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By Brian Crozier 23 DO AMERICANS EXPECT BLOODLESS VICTORY? Recent campaigns have gone so well, we may have an unrealistic view ofwar By Gonzalo I. Vergara 26 D E P A R T M E NTS BIG ISSUES should Congress end affirmative action.^ 10 VETVOICE 4 YOUR AMERICAN LEGION 14 VETS 44 COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 8 VETERANS UPDATE 40 PARTING SHOTS 68 WASHINGTON WATCH 12 LEGION NEWS 41 COVER The contrasting personalities ofDr. Robert Oppenheimer and Brig. Gen. Leslie Groves guided America 's top-secret mission to build an atomic bomb. See Page 30. Illustration by David Beck. The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published nnonthly by The American Legion for its 3 million members. 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