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'WHO WILL REMEMBER IT AFTER WE ARE GONE?' USS Utah survivorsfi^ht for recognition and access to the ship and her memorial. By Ray Mahon 16

HEALTH REFORM MUST STRENGTHEN VA

National Commander Detweiler tells Congress to protect VA 's role as the health-care providerfor veterans. 26

A MOST MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS For afew moments 50 years ago, enemies shared the spirit ofthe season. By Gene DuVall 24

WHO IS AMERICA? what we believe about ourfamilies, our income, even our complexion, may no longer be true. 7&

THE WAR YEARS: 1 944 A DETERMINED AMERICA Americans anxiously hopedfor the beginning ofthe end. By Norman Goldstein 28

WHY IKE WAS LIKED

Eisenhower 's experience made him the perfect choice to lead the Allies on D-Day. 30

THE BEGINNING OF THE END "The Longest Day " turned the tide against the Germans. 31

THE RED BALL EXPRESS

More than 6. 000 drivers and trucks kept the Allied attack supplied. 33

I HAVE RETURNED

Gen. Douglas MacArthurfulfills his promise to the Philippines. 34

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS: LOYAL AND COURAGEOUS

These brave I '.S. allies endured hardships and horrors to defend their homeland. 35

NUTS! " The Allies could taste victor)' in Europe, but then there was "The Bulge. 36

THE FIGHTING SEABEES whenever and wherever airfields or bases were needed, these builder-fighters said "Can Do. 38 D E P A T M E N T S

BIG ISSUES Should America sell arms to Pakistan to curb its nuclear intentions? 12

VETVOICE VETERANS UPDATE 40 PARTING SHOTS 64

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 10 LEGION NEWS 42

WASHINGTON WATCH 14 VETS 46

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We, as veterans, fully upon the tragic deaths of officers Ron Windsor, Vt. know the terrible dictatorships that Ryan Jr., Tim Jones, and his canine came as a result of allowing erosion of partner, Laser. We have been over- personal rights where everything was whelmed with cards, flowers and gifts Communitarianism sounds much previously done for the Fatherland and from caring individuals from all over more like it might be communism — Mother Russia. the nation. It eases the burden to know subjugating one's self to the good of Fortunately, we have a Constitution that others are grieving with us. the community. Much of what Etzioni and Bill of Rights. These rights are not These have been dark days for the says is true. Americans have become negotiable. We do not need to adopt a members of the Saint Paul Police obsessed with manufactured rights, new social movement and abandon Department, and your support means but the general idea of this "ism" is our rights to solve our problems. 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nitude. formed during that dark decade, there Harold I. Turner Sr. Too, "To Protect the Flag" in your was one service you failed to mention Licking, Mo. October 1994 issue, mirrors the over- and one that touched my family's whehning consensus of members of hearts to tears. The year the Berlin Wall came the Jewish War Veterans of the USA. The Depression really hit our fami- down, my wife and I took a European In Dallas, Texas, at our national con- ly hard. My dad would tell us to write Please turn page

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• Living Memory a need to urinate often, especially at night, or prostate cancer). These checks should continue

even if The servicemen in the photo on • a feeling that you must urinate right away. you are taking HYTRIN. HYTRIN is not a treatment for prostate cancer. Page 60 of the September issue who Treatment options for BPhH • About Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). Your were pictured attending the 1944 There are three main treatment options for BPH: doctor may have done a blood test called PSA. National Convention in Chicago are • Program of monitoring or "Watchful Waiting". Your doctor is aware that HYTRIN does not still alive today. From left to right. Some men have an enlarged prostate gland, but affect PSA levels. You may want to ask your doctor Medal of Honor recipients Alton W. no symptoms, or symptoms that are not bother- more about this if you have had a PSA test done. some. If this applies, you and your doctor may Knappenberger, Mitchell Paige and How to take HYTRIN decide on a program of monitoring including reg- Ernest Childers. Follow your doctor's instructions about how to take ular checkups, instead of medication or surgery. Mitchell Paige HYTRIN. You must take it every day at the dose pre- • Medication. There are different kinds of medica- Palm Desert, Calif. scribed. Talk with your doctor if you don't take it for tion used to treat BPH. Your doctor has pre- a few days, you may have to restart it at a 1 mg dose scribed HYTRIN for you. See "What HYTRIN and be cautious about possible dizziness. Do not does" below. share HYTRIN with anyone else; it was prescribed Heaitii Care Help • Surgery. patients Some may need surgery. Your only for you. I take issue with West Virginia doctor can describe several different surgical pro- Keep HYTRIN and all medicines out of the reach of Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller's state- cedures to treat BPH. Which procedure is best children. depends on your symptoms and medical condition. ment ("What The Legion Means To FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HYTRIN America") in the September issue. It What HYTRIN does AND BPH, TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR, read: "I am particularly thankful for HYTRIN relaxes the tightness of a certain type of NURSE, PHARMACIST OR OTHER HEALTH muscle in the prostate and at the opening of the blad- CARE PROVIDER. the Legion's help and support in for- der. TTiis may increase the rate of urine flow and/or President's Health Care Ref. 03-4458-R I -Revised Sept., 1993 mulating the decrease the symptoms you are having. Security Act, which will benefit every • HYTRIN helps relieve the symptoms of BPH. It a Abbott Laboratories veteran." North Chicago, IL docs NOT change the size of the prostate, which 60064 The Legion only participated in the may continue to grow. However, a larger PRINTED IN U.S.A. prostate does not necessarily cause more or Please turn to page 60 worse symptoms.

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THE Gulf War, together. Legion Posts do that so well. EURINGwe were able to see the But our nation's leaders must not for- Christmas spirit in a U.S. get what our military forces are Air Force hangar where expected and trained to do. GIs put up a small tree America is an instrument of ideas decorated with surplus — freedom, equality, justice and military equipment. democracy — but it cannot stand with Though it looked like a words alone. It is not enough for us to Christmas Tree from a be strong. Charlie Brown television special, for We must be perceived as being the troops, it symbolized something strong enough to back up our beliefs that overpowered the fear and uncer- and our national interests.

tainty of war: high hopes for the holi- "My great fear is that we're becom- day season. ing mesmerized by operations other It filled their hearts with thoughts than war," said Army Gen. John Sha- of other people, other places and other likashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs times. The good times that they shared of Staff, in a September speech. with their families and their friends As we debate our role in situations came alive in their minds. such as Bosnia, Haiti and other world Surrounded by hi-tech weapons hot spots, Shalikashvili says we must and military equipment, it seems never sacrifice combat readiness for comforting that the Christ- somehow Nat' I. Cmdr. William M. Detweiler peacekeeping or humanitarian opera- mas spirit — their high hopes for the tions. holiday season — had no technologi- Legionnaires are people who don't Many Legionnaires know first- cal equal. As Pope John Paul II said: need a declared holiday to commit hand about the tragic shape of our "Technology increases what we can themselves to helping others. They do armed forces when we entered the do, but it cannot teach us the right it all the time, and have for more than Korean War. Because we did not build thing to do." 75 years. a large, strong military, many Ameri-

I believe veterans and their families High hopes for the holiday season cans were unnecessarily killed. Reduc- understand these words better than are a start. And I'm very proud that ing our forces for budget reasons was most. Ultimately, it is human choices Legionnaires go beyond good wishes and will always be a bad bargain. The that allow us to do the right thing. and make life better for people. Our lives we risk are our own and those of There are no magical, numerical for- Posts are a positive force for good in our families. mulas that compute bravery, service, communities all across the nation. Will we be doomed to repeat that duty or even God and Country. We, as While human kindness is a great mistake through the current downsiz- individuals and as a society, set the virtue, I am concerned that it is ing of our armed forces? How much minimum standards. becoming a deciding factor in how we readiness do we sacrifice by using our

As a lawyer, I know that most laws use our military forces. I am con- military for nonmilitary missions? exist only to prevent the worst of cerned that our nation's foreign policy These questions raise issues that human choices — crimes that all rea- is forsaking our national interest by The American Legion must deal with. sonable people find intolerable. To using the U.S. Armed Forces for ill- Protecting our troops is a commitment live without violating any laws does defined and dangerous "humanitarian" from which we can take no holidays. not mean you are doing all the right missions. We must always give our troops the

things. I think obeying the law should I believe humanitarianism makes best training, the most effective

only be a beginning. good citizens, but it signals bad diplo- weapons, and only send them on mis- The holiday season tends to broad- macy and unattainable goals on the sions with clearly defined goals and en our vision of what's right in a way part of a government. Our military's with the support of Congress.

that 1 wish could be more lasting. Peo- function must be to deter aggression In our real world, we need strong ple always seem to be more consider- and to fight and win wars. armed forces to help make our high ate and generous at Christmas time. Let Legionnaires take care of the hopes for peace come true.

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U.S. nonproliferation The Clinton administra-

policy in South Asia tion has announced it isn't working. The 1985 YES NO will seek a one-time Pressler Amendment, which punishes exemption to the Pressler Amendment,

Pakistan if it develops nuclear weapons, a law dealing with the nuclear nonpro-

was based on a premise that Pakistan liferation policy as it relates to Pak- could be induced to forego a nuclear istan. I believe this would be a grave weapons capability. error. That premise is no longer acceptable. Since 1985, Pakistan has been ineli- Both India and Pakistan have the capacity to develop gible to purchase American arms or receive most aid nuclear weapons in short order. We need to devise a better unless the President annually certifies that Pakistan does policy to limit, roll back and eventually eliminate nuclear not possess a nuclear explosive device. In 1990, President capabilities in both Pakistan and India. Bush was unable to do so. The Clinton administration has The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency has proposed that Congress permit a one-time exemption to the identified South Asia as the most likely place for the out- Pressler Amendment in order to deliver up to 38 F-16 break of a nuclear conflict. A failure to stop the spread of fighters to Pakistan. In exchange, Pakistan should give

nuclear weapons in South Asia would limit our ability to proof that it has capped its nuclear weapons program.

keep such weapons out of the hands of Iran, Iraq, North I cannot understand the administration's logic that sell- Korea and other would-be nuclear powers. ing U.S. military aircraft, capable of delivering nuclear The Pressler Amendment bans most U.S. assistance and weapons, will somehow help stabilize a volatile region. Or arms to Pakistan, unless the President certifies that Pakistan more to the point, that a country which deliberately con- does not possess a nuclear explosive device. Since 1990, no cealed a weapons program from its allies — and its own President has been able to make this certification. prime minister — is capable of being trusted with the ulti-

This has damaged relations with Pakistan. U.S. influ- mate weapon and a method to deliver it. ence has declined, while Chinese and Iranian influence has If the United States delivers the F-16s to Pakistan, India increased. Our ability to foster democracy and human certainly will react by escalating its arms purchases. Ten- rights in Pakistan has diminished. sions will mount. Two countries that have been at war

These costs might have been acceptable if U.S. policy three times will once again find themselves on the brink - had succeeded. Instead, our policy risks pushing Pakistan this time with the ultimate weapon at their disposal. into the arms of renegade states — Iran, Libya, or North North Korea and other rogue states and countries on the Korea — happy to pay for nuclear secrets. threshold of acquiring nuclear weapons are looking closely The answer is not to abandon our nonproliferation goals, to see whether we mean what we say. In May 1979, Presi- but pursue attainable objectives: dent Jimmy Carter imposed aid sanctions on Pakistan First, a comprehensive test ban, something the United because of its nuclear program. Seven months later he States, Pakistan and India can agree upon. Second, a global removed those sanctions. ban on the production of fissile material — another area The result was predictable. Pakistan, assuming from our where the three countries agree. Third, a ban on missile inconsistent policy that the United States was not serious, deployment in the Subcontinent. We should also try to moved ahead with its program. The existence of the draw China into the dialogue, since our nonproliferation Pressler Amendment and its possible extension to other efforts can succeed only if India's concerns about China are countries undoubtedly has been a key consideration in the addressed. decision-making of these countries' political leadership. Once India and Pak- Other members of istan begin to cooperate on YOUR OPINIONS COUNT, TOO Congress and I are pre- nonproliferation, we can pared to fight efforts to Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- then pursue other goals — points. You may express your views by writing The Honorable overturn the Pressler cooperation at the U.N. (name), U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, or The Honorable Amendment. Congress and on global hotspots, (name), U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. should not weaken the Or, you may call the U.S. Senate at: 224-3121; and the drug control, democracy (202) toughest antinuclear legis- House at (202)225-3121.

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were never recovered. For about 12 years now, Soucy and other Utah survivors have been 'Who will hounding the Navy and the National Park Service about the USS Utah

Memorial. They say it is Pearl Har- remember It bor's forgotten memorial, overshad- owed by the better known and more popular USS Arizona Memorial, after we're gone?' which is about three-quarters of a mile east of the Utah. The Navy runs the USS Utah Memorial, while the USS Arizona Memorial is under the juris- diction of the National Park Service. The Utah survivors' beef is that the Utah GRIM REMINDER— Memorial, which cost tax- The rusted stern of payers and private contrib- the USS Utah lies utors over $200,000, is a less than a mile waste of money. "Who from the Arizona will remember the Utah Memorial. after we are gone," says Soucy, who was a phar- macist's mate 2nd class on the ship. "It's a case of forsaken men in a for- gotten ship at a slighted memorial," the Plainview, Texas, resident says. "The Arizona Memorial has been

honored as it should be, but the Utah,

on the other hand, is the Navy's baby

since it is located on the Ford Island Naval Station," says Soucy. "The

Navy has made it next to impossible for visitors to gain access to it." Soucy and the other Utah survivors

want the Navy to turn it over to the National Park Service and include trips to the Utah Memorial on the boats taking tourists out to the Ari- Some 200 Utah survivors continue fineir zona. They say that, at the very least, the memorial should be recognized 12-year figlif to mo/ce visits to ttie stiip and honored on special occasions and tier memoriai more accessibie. such as Memorial Day and Dec. 7. In 1991, at the 50th anniversary observance of the Pearl Harbor attack, Sixty-eight men aboard the Utah not a mention was made of the Utah, By Ray Mahon were killed in the attack; another 58 Soucy says. In protest over the slight, were entombed in the ship. One, Chief he and some of the Utah survivors at EE SOUCY makes no Watertender Peter Tomich, was the ceremony wore their name tags

bones about it. As one of posthumously awarded the Medal of upside down and turned their backs, the survivors of the Japan- Honor. refusing to accept the Pearl Harbor ese attack on Pearl Harbor To honor them, the USS Utah Medals that were presented. 53 years ago, he is glad to Memorial was built in 1972 near Berth Soucy has written to the Navy

be alive. F-1 1 on the northwest side of Ford Department, the National Park Ser- But for Soucy and Island. The memorial overlooks the vice, his U.S. senator, Phil Gramm of some 200 remaining sur- rusted hulk of the Utah — some 150 Texas, and others to complain about L for the Utah. vivors of the ill-fated tar- feet of her stern sticking about eight the lack of recognition get ship USS Utah (AG- 16), there is feet out of the water. Consisting of a Please turn page that tinge of guilt. Guilt felt perhaps 15-foot cement platform, the memorial by many who make it back from war is connected to Ford Island by a 70- Ray Mahon. a retired Navy senior safely when their buddies didn't — a foot walkway. At the base of the flag- chief petty officer, is the associate edi- guilt that will never allow them to for- pole on the platform is a plaque dedi- tor of THE AMERICAN LEGION MAG- get their fallen comrades. cated to the 58 sailors whose bodies AZINE.

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"The Navy and the National Park "Dick" Brady, deputy public affairs Legionnaire Alan R. Koester, a Service do not have enough ferries or officer at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. retired Air Force staff sergeant, joined manpower dedicated to the Arizona Brady says that in the 12 years he has the Utah survivors' crusade after he site to include regular trips to USS worked there, they have given about and his wife, Joan, visited Pearl Har-

Utah," then-Navy Chief of Informa- 50 tours to the Utah. bor in 1990. "Nobody gets to see it, tion, Rear Adm. Brent Baker, told Is the low number of tours because except for two Navy petty officers Sen. Gramm in a 1992 letter. "To people are disinterested or because of who raise and lower the memorial's include Utah in the tour would the memorial's limited access? Flag daily, and military families who increase the number of visitors turned Nobody can answer that for sure. live on Ford Island," says Koester, away each day because of limited Although Brady admits that no one who has been made an honorary mem- assets," Baker wrote. can just walk up without prior notice ber of the USS Utah Survivors Associ- Some 1.5 million people visit the and go to the Utah. "We would have ation for his efforts. USS Arizona Memorial annually, to make transportation arrangements During his visit, Koester noticed according to Lee Wheeler of the and take people away from their regu- that the Park Service had no informa- National Park Service public affairs lar duties to serve as tour guides." tion about the Utah Memorial and did office in Hawaii. Brady says his office would like to not know how anyone could visit it. But how many get to visit the USS receive requests to visit the Utah Nor were the names of the Utah dead Utah Memorial? "About 15 or 20 peo- Memorial at least three to four weeks listed on the Arizona memorial wall. ple at the most per year," says R.H. in advance. Those oversights apparently have been corrected. "Tour guides to the Arizona include the Utah in their AN UNLIJCKV LADY briefings," says the Park Service's Lee Wheeler. "Also, the Remembrance tunity to impress the Exhibit on the waterfront lawn at the folks back home by Arizona Memorial Visitors Center claiming they sunk a lists the men of the USS Utah along flattop," he says. with all others who lost their lives at • On that day, the Pearl Harbor." Utah was still outfit- Koester, a Paid-Up-For-Life mem- ted for its role as a ber of Post 476, Beach Haven, N.J., bombing target ship. returned to Hawaii last year and visit- If it, instead, had ed the Utah Memorial. He says he been converted to its contacted the Pearl Harbor Naval gunnery school role, Base in advance and when he and his it could have been a wife arrived, the Navy was "very WAS the [755 f/to/z a Jonah? "turkey shoot" for Navy gunners, cooperative," even getting them a pass Ill winds seemed to follow the says Legionnaire Alan R. Koester of to take their rental car on the ferry. former battleship after she was Post 476, Beach Haven, N.J. "The "There's only parking available for recommissioned as a mobile target best antiaircraft gunners in the Navy two cars, but the Utah Memorial is ship and fleet antiaircraft gunnery were on it." beautiful and well-kept by the Navy," school on April Fool's Day, 1932: The Utah, however, was unable says Koester. "It's a shame it's so • She was the prime target of tor- to defend herself because her guns hard to get there." pedo planes and dive bombers in the were covered by steel-housing "dog But that may be resolved in the first moments of the Japanese attack houses," or dismantled. near future. An estimated $90 million on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. • Heavy 6-inch thick and 12-inch causeway/bridge to Ford Island is Japanese pilots, according to most wide planks several feet long were planned. Brady says he expects the historians, mistook her for the air- placed on the deck of the Utah to work to be completed within five craft carrier USS Lexington, which bolster her against the impact of the years. "When that happens, things will occupied the same berth. Berth F-11, practice bombs. Those timber planks probably change. It should make it when she was in port. Lexington left tumbled off the deck as the ship was much easier for people to get out to Hawaii on Dec. 5 and Utah took her capsizing and undoubtedly crushed see the memorial." place at the berth. crew members in the water. Meanwhile, a sign at the water's Lee Soucy, a Utah survivor, does • To commemorate the 50th edge to the left of the memorial walk- not agree with the historians. He anniversary of Pearl Harbor in 1991, way continues to haunt Koester, says she was the wrong ship parked the West Indies island nation of St. Soucy and other Utah survivors. It

at the right place when the Japanese Vincent issued $ 1 stamps of the men reads, "No Fishing." To them, the sign attacked. Soucy says there's no way who were awarded the Medal of might as well read, "No Visiting." the Japanese pilots could have mis- Honor at Pearl Harbor. There were * * * taken the Utah for a carrier. "A car- 16 Medal of Honor recipients, but Visits to the USS Utah Memorial rier should have been in Carrier only 15 stamps were issued. The one can be arranged by contacting: Row instead of a training ship, so excluded: Chief Watertender Peter Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Code their propagandists seized the oppor- Tomich of the USS Utah. -^.M. 013, Attn: PAO, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-5020, 1-808-471-0281

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$300-million FY 1996 budget for 1 03rd Congress for passing the Veter- Legion supports VETS doing the fol- VA's medical and prosthetic research, ans' Persian Gulf War Benefits Act lowing: continuing the Service Mem- $48 million more than the proposed (H.R. 5244). The legislation will allow bers Occupational Conversion and FY 1995 $252-million budget. The the government to compensate veter- Training Act (SMOCTA); providing proposed FY 1995 budget represents ans of Desert Storm who have ail- training through the Transitional no increase from the 1994 budget, and ments that cannot be diagnosed. More Assistance Program (TAP) for all GIs would cause a reduction in both pro- than 20,000 Gulf War veterans have prior to discharge; and continuing jects and personnel. reported mysterious illnesses connect- funding for the National Veterans' State Veterans Home Program. ed to their service in the battles to lib- Training Institute (NVTI). VA requires $75 million for its State erate Kuwait. Job training and placement. Con- Home Construction Program in FY H.R. 5244 also provides money for gress should review the criteria for 1996, $28.3 million more than the pro- research, and requires the VA Secre- obtaining federal grants and modify posed FY 1995 budget of $47.3 mil- tary to develop a new outreach pro- existing rules so that private sector lion. State Veterans Homes provide an gram and work within the federal gov- organizations such as The American economical alternative to VA facilities ernment to establish a protocol for Legion can compete for federal dollars such as domiciliaries and nursing diagnosing the diseases. for their job programs. homes. National Cemetery System The American Legion and Labor- (NCS). The American Legion recom- ers' International Union of North VETERANS BENEFITS mends a FY 1996 budget of $78 mil- America (LIUNA) Career Transition Veterans Benefits Administration lion, a $5.4 million increase from the Program has trained 158 veterans for (VBA). The American Legion recom- $72.6 million FY 1995 budget. construction jobs, and is expected to mends a FY 1996 $785 million budget The American Legion commends train 354 more over the next two for the VBA for claims adjudication, the proposal to fund the construction years. staffing and operations, $25 million of a new national cemetery in the Seat- more than the proposed FY 1995 bud- tle/Tacoma area in FY 1995. The CONSTRUCTION get. This money would enable the Legion also supports VA's decision to VA major construction requires a Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) to construct a new national cemetery on $500 million FY 1996 budget, $150 improve the timeliness of claims, the grounds of the Army Ammunition million over FY 1995. Minor construc-

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shoes I hit Omaha Beach with on D- the material left over, I sewed a pouch drink. When things were brought in, Day. into my coat to sneak loot from work they'd be hidden under mattresses or Most of the thousands of POWs in details into the prison camp. floor boards, or buried. our camp were issued old French flan- The blanket was more like a horse As Christmas drew near, the antici- nel army shirts, woolen trench coats blanket and the odor seemed to con- pation and enthusiasm grew more

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in it than the material it was made of. enough to find or steal burlap and director was found among the POWs. The trench coat they gave me must other materials to make extra blankets Choirs were formed, and a magician, have been made for a 7-foot tall and clothing. impersonators, comedians, actors, French soldier. It dragged on the Thanks to the ingenuity of a British writers, ushers and stage hands

ground, and I could hardly walk in it. POW, each man made his own minia- stepped forward. There were so many Using a piece of sharp tin from a ture cook stove out of tin cans from volunteers they couldn't all be put to can received in an American Red the food parcels. work.

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WHO IS AMERICA? Here's what the census tells us: There is no average American anymore. What we believe about our families, our income, even our complexion, no longer is true.

1 OW OLD are we? How much do we earn? some German ancestry. Her family income is $30,056. I What's our ancestry? The Census Bureau But there cannot be an "average" American because I knows. While most of us simply filled out the today we are all so different, starting with our complexions,

1990 census form and forgot about it, back in our race and ethnicity. Washington, the Census Bureau has been busily analyzing our answers. Some $2.6 billion and Q- How did our complexion change? m several years later, the bureau has spewed forth A In the 1980s, the nation's complexion changed more mountains of data, with information on every- dramatically than in any prior decade in our history, thing from how many of the 248,709,873 Amer- primarily due to immigration. Now, non-Hispanic whites icans the bureau counted lack complete plumbing at home are only about 75 percent of the population and dropping. (1.1 million), moved in the last five years (45 million), and In 1990 there were more foreign-bom people — 22 mil- drink their own well water (15 million). lion — than ever before. Asian-born people in America Put the pieces of census together, however, and a star- today outnumber the European-bom, and the 6.8 million tling picture of America emerges: Latin American-bom people outnumber the Asian-bom. "The census tells us who we are, as opposed to the myths By the year 2050, when the U.S. population is projected we believe to be true about ourselves," says Sam Roberts, to be 400 million, more than one in five Americans will The New York Times' urban affairs columnist and author of have come to the United States since 1990 or be the children Who We Are, a comprehensive look at the underlying mean- of those immigrants. By that time, blacks, Hispanics and ings of the 1990 census. Asians may constitute nearly a majority of the nation's chil- In this interview with THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGA- dren. ZINE, Roberts tells us about the shocking changes occurring We are reaching a point where no single racial or ethnic in America, as revealed by the census. group will constitute a majority in America. Non-Hispanic whites may not cease to be a majority precisely in 2050, but American Legion Magazine: The cost of the that is the direction we are going. 1990 census was $2.6 billion — $10.40 per head counted. Was that money well spent? Q. If a prognosticator stood up in the Midwest and made that prediction, it would be greeted with deep SAM ROBERTS: It seems like a good bargain, given the skepticism. immense amount of information that was collected. What's A That's tme. Immigrants tend to come to the coasts, and so remarkable in looking at the census is the vast changes they concentrate in four states — Califomia, Texas, the country went through in the 1980s. When we look at our Florida and New York. Consider that the Hispanic popula- totems — the things we have always believed to be true — tion of California is 7.7 million — that's more than the we are finding that many aren't that true any more. population of all but eight states. But our diversity isn't evenly distributed. In Califomia one in four people is for- Q. You say there is no "Average American." Why not? eign bom; in the Midwest farm belt, one in 50. A There's no way to average our increasing diversity. Statistically, the average American is a 32.7 year-old Q. How has the nature of the family changed? white woman, married with a couple of kids. She lives in A Murphy Brown wasn't a trend setter. Nevertheless, one the suburbs in a three-bedroom house and she probably has in four American kids is growing up with a single par-

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ent. What's troubling about this is that a kid bom to a single HIGHLIGHT mother is still more likely to be poor, on welfare, under- educated and place a larger burden on society. And only about one in four is growing up in the tradi- tional "Ozzie and Harriet" family, where there are two par- ^am Robe/iU Ot/o. . ents, the mom as the housewife and the dad as the bread winner. Our family structure is changing and we haven't Our changing complexion: "Roughly by the fully come to grips with it. year 2050, no single racial or ethnic Q. Are small towns disappearing? group will constitute a majority in A They have declined enormously. The biggest problem America. Ncn-I^ispanic whites are about is economics — people follow jobs and jobs are being 75 percent of the population and concentrated in metropolitan areas. In 1990, for the first dropping. time in our history, a majority of Americans lived in metropolises of more than 1 million people. Today three in Tlie changing family: "One In four lNew Orleans, 11. Americans live in metropolises of more Those population losses aren't necessarily what's trou- A than one million people. bling. It's who the cities are losing — the more well- to-do — and they're leaving the poorer behind. Some cities The graying of America: "Our median age consequently are clearly having a very tough time surviving is 32.9, shocl

DECEMBER 1994 27 AFTER 1W0 YEARS

HE WAR, AMERICANS

ANNIHUSLY HOPER

ERR THE RESINNING

a top conversation. It was the first Norman Goldstein was RFTHEENR. By time since the Civil War that Ameri- cans would go to the polls to elect a S 1944 BEGAN, President during wartime. Americans felt the Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for WORLD WAR II: wounds of two years a fourth term, awaited the nomination of global war, but of his rival. Among the possibilities THE WAR YEARS were determined to were front-runners Wendell Willkie

see it through to vic- and New York Gov. Thomas E. HIS SERffiS of special annu- tory. Dewey, along with Gov. John Bricker al articles commemorating the They anxiously and Sen. Robert Taft, both from Ohio. 50th anniversary of World War followed the exploits Gen. Douglas MacArthur was a grass- II continues with this review of of Patton and Montgomery in Italy and roots entry, but he was being coy about 1944. The "War Years" series awaited the anticipated Allied assault his intentions. will conclude in September 1995 on Europe that would mark the begin- The entertaining and upbeat movie, with a special "Victory!" issue. It ning of the end. Going My Way, provided escape from

will cover the end of the war and But not many thought it imminent. the war and earned Oscars for Bing look ahead to the post-war and Polls taken in mid-January showed less Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald and director Cold War eras. In addition, we than half felt the war in Europe would Leo McCarey. Country music domi- will continue to publish individ- be over by the end of the year. Others nated the radio waves with the likes of

ual "Battle Report" articles said it would be 1945 or even 1946. Jimmy Davis, Roy Acuff and Pappy throughout 1995. Japan, most thought, would take even O'David. "Praise the Lord and Pass the All of these articles honor longer to defeat. those who served, fought and The Selective Service announced in Norman Goldstein, who often

died in World War II. Their January it would double the draft by writes on military subjects, was the courage, resolve and sacrifice including fathers of young children. By author of "Korea: 1950-53," which will always be remembered. July 1, there were 11.13 million men appeared in the July 1993 issue. He — The Editors and women in the services. wrote all the articles in this special Politics, as well as war and peace. section, "The War Years: 1944."

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION HOME FOR CHRISTMAS— /n polls taken in 1944, most Americans thought their men would not be home for two or three more Christmases.

Ammunition," "There's a Star-Span- gled Banner Waving Somewhere" and "White Cliffs of Dover" were heard over and over again. Baseball was hit hard by the war. Among the sport's finest who had gone to war was Ted Williams, a Marine pilot. But America's pastime remained popular, especially in St. Louis, where the Cardinals and Browns met later in the year in an intra-city World Series. The Army boasted victories on fields of battle and football, as "Doc" Blanchard and Glenn Davis— Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside—led the U.S. Military Academy to an undefeated season. A railroad strike was settled in time to get raw material needed for the heavy bombing runs on Germany in mid-February. In what became known as the "Big Week," some 2,300 British bombers attacked Germany during night raids, while 7,800 American planes struck during daylight hours between Feb. 19-25. During that peri- od, the Luftwaffe lost a staggering 450 planes. Nearly 700 U.S. bombers and 800 fighter-support aircraft launched the first full raid on Berlin on March 6,

and hit it again two days later. Raids on Berlin continued almost daily. On the battlefront, with Sicily taken and Mussolini fallen, the Allies doggedly moved up the Italian boot through Salerno and Naples. On Jan. 22, the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps led the landings at Anzio and drove inland to Cassino, where the Germans were massed to stop the advance on Rome. The Germans set up headquarters in

DECEMBER 1994 29 a medieval monastery atop ply: "Well, Ike, you are 1,700-foot Monte Cassino. going to command Over- The Allies tried three lord." times to take the mountain; Operation Overlord, the all were unsuccessful and long-awaited invasion of costly. It was not until Europe, had been dis- May 18, after two months cussed for years. Numer- of intensive attacks, that ous locations for the inva- the U.S. Fifth Army and sion had been argued, the British Eighth Army from Murmansk to the forced the Germans to Persian Gulf, Norway, withdraw from the mona- Spain and Portugal — stery. even across the Mediter- The Allies pierced the ranean from North Africa. German Gustav Line But, from the beginning across central Italy with of the talks, the Americans MONTE the victory at Cassino, felt an attack across the CASSINO—The although there was still English Channel was the Allies pierced the considerable opposition at primary route. The attack German defenses several points in the valley. decision to appoint the popu- eventually was set for at this Italian Then, on Sunday, June 4, advance lar "Ike" to lead the Allied stronghold. early May 1944, but units of the U.S. Fifth Army entered invasion of Europe was made delayed for several rea- and liberated Rome. by President Roosevelt, sons, among them a per- But perhaps the least publicized although his first choice was Gen. ceived lack of landing craft and often event of early 1944 was the most pro- George C. Marshall, the U.S. Army the weather. pitious: chief of staff. But Marshall was con- On June 5, at 4:15 a.m., after sever- On Jan. 15, Army Gen. Dwight D. sidered invaluable running the war al last-minute delays, Eisenhower Eisenhower had arrived in London to from Washington. announced the decision to go ahead take up his post as supreme comman- Roosevelt had met with Eisenhower with the attack on June 6. The end had der, Allied Expeditionary Forces. The in December 1943 and told him, sim- begun.

WHY IKE Was Liked

CHOOSING Army Gen. Dwight the ranks. In World War I, 2d Lt. IND. Eisenhower to lead the D-Day Eisenhower reached a temporary invasion. President Roosevelt rank of lieutenant colonel. Between picked a skilled soldier with a rare the wars, he served with Gen. Dou- gift for organizing and directing glas MacArthur in the Philippines, large military actions. "Ike" also was and in 1942, he became commander a man of integrity and courage. of U.S. forces in Europe. FDR made his decision in Decem- President Roosevelt's selection of ber 1943, surprising many — includ- Eisenhower to direct the D-Day ing Britain's Winston Churchill — invasion proved to be a wise choice, who had expected him to name Army as Ike became a true American hero. Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Mar- After the war, he served as chief shall. of the U.S. Occupation Forces in "Eisenhower is the best politician Germany, then replaced Gen. Mar- among the military men," the Presi- shall as Army Chief of Staff. He A WINNER—"FuH victory—nothing else," is what ll(e told GIs before dent said later. "He is a natural came back to the States a hero and D-Day. leader who can convince older men was named president of Columbia to follow him, and this is what we University. He returned to the mili- need." tary in 1950 as the first commander United States in 1952. He kept a

For Eisenhower, it was the epito- of the newly created NATO forces. campaign promise and ended the me of a military career that began at His popularity established both in Korean War in his first months in the age of 21 when he entered West war and peace, Eisenhower rode an office. Point. "I Like Ike" campaign to defeat The two-term President retired to After graduation, the Texas-bom, Democrat Adlai Stevenson and his Gettysburg, Pa., home with his Kansas-bred soldier rose steadily in become the 34th President of the wife, Mamie. He died there in 1969.0

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION 0 m m

JUNE 6, 1944:

THE 'LONGEST DAY'

TURNED THE TIDE

AGAINST THE

GERMANS.

HEN THE crusade in Europe began before dawn on June 6, the Allies in England had amas- sed 17 British, three Canadian, one Pol- The Allied strength on land and Marshal Leigh-Mallory was in charge ish, one French and sea, and ready to go in the air on that of the air force, and a fellow Brit, 20 American divisions. day was 2,876,439 officers and men. Adm. Bertram H. Ramsay, command- For the sky war, there were 5,049 On the other side of the English ed the naval forces. fighter aircraft; 3,467 heavy bombers; Channel, Field Marshal Gerd von In his memoirs, Eisenhower recalls 1,645 medium, light and torpedo Rundstedt had 58 divisions in north- that the directive from the Combined bombers; 698 other combat aircraft; west Europe, including 10 armored Chiefs of Staff was "very simple, 2,316 transport aircraft; and 2,591 Panzer divisions. There were 890 air- merely instructing us to land on the gliders. craft and over 1.4 million German coast of France and thereafter to Ready to go to sea were: 233 Tank troops in France, more than half of destroy the German ground forces...." Landing Ships (LSTs); 835 Tank them army, defending an Atlantic The plan was to land on the Nor- Landing Crafts (LCTs); six battleships Wall of concrete and steel blockhous- mandy coast at Omaha and Utah and two monitors; 22 cruisers; 93 es and artillery that overlooked the beaches on the peninsula below Cher- destroyers; 159 smaller fighting craft, beaches. bourg, to build up resources for a deci- including PT boats and mine layers; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was sive battle in the Normandy-Brittany 255 mine sweepers, and 72 Infantry supreme commander of the huge region and break out of the enemy's Landing Crafts (LCIs). In all, there Allied invasion. British Gen. Bernard encircling positions. Then, move out were more than 6,000 Navy fighting Montgomery headed the land forces, on a broad front with two groups, one ships, landing crafts and merchant and Gen. Omar Bradley commanded to the left to gain necessary ports, the ships. the American troops. British Air Chief other on the right, linking up with

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HEAVY TOLL—Survivors of a landing cast terrible conditions for June 5, small groups across hedgerow coun- craft sunk off France reach Utah Beach high winds and overcast skies, and the try. (inset photo). Almost 40,000 Allied invasion was delayed. The end of the first day, "the troops died in the D-Day invasion. Weather Group Capt. James M. Longest Day," saw some 55,000 Stagg predicted, however, a break for Allied troops dug in on the beaches forces coming through France from the next day. along with thousands of vehicles and the south. Ike announced the decision to go tons of materiel. After estabhshing a new base along ahead. Omaha had been enlarged to a the western border of Germany and "No one present disagreed," he beachhead six miles wide and two maintaining an "unrelenting" offen- recalled about that decisive meeting miles deep. sive, the next steps were to "complete with his Allied commanders. It was a day of grand movements of the destruction of enemy forces west "There was a definite brightening men and personal acts of heroism — a of the Rhine," launch a final attack as of faces as, without a further word, day of blunders and a day of victories. a double envelopment of the Ruhr and each went off to his respective post of It was also a day heavy with losses: follow up with an immediate thrust duty to flash out to his command the 1,000 Americans died on Omaha through Germany. The final order: messages that would set the whole Beach alone. But Americans hearing "Clean out the remainder of Ger- host in motion." the news on radio that day went to bed many." The mightiest fighting force the comforted in knowing the invasion The military objective may have Allies could assemble—the largest had succeeded. sounded simple, but executing it sure- amphibious invasion in history The fighting in Normandy wiped ly was not. began at 0630 hours for Americans out 40 German divisions, killing or Secrecy and weather were key fac- and a little later for the British. wounding 240,000 men. For the tors. While the Germans were aware The invasion was preceded by four Allies, 36,976 had died. of an imminent invasion, exactly when to five hours of aerial bombardment. By June 10, the two beachhead and where was a well-camouflaged Paratrooper drops were scattered, armies from Omaha and Utah beaches secret. but for the most part successful in had linked up. The most propitious combination of securing the beaches — Omaha, Utah, Cherbourg fell to U.S. forces on moon, tide and time of sunrise was Gold, Juno, Sword—between Cher- June 27; it was the first major French June 5, 6 and 7. Meteorologists fore- bourg and Le Havre and advancing in port to come under Allied control.

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION PARIS RE-TAKEN- U.S. troops of the 28th Division march down the Champs Elysees, Aug 29.

St. Lo, the crucial road junction linking and Brittany, came Normandy FIGHT- traffic and the 700-mile loop was into U.S. hands July 18. ing force marked with red ball signs. More A week later, U.S. troops broke out Ai.is only as than 6,000 trucks and drivers used with thrust as an armored known good as its the road, day and night. Operation Cobra and by Aug. 10, supplies. In five days, the Red Ball Ex- General George Patton's troops had Allied press delivered more than 12,000 Brittany isolated the Germans in and troops break- tons to supply dumps serving for- were headed rapidly east. ing out of the ward units. By Sept. 5, it had deliv- Eisenhower planned on bypass- had Normandy beach- ered more than 80,000 tons. ing Paris the road to but on Germany, heads and moving rapidly toward Vehicles ran at least 20 hours a Gen. Charles DeGaulle insisted on the Rhine stretched their supply day on the narrow roads, often trav- sending Jacques Leclerc's Maj. Gen. lines dangerously thin. eling at unsafe speeds. They 2nd French Armored Div. to the city. Most of the supplies were still stopped only for loading, unloading Ike sent the 4th Div. along with it. coming from Cherbourg. Brest and and servicing. Relief drivers came Paris surrendered on Aug. 25. Follow- Lorient were still under siege as from everywhere possible. 's ceremoni- ing Leclerc and DeGaulle were the English Channel ports. One soldier said the only way to al parade, American infantrymen The French railways had been avoid the convoy was to "not only liberated Paris marched through and badly damaged by bombings, and get off the road, but climb a tree." right to war. back airlifts were limited. Yet, in the long run, what Gen. front At the same time, a new was In late August, transportation Dwight Eisenhower was to call a launched from southern France at engineers improvised a round-the- "heroic and effective effort" proved beaches between Cannes and Toulon, clock truck delivery service tagged insufficient. Tires, trucks and dri- as toward the forces headed north the Red Ball Express, from an old vers wore out and, at times, the Rhone Valley. The Germans surren- railroad term for the symbol used Allies had to stop and wait for dered in Toulon and Marseilles on on freight cars carrying top priority deliveries, hampering the overall Aug. 28. cargo. Two parallel highways out of strategy in the march toward the final to Berlin had The march St. Lo were closed off to civilian Rhine. begun.

DECEMBER 1994 33 On Oct. 20, the

general fulfilled his promise to return to liberate the Philippines.

OUGLAS MacArthur The Americans then moved closer had made his promise. to Japan with the capture of Eniwetok. I The United States GOT CLOSER ANO At Truk, they destroyed 200 planes on would return to the the ground and sunk 41 ships. In the Philippines, the islands first direct naval attack on Japan's j where the defense homeland, American warships shelled

) failed in 1942. Retriev- CLOSER TO JAPAN, the Kurile Islands of northern Japan. D.- ing those islands was Another invasion force took the Japan- more than a military mission for Dou- ese by surprise and landed in Nether- glas MacArthur. They were the islands ANO TO VICTORY. lands New Guinea on April 22. in which he and his father, Arthur, had In June, U.S. forces began the most been so intimately involved, profes- ambitious of the Pacific amphibious sionally and personally. invasions. With the offensive crusade in heavily defended Japanese-held On June 6, D-Day in Normandy, Europe sending Hitler reeling, there islands that would be too costly for the American bombers took off for the was renewed emphasis on the counter- Americans to capture. With their Japanese-held islands of Saipan and attack in the Pacific. sights set on the Philippines and Tinian. Nine days later, after air and By 1944, American sea power had Japan, American forces swept through sea bombardment, the 2nd and 4th grown enormously. There were eight the Solomons, the Gilberts, the Mai- Marine divisions and the 27th Army new battleships — among them the shalls and Marianas. Div. landed on Saipan in the Marianas 58,000-ton USS Missouri — 92 carri- By the end of 1943, the United — 1,500 miles from Hiroshima. Sev- ers and 513 destroyers and escorts. States controlled the Solomons, except eral weeks of bloody fighting was still With carriers like the Lexington hold- for Bougainville, had taken Tarawa in to come before the Americans took the ing 100 warplanes, the flattops were a bloody battle and had landed at two island on July 9. The cost was high — indeed floating air bases. It is little points on New Britain. U.S. Marines 3,400 GIs and 27,000 Japanese were wonder that the war in the Pacific and soldiers invaded Kwajalein in the killed. evolved into a carrier war. Marshall Islands on Jan. 31 and took When the Japanese tried to rein- The U.S. plan was to leapfrog control within a week. force the island, the Americans sank

34 THE AMERICAN LEGION three of their carriers and shot down 475 planes over the Philippine Sea in a stunning victory known as "The PHILIPPINE SCOUTS: LOM AND COURAGEOUS Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." the early defense of ese 14th Army began their main The Japanese withdrew what was DURING the Philippines, a few did landings on Luzon, there were left of its carrier force to defend the much for many. The few were 22,000 U.S. soldiers and Philippine home islands. the loyal and courageous Philippine Scouts, along with a common- Guam, which had fallen to the Scouts, originally a brigade of Fil- wealth army of 80,000, most of Japanese less than a week after Pearl ipinos with American supervision. them inexperienced. Harbor, was an especially symbolic They had been organized as a The Scouts, primarily the 26th victory, as well as a strategic one. The branch of the U.S. Army in 1900 Cavalry, were asked to defend the 3rd Marine Div. and the Army's 77th by Maj. Gen. Arthur Mac Arthur, Philippines and, eventually, just Div. landed on Guam on July 21. The father of Douglas, when he was delay the invading forces. island was secured Aug. 10 after 20 Philippine military governor. After a week of defending the days of fierce combat in which the In mid-1941, Douglas Mac- Bataan peninsula, the Scouts of the Japanese lost 17,000 men. Only 500 Arthur, known to the Filipinos as 26th were down to 15 ounces of Japanese surrendered. The United "MacArthur the Younger" to dis- food a day. They were forced to States listed 1,214 dead and 6,000 tinguish him from his father, was shoot and eat their horses and wounded. assigned to command the Military whatever dogs and snakes they (Today, more than half a million District of Manila and then the could find. Some 500 Scouts a day Japanese tourists visit the island every Philippine Scout Brigade. contracted malaria. year. Around Tumon Bay. near where In July 1941, American and Fil- Bataan fell in April and the last 753 Marines died in the initial assault ipino troops were merged into a Filipino and American troops in the to retake the island, neon signs adver- single army under MacArthur. By Philippines surrendered on June 9, tise Japanese shops and arcades.) mid-December, when Lt. Gen. leaving only guerrilla resistance. In September, Adm. Chester Masaharu Homma and the Japan- Please turn to page 54 Nimitz's Marines of the 1st Div. land- Please turn to page 54

DECEMBER 1994 35 THE ALLIES COULD

TASTE VICTORY IN

EUROPE. THEN IN

BELGIOM THERE

WAS "THE ROLGE."

S 1944 WANED, opti- million men would mism waxed. The be sent home as Allies had broken soon as Germany through in Europe and was defeated. had the Germans It seemed as backing up. though the war in The Soviets were at Europe was just

. the East Prussia border about over. Over, as and along the Vistula in the center of someone said — Poland, and had taken over almost all but for the shoot- of Hungary. ing. The end to the United States forces controlled the fighting was further air and sea in the Pacific and seemed away than antici- well on their way to Japan. pated, or hoped. With the end apparently in sight, On Sept. 11, GIs of the Fifth date, with some 20,000 troops landing Americans were nettled by continuing Armored Div. waded across the Our from aircraft and gliders. shortages, especially of cigarettes and River from Luxembourg to Germany, At first there was little opposition. some household goods. President becoming the first in German territory. But a massive German counterattack Franklin D. Roosevelt, with Harry S. But they were soon driven back. soon turned Amhem into a disastrous Truman as his running mate, had once A few days later, U.S. and British setback for the Allies. In battles there again prevailed at home, winning a paratroopers floated down into Hol- in the Hurtgen Forest and at Aachen, fourth term over New York Gov. land in Operation Market Garden. U.S. forces suffered more than

Thomas Dewey after a campaign that Their goal was to gain bridges on the 1 34,000 casualties in three months. included promoting a V-E Day — lower Rhine at Amhem. The daylight But the conflict took a heavier toll Victory in Europe. drop, with strong air support, was the on the enemy. Combined with Gen. The Army had announced that a largest Allied airborne operation to George S. Patton's offensive in the

36 THE AMERICAN LEGION Lorraine, the Allies inflicted an esti- mated 3,000 German casualties a day. Aachen was finally taken on Oct.

21. But it took until Nov. 28 before the much-needed port of Antwerp was opened and the supply lines once again caught up with the troops. The Germans were able to put together one more counteroffensive to the southeast in Belgium, where the poet recalled the toll of a previous war — "in Flanders fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row." German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the man who had been victimized by the D-Day surprise at Normandy, was not about to give up. On Dec. 16, on Hitler's orders, he launched a counteroffensive in the RESCUE—GIs in Ardennes Forest, just as U.S. forces the 4th Armored were on the verge of a final offensive '*H Div. advance on into Germany proper. Bastone and the It was Hitler's last desperate effort surrounded in the West and for a while it worked. 101st. Von Rundstedt pushed the U.S. First Army back and encircled the

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101st Airborne Div. The 101st held the around Bastogne. The line. A few days later, center of the Allied line they were finally re- fell back, creating a lieved by Patton, lead- "bulge" that spawned a ing the U.S. 3rd Army, name for one of the most and the 1st and 9th decisive battles in military armies. With new history: the Battle of the strength, the Americans Bulge. began their own coun- A few days before terattack on Dec. 30. Christmas, the 101st The Rhine was in "Screaming Eagles," bat- their sights. tered — and for all intents Back in October — beaten, were asked to 1943, a month after the surrender. Under a light Allied landings in Italy, snowfall, the Germans Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- had sent four men under a hower bet British Gen. white flag, asking to see ONWARD—After Bernard Montgomery the American command- Christmas, U.S. £5 that the war in ing general. halftracks roll on Europe would be over Their message was relayed to Brig. "What was that?" McAu- as German by Christmas 1944. Now, prisoners are led Gen. Anthony McAuliffe's headquar- liffe asked. 15 months later, Mont- to the rear. ters in a cellar under a barracks. "You said, 'Nuts,'" Lt. gomery tried to collect, "They want us to surrender," Col. Col. Harry Kinnard told albeit a little early. Ike Ned Moore told him. him. demurred: "I still have nine days left." *"Aw, nuts," McAuliffe said. And so McAuliffe's official reply: The war was now three years long, But he couldn't decide on an offi- "TO THE GERMAN COMMAN and Americans were hungrier than cial answer. DER: NUTS! ever for victory. While there was "That first remark of yours would "THE AMERICAN COMMAN much to be thankful for at year's end, be hard to beat," an aide told him. DER." "the boys" were still "over there."

THE FIGHTING SEABEES — THEY were called Seabees i bors—were essential to the D- and had a number of other 1 Day channel crossings. Their names to denote what an ° "magic box" pontoons made the irregular bunch they were. landings at Salerno and Anzio The Seabee nickname came possible. They unloaded 10,000 from CB, the abbreviation for vehicles from Landing Ship Construction Battalion, a civilian Tanks (LSTs) in Sicily in 23 days. branch of the U.S. Navy hastily They leveled the mountains of authorized in late December Ascension Island and built a mile- 1941. It was organized with long airstrip where most engi- plumbers, carpenters, truck dri- neers said it couldn't be done. vers and construction workers On Okinawa, they built sea- who were soon doing their jobs ports with dock and cargo han- under combat fire: "We build, we dling facilities, airfields and a sea- fight" was one of their mottoes. plane base. On Guam, working Based on the unorthodox man- under fire and using bulldozers as BUILDING IVherever airfields or ner of their work, they earned & FIGHTING— shields, they built and paved 100 bases were needed, the Seabees were there. other names—some printable miles of road in 90 days. such as Confused Bastards. Their Adm. "Bull" Halsey called insignia was a flying bee wearing a wartime accomplishments gave the bulldozers one of the most decisive sailor cap and carrying a Tommy jokes a foundation of respect and weapons of the Pacific war, along gun, a wrench and a hammer. admiration. Wherever overseas bases, with subs, radar and planes. Seabees were older than the aver- airfields and waterfront facilities William Bradford Huie wrote age sailors—31 —a fact that led to were needed, the Seabees provided about them in the book. Can Do, and many jokes: "Don't pick on a Marine; them in their typical "Can Do" spirit their contributions to the war were he may be the son of a Seabee," that became another of their mottoes. made legendary in a John Wayne sailors would say. But the Seabees' Their "Mulberries"—artificial har- movie, The Fighting Seabees.

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IKE THEIR fathers and grandfathers, future program for a year would be eligible to receive education veterans may have The American Legion to benefits up to $14,400. A veteran who participated for 48 thank for a GI Bill that will improve their edu- months would be eligible for benefits totaling $57,600. L cation and make a better life for them. Both National Guard and Reservists are eligible to par- Kansas Sen. Robert Dole has introduced ticipate, but their contributions and benefits are half those into Congress the Servicepersons Readjustment Act of earned by participating active duty personnel. 1995. Like its predecessor, the Servicepersons Readjust- To be eligible, active duty personnel must serve at least ment Act of 1944, much of the new GI Bill was taken from three years from the date of enrollment. Guard and Reserve American Legion recommendations. Dole hopes to push the members must complete at least six years of continuous legislation through the 105th Congress next year. duty and have a satisfactory drill attendance rating. Under the bill, active duty GIs would have the option to The benefits must be used within 10 years. However, if participate in the program, just like they do now with the veterans do not use their benefits within that time, they may Montgomery GI Bill. GIs could contribute $100 a month request a non-interest bearing refund in the form of an IRS for 12 to 48 months, depending on the plan they select. tax credit.

Benefits would be payable at a 12 to 1 ratio based on each Veterans with less-than-honorable discharges and those full year of contributions. who attended military academies or received ROTC schol- For example, a veteran who contributed $1,200 into the arships would not be eligible.

Employment Shell Game This means that military retirees killed by sharks in one of the most will receive their COLA in their April tragic sea disasters of all time. Some federal agencies — including 1995 checks, just like federal retirees. For more information, contact Pat the Departments of Veterans Affairs, However, the change is only good for Finnerman, USS Indianapolis Memor- Defense and State, and the Federal 1995. Congress will have to address ial, 1802 W. 30th St., Indianapolis, IN Aviation Administration — are find- this issue again next year. 46208, or call 1-800-482-5242. ing ways to circumvent 50-year-old In the original 1993 five-year bud- veterans preference laws during reduc- get-cutting plan, military retirees were DoD Fights Back tions in force (RIF). scheduled to receive their COLAs in Some 140 colleges and universities The Legion has received com- October, while federal employees only that bar military recruiters from their plaints about veterans being demoted. had to wait until April. The Legion campuses can expect to lose Depart- Meanwhile, their old positions often has testified before Congress con- ment of Defense (DoD) research are renamed and then filled with demning the unfair COLA delay for grants, under provisions added to the women, minorities or the disabled. military retirees. The effective date of 1995 Defense Appropriation Bill by When the veterans appeal, they are COLAs is scheduled to return to Janu- New York Rep. Gerald B.H. Solomon told the old positions no longer exist. ary, beginning in 1998. and Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles. For The Legion and other veterans some institutions, it could mean the groups are pressuring Congress to Families Sought loss of millions of research dollars. ensure veterans in government jobs Survivors of the cruiser USS Indi- The practice of barring military are treated fairly under the law. "But anapolis are searching for the families recruiters began as a political protest Congress seems to be more interested of sailors and Marines who were on many campuses during the Viet- in protecting 'politically correct' killed when the ship was sunk by a nam War. Often the campuses also workers than veterans," said Allen L. Japanese submarine during World dropped Reserve Officer Training. Titus, chairman of The American War II. More recently, some colleges have Legion's Economic Commission. The USS Indianapolis Memorial is barred recruiters and discontinued scheduled to be dedicated Aug. 2, ROTC programs because of the mili- COLA Equity Passed 1995, in Indianapolis, Ind., and the tary's stance on homosexuals. Military retirees, originally targeted organizers would like other surviving A similar measure was passed in by Congress to have their retirement crew members and the families of the 1973 Defense Authorization Bill, cost-of-living (COLA) increases their dead shipmates to join them on but gave the Secretary of Defense the delayed the longest, will now be treat- the occasion. There are about 750 authority to make exceptions. As a ed the same as other federal retirees families that have not been located. result, most colleges that appealed during 1995. Congress has passed the The ship was sunk at the end of were given exemptions, according to COLA Equity Amendment, sponsored World War II after delivering the press reports. However, no such by Arizona Rep. Jon Kyi, as part of atomic bomb. Of the 1,197-man crew, escape clause exists in the 1995 the 1995 Defense Appropriation Bill. 881 went down with the ship or were defense bill.

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NATIONAL HISTORIAN LEfilON SUPPOmS CUNTON DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT TO AVERT HAm INVASION

HE Ameri- can Legion applauded Family Suppopt Network Reacfivated President r HELP the families of provides almost any kind Clinton's To the U.S. troops serving in of assistance for families of efforts to restore democ- Haiti and the Persian Gulf, GIs. racy in Haiti without a The American Legion has "Families of those in the military invasion. reactivated the Family National Guard, reserve In a Sept. 28 letter to Support Network. and active duty troops who the President, Nat'l. By calling 1-800-433- are being called up for the Cmdr. William M. Det- 3318, families will be con- missions don't necessarily weiler praised his send- nected to local Legion reside near military bases M. LaREINE MAXEY ing former President Posts and Auxiliary Units where support is readily Appointed in September Jimmy Carter, retired that can provide assistance available to them," said Army Gen. Colin L. — volunteers to make National Adjutant Robert Powell and Georgia Sen. home repairs, money for W. Spanogle. "That's why ATION AL Sam Nunn to secure Historian M. emergencies or just some- it was decided to reactivate terms for a peaceful U.S. L a R e i n e one to talk to. the network, which will re- occupation of the island. Maxey, 74, Originally launched in main in operation until Amid Clinton's threats N died in an auto 1990 before Operation units called up return in early August to use accident in October on her Desert Storm, the network home." American military might way to the Department of to restore democracy in Nevada's executive commit- Haiti, then-Nat'l. Cmdr. tee meeting. Bruce Thiesen wrote to Clin- Haiti," Detweiler wrote One way to protect our Maxey and her husband, ton opposing such action on Clinton, after the peaceful troops and return the coun- Clyde, 69, were driving on the grounds that "no vital occupation had occurred in try to civil law, Detweiler highway 95 to Tonopah, American interest is at September. In addition to wrote, is the "rapid, inten- Nev., when another car stake." The Legion maintains praising the nonviolent han- sive training of the Haitian struck the couple head on. that position. dling of the crisis, Detweiler police and military service At press time in mid-Octo- "I applaud your efforts in asked Clinton to ensure the members loyal to the legiti- ber, Clyde was hospitalized averting an invasion of safety of GIs now in Haiti. mate government." at Washoe Medical Center Nat'l. Cmdr. Detweiler at Reno in serious condition called for a U.S. withdrawal with broken legs and inter- from Haiti as soon as possi- nal injuries. ble, and urged that the U.S. National Commander government create an effec- William M. Detweiler tive POW policy to protect appointed Maxey as Nation- and repatriate any captured al Historian at the 76th GIs. He reiterated the Le- National Convention in gion's opposition to the use Minneapolis last September. of U.S. forces in peace- "I am deeply saddened by keeping operations under a LaReine's death," said foreign commander. Detweiler. "I admired her "The Legion continues to devotion to The American oppose any armed interven- Legion." tion where U.S. national Instead of flowers, dona- security interests are ques- tions to the Child Welfare TO THE RESCUE—U.S. troops aboard this Army helicopter tionable," Detweiler con- Foundation, in memory of swept peacefully into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sept. 19. cluded. Maxey, are suggested.

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Legion Reviews Smitlisonian's Enoia Gay Exiiibit

INE by line and To press for historical 76th American Legion Senate passed a resolution picture by pic- context and accuracy for the National Convention in also seeking further revi- ture, The Am- Enola Gay exhibit. Internal Minneapolis. Newman said sions to the script. L erican Legion Affairs Commission Chair- that on-going script revision In Minneapolis, conven- is reviewing man Herman G. Harrington is not an unusual process for tion delegates passed Res. the National Air and Space and members of the Nation- the Smithsonian. She, along 391, calling for Legion par- Museum's planned Enola al Headquarters staff repre- with museum director Mar- ticipation in the revision of Gay exhibit to ensure the sented the Legion in 22 tin Harwit, promised to the exhibit. The resolution, historic aircraft and its mis- hours of meetings to revise work with the Legion to however, did not include sion will be displayed in the the 500-page script with revise the Enola Gay script. Legion approval of the dis- proper historical context. Smithsonian officials in The Legion is not alone play, which has been called The Legion became in- September. in its criticism of the exhibit. one of the most controver- volved when early scripts "The World War II veter- Two dozen congressmen sial exhibits in the 18-year for the exhibition — now an just wants to be remem- condemned the exhibit in a history of the National Air titled "The Final Act: The bered correctly," said Har- letter to the museum, and the and Space Museum. Atomic Bomb and the End rington. He said that the of World War 11" — con- Legion continues to offer the tained a number of inaccura- Smithsonian advice. OREGON POST OPENS DAY CARE CENTER cies and omissions. The Legion will continue

It portrayed the Japanese to monitor the exhibit, as victims of American which opens in Washington, aggression, included only a D.C., in May. one-half sentence mention "I'm not going to tell you of the Japanese attack on we didn't make some mis- Pearl Harbor, and contained takes," said Smithsonian few words about Japanese Undersecretary Constance war atrocities. Berry Newman during the

THE IF STILL NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT ORDS can't uged, but NEF helped express how Legionnaires rebuild, says much I appreci- Willie Pitts, Department of THE KIDS ARE OK—Post 67 of Junction City, Ore., raised ate the mone- Georgia Senior Vice Com- $200,000 to build the America's Child Day Care Center, which tary gift," wrote mander. teaches children the importance of veterans. Auxiliary member Thelma "The National Emer- Leinin of Albany, Ga., after gency Fund had enough VERY day, 2- six-month campaign to raise receiving an NEF grant this money to readily help Geor- year-old Alex $200,000 to buy a building past summer. "It will help gia flood victims," says Crum excitedly and an adjacent parking lot me to start all National Com- E runs inside the for the center. over. What you do mander William America's The center opened its for people will M. Detweiler. Child Day Care Center, doors in May, and can never be forgot- "But we need to where he can laugh with his accommodate up to 38 chil- ten." keep replenishing friends or play with toys. dren. By mid-October, the the fund to be able to pro- He is one of several chil- According to Post 61 NEF had given 85 grants vide assistance when disas- dren at the center, which Adjutant Don Epperson, the worth more than $83,000 to ter strikes in the future." was established by Post 61 center has boosted the individuals and one Post in You or your Post can of Junction City, Ore. Post's image in the commu- southwest Georgia and east- donate to the fund by writ- Before Post 61 began the nity and has made members em Alabama. ing to: day care, Junction City's proud to be Legionnaires. The fund gave money to National Emergency Fund working parents had to "We wanted something Post 558 in Americus, Ga. The American Legion search far and wide to find for the community that was The first floor of the two- P.O. Box 6141 baby sitters for their kids. steady and progressive," story Post home was del- Indianapolis, IN 46206 The Post conducted a Epperson said.

DECEMBER 1994 43 Legion news

LEGIONNAIRES POSTS BUILT HOSPITAL IN VIETNAM IN ACTION

I ENS of thou- other area Posts. hospital last March. The Post 103 of West sands of Amer- Erected in February 1970 Legionnaires are now work- Branch, Mich,, spent 18 icans died at Lien Hiep, The Worcester ing toward a second ship- months building the Oge-

I while fighting County Living Memorial ment of supplies, which maw County Veterans for their coun- Hospital has treated they say will make their Memorial. The Post raised try in the Vietnam War. 130,000 Vietnamese pat- effort the largest American $10,000 with help from But their memories con- ients. Carroll, along with aid project to Vietnam since Post 370 of West Branch tinue to live on through a four Gold Star mothers, the war ended. to create the tribute to liv- 50-bed Vietnamese hospital traveled to Lien Hiep that Dr. James Turpin, who ing and deceased veterans built in their honor by year for a ceremony to dedi- founded Project Concern of the county. Massachusetts Legion- cate the facility. International to support For more than 30 years, naires. Four years ago, after clinics in Vietnam, is credit- the Department of Mary- Members of Post 435, learning the hospital was in ed with introducing the idea land has raised as much as Worcester, Mass., led by need of medical supplies of the hospital to Post 435. $50,000 a year for its Med- Post Commander Frank and equipment, members of "The American Legion ical Eye Bank. The bank Carroll and a group of Gold Post 435 began gathering deserves to get credit for has provided more than 800 Star mothers who lost their used equipment and sup- this," Carroll said. corneas for sight-restoring sons in the Vietnam War, plies donated by hospitals "It felt good to know we transplants to veterans' hos- began a fundraising effort in and medical supply compa- were a part of somebody's pitals throughout the United 1967 to build the hospital. nies. Post 341 volunteered dream to carry on. States. The Post raised more than to pack the equipment. "It proves that these men Post 87 of Alexandria, $100,000 with help from Some $600,000 worth of and women did not die in Minn., established a schol- Post 341 of Worcester and equipment arrived at the vain," Carroll said. arship fund for mentally handicapped high school seniors in memory of Andy Jacobson, who died in 1992. Jacobson was wound- LEGION FOUNDER LEPAVSKY DIES ed and disabled during the battle of Okinawa in 1945. Lepavsky, an American Legion Founder, died Sept. 29 at the age of MAURICE Rolando Cabanas, a 95. A WWI and WWII Army veteran, he was one of four living founders. member of Post 42, Utua- Past National Commander John Geiger, Illinois Department Commander Kermit do, Puerto Rico, donated Holtgrewe and dozens of other Legionnaires attended the funeral. $20,000 to a nursing home Lepavsky was stationed in France in aji observation balloon unit in March 1919 in the city. when he attended the Paris When the American Red Caucus. The Paris meeting, Cross had to close a local along with the St. Louis Cau- center because of budget cus two months later, led to cuts, Post 826 of Wood- the formation of The Ameri- land Hills, Calif., offered can Legion. the Post as a blood collec- During his 75-year continu- tion center. More than ous membership in Post 38 of 3,000 pints of blood were Villa Park, 111., Lepavsky collected last year. served in many positions. At For 69 years. Post 107 the time of his death, he was of Natick, Mass., has been the Post's adjutant. sponsoring a Flag etiquette A retired clothing sales program that teaches ele- supervisor, the Chicago native mentary school students was an original member of the Flag respect. Chicago Poppy Association Post 168 of Hammond, and the Cook County Veterans Ind., donated a new van to Assistance Commission. the mayor of the city, who He is survived by his broth- MAURICE LEPAVSKY will use the van to carry ef' Irving ^ 95-Year-Old WWI And WWII Veteran materials for school drug abuse programs.

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Dump Truck Co. (Korea) (Springfield Chapt.) #13982 #14907 #22999 #18976 Zittau Survivors #22851 LST-1161 (USS Vernon County, Viet- 120th General Hospital (Manila, PI) 728th MP Bn., Co. A ('50-'54) #20490 nam) #14864 #19048 730th Eng. Depot Co. (WWII) #13937 LST-1169 (USS Whitfield County, Viet- 127th Ord. Co. #13898 746th Tank Bn. (WWII) #15836 Navy nam) #14775 127th Ord. Co. #13898 759th FA Bn. (1944-45) ETO #18223 LST-1170 (USS Windham County, Viet- 132nd AHC, 14th Avn. Bn. #13660 762nd Engr. L.E. Co. #18725 1st Beach Bn. #13482 nam) #14784 148th General Hospital (Hawall/Salpan) 785th MP Bn., B Co. #20892 1st Bn., Naval Cargo Handling #13867 LST-1198 (USS Bristol County) #18738 #10079 786 AAA AW Bn Sem (All battery) 1st Naval Beach Bn. (WWII) #18454 LST-346 #28271 156th Gen. Hosp. #13753 #19011 3rd NCB (WWII) #10711 LST-372 #17554 166th General Hospital #15529 787th Tank Bn., B Co. (WWII) #16700 7th Fleet: Flag Utility Unit #13220 LST-396 (WWII, Solomon Islands) 175th MP Assn., Co. C (1950-52) 790th & 131st Railway Battalion (Korea 10th Special Seabees #19083 #13986 #13954 1945 and 1946) #12050 99th NCB #13908 LST-398 #18173 179th Combat Engr. Bn. (WWII) #13939 803rd Engr. Avn. Bn. #16630 1 19th NCB Seabees (WWII) #28275 LST41 #19101 186th General Hospital (Falrford, Eng- 808th Engr. Earth Movers, Co. A (Oki- 135th NCB (WWII) #18584 LST-46 #14696 land 1944/45) #12488 nawa, 1954-55) #14956 138th NCB (Aleutian Islands) #14923 LST-568 #17410 196th RCT #16346 825th Air Eng. Sq. (Syracuse, NY, WWII) A5/RA5C "Vigilante Community" LST-625 Assn. #30087 198th General Hospital (WWII) #11650 #14952 #13559 LST-657 (WWII) #19143 199th Light Inf. Bde. Assn. (Vietnam, 835th Engr. AVN Bn., Co. C - (Korea) AG-15 (USS Essex) 1944 #18741 LST-711 #18729 Cambodia) Redcatcher #15322 #15760 Air Grp-33 (WWII) #18955 LST720 #19137 204th Hospital Ship Nursing Staff (USS 843rd SIg. Serv. Bn., SIg. 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56 THE AMERICAN LEGION shall Islands, In 1944-45. Contact: Spencer White. swell AFB. Also memorabilia from tactical F-111 Box 310, Rt. 412, Ottsvllle, PA 18942. units. Contact: Curtis J. Lenz, 32 June St., Nashua, LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Members of FASRON-120 Aug Unit 0122, Atsugl, NH 03060-5345. Japan, 1950 to October 1952. Contact: Artie Lappin, Patients or medical staff at Balnbrldge Naval Training Lite Membership notices are published for Legion- P.O. Box 698, Pocono Summit, PA 18346-0698. Center, November 1952, especially around Thanks- naires who have been awarded Life Memberships by their Members ot G Co., 7th Marines, 1st Marine Dlv., who giving. Contact: Joseph P. Beli, 2 Ellis St., Woburn, posts. served in Korea, for a book. Contact: Richard MA 01801; (617) 932-1640. Life membership notices must be submitted on official Guyette, 192 Lincoln Ave., Rutland, VT 05701; (802) Photo or negative of U.S. Coast Guard unit marching forms which may be obtained by sending a self- 775-6444. in the Armed Forces Day Parade In Savannah, Ga. in addressed, stamped envelope to; Life Memberships, The Members of the 1259th Combat Engr. Bn. who worked 1943. Contact: Floyd E. Glenn, 1008 E. 8th St., American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis on th CP. Lucky Strike "Ramp" Airfield, Normandy, Stuttgart, AK 72160; (501) 673-6863. IN 46206. France, for research. Contact: James F. Finan, 7300 Stories, histories and photos ot Navy Utility Sq. 11 (VJ- 20th St., #83, Vero Beach, FL 32966; (407) 567-7658. 11) from Inception thru 1946. Contact: Bob Olden- Richard Hotchkiss (1994) Post 26, Annlston, AL Members of the U.S. Jason "Swing Band", Shanghai, burg, 615 West Spring, Lewlstown, MT 59457-3154. George B. Gerdts (1994) Post 434, Chula Vista, CA China, 1946. 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DECEMBER 1994 57 there was "a fairly substantial increase MOVING? WHO IS AMERICA? in inequality." In 1980, the wealthiest fifth of the population collected 44 Continuedfrom page 27 percent of the nation's income. By 1990, that had risen to 47 percent. Meanwhile, the middle class has

become smaller. From 1980 to 1989, it are very different places. shrank from 71 percent to 63 percent of Americans. At the same time, more Q. Can the cities survive on their women are working — as many as own without help from the federal three in four mothers with school age northAmerican Offers and state governments? children are employed outside the I don't think so. As a nation, home. But the combined household Moving Discount A we've been struggling with the income did not enable as many Ameri- SAVE 40% problems of cities. Whether cities cans to qualify as middle class, show- should be left to solve them on their ing how bad the economy really was in On Your Next own or whether they are a national the 1980s. Interstate Move! problem that is in everyone's interest The Census Bureau reports, for to help solve. instance, that one in five Americans — North American Van Lines offers But we need the critical mass of 20 percent of us — who is working American Legion members a 40% people provided by cities. Cities fulltime nonetheless earns what discount on interstate moves. Let enable interactions among people that amounts to poverty-level wages. And Nortii American, the world's largest cannot be replaced with video-confer- the number of poor is growing, too. professional mover, transport your encing, e-mail and the other new tech- Nearly 32 million Americans — 14 household goods with moving ser- nologies. Cities remain where people percent of us — today are officially vices to meet every need and come together and conduct much busi- classified as poor. budget. In addition to saving 40%, ness in the way it has been conducted you will receive $50,000 coverage on for hundreds of years. There also are Q. Are we getting older? your household goods at no charge. our core American values, where we In 1990 the census counted For more information or a free es- A care for people and try to bring those 36,000 people over the age of timate, call Andy Mento at Quality who are less fortunate up into the mid- 100, and the number of us over 65 — Movers/North American Van Lines. dle class. 20.5 million — is higher than ever 1 800-524 5533 EXT. 29 It is in everyone's interest to pre- before. Our median age is now 32.9, serve the cities. It's not just charity. It which is shockingly high compared to is not realistic — politically, economi- the rest of the world. Before the end of cally, or geographically — to think we the decade the number of deaths will Afraid You're could saw off cities like New York and exceed the number of births per year. Los Angeles. That has never before occurred in Going Deaf? this country. This graying of America Q. Are suburbs where the political has vast implications, in terms of Chicago, ni.—A free offer of spe- power now is clustered? everything from health care and Social In 1992, for the first time, the Security to who will pay for public cial interest to those who hear but A do not understand words has been majority of the electorate resided education when a large part of the announced by BeUone. A non-oper- in suburbs, and the suburbs will nation has no kids in the schools. become even more dominant, political- There also are impacts on our ating model of one of the smallest ly and culturally. national security. The reason the Cen- canal hearing aids in America today More and more jobs are in the sub- sus Bureau started asking about age in will be given absolutely free to any- urbs, and the number of people com- the first census 200 years ago was to one requesting it. muting from the suburbs to the city has determine how many men would be It's yours for the asking, so send declined greatly. When transportation available for military service. for it now. It is not a real hearing isn't good enough and people tire of aid, but it will show you how tiny commuting, jobs move to those areas Q. How valid are the census re- hearing help can be. as well. sults? These models are free, so call or But the biggest growth in the 1980s A The most that can be hoped for is write for yours now. 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