questions being asked, from both nations might pretend they even in Panama, about the canal's ad- ratified the same treaties, but Panama's ministration. La Prensa, Panama's version contains a provision denying leading newspaper, condemned Bal- unilateral U.S. defense rights. Panama ladares "for converting the Canal into a and the United States clearly hid the fount of juicy sinecures for the rela- differences between the treaties in or- tives and associates of the president." der to avoid a Senate vote on the matter and a plebiscite in Panama. Efforts to negotiate with Panama a Meanwhile, and perhaps just as U.S. presence in the Canal Zone af- ominous for America's future use of ter 1999 have been halfhearted. the canal, reports hold that the once Balladares agreed to talks in 1995 but glorious pathway faces eventual failure then went looking for better deals with due to neglect. Two years ago an oper- Asians and Europeans. ations and maintenance study by the However, there is time to save the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report- canal. The United States should notify

ed the canal "wearing out ... due to lack Panama now that operation of the ports of maintenance." The canal suffered by Hutchison is not acceptable. Fur- from crumbling concrete and corroding ther, U.S. rights in Panama should be infrastructure and a general "lack of renegotiated, establishing our right to commitment to proper maintenance." defend the canal and to interdict illegal The Corps study was classified "politi- drugs likely headed for our country. visited upon Americans and U.S. insti- cally sensitive" and not made public. The U.S. Senate and Panama's Legis- tutions in the Canal Zone were reward- Desire for profit by bringing in ships lature should vote on the same treaty. ed when Carter capitulated to Pana- and more tolls has delayed mainte- Americans need to urge the White manian demands. nance. One critical defect was the inop- House and Congress to initiate correc- President Carter's first order of erable SIP-7 system, designed to pre- tive measures before the century pass- business after his inauguration was to vent draining the canal in case of ship es, and one of our greatest accomplish- sign a memorandum to commence ne- accident or terrorist attack. ments and advantages fades.

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HE military and commercial advantages the United States derives from the Panama Canal will be subject to Panamanian suf- ferance after Dec. 31, 1999. That's when the canal will be turned over to Panama under terms of the canal treaty approved by the U.S. Senate in 1978 and the Panamanian government the year before.

"The transition is ongoing, and we don't see anything on the horizon that would inter- fere with Panama assuming control by the projected date." So says John A. Mills, secre- tary to the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Com- mission, a 9,000-person U.S. governnment agency headed by a nine member Board of Directors that includes mem- bers from both nations. Mills is the liaison among the commission, the U.S. gov- ernment and the Congress. He's held his position since 1995 after retiring from the Army Corps of Engineers. He's no stranger to Panama and canal operations; he served with the U.S. Southern Command, responsible for the canal treaty implementation, and was deputy chief of staff Plans to transfer control of the responsible for the day-to-day operations of 30,000 soldiers. In a recent interview with Editor Joe Stuteville, Mills addressed a number of issues raised by critics of the Panama Panama Canal to the Republic of Canal Treaty about the future of this vital waterway.

Panama are steaming ahead as Dec. 31, 1999. That's the day control of the Panama Canal will be turned over to the Panamanians. What's the status of charted. It's only a year away the transition? m • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1998 .

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ple's Republic of China are or will soon control ports at John A. Mills: We're absolutely on track and on Cristobal, Colon and Balboa. It seems to fly in the face schedule. The workforce is 92-percent Panamanian, and the of our national security concerns. in the nearly 20 years percentage has increased dramatically Alt is not the government of the People's Republic of effect. the treaty has been in Those who will be operating China that's involved. It is a Hong Kong-based corpo- the canal Jan. 2000, are essentially on and managing on 1, ration that operates other ports around the world. There is a the job. very minor interest owned in the parent company by the

Chinese government, but it is not a controlling interest. Cur- Once the transfer is complete, will the United States rently, the Panama Canal Commission has the authority, as continue to fund operations of the canal? will the group that takes over our mission in 2000, the Pana- No. In fact, what's important to understand is that A ma Canal Authority, to approve or disapprove any activity today, no tax dollars are drawn to support the canal. that affects operations. Remember this: Panama will be the We're [the Panama Canal Commission] a federal corpora- preeminent operator of the canal. tion, totally self-financed. The canal operates on tolls it col- lects. This money covers salaries, maintenance and other Any foreseeable hitches between now and transfer related costs. This essentially is how the Panamanians will date? handle it when they take control. A None that I can see. We're on track. Panama has made it its is canal operations The presence of U.S. forces in Panama no doubt has clear that goal to make more maintained the security of the canal since its opening in customer oriented, more efficient than they are today. And I 1914. Will our troops remain there after the handover really believe they will. Operation of the canal is a major and, if so, in what capacity will they be used? sovereignty issue for Panama. Panamanians know the eyes A The treaty language calls for relocation of our troops of the world are on them now and will be even more from Panama by the same date of the transfer, unless focused come Jan. 1, 2000. there is an agreement to do otherwise. There is an interest in both the United States and Panama to see if a mutually acceptable agreement can be struck to retain a multinational counter-narcotics force, to include our troops, in Panama. This would still allow the Defense Department to reduce HISIORY'S LINK our troop levels in Panama and still perform some of our his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502, missions in that region, primarily in drug interdiction. INChristopher Columbus veered southwesterly and arrived at the isthmus, planting the Spanish flag on a Given the nature of the political and military insta- meandering slip of land that later would be named bility in Panama—referring to dictators Manuel Noriega Panama. Nearly 40 years later, Charles I ordered a and Omar Torrijos for example—do you foresee any survey of the area with the hope of creating a water- potential problems that threaten not only U.S. security way link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It but that of the Western Hemisphere? made sense, after all, to find a much shorter route There are many positive signs that democracy is grow- A rather than the lengthy and treacherous swing around ing in Panama and will continue to do so. For 17 years, South America's Cape Horn. the U.S. military has not been in an active defense mode of In 1880, France moved into Panama and began the canal; that is not its role now. If military actions or other slicing through the dense jungle and rolling terrain. instabilities were to occur, our armed forces could be asked Twenty years later, the French abandoned their work, to help secure the canal. swamped by disease, geography and growing debt. When Panama declared independence from Colombia But the perception by many is that our troops are in 1903, it signed a treaty with the United States, there mainly to protect the Panama Canal. allowing the larger nation to construct the canal. has changed over time. During World War II there Alt Eleven years and thousands of lives later, the $400 was a large concentration of our forces in Panama million project was completed. More than 75,000 because the canal was a chokepoint militarily. Today, it's a men and women—Americans and Panamanians commercial chokepoint. We're the largest user of the canal made the interoceanic link a reality. To this day, the and account for 65 percent of the traffic—nearly 14 percent Panama Canal is a hallmark achievement in engineer- of our nation's entire seaborne trade. There is nothing loom- ing—a 50-mile channel that links two oceans and two ing on the horizon that we can tell would jeopardize any of hemispheres. our interests in the canal. If something were to occur in Since its opening, the canal has handled more than Panama, there are other agreements that would allow for 800,000 transits. Two thirds of shipments either go to U.S. military assistance in safeguarding the canal. It could or from the United States. Military strategists main- involve other nations from around the world. tain the Panama Canal is one of the most vital choke- points on the globe. —IPS One development that has some people alarmed is that Hong Kong businesses with strong ties to the Peo-

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the first time I had ever tru- By Andrea L. Houk ly been on my own. with no help from my parents ex- out, taught me a lot about myself, the world began to crumble. I violated the

1 cept for the occasional sar- world around me and where I want to Cadet Honor Code. donic words of advice or chastisement. go from here. "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor

At that time I had no idea what I want- I have had what might be called a tolerate among us anyone who does. ed to do with my life. I had recently charmed life. I have a family who loves Furthermore, I resolve to do my duty been forced to leave the United States me and has always supported and en- and live honorably. So help me God."

Air Force Academy, and I didn't know couraged me to do whatever I wanted. The Air Force Academy's honor what to do next. My life had always For the most part, I have accomplished code is very strict. It is all encompass- been planned around a career in the Air what I set out to do, graduating with ing, covering not only academic in-

Force, and I had never pictured myself highest honors from an award-winning tegrity but honesty in all aspects of life. as anything else. My leaving and subse- private high school, receiving an ap- While many institutions of higher quent return to the academy, as well as pointment to the Air Force Academy learning have academic honor codes, my experiences during the time I was and now, I hope, becoming an Air none is as broad and rigorously en- Force officer. However, in May of forced as the service academies'; it is "From Newsweek, [1112] © [1998] 1996, my junior year at the academy, I something cadets and graduates take Newsweek. Inc. All rights reserved made quite possibly the most egregious great pride in. I violated the code with Reprinted by permission." mistake of my life, and my charmed what might be called a "little white lie."

22 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1998 le will not He, steal or cheat nor tolerate anioi^ ns anyone who does.'

I said that I'd made a doc- healthy and active Honor Ed- has been through the experience of tem- tor's appointment when I ucation System, as well as a porarily losing them. had not. When I lied 1 system to prosecute viola- In a time when the military is under broke the trust that tors of the code. Both close scrutiny and is often in the public binds everyone at the systems, while overseen eye for negative incidents, it is easy to academy together. To by officers, are operat- forget that the vast majority of service- me, that little white ed by cadets. men and women hold themselves to a lie is the symbol of a In my case, I have higher standard of morals than the few final Air Force temptation that I just completed my who make headlines. The everyone faces: to month of what the Academy is a place that exists, to quote compromise his or her academy calls Honor the mission, to "develop and inspire" integrity for personal Probation, which I have our nation's future leaders. It does. And gain. One of the most been serving since I re- there is no place I would rather be. important lessons I turned in August. It is a When I left the Academy in the fall learned when I was living time meant to both teach of my senior year, I never expected to be in the civilian world was and punish honor-codeOvi- back, and I was devastated. This was my that holding oneself to olators, with the empha- life, and with one mistake, I thought, I such a high standard is not sis placed on the teaching had thrown it away. Fortunately, there is the norm, and temptations aspect. During my proba- an automatic appeal process that allowed come strong and often. The world tion period, I gave me, as a senior cadet, to appeal my case Working in a restaurant speeches to peers, kept a to the highest level. The former secretary for six months, every day I needs to know journal and met with a se- of the Air Force, Sheila Widnall, over- saw people lying for nior officer who acted as turned my dismissal. I am grateful that something as simple as what honor a mentor to guide me she saw something in me that warranted getting out of work or try- through my time on pro- the chance to try again, and I hope I can ing to avoid punishment. and integrity bation. As I progressed, I someday say that I was the type of Once, $2,000 was stolen began to feel that the leader, officer and person the Air Force from the restaurant safe. It mean to those world needed to know believed I could be. I have been given a wasn't easy to maintain what honor and integrity great gift by being allowed to return and my integrity in that envi- who serve in the mean to those who serve graduate. I plan to hold on to it, cherish it ronment, but by doing so I at the Air Force Acade- and make the most of every opportunity became much stronger armed forces. my, in the Air Force and I have. I hope I will have the chance to and more independent. in the armed forces, so I live up to the expectations of those I My friends who are not in write this to attempt to con- have sworn to defend, for those expecta- the military ask me why members of the vey those ideas. However, I especially tions are the most important of all. armed forces see themselves as better wanted to express what those character Editor's Note: Houk graduated in than the rest of society. I think that is a attributes meant to a single cadet who May 1998. misperception that stems from the es- sential sense of integrity that service- men and women must have in order to do their jobs and do them well. Integrity should be the pillar on which everything else in the military rests. Why should we be held to such a high standard? Simply because if we aren't, it would be impossible to "pro- tect and defend the Constitution" in good faith. I am hard pressed to believe that any American would want a liar, thief or cheat to defend his or her home and family and way of life from those who would try to destroy them. Integri- ty is fundamental. It should always come first and never, under any circum- stances, be compromised. That essential truth is what we are taught at the Air Force Academy from the minute we step off the bus in basic cadet training to the day we toss our hats in the air four years later. There is a

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Nimitz, her final naval deployment, By Robert C. Imler her first deployment of civilian life threatened to be dull and poverty-in- OR more than eight months tense. Then Davis, who had enlisted after her 1997 discharge, out of high school in 1993, got a call Aimee Davis scoured her na- from Hire Quality, which gets tive Fort Lauderdale, Fla., names and numbers of recently sep- area looking for a job in in- arated service members from the ventory management, secu- Department of Defense and places rity or control. The ex- these veterans into civilian careers. Navy stores keeper found a "They asked if they could be of couple of warehouse jobs any assistance and let me know what but concluded they im- they did," Davis recalls. "We talked, posed 40 acres of responsi- and I gave them some information bility for a square inch of paycheck. [about her Navy training in inventory "None of them offered any bene- and security and her responsibilities fits," Davis reports. For a person as a petty officer third class]. The charged with ordering and securing the next day I called them back with inventory for the air wing of USS more information and asked for a

24 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1998 call the next day matchup; they did a perfect that led to an all-volunteer military face one with The Wackenhut Interview with the have come as a surprise. New Orleans Police Corporation." Among those once puz- Department. Wackenhut 's office in Fort zled was Matthew Caulfield, Lauderdale assigned Davis to a retired Marine major gen- u its security team at a Motorola plant. The eral. He found that young veterans, usu- Hire Quality. team monitors personnel and shipments ally with four to eight years' service, had recommend entering and leaving the facility and de- a higher unemployment rate than their fends against industrial espionage. civilian peers. They were unemployed Since I've been out, tliis "It's good work, and it helped to longer, and when they found jobs, they have a good service record," Davis usually settled for lower pay and sparser says. "I thought I'd have no problem benefits. Given that the vets were gener- iias been the best thing getting a good job, but I'd been hunting ally more goal-oriented, more mature, since I got out. I really appreciate Hire more accustomed to team effort and cer- that I have run into." Quahty and how fast they operate. It's tifiably drug-free, Caulfield sensed an been a real blessing." opportunity. JefffBf IE Barnes With his son, Daniel, another former READY FOR PEACE Marine, Caulfield founded Hire Quality, Swords into plowshares—convert- a Chicago placement agency devoted to people. Most human resource workers ing weapons of war to instruments of matching veterans to good jobs. Brian have never met a vet and tend to see peace—probably was an old idea when Feucht, yet another former Marine, them as from a different tribe." the prophet Isaiah took note of it, but joined the team as a sort of circuit rider one generally applied to weapons rather because the Caulfields sensed much of FRIENDLY FIRMS than warriors. Of all people, the as- the problem was cultural. Much of Hire Quality's energy is sumption ran, they should be able to "In the days of World War II, Korea spent identifying companies friendly to take care of themselves. and after, almost everyone had an im- veterans. One example would be Unit- The American Legion knows that mediate family member or a close friend ed Parcel Service, which, like The assumption is often wrong. It makes who was in or had been in military ser- American Legion, was founded by a veterans' employment rights one of its vice," Caulfield observes. "Since the group of World War I veterans. In com- major concerns, especially since the volunteer military came in, far fewer panies headed by veterans. Hire Quality job-hunting problems veterans of the people have any contact with military might work through those executives to

• OCTOBER 1998 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE 25 an opportunity to demonstrate the value of its comradeship and service, as well as gain members. Started as a test program in the km. Departments of Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia and Colorado, the will sponsor Hire Quality Legion-Hire Quality partnership has produced encouraging initial results, according to Jack Querfeld, director materials that introduce of the Legion's National Internal Af- fairs Division in Indianapolis. He cau- its programs to service tions, however, that the promising word-of-mouth cannot be added up to a trend, yet. members beginning to INCREASING INTEREST plan for separation. "Some of the Departments not in the test have heard enough positive things that they're interested in the program," alert the human resources staff. Querfeld notes. "New Jersey, for exam- "It's about a three-month process to ple, has used the list of Hire Quality get the human resources department placements to alert Post hospitality pro- trained [to the advantages of hiring vet- grams. One recently established Post has erans]," says Feucht, who also notes the added four or five members from it." person being placed needs an orienta- "Of the Departments in the test, we've tion on the attitudes and environment of SERUICE WITH A SMILE gotten the most feedback so far from

the business world. It took Hire Quality a day to matcli Rose North Carolina. It appears this is begin- As the Hire Quality program got Szobar to an opening in the liuman resources ning to catch on there," Querfeld says. department of United Parcel Service. rolling, the Caulfields found another National Commander Butch Miller, outfit involved at every point of service addressing the program's potential, says, to veterans: The American Legion. grams to service members beginning to "We know that through the foreseeable "We are really in the business to get plan for separation. When a vet goes to future, about 275,000 military service these people jobs," says Feucht, noting work, a local Post will introduce that members will be leaving active duty each the Legion has a lot of credibility in vet- person to the community with tours of year. These fine young people are a erans' affairs and the potential to handle neighborhoods and business districts dream come true for any business or in- the follow-through when a vet goes to and tips on schools, daycare and trans- dustry. They are proficient in high-tech work in a community. portation. The smoother start gives Hire skills, disciplined, committed, loyal, re- Discussion between the Legion and Quality a better chance for a successful sourceful and respectful.... And they are Hire Quality has led to a trial partner- placement and the community a better available." ship. The Legion will sponsor Hire chance of keeping an able young citizen Hire Quality scheduled ex-Navy Mas-

Quality materials that introduce its pro- and family. And the local Post will have ter-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey M. Barnes for tests and interviews with the New Or- leans Police Department within a week of Barnes' first call. Unlike veterans who come across Hire Quality during separa- tion, Barnes had ended a 10-year Navy stint in 1997. He found Hire Quality on the Internet and answered via e-mail. Hire Quality called him the next day. Barnes, then taking criminal justice courses at Gannon University in Erie. Pa., was liv- ing with his parents in Montgomery, Ala., when he enlisted. Now, he reports, he has high hopes of retuming to the South. Af- ter a positive interview, the NOPD has begun its lengthy background check. "I most definitely recommend Hire Quality," Barnes says. "Since I've been out, this has been the best thing I've run into." Editor's note: For more information on Hire Quality, go to the "Veterans Issues" link at The American Legion homepage. http://www.Iegion.org or phone (773) 281-6924.

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/WAS A SKINNY at the

kid of 17 when I hugeness, the arrived in Ameri- splendor looming draft deferment ca on New before me. Here was We had set foot in since we were help- Year's Day, 1968. a brand new year, a the land of milk and ing the war effort

I came with my par- new world and the honey. with our work. As it ents and nine sib- possibility of a new Since there were turned out, however,

lings: four sisters life. Here before me so many children in having an automatic and five brothers. was. ..America! our family, and since deferment didn't

Our port of entry When I think back to I was the oldest son, matter anyway: I was

was New York City, that wondrous day I had to find work put on night shift six

and you can imagine when the tall immi- quickly, which I did a week, work- the absolute awe a gration officer with with a huge corpora mietimes 12 lad from a wee town the snappy James tion that )ace be- in Scotland felt when Cagney voice said to manufactured heli- jellng, so

he first set eyes on me, "Welcome to copter gears, so lin for

the magnificent Man- America, kid, " I still much in demand at Tng, that I

hattan skyline. All I feel a strong sense the time. Though I lozed off one night

could do was gape of pride. We had ac- didn't know it, I in wide-eyed wonder tually arrived! could have gotten a By John Mulligan

• • OCTOBER 1998 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE 28 while my machine ground its noisy way when a freak mortar round hit him through a huge helicopter gear. Fortu- squarely, blowing him to smithereens. I nately no one was injured, but I prompt- was just a simple weather observer, ly lost my job and became eligible for never expecting such a traumatic expe- the draft. I was classified lA. rience. One of his boots landed a few The 1968 Tet Offensive was in full feet away from me, part of his limb in- swing, and the constant barrage of war side. This was only a few weeks after images on TV made me realize I didn't we had arrived in Vietnam, and the want to go slogging through rice pad- shock I felt, as most veterans know, is dies with the infantry. So I took off for something never to be forgotten. I'm the friendly skies of the Air Force. convinced that at that moment I lost I must admit to a certain pride board- touch with my soul—that I kicked it out ing the big jetliner bound for Vietnam, of my body. wearing my crisp, new jungle fatigues. I know that when I came back from

^1 It [Vietnam] had turned into more of a time of counting

days, Tliere was little glory.

There was heroism to be sure, ^ but little glory, only pain. —John Mulligan

Here I was off to the war, having just Vietnam I was different, that I could completed almost two years of formal no longer smile. I had simply lost the and on-the-job training as a weather ability, as if the muscles in my face had observer. I had volunteered for the atrophied. And truly one of the most growing storm in Vietnam, feeling awful moments came when I returned somewhat duty-bound to do so. I felt to Scotland. When I saw my mother, optimistic, full of the vigor of youth. I realized that I couldn't smile for her.

I would also be a hero; I would make I believe that moment began my de- my father proud of me. I also felt I had scent into what was much later identi- a particular reason for fighting harder, fied as the anguish-ridden domain perhaps, than even my fellow combat- of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder ants; I was a foreigner, and I felt I had (PTSD). to prove my worthiness to live in Amer- After my return from Vietnam, I ica, that I had to earn the right to remain wandered around the world for almost in the greatest country in the world. 12 years, confused, not knowing what

Then, again, we were fighting commu- was wrong. I felt dead inside, empty, nism. For me, communism was a dark numbed. I remember wet, lonely nights reality, the evil scourge spreading feeling nothing but absolute desola- around the world like molten lava, de- tion. I remember sitting on park bench- stroying and suffocating everything in es at night watching the passersby, en- its path. vious that they had such fine lives. I

But Vietnam wasn't what I expected, was cold and lonely, wishing I could at least not in 1970 when I arrived. It see my family, wishing that I had a had turned into more of a time of count- family to go home to. From time to ing days. There was little glory. There time, I would find an odd job as a con- was heroism to be sure, but little glory, struction worker which, of course, only pain. One incident marks me still. would afford me the opportunity to I was walking to the PX with a friend, rent a room in a residential hotel for a who was a few yards in front of me, few days, or perhaps even a few weeks. But for the most part, it was the John Mulligan has told the story of streets among the other homeless vet- his recovery from PTSD and homeless- erans, my friends, the other shopping ness in his book, also titled "Shopping cart soldiers. We were a growing army Cart Soldiers" (Curbstone Press). with no mission, no encampment. I re-

30 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1998 member one in particular. I called

him "Arkansas." I don't know why. I

suppose it was because he talked fun- ny—funnier than me, that is. We hit it off as soon as we met. One morn- ing I found him dead under the bush- es where he slept. Someone had smashed his head in and stolen his new boots. But that's life on the

streets. In short, it is life-threatening, and it had been life-taking for Arkansas. That's what PTSD is: a killer dis- ease. No matter what the symptoms, whether early or full-blown chronic, this disorder kills if it goes unchecked. There are those who dis- agree, but they haven't experienced the separation, the loss of sense of self, the inexplicable numbness that can estrange one from family and friends, workmates, and others with whom one has to have daily contact in order to live a productive life. One then withdraws socially, making life so difficult one has to turn to the bot- tle in order to cope with even a single day. Of course, becoming anaes- thetized with booze or other chemi- cals leads ultimately to divorce, es- trangement from one's children, loss of job, loss of home and ultimately

loss of hope. I know because I was there. And that's when I began what I call my 'walkabout'.

It ended when I met a celebrated author, Maxine Hong Kingston, and she offered me a ray of hope. What she taught me was that I didn't have to continue to live as I had. I sought help in vet centers and at VA hospi- tals with other veterans suffering as I

was. I began to reconnect with fami- ly and friends. Difficult at first. But

from those beginnings I began to feel a sense of hope. Then I started to reach out spiritually. I began to "fight back for what I truly believe in," not least of which is the America

I came to when I was 17, staring at the wonders of the Manhattan sky- line. Corny as it might seem, the words, "Welcome to America, kid," ring more strongly in my ears now than ever. This is my country. I

fought for it, and I never forget that I did; the same is true for all homeless veterans. And my wish for them is that they

rediscover what I was able to find af- ter years as a shopping cart soldier. May my homeless veteran brothers and sisters reclaim their souls.

OCTOBER 1998 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • Legion Chides Senate for Political *Maneuveping'

HE Senate has drawn criticism from The American resulted in a "money grab" to help pay for highways, bridges

Legion for burying within a popular bill a controversial and mass-transit projects. Total annual payments measure stripping veterans of a major benefit. to each of the nearly 400 people already approved for smoking-

"The Internal Revenue Service doesn't administer VA related disabilities is about $7,100.

benefits. Why does a bill reforming the IRS have a sec- Granting disability payments to the 8,500 people who have "— tion that guarantees the loss of disability compensation applied would cost about $60 million a year. Lawmakers have ^ for some ex-service members?" asks Charles Pesso, put the cost between $2 billion and $3 billion annually. chairman of the Legion's National Legislative Commission. "It comes down to keeping faith with our veterans," Pesso Pesso's remarks came after the Senate adopted the IRS says. "The federal government was the country's number-one reform conference report last summer, legislation that included a promoter of tobacco products for years. People are sick today provision reinforcing the loss of VA disability compensation for who became addicted to nicotine in free cigarettes given to them veterans with smoking-related illnesses linked to their military by the military." service. The federal government—which is trying to make the tobac-

By a one-vote margin, lawmakers rejected an attempt to co industry accountable for its efforts to promote smoking— recommit the conference report that would strip away VA bene- must face its own responsibility for promoting nicotine addiction fits. "Neither the House nor the Senate has held hearings on this and causing illness and death, The American Legion contends. precedent-setting measure," Pesso says. "Neither the House nor "The real victims are a small group of veterans and their fami- the Senate took an open vote on this issue." lies," Pesso says. "These veterans lose medical care, compen- Wildly inflated estimates for the cost of the VA program sation and survivors' benefits."

Just A Reminder About Enroning

The VA is required by law to within the first 12 months after The VA will not add Viagra to its formulary, establish an enrollment system their discharge. the drugs that must be available at all VA medical for health-care services to be in Veterans classified as being treatment facilities. place by Oct. 1. While most vet- service-disabled with a rating 50 VA long has offered veterans a broad range of erans must be enrolled to receive percent or greater will continue treatments for erectile dysfunction, and it will con- care, it does not mean veterans to be eligible for VA health care tinue to offer those therapies while assessing any who have not applied for enroll- without enrolling. new approaches. However, VA claims the cost of ment by that date will lose their While veterans in these cate- Viagra would have a crippling effect on its phar- eligibility for medical care. gories do not have to be enrolled maceutical budget at anticipated levels of use. Veterans can apply and be to be treated, they are encour- "VA must weigh all factors when considering enrolled at the time they are in aged to do so to help VA plan its its benefits package," says VA Under Secretary need of health care based on services and allocate its for Health Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer. "VA projects funding availability and their pri- resources. that the cost of providing Viagra could exceed ority status. Those receiving VA VA officials report that veter- $280 million annually, which would represent care since Oct.l, 1996, will have ans accepted for enrollment will more than a fifth of VA's total pharmaceutical an application processed auto- be eligible for treatment at the budget." matically on their behalf. department's 1,100 service sites. In addition, a VA pharmacy committee There has been a great deal of Enrollment must be renewed recently reviewed safety issues pertinent to VA's misinformation circulating in every year, and veterans' enroll- patient population and recommended against print and on the Internet regard- ments will be renewed automati- adding Viagra to VA's formulary because of safe- ing the enrollment program, cally unless they choose not to ty concerns about the product in VA's pafient much of it claiming that veterans re-enroll, or unless VA resources population. not enrolled by Oct. 1 will lose limit the number of veterans the Viagra, the committee found, may interact their VA benefits. department can cover. with numerous medications, and its safety for After Oct. 1, some veterans To apply for enrollment, vet- patients with the kind of complex medical prob- might still be treated without erans should call, write or visit lems commonly experienced by VA patients has being enrolled, including veter- their nearest VA health-care not been demonstrated. ans with service-connected dis- facility. Most facilities have Omitting Viagra from the national formulary abilities who may be treated for coordinators to assist veterans limits its availability but does not ban its use by those disabilities; veterans dis- and their families and to answer VA. Where a physician at a medical center feels charged or released from active questions. Also, veterans can that there is an overwhelming therapeutic ratio- duty for a disability incurred or contact American Legion Depart- nale to use Viagra, network officials may decide aggravated while on active duty ment service officers for assis- to provide the drug "off formulary," following may be treated for that disability tance. locally estabUshed criteria.

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ELECTED NATIONAL COMMANDER HAROLD L."BUTCH" MILLER

In The Flow of Life

women of The American Legion as perfect example of this." Legionnaires in their National Commander for the next The American Legion also had a year. "I've been given an opportunity of steadying influence. Post 50 was the so- Minnesota and a lifetime to serve as commander. Wlien cial and civic hub of Wabasha, and my 12 months of wearing the red cap seemingly every man in town was a Le- are over, I want to look back and know gionnaire, every woman an Auxiliary Virginia iieiped that I've made a difference, that Butch member. "Joining the Post and being ac- Miller has left our great organization a tive was just something you did when little better than he found it." service and Butcti IVIiiler cliarta '^——***\il Long before he ever donned " returned to Wabasha," he says. any Legion cap. Miller learned ^ One of those active Post 50 steady course for valuable lessons and grappled a S Legionnaires was a young at- with experiences that would "torney who lived down the carry him through life. Some- 51^ street from the Miller family, a community service. times, hard experiences. When fellow who would rise to he was six, his father, Harold prominence in 1963 as Ameri- Lloyd Miller II, was killed in car crash can Legion National Commander and By Joe Stuteville on his way home from work in Peoria, later would distinguish himself as a

111. His mother, Loretta, gathered up Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge: IFE often has been com- Butch and his siblings. Randy and Daniel F. Foley. pared to a river. It begins Cindy, and returned to her hometown of Miller describes his early association slowly, lazily meandering Wabasha, Minn. with Foley as being "life-shaping." through gentle turns, then "It was a tough time in my life, los- Miller and Foley's sons also forged a moving on, crashing rapidly ing my father, worrying about my fami- fast and lasting friendship, knocking the

through jutting rocks. It ly and wondering what kind of future I hell out of one another in pick-up foot- continually pitches toward would have," Miller recaUs. "I was like ball games, combing through nearby new scenes looming around a ship without a rudder." It was his woods and rustling for rattlesnakes, the the next bend. A life ripples grandfather, Walter Balow, a World latter "not something my Mom was glad and bubbles, ebbs and War I veteran and active member of to learn about," Miller says with a grin. flows, constantly rolling on Wabasha Post 50, who toward a purpose and destination. helped get young Miller Harold L. "Butch" Miller casually back on course and find works the hall at Post 364, shaking new directions. hands and trading jokes with old Family and Wabasha, friends, talking Legion business. It's a a small town on the special gathering at "The Friendly banks of the Mississippi Post," an evening of dinner followed by River, were Mifler's uni- the main course—the installation of verse. "We didn't have new Legion and Auxiliary officers. everything we wanted, Miller basks in the camaraderie that per- but we had everything vades the room. we needed. Values and

A faint smile of contentment crosses hard work I learned from his face "To me, this is a large part of my mother and grand- what our organization is all about. This parents and later from is who we are." Indeed, life is good, my stepfather, Ken. I grand and in full flow on this sweltering gleaned a sense of com- summer night in Woodbridge, Va. munity and responsibili-

ty from my community. THE CLAN MILLER Miller poses for a family portrait with his son, SINCE that night. Miller has arrived It's been said that a vil- Craig, daughter-in-law, Jessica, and three grandchildren (from left), April, Sean and Jasmine. A new granddaughter, Allison, will at new destination in his life, one of pur- lage raises a child enhance the next family portrait. pose and challenge: leading the men and small-town Wabasha is a

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"He's going to make a fine comman- people wouldn't take that job because it ed to serve my country, so I enlisted in der," PNC Foley notes. "He has broad- demanded a lot of physical labor." the Army," Miller says. After the rigors ened his vision and has the kind of ex- Something else was looming in of basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, perience the Legion needs at this time." Miller's future in 1966—a war was Mo., the slick-sleeved private moved on Life in small-town America, circa blazing half-way around the world, and to Ft. Devens, Mass., training as a Morse the early 1960s, was souped- Code interceptor. He later was up cars. Beach Boys' music assigned to serve with the elite and hanging out with friends, Army Security Agency. including the past National Next stop—Southeast Asia, Commander's son, Tom Fo- where Miller served two tours ley. "Butch was always there, of duty. Daily, Miller flew out involved in sports, govern- of Thailand and into Vietnam to ment or theater," says the different locations, quietly go- younger Foley, who today ing about the mind-your-own- serves as prosecutor in Wash- business, top-secret work of the ington County, Minn. "He was ASA (his brother Randy later always interested in communi- would enlist and work for the ty projects." ASA). "While I was never di-

After graduation from St. rectly in combat, I saw the after- Felix Catholic High School, math of some pretty horrible Miller set his sights on col- things that our troops faced, ex- lege, spending a few semesters periences that would continue ON-LINE COMMANDER Miller sees in computer and e-mail technology new at Minnesota's Winona State to haunt them. I guess that's opportunities for Legion leaders and Legionnaires to keep In touch. University. where I first came to understand To help finance his educa- why veterans are special and of- tion. Miller worked at at a local flour several of Wabasha's sons were receiv- ten have unique problems." mill following in the footsteps of his fa- ing "greetings" letters from dear, old Miller re-enlisted and served as an ther, stepfather and grandfather. "He Uncle Sam. And like their fathers and instructor at Ft. Devens and later in the was a very conscientious kid," says Ger- grandfathers before them, they under- office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Lo- ald R. Mathias, a member of Post 50 stood what was expected of them. gistics, Radford, Va. In 1974, he was who supervised Miller. "His job was to honorably discharged from active duty, pack 50 pounds of flour into bags and "I KNEW it was only a matter of but served four more years in the Re- move them along for shipping. A lot of time before my number came up; I want-

SB • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1998 MEET BUTCH MILLER

BORN Sept. 25, 1946, Wasbasha, Minn. RESIDENCE Woodbridge, Va.

FAMILY Son, Craig IVIiller; daughter- EVERETT E. UCH ROGER s. vm' in-law, Jessica; grandcliildren, Jas- mine, April, Sean and Allison; mother and stepfather, Loretta and Kenneth

Wiemann; father Harold L. Miller II UNFORGOTTEN Periodic (deceased); sisters, Cindy Mueller, visits to memorials, lilce Cheryl Wiemann; brothers Randy this Vietnam monument Miller, Gary Wiemann, Terry Wie- in Woodbridge, Va., Iielp Iceep the new National mann Commander focused on OCCUPATION Retired in 1997 as ad- the primary missions of the American Legion ministrative officer of the Department and the Department of of Veterans Affairs General Counsel Veterans' Affairs. EDUCATION St. Felix Catholic High School (Wabasha), Winona State University (Minn.), Johnson County Community College (Kansas), Uni- versity of Virginia; part-time instruc- tor, Northern Virginia Community College (Woodbridge)

MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Army Se- curity Agency, 1966-74. Served two

tours in Vietnam LEGION AFFILIATION Joined Wabasha Post 50; transferred to Post 364, Woodbridge, Va. in 1978 (life member). Key offices held: Post

LEGION ON THE MARCH Miller commander (1989-90); District (center) poses with friends commander, vice commander, adju- after the installation of tant (two terms); Department com- officers at Woodbridge Post mander (1994-95), judge advocate, 364. From left are Post Cmdr. Bob Fitzgerald, Dept. director of Department Leadership Cmdr. (1997-98) Jim program (four years); president of LaShure, Miller, Past Post Virginia American Legion Boys State Cmdr. Bill Rozar and Bill Bryant, National Executive (1995-96); National-chairman, Con- Committeeman. stitution & Bylaws Committee (1 995- 96); consultant, Legislative Commis- sion (1996-97); consultant, The Long before he put his signature on The American Legion National Head- American Legion 21st Century Ad- his discharge papers, Miller became part quarters ' home page. Megabytes, mi- Hoc Committee (1997-98) of that crowd of men and women he crochips and the Internet combine for a OTHER AFFILIATIONS ANAVICUS long had admired. In 1972, his stepfa- world Miller knows very well, a skill he (Army, Navy, Air Force Veterans in ther, Kenny Weimann, signed him up as picked up in the Army and later honed Canada and the United States), Sons a Legionnaire—a card-carrying, blue- in his professional civilian career. of The American Legion, Veterans of cap member of Wabasha Post 50. After leaving the service, Miller Foreign Wars worked for the Department of Agricul- ACHIEVEMENTS Post Commander THIS IS Butch Miller's home, and ture in Kansas City, Mo. In 1978, he of the Year (1989, Department of Vir- welcome to it. His downstairs is an or- joined the Veterans Administration (re- ginia); Treasury Department Award derly blend of what matters most in his named the Department of Veterans Af- for Patriotic Service (1995); Special life. Framed photographs of family, in- fairs when it was elevated to cabinet- Contribution Awards from VA Gener-

cluding his son, Craig, a Marine Corps level status) in Chicago and St. Paul, al Counsel Office; honored by Gov- captain, his daughter-in-law, Jessica, Minn., working on the veterans' bene- ernment Computer News for contri- and grandchildren. Legion Baseball fits side of the mammoth agency. butions to improve Information Re- caps of every color and design hang Then a new challenge surfaced in sources Management above the doorway. Eagles sculpted the 1980s, luring Miller to Washington, INTERESTS Golf, computers. Legion from stone, glass and ceramic perch on D.C., to work in the VA's Office of the Post and community projects, shelves. General Counsel. It was hefty assign- NASCAR racing, fishing ("It's more The computer monitor shimmers ment; he was asked to develop and im- like losing worms," Miller says). pale blue and red as he makes the link to plement a computer network system.

OCTOBER 1998 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • Another goal for Miller is to in- crease the coffers of The American Legion National Emergency Fund, a program that provides cash grants to Legion family members who are vic- tims of natural catastrophes. "This is something very personal to me," he says. "Growing up in a river town, I've seen first-hand how a disaster can devastate a family. I remember mov- ing the furniture out of my grand- mother's home during one flood."

OLD GLORY symbolizes many ideals and principles for Miller. It whispers to him of his nation's rich heritage, the sacrifices its citizens of- ten have been called to make. It re- minds him of the importance of his family and the roots from which he grew. That's why, from the beginning, he has been a foot soldier in the cam- paign to secure a flag-protection con- His deft handling of that task helped ed. He exemplifies what The Ameri- stitutional amendment, which, at press land him a position as the counsel's can Legion is all about." Kesel and time, was scheduled to be voted on in administrative officer, where Miller, Miller are old fishing buddies, but he the U.S. Senate. until his retirement in December understands the duties of the Legion's "Please give this treasured symbol 1997, was responsible for the daily top officer might interfere. "But that's your respect and your support," Miller operations of 23 VA Regional Coun- ok, I've given Butch permission to tells a crowd of scouts and citizens at- sel offices across the United States take the year off from our fishing tending a Flag Day ceremony last and in Puerto Rico. trips." summer at Quantico, Va., where un- "Computers, e-mail—there's so What Miller says he will be an- serviceable banners solemnly are low- much technology out there today, and gling for during his tenure is to in- ered into a blazing, metal pit. "This

I intend to use it fully as National crease Legion membership. He is a flag defines who we are as a nation Commander and keep in touch with consultant to The American Legion's and people." our members," Miller says, adding 21st Century Ad-Hoc Committee, a Defining moments loom around that he'll be toting a laptop during his group formed to study and suggest virtually every bend. One such mo- travels. "It's important for me to hear ways to make the organization more ment came recently when Miller as- from and to respond to our members responsive to members and more at- sumed the office of National Com- and their concerns." tractive to potential members. Miller mander. Another was when he was When he came to the VA in the na- suggests Legion Posts tailor their pro- elected commander of Post 364 sever- tion's capital. Miller took up resi- grams and activities to match the al years ago. His mother and stepfa- dence at Woodbridge, near George needs of the communities they serve. ther flew in from Wabasha to attend Washington's homestead of Mount "We must push beyond the here his installation; they came bearing a Vernon and near the banks of the Po- and now, to look constantly for ways special gift, a piece of Miller's past: tomac River. In time, he transferred to improve on the good work we're al- Before taking the oath of office, he his Legion membership to Post 364. ready doing," Miller says. "I'm confi- slipped on the Legion cap worn many He made new friends, found new fam- dent the Legion will still be serving years ago by his grandfather, Walter ily. America into the 21st century." Balow. "He's like my number four son," William J. Moriarity, who is ac- "It was an emotional experience, says Billie Kesel, a mother of three companying Miller this year as an and I've got to tell you the words and member of Unit 364. Her hus- aide, looks to the new National Com- didn't come easy," he recalls. "The band, Jim, an active Legionnaire, mander as not only a friend, but also a memories of growing up in Wabasha,

echoes similar sentiments. "We're shining example of what it means to my family and others who have influ- just so proud of this guy. If he says be at the Legion's helm. "Butch's ex- enced my life came flooding back. he's going to do something you might perience working with the VA is go- When I put that old, familiar Legion as well post bond." ing to be a big plus, because he clear- cap on my head, I felt like a torch was

Jim Kesel continues: "When I first ly understands issues that are impor- being handed to me by my grandfa- learned that Butch was a candidate for tant to veterans. Younger veterans can ther."

National Commander, I thought to relate to him because of his age and If a life indeed is like a river, you myself, 'that's exactly where he be- energy level, and I think that will help won't have to look far to find Butch L. longs.' Here's a guy who always is with membership recruitment ef- Miller. He's swimming right in the

willing to lend a hand when he's need- forts." middle of it.

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LEGIONNAIRES TUNE IN AND TURN DUT IN ACTION fETERANS will soon But Caouette says voters of- POST 11 of Wagner, have a chance to ex- ten fail to realize their local South Dakota, hosts an ercise a right in elected officials can affect the annual gathering of local sur-

whose defense many daily life of families more viving World War I veterans. donned their uni- than high-profile state and Other area Posts also partici- forms for the first time. It is national offices. pate, including Springfield time to prepare to vote and "They seem to think that Post 132. encourage others to go to the they only need to vote for James M. Henderson Post polls. president of the United 32 worked with the local "Each veteran should get percent. States," he said. "If you care VFW and DAV in Oil City, out and vote on election day," Together the Posts spon- about your children, then you Pennsylvania, to sponsor a said Joseph E. Caouette, sored essay contests in local should care about who's memorial dedicated to veter- chairman of the National schools that dealt with the serving on your local school ans of the Army Air Corps Americanism Commission. importance of voting and citi- board. That is more impor- and U.S. Air Force. "We need to tell our fellow zenship. There was even a tant. We are failing in our re- John Schultz, the first De- Legionnaires how important parade, with as many as 75 sponsibility as American citi- tachment commander for the it is to vote and maybe we cars motoring through the zens." Department of Illinois Sons can lead the way." streets to help raise aware- The American Legion has of The American Legion, led Caouette is calling on ness of the election and the encouraged citizens to regis- a ceremony placing the Posts throughout the nation need for people to participate ter and vote in all elections. S.A.L. emblem outside De- to undertake projects to en- in democracy. All activities tied to the Le- partment headquarters, along- sure their members vote Nov. "We've had a lot of cyni- gion must not show partiality side the Legion and Auxiliary 3 and more people in their cism about the process," he to any political party or can- symbols. communities get to the polls said. But Legionnaires need didate. Post 142 of Tripp, South that day. Two years ago the to break through that cyni- Local Posts are encour- Dakota, raffled a mint-condi- Post in Caouette 's hometown cism and encourage people to aged to help with child care tion 1928 Model A Ford to of Rollinsford, N.H. and the vote to keep American or provide transportation for raise money for yearly ex- Post in nearby Somersworth, democracy going, he said. voters to get to the polls. Be- penses associated with the N.H., joined in a get out the This year the entire U.S. fore election day. Legion- Post's baseball program and vote campaign. Their work House of Representatives, naires should host candidate maintenance of the Post helped boost voter participa- 435 congress members, as forums and publicize the ef- home. tion to about 65 percent from well as 34 U.S. Senators and fort to get out the vote Melvin Roads Post 1231 an earlier turnout of under 50 35 governors will be elected. through local media. of Clinton Heights, New York, dedicated a 40-foot flag pole at the Sisters of Resur- PROVIDING SHELTER IN A STORM rection Nursing Home. six years Legion- ter coming on, members pro- house," said Bratcher. "We Paola, Kansas, knows how FORnaires in Williams- vided a place for Turner to take in vets who are having a much Miami Post 156 means town, Mass., have stay until repairs were fin- hard time getting on in the to its community. They in- been helping fellow ished. world." scribed a plaque at the city veterans making their Turner eventually gave The Legion also refers swimming pool with these way home in a storm. Post the home to the Post, which Turner House occupants to closing words: "Special 152 is instrumental in the op- formed a separate nonprofit area VA medical centers. The thanks to American Legion eration of Turner House, a corporation to own and oper- home provides "transitional Post 156 for donating land nine-bedroom boarding ate the two-story structure as housing". "It wasn't some- and outstanding service to the house for use by U.S. veter- a refuge for needy veterans. thing that happened youth of our community." ans down on their luck. Some members of The Veter- overnight," Bratcher said, A memorial to the thou- In 1992 veteran Ferman ans of Foreign Wars also while indicating the work at sands of American service Turner asked the Post for helped in developing the the house is never done. "In personnel missing or prison- help in repairing the historic home, according to Henry E. our construction we are now ers of past wars stands in the old building, which in the Bratcher Jr., a member of working on people. It's a meeting room of Jackson- 1700s was known as Stone's American Legion Post 152 wonderful thing." The com- Hughes Post 368 in Richard- Tavern. Not only did the and a director of Turner munity of Williamstown, son, Texas, thanks to work by Post come to his aid in pro- House. population 6,000, keeps a pro- Post Commander Arthur J. viding repairs, but with win- "It has made a beautiful tective eye on the house. (Jack) Vandagriff.

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