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The Magazine for a Strong America Vol. 134, No. 5 ARTICLES May 1993

CAMBODIA'S LAST CHANCE

May's elections could sew the seeds ofdemocracy or bring back the "killingfields. " By Richard Fisher 1

THE FINAL SALUTE: WHERE HEROES REST

VA 's National Cemetery System is expandingJbr thefiiture. By Miles Z. Epstein 23

THE CHANGING FACE OF HONOR GUARDS

As more and more military honorguards are disbanding, the Legion fills the gap. By Ken Schamberg 26

TOO MANY VICTIMS!

Americans should stop whining and start taking responsibility, says author ofA Nation of Victims. 28

DIAMOND MINE

For 67yeats, American Le^on Baseball has been loading tiie major led^m with talent ByLesBrindley 30

SCIENCE IN A CAGE

The animal rights movement has caused the cost ofmedicine to increase. By Frank Bentayou 34

WASHINGTON CONFERENCE REPORT

VA SecretaryJesse Brown pledges to be "an advocatefar veterans. 40

D E P A R T M E N T S

BIG ISSUES Should Congress give the President a line-item veto? 12

VETVOICE 6 YOUR AMERICAN LEGION 16 VETS 48

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 10 VETERANS UPDATE 38 PARTING SHOTS 72

WASHINGTON WATCH 14 LEGION NEWS 42

COVER Honoring those who served, Navy Seaman JefHeames plays Taps at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Fla. For more about honorguards and national cemeteries, see articles beginning on Page 23. Photo by Picture Group.

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POW/MIAs they kill a soldier as a terrorist act, it's which consisted of medical personnel The nine steps to prevent the aban- an act of war. Every time a country asking us if we had any medical prob- steps over the line, we should give lems. were never donment of POWs in future wars is a them We seen by a doctor, start ("POW/MIAs: The Next War," a bloody nose. unless there was something wrong. My Brian Kovolo unit stayed in Iraq for another March). It should be more specific and two written into law. Lt. Col, USA (Ret.) weeks after our physicals. When our young men and women Yakima, Wash. Myself and others have gone to VA enter the Armed Services, they also en- seeking medical help but have received ter a contract with the people of the As a veteran and POW activist, I had little. The VA says we should not have United States. They agree to give their high hopes when the Senate Select been released from active duty if we was lives, if need be, to defend our country Committee formed and included had medical problems. But when we Vietnam veterans. It seemed we would were discharged, we were told to go to I always thought the government agreed to defend them while in battle, in a get some answers. We were wrong. If VA if we needed help. We have little hospital, in a prisoner of war camp, or the veteran community doesn't stand up faith that the Desert Storm veteran reg- during peacetime. and be heard on the POW issue, don't istry will do any good. Robert W Qarke expect nonveterans to say anything, ei- Robert J. Schomberger Bourg, La ther. Novi, Mich. Walter Schmidtke

Wheaton, Minn. Editors note: It's not clear your What remains of the POW/MIA is- from sue (Commander's Message, Febru- letter if you have filed a claim with VA. ary)? To hang the government officials Storm Front If you have, and VA rejected it, there is who perpetrated the abandonment. I'm glad to see The American Le- a clearly defined appeal process. Your Everett A. Trickey gion supporting Gulf War veterans in American Legion Department Service our fight with in will Mechanicsburg, Pa.. the government about Officer Detroit help you with medical problems related to our service your claim. ("Desert Storm's Mystery Illnesses," I'm a Vietnam veteran, and I believe January). When my National Guard it's unconscionable how the government Right To Buy Military Police unit received our dis- agencies didn't coordinate with one an- Here's my response to the letters charge physicals, I had a rash on my other and didn't have an action agency from WJ. Love and Lu and Bill Luck stomach and chest. The doctors said it to carry out the needed POW rescues. ("Exit Ramp," Vetvoice, March) that was caused by sand flies, and I was told Vietnam needs to be made an exam- oppose foreign cars. As a veteran of not to worry about it. ple. We need to let the rest of the world several conflicts, wounded twice and a It for whole know that when they take an American took one afternoon our POW for three months, I served my company to receive our physicals. solider, it's not a light matter. When country for more than 12 years. This should allow me the right to own what-

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The ultimate goal of the homosexual those letters, 91, or 82 percent, sup- I still don't know if food irradiation issue is acceptance and approval of this ported the ban and 20 letters, or 18 will extend shelf life or shorten man's aberrant behavior. Lifting the ban will percent, opposed it. life ("High-Tech Food Fight," March). create havoc in our military. Decisions We are what we eat. No wonder this against them will be viewed as dis- Saluting The Wall world is getting so crazy crimination. We'll have quotas, etc. Marie Krause "Why They Came" (February) about Please write or call your congressional New City, N.Y. the 10th anniversary of Vietnam Veter- representatives. Lots of pressure from ans Memorial was very moving. The at- back home is all that will move many of tendance at the Wall is a real tribute to them. Tribal Trials the fallen men and women who served G. Gimderman Jay Stuller's article "Tribal Wars" in Vietnam. Russellville, Ala. (January) should have gone one step Donald C. Dondanville further right into the good old United Riverside, Calif — The military is pretty narrow-mind- States. Our country is now becoming ed. They keep male and female soldiers factionalized. We now have Asian- separated and won't let them shower to- U-boats Americans, African- Americans, gether. Why not? Because it would The article "Merchant Marine: the Cuban-Americans and on and on, in- cause real problems. The same should Heroic Fourth Arm of Defense" (De- cluding Native Americans. We're even go for homosexuals. cember) contained a gross error. It stat- beginning to speak separate languages Fred Robertson ed. "Survivors of a sinking were some- in our schools. Mesa, Ariz. times machine-gunned by U-boats." Irving B. Pierce Nothing could be further from the Duxbury, Mass. As soon as the gays start entering truth. This statement is simply wartime our military, the straights will start propaganda resurfacing. I demand a re- leaving. It will create conflict, tension traction. Full Steam Ahead

and division, weakening our nation. Al- Harry Cooper I agree with Bernice N. Fishpaw lowing gays in the military will give President (Vetvoice, February) about airway and them benefits that I am not willing to Sharkhunters International highway gridlock. The only passage-

pay for. I don't want my tax dollars sup- Hernando, Fla. ways remaining open are railways.

porting a lifestyle that is unnatural and However, I don't believe trains will sinful in the eyes of the Lord. Editor's note: The article was re- every fly ("Will Trains Every Fly?" Jerry Brignoni viewed by David L. Anderson, chair- November). Research on maglev trains

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HONORING AMERICA'S HEROES ON MEMORIAL DAY

0ENJAMIN ARTHUR for all veterans—a place of honor with- Shaw entered the U.S. in our ranks? Army on June 6, 1918, and My thoughts on this Memorial Day, was assigned to Battery F my hope, is that we will succeed in of the 341st Field Ar- carving a piece of history to reflect the tillery He was one of the bravery and valor of these Americans. 4,734,991 Americans who History has a habit of allowing military

served in World War I, and service to be defined by political judg-

were it not for his son ments. We must resist this temptation.

Arthur Shaw and fellow Legion- Veterans are veterans, be it World

naire Frank Fabbri of Legion Post 44 in War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Bantam, Conn. — history might not Lebanon, Grenada, Panama or the Per- have honored his contributions. sian Gulf During this month. Bantam, Conn., My cousin. Bob Munson, a Marine pays tribute to the service of Private who landed on the shores of Two Jima

Shaw by flying his burial flag in the during World War II, died for the same center of this small New England vil- thing 26-year-old Army Cpl. Phillip lage. In Bantam, population 1,500, Mobley of Blue Springs, Mo., died for every day is Memorial Day in Desert Storm—America. Since 1989, on the first Saturday of Memorial Day is not a burial, a fu- each month. Post 44 designates a Veter- National Cmdr. Roger A. Munson neral or a day to say goodbye. It is a re- an of the Month, whose burial flag is minder of our responsibility as veter- flown from the town's 30-foot flag pole was short and had very few casualties. ans, a reminder that we are entrusted

and whose memory is honored for the But they are wrong; as veterans, we with the memories of our fallen com- entire month. To date, 44 veterans from know better. rades.

World War I, World War H, Korea, For the 146 families who lost a loved Do you remember when your drill Vietnam and Desert Storm have been one during the Gulf War, there was instructors told you never to leave a

.so honored. nothing make-believe about liberating buddy behind? According to Arthur G. St. John, Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's million- They weren't just talking about Past Department Commander of Con- man army. And there was nothing bringing home POWs and the remains necticut and a member of Post 44, make-believe about their deaths. of dead on the battlefield. They were "Even the families of many veterans To those who define the price of our talking about a legacy, the reasons we are surprised to hear about the bravery were asked to fight—and die if neces- and sacrifice of their loved ones." sary—for this country See Page 44 for a list of national This, fellow Legionnaires, is the Bantam's Post 44 has got it right. memorials under construction. essence of what Memorial Day should Every day must be Memorial Day—not be — a day when veterans who have so we can wallow in sorrow—but so we died, in peace and in war, are remem- Gulf War victory in terms of statis- can celebrate the freedom that has been bered. On the first Saturday of each tics — insisting that our losses were won by veterans. month, the folks in Bantam remember small — I recommend that they read Most Americans forget about the vet- brave Americans who history has for- pages 104 to 109 of Newsweek''?, com- erans who live in their own communi- gotten. memorative edition, "America at War," ties. They shouldn't only honor Holly- On this Memorial Day, my thoughts Spring/Summer 1991. On those pages, wood heroes or high-ranking generals will go out to the veterans of the Gulf they will see photographs of those who with hardcover biographies. They War and their families who are being died during Desert Storm, with com- should honor their neighbors and their ignored and treated as "second-class ments from their families. friends. veterans." We must reach out to them Today, with the legacy of the men Memorials play an important role in and make them a part of The American and women who died in the Gulf con- honoring veterans throughout the year. Legion. flict in our hands, will we allow history But as Legionnaires in Bantam have I've heard people describe Desert to dilute their sacrifice, or will we cre- discovered, there is no greater tribute

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been able to absorb postal rate hikes make it unprofitable to run advertising expenses. through increased advertising over the in the magazine at all and would cost The national magazine's success, past five years, the latest proposal The American Legion the $7.5 million however, cannot mask the enormity of leaves the magazine two choices: Either in annual revenue generated by adver- the problem. Here's how it is affecting pay commercial rates with unlimited tising in the magazine. some Legion Departments: advertising or pay The impact of rising • Costs to the Department of Michi- postal rates affects all gan to mail its six-times-a-year Legion- RISE Legion publications. naire have skyrocketed 75 percent From Department since January 1991, from $7,642 to newspapers to The $13,393. American Legion mag- • In the past two years, the Depart- azine, double-digit in- ment of Maryland has cut its newspa- creases in postal rates per's frequency from 12 issues to 10 to have driven many Le- six. Even mailing membership cards gion publications to has become a burdensome expense, re- the brink of crisis, ports Department of Maryland Adju- threatening the orga- tant Robert N. Ford. nization's ability to • Postage costs for the Department

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UNEASY PEACE—L/.A/. representatives found that Cambodia's warring factions the peace agreement. violated ttie October 1991 cease fire and peace treaty. The regime continues to use the security forces to intimidate democratic opposition. Says Gen. Sak Sutsakan, they have an estimated 18,000 armed for failure as a result of continuing ter- President of the Liberal Democratic guerrillas. rorism by the competing communist Party, "Without neutrality and security A turning point was reached in the factions, the Khmer Rouge and Hun we are afraid for a free and fair elec- late 1980s, when the Soviet Union's Sen government. tion." economic collapse forced Moscow to From the beginning, the Khmer But the Cambodians appear to have stop sending economic and military Rouge have refused to disarm their had enough, and are ready to dump the support to Hanoi. This forced Vietnam troops or obey the U.N. cease fire. In- Hun Sen government. During a casual to withdraw its troops, which had been stead, they have used the cease fire to tour of Phnom Penh in February, I saw propping up the puppet government. expand the territory under their con- ample evidence of communism's abject Without Vietnam's military backing, trol, exploiting the many grievances failure. Fetid slums, mounds of uncol- the Phnom Penh government—now led Cambodians have against the Hun Sen lected garbage and hundreds of dirty, by Premier Hun Sen —had little alter- government. ragged children share the same neigh- native but to seek peace with its oppo- borhoods as the plush, high-walled nents. THE cease fire collapses, and war compounds of the communist elite. The United Nations became in- IFbreaks out again, the Khmer Rouge's No wonder why more than 4 million volved, and after two years of intense well-armed guerrillas probably could Cambodians, out of a total estimated U.N.-led negotiations, a cease fire and retake the country, provided Vietnam population of 8.5 million, have regis- peace treaty were signed by the four did not intervene. Most experts believe tered to vote in this month's elections. factions in October 1991. Since that Hun Sen's 80,000 troops and 220,000 It is clear they want change. time, Cambodia's future has been in the militia, though numerically superior, In addition to parties led by Ranarid- hands of the United Nations Transition could not hold out against the Khmer dh and Son Sann, about 20 other non- Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). Rouge for more than a few years. communist political parties have been As part of the peace treaty Cambo- The Khmer Rouge have not been formed. Many are led by Cambodian- dia's warring factions agreed that UN- alone in violating the U.N. cease fire Americans who have returned to their TAC would take control of the govern- and peace agreement. The Cambodian homeland. Their determination to cam- ment bureaucracy in Phnom Penh, dis- government led by Hun Sen has been paign despite the dangers is illustrated arm the factions and conduct elections, equally guilty by Long Beach, Calif, resident Sum scheduled for this month. Hun Sen, a former mid-level Khmer McDonald, Secretary General of the To support this effort, UNTAC orga- Rouge cadre and guerrilla leader, has Republic Democracy Khmer Party, nized a peacekeeping force of about been portrayed by U.S. liberals as who says, "If I die, I'm not angry. I 22,000 soldiers and administrators Cambodia's most competent leader For want to help my people." from 44 different countries. The costs example, newspaper columnist Mary According to most reliable sources, have been extraordinary, and possibly McGrory recently wrote that Massa- the noncommunist political parties have could reach $3 billion. Japan will pay chusetts Sen. John F. Kerry "thinks our the popular edge. Yet, neither the Unit- about half the cost and the United greatest mistake was not to recognize ed States nor the United Nations are States, about one third. Hun Sen, who might have become an really helping the noncommunists. UNTAC. however, appears headed effective and popular ruler." Please turn to page 62

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VA'S NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM IS EXPANDING AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

By Miles Z. Epstein

TWO TEENAGERS did what 113 years of history could not: They destroyed the

Soldiers' Monument at Dayton National

Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio (right). But The

American Legion would not allow history to be silenced. Legionnaire Gerald L. Moore,

Ohio's National Executive Committeeman, headed a community effort that rebuilt the soldiers' memorial.

continued on next page The Pinal Salute

"Built in 1877 to honor veterans of the Civil War, the Soldiers' Monument has been restored and rededicated to honor all veterans," Moore says. While Moore helped rebuild part of history, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)—which runs Dayton Na- tional Cemetery through its National Cemetery System (NCS)—hopes to expand for the future and make every veteran's final salute an honorable one. By 2000, 9 million veterans will be older than 65. Can NCS keep pace with the aging veteran population? Yes, says Roger R. Rapp, acting director of VA's National Cemetery Sys- tem. According to Rapp, here's how VA plans to handle an increasing demand

for space in its 114 national cemeteries: • NCS is preparing to expand the number and size of cemeteries, and make burial available to more veterans. • And, NCS will forge partnerships with states that need more cemetery space for their veterans.

EXPANDING NCS VA, which buries more than 60,000 veterans and their family members each year, expects to be burying 115,000 per year by 2010 because of the growing population of aging veterans. "The challenge for VA will be to expand its cemeteries to meet this demand," says Legion National Comman- der Roger A. Munson. Burial in one of VAs national ceme-

teries is available to all veterans, except those with dishonorable discharges. Re- servists are not eligible for burial, but those with at least 20 years of service are eligible for other death benefits, including headstones, markers and burial flags. Reservists who retire after 20 years with at least one period of active duty service and who are receiving disability compensation are, however, eligible for burial in any VA national cemetery Guardsmen and Reservists who were called to active duty during the Persian

CHOICES—/\monsf VA's 114 national cemeteries are Minnesota's Fort Snelling, right, and Fort Rosecrans in San Diego, top.

24 GATEWAY—L/'fre a dimensional door, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pa- cific (the Punchbowl), above, and VA's national cemetery in Puerto Rico, bottom left, keep veterans' spirits alive.

Gulf War are also eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Today, 54 of the 114 national cemeteries are closed. A "closed" cemetery means grave sites are no longer available, but the spouse or dependent children of veterans already buried can be interred there. Most closed national cemeteries, however, can accept cre- mated remains. Another 13 national cemeteries are expected to be filled to capacity by 2000 because of the projected increase of deaths among aging veterans. To resolve the problem, former VA

Secretary Edward J. Derwinski established the 75/75 plan to increase the number of national cemeteries. Under the plan, a VA national cemetery would be no more than 75 miles from 75 percent of the nation's veterans. To meet the goal, a three-prong program has been developed. First, NCS is acquiring property ad- jacent to national cemeteries in order to

expand them. This is being done at ex- isting cemeteries in Biloxi, Miss.; Day- ton, Ohio; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Gib- son, Okla.; Fort Rosecrans, Calif.; Fort Please turn to page 66

Miles Z. Epstein is managing editor of Is The American Legion magazine.

25 The Changing Face Of i\m siaiis

By Ken Scharnberg MORE AND MORE guards," Munson says. As in the past, all branches of the Armed Forces have regulations requir- ER NAME was Lois, a ing their bases to provide honor guards WWII Army nurse, and a military iionor for veterans' funerals. of The American member But today, however, much is left to Legion for more than 40 the discretion of the local base com- years. When she died last guards are mander and too often, neither funds nor year, her sister called the personnel are available. local Legion Post and re- According to a Department of De- quested an honor guard disbanding. But fense spokesman, local base comman- for the funeral. ders have the option of asking the fami- dis- But the Post's honor guard was ly of a deceased veteran to pay for the banded because there weren't enough honor guard's expenses — lodging, volunteers. what's more disturbing, tiie Legion is And meals and transportation—if the funer- of Legionnaires thousands of families al is too far away and other veterans are finding it in- What constitutes "a funeral too far creasingly difficult to arrange military filling the gap. away?" That, again, is determined by funerals for their loved ones. the local commander. In Oklahoma, ac- "The time-honored tradition of mili- cording to O.C. Macklin, Department at risk," tary funerals is very much says Service Officer (DSO), "too far" is of- National Commander Roger A. Mun- ten anything beyond 20 miles from a son. base. Here's why: Military bases also can deny re- • Active duty bases, once the main quests for honor guards during national source of funeral honor guards, are emergencies or major deployments, closing and the military is downsizing. such as the Gulf War, or more recently, The Pentagon began closing 24 major at Fort Drum, N.Y., where troops were military installations two years ago, deployed to Somalia. and another 31 U.S. bases are slated to With the military unable to meet the close within the few years. next demand, it has become clear that the • The number of veterans dying each Legion and other veterans' organiza- year is increasing. According to VA tions must fill the gap. figures, over half a million will die this Macklin and other Oklahoma veter- year alone. By 2010, that number will ans recognized this in 1985, when they almost double. formed the Northeast Oklahoma Veter- • There has been no significant in- ans Funeral Detail. "We felt we had to crease in the number of Posts with hon- do something. The military stopped or guards in the past 10 years. bringing out a full squad for veterans' "Based on the National Headquar- funerals because of the cost," says ters' annual survey, the Consolidated Macklin. "We had two or three funerals Post Report, fewer than half of our where they just sent one person." 15,000 Legion Posts have honor Macklin's funeral detail started with

12 veterans. Within two years, it had "BUGLER, SOUND TAPS"—Buglers Assistant Editor Ken Scharnberg grown to 63 members, all members of are increasingly hard to find as mili- or other veterans' groups. wrvte "Vet Centers: They Aren 't Just Rap the Legion tary bases close. Centers, Anymore " in the April issue. The funeral detail today is down to 53

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION Depart- members, having buried 10 of its own. FINAL SALUTE—O.C. Macklin, ment of Oklahoma Service Officer, According to Macklin, the detail has PRESSED TO MEET formed a funeral detail that has grown traveled 20,399 miles and provided 512 from 12 to 53 veterans. military funerals for Oklahoma veterans since its inception. Minnesota also faced similar prob- an increasing ly five squads of 14 to 20 men each lems finding honor guards for veterans' who provide military honors at the funerals. It was men like Bill Napton, cemetery Monday through Friday. director of the Fort Snelling National demand. Legion In almost 14 years, the squad has Cemetery, the late Frank DeMay of given the final honors to some 18,000 Post 435 in Richfield, and others who comrades, sometimes performing up to found a solution. iionor guards 16 ceremonies in a single day. They organized the Memorial Rifle Perhaps a more remarkable statistic Squad in June 1979 with the support of is that very few of the squad's members Legion Posts and other veterans' groups sometimes travel are young. "The average age of our vol- in the area. The squad performs free unteer group is 70. It would be higher military funerals at Fort Snelling Na- except for one 45-year-old Vietnam vet- tional Cemetery for families of honor- hundreds of miles. eran who drags the average down," says ably discharged veterans. Napton. The oldest member of the 110- The Memorial Rifle Squad is actual- Please turn to page 60

MAY 1993 27 — —

INTERVIEW CHARLES J. SYKES TOO MANY VICTIMS!

Americons need to stop whining and start tal

FBI agent embezzled $2,000 in government man returned today he might still hear America singing

money, which he lost gambling at Atlantic City. but only if he strained to hear it over the whining. THEHe was fired but promptly filed suit, claiming his fondness for the tables constituted a handi- Q- What whining, for example? cap. The federal court agreed, ordering him re- A A growing army of therapists is redefining huge areas instated. . of life as medical problems, not moral issues. We don't In Milwaukee, a man was on trial for sexual have responsibility or control over a disease that strikes us.

abuse, and the district attorney wanted a prison Thus, is there any wonder why a person would redefine his sentence. The judge disagreed, stating the de- behavior as a sickness. We are embracing a "no-fault" fendant needed therapy. So the judge put him on probation. society. Two years later, the defendant made headlines worldwide When the president of American University was caught Jeffrey Dahmer was re-arrested, this time for murdering 12 making obscene phone calls, what did he do? He attributed young men. One of them was a brother of the boy Dahmer his conduct to having been abused as a child, then checked had been tried for molesting in 1989. himself in for therapy

Are these isolated cases? Not according to Charles J. We've abolished sin. In the same vein, more of us are go- Sykes, author of A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the Amer- ing to court to air grievances. In Philadelphia, a school em- ican Character. "The American character is undergoing pro- ployee was fired after showing up for work late nearly every found and troubling changes," says Sykes, a senior fellow at day. He sued, offering psychiatric testimony that he suffered the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. Everyone seems to from a "neurotic compulsion for lateness." The Pennsylvania be a victim, he says. No one wants to accept responsibility, Court of Common Pleas ordered him reinstated. and most are too ready to blame others for their problems. In New York, one of the participants in a refrigerator race In this interview with The American Legion magazine, hurt himself while carrying a refrigerator on his back. He Sykes talks about irresponsible Americans, clogged court- sued the refrigerator maker for failing to warn consumers of rooms and the proliferation of self-help groups for those who the potential danger. In another case, a Framingham, Mass., feel victimized. man stole a car from a parking lot and died when he

wrecked it. His family sued the parking lot proprietor for American Legion Magazine: What do you mean failing to prevent theft. when you say we are a nation of victims? Incredible, but that species of suit is increasingly common. Cliarles Sykes: More and— more individuals and groups It's easy to blame the lawyers—and they deserve their share are taking up the same cry "Don't blame me. I'm not re- of blame —but more worrisome is the impulse in us to vali-

sponsible. I'm a victim." We hear it in the courtroom, the date these claims of victimhood, awarding substantial com- classroom, the legislature. Political scientist Aaron Wildavsky pensation for "damages." We have done with grievance what has calculated that the number of self-professed victims in the Japanese have done with the microchip. Grievance is our our society amounts to 374 percent of our population. growth industry There's a wholesale flight from personal responsibility and an eagerness to blame others for our problems. If Walt Whit- Q- Are you saying we've all embraced victimhood?

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION — "" " .

SOCIETY TO BLAME?— 4 judge said sex HIGH LIGHTS abuser Dahmer just needed therapy; two years later, he killed 12. Washington mayor Oi/v. . Barry blamed racism CkcutM J. ^cf/cei for his troubles. Sen. Packwood said alcoholism caused him Sin: "We have abolished sin. Now to harass women. you aren't bad, you're sicl< and need therapy

Self-reliance: "Americans used to be among the giobe's most seif-reiiant. A There remain many Americans who value character We used to encounter adversity and the old-fashioned notion that we are accountable for our overcome it. Now we complain about behavior and ought to exercise self-control. But more and it, or we sue. more people eagerly don the mantle of victimhood along with the moral innocence and lack of responsibility that go Victimhood: "As more people eagerly with it. In so doing, they exploit the traditional American don the mantle of victimhood, they sympathy for the downtrodden and unfortunate. exploit the traditional American sym- Our leaders are at the head of this line. When Sen. Bob Packwood was accused of sexual harassment, he immediate- pathy for the downtrodden and

ly blamed it on alcoholism. When Washington, D.C., mayor unfortunate. Marion Barry was caught on video tape smoking crack co- Responsibility: "America is a youth cul- caine, he blamed it on racism. He knew he would hit a reso- ture—not we're necessarily nant chord in many quarters. because Today, the only readily accepted currency in our political young, but because we have refused

and social debates is who has more standing as a victim. The to grow up and take responsibility for problem is, once we apportion benefits to peoples in accord our lives. Please turn to page 64

MAY 1993 29 Wmm Mine

FOR 67 YEARS, By Les Brindley

AMERICAN LEGION HE STORY of Joe Grahe is one of the many happy BASEBALL HAS BEEN endings that baseball pro- duces every season. Young and unproven, LOADING MAJOR Grahe (rhymes with play) started his first full major LEAGUE BALL WITH ;ue season a year ago as the lowest man in the TALENT. HALL OF Calilornia Angels pitching rotation. Shitted to the bullpen in mid-sum- he is today? He credits the same patH mer, he suddenly exploded, saving 21 that has led hundreds of athletes to the FAMERS AND RISING games in the second half of the season big leagues before him. He played and finishing the year with as firm a American Legion Baseball. lock on the job of closer as a young STARS TELL HOW THE The reliever, who says he "was ba- player can have. sically prepared to quit baseball after So how did Joe Grahe get where PROGRAM HELPED high school [in 1985]," instead decided to play Legion ball in his native south Les Brindley, a former sports editor Florida. THEM MAKE IT whose newspaper gave extensive cover- It paid off age to American Legion Baseball, is a He laughs when he thinks back

TO "THE SHOW." freelance writer in Derwood, Md. about it.

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION —

FIELD OF DREAMS—Some 4,000 Legion teams play about 50 games each year in hopes of reaching the Legion World Se- ries. Last year, Newbury Park, Calif., won the title here at Fargo, N.D.

"Before I began playing Legion ball," he says, "if you came over and told me there was a scout watching the

game, I would have been looking for a boy scout or a girl scout." He knows better now. The first season with the Post 126 team of Jensen Beach, Fla., "coach Bob Shaw taught the mechanics of pitching." The next year, after a junior college freshman year, Grahe turned down a chance to play in a prestigious college summer league to spend a final season with Post 126.

It turned out to be the wisest deci-

sion of his life. The Post won the Le- gion World Series with a perfect 5-0 tournament record. Grahe played a part in all five victories with four wins and a save, including 52 strikeouts. He was named Legion Player of the Year and the Legion gave him a scholarship, which he used

at the University of Miami. Today, because of his decision to stick with Legion ball, Joe

Grahe is one of the American League's most promising young pitchers. Of course, stories like Grahe's don't surprise the hundreds of major league scouts and college recruiters who haunt thousands of Legion ballparks every summer. They know how important STRIKING SUCCESS Joe Grahe receives his American Legion Player of the American Legion Baseball is in devel- Year Award from former Legion Baseball player Catfish Hunter. With them are oping tomorrow's college and profes- Dick Conners, left. New York Department Baseball Commission chairman emeritus, and Danny O Connor, Americanism Commission chairman emeritus. sional stars. "Just by looking at the 650 players

MAY 1993 31 who played in the big SCOUTING REPORT—Ma/Of league leagues last year, and scouts first noticed pitcher Milte Bielec- lBaltimore Orioles. like Tom Seaver, Brooks Robinson, "In that age group, American Legion Willy Stargell, Johnny Bench and Yogi Baseball is the number one league." Berra. The 400 or so Legion graduates en- For most boys who will play colle- joying major league careers bear that giate and professional baseball, the

out. Players like George Brett, Mark American Legion program is the final McGwire, Don Mattingly, Ryne Sand- stop before moving to the game's higher berg, Roger Clemens, Sid Bream or levels and greater rewards.

Terry Steinbach. Or look at baseball's It is on these sun-baked fields every summer that the next crop of superstars is honed by dedicated, unpaid volunteers; where novices master the myster- A SUCCESS IN TWO SPORTS ies of the curve ball, the chicanery of the change -up and the brazen audacity of the stolen base. Last summer, about 78,000 boys between the ages of 16 and 19 played American Legion Baseball on 4,324 teams in the United States and Puerto Rico. In all, close to 4 million young athletes have participated in the pro-

gram since it began in 1926, says Jim Quinlan, Legion baseball national program coordinator For many of those athletes, Legion

baseball can change a life. Ask Cleve- land Indians' pitcher Mike Bielecki. The seven-year major league veteran, who played two seasons with Post 38 of Dundalk, Md., says he owes his pro career to a single Legion game. Out of high school in the summer of SUPER BOWL SAFETY—Former Legion player Tom Brown left Major 1977 with no college scholarship, no League Baseball and helped the Packers win two Super Bowls. serious baseball prospects and not enough money for tuition and board at a four-year college, Bielecki was junior LOT of American Legion Base- found himself — fresh out of college college-bound when Post 38 won the A ball alumni can say they played — as the team's first baseman on Maryland Legion tournament. Bielecki big league baseball. opening day of 1963. But after a was penciled in to pitch the opening But only one — Tom Brown of cold start, he was shipped to the mi- game of the regional against the New Salisbury, Md. — can say he played nors. Jersey state winner in the big leagues and also in the That winter, the legendary Vince That afternoon, he not only mowed Super Bowl. Lombardi renewed the Packers' of- down Jersey, but also blew away the Brown started out as bat boy and fer Brown, who was sporting only a scouts and recruiters in the stands. later was a star player on the Legion .240 minor league batting average, "I pitched an awesome game against Post 41 team in Silver Spring, Md., left baseball the following July and New Jersey, a two-hitter, with about 15 in the late 1950s. He went on to be- headed for Wisconsin. He made the strikeouts," he says. "Just from that one a three-sport scholarship ath- as a safety helped lead the come team and game, I got a full scholarship to Loyola lete at the University of Maryland. Pack to an NFL championship in and got the pro scouts interested." Drafted by the Green Bay Pack- 1965 and — after the NFL and AFL After an Ail-American freshman ers, Brown also was courted by the merged the following year — to vic- year at Loyola, he took the professional Washington Senators. He opted for tories in Super Bowls I and II. plunge and hasn't looked back. his first love, hasn't forgotten baseball. Brown what Le- "If I wasn't playing Legion ball and

After the Senators' first baseman gion baseball did for him. Today, he hadn't been at that tournament, I don't was stranded in his native Cuba by runs a program in Salisbury, teach- know what would have happened," he the missile crisis of 1962, Brown ing to kids under 12.—L.B. says. "I probably would have got out of high school and got a job and played on

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION "

INTENSE

competition is one

of the reasons wliy 62 TOUGH TAG—Za/r Krikstan of the Cissel offer the same competition, prestige Robert Saxon Legion team slides past and exposure. percent of today's IVlajor Bendl of Post 295, Gaithersburg, IVId. Just ask the pro scouts. "When the bottom line comes, I Leaguers once played the weekends just for fun." think Legion ball will get the edge on Of course, there are other baseball the other leagues," says San Francisco American Legion leagues where boys can sharpen their Giants scout Mike Twomey. "More skills. But as athletes like Grahe and scouts will go to Legion games. A kid's Baseball Bielecki learned, none of the others can going to get a lot more exposure in Le-

gion ball." "We scout American Legion more than other leagues," echoes Orioles scout Jim Gilbert. "Each state has a playoff in Legion ball, and a regional

playoff It's well organized. It's easy for us to follow them, and most of the better players are going to be there any- how." Perhaps most importantly, American Legion Baseball has its annual World Series. More than 27,000 fans watched as the Newbury Park, Calif., team won last summer's Legion series. Among the spectators were scouts from every major league team and recruiters from Please turn to page 62

DIAMOND GEM—Herb Rutledge, coach . of Post 268, Wheaton, Md., says, "Of all > the games God has ever invented, g there's only one, and that is baseball.

MAY 1993 33 RESEARCH STIFLED—University of Al- By Frank Bentayou abama psychologist Michael Loop, who The animal rights uses rats in research, asks, "Should we use human subjects instead?" ENIFER Graham remem- movement has put bers well the day in Vic- torville, Calif., when she scientists into a youngsters concerned about animal confronted the frog in her reguiation maze, welfare may find other ways to learn 10th grade biology class. how they're put together. More states Her teacher said stu- costing money have followed suit. dents would learn about "My daughter based her decision on the anatomy of verte- and research p a moral argument," Patricia Graham brates that day by pinning that saves lives. says. "It came from the idea that ani- "euthanized specimens" to boards then mals have rights and dignity like hu- cutting them open. Jenifer recoiled at mans." the very thought. That may seem like a simple declara- Even at 15 she knew that a "eutha- tion, but it has become the basis of a nized specimen" was an animal killed to putting scalpel to frog, "she just serious challenge to the traditional way for her supposed educational benefit. wouldn't do it," her mother, Patricia, of pursuing scientific discovery—and The idea was repugnant. When it came says. with it — the explosive potential to Jenifer's refusal sent administrators change medical research forever. Freelance writer Frank Bentayou into a spin and swept her into court. Many of the 12 million Americans wrote "Prison Boot Camps " in our Au- Eventually, California granted students who believe animals have rights already gust issue. the option not to dissect, agreeing that have moved beyond Jenifer's concern

34 THE AMERICAN LEGION and beyond high-profile issues such as the slaugh- ter of baby seals and a- buse of pets and livestock. Their focus is nothing less than the sprawling bio-medical industry, which, in research and testing, consumes 17 million to 22 million ver- tebrates — mostly ro- dents—each year. The impact of the animal rights movement has already been consider- able. Through legal battles and protests, from peaceful demonstrations to terrorist assaults and bombings, the movement has forced itself into vir- tually every medical research laboratory in the United States. In these labs, scientists and educa- tors use animals in lieu of people to study illnesses, test products and procedures, and teach biology. In the process, they've helped increase human life span 60 percent since 1900. Yet, the movement's claim that animals are ethically equivalent to people has spread a chill over scientific in- quiry and, by many accounts, damp- ened the flow of new medical knowledge. pis I Speaking about the potency of the CUTTING-EDGE animal rights movement, psychiatrist Frederick K. Goodwin, a former ad- PRECEDENT ministrator of the National Institute of Because of Mental Health, has warned scientists, the Grahams' "We could be in for a long siege." In- legal victory, deed, the changing sensibility could California stop medical progress cold just as sci- students no ence faces some of its greatest chal- longer have lenges, including AIDS and an aging to dissect population. animals. The animal rights movement un- Plastic models doubtedly has taken its toll. Just as the are used in government launches a high-profile ef- other states, fort to reduce medical expenses, the too. POWER OF PROTEST—Researchers movement has driven up the cost of re- must pay for additional security be- search. In addition, experts cause of animal rights activists. some spec- ulate that other barriers the animal

MAY 1993 35 have screwed electrodes into the brains of mice to demonstrate principles of operant conditioning to their classes. "It's barbaric," says Dr. Neal D. Barnard, a Washington, D.C., psychiatrist and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. "We should stop torturing and killing them right now," he says. Helen Jones, president of the 42,500- member International Society for Ani- mal Rights, a peaceful protest group, calls the treatment of these animals "tragic —they have the same capacity for pain and suffering as we do." Such comments strike a chord among a public growing more sympa- thetic. In fact, animal rights activists are not a bit shy about using public sympathy to achieve their goals. For ex-

PUBLICITY HOUNDS— IVhi/e some animal rights activists stage protests, others ample, reaction to important brain-in- have raided or bombed research labs. jury research by neurosurgeon Michael E. Carey at Louisiana State University was so intense a U.S. congressman can-

rights advocates have erected could dis- successes could end under the pressure celed the doctor's $1.7 million Army courage the brightest young scholars of the animal rights movement. Good- contract. It seems a magazine sympa- thetic to animal rights had erroneously from careers in research. win is disturbed by the scope of the that had cruelly killed For anyone dependent on health ser- movement and its popular appeal. reported Carey vices because of illness or infirmity, There are more than 200 national and hundreds of cats, and the story spurred the near-banishment of one of the cen- numerous local animal rights organiza- a nationwide letter-writing campaign. tury's most productive scientific tools tions, from humane societies to the An- However, in a 60 Minutes episode conjures up a frightening imal Liberation Front aired this year, CBS television's Mike that vision. After all, experi- (ALF), which the FBI con- Wallace found Carey, an Army Re- serve colonel and veteran of both the menting on animals is how SCIENCE siders a terrorist organiza- medicine developed and re- tion. "Congress gets more Vietnam and Gulf wars, actually dealt fined the tools that virtual- letters on animal rights with his feline subjects humanely. While he did sacrifice many of the cats ly conquered polio, measles Cage than on any other issue," and TB. Goodwin says. to study traumas to their brains, he Scientists also credit an- Few people can deny, properly anesthetized them so they imal tests as the key to developing however, that the many federal and state would not suffer. treatments for leukemia, lymphoma and animal-welfare laws enacted since the Many animal rights advocates bol- other cancers, and with advancing new mid-1980s were not needed or that the ster their arguments by claiming that procedures for cataracts, heart surgery movement's outrage has not been justi- few important developments have actu- and organ transplants, as well as tam- fied. Lab animals, stuffed into tiny, ally grown from animal testing. ing the plagues of strokes, drug addic- crowded cages, fed inadequately and "Animals are an inadequate model tion and AIDS. neglected, certainly have suffered for human physiology, anyway, so we Now, there's concern the string of abuse and even cruelty by callous re- should just stop using them," says searchers. Barnard, of the Physicians Committee Animal rights groups publish de- for Responsible Medicine. "Actual clin- scriptions and photos of immobilized ical trials on humans are how we can monkeys uncontrollably injecting tell if drugs and other treatments are themselves with cocaine until they effective, not their effects on mice." WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? overdose. They've also shown us Not so, says Dr. Carey and most oth- Should animals be used in scientif- healthy baboons fed excessive alcohol er scientists, including those represent- ic testing? to demonstrate the resulting liver dis- ed by the American Medical Associa- Call your opinion to (314) 474- ease—a relationship already well estab- tion and the American Association for 7474. You can vote, record a letter to lished. the Advancement of Science. They say the editor, and listen to opinions of Documents from People for the Ethi- giving a drug to mice before trying it others. Opinions from the Vetvoice cal Treatment of Animals (PETA) and on people is good science. line published in the magazine are in- United Action for Animals show help- Lee Krulisch of the Scientists' Cen- dicated with a D symbol. less dogs restrained and mutilated, and ter for Animal Welfare expects there may be alternatives some day, but "I (314) 474-7474 describe cannibalism among over- crowded rats. College teachers routinely Please turn to page 54

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Ex-Morine Jesse Brown fold Legion leaders that VA will be seeking their advice on how to improve health care for veterans.

WILL NEVER turn my back on The American Legion, not now, not ever," VA Secretary Jesse Brown told Legionnaires at the 33rd Annual Washington PROMISES Jesse Brown tells Legionnaires ttiat veterans will receive total, com- Conference, Feb. 21-24. prehensive VA healtti care on his watch. Brown's promise, delivered at a meeting of the Legion's Veterans Affairs and Rehabili- tation (VA&R) Commission, brought afflicting Gulf War veterans. Proposal to Improve Veterans Health nearly 500 Legion leaders and Depart- • No sexual harassment at VA. Care, a 14-page plan with step-by-step ment Service Officers (DSOs) to their "There will be a different tone at VA instructions for improving and reform- feet. under the Clinton administration," ing VA. Secretary Brown received the "Jesse Brown knows what's going on Brown told Legionnaires. "We're not plan and hundreds of Legionnaires per- in terms of VA, and he's going to do the going to hold meetings and just tell you sonally delivered copies of the proposal right things for veterans," said Legion- about our plans. We are going to hold to members of Congress during the naire Frank D. Masters of Post 11 in meetings to seek your advice." four-day conference. Pickens, S.C. Masters is an assistant VA Brown, speaking in a room filled "This proposal shows how a properly claims officer in Pickens County with DSOs, didn't have long to wait be- funded and well-managed VA health- After a standing ovation, the VA fore getting his wish. care system can serve as a model for Secretary an ex-Marine, proceeded to "Veterans are most concerned with any future national health-care plan," outline a new agenda for the Depart- quality, preventive medical care, and said National Commander Roger A.

ment of Veterans Affairs (VA): VA is not delivering enough of this," Munson at the Legislative Rally "It's a • Total, comprehensive VA health said Jose A. Villarreal, a Legion DSO viable, important plan that the Clinton care for all veterans. from Houston. "Over the next four administration should consider." • No nonveterans in VA hospitals. years, this problem will get worse un- Key points include: • Proper treatment for PTSD and less Secretary Brown does something • VA needs to provide more preven-

mustard gas victims. about it. I think he will." tive care; • Help for homeless veterans. The Legion's chief recommendations • Female veterans must be given VA • VA research into mystery illnesses were presented in An American Legion care to meet their special needs;

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FORESIGHT—Gordon Gund of the RP WARRIOR—JCS Chairman Gen. Colin POW/MIAs— l^iefnam lied about U.S. Foundation helps fight blindness. Powell speaks to Legionnaires. POWs, says Sen. Bob Smith.

• VA must treat all service-connect- lied to America," the senator said. Legionnaires were given copies of ed veterans, without regard to the de- During the Legion's POW/MIA Up- the March issue of The American Le- gree of disability; date, Smith expressed concern about gion magazine, with its lead story • And nonservice-connected veter- companies who are pressing the U.S. "POW/MIAs: The Next War." The arti- ans should have access to VA care with government to lift its 18-year economic cle outlines how America can avoid payments from third party payers such embargo on the Socialist Republic of POW debacles in future wars. as Medicare, Medicaid and other feder- Vietnam. He maintains, as does The "I went to Vietnam prepared to be ally funded health-care systems. American Legion, that the embargo is captured or killed, but not be aban- VAs day-to-day dealings with veter- the only leverage that the United States doned by my country," said retired ans were also a subject of debate as has in accounting for the 2.266 Navy Capt. Eugene "Red" McDaniel, a VAs Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) POW/MIAs still missing from the Viet- Vietnam veteran who was a POW for Chairman Charles L. Cragin addressed nam War. seven years. the VA&R Commission. BVA hears ap- "We try to negotiate with Vietnam McDaniel, a leading POW activist, peals on VA claims that are rejected at like we won the war. And we didn't," believes POWs were left behind in the VA regional office level. Vietnam veteran Smith said. Please turn to page 58 "I can expand productivity at BVA 25 percent to 40 percent by allowing single board members to decide cases," Cragin told Legionnaires. BVA has traditionally decided cases with three- man boards. VA&R Commission Chairman Chet Stellar said that BVA does need to become more efficient. "We commend Chairman Cragin's efforts to streamline the BVA process, and we will work with him to ensure that changes in the process protect and benefit veterans," Stellar advised. Overall, Legionnaires seemed pleased with the direction of VA, as outlined by Brown and Cragin. But when talk turned to the POW/MIA issue. Legionnaires found no cause for optimism. "There should be no business in Vietnam except for the business of finding our missing," said Sen. Robert HONOR Nat'l. Cmdr. Roger Munson, left, presents the Legion's Distinguished C. Smith of New Hampshire. "The Public Service Award to Sen. John Glenn of Ohio. Vietnamese have lied to me, and they've

MAY 1993 41 — LEGION NEWS

NATIONAL RP COUPON PROJECT SET FOR JUNE

HEN you related diseases. The coupon program has signments. walk into By putting coupons in taken shape during the past To participate in the your neigh- consumers' hands, the vol- two years. A seven-state project, call your Depart- b o r h o o d unteers will help raise test project in March 1992 ment headquarters, or the w supermar- money for the RP Founda- was a resounding success, Fight Against Blindness ket during a weekend this tion Fighting Blindness and Kellogg gave the go Hotline, (800) 433-3318. June, you might be greeted and The American Legion ahead to proceed with a The RP Foundation by a member of The Child Welfare Foundation. nationwide effort this year. Fighting Blindness is a na- American Legion. The project will be con- During the test project, al- tional eye research founda- Or you may even be ducted the first three most 3,000 Legion volun- tion seeking cures, treat- among the 80,000 Ameri- weekends in June. Each teers distributed about ments and prevention of can Legion volunteers dis- participating store selects 500,000 coupons. several blinding diseases tributing coupons provided its own weekend, so dates The RP Foundation that affect 2.5 million by Kellogg USA at 12,000 vary in each community. Fighting Blindness, head- Americans. supermarkets across the "This project is the quartered in Baltimore, co- "Together with Kellogg, nation. Joined by members biggest of its kind—ever," ordinates the project, orga- the RP Foundation Fight- of the American Legion says Eugene V. Lindquist, nizing volunteer recruiting ing Blindness and The Auxiliary and the Sons of Chairman of the Children and training. American Legion family The American Legion, Le- and Youth Commission. Each state has American are working to make a dif- gionnaires from Maine to "The more volunteers and Legion and American Le- ference for their fellow citi- California will participate stores we cover, the more gion Auxiliary coordina- zens who suffer from in this high-visibility com- we will help RP and The tors who spearhead the ef- blinding diseases," says munity project to raise American Legion Child fort to recruit volunteers National Commander awareness about blindness- Welfare Foundation." and make supermarket as- Roger A. Munson.

MINIATURE POST A MIGHTY ATTRACTION

HAT'S THE smallest Post in The American Legion? The answer hands down—is Post 0.5 in Col- orado.The two-foot high Post

home is in Tiny Town, a village of miniature houses and stores that attracts thousands of tourists each year. Post 0.5 is a scaled down replica of Post 183, Strasburg, Colo., whose members built it in 1991. Inside are 16 figures of Legionnaires attending a Post meeting. During the Leadership Workshops in Col- orado last October, PNC Robert S. Turner and Department officials visited the knee-high Post.

As National Commander in 1990-91 , Turner presented Post 0.5 with a miniature charter. Tiny Town is near the town of Morrison, about 18 miles from Denver. The miniature village began in 1915 when Colorado entrepreneur George Turner built a child-size playhouse for his daughter. Friends and neighbors joined in and erected other miniature buildings. After ly- GULLIVER AND LILLIPUT—PNC Robert S. Turner, left, and Past Department ing in ruin for many years, Tiny Town was re- of Colorado Commander Tom Green visit Tiny Town Post 0.5. built in the late 1980s.

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VETERANS' MEMORIALS NEED SUPPORT LEGIONNAIRES INACTION EMORIALS Post 507 of Norwood, will be a fre- . "TO PRESERVE THE MEMORIES. . Pa., served up a turkey din- quent gath- ner with all the stuffing for ering site for Korean War Veterans iVIemorlai Washington, D.C. military personnel away veterans this from home this past Thanks- month, as Legionnaires and STATUS: Under construction. Dedication planned for July 27, giving. Hosting soldiers, air- other Americans commemo- 1995, the 42nd anniversary of the Korean War armistice. Needs funds for perpetual maintenance. men and sailors from Fort rate Memorial Day. Dix and McGuire AFB in The Preamble to the Con- Korean War Veterans IVIemorial In The Nation's Capital New Jersey, and ships in the stitution of The American 18th &C Streets N.W., Room 7424 Washington, DC Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Legion charges Legionnaires 20240 Phone: (202) 208-3561 Post also installed 10 tele- with the responsibility "To phones and allowed the preserve the memories and troops to make calls to fami- incidents of our associations Women in iVIIiitary Service for America IVIemorial ly and friends worldwide. in the great wars." Among Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. To show pride in commu- the ways Legionnaires meet STATUS: Design approved. Needs $13 million to stay on sched- nity and respect for the U.S. this obligation is to erect ule for the November 1993 groundbreaking. Flag, Post 436 of Litchfield, memorials to all who have Women in Military Service for America Memorial III., installed a 70-foot flag- served or died for their Foundation Inc. pole near Route 16 and In- country Department 560 terstate 55. The box, right, lists na- Washington, DC 20042-0560 Spinal cord injury pa- tional memorials that contin- Phone: (800) I SALUTE or (800) 472-5883 tients and domiciliary resi- ue to seek funds for comple- dents of the VA Medical tion or upkeep. Center in Hampton, Va., en- Vietnam Women's IVIemorial Washington, D.C. joyed a luncheon provided STATUS: Unveiled plaque showing memorial site at the 10th by Post 190 of Portsmouth, anniversary ceremonies of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. AF Security Va., this past December. The Groundbreaking planned for early this summer Needs about Post also arranged for Maj. $1.3 million more to complete the project. Dedication is planned Organization Gen. Matthew A. Zimmer- for this Veterans Day man Jr., the Army's chief of Adds Members Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Inc. chaplains, to speak to the 2001 S St., N.W., Suite 302 ONLY seven years, patients. IN Washington, DC 20009 the Air Force Secur- Phone: (202) 328-7253 Christmas came a few ity Police Association days early for Don Bain of (AFSPA), composed of Plymouth, N.H., who has active, retired. Guard United States Navy Memorial Washington, D.C. been District 7 Chaplain for

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473rd Rgt, Assn,. 435th AAA AW Bn, 864th Engr. Const. Bn. (Vietnam Beach Grp. 1 (ACB-1/BU-1/BMU-1/HQU- PCE-893 #11533 #16686 Surveyors & Soil Analysts) #30048 1/UDT-6&7/DROR 1945 Bch Prty PCE-898 (1944/45) #13797 475th AAA AW Bn WWII #16182 865th Engr. Avn. Bn. #16603 Persnl) #11654 RTC Great Lakes: Co. 1818 (1944) 480th AAA AW Bn, (WWII) #16162 872nd A/B Avn. Engr. Bn. #16428 Big Horn (AO) - Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #20022 483rd AAA AW Bn, #15771 873rd Engr Avn Bn. (WWII) #14042 #12337 SC-1341 (WWII) #21302 487th AAA AW. Bty, A #20830 892nd Ord.. HAM Co, (WWII/Korea) BOOT CAMP 1058 (Newport. Rl) #28283 SC-520 (WWII) #10069 491st AAA AW Bn, #16248 #16243 CASU-12 #17816 SC-527 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12330 501st Med. Collecting Corps. 62nd Bn,. 899th TD Bn, #11085 CASU-14 WWII #21510 SC-528 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12331 Co. B #10803 928th Engr, Avn Rgt.. H & S Co. #16249 CASU-44 (1943/45) #11767 SC-688 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12332 501st MP Bn (Puerto Rico. WWII) #21314 957th FA Bn. (WWII) #16128 CASU-9 (Palawan/Leyte. PI) #30108 SC-689 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12333 503rd Port Bn,. 275th Port Co, #15956 983rd FA Bn. (WWII) #14766 CBMU-520 #12274 SC-704 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12334 503rd Prcht RCT #20730 983rd MP Co. (Chelveston. Eng. WWII) CBMU-545 (WWII) #10334 SC-705 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12335 503rd QM Car Co #19001 #26000 CBMU-552 8,553 #17762 Seabee Auto. Telephone Class 5808 - 504th MP Bn, #17787 989th Engr. Treadway Bridge Co. #16487 DESDIV 59-60: USS Dupont/ Bernadou/ (Port Hueneme) #17581 505th Ord Co Hm (Tank) #16165 993rd Engr. Treadway Bridge Co. #15881 Ellis/ Cole/ Dallas #18358 Seabees of America #21902 505th Ord Tank Co. #11812 999th AFA Bn. - (Korea) #16409 DESDIV 97-USS Sproston/ USS Wickes/ Seabees: Naples, Italy (1951/56) #17485 506th AAA Gun Bn. #16299 1056th Engrs.. PC&R Grp. #10866 USS Wm. D. Porter/ USS Young (50th Shanghi Personnel #18637 507th Parachute Inf. Rgt. Assn. #10294 1129th MP Co. (Luzon PI 1947/48) Aniv) #12143 Sharkhunters (Submarine Historic Group) 516th Signal Corps (Austria 1949/55) #28309 DESRON-23. Little Beavers Assn. (WWII) #14549 #15421 1392nd Forestry Eng. #18653 #18360 SLCU-32 (Peleliu) #23054 517fh FA Rgt.. 5th Missle Bn #15853 1462nd Engr. Maint. Co.. 3rd E.S.B. DESRON-66: USS Blakeley. Barney. SOPA Boat Pool (Casco Bay, ME

532nd EB & SR. E Co - (WWII) #10152 #16441 Biddle & Breckenridge (WWII) #21749 1941/46) #12350 533rd EB&SR. A&HO Cos, Shore Bn 1906th Avn. Engr. Bn. #15985 Drew 6 1944/45 (NJH Lehavre France) Submarine Veterans of WWII #1 1628 #16356 3482nd Ord.. MAM Co. (WWII) #15832 #12280 Torpedoman's Mates Assn. #18634 534th AAA Bn,, B Btry (WWII) #10363 3538th Ord.. MAM Co. (WWII) #1 1965 GRQ-PAC 8: Saipan #18371 UDT-19 Memorial Grp. #26007 534th AAA Bn,. A Btry #10970 3582nd QM Trk. Rgt.. 112/131 QM Bn,. GRQ-PAC 9: USNB 3252 (Peleliu) #14682 US Asiatic Fleet 4-Stacker Destroyers 534th AAA Bn, (All Batterys) #21047 Co, B #12364 HS-2: Helicopter Anti-Submarine #21490 #17534 535th QM Co - (Salvage/Repair) #15514 3594th QM Truck Co, #15281 LCI (G) 726 #18143 USN 3115 & CUB-10 (All Divs. & Anchor 541st Om, Dpt, Supply (1941/45) #11275 3626th QM Trk, Co, (WWII) #11655 LCI (L) 445 #18602 Sect.) #18609 547th Engr (C) Bn, #16046 371 llh QM Truck Co, #15759 LCI (R) 31. & LCI (R) 34 #11072 USN Armed Guard: MS H.T. Harper 548th AAA Bn, #20778 AACS Base Ice Cap Det, (Greenland) LCI (G) 728 #14155 (1944/45) #11949 549th AAA Bn, #15334 #10575 LCS (L) 76-77-78-108 #30088 USN Armed Guard: SS Elisabeth Kellog 551sl AAA Bn, (WWII) #16307 Air Cav, Trp,. 11th Arm'd Cav, Rgt. LCS-(L) 3-78 #12037 #12287 551 si Engr,. Hvy, Pontoon Bn, #16303 (Vietnam) #16553 LCS-15#14379 USNB 3252: Peleliu IsL, W. Carolinas 553rd Engr, HV, P, Bn, (WWII) #15650 Americal Div.. 182nd Inf.. 1st Bn. #18436 LCT Beach Group 42 & 43 #14746 (WWII) #11867 555th SAW Bn #26005 ASA: 4th Field Sta. KAGNEW (IncI, Navy LCT-710 #16309 USS Aeolus ARC-3 (1961/65) #18407

558th FA Bn, - (WWII) #16455 Pers.) #11511 Lion 3-6-8. J54 #14462 USS Alaska CB-1 #17891 563rd AAA (AW) Bn, (WWII) #14753 CID Agents Assn, #10002 LSM(R)410 WWII #12284 USS Albatross AM-71 Greenland Patrol

563rd SAW Bn, #20139 Far East Cmd : Tokyo; GHQ. Hq. & Serv, LSM (R) 513 WWII 1945/46 #12275 1940/45 #23132 566th AAA AW Bn, (WWII) #1 5620 Cmd,. StaH Bn,. C Co, (APO 50) #16392 LSM-156 #20428 USS Albert W. Grant DD-649 #17457 566th SAW Bn #26004 Fort Robinson Nebraska #14856 LST-1014#20302 USS Alcor AK-259 #18502 567th AAA AW Bn, #11000 HUSAFPOA. HQ. Ft, Shaffer & Ruger - LST-1027&569 #21312 USS Amycus ARL-2 #17717 573rd SAW Bn, #26006 Hawaii. WWII #14221 LST-119 (WWII) #11702 USS Andromeda AKA-15 (WWII) #17339 574th/565th SAW Bns, #16115 Mohawk Pilots Assn, (131sU245th SAC. LST-137 #30091 USS Appalachian AGC-1 #17461 581st AAA AW Bn,. C Btry (WWII) 1969/70) #14384 LST-240 #17418 USS ARD Assn (All Personal) #12286 #26641 OCS Class 7 (FLRiley-1948) #1 1614 LST-325 (WWII) #17879 USS ARD-14 #17814 601st F A Bn, (Pk). A Btry #15408 OCS Class 302 (Fort Benning Ga) #12339 LST-335 #18429 USS Ardent AM-340 (WWII) #17607 608th TD Bn - (Toledo area) #15829 OCS Fort Riley (1947/53) #16317 LST-347&LST-72 #18691 Please turn page

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USS Ashtabula AO-51 (1949/55) #21696 Divs ) #18392 USS James E. Kyes DD-787 #22154 USS SageAM-111 #17761 USS Ashtabula AO-51 (Plankowners USS Detroit CL-8 #17462 USS James C. Owens DD-776 #10694 USS Sailfish SSR-572 #12302

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USS Bell DD-587 #18092 USS Eldorado AGC-11 #18100 USS Langley CVL-27 Assn #21 1 95 USS Shelikof AVP-52 #21915

USS Belle Grove LSD-2 (50TH ANIV ) USS Ellis DD-199 #12258 USS LaVallette DD-448 #17872 USS Sigsbee DD-502 #1 1 001 #17495 USS Engstrom DE 50 #17786 USS Leadstown AP-73 Survivors #22695 USS Somers DD-381 (WWII) #18189 USS Benner DD-807 #17867 USS Enterprise CV-6 Assn #30098 USS Lexington CV-16 "Blue Ghost" Assn. USS Sperry AS-12 (PTO 1942/45) #11866 USS Bennington CV/CVA/CVS-20 (Air USS Ericsson DD-440 #10735 USS Spiegel Grove LSD-32 (1956/91) Photographers of OP Div) 1962 #18492 USS Essex CV/CVA/CVS-9 #18567 USS Maddox DD-731/622 #17411 #12026 USS Bermingham DE-530 #10109 USS Everglades AD-24 #14595 USS Makassar Strait CV-91 #23094 USS Sproston DD/DDE-577 #1 1202 USS Betelgeuse AKA-11/AK-28 #10785 USS Execute AM-232 #10036 USS Manila Bay CVE-61(W CST RU) USS Sproston DD-577 (WWII) #21322 USS Biddle DD-151 #12272 USS Farragut DD-348 #17955 Including Div. 24 VC-7.VC-71 ,VC-72,VC- USS St Paul Assn, (IncI. Marines), "The

USS Bingham APA-225 #1 1 694 USS Fessenden DE/DER-142 #10988 80 #21245 Fighting Saint" #10548

USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 (IncI VC-86 USS Fidelity AIV1-96 #17347 USS Manokin AOG-60 #1 1 541 USS Stevens DD-479 (WWII) #17912 WWII) #17329 USS Finnegan DE-307 #22296 USS Maryland BB-46 Assn. #17421 USS Stevenson DD-645 #14459 USS Blackhawk AD-9 (BADRA) USS Fitch DIVlS-25 #11810 USS Mason DE-529 #17437 USS Stockham DD-683 #17508 (Including assigned DDs) #1 1087 USS Fletcher DD/DDE-445 #10661 USS Matagorda AVP-22 #17923 USS Storm King APA-171 #21963 USS Blakeley DD-150 #12271 USS Flint CL-97 Asso, #18603 USS Mayrant DD-402 #17662 USS Straub DE-181 #18295 USS Bluebird AM-72 Greenland Patrol USS Flint AE-32 (IncI, EOD & Flight USS McCawley APA-4/APA-10 (WWII) USS Strong DD-467/758 #18005 1940/45 #23140 Crews) #23007 #11484 USS Sumner DD-692 (Battle of Ormoc USS Boggs DD-136/DMS-3/AG-9 #18478 USS Flusser DD-368 Assn #23095 USS McCloy FF/DE-1038 #14408 Bay, December 1944) #20591 USS Boise CL-47 #17885 USS Fowler DE-222 #17532 USS McCook DD-496/DMS-36 #18582 USS Swearer DE-1 86 #17458 USS Bootes K-97 (1942/46) #26003 USS Frank E Evans DD-754 ASSN USS McKee DD-575 #18191 USS Tatum DE-789/APD-81 #22700 USS Booth DE-170 (1943/45) #11556 #22287 USS Medngal SS-480 (1959/60) #12359 USS Tecumseh SSBN-628 #12294 USS Bone DD-215 #12276 USS Gandy DE-764 #22836 USS Medusa AR-1 #17766 USS Telfair APA-210 #14649 USS Borum DE-790 #17400 USS Ganymede AK-104 #12338 USS Memhaden SS-377 #12299 USS Thetis Bay CVE-90/LPH-6/CVHA-1 USS Boston CA-69/CAG-1/SSN-703 (IncI. USS Gen. Reunion Assn #18620 USS Menifee APA-202 (1944/46) #11861 #17725 Mar. Det.) #18037 USS General Harry Taylor APA-145 USS Meruine DD-489/DMS-31 (WWII) USS Thomas F. Nickel DE-587 #18699 USS Bowdoin IX-50 Greenland Patrol #21511 #23087 USS Thomas Jefferson SSBN-618 #12293 1940/45 #23141 USS General C.C. Ballou AP-157 #21702 USS Mizar AF-12 #18253 USS Thompson DD-627/DMS-38 (WWII

USS Boxer Assn CV/CVA/CVS-21 . LPH-4 USS General Robert. L.Howze AP-134 USS Moale DD-693 (Battle of Ormoc Bay, Korea) #17569 #18070 #21703 December 1944) #20065 USS Titania AKA-1 3 #1 7736 USS Breckenridge DD-148 #12273 USS General William H Gordon AP-117 USS Montague AKA-98 #17694 USS TopekaCLG-8 #17482 USS Briareus AR-12 WWII & Korea (Post WWII) #11883 USS Monterey CVL-26 Assn, (Florida USS TopekaCL-67 #17582 #17588 USS General William Mitchell AP-114 GRP.) #18668 USS Tranquility AH-1 4 #20368

USS Bndge AF-1 #10391 (Post WWII) #11885 USS Mount Vernon AP-22 (WWII) #10440 USS Trenton CL-1 1 #18664 USS Bnght DE-747 #10817 USS General William Weigel AP-1 19 (Post USS Mustin DD-413 #17352 USS Trepang SS-412 #17349 USS Bnnkley Bass DD-887 #1 1253 WWII) #11887 USS Nelson DD-623 #28280 USS Tnnity AO-1 3 (1939/46) #18304 USS Brooks DD-232/APD-10 #10678 USS General William P Richardson AP- USS New Mexico BB-40 Assn. #18662 USS Tripoli LPH-10 #18190

USS Brush DD-745 #18076 118 (Post WWII) #11889 USS Newman DE-205/APD-59 #17793 USS Trippe DD-403 (WWII) #1 1 849 USS Burlington PF-51 #16801 USS General George M Randall AP-1 15 USS Newport News CA-148 #18470 USS TruttaSS-421 #12277 USS Cacaphon AL-52 (Korea) #13798 (Post WWII) #11891 USS Northampton CA-26/CIC-1/CC-1 USSTulagi VE-72 (1944/45) #12301 USS Caldwell DD-605 #13792 USS George K. MacKenzie DD-836 (1930-70) #18301 USS U.S. Grant AP-29 #18642 USS California BB-44 Assn. (& #18214 USS O'Bannon DD/DDD-450 (Shipmates USS Vincennes CA-44/CL-64/CG-49 Attchd Mannes) #17526 USS Gillette DE-681 (1943/45) #22564 Assn.) #11143 #18257 USS Callaway APA-35 (CG Inc) #21813 USS Gillmore AS-16: Ship's Co. Assn. USS O'Brien DD-725 (WWII, Korea, USS Vinton AKA-83 #14394 USS Caravan AM-157 #181 16 (1944/80) #1 1774 Vietnam) #21597 USS Waldron DD-699 #11119 USS Carroll DE-171 #21209 USS GraffiasAF-29 #13796 USS Okanogan APA-220 #14368 USS Walter C. Wann DE-412 #17331 USS Chandeleur AV-10 #14543 USS Grasp ARS-24 #21109 USS Oliver Mitchell DE-417 #28381 USS Wasatch AGC-9 #18666 USS Chanticleer ASR-7 (1939/73) #30152 USS Great Sitkin AE-17 (1951/55) #11596 USS Ommaney Bay CVE-79 & VC-75 USS Wasp CV/CVA/CVS-18, CR(Radio- USS Charles F Hughes DD-428 #18244 USS Gregory DD-802 #17932 #11222 man) Div #22551 USS Chepachet AO-78 #17703 USS Gntfin AS-13 #17918 USS Orion AS-18#10760 USS Waxwing AM-389 (WWII) #1 1692 USS Chevalier DD/DDR-805 #17575 USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 & Task Grp USSOtus AS/ARG-20 (1943-45) #11467 USS Weaver DE-741 #17733 USS Chilton APA/LPA 38 (Inc (Vlarines) 22.3 (Capture of U-505) #17727 USS Pamanset AO-85 #17459 USS Weber DE-675/APD-75 #17406 1942/72 #22840 USS Guadalupe AO-32 #17729 USS Pennsylvania. 6th Division #12354 USS Wharton AP-7 #10928 USS Cole DD-155 #12259 USS Gurnard SS-254 #10892 USS Philadelphia CL-41 #10705 USS Wheatear AM-390 #10157 USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12/SSN-762 USSGwin DD-433 #18202 USS Phillippine Sea CV-47 (KOREA) USS Whipple DD-217 #18145 (1944-76/lncluding IVIannes) #18362 USS Hale DD-642 #21194 #28301 USS Whitehurst DE-634 #18367 USS Comfort AH-6, 205th Hospital Ship USS Halligan DD-584 #10734 USS Pierce APA-50 (WWII) #21830 USS Whiteside AKA-90 #17630

Compliment #14310 USS Hampton APA- 1 1 5 # 1 3799 USS Point Cruz CVE-1 19 #22101 USS Wickes DD-578 (WWII) #12144

USS Conway DD/DDE-507 #10987 USS Hanover APA-1 16 (1944/46) #20880 USS Polaris AF-1 1 #11564 USS Wilkes DD-441 #17317 USS Cooper DD-695 (Battle of Ormoc USS Haraden DD-585 #12279 USS Pompon SSR-267 #21234 USS Wilkes Barre CL-103 #10540 Bay, December 1944) #17968 USS Harris APA-2 #11 105 USS Pnchett DD-561 #17324 USS William D. Porter DD-579 (WWII) USS Copahee CVE-12A/GS-12/VT/VF-21 USS Helm DD-388 #10348 USS Princeton CVL-23 (WWII) #10328 #18224

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: Illinois residents r mal rights movement began making a the animal rights movement imposes it- fuss in the early 1980s. self much further into their classrooms For one thing, scientists had to begin and labs, their progress in saving hu- taking better care of their subjects be- man lives could be slowed forever. The Last Gold cause they became so costly to purchase and maintain. The expense of us- Coin of the ing animals has been driving science for years to look for alternatives, says IN SEARCH OF. Romanovs Krulisch.

Dr. Barnard, of the Physicians Com- This column is for readers searching for groups of veter- mittee for Responsible Medicine, and ans for purposes other than forming a reunion (use VETS column) or to find witnesses to verify VA health claims others discount that claim. "It's been (use COtVlRADES IN DISTRESS column). No notices seeking information about relatives or friends will be pub- too easy for them to kill cats and mice lished. Notices are published free, on a space-available for all these unnecessary tests and ex- basis. periments. There are good alternatives Army Air Force bomber crews stationed in England dur- already available," he says. "Scientists ing WWII. Have photos to give away. One photo shows crew 77. tal

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60 THE AMERICAN LEGION alone," he says. ask me for the tape. Sometimes, Taps Posts may request these items by ad- Then there's the problem of buglers. played on a cassette recorder is all dressing a letter to: Executive Director, There are fewer and fewer of them. there is to show their deceased husband The American Legion, 1608 K St., NW, Wiedel considers Post 416 lucky. It has was a veteran," he says. Washington, DC 20006. Requests are two. Gregory says he even gets requests certified by the Legion's Washington Most Posts aren't so fortunate, ac- from Navy ships for the recording, Office and forwarded to Rock Island cording to George Gregory, who has which tells him the shortage of buglers Army Arsenal, 111., for action. been providing cassette bugle record- extends even to the military. "It's up to us to convey the impor- ings of Taps to veterans, Legion Posts tance of the military funeral to a new and military units for the past 20 years. MANY Legion Posts can't provide generation of veterans," says Okla- "Taps is traditionally played on a bugle, buglers, firing squads and mili- homa's Macklin. "We of the World War but bugling is an art that's fading away," tary funerals without help from II era were passed this torch of respon- he says. others. One way to tackle this problem sibility from WWI veterans."

Gregory has filled more than 50,000 is joint ventures between many com- Why is it important for Posts to have requests for Taps. He does not charge munity organizations. The Minnesota honor guards? for the tape, but he appreciates dona- Rifle Squad and the Northeast Okla- Perhaps the answer lies in this ex- tions to help defray the cost. For Taps homa Veterans Funeral Detail have cerpt from a letter sent to Wisconsin cassettes, write: George Gregory, 2985 done this successfully. Post 416 by James Werner, son of a Nightingale, Rochester Hills, MI "Once a year we receive $300 each WWII veteran and Legionnaire, Carl F 48309. from Legion Post 147, and the Forty & Werner: This year Gregory expects to mail Eight, VFW and D/W here in Ottawa "Post 416 took the world of hurt and out 5,000 copies of Taps, and says that County," says OC. Macklin, the Okla- replaced it with love, honor and dignity his out-of-pocket cost will probably ex- homa DSO. "The money, plus other do- with a caring ceremony which left ceed $1,000. "I know some of the folks nations, goes for gas," he says. everyone with a special feeling of be- simply don't have any extra money to There is other help available to Posts ing proud to be an American," Werner spare," he says, citing one veteran who from the federal government, accord- said about his father's funeral. sent him two 50-cent coupons for as- ing to Herman G. Harrington, Chair- "My Dad said that when his time pirin. man of the Legion's Internal Affairs came, the Legion would remember, be- Gregory points to the increasing Commission. Under PL 80-421, each cause they take care of their own. number of requests he receives each Post may obtain up to 15 surplus mili- "With caring people like you, there year as proof that more honor guards tary rifles and ammunition at a nomi- will always be a United States of are needed. "Widows of veterans who nal fee. The rifles cost $34 each, plus America. Thank you from the bottom are unable to get honor guards often shipping. of my heart."

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Regardless of all the other problems demanding his time. President Bill CAMBODIA Clinton must take forceful action to en- LEGION BASEBALL Continued fmm page 20 Continuedfrom page 33 sure a fair election in Cambodia. Clinton must insist that UNTAC do its job and deploy its city-bound soldiers to the countryside, where they can The United States has a direct inter- protect local political organizers. The most major college baseball programs.

est in ensuring the success of the elec- elections will be meaningless if they What did it all mean for the New- tions. are unfair and merely serve to perpetu- bury Park kids? If Hun Sen manages to win through ate the strong-arm control of one com- "It was fabulous," recalls Newbury intimidation, the Khmer Rouge are cer- munist faction or another. UNTAC also Coach Chuck Pick. "We were getting tain to resume the war. This would should take control of government se- just as much exposure as the big tempt both China and Vietnam to in- curity ministries, now used by Hun Sen leagues." crease support for their respective to intimidate opponents. The win meant a free trip for the clients. If muscle-flexing becomes the team, courtesy of The American Le- test, however, China and the Khmer ADDITION, the President should gion and with the cooperation of Major Rouge would likely emerge the victors. INbe prepared to act firmly and im- League Baseball, to the opening two Such an outcome would be a tragedy. mediately if the situation breaks games of last years big league World Cambodians would begin a dark age of down completely Clinton should warn Series. Khmer Rouge rule, with voter registra- both China and Vietnam that the United It means a trip to Cooperstown, tion lists providing a handy "who's States will view with severity any re- N.Y., in August for Player of the Year who" for a new bloody purge. sumption of military aid to their clients. David Lamb, who, like Joe Grahe be- America, meanwhile, would lose the Equally important, the U.S. govern- fore him, will have his jersey and hat confidence of Asians as the protector ment should be ready to provide imme- inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.

of regional stability. Despite its super- diate economic and military support, if Lamb will be part of the same ceremo- power status, the United States would the noncommunists do win. The non- ny that will see fellow Legion alumnus take a backseat to China and Japan — communists are committed to creating Reggie Jackson inducted. Honoring Le- blow not only to U.S. prestige and lead- the good government and rural eco- gion baseball's best player is just one ership, but also to Americas economic nomic development that will, in the way Major League Baseball acknowl- well-being, which increasingly depends longterm, undermine the Khmer Rouge edges the program's importance in de- on trade with Asia. in Cambodia. veloping future big league stars; anoth-

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its his Legion playing days with shap- ball and it's that way in life." to teach that. It really enhances [kids]

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STATE PARTNERSHIPS state's responsibility, added federal In addition to VAs national cemeter- funding could serve as an incentive for FINAL SALUTE ies, there are 48 state-owned veterans states to build more cemeteries. Continued fnnn page 25 cemeteries in 29 states that got help The legislation also proposes to rein- from VA. stitute a $150 plot allowance for all vet- For example, even though three na- erans. Currently, only wartime veterans tional cemeteries in Tennessee were re- and veterans who receive VA pensions Sam Houston, Texas; Port Hudson, La. cently closed to new burials, they were or disability are eligible. and Salisbury, N.C. replaced with three state veterans "The Legion supports these new Second, NCS is planning to build cemeteries in Nashville, Knoxville and proposals, and also recommends that new national cemeteries near veterans' Memphis. the $150 plot allowance be increased," population centers. In a 1987 report, Thanks to VAs grant program, states Munson says. VA identified 10 geographic areas that such as Tennessee are complementing For more information on getting VA are "most in need of veteran burial national cemeteries with state veterans assistance for a state veterans cemetery, space." cemeteries. contact: Director, State Cemetery

These include: Chicago; Northern In the 11 years since its creation, VAs Grants Program (401 C), Department California; Miami/Fort Lauderdale, state grant program has issued 74 of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., Fla.; Cleveland/Akron/Canton, Ohio; grants, pumping more than $33 million NW Washington, DC 20420; (202) Detroit; Pittsburgh; Dallas/Fort Worth, into 29 cemeteries in 17 states. 233-2313. Texas; Seattle/Tacoma, Wash.; Al- According to NCS acting director bany/Utica, N.Y.; and Oklahoma Rapp, "the grant program allows NCS MORE MONEY FOR NCS City/Lawton, Okla. and a state to share cemetery construc- At the request of The American Le- In June 1992, VA opened a new tion costs 50/50. And half of the states gion, Congress has made funding for cemetery in Northern California, the share [25 percent of the total cost] can national cemetery operations a separate San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery be the land itself." line-item appropriation under VAs De- And VA plans to establish additional In other words, a state can use less partmental Administration account. national cemeteries in other under- tax dollars if it donates land for a "Now that the NCS budget cannot be served areas as well. cemetery siphoned off into other VA programs, As the third prong of the program, New legislation before Congress pro- we are satisfied with the cemetery sys- NCS is expanding its state grant proposes to change the 50/50 split for VA tem," says John Hanson, director of the gram by forging financial partnerships and state cemetery construction to a 65 Legion's Veterans Affairs and Rehabili- with states to bankroll new cemeteries VA/35 state split. Since upkeep in a tation (VA&R) Division. for veterans across America. state veterans cemetery is entirely the NCS received another boost when Congress hiked its budget by $14 million, from $53 million in 1991 to $67 million in 1992. The 1993 budget is SAVE...HUNDREDS...THOUSANDS $70 million.

...When you purchase your next vehicle! BENEFITS A Membei Vet and car & truck dealer Save $5.00 now if you order today! NCS" other burial benefits include: • In 1992, of 32 yrs. "tells all" in this extremely Send a check or money Headstones/Markers. VA provided more than 300,000 headstones valuable booklet. Learn how: order for $1 1.95, along $11.95 and markers for deceased veterans. •To bargain for the lowest price. with your return address includes slig/lidig Any veteran eligible for burial in a na- •Dealers really mark up vehicles. to: tional cemetery can get a headstone or •Cut $ out of the dealer's incentives. PCS, Dept. B marker, no matter where he is buried. to finance thru dealership. •Why not a PO Box 952 VA even sends them overseas. •8 tips to know before car shopping. Cambridge, MD 21613 • Presidential Memorial Certifi- Satisfaction guaranteedoryourmoney back {Includes shipping & handling. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery) cates. Signed by the President of the United States, the Presidential Memori- al Certificate contains a calligraphic inscription expressing the nation's grateful appreciation of a veteran's ser- More Quality Pin Presentations HÎBjMt HI III vice. Since this benefit became avail- Actual '''''^^^^^"^ able after World War II, families of men /^^^2bo /^"X \'^' or women who died during the war can still request one of these parchment, \ A-'is 2 50 by (1-^, ^^^^ / I ^ ^k^- certificates. MiMi^-ir.- stock I • VA provides an H H ^^TH* Number A-19 2.50 A-20 2.50 A-21 2.50 Burial Flag. American flag to drape over the casket of a veteran. After the funeral, the flag will be given to the next of kin or a close friend of the deceased. A flag can also be issued to a service person who A-25 2 50 ^'^2 2.50 A-24 2.50 A-23 2.50 WlJIiWH^^âMyHW rtliiiMiîi Mailed was declared missing in action and lat- Mail Check Of Money Order to: 3220 'N- street, NW Suite 344

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66 THE AMERICAN LEGION $300 burial allowance for veterans who The service is free. are receiving a VA pension or other IIJiJIJ!l:IJ,U!IIM compensation, or who are entitled to THE LEGION AND NCS Life Membership notices are published tc Legion- disability or military retirement pay. "The American Legion is unalter- naires who have been awarded Life Membership, by their Veterans who die in a VA facility or ably opposed to any attempt, now or in posts. Life membership notices must be submitted on official nursing home contracted by VA are al- 'User Fees' for the future, to collect forms which may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, so eligible. burials in any national or state ceme- stamped envelope to: Life Memberships, The American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206 will pay a plot or interment Chair- VA $150 tery," says VA&R Commission William L. Coolce, Robert G. Davis, Joseph R. Ling allowance to a veteran receiving a VA man Chet Stellar. (1992) Post 30, Pomona, CA Paul Wessling (1992) Post 210, Anita, lA pension or disability, if burial is at a also The Legion supports: Deane S. Shipley (1992) Post 76, KImberly, IN state or private cemetery And for a ser- • Increasing the burial allowance Adrin Heshe (1985), Harry W. Cairns, Franklin Caudeli, Gerald K. Chalmers, Harley Chapman, Wilbur L. vice-connected death, VA will pay a to from $300 $400; Cox, Richard Hershman (1987), Harry Cozart, $1,500 burial allowance and the cost of • Increasing the burial plot allowance Herbert Head (1988), William R. Cauldwell (1989), Herschell Arnett (1990), Richard Anderson (1992) the remains to the national transporting from $150 to $300; Post 391, Fortvllle, IN cemetery nearest the home of the de- • Continuing the use of grave liners Edmund J. Pantalone Jr. (1992) Post 18, Dedham, MA Frank Simmons (1986), Henry F. Decoteau Sr. ceased. in national cemeteries; (1988), Rodman F. Backer (1989), George P. • Grave Liner. At all open VA • And preserving historic military Baptlste, Edward Colllgan, Arthur 8. Dickson, Theophilus M. Silva, Dean R. Swift, Fredrick Thifault liner, a cemeteries, a grave concrete sites in national cemeteries. (1992) Post 257, Vineyard Haven, MA structure that helps keep the coffin Rebuilding the Soldiers' Monument Richard L. Morrison, Ben T. Rogers (1991) Post 246 Jackson, Ml from sinking in the grave, is available. in Dayton National Cemetery racked Robert J. MIcheletti, Thomas C. Smith, Thomas L. • (Genealogy Assistance. To locate a up some big bills, and NECman Toone (1989), Ralph E. Fecht, Frederick L. Mirbach, Nicholas A. Vero, William C. Zuck (1991), Livingston relative in friend or buried a national Moore's project needs financial assis- G. Douglas, John D. Millett (1992), Marguerite G. cemetery, send the full name (first, tance. To help, contact: National Sol- Pope, Otto F. Porwoll, Gerald L. Welsberger (1993) Post 1, Leonia, NJ middle and last), date and place of diers' Monument Fund, c/o Dorothy Ignatius Shepherd, John Sroka (1993) Post 26, Clark Mills, NY birth, date and place of death, state Miller, Treasurer, 267 Mills Place, New Lee J. Sun, Peter Woo (1960), William H. Art (1986), from which the veteran entered mili- Lebanon, OH 45345. Richard Y.W. Chin, Richard T. Chlu, Chin K. Dot, tary service and the rank and military Lester W. Fong, John F. Lee, YIck G. Ming, Thomas * * * C. Wong (1992) Post 1291, New York, NY unit in which the veteran served on ac- Rolando Cabanas Vals (1990), Norberto Bernacet (1992) Post Utuado, PR tive duty to: Director (40), National "Nobody likes to talk about death, 42, Don Latting (1992) Post 43, Sedro Woolley, WA Cemetery System, Department of Vet- but by maintaining a strong NCS, every John D. Williams (1992) Post 33, Neenah, Wl Russel J. Bueger Myron H. Keller Olen erans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., NW, veteran's final salute will be an honor- (1989), (1990), D. Harris (1991), Edward Wasielak (1992) Post 413, Washington, DC 20420. able one," Munson says. Crivitz, Wl

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tor. UFT-N-RECLINE CHAIR • The Department of New Jersey's postage bill has increased 72 percent, •Medicare Claim Service 1993 SILVER •Doctor Recommended EAGLES from $5,500 in 1990 to $9,500 in 1992. • 1 Troy oz. Silver •Push Button Control E. Hein, editor of the Jersey • Legal Tender U.S. $1 John New LOW FACTORY DIRECT PRICES • Made by U.S. Government Legionnaire, says rate hikes have threat- • Brtlliant Uncirculated Condition ened the publication's ability to provide HHRH^H Go anywhere. ..with ease! 30 Day Return Privilege Price Each Quantity information on veterans' health care ELECTRIC 7.75 1-10 and other important issues. 3-WHEELERS 7.50 11-20 • "We feel we can overcome almost H^^mH •Money back guarantee 7.25 21 + imLB^^I 'Monthly payment plan Add $1 Postage - All Orders all obstacles, but if anything destroys KiiMIKj^l 'Medicare claim service BLACKHAWK COINS our publication, it will be the post of- For FREE Brochure & Price 1st National Bank of Moline fice," says Frederick Schmaling, editor CALL1-800-622- 501 15th Street, Suite #302A, IVloline, IL 61265 VISA & MasterCard accepted of the Westchester Legionnaire, which AMERICAN HEALTH MFG. Dpt. AL aiOL prices subject to change - personal checks must clear serves 7,000 Legionnaires in West- P.O. Box 16287, Baltimcire MD 21210 V' /O 1-800-292-2298 chester County, N.Y. Since the paper's beginning in 1969, postage costs have BUY ONE AND WE'LL MAKE $79 95 THE ORIGINAL $49 95 increased from $30 monthly to more Value Spec/a/ YOU AN EXCLUSIVE DEALER TS45 than $600 monthly—2,000 percent. • • > Side lever Cocking • Adult Type • 177 Cal • 800 FPS In the past four years, the Depart- 300 Yard Range • Hardwood Stock • Rifled Ban«l • ment of Kansas Sunflower Legionnaire All Metal Parts Blued • Adjustable Sights Amphibious has seen its postal rates double. "The financial stability of this vital link to our 2 and 4 The Ultimate in Chinese Air Rifles members is on the edge," says Sun- flower Legionnaire editor Ralph Snyder. "Something needs to be done."

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Today, the Legion is pressing Con- Replace A treasured KeepsakeJ_ THE ULTIMATE IN gress to pass legislation for a special G.I. DOG TAGS HISTORIC SHIP MODEL KITS postal rate for federally chartered veter- We imprint with infor Museum quality replicas you build ans' organizations such as The Ameri- you request up to six lines of yourself. Pre-cut wooden parts, can Legion. With such a rate, the postal 16 spaces. Print clearly! metal and brass fittings, cloth sails. Up to 4 feet long. service could remain solvent while giv- Send $1 .00 for our catalog. *t *7.95 ing a needed boost to nonprofit, feder- Model Expo, Inc. Dept. AL53 RICHCRAFT, Box 125-AM, Kershaw, SC 29067 PO Box 1000, Mt. Pocono, PA 18344 ally chartered veterans' groups.

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Wet 'N' Wild California has had so much rain lately.. • At the San Diego Zoo, the animals are lining up in pairs. • Charlton Heston had to part his driveway • The beaches have been pounded by high tides, rough surf and dangerous undercurrents—they've never seen any-

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