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THE AMERICAN OCTOBER 1978 Volume 105, Number 4 National Commander John M. Carey

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more such stories of interest to the NOTES Vietnam veteran. ON Ed Kimpel Edgerton, OH

OUR DESK Sir: Congratulations on your support of a great and loyal American, "Billy Mitchell—Hero," in the Au- gust issue. I know something of his early background and heartily accept your analysis of the man. I knew him Letters to the Editor erages I have read on this very con- when his father controlled the Chica- troversial subject. The American go, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in "RHODESIA" REACTION public has received much misinfor- the Dakota Territory and my father Sir: "Rhodesia's Tangled Roots" in mation and this article gives us facts. had built a flour mill on the railroad. your August issue is such a great Please be sure that the leaders of our I knew him to be a man of character piece that I am showing it to Senator government receive copies of this and a loyal American. My sympa- Dick Clarke of Iowa, Chairman of article. thies were always with him. the Senate Committee on African N. G. Nyerges R. S. Clark Affairs. I have visited Rhodesia. My Santa Monica, CA San Francisco, CA findings agree 100 percent with those so beautifully and poignantly ex- OFF-TARGET Sir: I've enjoyed "Parting Shots" for years. up the good work! pressed by Elizabeth Baruch. More Sir: The article "Close Encounter Keep It's good clean humor that I can power to her and the American Le- of Flight 101," in the July issue was leave around for the children to gion. interesting reading, as lighter-than- enjoy. Henry B. Hook air ventures such as blimps and diri- Mrs. William Giesen Davenport, I gibles are slated for revival. How- Milbank, SD ever, there was one misleading state- Sir: I agree wholeheartedly with Ian ment: "She smelled the strong odor Sir: That was quite a story on the Smith's statement in "Rhodesia's of helium." Helium has no odor. "Vietnam Gunship Mission" in the Tangled Roots", August issue, "you Emiliano Jonas Siltng August issue. How different from cannot appease the Communists by Chapala, Jalisco, Mex. alienating your friends." The surviv- World War II! al of the free world is being threat- Dwight Smith Sm: I enjoyed the June issue, espe- ened, not by Rhodesia or South Af- Dallas Center, I cially the article on Legion baseball rica, but by Soviet Russia, which goes All-Stars . . . however, Kermit Wahl on gobbling one small country after MISCELLANEA of Columbia, SD should have been another while we do nothing but Sir: It's said that a Confederate dol- included in the list of 400 Legion gabble about detente and disarma- lar is worth $12.50. Maybe we have baseball grads who have played in ment. Let's wake up before it's too been betting on the wrong horse! the major league all-star classic. W. Halsey Wood late! James (Bud) Hurin Wilbur J. Dowd Little Compton, RI Stewart, NV Madison, CT Sir: Statements that the United Sir: The Billy Mitchell story in the Sir: I read with interest and envious States "lost the war" in Vietnam re- August issue was excellent, but there admiration the ease with which flect unfairly on those who served was no mention of several successful the author of "Rhodesia's Tangled there. Our military men suffered no aviators in those early days of flying, Roots," Elizabeth Baruch, colored defeat. It was the politicians who re- such as Goettler, Bleckley, Vaughn, the truth. The interests of six million stricted their actions and ultimately Spring Kindly. people are placed neatly in the hands and ordered withdrawal. Philip Stonemetz of politicians dominated by the the- Charles W. Hill Dover, ory of peace at any cost? What does NH Topeka, KS she think of economic democracy based on social justice and social BULL'S EYES Sir: We would appreciate the assis- charity? Sir: I am a Vietnam veteran active tance of Legionnaires in our collec- Rev. Edward McMenamin in every major veterans organization, tion of Hoover letters, a program of Thief River Falls, MN although I find my fondest associ- great historical value to this and fu- ation with the American Legion. Its ture generations. Kindly forward Sir: The statue of Dr. David Living- membership is most active and Xerox copies of such authentic letters stone is located on the Zambesi River knowledgeable in community affairs, to the Herbert Hoover Presidential overlooking Victoria Falls, not in is friendly and is steeped in history. Library, West Branch, IA. Bulaweyo, as captioned in "Rho- The Legion state and national publi- Capt. Forest M. Johnson desia's Tangled Roots" in the August cations are "sans pariel" in my opin- Piedmont, CA issue. ion. Richard M. Joseph Thomas Mayer Sir: Americans must be made more Lansing, MI Pontiac, MI aware of their merchant marine. Rus- sia is trying to gain control of the Sir: Your article, "Rhodesia's Tan- Sir: I enjoyed the article "Vietnam seas. It has a reported 2,400 vessels gled Roots," in the August issue is Gunship Mission" in the August is- in service and seeks a 35 percent in- unquestionably one of the finest cov- sue. I hope to see in our magazine crease by 1980. What can we do to

2 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 insure free access to vital raw mate- If you think can't learn rials and freedom of the seas? ypy Frank Moore ,1 say, Green Harbor. MA "BALONEY!" Sik: In regard to your Billy Mitchell story in the August issue, I was quartermaster on the bridge of the I Dare You To Do It IISS North Dakota as an eyewitness Now you might think I'm bragging a little to the sinking of the German battle- too much on how good NRI is, and maybe I am. But the proof is how our training works in prepar- ship Ostfriesland. One bomb went ing people for actual jobs. So I'm inviting you down her stack, she shuddered and to ask the only people who can give you a totally shortly started to sink slowly by the objective answer, professional TV and audio tech- bow; as her stern was only a few nicians. And here's my bet. Just look in your yellow feet above water another bomb hit, pages for a couple of TV repair shops, ask to speak with anyone who actually does the repair work, sending out a huge flash of flame. and ask him what he thinks of NRI. I'll bet he Adelard C. Blair says, "Do it!" Salem, NH I'm not really sticking my neck out, because

I know something you may not. Almost half the TV servicemen working out there have taken home- Sir: What has happened to respect study courses. And among them, it's NRI more for the flag? this What brought us to John K Thompson, NR1 President than three to one! I'll be happy to send you a copy

pinnacle of apathy? Vietnam is over. of the national survey that proves it. Maybe you don't believe that we We are again a nation undivided. Why do the pros like us? Because NRI works. service can actually teach you to You take it at home so you don't have to go to What is needed is to get people off and audio equipment by mail. classes. You take it in your spare time, so you can their seats and onto their feet when TV down job while get ready for your Yet at doing hold your you our flag is presented or passes in here NRI, we're step forward. And you take it easy, because our it every day. Helping people review. bite-size lessons make it easier, let you set your Bruce Haas, Jr. to bigger and brighter futures. own pace. Anchorage, AK Let me tell you how. Equipment Designed One of the secrets of the success of this for Learning school is the fact that its founder, J.E.Smith, was Sir: My husband is a construction And to top it off, NRI's equipment is ex- a teacher. So when he originated his first course engineer; his work takes us to many clusive. We design most of our own, so it's not in radio over 60 years ago, it was carefully de- somebody else s hobby kit or a stripped-down and cities and towns. It can be a lonely signed with training in mind. And that principle mostly assembled commercial unit. It's designed life, but for us the Legion has has guided us ever since. so you really learn as you build, designed to give helped. From our home Post. 157 in Exclusive Training Methods you lots of honest bench time, designed to give you Brooklyn we have made Legion the satisfaction of finishing up with a fully opera- That means that you get far more than friends throughout the country. ble, top-quality unit that's comparable to any book learning. NRI gives you practical, hands- commercial set on the market. But you built it., They have helped us find places to on experience. In our Master Course in TV and you learned something on it! That's J.E.Smith's live, places to shop; they have audio servicing, you actually construct a 25-inch made philosophy again. diagonal solid state color TV. You start right with us welcome. We wish to give our It all boils down to the fact that we've aimed the basic parts and as you build it, you introduce

heartfelt thanks to a wonderful or- our training at a very practical goal . . . giving you and correct typical servicing problems, ending up ganization. the skills you need to move ahead in a rewarding with a complete unit, ready to use. That way, you career. Or even to have your own full- or part-time Mary E. Borut get the actual bench time and intimate knowledge business. Portage, WI you need to handle real servicing problems. That

kind of training sticks with you . . . gives you extra Send For Free Catalog; confidence. No Salesman Will Call Sir: Can The American Legion get And Mr. Smith taught us something else, Send for your catalog of electronics courses. behind a national effort to get rid of too. Not to go too fast. So our courses have what It contains a complete description of every course, we call "bite-size" lessons. That's another way discarded refrigerators? The death including each lesson, training kits, and experi- of saying that they're easy to digest. Big enough of even one more child in such a trap ments. Full color photos show you exactly what to cover a specific subject thoroughly, but not so must be avoided. your course will include in the way of test instru- much that it'll overwhelm you. And we keep in ments, electronic components, and major kits like Ed Strouphauer mind that you're learning at home, so you take the 4-channel audio center and color TV. Wilkes-Barre, PA our lessons at your own pace. That way, you can No salesman will call on you, either. Our learn in your spare time without interfering with catalog shows you what we have to offer you, what your present job. Sir: As a Legionnaire and a veteran we can do for you. Look it over, then think about it and make your own decision without outside of the Air Force I am appalled at Professional Instructor/Engineers pressure. J.E.Smith always felt that his best stu- the disclosure that the World Bank dents were the self-motivated ones. We back you up with a fully qualified staff of is approving interest an free loan to I can only add this. With over 60 successful professional instructor/engineers. They're there to Communist Vietnam. years and more than a million students behind us, help you when you have a problem with any aspect we must be doing something right. So get started We are giving away the Panama of your studies. on your future. Send me a postcard or letter today Canal and now the veterans of our These are not a bunch of ivory-tower profes- ana I'll rush you a free copy of our big electronics nation are subjected to the humilia- sor types. In between checking your lessons and careers catalog. I know you can succeed. giving you personal help, they're busy keeping up tion of an outright, gift to Vietnam. with the state of the art, designing new equipment You don't fight Communism by feed- and revising lessons to get you ready to handle John F. Thompson, President ing it. You cut off its existence and even the latest equipment. As a case in point, NRI Schools it will fade from starvation. Legion- take the audio equipment we added to our course Department 259-108 recently. Not just stereo, but four-channel. Maybe naires, wake up! We may have to 3939 Wisconsin Avenue a little exotic, but when a servicing problem like fight the war to end all wars. Washington, D.C. 20016 this hits your bench, you're ready for it. It's Tim J. Johnson planning ahead our founder would have liked. Ruskin, FL

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 3 Michael Collins is now Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Frank Borman speaks for Eastern Airlines Where Are OurAstronauts Now?

America's heroes of the space age By RUTH INGLIS MATTHEWS life Since 1975, U.S. exploration of adapt to back on earth. space, though brilliant, has been confined to such unmanned achieve- Agency, a consortium of European To implement the Shuttle era, ments as Pioneer Venus (1) companies led by a German-Dutch NASA has recruited 35 new astro- launched May 20, and Pioneer Venus company, VFW-Fokker/ERNO, is naut candidates, including six wom- (2) launched Aug. 8, 1978. manufacturing SPACELAB. It will en, three blacks and one person of The U.S. Shuttle era is scheduled ride inside the Shuttle and provide a oriental extraction. Training is going to begin next year. In effect, it will pressurized laboratory where scien- on right now. Shuttle personnel will offer a space trucking service which tists and technicians can conduct ex- be of two kinds: those who pilot and will yield untold practical benefits periments in a shirt-sleeve environ- manage the space vehicle, and mis- to mankind. It would not be possible ment without space suits. Many uni- sion specialists, who are the engi- without the courageous and skilled versities, research institutes and com- neers and technicians who conduct exploration of space by U.S. astro- panies throughout the world are the research and will be responsible nauts during earlier years. planning research projects in medi- for coordination of the Shuttle with The age of space colonies is for cine, chemistry, metallurgy, etc., in the Shuttle crew. Additionally, non- the distant future. If it comes to pass, the weightless environment of near astronaut payload specialists will fly Shuttles will be used for its construc- space. It is hoped that new alloys on some missions to carry out spe- tion. In the meantime, the Shuttles and crystals as well as less expen- cific experiments or do other tasks will do yeoman service. Launched sive manufacturing processes will be related to the payload. with rockets into near earth orbit, perfected. Astronaut Edward G. Gib- different ball game they will circle the earth for a week It will be a son, a Ph.D. in Engineering and natural or a month and then land like gliders from space exploration. The Physics who flew on Skylab, served gravity, radiation, on long airstrips. It will be possible hazards of zero as a consultant to ERNO between deceleration, to launch, repair and retrieve satel- intense acceleration and March 1976 and 1977 and then re- of communication lites, survey earth sources, monitor and the problems turned to NASA where he resumed weather conditions and conduct ex- have been overcome. We know that training for future space missions. in space for periments of many kinds—at a frac- people can fly safely is a free-lance It is not like tion of previous cost. Ruth I. Matthews long periods of time. aerospace sub- store, but In a cooperative effort between writer specializing in going to the corner grocery unknown. It NASA and the European Space jects. near space is no longer

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Harrison Schmitt is a U.S. Senator from New Mexico Another U.S. Senator is John H. Glenn, Jr., of Ohio

is, in fact, getting crowded with sat- sion. Fortunately, astronauts Cdr. tion. In earthy language, he tells it ellites and other hardware. James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, like it was. Retired from NASA, he For three and a half years, from Jr., and John L. Swigert, Jr., re- became an assistant secretary of April 1959, the United States had turned safely to earth. Lovell is pres- state, Director of the National Air only seven astronauts, the Project ident of Fisk Telephone Systems, and Space Museum, and is now Un- Mercury group. In 1962 and 1963, Inc., in Houston, TX. Haise, recent- der Secretary of the Smithsonian In- another 23 were selected for the ly resigned from NASA, was a pilot stitution in Washington, DC. He once Apollo program. Many were test pi- for Shuttle approach and landing test refused $50,000 to advertise beer, but lots whose courage was matched by flights. Swigert became executive did unpaid commercials for U.S. their disciplined skill in minute ob- staff director of the House of Repre- Savings Bonds. servation. They all were under 40 sentatives Committee on Science and The Mercury training director, years of age and 5 feet, 11 inches Technology. He is now a candidate psychologist Dr. Robert Voas, ana- or less in height. They went through for the U.S. Senate from Colorado, lyzed the characteristics of the early rigorous physical and mental tests running as a Republican. astronauts: "intelligence without ge- and training. If you want to know what the early nius, knowledge without inflexibility, The dangers were real. When Col. astronauts were really like, read a high degree of skill without over- Virgil "Gus" Grissom landed from his Michael Collins' fascinating book training, fear but not cowardice, flight Mercury on July 21, 1961, his "Carrying the Fire." Collins is a bravery without foolhardiness, self- spacecraft sank, but he was rescued. talented writer and an extraordinary confidence without egotism, physi- In 1967, he, Lt. Cdr. Roger B. Chaf- human being. With occasional flashes cal fitness without being muscle- fee and Lt. Col. Edward H. White II of wit and exquisite detail he tells bound, preference for participatory died in a flash fire of their Apollo how he felt about the preparations over spectator sports, frankness with- command module on a Saturn boost- for flight, about the medics, NASA out blabbermouthing, enjoyment of er rocket. In April 1970, a ruptured officials, his fellow astronauts, his ( Continued on page 46 oxygen tank aborted an Apollo mis- exasperations, his moments of ela-

Thomas K. Mattingly Gerald P. Carr Edward G. Gibson L. Gordon Cooper James B. Irwin

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 5 Chuck Schroeder and His Giant Geese

How a North Dakota Legionnaire helped bring the threatened Canadian Goose 1 back to his native state

By TED UPGREN Prologue The sunrise was a half-hour heart leaped. A separate flight old when the first flock of Can- had approached, unannounced. ada geese rose from a willow- But these were a different kind of patched sandbar, labored for al- geese. There were seven. They titude and then passed over the were giant Canadas! They were rugged east bank of the Missouri. honkers! The most uncommon, Charles "Chuck" H. Schroeder A stiff northwest breeze carried but most prized variety of Can- October snowflakes and helped ada goose, the grqnddaddies of move the black geese on to wheat all geese. if not extinct throughout North fields where they had feasted the An explosion. Black powder America. day before. It was 1891. smoke filled the air. Goose talk Charles "Chuck" H. Schroeder, a In an earthen pit a 12-year-old rose to a clamor. When the man who was to become a key figure boy waited impatiently, clutch- smoke cleared, the first group of in the restoration of Canada geese ing a big 12-gauge hammer gun. small Canadas had broken off. in North Dakota and a North Da- It was his first goose hunt. A few To the northeast, six heavy- kota Department Commander of The yards away his anxious father bodied birds, coursing low over American Legion, wasn't around in lay curled in a similar pit. In the stubble, retreated. On the 1891. He wouldn't be born for an- front of them 40 tin decoys bid ground lay a goose—a giant other 36 years. Then 41 years would the geese welcome. Canada and next to it knelt an pass before he and other North Da- Man and boy could hear the exuberant 12-year-old boy. kotans would tackle the giant Can- cackling geese sounds now, car- Had there been an endangered ada restoration project—not until ried by the brisk prairie wind. species list in 1891, the giant Canada 1969, after Schroeder had spent 13 Black specks appeared on the goose probably would have been on years as a waterfowl biologist with horizon. The man and boy stif- it. Few would approach a North Da- the North Dakota Game and Fish fened. They were small Canadas, kota hunter's decoys for nearly 80 Department. a dozen or so. The line slipped to years. By 1920, the giant Canada Today, nine years later, the giant the south, made its turn and goose was considered extremely rare Canada goose has been partially re- began the upwind approach to stored as a breeding species on the the decoys. The range closed Dakota high plains. Chuck Schroeder Ted Upgren has been with the North slowly . . . 200 yards . . . 150 probably made the difference. Dakota Game and Fish Department yards. "It has a very special meaning to since 1967, and is a contributor to out- Then the man sensed other me," Schroeder says, "just the door publications. company. He turned slowly. His thought of helping bring back a spe-

6 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 larger cies that was once a breeder in the The geese had done their part. gested closing even areas than could the program be expanded were recommended. state's early history . . . first, just to Now, be a part of the overall environment. to establish free-flying flocks at other "It's been a wonderful lesson in And now, more importantly, to bring refuges across North Dakota? human nature ... to see how much geese in support you can get from people it back as a game species—that's Pen several hundred an the additional measure. The Canada enclosure and you're bound to at- when you go out and explain to them goose belongs here." tract attention. Marauding dogs and what you are trying to do," says The reestablishment of the giant coons killed over 100 birds in one in- Schroeder. "And, of course, we had Canada goose (Branta canadensis cident. Goslings, hand-reared from a wonderful product in the Canada maxima) in North Dakota is a major stock in refuges, showed little fear goose." achievement of contemporary game of humans. Released, they congre- Schroeder even got inmates at the management. The bird is the largest gated in farmyards, unharvested North Dakota state prison farm to of all geese and once nested over grain fields, even among the decoys help raise goslings. much of North America. It went of wide-eyed hunters. Furthermore, His colleagues voted Schroeder the 190- nearly to extinction before it was these newcomers not only had to first secretary-treasurer of the properly classified. Hunters on the make it past the guns of North Da- member North Dakota Chapter of northern plains in the 1880's and kotans and other Central Flyway The Wildlife Society. Later he be- '90s periodically reported large extra- hunters to the south, they had to came its president. He was awarded heavy birds and some felt they rep- survive at least one more spring and the 1977 Professional Award by the resented a distinct race of Canada fall migration before the females seven-state Central Mountains and geese. Wing spreads in* excess of 75 returned to lay their first eggs. Some Plains Section of The Wildlife So- inches and body lengths of 48 inches females wouldn't lay until their third ciety. were measured. Weights commonly spring. Boyd Clemens, past national vice- ranged over 16 pounds. In North After two years of suspense, commander of The American Legion, Dakota the last known giant Canada slowly the data trickled in. Leg band recalls Schroeder's parallel rise in rns documented a mortality rate the North Dakota Legion Depart- ov • 26 percent for 1972 releases. ment. He and Schroeder competed Another 1.5 percent were known against each other for post com- dead from other causes. mander one year. Schroeder lost. A few years later, Clemens chose Schroeder for his campaign manager when he ran for department and

goose nest was reported in Kidder County in 1926. Then, in 1951, a researcher found in the notes of the late James Mof- fit a description of the giant Canada Obviously, total mortality from all goose, a variety Moffit called maxi- causes was consideraby higher. But ma. In 1962, Harold C. Hanson, a known losses from 1973 releases noted Canada goose authority from were less. In 1974, docu- Illinois; Forrest Lee, a waterfowl mented deaths were fewer propagator then with the Minnesota yet. Things were looking national vice-commander. Conservation Department; and oth- up. By mid-summer, Clemens won both. ers, confirmed the existence of a wild, 1974, nesting studies in- In the 1930's, Schroeder's free-flying flock of giant Canadas dicated that the two- dad signed him up in Sons of among wintering waterfowl at and three-year-old The American Legion. During Rochester, MN. The maxima had not birds were reproduc- World War II Schroeder served as a perished after all. ing well with nesting success running Navy electronics technician, enlist- The 1969 restoration effort began as high as 70 percent. The giant ing just after Pearl Harbor. He sailed at Slade National Wildlife Refuge in Canada goose was being reestablished on the USS Iowa and USS Atlanta. Kidder County, about 50 miles east in North Dakota. In 1956, after completing his B.S. of Bismarck. It received 142 adult "In my opinion*" said Forrest Lee, degree in wildlife management at the geese, hand-reared at the Fish and "the giant Canada goose restoration University of Minnesota, he came Wildlife Service's Northern Prairie program in North Dakota would to North Dakota. He became com- Wildlife Research Center at James- never have gotten off the pad had it mander of Bismarck's Lloyd Spetz town, ND. Forrest Lee supervised the not been for Chuck Schroeder's lead- Post No. 1, then fifth district com- propagation job. From 1969 to 1971 ership and active involvement." mander and then central region vice- over 300 goslings were produced at Schroeder "sold" the program to commander. For several years, Slade and, significantly, two nests in the public—convincing landowners to including this year, he has been di- 1971 were found outside refuge allow transplants on their lands and rector of the department's youth boundaries on private land. These impressing upon hunters the need oratorical contest. He is past Chef represented the first successful nest- to protect these sites from hunting. de Gare of Voiture 291 of the 40 et 8. ing in Kidder County of a giant He confronted often huffy groups In 1977, he became North Dakota Canada on private land in 45 years. with such success that many sug- ( Continued on page 44)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 7 The Commander The NATIONAL Speaks Out On

National Security COMMANDER

From His Acceptance Speech at the National Convention of the

National security, as always, AMERICAN LEGION will be demanding a major effort from The American Legion in the coming year. It is not easy to sustain support for an adequate system of As the new National Commander Bn. at Camp Maxey, Texas. Three military preparedness when we are of The American Legion, John months later his battalion was moved not at war and the need is not read- M. Carey brings to the organization to Camp Young at Indio, CA, and ily apparent to everyone. strong and positive ideas about the in March 1944 he was on his way to However, the need is no less real future of America and the part Le- Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. There when we know there are foreign gionnaires should play in safeguard- his outfit became the 64th Engr. ideologies ready to destroy our na- ing it. TOPO. Bn., and 60 men and three tion, and the freedoms we enjoy as Since his election at the National officers were separated from it to citizens of this land of the free, when Convention in New Orleans on Au- form a Detached Topographic En- they think they can do so without gust 24, the National Commander gineering Group for making maps suffering massive retaliation. World has made some of his views known, and reproducing them in quantity domination always has been an ob- and more can be expected. Further, for invading forces. Jack Carey was jective of the international commu- he strongly believes that in this time among the men picked for this duty. of crisis Legionnaires generally left nist conspiracy, . and that objective They Pearl Harbor, destina- never has been renounced. should speak up on the issues, though tion unknown, and 42 days later they American Legion theory with re- he cautions them to understand thor- were involved in the invasion of gard to our national security capabil- oughly what is involved and the Leyte. Carey's job was to help in the ities is to maintain a good offense Legion's position with regard to unloading of ships and to keep track and keep control of the ball. them. of the map-making equipment. After We have been hurt in this area Something about the Command- Leyte was secured, his outfit was since our support has been for the er's background will help Legion- moved to Okinawa and again there triad concept of national defense, naires understand what he is trying was the strenuous job of moving and and that concept has been battered to accomplish and how he is likely keeping track of the flatbed presses, by the decision to scrap the B-l to go about it. and other equipment and materials bomber. Jack Carey was born in Mt. necessary to provide the men in the The strategic missile arm of Triad Pleasant, MI, on October 26, 1924. field with maps. is the Minuteman III in fixed silos. This city on the Chippewa River After Okinawa the men were re- We have the MX missile system on has long been known as the oil cap- turned to their original battalion, the drawing board, but it can't de- ital of Michigan and the wells are then on Guam. The war had ended fend us from there. The new defense still producing. So, as the boy grew but there was still some interesting budget has funds for further research up he decided that he would become duty ahead. The battalion's CO on the MX, but nothing for construc- a part of that industry. While in called them together and told them tion and deployment. It is essential high school he got a part-time job in that he had volunteered the 64th to that we get beyond the research the accounting department of one of be General MacArthur's engineering stage immediately and for production the local oil companies and felt he group in Japan. As a result, Jack was and deployment to begin as soon as was on his way. among the first GI's to enter Tokyo. possible. We shall bend our every Moving him further in this direc- "It was good duty," he recalls. "We effort in that direction for the good tion, he was awarded a scholarship were quartered on the fifth floor of of America—for the preservation of to Central Michigan University a large department store near the freedom. where he planned to study account- Ginza and not far from MacArthur's The neutron warhead, which many ing. However, the year was 1942, war headquarters." However, not a great military experts believed would help had started, and even though he deal of time had to be spent there us maintain both a tactical and stra- rated deferment because of his job in and Sgt. Carey was able to see much tegic edge, and which might have the essential business of oil produc- of Japan and what the war had done been used as a lever in getting SALT tion, he asked that his draft number to it. talks off dead center, is under a be moved up. The Army obliged and "I'd hate to see anything like that cloud of indecision, and we would he was sworn in on March 23, 1943. happen to this country," he observed. hope a positive decision might be He was 18 years old at the time. That tour of duty coming to an forthcoming on that system in the After basic training at Camp T. J. end, he was returned stateside, and near future. Robinson, Little Rock, AR, he was discharged as a staff sergeant at Ft. ( Continued on page 36) assigned to the 651st Engr. TOPO. ( Continued on page 36)

8 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978

PRO\CON Opposing Views on The Question .

Should The CIA Budget Be Disclosed?

is indicative of just how far our society has wandered IT AS CHAIRMAN of the Subcommittee on Budget Authoriza- from its democratic principles in the area of intelligence tion in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, I operations that there is even a question of whether the in- have the responsibility of exercising oversight of the budget telligence budget should be disclosed to the citizens of the of the intelligence community. My work on this Committee Republic. A recent history combining studied deception by has made it clear to me that disclosure of the intelligence some executive branch officials and blissful ignorance dis- appropriation would undermine the effectiveness of our played by Congressional overseers, has granted the U.S. entire intelligence apparatus. Such a disclosure would allow intelligence community what amounts to near license with- hostile countries to frustrate our intelligence activities, and in self-definition of the national interest. increase demands that more and more information about Despite some general protestations from those with vested U.S. intelligence activities be revealed. Moreover, disclosure interests within the intelligence community, few have identi- is not required under our Constitution. fied specific serious repercussions of our more open ap- First, disclosure would benefit hostile intelligence services proach of the last few years. The nation survives, our by enabling them to detect trends in our intelligence oper- intelligence agencies still gather information effectively, and ations as a result of increases and decreases in the appro- _ in fact the United States has quite priation figure which will be reflected successfully avoided the kind of secret from year to year. l YES• political entanglements that character- Second, while revelation of the intelli- ized an earlier era when secrecy of in- gence appropriation will be very useful telligence actions was even greater. That to an adversary possessing a sophisti- is the truest measure of the success of cated analytic capability, it will be mean- the disclosure route. ingless to even generally well-informed Rather than restating the obligatory members of the public. Many will insist caveat that my advocacy of disclosure on knowing what the money is actually does not seek to undermine the legitimate being used for. This is what is called the intelligence-gathering role of these "nose under the tent" problem. Once we agencies, allow me to use it to illustrate start down the road of publishing intelli- my point. The lesson of the last few gence appropriation figures, we will be years of controversy has moved the pub- faced with irresistible demands from lic debate beyond such a naked choice those who insist upon knowing more.

Rep. Michael I. between effective intelligence and an Such additional disclosures would do ir- Sen. William D. Harrington (D-MA) open society, between secrecy and democ- reparable damage to our intelligence Hathaway (D-ME) racy. My concern is that in making the operations. necessary reconciliation, we no longer ask if the "national Third, the Constitution does not require that the intelli- security" can withstand some particular degree of disclosure, gence appropriation be disclosed. No one has ever argued but rather, whether the nation can survive continued abuse that the so-called "Statements and Accounts" clause re- to the democratic process wrought by excessive secrecy. quires the publication of expenditures, the public knowledge I recognize that we must move carefully when dealing with of which might be damaging to national security. Attorney information that some have identified as damaging to the General Bell has agreed that the Constitution does not national interest if disclosed. However, as elected represent- require such disclosure: ". atives of the American people, we have a more important . . the Constitution does not require public disclosure obligation to uphold the underlying democratic principles of the aggregate authorization or appropriation figure, that have suffered so seriously from intelligence agencies nor does it require publication of an account of the construing their mandates as broadly as an elastic Constitu- expenditures of the intelligence agencies, individually or tion and vague statutes might allow. Let the Constitution as a whole." and our democratic values, and not some Cold War defini- Given the risks, we must ask: what would be gained by tion of the national interest, serve as the starting point for disclosure? Is there a compelling reason that justifies these this public debate. risks to our national security? I urge, therefore, a reversal of the process in which years We have heard no public outcry for disclosure of the of erring on the side of secrecy have led to very dubious amount appropriated for intelligence activities. There has political involvements abroad at a terrible price to our do- been no evidence that such a revelation will result in a more mestic institutions. I seriously doubt whether our society meaningful informed public, nor any insistence that knowl- can withstand another era of public mistrust of government edge of the figure would prevent any of the abuses or over- institutions, fueled by intelligence operations. That sort of reachings of the past. threat to our national security is far more serious, and Neither this nation nor any other country in the world should serve to focus any inquiry into disclosure. has ever embarked on such a dangerous path. In an ideal Let me reiterate that my implied criticism of this proced- world, full disclosure might be preferable. Unfortunately, we ure should in no way be considered as unreflective of my do not live in an ideal world. To operate as if we did would basic support of this kind of endeavor. be to operate at our peril.

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6R0SSDEUTSCHESREICH REPUBL The Story of World WarII As Told By Stamps

symbolized the national war effort From the rise of Hitler to VJ Day and its goal of victory. The Overrun Countries issue made it's all there in miniature its appearance the following year. Flags of conquered countries were By RAYMOND SCHUESSLER stamps), sea raiders, railway artil- printed on a stamp: Poland, Czecho- lery, rockets, mountain troops. slovakia, Norway, Luxembourg, record of World War II is No Two stamps, the last of the war Netherlands, Belgium, France, more artistically and histor- issue showing S. S. and S. A. storm Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, Austria, ically accurate than that portrayed troopers, were on sale in Berlin Denmark and Korea. These stamps on postage stamps of the world. A before the collapse of that city. These are now much in demand by col- collection of such stamps is a chron- stamps were issued to commemorate lectors. icle of the war years from the rise the 12th anniversary of the Nazis' In 1944, the Corregidor stamp paid of Hitler to the evacuation at Dun- assumption of power, but they served tribute to the gallant resistance of kirk; the fall of Bataan to the bloody only to signal the end. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright's battle at Iwo Jima, and the march Russia began its bombardment of American and Philippine troops be- of our 28th Battalion through the war stamps (they are one of the sieged there by the Japanese in Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It's all most prolific producers of stamps in 1942. After the fall of Bataan, the there a tiny art gallery. — the world) in 1941. It was a scene remnant defense forces withdrew to The history of man and his achieve- showing a mother bidding goodbye the fortress Corregidor in Manila ments are chronicled on stamps. As to her son with the admonition "Be Bay and withstood the invaders for the late General and President a hero!" almost a month before surrendering Dwight Eisenhower said: "The Later that year Russian stamps May 6, 1942. stamps of the world are powerful showed both a portrait of the soldier The following year the Iwo Jima object lessons in the eternal hunger and a dramatization of his heroic stamp honored the U. S. Marines, of men for knowledge . . . They are deed: Junior Lieutenant Talalikhin showing the Leathernecks raising a pictorial history of all the arts and ramming a German plane in midair; the American flag on Mount Suri- sciences, and human progress since Captain Gastello and his burning bachi. the earliest civilization. They are also plane diving into enemy gasoline The 1945 Army Commemorative an extraordinary record of World tanks; Maj. Gen. Dovator leading his stamp showed the 28th Division War II." Cossack Cavalry; Zoya Kosmodem- marching through Paris and the Arc Whenever a great event took place janokaja being led to her death by de Triomphe. The 1945 Navy Com- during the Great War, it was in- Nazi soldiers. memorative showed a group of grin- delibly etched in history by appear- Every year Russia issued dozens ning sailors. The Coast Guard stamp ing on stamps of both Allies and of stamps depicting war scenes. pictures a landing craft, a theme Axis nations. Trench mortars being loaded, medi- 64) kept up a constant bar- ( Continued on page Germany cal corpsmen rescuing wounded sol- rage of stamps for propaganda and diers, snipers with telescopic sights. In 1937, a inspirational purposes. Even war medals are shown on sheet commemorated Hit- souvenir stamps. 48th birthday. The following ler's Russia's improving air force also year two stamps were issued, one made the pasteboards: in 1945, de- honoring a youth carrying a torch signs of Russia's growing air fleet, laurel extolling the virtues of and such as the early Iakovlev Fighters youth corps and the other a Hitler's and Ilyushin bombers, were depicted. profile of Hitler. Some of these stamps which sold for stamp to propagandize the A pennies then sell now for $10 apiece. Rome-Berlin Axis showed portraits In 1940, America began its parade of Hitler and Mussolini. of patriotic war stamps even though In 1943, during the height of the we were still neutral. The National war, Germany issued an entire series Defense Series was issued that year. of war stamps, spectacular in its Original sketches by President Roose- terror, showing dive bombers, para- velt were used as the basis for the troopers, tanks, engineers corps, the final designs. works. In 1942, the Win the War Issue The following year another series of war scene stamps was issued: Raymond Schuessler is a frequent grenade throwers, self-propelled guns contributor to this and other maga- FBI LIBRARY (as weapons became more sophis- zines. The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt ticated they were displayed on was an avid stamp collector

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 13 The Battle of Belleau Wood

By FRANK KUEST from the British, was amazed at his Chaumont. Pershing had resisted at- success. tempts to integrate his forces into an For the French, despair had set in. Allied command, holding out for an was pinpoint American marks- In Paris, it almost unbearable. independent American Army. It was manship vs. rigid German disci- The government planned to move to As more and more American pline in the second important en- Bordeaux. There was panic in the troops poured into France, they ini- gagement involving the American Chamber of Deputies. tially were used to blunt German of- Expeditionary Force in World War I At this point, there were some one fensives rather than attack and de- —the bloody battle of Belleau Wood. million American soldiers in France, stroy them. Marksmanship prevailed. but many Frenchmen believed their In June 1918, when the German The picture was bleak for France. number was too late to save their na- threat to Paris was at its height, the Late in May, 1918, there seemed to tion and that they would be witness U. S. 2nd Division had been de- be no stopping the German army's to the collapse of their country. ployed to Chateau-Thierry. drive toward Paris. Gen. John J. Pershing, command- The 2nd Division, whose motto was The Allies were taken by surprise er-in-chief of the AEF, had pre- "Second to None" and which wore by the Germans' inexorable advance pared to move his headquarters at the Indianhead shoulder patch, was toward the French capital. Even composed of the Army's 3rd Infantry Gen. Erich Ludendorff, who had mas- Brigade, the Marine Corps 4th Bri- Frank Kuest is managing editor of Army's 2nd terminded the German offensive as a The American Legion Magazine. gade (Infantry) and the diversion to draw French reserves Field Artillery Brigade.

14 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 The Germans were poised on the Honor by Gunnery Sgt. Charles Without a doubt the German north bank of the Marne River, leav- Hoffman. soldier was the best trained and dis- ing the Allies in a most undesirable But valor was so common that it ciplined in the world, and a soldier's position on the south bank, just was difficult to distinguish individ- training marks an upward stride to- northeast of the city of Rheims. The ual acts. wards victory over defeat. Germans commanded the higher Sgt. Joseph G. Stites, who was one Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, com- elevation. of the mustard gas victims of the mander of the 2nd Division, noted in Belleau Wood—the Bois de Bel- Sixth Marines, later recalled: "There his report on the Battle of Belleau leau—was occupied by the Germans. was no special bravery that I know Wood that the German soldier also This kidney-shaped wood of about a of by special men except that they was among the poorest marksman, square mile was infested with dis- did their duty—to the limit of their adding: ciplined enemy troops, the trees and endurance." "I doubt if our boys would ever heavy foliage providing cover for the Four future commandants of the have been able to take those machine huge rocks and ravines which Marine Corps fought at Belleau guns of Belleau Wood if they had housed machine gun nests. Wood: Wendell C. Neville (1929- not picked off four or five Germans To improve their positions, the 30); Thomas Holcomb (1936-43); with their rifles for every American Allies planned to open a drive with Clifton B. Cates (1948-51) and Lem- who fell." Belleau Wood as their objective. The uel C. Shepherd, Jr. (1952-55). And Americans fell at Belleau task was assigned to the 2nd Divi- In his introduction to a history of Wood and all other battles fought by sion, with the Marine Brigade given the U.S. Marines, Walter A. Dyer the AEF during WWI. the tough job of ousting the Germans reported: The 2nd Division suffered more from their almost impenetrable po- "When the history of the Great casualties—22,320—than any other sitions. War is written, it will be no easy American division. The 2nd had During the bloody Belleau Wood task to assign to each of the titanic 4,478 battle deaths and 17,752 dur- battle, a corporal stopped to pluck battles its proper place on the scale ing 66 days of combat. During its a poppy and placed it in the buckle of importance, but if justice is done, time at the front, the 2nd received of his helmet; Capt. Donald Duncan the Battle of Belleau Wood will take 35,353 replacements, attesting to the smoked his pipe while he waved his its place beside that of Thermopylae intensity of the battles fought. The men forward with his swagger stick, and other crucial battles in world 4th Marine Brigade suffered more and Gunnery Sgt. Dan Daly, already history. than 8,000 casualties at Belleau a holder of the Medal of Honor, "Here were a handful of deter- Wood alone. bellowed his unforgotten words to mined, devoted men, as numbers are The Battle of Belleau Wood his platoon: reckoned today, who turned the aw- blunted the German drive toward "Come on you sons of bitches. Do ful tide and there were soldiers and Paris, and the Allies, with the large you want to live forever?" Marines of the United States of infusion of American fighting troops,

For 20 days the battle in and near America . . . The Marines were turned the tide and pushed the Belleau Wood raged. They were, as called upon to do the impossible, and Germans back. Pvt. Hiram B. Pottinger of the Sixth because there is no such word in During this critical period, Ameri-

Marines said, "days of hell." their code, they did it. They left in can attention focused on the 2nd The Sixth Marines alone lost more that wood some of the best blood Division and, in particular, its Ma- than 64 percent of its men but even of America, but, outnumbered and rine Brigade. In part, this was due with those incredible losses, the mor- inexperienced as they were, they to the General Headquarters (GHQ) ale was excellent—most of the Ma- fought the last fight to a finish and policy which would not permit news- rines living on sheer nerve. stopped the Hun." men to designate units, branches of The French later changed the Military historians attribute the the Army, or even regulars, but rename of Bois de Belleau to Bois de success at Belleau Wood to the su- porters were allowed to mention the la Brigade des Marines. Many medals perior marksmanship of the American Marines. were earned, including a Medal of Marines and soldiers. ( Continued on page 62)

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

German prisoners captured near Belleau Wood by the U.S. Marines are herded back to 2nd Division Headquarters

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Cqstles lii finifificq. . .

There is no need to travel in distant lands to find reminders of those bygone days when knighthood was in flower. PHOTOS BY WALTER OLEKSY

16 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 By WALTER OLEKSY Turrets and battlements, moats and drawbridges, spires and gar- goyles, knights in armor and damsels in distress We're in Europe, castle-touring on the Rhine or in the Loire Valley, right? Wrong. We're in America, castle- touring in New York, Florida, Con- necticut, North Dakota and Cali- fornia. Soldiers, immigrants, pioneers, businessmen often had the same dream—to become so rich they could build a castle like those in Europe, and live like a king. Most were virtually penniless, but through hard work and taking advantage of opportunities they amassed great fortunes. When they had everything else they ever wanted, they remembered their youthful dreams. Many of these castles, built in the last 150 years, still stand. Now maintained as museums, they are open to the public for a small admission charge. Guides tell their intriguing In building Biltmore, millionaire George W. Vanderbilt wanted a castle that would finest It stories. be the country home in America. graces 125,000 acres of North Carolina woodland, has 250 rooms One castle recaptures a boyhood along the fascination with fortresses tycoon who began as a country store ing in the Civil War. Gen. Abram is result of a Rhine. Another the clerk and became a railroad giant and Saunders Piatt, who had served with powerful man's dream of creating a financial wizard. Now it is a National the Union Army and later served in beauty." glorious "shrine of Some Trust Historic House, owned and the Mexican War, built a French are mystery castles in deserts or maintained for the public. fortified castle at West Liberty, OH, mountains. All are beautiful but mel- During World War II, Lyndhurst's in 1864. Some member of the Piatt for plea- ancholy monuments built doors were opened to more than family was in military service from sure or to woo a beautiful young 1,000 American servicemen who the French and Indian War through lady. were entertained there. the Korean War. Family relics from One of the most magnificent of the Two other men of high military these wars are on display at Castle castles in America was built in 1838 rank built castles in Ohio after serv- ( Continued on page 50) for Gen. William Paulding, who served in the war of 1812 and later became mayor of New York City. He called his castle Lyndhurst, and had it built to resemble a baronial fortress of the Gothic Revival period. It has towers, turrets, archways, ar- mories and airholes, peaked windows and pinnacled roofs, vaulted ceilings and parquet floors. Standing on manicured grounds above the Hudson River at Tarry- town, NY, Lyndhurst is considered by architectural historians to be one of the great houses of America, unit- ing in its walls the beginning and culmination of Hudson River Gothic. Lyndhurst passed from Paulding to George Merritt, a New York merchant, in 1864. He added one of the world's largest private green- houses to the estate. After Merritt's death in 1873, Lyndhurst became the summer home of Jay Gould, the

Reminiscent of Camelot is Ham- mond Castle on the coast of Maine close to the Reef of Norman's Woe i Boldt Castle occupies one of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence. Its tragic tale has been told to many tourists

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Veterans Newsletter

CARTER SIGNS MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY EXTEN- ...His last assignment was Chief of Staff,

SION MEA SURE . . .President Carter recently USAF. signed into law legislation extending Ameri- can Legion membership eligibility dates for BOOKS ON AMERICAN EAGLES OF WWII DUE SOON sat- Vietnam era veterans to May 7, 1975, ...Col. Reade Tilley, USAF (Rt), President isfying the requirements of a resolution of the Eagle Squadron Association, made up passed by the 1977 National Convention... of American heroes in the RAF, announced The new eligibility dates, August 5, 1964 to that contracts had been signed with a May 7, 1975, coincide with VA eligibility U.S. publisher to produce a complete history criteria for Vietnam era vets to qualify of the American Eagle Squadrons. . .Some 300 for veterans' benefits. . .Because the Legion U.S. pilots, flying Hurricanes and Spitfires, is chartered by Congress, legislation was aided Britain's air defenses during the required to alter dates of eligibility. period from 1940 to 42... While other units such as the Flying Tigers operating in Asia VIETNAM VET NAMED TO HEAD VA CHAPLAIN during WWII, and the Lafayette Escadrille SERVICE. . .Rev. Corbin L. Cherry, 40, has been in WWI have been celebrated in books, this named to fill the head chaplain's post for will be the first factual history of Ameri- the VA's hospital system... A native of Nor- cans who flew for the RAF in the Battle folk, VA, Cherry is the first combat wounded of Britain. veteran to serve in that position. .. The former Army Chaplain lost a leg in the fighting in Southeast Asia... In announcing WWI VET FINALLY GETS HIS PURPLE HEART . . the Rev. Cherry's appointment, VA Adminis- Elmer F. Roden of Ontario, CA wrote in trator Max Cleland said, "I can think of no January to Washington to ask why he never one better qualified to counsel and inspire got the Purple Heart he earned suffering our hospitalized veterans than Corbin shrapnel wounds on October 14, 1918 in the Cherry. He will provide inspiration to our Argonne Forest . . . Late in June back came patients as well as to the dedicated chap- the medal .. .Roden feels it must be some lains who serve them. "... Chaplain Cherry's sort of a record... It only took him 69 military decorations include the Silver years, 8 months and 13 days to receive his Star, Bronze Star, 3 Air Medals, 2 Purple Purple Heart... Any challengers? Hearts, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallan- try... Cherry will take over the VA Chaplain NAVY GETS READY FOR WOMEN AT SEA... The Service which consists of more than 900 min- Navy has unveiled plans calling for as- isters, priests and rabbis providing 24-hour signing more than 400 women to 5 Navy ships coverage in the VA's nationwide hospital once an amendment rescinding the constitu- network. .. Cherry succeeds the retiring Chap- tional ban on women at sea receives con- lain James E. Rogers. gressional approval ... 55 female officers and 375 Navy enlisted women will receive NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF assignments to the 5 selected vessels ...AF Gen. David C. Jones became the new including a submarine tender, destroyer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in tender, repair ship, research vessel, and a

Washington ceremonies ... Jones relieves re- "miscellaneous" ship. . .Further impetus was tiring AF Gen. George S. Brown who was serv- given the move to amend the constitution ing his second term as CJCS...The new Chair- when Federal Judge John Sirica ruled that the section of the U.S. Code which prohibits the Navy from placing women on other than hospital ships and other non-combatants was unconstitutional ... Judge Sirica maintained in his decision that the assigning of personnel to Navy ships was the Navy's problem, not Congress'.

SENATE KILLS REVIVAL OF SELECTIVE SERVICE

REGISTRATION . . .Efforts to revive Selective Service registration for 18-year-olds have been rejected by the Senate ... Sen. Robert Morgan (D-NC) had sought to add $10 million to the Selective Service System's fiscal 1979 appropriation to finance registration, AF Gen D. C. Jones AF Gen G. S. Brown (ret) but it was voted down 71 to 16... The Senate did vote to add $2.5 million in the appro- man is a veteran of WW 2 and Korean action priation to improve the agency's ability to and commanded the 7th Air Force in Vietnam mobilize forces.

18 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

News in Brief from the 60th National Convention, Aug. 18-24

It was hot and humid in New Orleans for the duration of the National Convention but an estimated 25,000 Legionnaires and their families did not seem to mind. They crowded into the French Quar- ter, filled the city's famed restaurants, and emptied store shelves of the delicacies for which the Crescent City is famous. They went sightseeing in horse- drawn carriages, on Mississippi boats, by bus and on foot. Thousands headed for Dixieland jazz em- poriums, others watched sports in the Superdome, and still others visited the old churches and historic places. Further diversion was provided by an hours'- long Legion parade and a musical spectacular staged in the famed Louisiana Superdome.

Cartoonist Milton Caniff, who with Morton Walker received American Legion "Fourth Estate" awards; got a warm hand from aficionados of "Terry and the Pirates." However, the cartoonist received an un- expected surprise when he met the man who had been the model for Terry of his cartoon strip "Terry and the Pirates." The former model is now National Judge Advocate of The American Legion and the publisher of this magazine, Bertram G. Davis.

One of the first unofficial actions taken by newly There was a bit of elected National Commander John M. Carey is shown romance at the conven- here. Invited to ride a horse which had just come tion when Alex Geiger, across the trails of Texas, the Commander gamely chairman of the Resolu- swung aboard. The horse, Hoosier, is owned by tions Assignments Com- Carol Carley, a resident of Cleveland, TX, who goes mittee, and Helen Smith, in for lengthy horseback rides that have attracted na- of Cayce, SC, were mar- tional attention. On this occasion he had made a trip ried. from Houston with a letter from the Mayor of that city welcoming Commander Carey and all other Le- gionnaires to that city for the 61st National Con- National Commander Robert Charles vention to be held there next year. Smith's ban- quet for distinguished guests was probably the big- gest ever, with an estimated 2,000 filling what seemed to be acres of ballroom space. A high spot of the gathering was Dixieland jazz provided by the great New Orleans clarinetist, Pete Fountain, and his group.

Testifying to the healthful- ness of marching in Amer- ican Legion parades, Roy Hunt, of Terrell, TX, has engaged in this exercise 18 times over the years. Now 85 years young he looks as youthful as his faithful marching The traditional Memorial and Patriotic Service companion, Bad Boy Tommy. was held Sunday, August 20, at the Hyatt Regency.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 19 REPORT FROM NEW ORLEANS

60th National Convention August 18-August 24

The American Legion, in its 60th more than 500 resolutions and among national convention in New Or- those adopted were: leans, has reaffirmed its commit- • A call to Congress to override ment to a stronger national defense, President Carter's veto of the $36 called for an immediate national en- billion military weapons procurement ergy policy and vowed a continuing authorization legislation. all-out effort to protect veterans ben- • A call for an immediate national energy policy. • A demand for the continuance of the Veterans Administration as an independent agency concerned with the maintenance of medical care, educational and other federal benefits for veterans. • Support of a pension for World War I veterans. Defense Secretary Harold Brown was one of the key speakers at the Legion con- The adopted resolutions will serve vention in New Orleans as a mandate for the Legion's course for 1978-79. Upwards of 25,000 Legionnaires, Auxiliary members and their families converged on the Crescent City by the Mississippi River for one of the Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, Army Chief of most important and most successful Staff, outlined the military goals of his conventions in the Legion's history. forces during New Orleans convention Topflight Americans accepted in- efits and to reduce unemployment vitations to speak to and discuss with among veterans. Legionnaires issues of national and As the Legion moved into a new international importance. year with the election of John M. Among them were Defense Secre- Carey of Michigan as National Com- tary Harold Brown, Sen. Alan Cran-

mander succeeding Robert Charles ston (D-CA) , Veterans Administra- Smith of Louisiana, the world's larg- tor Max Cleland, Ret. Maj. Gen. est veterans organization displayed John K. Singlaub, Rep. Ray Roberts General Singlaub makes a point during no slackening of its vigor and de- (D-TX), Rep. Eldon Rudd (R-AZ), his remarks before the National Security Commission during the convention termination to pursue the goals that Rep. Philip Crane (R-IL), the only it feels best for all Americans. announced 1980 Presidential candi- Confronted with a heavy business date, AMA President Tom E. Nes- schedule, the convention considered bitt, M.D., U.S. Army Chief of Staff

There was much work accomplished during the successful convention in New Orleans Rep. Philip Crane (R-IL) was one of the as this group listens to one of the many speakers principal speakers during convention

20 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 Gen. Bernard W. Rogers and Base- ball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Outgoing National Cdr. Smith set the tone for the convention at a news conference in which he reviewed the accomplishments of the Legion during the last year, particularly the fight against weakening the Veter- ans' Preference Act, and urged all Legionnaires and their families to become involved in the forthcoming mid-term elections by knowing the candidates and the positions they take on critical issues confronting the American people today. The convention zeroed in on national defense, resisting any effort Founders Society elected Charles H. Titus (left) president for 1978-79, succeeding diminish the nation's military to Harry Foster of San Diego, CA (right). Outgoing National Cdr. Robert Charles Smith strength. (center) enjoys a moment at the convention with them

In photo left James F. O'Neil (left) receives congratulations distinguished service to the Legion. Photo at right shows from outgoing National Cdr. Robert Charles Smith on being Fourth Estate Award Winners Morton Walker (left), creator named publisher emeritus of The American Legion Maga- of the cartoon, "Beatle Bailey," and Milton Caniff, creator zine while Magazine Commission Chairman Milford A. of "Steve Canyon" Forrester (center) holds plaque honoring O'Neil for his For example, while General Sing- laub and others deplored the decline in American military strength, Sec- retary Brown insisted that the United States was the most powerful nation in the world. Singlaub, who was forced to retire from the Army after criticizing Car- ter administration policies, particularly troop withdrawal from South Korea, warned that the Soviet Union would win the next direct confronta- tion with the United States on sheer military superiority if the nation Shown, left to right, are outgoing National Cdr. Robert Charles continues its current defense policies. Smith, Walter Haimann, president of Seagrams, National Adjutant Frank C. Momsen and Dan charged that He the United States O'Sullivan, national sales manager for Seagrams has been unilaterally disarming for the last 15 years without the Amer- ican people being told about it by decision makers in the last four ad- ministrations. Singlaub further charged that this gradual disarmament to please and appease the USSR has been carried out behind "a diplomatic disguise labeled 'detente'." Brown countered by telling the convention delegates that the United ( Continued on page 30) Photo credits: National convention photo coverage by ALNS Staffers David Spaner, Ralph Burris and Dennis Miller, and The American Retired Publisher James F. O'Neil of The American Legion Magazine speaks during Legion Magazine Staff. a luncheon meeting during convention at New Orleans

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 21 22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 Competing units from over the country performed at the Superdome

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The Long Island Kingsmen of Kings Park, NY, won top honors in the Junior This intricate maneuver scored for the winning West- Drum & Bugle Corps competition shoremen of Linglestown, PA, in the Senior class

The mammoth Superdome was an appropriate setting for the Thousands of spectators crowded into the huge arena to see Musical Spectacular presented on August 20 the pageantry provided by Legion champions The Winners Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Westshoremen, Inc., Post 272, Linglestown, Pa. Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Long Island Kingsmen, Post 944, Kings Park, N.Y. Junior Drill Team

Buccaneers, Post 1, Milwaukee, Wis. Senior Drill Team Diplomats, Post 180, Milwaukie, Ore. Firing Squad Berryhill Post Firing Squad, Post 165, Midland, Mich. Senior Color Guard

Buccaneers, Post 1, Milwaukee, Wis. Senior Band Joliet American Legion Band, Post 1284,

Joliet, III. Chorus Singing Legionnaires, Post 15, Sioux Falls, S.D. Nate Ward of the Westshoremen re- The drawing for the two Ford cars offered by Quartet ceived a well-earned trophy from the Seagram Posts was another high point of Happy Warriors, Post 217, Sidney, Ohio Daniel R. O'Sullivan the Spectacular

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 23 Victorious John M. "Jack" Carey greets the delegates who just elected him THE LEGION'S NEW LEADERS

The new team. The National Commander and the Vice Commanders Commander Carey with Auxiliary President Maxine Big- elected with him. Names below alow at left. His wife Millie is on the right

In their last major official action on August 24, Legion convention delegates elected John M. Carey National Command- er for the 1978-1979 year. (A biography of the new Commander appears on page 8; together with excerpts from the acceptance speech he delivered.) The following National Vice Commanders were unanimous- ly elected: L. Max Connolly, Tempe, AZ; Alvin F. Grauerholz, Coffeyville, KS; Joseph F. Ward, Secaucus, NJ; John H. Weinand, Fairhope, AL; Nathan M. Wolfe, North Augusta, SC.

Led by a jazz band, Carey supporters sounded off for their candidate

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 )

REPORT FROM

AUXILIARY CONVENTION

The American Legion Auxiliary has elected Maxine (Mrs. Earl) Bigaiow of Medford, OR as National President for the 1978-79 year during its 58th National Convention held in conjunction with The American Legion 60th National Convention in New Orleans, LA. She succeeds Mrs. Alvin Moltzen of North Dakota, who presided over the Auxiliary convention and guided the organization through another banner year. A member of Auxiliary Unit 15 in Medford, the new President has served in all major Unit offices and chairmanships, and has played a significant role in Department programs. She was Department Presi- dent in 1960-61 and was National Vice President during the past year. Mrs. Bigaiow is the third Ore- gonian to be elected National Pres- ident of the Auxiliary. The others were Laura Goode, 1948-49, and Ce Gunn, 1958-59. Also elected during convention were Agnes Kennedy of Brooklyn, NY, National Vice President; Gladys Healy of Homer, LA, National Chap- lain; and Jean Owens, Coon Rapids, IA, National Historian. Auxiliary delegates picked 5 new divisional Vice Presidents: Ethel Huggard of Lake Hopatoong, NJ being elected to the Eastern Division position; Vanita Brower, Savannah, Top, retiring Auxiliary President Mrs. Alvin (Vi) Moltzen, left, introduces her succes- GA, Southern Division; Mary Pisci- sor, Nat'l Pres. Maxine Bigaiow to the convention. Above left, Convention Keynote otta of Raytown, MO, Central Divi- Speaker, U.S. Sen. Maryon Pittman Allen (D-AL). Above right, 1978 Girls Nation sion; Janice Franklin of Sterling, CO, President Barbara Neligan addresses delegates. Below, National Officers are sworn Northwestern Division; and Gladys in at convention: left to right, Nat'l Historian Jean Owens, Nat'l Chaplain Gladys Healy, Western Div. VP Gladys Lee, Southern Div. VP Vanita Brower, N'West Div. VP Jan Lee, Honolulu, HI, Western Divi- Franklin, Eastern Div. VP Ethel Huggard, Central Div. VP Mary Pisciotta, and Nat'l sion. VP Agnes Kennedy The Auxiliary's nearly 3,000 delegates and alternates swelled to more vention keynote speaker U.S. Sena- Administrator of the Economic Regu- than 25,000 the number of Legion tor Maryon Pittman Allen (D-AL) latory Administration, and Don visitors to the Crescent City for Con- opened the proceedings with an ad- Thoren, a consultant in management, vention week. dress titled, "What Lies Ahead for sales and personnel practices. The theme of this year's Auxiliary Our Country." The delegates also In a special presentation, award- National Convention was "Saluting heard talks by TV personality Art winning television and motion picture the Interest of Women" and con- Linkletter, Hazel Rollins, Deputy ( Continued on page 58

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 25 .

What They Said To the Legion

Cdr. Robert Charles Smith those of the U.S.S.R. and China are gram seeks to develop understanding The Legion's record of service is going up. In addition, the U.S.S.R. among parents, children and police a remarkable one, "many organiza- outnumbers us two to one in mili- through training programs and coun- tions do not endure that long, let tary personnel. seling, and has had an amazing de- alone retain their effectiveness. ... If Donald W. Moore, Jr., Asst. Director, gree of success, with only a 9 per- we are to retain the effectiveness of FBI, Criminal Investigation Div. cent fail rate among the children The American Legion where it U.S. law enforcement agencies treated. counts, in our home communities should not have to divulge their in- Ed Butler, host and executive pro- and in the halls of Congress and the formation sources and the Freedom ducer of TV's "Spirit Us." state legislatures, in the programs of Information Act has been devas- Declared that the Panama Canal which we provide for the youth of tating to the work of law enforce- giveaway must be stopped, and called America, in our efforts on behalf of ment agencies. Compliance with the upon the Legion to tell its story on America's veterans, and in all the act has thus far cost the FBI $4 the Canal to the media. He cited a great programs we have carried out million this year alone and such so well for so long, we absolutely costs are becoming ever more pro- hibitive. The FBI with its limited manpower resources would not be able to do the job it does in protecting the nation if it did not have the cooperation and support of the citi- zenry. Referring to the three FBI directors who have been indicted in recent years, Moore said the FBI would welcome a charter which would give future FBI chiefs some guidelines for their actions. Law enforcement is the bulwark of society. Without it we would have anarchy and would no longer be a free society. Whenever possible police strikes should be avoided, for the results of such strikes could prove devastating. Maj. Patricia A. Hanges, Officer-in- Charge, Baltimore County Police Maj. Hanges Dept., Md., Youth and Police Com- poll, taken for his program, on the munity Relations Bureau. Canal giveaway which showed 14,814 Too few of the public are aware against the Canal treaties, 393 for of the outstanding work done by them. Butler also challenged the ac- Sen. Cranston Legionnaires in such areas as child cusation that the United States is a protection. Legionnaires have given must have the membership strength colonialist nation, stating that not great support over the years, both fi- to do the job." we but the U.S.S.R. is colonialist. nancially and otherwise, to help her Maj. Gen. John Singlaub, USA Ret. Dr. Tom E. Nesbitt, President of carry on her work treating abused The nation must harness its will AMA. and delinquent children. Her pro- to meet U.S. defense needs. The Referring to the rising costs of U.S.S.R. has repeated over and over health care, Dr. Nesbitt pointed out that it is devoted to a communist that "there is ample evidence that world government. The men in the in many fields the federal govern-

Kremlin are not "born again" Chris- ment is the worst spendthrift. . tians, but "born again" communists the HEW waste of more than $5 and the United States must advocate, billion a year acknowledged by Sec- sell and if necessary fight to protect retary Califano suggests what the the system of government it has and government is likely to foster in the wants. Under the guise of detente, the name of efficiency. United States has been engaged in "We must do our utmost to sus- unilateral disarmament for about 15 tain the private focus of medical years and we are being told that practice and insurance and the qual- we must be willing to take some risks ity of patient care. We must resist to accomplish a policy that sup- any form of national health service posedly we, the Soviets and the Chi- for it would be fiscally and admin- nese are engaged in, but which in istratively overweight but medically fact only we are carrying out. At underweight," he added. present the Soviets have both quanti- Rep. Eldon Rudd tative and qualitative superiority in Terrorism is one of the plagues of certain areas of defense and while our today's society, it is the "new war" defense inventories are going down, Donald Moore, Jr. benefiting communism. Rudd, a

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 the New Orleans Convention member of Post 21, Sholow, AZ, amnesty is a misguided act of com- said "America's future hangs in the passion. . . . All agreements with balance ... we must stamp out ter- U.S.S.R. should be mutually self- rorism today. Tomorrow will be too enforcing. . . . We must exert and en- late." force controls on aggressive nations Dr. John F. Blake, deputy director and can use economic leverage to do of the Central Intelligence Agency so. . . . We must not substitute hope for administration. for strength, must be a strong na-

Intelligence is critical to the formu- tion to be a secure one. . . . We'll have lation of the nation's foreign policy a serious defense imbalance by 1985 and national security. unless we turn our defense policies

Dr. Herbert G. Rose, president of around. . . . Our enemies would wipe the National Association of Veter- out the United States by a civilian ans Administration Physicians. attack just as readily as with a mil- VA physicians group is giving full itary one if that were the only way support to the Legion in its cam- to win out over us. . . . United States paign to retain the independence of as a nation meets many of the needs the VA hospital system. It would of the world in hope and help and cost the taxpayers more to take all hopefully will continue to do so. the veterans served by the VA system Rep. Roberts Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, Sr. Medical and put them into other hospitals. Investigator and Nobel Prize Win- ner. Sen. Alan Cranston giving veterans preference for Civil in tough Veterans are engaged a Service jobs. Hopes to strengthen, The Veterans Administration hos-

it pital . . . struggle for VA system, to keep a not weaken, certain aspects of vets system needs a shakeup. vet- durable, independent agency and to erans want first class medical care, preference, and is introducing an of its hospitals maintain the separate status amendment to strengthen several themselves are just empty

. . . to buildings, are health-care system. Need help provisions for disabled vets. Will veterans concerned the care that VA find innovative ways to support work to see that Congress does not about medical goes with vets health system. . .The National them. . . . Can't go on asking for turn its back on those to whom it Academy of Sciences study gener- turns in time of war. monies, but must optimize funds ated much controversy but it was the available for best care. . . . Great On Children and Youth—My in- most comprehensive review ever un- funding generally does not result in terest in adoption was sparked by dertaken of the VA health care pro- scientific breakthroughs. . . . Research my desire to promote constructive al- gram ... If report brings about im- must be done first, then when break- ternatives to abortion. . . . Some areas provement and better medical care through has been made, great fund- relating to children that I intend for veterans, then controversy was to work on in the next several years well worth it . . . Seeks to keep VA —first, child-care programs; second, pensions from falling below poverty abuse of children in institutions. . . . guidelines. . .The new pension pro- I look forward to working with (the gram would guarantee comparable Legion) as we move forward in our efforts to protect our most valuable national resource—our children. Max Cleland, VA Administrator VA medicine seeks to give medical care but also personal care, a combination of quality of care and

quality of life. . .One-third of those receiving VA pensions live below

poverty level. . .VA could not run its hospital system without people like Legionnaires. Volunteer hours given by Legionnaires help the 72,000 vets in hospitals, and the 10 million volunteer hours given save the VA between $40 and $50 million annually. Rep. Philip Crane, 111. Bowie Kuhn The United States has held to a policy of balancing off China and ing expedites delivery system to U.S.S.R. but in the process has given public. up ambition to contain and control Bowie K. Kuhn, Commissioner of

communism. . . . Our nation needs to Baseball Dr. Nesbitt

build a two-ocean Navy. . . . We must There is a tremendous shared ex- pension increases each time there is make certain that we never ask our perience between Legion and base- a cost-of-living increase in Social people to risk their lives in a war ball that goes beyond the develop-

Security benefits. . .Wholly supports unless we intend to win. . . . Blanket ment of players. . . . Sports develop a

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 27 .

1978-79 Resolutions

Following are the resolutions ap- 158. Seeks to amend definition of "eligible veterans" in legislation for "affirmative action." proved during the 60th annual 167. Seeks to sponsor legislation to reduce the numbers of categories of veterans in public em- American Legion convention in ployment services. Orleans: 168. Seeks adequate funds for services to dis- New abled and older veterans. 235. Supports continuation of the disabled veter- AMERICANISM: ans out-reach program. Daniel J. O'Connor, Chmn, NY 284. Provides for American Legion members to serve on planning councils for CETA. Outgoing National Cdr. Robert Charles 445. Supports FBI's surveillance and reporting 339. Sponsors and supports legislation amending with on subversives. Smith (center) shares a moment the law as it pertains to the definition of "eli- 498. Opposes any plan to stop the decoration of Fred Livingstone (left) and Frank Specht gible veteran." individual graves in any national cemetery. 341. Supports the Legion "Jobs for Veterans" (right) during the Schenley reception at of the Amateur 520. Supports the provisions program. Livingstone Sports Act of 1978. the New Orleans convention. 843. Seeks establishment of assistant secretary 13. Seeks to prohibit the production and dis- and Specht, Washington representative of labor for veterans employment. semination of blasphemous movies. 345. Supports legislation asking that state employ- for Schenley, are members of Post 12, in Urges Congress to enact legislation provid- 52. ment offices be responsible for certification and D.C. ing for National Patriotism Week. Washington, referral of applicants to programs under CETA. 63. Condemns publicly and unequivocally the 347. Opposes legislation to transfer veterans American Nazis and all they stand for. competitive spirit and quality of employment programs to Veterans Administra- 194. Reaffirms support for voluntary prayer in tion. public buildings. courage in youth and thus help in 349. Opposes legislation to consolidate employ- Deplores lack of loyalty-security require- 231. ment service with the Comprehensive Employ- achieving peace through strength. by the federal government. ments for employment ment and Training Act. 394. Seeks to amend Constitution to remove . . . Baseball itself is under economic 430. Requests Department of Labor to direct President to grant a pardon to a per- power of states to establish annual plan of service for is criminal offense against the United and labor stress, but otherwise at son for a employment services to veterans. for which such person has not been con- States 432. Seeks to re-establish the position of director its strongest point in history. . .once victed. of Veterans Employment Service within the De- and all attempts to change the again baseball is the national game. 427. Opposes any partment of Labor. National Anthem. 433. Supports legislation to allow military re- ... players appeared in 1977 444. Reaffirms American Legion support of the Of who tirees to receive full unemployment compensa- FBI. CIA and the tion benefits when based on post-military em- on major league rosters, 55 percent com- 51. Seeks to re-establish House and Senate ployment. internal security. were from Legion programs. ... I pull mittees on 521. Seeks to strengthen programs for affirm- 96. Calls on Congress to restore Memorial Day of to records ative action by federal contractors for dis- for players today beat on May 30. abled veterans. allow Filipino veterans who served 9. Seeks to 533. Seeks legislation to designate second full of past days in baseball. . . . The game to immigrate to the in the U.S. Armed Forces week in March as "National Employ the Older is better marketed today than it was United States. Worker Week." legislation providing pen- 49. Urges adoption of 19. Opposes any transfer of the G.I. loan pro- before. alties for employers hiring illegal aliens, among gram from the Veterans Administration. Sec'y of Defense Harold Brown other things relating to illegals. 532. Supports holding a White House conference 50. Seeks to strengthen Legion support of the on aging. We are working to assure our mil- FBI. 195. Opposes any effort or attempt to remove itary security—both by building a the name of "God" from the Pledge of Alle- INTERNAL AFFAIRS balanced and fully adequate armed giance and from the face of national coinage. James P. Dean, Chmn, MS forces of the kind we need, and by 131. Urges Defense Department to withhold ob- ECONOMICS solete M-l Army rifles and blank ammunition seeking arms control agreements con- Al Keller, Chmn, IL and make them available for color guards and other ceremonial teams. sistent with the interests of this 15. Opposes any weakening of the Veterans 327. Urges posthumous honor for General Preference Act of 1944. "Chappie" James. country. . . . first of gov- The duty 282. Opposes any change in the "rule of three" 205. Supports Wadsworth committee's five-point federal employment. interfaith program. ernment is defense. . .without a suf- 279. Supports sufficient funds and accountability 130. Upholds U.S. right to name landmarks. f'c'ent defense, none of our liberties thereof for the employment services to veterans. 123. Seeks interment of an unknown soldier f'om 33. Seeks to eliminate existing obstacles to vet- the Vietnam war in the Arlington National Tomb is secure. . . . the strongest We have erans' preference in programs of the Compre- of the Unknown Soldier. Employment and Training Act. Navy in the world, and we intend to hensive 5. Reaffirms the energy policy of The Amer- 109. Requests Department of Labor directives on ican Legion. keen it that way. ... No SALT assignments of local veterans employment rep- 14. Urges that Congress give preference to en- resentatives. acting an energy policy over all other legislation. agreement will be signed unless it is 85. Favors conservation of energy and develop- in the interest of the United States way of material resources and in ment of new and traditional sources of energy within the nation. to sign it . . . that means particularly young men and women—and fash- 200. Pledges Legion cooperation to educate the American public on national energy needs. that it must not undermine our mil- ioning a proud Army. . . 251. Commits Legion to continue to develop information and to encourage public forums to itarv security. . . . Real readiness to Rep. Ray Roberts, TX better inform its members and fellow citizens on fight is the most effective counter to It does little good to pass increas- energy matters. the Soviet military threat. Our re- es in veterans pensions, compensa- 353. Urges Congress and the President to co- operate in developing a national energy policy. sources must be spent to assure ef- tion payments and medical benefits 19. Urges priority be given to achieving energy independence. fectiveness for the kinds of conflicts when the value of the dollar goes 514. Urges adoption and support of a national that are most likely now and in the down due to inflation. must organ donor registration program. We 515. Supports Lake Placid, NY as site for 1980 games. foreseeable future. . . . Today we do stabilize the economy and bring this Winter Olympic 516. Expresses appreciation to city of New not have the luxury of time, and crippling inflation under control. We Orleans and Louisiana department for hosting combat-readiness and quick response must once again create the kind of 60th national convention. 473. Seeks creation of Legion convention com- are what we need. conditions that permit us to plan mittee on law and order. 518. Urges every effort be made to encourage Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, Chief of for the future. . . . Congress has been membership of The American Legion to vote in November 1978, election. Staff, USA trying its best to trim the budget the 7,

The Joint Chiefs of Staff fully this year and . . . I'm all for that—but FOREIGN RELATIONS concur in emphasis on combat readi- not at the expense of America's vet- Dr. Robert P. Foster, Chmn, MO 73. Calls on President and Congress to exert ness. . . . Quality is an extraordinarily erans. . . . It's not news to you that the same political and economic pressures elusive concept and peacetime mea- the popularity of veterans fades as against communist governments on behalf of surements of effectiveness distant. That's human right as has been done against non- wartime wars become more communist governments. Protests communist aggression. must always be indirect. . . . Our sol- why we are in another battle right 481. 296. Urges President and Congress to abandon diers today reflect the strengths and now—the proposal to limit veterans amoral "Spheres of Interest" policy and adopt "Self Determination" as the centerpiece of U.S. weaknesses of our society. . . . Our preference in federal employment. It foreign policy. Army today faces many challenges is a direct slap at Vietnam veterans. 100. Opposes all forms of international and trans-national terrorism. . . .not the least of these is taking Every legitimate veterans organiza- 290. Urges Administration to develop forthwith what our nation gives us—in the tion opposes it. ( Continued on page 30)

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 29 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21) Report From New Orleans States outstrips the Soviet Union in economic strength and productivity, political stability and cohesion, tech- nological skills, international policies and national will. But he conceded that Soviet military strength rivals that of the United States. Brown added that the United States would not sign a SALT II agreement that prevented the ultimate establishment of a mobile missile system by this country. The Carter administration later described Brown's address to the Legion as a direct message to the Richard Kepler, Florida, is new national Veterans Administrator Max Cleland, Soviet Union. a commander of the Sons of The American Vietnam triple amputee, dons blue hat There were awards galore during Legion, succeeding John Sherrard given by the Department of Georgia the convention, as follows: fabulous as the Superdome in which out the traditional parade. Distinguished Service: Baseball it was held before a crowd of more Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. The parade streamed down Canal than 10,000. street in the heart of the city on a Fourth Estate: Milton Caniff, cre- The Westshoremen, Inc., of Post sweltering evening, which didn't faze ator of "Steve Canyon" and Morton 272, Linglestown, PA are the 1978 the participants and the Walker, creator of "Beetle Bailey." crowds American Legion watching. Hearst Americanism Trophy: De- Senior Drum and Bugle Corps national champions and For the second year in a row, the partment of Maine, accepted by the Long Island Kingsmen of Post Department of Idaho had the John Tracy, immediate past depart- honor ment commander. 944, Kings Park, NY captured the of leading the 57 other Legion de- junior corps national championship partments at the head of the parade. Excellence for Objective Writing: during spirited competition. Idaho captured the honor again for Edgar A. Poe, Washington correspon- Of course, no American Legion leading in the percentage of dent for the New Orleans Times- new Picayune. convention would be complete with- memberships. Employers of the Year for Hiring (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28) Veterans: W. T. Johnson, director 1978-79 Resolutions of employe relations and safety, the an overall strategy for dealing with threats by 413. Urges all NATO bases be made fully oper- Dolese Company, Oklahoma City, terrorists around the world. ational. 188. Supports House Joint Resolution No. 32. 455. Urges development and production of B-l OK, and George Ertel, general man- 257. Opposes ratification of the universal dec- bomber, the cruise missile and the neutron war- ager, Blackmon Oil Company, Inc., laration on human rights. head. 397. Calls for the resignation of U.S. Ambassa- 409. Supports any SALT agreement which is Columbus, GA. dor to the United Nations Andrew Young. uinely equitable. 412. Favors dismissal from federal service those 415. Opposes genocide convention. Despite the heavy convention employes in the State Department who fail in schedule, delegates and visitors had their duty to safeguard the national security. CHILDREN & YOUTH 521. Urges amendment to the Freedom of Infor- time for fun and frolic on Bourbon mation Act to enable the CIA to best serve the Earl D. Franklin Jr, Chmn, CO States. foreign policy interests of the United 506. Reaffirms Legion position in urging federal street in the French Quarter and to review of the United 534. Calls for an annual and state governments to enact necessary legis- partake of New Orleans' gourmet Nations by the Foreign Relations Commission. lation to assist financially those individual fam- in Africa 16. Opposes Marxism and communism ilies faced by catastrophic illness their bill-o-fare. of one of and supports the governments of Rhodesia, children. Southwest Africa and South Africa. The Musical Spectacular was as 508. Urges all posts, districts and departments 402. Encourages and supports an urgent nation- to offer assistance with the Special Olympics. the of wide educational program on Republic 509. Asks Congress and the various state legis- South Africa and how that country relates to latures to provide sufficient funds for school the United States. nutrition programs. internal settlement. 293. Endorses the Rhodesian 510. Asks school boards and state educational reactivation of hydroelectric proj- 522. Supports agencies to develop a balanced and effective pro- people in the ect in Angola to serve all the gram to reduce and prevent violence and vandal- region. ism in the schools. 404. Supports the Republic of China (Taiwan) 511. Urges continuing support programs outlined tries promote peace while the United States to by the maternal and child health services. China and trade with the People's Republic of 512. Seeks appropriate legislation to subsidize (Peking). those prospective adoptive parents who would Legion Magazine to 215. Directs The American otherwise adopt a child of special needs. give tax dol- publish the results of any vote to 513. Urges local Legion posts to provide leader- lars to Red nations. ship and support to stimulate local treatment maintenance of S. military 23. Calls for the U. and immunization programs for children. forces in South Korea. 507. Encourages state governments to enact forces from 337. Opposes withdrawal of U.S. legislation necessary to protect children and Asia. youth during their camping experience. 400. Opposes cooperative policies with Cuba until that nation halts its communist aggression in Africa and elsewhere. VETERANS AFFAIRS 399. Opposes any concessions on the U.S. use of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. & REHABILITATION 17. Commends Legion leadership in opposing William F. Lenker, Chmn, SD Canal treaties. Panama 3. Supports legislation to provide for space 398. Encourages House to support its constitu- available travel on military aircraft for 100 tional right to dispose of U.S. property and to T. Y. Chao, chairman Vocational Assis- percent disabled veterans. refuse funds which will be required by many 10. Calls for the reopening of the Guerrilla agencies of the tance Commission for Retired Service- U.S. Government to implement Recognition program of the Commonwealth of the men, Republic of China, presents honor the Panama Canal treaties. Philippines. 477. Calls for peaceful and constructive rela- to 18. Opposes transfer to any department or agen- outgoing National Cdr. Robert Charles tionship between the United States and the Smith during the convention Persian Gulf States. ( Continued on page 34)

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Dateline Washington JAPAN THINKING OF REARMING. HEALTH COSTS DOUBLE IN FIVE YEARS. "OFFICIAL" POLICY ON FAMILIES?

The Japanese, fiercely pacifistic since families, it appears the United States the devastation of their country in World does not have an official policy on War II, are indicating a desire to rearm families, according to the Family Impact themselves, and there is some sentiment Seminar of the Institute for Educational in Congress to support expansion of Leadership at George Washington University. Japan's defense forces. The group is seeking to develop such a

Public fears have been expressed in policy, and hopefully, a flexible one . Japan that the U.S. nuclear umbrella Some Congressmen are intrigued with the against Russian aggression may be a shaky idea, and have encouraged the studies shield, in view of reduction of the U.S. which could lead to a "family impact fleet in the Pacific, and the Adminis- statement" as a prerequisite for legislation tration move to bring home the GIs from or regulations. With the U.S. family South Korea. undergoing rapid changes in the face of The United States is spending 10 times increasing numbers of divorces, working as much as Japan on "free world defense," mothers and single parents, Congress may according to Rep. Ralph S. Regula (R-OH) soon have to deal with the question of He feels that one reason the United States family rights, too. has a sharp trade imbalance with Japan is the cost of our defending Japan, PEOPLE & QUOTES estimated at $1 billion a year. OFF AND OUT ALLIES, U.S. SAME But some Washington observers are worried "... I believe the people of "An attack on Europe would that once the United States permits Japan America want 'big government' have the full consequences of to go all out for arms production, that off their backs and bad govern- an attack on the United States." nation will also quickly dominate the ment out of their pockets." Rep. President Carter. Lester Wolff, NY. world trade in armaments. TWO-WAY STREET U.S. STRONGEST The cost of health care for Americans has "...obviously, detente is a is two-way street; the future nearly doubled in five years, according to "The United States the most powerful country in the course of our relations will de- a U.S. Gove rnment analysis, made public world. The Soviet Union is not pend also upon the choices when President Carter recently unveiled his stronger militarily than the made in Moscow. Sec'y of State controversial national health insurance United States." Defense Sec'y Cyrus Vance. Harold Brown. plan. ONE OR OTHER Health costs for a family of four rose IT'LL BE SPENT "I think the Soviet Union has from an average of $1,138 in 1973 to an "One of the things I found to be made to understand there estimated $2,115 in 1978, according to the in government is that if there's cannot be proxy wars and de- study. Americans spent $162 billion in the a door open for spending, it'll tente at the same time." Ex- be spent." Maine Gov. James Sec'y of State Henry Kissinger. past year for health care. Some 16 percent Longley. of our population was hospitalized last SUGGESTS REVOLT year, for an average stay of 7.7 days; 75 MORE FOR ARMS "I suggest a revolt. A taxpay- percent visited a physician at least once "I want to dispel any idea ers' and business leaders' revolt 1.4 billion prescriptions were filled that SALT is going to mean any against far more government out. reduction in the strategic budget than we need. Or deserve. Or The survey also disclosed that while 149 in the days ahead." Gen. David want. Or will stand for. Or will million persons are covered by group health Jones, head of the Joint Chiefs pay for." J. W. Marriott, pres- insurance and 50 million by Medicaid and of Staff. ident, Marriott Corp. Medicare, 24 million Americans have no SPLENDID DELUSION INFLATION FIGHT health insurance at all, and 24 million "There is now, has been and "There's just no short-run an- have inadequate coverage. always will be the splendid swer beyond Band-Aids. We've delusion that people in govern- got to think in terms of years, Even as Congress has become involved in ment have larger wisdom than attack the subject of productiv- seeking to determine the impact of its those who are not so employed." ity, long-range goals." Chief legislation on the environment, there's a Jack Valenti, president, Motion U.S. inflation fighter Robert S. Picture Assoc. of America. Strauss. new move under way to get Capitol Hill thinking about the consequences of its U.S. PROBLEMS RED CHINA GOAL actions on American family life. "Solutions without adequate "Our goal is to catch up with Although there are some 260 federal respect for private freedoms the advanced world levels and programs providing direct financial assis- will, ultimately, solve nothing." surpass them, both economically A. W. Clausen, president, Bank and technically." Red China tance and services to individuals and of America. Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng.

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 THE PERSONAL GOLDEN 1979 Automotive Forecast. TOUCH Home-Heating News: Good & Bad. Three Gov't Programs Plummet.

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1978-79 Resolutions

cy those functions relating to education vested in the Veterans Administration. 44. Opposes any further reduction in the average daily operating bed level in VA hospitals. 106. Urges provision of sufficient VA health defy care facilities for non-service-connected disabilities of veterans. 145. Urges Congress to authorize adequate funding of VA medical research programs. 148. Urges Congress to adequately fund the VA health care construction system. 161. Supports study of radiation relating to 1957 "Smoky" atomic test. 169. Supports VA as an independent agency. theCOld! 170. Seeks legislation making the VA an executive department. 191. Opposes judicial review of decisions by Vet- It's 10° outside . . . Even getting colder. So you bundle up in erans Administrator. 192. States American Legion policy on national layers and layers of heavy clothes. First with long underwear . . . health insurance. then bulky, restrictive thermalwear on top. 820. Seeks high priority to budgetary needs of VA. 421. Seeks to rename the VA center at Temple, Oh, you were warm all right. Like in a Turkish TX the "Olin E. Teague Veterans Administra- bath. Because you began to perspire from all your tion Hospital." 443. Urges funding to assure outpatient care activity. And perspiring in that mountain of for eligible veterans. 61. Seeks improvement of national cemetery is clothes like perspiring in a plastic bag! The system and death and burial benefits. perspiration is locked in. So there you are. 116. Sponsors and supports legislation to provide that the term "veteran" includes a person Wet and miserable. who died in the active military service. 172. Asks assignment of high priority in funding But now, at last, Damart has solved VA alcohol and drug treatment and rehabilitation programs. the problem. Because Damart invented 221. Seeks to include WWI veterans for service- connected treatment. underwear that keeps you warm, dry 245. Supports legislation to authorize outpatient and comfortable no matter how cold dental treatment. 186. Seeks restoration of outpatient clinic in it is or how long you stay out. Un- Philadelphia. 42. Supports legislation to provide statutory derwear that's soft and light so you presumption of service-connected death for cer- can move easily. Underwear that lets tain veterans. 43. Supports legislation relating to transporta- the perspiration evaporate through so tion costs of a veteran who dies in a state veterans home to place of burial. you always stay warm and dry next to 45. Supports legislation amending 38 USC, 3203 your skin. (b) (1). 80. Opposes adoption and application of any VA schedule for rating disabilities. Damart does this with a new miracle fab- 94. Sponsors and supports legislation to amend ric—Thermolactyl. It not only retains and 38 U SC, 110. 118. Sponsors and supports legislation to amend reflects your natural body warmth, it's section 411, 38 USC. 171. Sponsors and supports legislation to increase knitted to let perspiration out! No other un- pension payable to a hospitalized veteran. derwear does this! Damart Thermolactyl is 189. Seeks increase in VA burial allowance. 193. Sponsors and supports legislation pertaining so comfortable that the Mount Everest climb- to certain diseases and disabilities of prisoners of war. ing expedition wears it. So does the Mt. 220. Seeks to provide a special pension program McKinley Bicentennial Expedition and the for WWI veterans. 224. Urges legislation to improve the dependency U.S. Bobsled Team. Damart is also worn by and indemnity program for dependent parents. 325. Seeks to increase monthly rates of disability the Chicago Bears Football Club, New Eng- compensation. land Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. 442. Seeks amendment to legislation pertaining to veterans pension program. 485. 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Calls for mandatory jail sentences and capital punishment for those who commit crimes THERE IS NO WARMER UNDERWEAR MADE! and kill with guns. 307. Recommends distribution of Legion's book- Fill out and send to: let on crime resistance. DAMART, INC. Dept. 10028 7. Urges full support for U.S. space program. 377. Urges development and deployment of 1811 Woodbury Ave. cruise missiles. Portsmouth, N.H. 03805 181. Urges full support of TRIAD defense con- fantastic cept. YES! Rush me your FREE DAMART Catalog ... I want to enjoy the 183. Supports Air Force's airborne warning and warmth of Thermolactyl Underwear, a DAMART® exclusive. (I understand control system programs. funding for strategic airlift there is no obligation.) 385. Asks adequate forces and aerial refueling capability. 30. Asks resumption of development and pro- PRINT NAME duction of the B-l bomber. 179. Supports Air Force on F-16 aircraft. ~~ 302. Supports Air Force on F-15 aircraft. ADDRESS 382. 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That's why so many men. have been inspired by this veto of the defense weapons bill so that the just like you, are cashing in on the big profits military posture of the United States will be fact-filled book into mak- second none. to be made in this fast-growing service field. to ng that first important 809. Calls for continued support of the Trident The sharpening business allows you to get submarine program. step of starting their own re- 310. Supports Navy's system. started with only a minimum investment, ELF business. It can be yours just for the asking. 463. Calls for modernization of the U.S. Navy. quiring little space and effort for a successful // covers these important subjects . . . operation. It lets build and expand as The texts of resolutions can be you • How much money can you make obtained from Archives, American fast, or as slowly as you like. 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I. they can be SAVED in a rainy-day fund that Monument Oldest? • No experience needed, any age can the family can bank on. succeed Alphonse Yelle Post 9, Manville, More sharpening businesses are Act today, so you can have a RI has issued a challenge to any needed every year brighter, more secure tomorrow other post or any veterans organiza- As original equipment continues to climb Right now. while this is still fresh in your tion, in cost, owners are becoming more con- a challenge which might bring a mind, fill-in the coupon below. We will send cerned that the equipment be maintained so landslide of responses. your FREE copy of "Opportunities in a that it performs like new. This means more In order to officially establish the Sharpening Business of Your Own". There companies, contractors, carpenters and National Landmark status of their is absolutely no obligation and there are no home owners are having their old saw blades franchise fees in starting your Foley Sharpen- WW I monument, the post must and tools resharpened many times, where in ing Business. verify the claim that the obelisk the past, they would have replaced them Send your name and address to: Foley Manufacturing Co erected in Manville is in fact the with new blades or tools. This is where you 1077 Foley Building, Minneapolis. Minnesota 55418 first memorial dedicated to American fighting men of the Great War. And RUSH COUPON TODAY! so the challenge. Documented records show that the FREE Foley Manufacturing Company Manville was dedicated 1077 Foley Building monument BOOKLET Minneapolis, Minn. 55418 on 30, 1919. Newspaper ac- May This little book YES, I would like to receive complete details counts of the period back this up. has helped about how I can easily start a profitable. Foley- However, before the memorial can change the equipped sharpening shop. Please rush me your be designated as a National Land- lives of thou- FREE booklet, without any cost or obligation, that

gives full details I quickly start own sands of good me on how can my mark, Post 9 must give ample oppor- business. people, just tunity to anyone who might claim like you. Just complete the coupon, that their monument is the first WW NAME clip it out and mail it to us today. I memorial dedicated in the U.S. Get started now for a brighter, ADDRESS. Challengers should submit docu- more prosperous tomorrow! mented proof of their claim to Don- 24-HOUR ANSWERING SERVICE CITY ald Gendron, PO Box 9, Manville, CALL TOLL FREE 1-<800W28-7140 STATE _ZIP_ RI 02838. (Except in Hawaii or Alaska)

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8) Commander Had Grass Roots Start

Lewis, Washington, on New Year's As Jack Carey puts it: "She Bureau, and for other special assign- Day, 1946. earned an extra degree in college, ments. "I came through unscathed," he PHT, Putting Husband Through." Two aspects of his work at Gen- said, "but so grateful to all those Jack was graduated in 1950 with a eral Motors will doubtless enter into others who had not been so lucky B.S. degree and started his teaching his work as National Commander. that I made up my mind to do ev- career at Grand Blanc High School. One has to do with efficiencV. He erything I could to express that grat- His subject was accounting, and he believes The American Legion should itude." also coached football, basketball and be run like any big business, with the He expressed his gratitude to baseball. Millie also obtained a utmost efficiency. Every dollar re- some other veterans, too, the men of teaching position in Grand Blanc, ceived from members should be put World War I who, largely through but this was interrupted a year and to the most productive use. The American Legion, made the a half later when their first child His work has also given him an GI Bill possible. This was of great was born. They had three other chil- understanding of the importance of help to him when he returned to dren, but one died of leukemia at the communicating. Here he believes the civilian life. age of four. organization could do much better. Characteristically, he wasted no John, the oldest, is now 27 and in He points out that one of his respon- time in doing so. His first move was charge of Junior Achievement for sibilities at General Motors was to to enroll at Central Michigan Uni- Rhode Island. Janice, 23, teaches at make people understand and like versity in Mt. Pleasant, but since Roscommon, MI, and Marcia, who their jobs, to get them to work as a there was no scholarship this time he graduated from college this year, is team. found a part-time job with a public with Federated Mutual Insurance "Legionnaires, too," he said, accountant. He also served as an Co., at Owatonna, MN. Jack's moth- "should be given a better under- assistant coach on the freshman er, Mrs. John T. Carey, still lives in standing of their organization and football team. the old hometown, Mt. Pleasant, but its programs, so they can work to- Shortly before he started his fresh- his father is deceased. gether as a team." man year in 1946, he met Mildred One of the turning points in Jack In assuming the leadership of The Vanderlip, who later became his wife. Carey's life occurred while he was American Legion, Jack Carey has It was on a blind date, and she was working on a summer job at General given up a number of civic and per- a junior at the university, a mathe- Motor's Fisher Body Plant in Flint, sonal activities, besides his job at matics major. They were married in MI. His superiors were obviously General Motors. One of these was the summer of 1948 and Millie got impressed with him and asked if Mayor of Grand Blanc, MI, the sub- a job teaching at Clare, MI, 15 miles he would accept a permanent job. urb of Flint where he has lived for north of Mt. Pleasant. They told him there would be ample many years. He was re-elected to his opportunity for advancement, and fourth term in 1975, an office he has (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8) he requested and received a release of course now relinquished. Inciden- from his teaching contract. tally, as Mayor of Grand Blanc, he Acceptance He was given a choice of moving officiated at his son's wedding, serv- Our Navy, the third leg of the to the headquarters of Fisher Body ing as back-up to the clergyman. Triad, also has been underbudgeted in Detroit or remaining in Flint. He Of all his civic and community for new ship construction. Your settled on Flint where the huge activities, Jack Carey will probably American Legion will continue to plants turn out bodies for Buicks, miss his work at Grand Blanc Post press for positive action on all fronts and doors and parts for other cars #413 most. He is a 30-year member to help bring our defense force into in the General Motors line. and active all those years, particular- an ever-ready competitive situation His job at first dealt with time- ly as Post Adjutant for 27 years. as compared to the Soviet Union. motion studies, and working with Asked what is special about Post Throughout my campaign for this budgets. There was a natural transi- #413, he explained that two things office I have hammered away at the tion from this into industrial engi- make it unusual. It is housed in a philosophy of "peace through pre- neering, where the goal is to achieve fine old building that had been paredness." I firmly believe in this greater efficiency in production. bought by Paul Krause, Minnesota approach to the national security of "People on the outside," he ex- Vikings football star, and turned into our beloved America, and as your plained "sometimes refer to us as a country-style restaurant. Krause National Commander I will continue efficiency experts." decided to get out of the restaurant to press for an American defense Jack Carey obviously proved him- business so he traded the building capability second to none. self to be an efficient efficiency ex- to Post #413 for a smaller building The United States of America has pert because he has been given a they had been using. Both the post been the number one free nation of succession of promotions. At the time and Krause are happy. the world, and you and I and all he took his sabbatical to serve as More important, he said, is the Legionnaires everywhere will con- National Commander he was Depart- caliber of the membership. tinue to exert every effort to keep ment Supervisor, Industrial Engi- "We have contributed a lot of this country in that position—and to neering, at the Fabricating unit of leaders and for a small post, #413 strengthen our stand on freedom. the Fisher Body plant in Flint. Rec- has long been well represented at the We want our allies and all nations ognizing his talents in dealing with department level." of the world to look upon the United people, General Motors has called It might be added that Post #413 States as a nation that is a leader on him to work in community rela- is now well represented at the na- and a leader to be greatly respected. tions, as a member of its Speakers' tional level, too.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 37 At First Press Conference Commander Emphasizes Defense

By RALPH BURRIS America is not prepared." other weapons." American Legion News Service Asked by a television reporter if Commenting on other subjects, National Cdr. John M. (Jack) the United States can afford to de- Commander Carey said that the Le- Carey has said that The American velop and build sophisticated weap- gion has been involved in one of the Legion would not relax its long- ons that may be obsolete in a dec- most significant struggles on behalf advocated position that military pre- ade, Carey replied, "I feel the wel- of American veterans' economic well paredness is the key to peace. fare and unemployment of this coun- being since the GI Bill of Rights At his first press conference in try would become greater if we do struggle in the battle for veterans' Indianapolis, the newly-elected Le- not continue to develop missiles and preference in federal hiring. gion leader said that among the primary concerns of The American Legion in the year ahead "will be a continuing concern for the strength My Ftet Hurt-Nobody Had the Answer and preparedness of the United States defense establishment." He said the Legion was on record -So I Had to Find My Own! as calling upon the President to resume development of the B-l I was retired from business with that pain for years and and traveling in Europe, but bomber, adding: was told by a podiatrist that not enjoying it at all because foot surgery was the only Air Force's "The United States my feet were killing me. I hurt proper course of treatment. strike capabilities have reached an all over. I guess God must I've been wearing your sup- all-time low because of old and ob- have had his arms around me ports for about two months, because almost by accident I I've a solete aircraft while the Russians and not had even found a device in Germany twinge of pain from those to fleet of fast, continue develop a that gave me instant relief calluses. Furthermore, they high-altitude bombers that could de- when I put them in my shoes. are shrinking in size and feel liver nuclear strikes anywhere in They were called Flexible softer. 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Hialeah Wins 1978 Legion Baseball Title Sullivan-Babcock Post 132, Hia- leah, FL is the 1978 national baseball champion of The American Legion, rolling to five straight victories without a defeat in the double-elimina- tion tournament at Yakima, WA. Hialeah defeated Post 40, East Springfield, MA, 7 to 4, in the title game on Labor Day. Hialeah com- piled an average of 10 runs per game LOCKE— - en route to their unbeaten tourney record. "I told you to get the brakes fixed before you hit something" Hialeah Third Baseman Ivan Mesa slugged a seventh-inning homer while East Springfield First Base- man Pete Kumiega responded with a four-ply clout in the eighth inning. During the championship game, Hialeah stole six bases. BEAT SPIRALING INFLATION WITHOUT A detailed account of the tourna- TOUCHING YOUR SAVINGS ment will be carried in the Novem- ber issue of The American Legion Magazine. NO CASH DOWN. NO CLOSING COSTS. Pension Reform Bill LOW MAINTENANCE. Nears Final Action VA APPROVED PLANS The House bill is entitled, "Vet- erans and Survivors Pension Im- & SPECIFICATIONS. *$26,690 Lexington shown with elevation # 2 provement Act of 1978," while the "AMERICA'S TOPMOST VALUE IN RETIREMENT HOUSING" Senate version is called "Veterans and Survivors Income Security Act." IN SUNNY FLORIDA. As this issue of the magazine goes You can now own your own home (including landscaped lot) for as little as to press, a House-Senate conference $260.97 ** a month. One, two and three bedroom homes range from $26,690 to $36,790 *. is in the offing to iron out differences in the bills. AS A VETERAN you are entitled to take advantage of a VA guaranteed mort- Both bills would restructure the gage with NO CASH DOWN, NO CLOSING COSTS, and LOW MONTHLY PAY- needs-based pension program to pro- MENTS. (Special model for qualified disabled veterans.) vide greater assistance to those in ENJOY A FABULOUS FLORIDA VACATION FOR THE REST OF YOUR need and to remove a number of LIFE AT VETERANS VILLAGE. Golf course, four major shopping centers, inconsistencies, anomalies and prob- Gulf Coast beaches and fishing. Million dollar clubhouse on premises—pool, gram from operating in all cases in saunas, gym, meeting, game and hobby rooms. VA hospital 30 miles from the equitable manner intended by Veterans Village. Congress. BUY NOW WITHOUT TOUCHING YOUR SAVINGS BEFORE INFLATION Both Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA) DRIVES THE PRICES UP. SEND COUPON FOR FREE KIT TODAY. chairman of the Senate Veterans Af- "Prices to change without notice. fairs subject committee, and Rep. Ray Rob- "Includes monthly carrying charges of approx. $227.07 prin. & int.; $22.40 r.e. taxes; $11.50 ins. erts (D-TX) , chairman of the House WE Veterans Affairs Committee told the Legion during the New Orleans con- VETERANS VILLAGE, INC. vention they are confident that a 3912 Seven Springs Blvd. Seven Springs meaningful bill would be cleared by New Port Richey, Fla. 33552 al-25 Congress before it adjourns. Send my FREE Veterans Village Kit (color brochure, model plans and However, President Carter indi- prices, and Florida inspection trip details) by return mail. cated on Aug. 22 a tentative hit list of bills he may veto, one of them Name being pension reform. Address Should the pension reform bill be -Zip. vetoed, The American Legion has City . State announced it will lead the fight to I would like to plan a visit to Veterans Village. override a presidential rejection of NO COST OR OBLIGATION Phone NO. ) EQUAL HOUSING the legislation. ( OPPORTUNITY

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 39 Delegates to the Department of Illinois Convention were honored by the presence of Illinois Governor James Thomp- son, here addressing the convention. Dept. Cdr. Jim Kissner Department of Maine Adjutant Dan Lambert, left, presents and 1979 Dept. Cdr. Norm Biebel are at right plaques of appreciation to Pete Johnson and Don Bright, at center, for their outstanding success while serving Maine veterans as Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Representa- tives, DVOP Director Don Corning is at right ON HIM kgEP AN £Y5 !

POSTS IN ACTION

Daniel Dittmann

Daniel Dittmann of Stafford, VA, was re-elected as Virginia Detach- ment Commander, Sons of the Amer- The Freedoms Foundation at Valley ican Legion, at the SAL convention Forge has awarded Vic Cantone, editorial cartoonist for the New York Daily News, in Lynchburg. Dittmann becomes the the George Washington Honor Medal for first Detachment Commander in Vir- his cartoon "Keep An Eye On Him". The ginia SAL history to serve two terms. cartoon comments on the second series

A seven-year member of SAL, . of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Commander Dittmann was sworn into office by his father, Wayne Ditt- U.S. Rep. Cited mann, past 8th District commander. U.S. Rep. James J. Florio (D-NJ) Elected Vice Commanders were Strong-Nourse Post 68, Littleton, NH was honored during New Jersey Bruce Miller, Jr. of Stafford and recently sponsored a marbles tourna- Department's annual Convention Frank Leonard of Lynchburg. ment as part of the post's Children awards ceremony at Post 181, Penn During the convention, Command- and Youth Program. The tournament Grove, NJ for his efforts in securing er Dittmann and Vice Commander was conducted under rules and regu- a VA hospital in South Jersey. Miller received the Five Star Award, lations sanctioned by the Big Blue The Congressman led the move to the highest honor that can be be- Marble Corp. which annually holds reverse an administration decision stowed on a Son of the American the National Marbles Champion- to eliminate the planned VA fa- Legion. Virginia SAL Chairman Rich ships. Winners of Post 68's meet cility at Camden. Rallying veterans' Nye praised both award winners for were John Stillings and Christine groups to the cause, Florio convinced their leadership during the past year MacKay, both of Littleton. Post Ad- the White House that the Camden when the Virginia SAL membership jutant Paul L. Perry, Children and facility was crucial for treatment of increased to more than 150 per cent Youth Director, is seen supervising the state's veterans and ensured the and five new squadrons were formed. some of the play completion of the project.

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No female who has known and loved and outgrown Bill McKay Is Named this Classic Favorite will be able to resist it! Legionnaire of Month Bunny Sleeper

NOW . . . PERSONALIZED . . . with Embroidered 3-Letter Monogram No skimpy, cut-down, cut-rate imita- tion, but a full fashioned, shape flat- tering, body-warming sleeper.

This is the original "wearable Blanket"—the grown-up version of a child's favorite, now in a frankly sexy, shape flat- tering, body-warming sleeper. Styled in fuzzy, soft machine- washable and dryable acrylic (just like the crib-sets' still popular models), they zip a gal up in the coziest top-to-toe comfort she's known since she William (Bill) McKay was 6. Slippers are detachable—even without blankets there's never a draft. So whether The American Legion slogan, "We she (or any bunny on anyone's "special" list) Dare to Care," fits William (Bill) proudly announces 14, our McKay to a tee, his comrades at admits to 40 or Sleeper means deep-down luxury for Post 8, New Rochelle, NY say. So [ Bunny Perfect for ski ward- McKay has been named "Legion- i lounging and dreaming. and naire of the Month." robes, dorms, holiday gifts . . . different He joined Post 8 after his dis- delightful to give or get. charge from the U.S. Navy in 1945 Bunny Sleeper Monogrammed* (Specify up to and became the first World War II $21.95 each. veteran to be elected its commander. 3 Initials 'Monogrammed Bunny Sleepers are not returnable. From there, McKay went on to each. such positions as Westchester county Bunny Sleeper no monogram $16.95 commander, Ninth District com- Choice of Favorite Colors mander and department vice com- Baby Royal Sun Fire mander. Pink Blue Yellow Red "William (Bill) McKay always CONSULT THIS CHART FOR gives his best," comments Post Cdr. CORRECT SIZE Foglio. "This trait al- Anthony C. Order this ways reflects with honor the best If Height is: Size traditions of The American Legion." Up to 5'2" Small 5'2" to 5'4" Medium Four Last Man's Club 5'4" to 5'6" Large Over 5'6" Extra Large Survivors Meet Nov. 1 First their ranks stood at more CREDIT CARD HOLDERS ONLY! and live outside N.Y. State? than 50, but now the membership In a hurry has dwindled to four—for survivors CALL 800-833-2008 Dept. 3992 TOLL IN NEW YORK STATE CALL 800-342-6116 of what is affectionately known as FREE: 24 hours, 7 days a week the Last Man's Club, a group of who gather World War I veterans PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED MAIL COUPON TODAY each Veterans (Armistice) Day, Please send Bunny Sleeper(s) as indicated here. Add $3.00 per gar- appropriate Nov. 11. ment for shipping and handling. (New York residents add ffiGAIlERY sales tax.) The club was founded by members OF AMSTERDAM of the Stevenson-D'Alessio American Amsterdam, N.Y. 12010 Dept. 3992 Legion Post 12, Somerville, NJ. 4477X Bunny Sleeper with Monogram $21.95 Name_ This year the survivors will meet (Please Print) Quantity Color Size Initials for lunch at the Greenfield Con- Address-

valescent Center, Bridgewater, NJ. City_ _State_ -ZiP- The survivors are Thomas Pascale, Check or money order enclosed. Credit Card or Bank Card # indicated below: 80, of Seaside Park, NJ, John W. Charge my Field, of Whitehouse Station, Bunny Sleeper NO Monogram $16.95 83, 4461X J BankAmericard Master Charge American Express NJ, William Wheeler, 82, of the Card Expiration Date Bank # — Greenfield Convalescent Center and Jay J. Vosseler, 82, of Seaside Park, Signature ® 1978 Amsterdam Printing and Litho Corp. Amsterdam, N.Y. NJ. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 41 .

life of J. Lloyd Wignall Remembered member Cheyenne, Wy. Post Hilary H. Crawford died recently in elected National Vice Francisco, The Internal Affairs Commission #6, was Com- San CA. Mr. Crawford mander at the 1977 Denver National was alternate from Cali- held a memorial service for J. Lloyd NECman served as post fornia 1923-24. Wignall during the 60th annual con- Convention and had in cdr., district cdr. and department cdr. vention in New Orleans. Wignall, was the founder of the Wyoming Avanitis, past commander of who was director of the Internal Af- He John Legion's Youth Activities Decal Seagrams Post 1283, Department of fairs Division at national headquar- Fund, which assisted in financing the New York, died Aug. 24 after a ters, died in an automobile accident department's youth activities. brief illness. He is survived by his last Thanksgiving day. wife, Agnes, and a daughter, Paula, TAPS of Cherry Hill, NJ. Lawrence E. McGann, 91, died in The Taps Notice mentions, when- July in Chicago, 111. Mr. McGann OUTFIT REUNIONS in month indicated. For ever possible, held the post of National Executive Reunion will be held those Legionnaires who particulars write person whose address is given. have held high National or Depart- Committeeman ( 1975-77 ) Notices accepted on official forms only. For form send stamped, addressed return envelope to ment Office in the Legion, US Gov- O. R. Form, American Legion Magazine, P.O Indianapolis, IN 46206. ernment, or other forms of national Box 1055, 700 Penn. St., Leon E. Happell, National Execu- Notices should be received at least five months prominence. before scheduled reunion. No written letter tive Committeeman (1944-46), Na- necessary to get form. Earliest submission favored when volume of tional Foreign Relations Commis- requests is too great to print all. Irving B. Selmer, 67, died in July sion member (1946-72) and chair- ARMY fi-tth CAC, Ft. Shaffer, HA— (Dec.) Raymond following a lengthy illness. Selmer, a man (1948-49) died in Stockton, Ca. Eilers, 407 N. Jackson St., Pierre, SD 57501 NAVY Dest Sqdn 1 (1940-43)— (Dec) Thomas Decker, 1023 Glenwood Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085 95th NCB— (Nov) William Barnes, 215 Inwood Ave, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32069 ITSS Arizona Reunion Assn (BB 39) — (Dec) Bill Nolte, USS Arizona Reunion Assn, Hicksville, OH 43526 USS Rowell (DE 403)— (Dec) Robert Howe, 119 Balver Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Miscellaneous Battle of the Bulge Combatants— (Dee) Joseph Stout, 1022 E. Union St., Allentown, PA 18103 Pearl Harbor Attack Vets— (Dec) Bernard Murphy, 18 Melville St., Worcester, MA 01605 Pearl Harbor Survivors Assn— (Dec) James Tracy, P.O. Box 9212, Long Beach, CA 90810

LIFE MEMBERSHIP The award of a life membership to a Legion- naire by a Post is a testimonial by those who know best that such a member has served The American Legion well. Below are listed some of the previously un- published life membership Post awards that have ben reported to the editors. They are arranged by States or Departments. Arthur Murray (1978) Post 316, Atlantic Beach, FL Marshall Holybee (1978) Post 1, Atlanta, GA Helen Camp (1977) Post 216, Atlanta, GA Robert Carter (1978) Leo Arnold, John Cross, G. M. Dean, C. E. Franklin (all 1977) Post 4, Pocatello, ID Stephen Butkovich, Grover Rose, Jr., Richard Stolze (all 1978) Post 1911, LaGrange, IL Edward Bennett, Newton Williams (both 1978) Post 1961, West Frankfort, IL Raymond Daigle (1978) Post 218", Algiers, LA Arthur Conrad (1977) Post 169, Randolph, MA Alfred Anderson, Erick Carlson, George Isder, Jr. (all 1978) Post 386, Dundee, MN Mary Lee (1978) Post 415. Barnum, MN Robert Re*dy (1978) Post 26, Aberdeen, MS Gustave Bohnenberger (1959) Alfred Guenzler UNLESS YOU DON'T HEAR IT (1968) Wilbur Kolb, Irma Terrill (both 1969) Robert Wacker, Sherman Kisner (1976) Post 35, Union, NJ Today, there is a chance that can better. good you hear Possibly with a Joseph Ward (1970) Patrick Behan (1974) An- Beltone hearing aid so tiny it may very well escape notice. Yet it's gelo Mansueto (1978) Post 118, Secaucus, NJ William Hagen (1978) Post 85, Brooklyn, NY meticulously crafted to provide the best possible hearability . . .

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Contrary to what is happening to The numbers of Canadian geese of corn—it's a problem," one farmer the bald eagle and other dimin- stopping in the Horicon increased said. In wet years—when the most ishing bird species, the Canadian from near zero in 1946 to peaks of damage to crops is done, corn still goose is holding its own. But when 250,000 in recent years. stands when most geese arrive in 225,000 of the total 400,000 Missis- Goose management efforts in the October. sippi Valley Flyway population de- Horicon wildlife refuge were actually At public hearings officials ex- cided to settle down at one time into responsible for the huge hike in goose plained plans to keep geese moving. Wisconsin's Horicon Marsh, it be- use of the Marsh. Unfortunately, no hearings were held came a problem. Wildlife managers have worked to for the geese up at James Bay, Can- Plans have been activated to dis- make Horicon Marsh an oasis on the ada, where they summer and are busy burse the large number of geese that migration route. Of the almost half making goslings. In the fall of 1976, settled into the Marsh at one time, million geese migrating in 1975, the goose families took to the air for the plaguing farmers, threatening their majority followed an hour-glass flight 1,250-mile trip to southern Illinois own future with disease and causing pattern through Horicon Marsh. wintering grounds. Some 12 hours other problems for state and federal The elegant birds wined on marsh and 300 miles later, almost 200,000 wildlife officials. water in flat-bottom ditches. They birds settled temporarily into Hori- Perhaps the geese know best, for dined on winter wheat, winter rye con Marsh. the Horicon Marsh—a 30,000-acre and short hybrid corn, planted espe- They didn't know a hazing pro- game refuge in east-central Wiscon- cially so they could reach ripe ears. gram was starting. Noise-making air sin—is one of the finest fresh water They were entertained by some boats roared over the water. Propane marshes in North America. If it is 140,000 people in 1975 who fluttered exploders boomed cannon-like noises not for the birds, what else is it for? about the marsh. On a peak day at time intervals. Dewatering started. Tourists, of course, who visit the 20,000 visitors squint through binoc- No feed acreage was planted. Horicon in droves to view the birds. ulars during the season (fall to win- Did the birds get the message? The Following a long history of drain- ter) and use cameras and tape re- 1976 goose population was down by age, ditching and attempts at farm- corders to take home the sights and 29,000 to 196,000. The 1977 peak in ing, the federal government acquired sounds of thousands of babbling October was 172,400. The goal by the northern two-thirds of the Hori- geese. Aldo Leopold, a Wisconsin 1980 is 100,000. Wildlife managers con, primarily as a duck refuge. The writer, calls it "goose music." think it will take years to change southern third was taken over by the But the music sometimes echoes goose habits. State of Wisconsin and now is man- with discord and cacophony. Town- The natural beauty of the large aged as a state wildlife area. Then ships have claimed visitors' cars number of geese can't be denied. But came the Canadian geese, flying from broke up the roads. Area farmers one wildlife manager says, "the north to south and back again in have complained of crop depredation. Marsh is more than a petting zoo the Mississippi Valley embracing "If a flock of 3,000 invades a corn- for geese." both Canada and the United States. field, and each bird eats a half pound —Phyllis I. Ehlke

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7) dawn stillness. They listened and giant Canada geese folded and Chuck Schroeder heard goose talk. The last of fell next to 40 frost-washed tin night's shadows slipped towards decoys. The year? 1981. And His Giant Geese the western horizon. The man The boy remembered: his fa- department commander. Next year and boy flexed with excitement. ther told of his great-grandfather he'll have 30 years of continuous They hugged the earth, faces and a large goose, a rare type service with The American Legion. flat on dusty fallow, then they never seen again, that he shot He also has led the North Dakota reared together and fired. Two in 1891 in the "olden times." State Employee's Association. "The family is behind him in whatever he decides to do. We all dis- cussed his running for department commander and everyone thought it was good—it was the thing to do," says his wife Cecelia. "He's gone a lot, but he gets a rousing welcome when he returns home!" The accomplishment that will live well beyond Chuck Schroeder, however, is the return of the giant Can- ada in North Dakota. By 1980 it is expected to take its place among harvestable waterfowl species. Epilogue The sunrise began slowly. The man and boy waited in the cold,

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5) Force Col. Stuart A. Roosa. Shepard to the study of extrasensory percep- The Astronauts had been the first American to blast tion, the Institute of Noetic Sciences. off into space in a rocket-boosted cap- Colonel Roosa retired from NASA life without excess, humor without sule, Freedom 7, on May 5, 1961, in 1976 and is now president of Jet disproportion, fast reflexes without just three weeks after the Russian, Industries in Austin, TX. panic in a crisis." Maj. Yuri Gagarin, had journeyed Astronauts Col. David R. Scott, This is not to suggest that the early into space. Ten years later, Shepard Col. James B. Irwin and Col. Alfred astronauts were superhuman. More was the fifth American to set foot on M. Worden of the Air Force, the than one had marital difficulties. the moon. He served as a delegate fourth team, went in July 1971. NASA was embarrassed when a few to the United Nations General As- Scott and Irwin spent almost 67 sold their signatures on blocks of sembly in 1971. He is now president hours on the lunar surface and used stamps for personal gain. of Windward Coors Co., Deer Park, the "moon buggy" there for the first Twelve Americans have journeyed TX. time. to the moon, accompanied by six men Captain Mitchell has a Ph.D. from Scott was director of NASA's Dry- in command modules who protected M.I.T. He lives in Palm Beach, FL, den Flight Research Center in Cal- their lifelines to earth. Can you name where he is chairman of the board ifornia, until he retired in 1977 to them? Where are they now? of a company on information science. enter private business in Los Ange- The first trip was in July 1969. He founded an organization devoted les. He made three space flights. Neil A. Armstrong, a civilian test pilot for NASA, took the "one small step" on the moon's surface. 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spacecraft fire of January 1967 man of the Nuclear Regulatory Com- a Japanese ship sunk in 1945. claimed the lives of three. Four died mission. When his term expired R. Walter Cunningham is senior in crashes of the T-38 training plane: in 1976, he was appointed Am- vp with 3D /International in Houston, Maj. Charles A. Bassett II, Capt. bassador to Norway and now is with TX and is the author of a book "The Theodore C. Freeman, Elliott J. See, General Electric Co. in San Jose, CA. All American Boys," which deals and Maj. Clifton C. Williams, Jr. Frank Borman, remembered for his with his years as an astronaut. Brig. Another, Maj. Edward G. Givens, Christmas prayer in space, was prom- Gen. James A. McDivitt is president Jr., died in an automobile accident. inent as chairman of the U.S. Army's of Pullman Standard Company in Twenty-six have retired, many to special commission to investigate the Chicago, IL. a personally desired obscurity, two honor system at West Point. Televi- Col. Donn F. Eisele was director for reasons of health. Three of the sion viewers also know him as the of the Peace Corps in Thailand for astronauts are connected with uni- energetic baggage-carrying president several years. He is now eastern man- versities: Univ. of Cincinnati, Rice of Eastern Airlines. Now President ager of the Marion Power Shovel in Houston, TX and Princeton in and Chief Operations officer, he is Company of Ohio. He and his wife New Jersey. Dr. Eugene E. Grave- living in Miami, FL. live in Williamsburg, VA where they line is with the Vermont Department Business has attracted other ex- are running a home furnishings shop. of Health. Dr. Anthony W. England astronauts. Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who is with the U.S. Geological Survey Col. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., who made four space flights, returned in Denver, CO. took the first space flight of long to active duty as commander of the John Glenn was elected to the U.S. duration in a Mercury capsule in Air Force Flight Test Center at Ed- Senate in 1974 as a Democrat from 1963, is now vice president for re- wards Air Force Base in California Ohio. He was the first American to search and development for WED in November 1975. Earlier this year orbit the earth. "Friendship 7," the Enterprises, a subsidiary of Walt he became Deputy Chief of Staff/ Atlas-boosted Mercury capsule, is Disney Enterprises in Glendale, CA. Research and Development, Head- on display at the National Air and Capt. Walter M. Schirra, Jr., who quarters, U.S.A.F. in Washington, Space Museum in Washington, not made three space flights, is vice pres- DC. far from the Capitol. ident of Development and Research Other astronauts who have flown in In December 1968, three astronauts for Goodwin Companies, Inc. in Lit- space and are still in the NASA pro- became the first to see the far side tleton, CO. gram are Vance E. Brand, Dr. Owen of the moon: William A. Anders, Col. Cdr. M. Scott Carpenter is in pri- K. Garriott, Capt. Joseph P. Kerwin, Frank Borman and Capt. James A. vate business in Los Angeles, CA. Lt. Col. Jack R. Lousma, Capt. Paul Lovell. With Jon Lindbergh, reportedly he J. Weitz, and that old-timer in space, Bill Anders, with a masters degree conducted a diving expedition in the Donald K. Slayton. in nuclear engineering, became chair- China Sea to recover treasures from Slayton is the "dean" of astronauts. One of the original seven selected in 1959, he was grounded because of a slightly irregular heart- beat. Named chief of the astronaut office, he chose the men to fly each mission and managed their training. At age 51, in 1975, he finally flew on the Apollo-Soyuz mission. He is in ditch. You pull Picture your car stuck a orbital flight out this little brute, attach to the nearest tree, now in charge of the pull the nylon cord with one hand and ZAP! test program for the Shuttle at John- WITH AMAZING KB. You pull that car out of the ditch without raising a sweat! son Space Center. POCKET HOIST! This powerful multiplying ratio block-and- tackle that fits in the pocket of your hunting jacket and weighs less than a pound, will make you as strong as 7 men!

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 51 stage actor of the late 1800's and Heart Island, one of the beautiful A Latvian immigrant, Edward Leed- early 1900's, William Gillette, built Thousand Islands, and having a cas- skalnin, built his coral castle as a his castle. It is a 24-room Medieval tle built there. It began as a gift to monument to a girl who never mar- Rhineland fortress built on a 122- his wife, and was intended to be ried him. acre estate called The Seventh Sister, their summer home, but she died Back in his native land in the and its rather spooky atmosphere before it was completed. Baltic, young Leedskalnin wooed but goes well with the actor's favorite Upon her death, Boldt sent a tele- then lost the love of a 16-year-old role, Sherlock Holmes. gram to the workmen stopping their beauty from his village. Not a rich Gillette loved mystery off stage as saws and hammers and the castle man, he hoped that if he offered her well as on, so he had secret pas- fell quiet as a tomb, as if Snow wealth, she might marry him, so he sageways built in, as well as odd White was asleep and work would came to America to seek his fortune. things like a movable table on tracks not progress until she awoke. But no In 1920 he found himself in Florida, and built-in couches, and he had the fairy tale miracle happened, and still not rich but able to build a cas- walls covered with Javanese raffia Boldt Castle remains empty and un- tle out of huge rocks of coral which mats. Of the 47 doors in the castle, completed to this day. he hoped by now would take his mind no two are exactly alike. The actor Another sad story surrounds "The off his lost love. He spent 30 back- loved trains, so it was only natural Castle," a fortress on a hillside over- breaking years building a two-story that he build a man-sized railroad on looking Berkeley Springs, WV. It tower house out of 1,000 tons of the property, with trestles, tunnels was built by a 60-year-old architect, coral, each block weighing from and even his very own "Grand Cen- Samuel T. Soult, to win the heart of three to 30 tons. He rigged up pul- tral" station. The salty-tongued Gil- a lovely 17-year-old girl. He had leys and levers with which he hoisted lette decreed in his will that upon overheard her say that she would the blocks himself, then carved all his death, "no blithering saphead" love to live in a castle, so he offered furniture out of coral and built an be allowed to buy his castle. It be- to build her one if she would marry ingenious coral Stonehenge that tells came a state park, which more than him. She agreed, they married, but a million people visit each year. shortly before the castle was com- James Dooley was a private in the pleted, Soult died. His will stipulated Union army who was wounded at the that his wife would only inherit the Battle of Williamsburg. Discharged fortune if she had their castle com- feet as a lieutenant, he returned from the pleted, so she did. Civil War to build his castle in the But the rich young widow squan- freeriiN? mountains near Richmond, VA. He dered the fortune on a merry whirl had become a lawyer, railroad mag- of expensive parties and soon she * net and banker, and he spent over a was forced to move out of the castle million dollars to construct a retreat into a one-room cabin nearby. The for his bride and himself which he castle, however, is preserved and called "Maymont." can be toured by the public. 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 53 time and date, as well as a coral Valley Scotty," to build a castle at publisher called his estate and obelisk weighing 28 tons. the north end of Death Valley. Why grounds La Cuesta Encantada—The Engineers are still baffled as to they built it remains a mystery. Enchanted Hill, with 123 acres of how Leedskalnin, a small man who The castle was begun in 1924 and gardens, terraces, pools and palatial weighed only 100 pounds, could have cost millions. A Spanish theme is guest houses beneath a 137-foot-high lifted the blocks, some as heavy as carried throughout, highlighted by Hispano-Moresque mansion called those in the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Austrian woodwork and German La Casa Grande. Even a Walt Disney But Leedskalnin built his castle at metalwork. There are 14 fireplaces artist might have a difficult time night with just the moon's glow to in case there's a change in the creating a more fabulous castle and light his work and died in 1951 tak- weather. estate. ing his architectural secrets with Probably the best-known castle Hearst had work begun on San him. in America is William Randolph Simeon in 1919, shortly after the

Coral Castle, on U.S. 1, 25 miles Hearst's San Simeon, built against death of his mother, as "a carefully south of Miami, is open to the public the Santa Lucia Mountains in Cali- planned, deliberate attempt to create daily. It is an especially fun place fornia, overlooking the sea halfway a shrine of beauty." Comprising for children. Although he had none between San Francisco and Los An- 270,000 acres and costing 35 million of his own, Leedskalnin loved chil- geles. The millionaire newspaper dollars, San Simeon has no equal. dren and built for them over-life- sized coral statues of the Three Bears, a huge coral baby cradle, and other Mother Goose coral statues. A quiet-loving Seattle, WA man named Boyce L. Gulley decided to STOP WASTING FOOD, Time, Energy, Money

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 55 Assistant Labor Secretary Green Cites Maine's Outreach Program

Assistant Secretary of Labor Ernest Green has cited the Disabled Veterans Outreach program of the Department of Maine as a unique program with "superior performance." Green, who talked about veterans unemployment problems and solutions during the national convention in New Orleans, described the Maine program as a bright spot in the entire area of veterans services provided by The American Legion. The Maine program is being di- rected by Department Adjutant Dan Lambert. The Maine program, in existence for almost 10 months, has given assistance to more than 2,000 veterans, with more than 400 veterans having been placed in jobs with the department's direct involvement with employers. Green noted that by Maine's keeping its approach on a grass-roots level, the program has been a guide- line in the service to veterans.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 1978 61 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15) jeune, USMC, commanded the Di- Battle of Belleau Wood I WON ! vision from June 22 to Aug. 3, 1918. The news coverage the Marines Years later military analysts spec- got in June 1918, has rankled Army ulated that Belleau Wood could have men ever since. been made uninhabitable to the More to the point, however, the Germans by artillery fire, thus sav- Marines did bear the brunt of the ing so many casualties. heaviest fighting in that June and, in But the 4th Marine Brigade the end, Maj. Maurice Shearer, com- fought at the West Wood near Antie- mander of the third battalion of the tam Creek in Maryland and in the 5th Marine Regiment, exaltingly little clumps of trees on Cemetery reported: Ridge at Gettysburg, PA during the Meet Major (AUS, Ret.) Harold E. "Woods now U.S. Marine Corps Civil War. Elliott who is $57,000 richer thanks to a entirely." The military value of any of these little-known lottery held monthly by The Army Almanac records that small areas can be questioned. But the U. S. Department of Interior, the Marine Brigade attached to the at any given time at a particular Bureau of Land Management. 2nd Division was furnished medical place one group of men desperately corpsmen by the U.S. Navy, which wanted to take that ground away from You owe it to yourself to find out about made a special uniform change. This another group equally desperate in this government program. Let us send uniform allowed the corpsmen to their desire to hold it. This type of you free information. No obligation, of wear a shoulder strap on the left action dictated decisions and events, course. Write: shoulder of "dress blues" so that the whatever the war involved. Petroleum Leasing Services, Inc. French Fourragere (braided cord) Marine 1st Lt. John W. Thoma- P.O. Drawer 10-AL could be worn. This was the only son, Jr., who lived through the Battle Ruidoso, N.M. 88345 U.S. Navy unit to earn this deco- of Belleau Wood and later won a ration. reputation as a writer and illustrator, PETROLEUM LEASING Just before Belleau Wood, the 2nd thought of the Civil War, but he saw SERVICES INCORPORATED Division began the occupation of a little comparison between the color 20-kilometer front astride the road and glamor of what he believed the from Chateau-Thierry to Paris May Civil War battles to be and what he 31, 1918, during the Aisne operation. saw of exhausted men in olive drab It controlled the Chateau-Thierry uniforms fighting for their very lives LAPEL PINS sector from June 6 to July 10 while at Belleau Wood. difference. YOUR DESIGN molded in 3 dimensions, rich the Marine Brigade was driving the There was more of a colors. Choice of backs. Golf Ball Markers, Germans from Belleau Wood. From The Germans relied on mustard gas Push Pins, etc. \f to 14f ea. (mill. 1000). plus 1-time mold charge. Free literature, or July 18 to 20, the Division partici- to repel the American attack. $1 for samples (deductible on order). KNOBBY KRAFTERS Dept. A pated in the Aisne-Marne operation Another difference: In the 1860's P.O. Box 300. Attleboro, Mass. 02703 in Phone (617) 222-7272 and by August 19, the 2nd occupied the cruel test was over hours. At the Marbache sector of Lorraine. Belleau Wood the hours ran into The 2nd Division capped its vital days and on into weeks. role against the Germans by partici- Belleau Wood, necessary or not by pating in the Meuse-Argonne offen- the calculations of second guessers, sive from Nov. 1 until Armistice day, was an American victory. It helped Nov. 11. turn the German tide until the 2nd A footnote to the 2nd Division Division was again ready to meet the story is that Maj. Gen. John A. Le enemy in World War II.

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