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JULY 1978 Volume 105, Number 1 National Commander Robert Charles Smith

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NOTES ON Letters to the Editor Sir: The President and the 68 sena- OUR DESK tors who voted to ratify the give- away of the Panama Canal might ponder the verse: As we lower Old Glory for the last time From its Panamanian mast Editor's Note: Texas Dept. Cdr. forwardly dealt with this issue in And we bow our heads in pride Harvey Holcomb recently pre- his April energy address, his words For our country's glorious past, pared a report on the nation's were the following: "We must not We wonder what the future is for energy crisis titled "Energy permit energy shortages to balkanize Uncle Sam Regionalism: A bad solution to our nation." And pray that Panama a big problem." But that may be exactly what is Is not another Vietnam Holcomb's article is reprinted happening. Newspaper story after George A. Thompson here at the request of the Amer- story demonstrates the growth of Sun City, AZ ican Legion Internal Affairs regional conflict. A recent New York Commission and its Energy Sub- Times story—and this is just one Sir: The Legion fought a good fight

committee : example—led off this way: "Instead on the Panama Canal and lost. Now of the moral equivalent of war, the let's see how those senators fare with In recent years, energy has nation faces what some regional offi- the voters. emerged as one of the major con- cials are calling 'the economic equiv- Charles A. McAfee cerns of this nation. Much like a alent of civil war' over President Wichita, KS spendthrift, unless we change our Carter's energy proposals." That is ways, we'll soon be bankrupt. For hardly good news. Sir: Many of us in the Bastogne area we are confronting, as President Let's forget the specifics of the are anxious to establish contact by mail with Americans fought in Carter puts it, "the greatest domestic Carter proposal. Congress will, in who region challenge of our lifetimes." the course of exercising its author- our during World War II. Mrs. Micheline Two facts stand out clearly. First, ity, massage the President's propo- Dupont the present energy dilemma will not sals; and the American people will 22 Place de la Foire go away, no matter how tightly we be heard from, too. Moreover, what- . • 6620 Neufchateau Belgium shut our eyes. There is no escaping ever Congress enacts this year is the reality—demand for energy is likely to be changed in years to Sir: I served in It's time outstripping development of energy come. Still, the importance of these WWI. Con- gress did supplies; non-renewable natural re- actions cannot be underestimated. something about a pension for us. sources are being depleted. And we At long last, we—as a nation- R. S. Shackelford often are not using the energy we have recognized the seriousness of Cheyenne, consume to its best advantage. One our situation and are moving toward WY example is oil. Granted, there are a solution. That is good news. Sir: The April article about the very substantial oil reserves waiting will slip through But solutions troops in Russia in WWI was most to be found and we are getting on — our fingers if our nation becomes, interesting. My 332nd Infantry was with the task of finding them. But in instead, "balkanized." Just as the only regiment stationed in Italy, the world's oil and gas cannot last only war, massive efforts that can I believe. We did occupation duty in forever. Sometime in the next cen- grow out of unity are required . . . Austria-Hungary. tury, petroleum will likely cease to is achieved. if victory to be Henry S. Blank major contributor to our fuel be a But the specter of spreading Dayton, OH mix. And the demise of the hydro- regionalism cannot be dismissed as carbon era may necessitate substan- illusory. Atlantic states increasingly Sir : We purchased the Panama Canal tial changes in our economy and our offshore drilling the oppose —but Zone and now we've given it away. life-styles unless, that is, we do our — outer continental shelf is one of our Are the President and the Senate planning now. last petroleum frontiers. These same going to give away the Louisiana The second fact is that we must states argue against refinery siting Purchase, and Alaska, too? pull together as a nation, sharing and nuclear plant construction. Grant Ritter sacrifices, if we are to resolve our At the same time, many of these Roscoe, IL difficulties. The problem is national states are intensive energy cus- —even global—in scope. tomers. Their cooler climate leads Sir: I noted the recent suggestion And solutions must be just as far- to greater-than-average dependency that employers count military service reaching. As Aristotle observed cen- upon energy to fuel factories and when giving pension credits. The turies ago, "a common danger unites heat homes—dependency under- United Mine Workers Union already even the bitterest enemies." While scored by the bitter cold winter of does this. our enmities may not be bitter, 1976-77 that began early and ended Frederick Mervin, Sr. energy shortages surely present the late. Many residents of these states Amsterdam, OH sort of common danger that requires clamor for inexpensive energy; yet, —indeed demands—unity. their actions can only result in more Sir: I've just paid my 1979 dues and Unfortunately, some states are expensive energy. I want to say to all veterans: Just now embracing provincial postures. In the same vein, California—long think what we wouldn't have if we Good husbandry of resources is a major energy producer—is seen didn't have The American Legion. essential, but hoarding is not. Per- by some to be sliding into an anti- Paul S. Fulkerson haps anticipating a degree of energy posture. Officials in that state San Francisco, CA divisiveness, the President straight- (Continued on page 35 (Continued on page 1^6)

4 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 . TheUltimate

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Veterans Newsletter

IRS BOWS TO U.S. COURT ON RETROACTIVE Hines VA hospital, Chicago ... Cleland has DISABILITY QUESTION: The Internal Revenue ordered high priority and expanded support Service has announced it will follow a 1976 from the VA for rehabilitative engineering U. S. Court of Appeals ruling in handling research in amputations, spinal cord cases -of veterans who had been getting regu- injuries and other severe physical lar military retirement pay and received a handicaps. . .The Palo Alto Center will work retroactive disability rating from VA. . closely with the Stanford University School Previously, IRS held that no portion of the of Medicine and Stanford Engineering regular military retirement could be excluded School. . .Projects already underway at the from gross income. . .The Court of Appeals, California facility include techniques however, held that the disability deter- for immobilizing patients with spinal cord mination by VA was "controlling" and that injuries in such a way that healing is veterans were entitled to exclude a portion assured, yet the patient's mobility in of the benefits they received before their non-spinal areas is unimpaired, a sonar-like retroactive disability rating from gross system with micro-computerized controls income... IRS agrees. which can be worn on eyeglasses to warn blind persons of hazards, and "robot" arms which will enable severely disabled veterans to perform virtually any manual task.

VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS DON'T HAVE TO LOSE BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST

ORIGINAL MARRIAGE OR BIRTH DOCUMENTS . . VA says important papers should be protected under any circumstances, but if they are misplaced VA will accept a certified statement in lieu of the original document as long as it is the first marriage for each partner and such information does not conflict with information in VA files... Any questions concerning eligibility will be answered at your nearest VA office or through your Post Service Officer. Los Angeles VA Regional Office approves millionth home loan ... In informal ceremonies at the VA Regional Office in SOLDIERS. AND SAILORS HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA

Los Angeles . . . Jack Dweck, right, Chief of the Loan Guaranty Division hands Edward Verdugo, a Vietnam Era Navy veteran, DRAWS CRITICISM. . Pennsylvania Depart- the approved papers for his home loan as wife, Melissa and ment Commander Eugene C. Eichelberger com- son, Justin watch . . . The Verdugos will be living in West- pleted a tour of facilities at the Soldiers chester . . . The Los Angeles VA Regional Office is the first to and Sailors home in Erie and voiced astonish- have reached the 1,000,000 mark in Home Loan Guaranties. ment at the conditions he found. . . "I just DIRECT DEPOSIT OF VA BENEFIT CHECKS NOT couldn't believe that our veterans were "AUTOMATIC" ... In February we announced the living under such deplorable conditions," introduction of a new system for receiving he said. . .Eichelberger told of seeing as VA benefits checks by direct deposit to many as eight veterans living together in accounts in savings institutions .. .Veterans one room, using clotheslines to store their are reminded that policies for making these belongings. . .The Commander said that the funds available to the recipient differ people of Pennsylvania should be ashamed between banks... Some will allow access to that any veteran is treated in this way funds immediately upon receipt of credit adding, "Governor Shapp and the Pennsylvania authorization at the bank and others require General Assembly should hold their heads in that the account holder wait up to five shame, expecting our veterans to live under . days .. .Veterans are urged to determine such conditions " . . .Eichelberger said his their bank's policy before submitting criticism did not reflect on the performance of the Home's Superintendent, John Driscoll, government form SF-1199A. . .VA makes these deposits by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) who he said was "doing the best he can with through the Federal Reserve, but not all what is available", but added that Pennsyl- financial institutions are equipped to vania' s quarter-million Legionnaires will process EFT... Check first. be demanding action "not promises" from the state ' s Military Affairs Department . . VA OPENS SECOND REHABILITATIVE RESEARCH New construction has begun with federal CENTER... VA Administrator Max Cleland has assistance, but according to Commander announced the establishment of a new Eichelberger the new building "will not cor- Rehabilitative Engineering Research and rect conditions in the present facilities" Development Center at the VA hospital in where the 175 residents pay for food and Palo Alto, CA...The first such center is at housing from their pension incomes.

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tion by the necessary two-thirds vote, the constitutional amendment would then The endless U.S. —Soviet negotiations also require ratification by 58 states. over limiting strategic weapons, and the An effort to gain House approval was continuing national debate over the "bal- rejected two years ago, but this time, ance of terror" between the two coun- there is strong bipartisan support for the tries, obscure attention on a move in District of Columbia measure. Congress to revive and renew our moribund civil defense system. PEOPLE & QUOTES Rep. Donald Mitchell (R-NY) has intro- duced legislation providing for a ENGLISH UNSPEAK RED POLICY ". seven-year comprehensive civil defense "That the effort to render . . Moscow and Havana English unintelligible is pro- intend to take advantage of program which will "guarantee the sur- ceeding vigorously at the every opportunity to demon- vival of a nation, its people, and a way highest levels of learning." strate that those who accept of life sacred to us all." Essayist Howard Nemerov. their political philosophy can Russia, he claims, is so far ahead of also count on receiving their assistance when it is needed." us in civil defense preparations for its CIA Deputy Director Frank population and its industries, that the Carlucci. USSR in effect has gained major advantage over us in the so-called TAX HIM, NOT ME "rough equivalence" between our mili- "Tax reform means don't tary might. U.S. apathy over civil tax you, don't tax me, tax Mitchell ob- that fellow under the tree." defense, Representative Louisiana Sen. Russell Long. serves, stems from the myth that a nuclear war would wipe out both coun- FOOD FOR THOUGHT tries. But there are ways of surviving "Much of television is what for which the Soviet is prepared, and I call junk food for the mind we are not, he maintains. . . . just something to pass the time." Actor Steve Allen. A slow trend toward pre-paid legal insurance, being pushed by some RUNNING OUR NATION unions and civic groups, may have "People can't agree on the received an unexpected boost from facts, let alone the answer." President Carter's recent attack on Arizona Rep. Morris Udall. the American bar. Ninety percent of our lawyers serve 10 percent of our WAY OF LIFE people, the President declared. "Conservation of energy must become way of life— Today, more than a million workers a in our personal lives, and in have a right to call on legal advice commerce and industry." Ca- and help as a benefit in union labor nadian Prime Minister Pierre contracts. Among other assistance, Trudeau. these beneficiaries get legal "We're not keeping up with the Joneses, c ounsel, and direct assistance, in we're keeping up with the Government." SAVE OUR NAVY such areas as preparation of wills, THE AMERICAN LEG ION MAGAZINE "Abandonment of a pre- arranging divorce, and defense eminent naval presence in the world could well prove to be against suits, and in some cases, even USSR vs. USA the single largest strategic, undertaking suits. "In construction, the Soviet and political, mistake the Among the unions, the pre-paid legal Union is not 10 years behind, Umted States might make in insurance is known as the Cadillac of the not 100 years behind, but an the 1970's and 1980's." Colo- Sen. Gary Hart, fringe benefits, but the idea is spreading. epoch behind." Soviet dissi- ™™ dent, Gen. Pyotr Grigorenko. The House NATO ALERT by a two-thirds majority FREEST COUNTRY « has voted to give the District of Colum- We in the Alliance must "... I think all of us are recognize bia, that there can which now has only a non-voting so inclined to be detractive of be no security if we ignore Delegate in the House, full represen- the U.S., we should remember the consequences of Soviet tation in Congress, that is, two Senators the most important thing—it activity outside the NATO and at least one Representative. Should remains the freest country, geographic area of responsi- with the freest press." Pub- bility." NATO Chief, Gen. the Senate similarly approve the legisla- lisher Rupert Murdoch. Alexander Haig.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 9 America's Upstanding Song Why Do We Rise for the National Anthem? Our National Anthem, often 21, 1814, under the title "Bombard- "Cross of the South," began: battered in melody and lyrics, ment of Fort McHenry" without "Oh, say can you see through the criticized periodically, and sometimes naming its author. gloom and the storm even ignored, is unique. Historians disagree on a report How peaceful and blest was Amer- Although nearly every student that Durang was called upon to sing ica's soil, eventually learns the words of the the song again several nights later 'Til betrayed by the guile of the first verse, anyway, and can squeak at the Holliday Street Theatre, or Puritan demon through the melody-range of "The possibly at the same tavern next Which lurks under virtue and Star-Spangled Banner," few are door. No theatrical programs were springs from its coil aware of the full story of the stirring being presented in Baltimore during To fasten its fangs on the lifeblood song's history or how and when it this period. On Oct. 19, 1814, how- of freemen ..." received recognition, both unofficial ever, a performance of the play Count In reply, youthful Massachusetts and official. Benyowski was given at the Holliday lawyer Oliver Wendell Holmes beginning is well known. It oc- Street Theatre with playbill The the an- penned: curred during the War of 1812, when nouncement that: "After the play, "When our land is illumined with the youthful United States of Amer- Mr. Harding will sing a much ad- Liberty's smile, ica was fighting to secure its hard- mired New Song, written by a gentle- If a foe from within strike a won independence first declared in man of Maryland, in commemoration blow at her glory, 1776. A young American lawyer, of the Gallant Defense of Fort Mc- Down, down with the traitor that Francis Scott Key, wrote a lyric Henry, called 'THE . STAR- dares to defile poem while on a diplomatic mission The flag of her stars and the aboard an English frigate during the page of her story! British bombardment of Fort Mc- millions unchained when Henry on Chesapeake Bay, during By the our birthright was gained, the night of September 13-14, 1814. will keep her bright blazon The British guns failed in their pur- We It Just ." unstained! . . etc. pose, but Key's words were destined to resound through the rocket's glare "The Star-Spangled Banner" still to announce that the American flag Came waved at war's end but the song still was, and still is, there. suffered and criticism seemed to The very day after Key's poem was patriotic fervor. It was not per- written, it was brought to the atten- formed at the opening of the six- Naturally . . . tion of a Baltimore printer who ran month American Centennial exhibi- it off as a "broadside" (a single-sheet tion in Philadelphia on May 10, 1876. handbill), under the title "Defense of An orchestra of 150 and chorus of Fort McHenry." 1,000 voices gave a 30-minute rendi- One account has it that an actor- tion of "national airs" climaxed with singer named Ferdinand Durang re- SPANGLED BANNER'." No cover- "Hail, Columbia." alized that the poem's words fitted a age of this musical rendition, or On Sunday, July 2, 1876, however, traditional English melody, "To Ana- further information regarding the in New York City, a festival Centen- creen in Heaven," composed for the obscure singer Harding, has come to nial celebration sponsored by the Anacreonic Club at London in 1771 light, but it is known that the song New York Allgemeine Saengerbund, by John Stafford Smith. On Sept. 15, was sung again sometime in Novem- a 50-piece orchestra and 400-voice 1814, Durang gathered a small crowd ber of 1814 at a performance "com- choir, concluded a concert of music of Yankee civilians and colonial vol- memorating the repulse of the enemy by German composers with a per- unteer soldiers at McCauley's Tavern from Baltimore." formance of "The Star-Spangled Ban- next to the Holliday Street Theatre Although successful despite its ner." in Baltimore. There, standing on a difficult melodic range of an octave- Two days later, New York City chair, Durang is said to have led the and-a-fifth, "The Star-Spangled Ban- held a large public celebration-review first singing of the song. ner" dawdled on the road to national at Union Square, where massed mili- The origin of the melody was some- maturity. The spirited tune "Yankee tary bands and a 500-voice choir times attributed to other composers, Doodle" from the French and Indian "thrillingly rendered" the song "with such as Samuel Arnold and Turlough War and the powerful "Hail, Colum- a vigor and well-marked style," ac- O'Carolan, but the claims for Smith bia," as well as other nationalistic cording to the New York Times, as the true composer are now gen- airs, were more popular. Not until which also noted "the early choruses erally accepted. Francis Scott Key the Civil War did "The Star-Spangled (were) sung with poor effect." had, in 1806, written verses of similar Banner" take on a tardy significance. On the same day in Brooklyn, an meter for the same melody by Smith. Several parodies of the song were even more impressive Centennial Key's new poem was next published written as Americans turned against show featured 15 brass bands and a in the Baltimore Patriot of Sept. 20 each other. One embittered Southern crowd of 200,000 persons. "The Star- and the Baltimore American of Sept. version, author unknown, titled ( Continued on page ^2)

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America's Yankee Doodle Dandy Leave Her Home?" and Cohan fol- would have been 100 years old lowed quickly with "Hot Tamale this Fourth of July. Alley," a forgettable hit called "I George M. Cohan didn't make the Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My century mark, he died in 1942; but Baby," and "You're the Warmest his music and his reputation will Baby in the Bunch." live as long as there's a "grand old And he was a professional Irish- flag," and as long as Americans man. His "H-A-double R-I-G-A-N serve "over there." Spells Harrigan" rings out every St. A critic once asked Cohan if he Patrick's Day in a timeless salute to could write a song or a show without Ed Harrigan, an old family friend a flag. and vaudevillian. "I can write a song or a show with For half a century; no, for all of nothing but a pencil," he barked. 64 years, George M. Cohan somehow Fortunately for all Americans, knew what America was thinking, everything the Irish vaudeville kid or what it wanted to think, and in was born to in Providence, RI came 1939 Congress and President Frank- out red, white and blue. lin D. Roosevelt said "thank you" For the first two decades of the by awarding Cohan the Congressional 20th century, Cohan dominated the Medal of Honor for his inspirational New York theater and gave the na- songs "You're a Grand Old Flag" tion and the world the American and "Over There." Cynics said the

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musical comedy. He was hailed as award was part of the conditioning the "prince of Broadway," "the man of the American public for a return who owned Broadway," the real life of the martial spirit and eventual "Yankee Doodle Dandy who went to entry into World War II. But where London, just to ride a pony." Cohan was concerned, the cynics He was the epitome of the New were in a distinct minority. Yorker who visited friends in New "If ever a man put his love of Rochelle, and came back to Man- country on a song sheet, it was hattan to write "Only 45 Minutes George M. Cohan," said his longtime from Broadway . . . Oh, what a dif- producer-partner Sam Harris. ference it makes." In more recent years it's been said He was the sentimentalist who that Cohan's view of America was captivated every woman in the land simplistic; that he made millions by with "Mary Is a Grand Old Name" writing about an American dream and "So Long Mary." (But he mar- that never really existed, that he ried a girl named Ethel Levey in wrote of ideals that men and women 1899, divorced her, then married wore like Sunday finery, but never Agnes Nolan in 1907.) really worked in. No matter, Cohan He had a roguish side, too. At 16 captured the American idea in the a publisher bought "Why did Nellie surging early 20th century when a

Song sheets and various poses capture essence of George M. Cohan, the Yankee Doodle Dandy who was born on the Fourth of July and grew up to be the man who owned Broadway and the heart of America. At left he is a turn-of-the-century song and dance man. Top right is a teenage vaudeville pose; center right is successful Broadway producer, 1920; lower right, still whimsical older Cohan, rich in memories kee Doodle Boy," "Give My Regards Scorning sharps and flats, he said "I to Broadway," and "Goodbye Flo." could never find use for over four or He followed with a show titled five notes in my musical numbers." "Give My Regards to Broadway" that The result? Everyone, it seemed, left its audiences singing and hum- could remember them. ming "45 Minutes from Broadway," The man who came to own Broad- "So Long Mary" and "Mary Is a way, arrived with impeccable cre- Grand Old Name." dentials. His parents were Jeremiah In 1906 came "George Washing- (Jerry) Cohan and Helen (Nellie) ton, Jr.," a show that was built Costigan. Jerry was born in Boston around the song "You're a Grand in 1848, the son of Michael Keohane Old Flag." In the first performances and Jane Scott, both immigrants the title was "You're a Grand Old from County Cork in Ireland. In Rag," but when critics complained Ireland, Jerry's ancestors spelled that Cohan was profaning the Stars their name "O'Caomhen." It was ap- and Stripes he quickly changed the parently simplified to Keohane be- lyrics. fore they set sail for America, but The idea for the song, he said, immigration officers of the day came from a Civil War veteran with shortened it again to Cohan. whom he once rode in a funeral The name is generally pronounced cortege. The veteran was holding a "Co-Han," but George liked "Co-En." folded American flag on his lap and It was thought he derived the pro- President Franklin Roosevelt awards recounting stories of the War Be- nunciation from his many Jewish Medal of Honor to Cohan in gratitude for songs like "Over There" and "You're tween the States. As he talked he friends in the theater. a Grand Old Flag" stroked the flag fondly and finally he Jerry was the son of a tailor, saw ." said, "she's a grand old rag. . . brief duty in the Union Army during bustling, building young giant was Historians of American musical the Civil War, became a harness forcing its way onto the world stage. comedy rate "Give My Regards to maker and wandered into show busi- The fact that his music lives on, that Broadway" the most successful ness because of his ready wit and a four generations of Americans can musical staged in America since knack for Irish songs and dances sing his most popular lyrics is testi- "The Black Greek" in 1868 and they taught him by his parents. mony enough that he knew what he regard Cohan's hit as the show that By 1874, he was established on the was writing about. set Broadway's trends for 30 years. New England vaudeville circuit And how many times this Fourth Speed and audience identification when he married Nellie and promptly of July do you suppose television were Cohan's keys. He based his made her part of the act. A daughter stations will show Jimmy Cagney's shows on living personalities or easy- Maude, born in 1875, died in infancy. memorable Academy Award por- to-identify situations. "Running for Josie came along in 1876 and George trayal of "The Yankee Doodle Office" was based on the activities of Dandy?" "Big Tim" Sullivan, leader of New Cohan wrote of the America he York's famous (or infamous) Tam- knew. And he had an uncanny knack many Hall. Politics always fasci- for writing in rhyme. nated Cohan. So did baseball. He "I scribbled parodies and patter was a regular at Yankee Stadium for comedians, comic songs and ex- and the Polo Grounds. tra verses for serio comics, and even Rennold Wolf, critic for the Morn- took a shot at a couple of afterpieces ing Telegraph, complained that "if for burlesque shows," he once said. Cohan would play fair and give his "After awhile, I got to writing audience a chance to catch its breath sketches for variety teams, and or- it might make a few unkind re- ders came so fast that I found it was marks." impossible to supply the demand. But Oscar Hammerstein, II, pre- With parodies in every pocket and mier theatrical producer, said sketch manuscripts under my arm, I "Cohan's genius was to say simply was soon the envy of all the pencil what everybody was unconsciously pushers in the variety branch of the feeling." And the New York Times' theatrical game." Brooks Atkinson wrote "Cohan's At one point, Cohan even con- songs, both words and music, were tracted to produce a show on Broad- sublimations of the mood of their way without the slightest idea of day. They said what millions of peo- what it was going to be about. ple would have said if they had His first hit show on Broadway, Cohan's talent." Famed songstress Nora Bayes was one "Little Johnny Jones" opened in Cohan himself described his music of the first to introduce "Over There" to 1904. It had three hit songs: "Yan- as "full of Irishness and nonsense." World War I Broadway . .

two years later. The mother, father, daughter and son were destined to become one of America's foremost theatrical families, playing together as The Four Cohans for more than 30 years. Audiences came to antici- pate George's inevitable curtain call: "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you .... and I thank you." George got his first billing with the family at age nine in 1887 as "Master George—Violin Tricks and Tinkling Tunes." He hated the violin. The four Cohans who headlined vaudeville bills from coast to coast His first starring role in "Peck's Bad Boy" came at age 13. That role was almost his undoing. In town after town, local boys would lurk near the stage door to pounce on the "kid actor" to find out if he was really as tough as the character he portrayed on the stage. According to Jerry, "...AMERICA'S TOPMOST VALUE George usually took care of himself. By the 1890's the Four Cohans IN RETIREMENT HOUSING" were headliners across the country, from the Orpheum in San Francisco NO CASH DOWN. to Tony Pastor's Music Hall in New York. (The family decided to play NO CLOSING COSTS. New York for the first time in 1893 after George threatened to run away VA APPROVED PLANS to the big city on his own.) The closeness of the Cohan family AND SPECIFICATIONS. ' was incredible and it showed through $191.43 A MONTH. '$20,990 Lexington, shown with optional garage in George's songs. Cohan's generosity was legendary. BEAT WINTER. BEAT INFLATION. BEAT EXPENSIVE LIVING. GRAB THIS CHANCE OF A Comedian Eddie Cantor called LIFETIME TO OWN YOUR OWN RETIREMENT HOME IN SUNNY FLORIDA.

Cohan "one of the softest touches in BUY NOW before inflation drives the prices up. You can now own a 1, 2 or 3 show business. For many years he bedroom home at Veterans Village for as little as $20,990 to $33,390* sent weekly checks to unemployed (includes landscaped lot)- Carrying charges as low as $191.43 a month. actors, disabled wardrobe women, AS A VETERAN, you are entitled to take advantage of a new low interest, VA stagehands and anyone who, at one guaranteed mortgage to buy in Florida's first retirement community espe- time or another, had been associated cially for veterans. That means NO CASH DOWN, NO CLOSING COSTS, LOW with him." MONTHLY PAYMENTS, NO NEED TO DIP INTO YOUR SAVINGS. (Special model for qualified disabled vets.) In 1906 Cohan arranged relief shows for victims of the San Fran- ENJOY A FABULOUS FLORIDA VACATION FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. cisco earthquake. During World War At Veterans Village. Golf course, four major shopping centers, Gulf Coast I he was a premier star at Liberty beaches and fishing all within a five mile drive. Million-dollar clubhouse on (mem- Bond rallies and he raised money the premises— pool, saunas, gym, meeting, game and hobby rooms bership optional). VA hospital 30 miles from Veterans Village. for survivors of the torpedoed Lusitania. SEND COUPON FOR FREE KIT TODAY. 'Prices subject to change without notice. Friends told the story that one "Includes monthly carrying charges of approx. $164.87 close pal, Edward Selwyn cabled prin. & int., $17.49 r.e. taxes; $9.07 ins. Cohan, requesting $1,000 for his sick wife. Cohan sent Selwyn a signed VETERANS VILLAGE, INC. blank check. "You fill in the amount 3912 Seven Springs Blvd. Seven Springs you need," he said. New Port Richey, Fla. 33552 AL-22 George M. Cohan, the Yankee Send FREE Village Kit brochure, plans and Doodle Dandy, owned more than my Veterans (color model prices, and Florida inspection trip details) by return mail. Broadway. He owned a big chunk of the heart of America. One hundred Name years after his birth, 36 years after Address his death, he still does.— Peter Kalt City . State -Zip-

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HE was a he'luva battery com- tillery School at Fort Sill, OK. mander in World War I, and Then came America's entry into his gunners weren't surprised when World War I. Capt. Harry S Truman he made a helluva President. soon found himself in Europe as- He came home from France, be- signed as commander of Battery D. came a haberdasher and lost his which was largely composed of Irish shirt. Catholics, described as an unruly He was a man of controversy and corral of unbusted bronchos. They contrast. He also was a man of con- were a devil-may-care group. viction, compassion, integrity, loy- "They were from Kansas City, alty and decision. many of them college boys from Capt. Harry S Truman, Battery Rockhurst College, which is a Jesuit D, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Di- school," Truman later recalled. vision, was the indeoendent man "They were well educated, many of from Independence, MO. them, but they were wild." tain Harry of Battery D

On any scale down, Harry S Tru- When Captain Truman took com- man measured No. 1 as a youth, mand, the battery was standing at citizen, husband, father, soldier, attention, ready to let its Irish blood American Legionnaire and political boil over. The men expected the leader. En route, he made a mark worst. Nothing happened. Truman few men can equal. inspected and dismissed them. Truman's ascendancy to be the "From that time on I knew that 33rd President really is not relevant Harry Truman had captured the to this story. But the character he hearts of those Irishmen of Battery displayed in WW I is. D, and he never lost it," said Judge A native of Lamar, MO, Truman Albert A. Ridge of the Federal Dis- was educated in public schools in In- trict Court in Kansas City. dependence. From 1901 to 1905, he But Truman told the colonel who worked variously as a reporter, rail- assigned him to Battery D that "he road timekeeper and bank clerk. might as well send me home right Even in those days it wasn't an then and there. I was never so auspicious start for a young man. scared in my life, not even ' later He had his sights set on West when we were under fire, but—I Point when he joined the Missouri well, it was one of the things I had National Guard in 1905, but West to do and I did it." Point turned him down because of These quotations are found in poor eyesight. "Plain Speaking," an oral biography From 1906 to 1917 he worked on of Harry Truman by Merle Miller his father's farm—"plowing a (Copyright 1973, Berkley Publishing straight furrow," he liked to say. He Corp., New York City). left the farm to enter the Field Ar- Although they didn't serve to-

Capt. Harry S. Truman in 1918 President Truman dedicates Washington, DC Headquarters Building of The American Legion in a 1951 ceremony

18 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 in the outfit, and most battery com- men were out on their feet, and in- manders, company commanders, stead of giving the men a double- wouldn't pay any attention, but not time order, he took us off the road, Harry. I don't think he ever went to gave us a right turn and took us into bed at night before he answered a forest with instructions to put the every one of those letters. horses on the picket line and to bed "I used to come, maybe late, may- the men down. be toward nearly dawn even, and "And he said that he would go I'd see him in his tent writing letters, down and see the colonel, which he answering the letters he got that did. And he risked a court-martial by day. And he never changed. Even his action. But he told the colonel after he got to be President. that his men weren't going any far- "In 1948, in December, we had a ther. They were going to rest that bad accident. My only son ... he had night. And he said if the colonel just been married two years, and we wanted his job, why, to court-martial were driving when an old truck him. skidded in front of us, and my son "The result was, he came back was badly hurt ... he lasted only with orders that we'd stay right five days. there that night and the whole outfit "And during the time we were bedded down. In his "Memoirs," Truman recalls praying at his funeral I received a his baptism of fire. telegram of condolence from Harry President Truman addresses an American "We fired our first barrage the Truman. I don't know how he was on Legion convention night of Sept. 6 (1917)," notified. I don't think he ever was. I he wrote. "We were occupying an old French think he saw it in the paper ... I position which fairly gether in France, one of Truman's would say, if you were to ask me, I probably was greatest friends during his early would say that Harry Truman was well known to the Germans, and as period was Eddie Jacobson, a Jew. the kindest and most thoughtful soon as we had finished the barrage they returned Together they had organized a can- man I have ever known. Bar none." the compliment. My teen at Camp Doniphan, a training And from Eddie Meissburger, an- battery became panic-stricken, and Sill their regiment all but five or six scattered like center at Fort for other veteran of Battery D: par- of the 35th. With meager funds but tridges. Finally I got them back "The men trusted him to get them shrewd management, they operated together without losing any men, through the war and get them back a business that ultimately netted although we had six horses killed." home. And he went out of his way their regiment $15,000 in dividends. World War I changed the course to help them. Eugene Donnelly, a veteran of of his life. His associations and the "That was illustrated I think by Battery D and later a Kansas City friends he made at St. Mihiel and the something that happened when we lawyer, recalled: "We were a pretty Argonne would provide a springboard were on a march in the Vosges rough bunch of boys; anyway, we from which his political career could mountains on our way into the St. thought we were. We'd already got be launched. Mihiel sector. rid of four commanding officers All through the years between the "The men would be walking all when Harry came along. He looked wars his warmest and most loyal day and leading their horses, and like a sitting duck. He was sort of friends, the men with whom he the infantry would ride in trucks small with four eyes. by played poker and went to regimental and yell at us to join the infantry "And when he called all the non- reunions and American Legion con- and ride. coms together and said, 'now look, ventions supported him for public I didn't come here to get along with "Anyway, they were riding and office. They had fought in France to- you guys. You're going to have to we were walking. And we were gether. They were Democrats and get along with me, and if any of you pretty well fagged out. And the col- thinks he can't, why, speak right up, onel of the regiment came by and, and I'll give you a punch in the nose'. by the way, he had a fine mount. He "He was tough, but he was fair; came down the road one afternoon he was a good officer. and started sounding off about how "I remember once a bunch of us we were just straggling along and were going to Paris on furlough and were a sight to behold and so on, we didn't have any money. Harry and he wanted to know whose outfit found out about it and lent us the it was. money we needed. We'd have done "Captain Truman was walking at anything for him then, and nobody the time because he had put his own I know has changed his mind." horse into harness to help pull the Two more excerpts from Miller's guns. That's how bad things were. book substantiate what his men They had to have that horsepower. thought of the commander of Bat- So he was walking with us. When tery D. the colonel came up, Captain Truman Mike Flynn of Kansas City said: "I said that this was his outfit, Bat- first got acquainted with Harry tery D. Truman in 1917. I was transferring "And the colonel said it was a hell from Battery D to Battery E, but I of a looking outfit and that he saw a lot of him during the war. He wanted the men to be called to atten- was very much respected. tion and fall in and double-time up Even after leaving the White House, "He used to get a lot of letters the hill about half a mile away. Truman, in his role of elder statesman, from old Irish mothers of the boys "Captain Truman realized the continued to savor his Legion association

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they were also Republicans. As a lieutenant, Truman was se- lected to go overseas ahead of the Black American Units division in March 1918, with some other officers for advanced training at the French artillery school at Chantillon-sur-Seine. There he re- Won Salute From French ceived word that he had been pro- moted to captain. He rejoined the regiment at Coet- on July 4, 1918 quidan, where they picked up French horse-drawn 75's and at Rennes he EARLY JUNE of 1918, the first ground, they showered respect on assumed command of Battery D. IN black troops of the American their new comrades. Battery D's personnel had been Expeditionary Force arrived in On the Fourth of July, Gen. described as being "90 percent pick take their place in the Mariano Goybet, handle and shanty from Kansas France to commanding front lines beside French troops. general of the 157th, issued a City." It was with difficulty that this General Order No. 215, June 6, General Order taking "special no- outfit had been dissuaded by a regi- 1918, issued by the French Army tice of the fact that this is the mental colonel from substituting a read in part, "At the moment first 4th of July to be celebrated shamrock for the crossed cannon on American colored regi- by his Franco-American Division. the battery guidon. And they were when two join us I bowing to It is a striking demonstration of put under Captain Truman, a Mis- ments am their colors and I am wishing the the long-standing and blood- souri Baptist and Mason. best welcome to our new com- cemented friendship which binds When he was discharged in 1919 panions in arms. together our two great na- as a major, Truman and his old pal .!" units of the 157th tions . . Eddie Jacobson couldn't make a go "The French Division will give, I am sure, the The Franco-American division of a haberdashery shop. Times just best welcome to their American was to serve well until the Armis- weren't right. So Harry attended in arms crossed the tice and on Nov. Goybet said, Kansas City Law School and began brothers who 11, ". sea for the triumph of civiliza- . . for seven months we lived as dabbling in local politics. He was tion, justice and liberty in the brothers in arms sharing the same elected to the U.S. Senate in 1934 world." burdens, the same hardships, the and to the Vice Presidency in 1944, 157th consisted of two regi- same dangers. have partici- becoming President on the death of The We ments of black American infantry pated in the great battle of Franklin Roosevelt, April 12, 1945. and one regiment of French infan- Champagne, which was crowned He was elected on his own in 1948. try, backed French artillery, by such a magnificent victory. As President, military decisions by cavalry, engineers and other sup- The 157th Division will never were always on his desk. He declared porting units. forget the irresistible and heroic the "Truman Doctrine" which two American black regi- rush of the colored American stopped communist encroachment in The the and regiments the Cote des Obser- Greece, Turkey and the eastern ments were 371st formed up disbanded at Jackson, SC, vatoires and into the Plaine de Mediterranean. After a futile attempt Camp and the 372nd formed at Camp Monthois. The most formidable to woo Joseph Stalin, Truman or- disbanded at defenses, the strongest machine dered a get-tough-with-Russia policy Stewart, VA and Sherman, OH. gun nests, the most crushing ar- and the airlift that beat the 1948 Camp Assigned to the Avocourt sec- tillery barrages were unable to Soviet blockade of Berlin. He ap- .!" tor, division took over stop them . . pointed Dwight D. Eisenhower as the new trenches famous earlier The American elements were Supreme Commander of NATO. He made during the battle of Verdun. demobilized on Feb. 28, 1919. In made the decision to drop the A-bomb Mont- his order, Col. on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saving Names like Mort Homme, farewell Perry L. faucon, and Esnes Miles said, "You have a millions of American casualties that Forges Creek had brought back memories of titanic unique and brilliant service. You would have been suffered if the struggles in 1915 and 1916. have suffered hardships uncom- United States had been forced to were quick to test plainingly and stood up to battle invade the main islands of Japan to The Germans the Americans and when French losses heroically. ..." end World War II. He fired Gen. — Douglas MacArthur, a legendary officers saw them stand their Philip R. Smith, Jr. American military hero, for insub- ordination during the Korean war. In 1950, President Harry S Truman He said, in part: after his discharge from the Army dedicated the Washington office "We didn't start this organization and his return to Missouri in 1919. building of The American Legion. just to look out for our own interests In an address before the 1962 as veterans or to give an excuse for American Legion National Conven- reminiscing about what heroes we tion, Truman said: had been. "For 38 years I was chairman of World War I Series "We started this organization so the Missouri delegation to the Na- This is another in the monthly that we could work together as pa- tional Conventions of The American series of articles on American triotic citizens for the good of all Legion." In his speech dedicating the participation in World War I. Americans. That is what we have Washington office building, he remi- The series marks the 60th anni- been trying to do for the past 30 nisced about his early days as a Le- ." versary of the Great War and the years. . . gionnaire in Missouri "when I helped deeds of the men and women who Truman was a life member of to establish four Legion posts." founded the American Legion. Tirey J. Ford Post 21, Independence, Truman was the first Legionnaire MO, becoming an active Legionnaire to be elected President.

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The Blues and a Bride The Fourth of July: Paris, 1918

was the Fourth of July, 1918, in four years of anguish, yet they were had passed, Madame Clark and I dove ItParis. Contingents of the armies still sturdy of spirit if no longer of into the wildly celebrating throng at of all the Allies were assembled for a body. Yes, our little blues. the Place de la Concorde. There the giant testimonial against the enemy Next in the parade came the Statue of Strasbourg, which for so in World War I. jaunty United States troops. Plenty long had been draped in black, was On my way to the parade I stopped of spring in those legs! Each man now festooned in flowers. (The black at a street corner near the Etoile to seemed twice the size of the blues. drape was a constant reminder to admire an old lady's lapful of many- Madame Clark tearfully exclaimed, Parisians of the loss of Alsace- petaled scarlet anemones. "You came in time, you came in Lorraine to Germany in the War of I asked, "How do you call them?" time!" 1870.) To me, that day, my com- "Coquelicots. Two sous." It awakened in me a crushing rec- panion was France. I hope I gave her I handed her a large copper piece, ognition of the world's debt to the armful of coquelicots, but I don't expecting a few blossoms in ex- France for her culture, her patriots. remember. I took her address before change. To my astonishment she rose Suddenly I was ashamed we had not we separated, but it, too, has long from her stool and emptied her vo- gone to France's rescue earlier. been lost. Lost, I suppose, with youth. luminous black skirt into my arms. When the last of the military units —by Glenn Clairmonte Thus decorated in glory, I tripped down the boulevard toward the Seine, lifting my face to a shower that fell from a seemingly cloudless sky. The transparent rain, the crisp sunlight, the high hope of Paris! The tall old hotel at No. 1 Place d'lena was occupied by the United ROOF LEAK States Naval Aviation headquarters. Beneath its tiers of balconies the ser- In Just 5 Minutes! pentining crowds were beginning to 5 surge. studi- A Marine sergeant was It's pouring rain and your warm, dry home is ously keeping the entrance clear. He invaded by a slow drip, drip, drip of water leak- bowed to admit me. ing through your roof. You call your local Pressing close beside me, a pale roofer and are shocked to learn how much young French girl asked pleadingly, roofing repairs cost these days. "Please let me to watch the parade While you wait for the next rain to come, from an upper window?" the wife is worried about the new sofa being

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Off the Highway Three White Houses' "the Texas The homes of Presidents have earned such designations as White House/' "the Plains White House" "the western White House"— wherever the Chief Executive spends his time when not in Washington. Three such "White Houses," including that of the Confederacy, lure summer vacationers highway 290 near During his lifetime, Herbert sign along Hoover was known as a hu- A Johnson City, TX points to manitarian, an engineer and the 31st the LBJ Ranch, site of the one-time President of the United States. To- "Texas White House" and birthplace Jefferson Davis Home day, that spirit lingers on in West of the late President Lyndon Baines Branch, Iowa, Hoover's birthplace Johnson. highways 1-95 and 1-65 and location of the Herbert Hoover The National Park Service pro- Interstate bring motorists to Richmond, Historic Site. vides open-air buses with uniformed Virginia and Capital of Established a year after Hoover guides. Guides play tape recordings capital of shortly the Confederacy, and within a few died, in 1964 at the age of 90, the made by President Johnson the blocks of two famous homes—the historic site is less than one mile before his death. On one tape House" of the Confederacy north of Interstate 80 at the West President said he returned to the "White pos- the residence of Gen. Robert E. Branch exit, some ten miles east of scene of his childhood whenever and have been rescued as mu- Iowa City. Visitors can see the birth- sible because the climate is better, Lee. Both are open to the public. place cottage, the Herbert Hoover water purer, air cleaner and "even seums and is one of the richest Presidential Library and the burial the stars shine brighter." Richmond tour is cities in America in history and in site of the former President and First stop on the guided en- to the Republic. Other First Lady. The two-room cottage the Junction School where he contributions favorite sights there with visitors was built by Hoover's father, Jesse Church, where Patrick Clark Hoover, in 1870. Herbert Hoo- are St. John's his plea "Give me ver was born there Aug. 10, 1874, Henry shouted liberty or give me death"; and and it was the family home until Building, designed by 1879, when they moved to a larger the Capitol Jefferson, where General house in West Branch. The cottage Thomas the Army of has been restored and features much Lee took command of Virginia in 1861. of the furniture and many of the Northern the Confed- belongings the Hoovers used there. The White House of a memorial to Just across the street is a replica eracy still stands as President Jefferson of the blacksmith shop Jesse Clark a lost cause. in the Hoover ran while a resident of West Davis and his family lived home from Branch. The shop is fitted with au- three-story columned April 12, 1865. thentic period tools and implements, August 1, 1861 until red-brick Robert E. including a bellows-fired forge. Nearby is the the War Smithies work at the forge, provid- Johnson Birthplace Lee house, which early in States was used as ing a touch of realism. Between the recall- bachelor quarters for young officers, The Friends Meetinghouse, rolled in 1912. It was heated by a upbringing, also including Lee's son, Gen. Custis Lee. ing Hoover's Quaker wood stove. Next is the four-room Hulda, Hoo- It became Lee's home in 1864. stands near the cottage. house set in a grove of pecan trees here. Visitors will find the sword and ver's mother, once preached where LBJ was born. It is typical of been pre- uniform worn by Lee during the Other period homes have homes built in the late 1890's by a surrender at Appomattox, Davis' served to create a village within English and German settlers. It con- visitors a unique Colt revolver and personal effects, village, allowing tains some original furniture. a former various battle flags, books, art, glimpse into the life of President Johnson is buried about money, photos and other mem- President. 400 yards from the house along the Historic orabilia of the soldiers in gray, in- Herbert Hoover National Pedernales River. The plot contains p.m. through- cluding the Great Seal of the Site is open 8 a.m. to 5 graves of about 15 family members. except Thanksgiving Confederacy. out the year, The LBJ tombstone is not ornate but and Year's The house was built in 1817 by Day, Christmas Day New a wreath of fresh flowers is placed —Warren H. Spencer Dr. John Brockenbrough, a promi- Day. on it daily. Richmond banker and was de- Mr. Johnson bought the "Texas nent Robert Mills, a leading White House" from an aunt in 1952. signed by architect of his day. The house is off-limits to visitors The Robert E. Lee house was built but tour buses stop outside so visitors 1844. In 1864, the officers billeted can snap photos over a white fence. in house relinquished their lease About one million people visit the in the Robert E. Lee and her LBJ Ranch each year. There are good to Mrs. daughters, who were then homeless. overnight accommodations in John- Lee himself returned to the house son City. The ranch is only an hour's following the Confederate surrender. drive from Austin. . Michael Remas —M. S. Chipp Hoover Birthplace

• JULY 1978 22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Legionnaires: depending upon your age you could get

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 23 The Seagram P present the Grt Granada Givea We've got two brand new Fords and one of them ca ma WIN A HANDSOME NEW FORD Mail to: The Seagram Posts American Legion OFFICIAL COUPON P.O. Box 61078 New Orleans, Louisiana 70161

Gentlemen:

I am a dues-paid member of Post "i. .American

Legion or of Unit .American Leqion Auxiliary

located in (City) .(State)

Please enter my name in the free drawings for two Ford Granada 2-door Hard- tops donated by the Seagram Posts to the American Legion National Conven- tion Corporation of Louisiana. Drawings to be held Sunday. August 20. 1978 at the Superdome, New Orleans. Louisiana. Entries must be received no later than midnight, August 18, 1978.

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It's our 32nd consecutive convention giveaway drawing. And if you win, your Post wins too— an extra $250, donated by the Seagram Posts. Drawings will be held Sunday, August 20, 1978 at the Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana. Here are the official entry rules: 1. Fill out and send in an official coupon. (Sorry, no facsimiles permitted.) 2. You have to be a dues paid member.

3. Entry must be received by midnight, August 18, 1978, NOTE: Don 't send us your membership card. —

Opposing Views on a Question of Increasing Importance

Should the United

"YES" When I finished my college economics course in share of the market. This the 1950's, a free trade policy made sense. protects our economy Twenty-five years later, reality requires a different while still allowing trade conclusion: free trade policies are allowing foreign and competition. Anoth- nations to take advantage of the United States. er option is unfair trade The free trade philosophy worked when the U.S. practice mechanisms economy was so strong it could set international such as anti-dumping standards. It would still work if the world economy laws—which if strictly was expanding. But starting with the 1974-1975 enforced will prevent world-wide recession, international economics countries from selling changed rapidly, and the United States has paid goods at prices way be- the price ever since. low their actual produc- Rep. John P. Murtha The answer: we need fair trade, not free trade. tion cost. (D-PA) The world today penalizes free trade. Our busi- The points raised nesses do not compete with foreign manufacturers, against such import restrictions fail the test of but against the resources of entire governments. reality. First, the American market is the largest For example, 45 percent of the free world steel in the world. We need not fear mass retaliation by capacity outside the United States is government foreign countries, because they cannot afford to owned. Moreover, free trade vanishes when coun- lose the entire U.S. market. Second, import restric- tries erect barriers against American products. Is tions work. Specialty steel illustrates an instance it free trade when Japan marks up the price of where a controlled import level allowed a U.S. a Buick Regal from $7,995 to $15,883? No wonder industry to rebuild and compete while not totally Japan imports less than 1 percent of its cars. eliminating foreign competition. Third, cheap im- Americans pay the price of our import policy in ports lower some prices in the short run, but we several ways. First, entire industries—shoes and all pay through unemployment programs, lost taxes TV manufacturing are examples—have been virtu- and industrial decline. ally destroyed by unchecked foreign-government- We do not need to close our markets totally to subsidized competition. Second, foreign countries foreign products, but neither can we cling to free sell at prices below profit to keep their citizens em- trade theories. We need realistic policies to pro- ployed. They export their unemployment to the tect our economy, and a fair trade plan with United States. Third, massive imports lead to trade reasonable restrictions will reach that goal. deficits which create inflation by lowering the dol- lar's value which forces U.S. prices up. Finally, the impact is disastrous in towns that depended on import-riddled industries. Import restrictions will work. In some industries foreign producers should be restricted to a certain

If you wish to let your Congressman know how you feel on this issue, fill out

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 States Curb Imports?

Show me an import ports help keep them that way. Where would we restriction and I'll be today if the homely little VW Beetle had been show you higher con- kept out of the U.S. car market? Probably still sumer prices or adverse driving those huge American gas guzzlers. effects on some Ameri- I'm not asking that we let all foreign products can workers. All too into our markets, but only that we look critically often, the adverse effects at any call for import restrictions. Imports are often will outweigh any bene- made the scapegoat for other problems, and need- fits, and import restric- less import restrictions can build crippled in- tions will mean a weaker dustries by letting them get by for a while without U.S. economy. adjusting to changing conditions. Earlier this year, the The fact is that we already have some pretty stiff Rep. Sam M. Gibbons President announced that limits on many imports, including steel, shoes, (D-FL) he would restrict foreign textiles, wearing apparel, color TVs, and CB radios, steel imports coming into this country and would just to name a few. Congress has also established give government aid to the ailing U.S. basic steel procedures to restrict other imports, especially if industry. Having watched several big steel com- they threaten to result in injury to American work- panies fail to modernize and also move into other ers or firms. lines of business over the years, I was skeptical We do desperately need to curb our foreign oil about this effort, but I decided to see what would imports, which cost us $45 billion last year and happen. significantly weakened the dollar in world markets. Higher prices for U.S. consumers are what has We also need better treatment from some countries happened. Since the President's announcement, for our exports, which now provide jobs for one in U.S. steel companies have raised their prices twice. every eight U.S. manufacturing workers. Finally, The second increase announced by the country's we desperately need to control inflation. As the largest steel producer was $10.50 a ton. That was Congressional Joint Economic Committee has said, more than twice what the Council on Wage and "One of the best ways to slow domestic inflation is Price Stability calculated was needed to cover the to avail ourselves of inexpensive supplies of foreign company's increased costs. Only after severe pres- goods." sure was exerted on the company did it roll back that price increase to some extent. You can imagine how much those restrictions on foreign steel imports are going to cost us. Certainly billions of dollars a year in higher prices. They are also going to hurt workers in those industries that I have read in the American Legion Magazine for use steel as a raw material. July the arguments in PRO & CON: Should the United Beware the call to "keep out those cheap im- States Curb Imports?

ports." American companies and workers are IN MY OPINION THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS: among the most competitive in the world, but im- YES NO

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the "ballot" and mail it to him. ^ TOWN STATEL

You can address any Representative c/o U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515, any Senator c/o U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 27 The Commander's Message

Its Future and Ours

issue which the United States Senate and each tion that most of the Soviet warheads have explosive ANAmerican must squarely face in the months ahead power some 20 times that of ours. the ( The damage is the SALT II proposal. Soviets could do to us in a nuclear exchange would be By all expert estimates, we are losing nuclear parity many times the damage we could do to them. The sur- with the Soviet Union. Moreover, the Soviet Union is vivability of our strategic Triad—B-52 bombers, Minute- surpassing us in over-all military power. They have put man and Titan missiles and missile carrying POLARIS more resources into their strategic nuclear arsenal than and POSEIDON submarines—will not be enhanced by we have, and these investments continue to grow. the proposed treaty. Nor will equality between U.S. and While the United States has not been idle, we have not Soviet nuclear capabilities be achieved. Some facts: approached the massive production and deployment (1) The Soviet Union has just under 4,000 strategic effort they have achieved. Negotiations for a second or nuclear offensive missiles and bombers. The United Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty have been very diffi- States has 2,125. Soviet nuclear warheads exceed the cult as a result. U.S. explosive power by 6 to 1. We cannot expect something for nothing. They will (2) In strategic defensive forces, surface-to-air mis- not stop building strategic weapons simply because our siles and jet fighters, the Soviets have 14,664—the own strategic programs are inadequate. We are not United States has 324 jet fighters. The Soviets have negotiating from a position of strength and simultane- 2,600 interception jets—the United States 324; the ously we cancel the B-l bomber, delay production of the Soviets have 12,000 SAM (surface-to-air missiles) —the MX missile and slow down the Trident. United States none; the Soviets 64 ABMs (anti-ballistic At the Spring National Executive Committee meet- missiles) —the United States none. ings in May, the Foreign Relations, Legislative and (3) The Soviets refuse to count or include their National Security Commissions listened to Paul H. BACKFIRE bombers with comparable capabilities to Nitze, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and former the unbuilt B-l. The BACKFIREs can refuel, hit the SALT I negotiator. His analysis of the trends and where United States, land in Cuba, refuel and fly home. The the United States would be by 1985 was gloomy to say Soviets are reportedly building two to four BACK- the least. Based on recommendations of these commis- FIRES each month. Under SALT II, they may build as sions, the NEC adopted Resolution #39 which states: many as they please. Meanwhile, the United States has "The American Legion, aware of the imminent dan- refused to build the B-l as a counter to the BACKFIRE. ger to the national security of the United States, urges (4) SALT II does not permit the United States to the Administration to develop and maintain the Triad build "heavy throw weight" missiles such as the SS-18s. of nuclear strength sufficient to deter the Soviets from The United States has none. The Soviets have over 300 any nuclear strikes against our country and to combat "heavy throwers" deployed. successfully any nuclear warfare, if ever waged against SALT is indeed a difficult subject with its own lexi- us; and, further con and language—ALCMs, MIRVs, MaRVs, FOBs and "We emphatically urge the U.S. Senate to refuse to so forth. Even with these complexities, one cannot view approve any SALT Treaty which would permit any in- SALT without looking at its impact on U.S. strategic feriority in the nuclear power of the United States." nuclear defense posture and the concomitant effect on Public Law 92-448 outlines our SALT negotiating ob- U.S. foreign policy. The bottom line questions to me jectives: are: Is the United States strategically inferior? If so, • A stable international strategic balance which do we—the American people—have the will to change does not threaten the survivability of U.S. stra- that inferiority? If we are weaker and the answer to tegic deterrent forces. the second question is no, the United States is destined • A future treaty that would not limit the United to be second rate—economically, politically, influence- States to levels of intercontinental strategic wise—among the world of nations. forces inferior to the limits provided for the Frederick the Great once said: "Diplomacy without Soviet Union. arms is music without instruments." We would do well • Maintenance of a vigorous research development as a nation to seriously heed this advice. and modernization program. The current SALT negotiating team will not say that the proposed treaty will meet any of these objectives. All they will say is that we will still have a few more nuclear warheads than the Soviets while failing to men-

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 Houston Picked for 1979 National Convention Legion Supports

% M Bomb'

Citing Warsaw Pact military superi- ority in conventional forces, the Ameri- can Legion has urged President Carter and Congress to authorize production and deployment of the "Neutron Bomb," an enhanced radiation nuclear

warhead that it said can restore NATO forces to parity with Communist armies. The Legion also served notice to the Senate that its membership would A contract to hold the 1979 National Convention of The American Legion in Hous- not accept any strategic arms limita- ton was signed by National Commander Robert Charles Smith (seated), during the tion agreement with the Soviet Union Legion's spring meetings at National Headquarters in Indianapolis. Legionnaires which in any way left the U.S. inferior looking on left to right are: Bertram G. Davis (NY), National Judge Advocate; in nuclear firepower. Lawrence E. Hoffman (FL), chairman of the National Convention Commission; Jack W. Flynt, president of the Houston National Convention Corp; Jack Tancred, The actions were taken during the general chairman of the Houston National Convention Corp.; W. H. McGregor, spring meeting of the National Execu- department adjutant of Texas; Harvey (TX), department commander; Holcomb tive Committee in Indianapolis. Robert R. Walsh, Texas NECman; and Joe L. Matthews, past national commander The NEC also reaffirmed Legion sup- port for continuation of the veterans preference in all federal employment, of the voicing vigorous opposition to proposed LEGION vet- NEWS legislation which would revoke erans advantages in a reorganization of the federal personnel system. It also Paid-Up-For-Life Membership came out in strong support for the em- battled Federal Bureau of Investigation, pointing to the FBI's excellent record Plan Called Hedge on Inflation of public service in protecting the lives and property of US citizens. More and more Legionnaires are becoming aware of the long-range benefits The NEC also resolved: of the special Paid-Up-For-Life membership plan. Particularly attractive to To urge Congress to provide neces- Legionnaires with 25 years and more membership, the plan offers not only a sary funds to restore the physician savings in dues paid over a number of years and elimination of the annual strength in the services' Medical Corps reminders to pay dues, it also serves to protect you against the erosion of the to required levels, and to consider rein- dollar's buying power through inflation. Paid-up-for-life membership lets you stituting a selective conscription system, pay your dues in full now, during your peak earning years, and guarantees if appropriate, toward that same end. after your membership retirement regardless of any increases in yearly dues. To ask VA to reverse its decision to The cost of the plan is based on your age and the dues you currently pay to cancel construction of a new hospital your post. This plan should not be confused with honorary life memberships in Camden, NJ and to proceed with offered by posts to some members. the hospital as originally planned. For more information on the Paid-Up-For-Life membership plan, clip and To oppose Department of Labor mail the attached coupon. (Continued on page 30)

I 1 TO: Membership and Post Activities Endorses The American Legion NEC P. 0. Box 1055 Pension Bills Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Two resolutions supporting legisla-

I am interested in knowing more about the National tion raising veterans' pensions in spe- Paid-up-for-Life Membership Plan. Please send application to: cific areas were resoundingly approved

| by the National Executive Committee (NAME) . during the spring meeting in Indianap- j olis. One measure would increase from STREET ADDRESS_____ . . j $50 per month to $65 the pension paid to hospitalized veterans. The second CITY, STATE, 7I P __ . j proposal doubles the special pension to holders from I am a member of paid Medal of Honor Post No , Department (state) $100 to $200.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 29 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29) Jim O'Neil Retires; B. G. Davis Is Named Legion Supports 'N Bomb'

plans to divert functions or funds from Publisher;Magazine ConsolidationPlanned the Help through Industry Retraining and Employment (HIRE) program to prime sponsors of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), and to support a move to transfer HIRE reimbursable activities to state employment agencies. To support legislation requiring state employment security agencies to assume responsibility for certifying and refer- ring CETA applicants to prime spon- sors. This is designed to further insure protection of veterans preference in federally-funded jobs. To oppose any legislation which would seek to consolidate programs un- der the 1933 Wagner-Peyser Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. To oppose a proposal which would transfer the Veterans Employment Service from the Labor Department to the Veterans Administration. Bertram G. Davis James F. O'Neil To condemn the actions of the American Nazi Party which has sought Bertram G. Davis, national judge former chairman of the American to foster Anti-Semitism. advocate of The American Legion, has Legion's Publications Committee. To support continuation of the Dis- been named to the dual role of pub- Smith also announced that the maga- abled Veterans Outreach Program. lisher of The American Legion Maga- zine's editorial, advertising and produc- To call for improvement in the iden- zine, National Commander Robert tion operations will be moved from tification system for all workers in the Charles Smith announced at the spring Washington, DC to the Indianapolis United States, citizens or resident meeting of the National Executive National Headquarters Building in the aliens, as an aid in controlling illegal Committee. near future, thus consolidating all op- aliens working in the U.S. Davis succeeds James F. O'Neil who erations of the publication. The circula- To commend the 32 US Senators retired June 30 after 27 years as pub- tion department and the electronic data who voted in opposition to the treaties lisher of the magazine. O'Neil is a past processing center are already located on returning control of the Panama national commander (1947-48) and a in the Indianapolis building under the Canal to the Panamanian government. direction of assistant publisher Dean To direct the National Convention Nelson. Commission to consider barrier-free O'Neil's New York office was closed auditoriums selecting sites for will be when I WON ! June 30. The retired publisher future conventions so that all delegates honored at a National Convention will have ready access to all parts of Luncheon Aug. 19. the auditorium. Past conventions' seat- "Jim O'Neil has given great leader- ing arrangements have sometimes hin- ship to our publication and under his dered handicapped Legionnaires and direction, the credibility of The Ameri- prevented free movement between dele- can Legion Magazine has been firmly gations. established," Smith said in a tribute to the retiring publisher. In his final appearance as publisher before the Magazine Commission, Meet Major (AUS, Ret.) Harold E. ". O'Neil said . . down through the Elliott who is $57,000 richer thanks to a years I can look with gratification at little-known lottery held monthly by my accomplishments." the U. S. Department of Interior, Smith said all 13 editorial, advertis- Bureau of Land Management. ing and production employes in the Washington Headquarters Building have You owe it to yourself to find out about been invited to move to Indianapolis as FOREVER this government program. Let us send soon as renovations are completed. REMOVE HAIR Perma Tweez electrolysis safely and permanently re- you free information. No obligation, of The National Executive Committee moves all unwanted hair from face, arms, legs and lly tested and course. Write: for body. No-puncture safety feature—clinica also approved a change in printers recommended by dermatologists. Petroleum Leasing Services, Inc. the magazine, effective with the Sep- 14 DAY MONEY BACK GUAR. P.O. Drawer 8-AL tember issue. Low bidder on a new $19.95—send check/M.O. Cal. residents add 6% sales tax Ruidoso, N.M. 88345 three-year contract is Kansas Color I enclose $4.00 deposit and wil pay balance Press Inc. of Lawrence, KA. For the COD plus extra COD charges. I enclose $19.95 in full payment. PETROLEUM last five years the magazine has been LEASING BankAmericard/Master Charge #/Exp. date 7 SERVICES printed by the Baird-Ward Printing Co. GENERAL MEDICAL CO., Dept. AL-1 INCORPORATED 1935 Armacost Ave., W. Los Angeles, CA_90O25 of Nashville, TN. 4- Kre GENERAL MEOICAL CO.

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Patton,PA Vet Named Legionnaire ofMonth

When comrades in The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign • FOR BROCHURES WRITE: Wars cite him for outstanding service : SCAMP-DEPT. AM to veterans, John J. Toskey, 49, of S BOX 2-BACKUS, MN. 56435 Walter McCoy PLEASE ENCLOSE $2 FOR{l.|ST $ C Legion Post 614, 0^:*JS29 > POSTAGE AND Patton, PA has HANDLING? WITH !S AD to be the Le- Name Phone__ > ™ j gionnaire of the

Month. So he is. '. Address A 26-year mem- Cars big and small, Scamp is pulled by all. Weighs 950 lbs.; ber of the Legion, •City State. .Zip. with a tongue weight of 85 lbs. Sleeps 4. ; Toskey holds a Gold Life Mem- bership card for / YOU CAN MAKE, exceptional ser- MARTINS FLAGS John J. Toskey TftlF' Fast and easy! For club or organiza- vice in American tion. Sell our Queen Bee Ball-Point six- DISPLAYS FOR pen pack lor $1.00 (a terrific bargain). • ORGANIZATIONS- Legion programs and activities. Every home a hot prospect. Make / f\IQ \ TOWNS-SCHOOLS-FAIRS 40c per pack. Satisfaction He has served as his post's comman- /'"VESTMpwti Prompt shipment. Ask for our guaranteed. Free details. ?M colorful WHOLESALE Catalog for 1978 der, finance officer, judge advocate and STAMPS FUND RAISING, DEPT. • MARTIN'S FLAG CO., FORT DODGE, IOWA 50501 post adjutant. P.O. Box 2447 Winston-Salem. N.C 27102^ His service to veterans earned him a life membership in VFW Post 779, Patton, PA My Feet Were Killing Me...Until Toskey was hospitalized for 28 days after contracting the mysterious disease I Discovered the Miracle of Hamburg! lhat struck Legionnaires attending the Pennsylvania department's convention It was the European trip I had always in Philadelphia in 1976. dreamed about. I Toskey has conducted all military had the time and to where funerals in his area for the last 18 money go I wanted—see what years and is active in civic affairs in I wanted. But I Pennsylvania. soon learned that money and time don't mean much when your feet hurt Retired Treasurer too much to walk. After a few days of sightseeing my feet Gets Fond Goodbye were killing me. Oh, I tried to W. Francis (Fran) Polen, retired Na- keep going. In Paris I limped through your feet alone! Unlike conventional de- Notre Dame and along the Champs-Elysees. vices, they actually imitate the youthful tional Treasurer, was honored by the And I went up in the Eiffel Tower although elastic support that Nature originally in- National Executive Committee. A reso- I can't honestly say I remember the view. tended your feet to have. feet tired whole Whatever your problem corns, calluses, lution expressing deep appreciation for My were so and sore my — body ached. While everbody else was having pain in the balls of your feet, burning nerve Fran's dedicated service as National a great time, I was in my hotel room. I ends, painful ankles, old injuries, backaches Treasurer for nearly 20 years was didn't even feel like sitting in a sidewalk or just generally sore, aching feet, Flexible cafe. Feathersprings will bring you guaranteed unanimously passed. At the National The whole trip was like that until I got relief with every step you take. Commander's Banquet, Polen shared to Hamburg, Germany. There, by accident, Don't suffer pain and discomfort the dais with dignitaries and was pre- I happened to hear about an exciting break- needlessly. If your feet hurt, the mir- through for anyone who suffers from sore, acle of Hamburg can help you. Write sented with an engraved copy of the aching feet and legs. for more detailed information. There resolution. Fran served from October This wonderful invention was a custom- made foot support called Flexible Feather- is no obligation whatsoever. Just fill 1958 to January 1978. spring. When I got a pair and slipped them out the coupon below and mail it into my shoes my pain disappeared almost today. instantly. The flexible shock absorbing sup- WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE MIRACLE: port they gave my feet was like cradling Received my wife's Feathersprings two days them on a cushion of air. I could walk, ago. They are super—neither of us can believe stand even run. 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I understand that there is no ob- Today thousands of Americans including ligation and that no salesman will call. those who have retired—many with foot problems far more severe than mine—have experienced this blessed relief for them- Print Name selves. (Fran) Address W. Francis Polen and his wife, Here's why Feathersprings work for them Janet, accept plaque from National Com- and why they can work for you. These sup- City mander Robert Charles Smith. ports are like nothing you've ever seen be- fore. They are custom fitted and made for State Zip . .

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The Past Commander's Club has named cartoonists Milton Caniff and Mort Walker as winners of its 1978 "Good Guy" award. Caniff is the creator of the '"Steve Canyon" and "Terry and The Pirates" comic strips. Walker is the creator of the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip. The awards will be presented at the club's annual luncheon, Aug. 22, aboard the riverboat President. The luncheon promises to be one of the highlights of the American Legion's national conven- tion in New Orleans. The club also announced a special award of excellence to Edgar A. Poe, distinguished Washington correspondent of The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Caniff and Walker will be saluted for "their longstanding contributions to veterans, the national defense and ideals of patriotism." "Their artists' pens, their wit and their mastery of words has constantly rekin- dled memories of our own military service and has reemphasized the need for an alert, strong, security-conscious America," the citation says. has been incisive and intrepid in report- Poe was selected for more than a ing the national scene to the people of quarter century of Washington report- the 'New South,' " his citation says. ing distinguished by "remarkable in- sight." 1978 Past Commanders Club "Good Guys" are, clockwise from bottom: Correspon- dent Edgar A. Poe; Cartoonist Mort Walker with "Beetle Bailey"; "Steve Canyon" and courteous in the true "Courtly and "Terry and the Pirates" creator Milton Caniff; and famed instrumentalist Pete tradition of the 'Old South.' Poe also Fountain in full Mardi Gras regalia

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Winners Named Mail to: The Seagram Posts Twenty-five American Legion post American Legion OFFICIAL COUPON commanders have won free trips to the P.O. Box 61078 1978 National Convention in the "Com- New Orleans, Louisiana 70161 manders Who Dare" program for posts Gentlemen: that had record all-time membership by # I am a dues-paid member of Post American Legion or of Unit March 31. Selected by drawing were: Frank E. Gilmore, Post 772, Fontana. CA; * American Legion Auxiliary Located in (City) James Stringer, Post 160, Byers, CO; Rex A. Cook, Post 138, Tampa, FL; Jack L. Kraemer, (State) Post 742, Hutsonville, IL; Gary Jones. Post 22, Please Manning, IA; Homer Yeary, Post 329. Kanopolis, enter my name in the free drawings for two Ford Granada 2-door KS; William Clark. Post 334, Eddyville, KY; Hardtops donated by the Seagram Posts to the American Legion National Christian Guerrette, Post 145, Frenchville, ME; Convention Corporation of Louisiana. Drawings to be held Sunday, August 20, Commander. Post 26, Hancock. MD; Ralph Martin, Post 332. Halifax, MA; Lee Sutliff, Post 1978 at the Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana. Entries must be received no 502, Henderson. MI; Eugene Wagner, Post 513, later than midnight, August 18, 1978. (Please Print) Minneapolis, MN; Emmet B. Case. Post 79, Wes- son, MS; Dick Christian, Post 341, McCool

Name , Junction, NE; Harrison Tache, Post 120, Ship- rock. NM; Clifford H. Vaughn. Post 337, Pine- ville, NC; Manuel Souza, Post 1009. Yorktown Address Heights, NY; James F. Davis. Post 14, Bain- bridge, OH; Arlan A. Heffner. Post 625. Fleet- City State wood, PA; Leroy Tolbert, Post 224, Greenwood, SC; Thomas Russell, Post 27. Kadoka, SD; # Legion or Auxiliary Membership Card . Harvie Lewis, Post 66. Pikeville, TN; W. W. Melton, Post 300, Canton. TX; Leland Nicholas, Post 302. Oconto Falls, WI; and Glen Culver, SEAGRAM POSTS 32ND FORD AWARDS Post 64. Medicine Bow. WY.

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 A Message for the 4th By THE REV. WALTER D. POWER National Chaplain of The American Legion

C is a piece the S -|k y o man is an island, entire of itself, every man of washed away by the IN continent, a part of the main; if a clod be sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." My reason for bringing this 350- hibited in our schools. year-old quotation of John Donne to How does all this stack up with your attention is to ask you to con- the supreme sacrifice of the "FOUR sider what is happening in our CHAPLAINS" of World War II who Nation today, and what we are go- died together on a torpedoed ship? initiative ing to do about it in view of our Have the courage and mutual responsibility for one an- to speak up, to protest instead other and for these United States of remaining silent. Combat the evil of America. We Chaplains have an in high place and low. Shake off the Chaplain W. D. Power advantage in that we can not only shackles of apathy. Sacrifice a little darkness or speak openly of morality—or its time from your busy schedule. Raise to evil, oppression, lack; belief in God and the Judeo- your voice. Do not close your eyes injustice. Christian ethic, but we are even ex- pected to do so. In their astounding wisdom, our Founding Fathers established the principle for all time in the begin- Drill Your ning of the Declaration of Inde- pendence when they said, "We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created Own Water Well equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalien- able rights, that among these are Feet Deep. life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- 50...100...200 piness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among OF DOLLARS! men, deriving their just powers from SAVE HUNDREDS ." You can tap the vast, unlimited supply of good, clean, pure water the consent of the governed. . . and have all the water you need for The key words in this great state- beneath the surface of your property ment are "BY THEIR CREATOR." 2$ per day. is remarkable invention called the Hydra- If we were to place a Soviet citizen What makes this possible a operate as a on a polygraph, we would find he Drill. Amazingly, it is almost as easy and inexpensive to all over the was truthful when he says that the power lawn mower. In the last 10 years, thousands of people wells with a Hydra- State has the right to take life, to world have drilled water restrict liberty and to control the Drill. pursuit of happiness. Indeed, he If you want to know more about this won- would be truthful when he says that derful way to drill your own water well and the State not only has the right but have a lifetime supply of chemical-free water the duty to take these steps. for just pennies per day, then do yourself a Conversely, in these United States favor. Send just $ 1 for our big, fully-illustrated of America, all of our rights are information package including complete in- granted by God and therefore no structions on "How To Drill For Water." The man may properly take them away. information package will be rushed to you by It is really that simple. We must be return First Class mail. Satisfaction guaranteed certain that this principle is never or your $1 back! destroyed, or even weakened, or Deeprock Mfg. Co., Opeiika, Alabama 36801 tampered with, by man. CLIP COUPON AND MAIL TODAY! During the second 100 years just Deeprock Mfg. Co. Dept. AL78 concluded we have seen global wars Opeiika, Alabama 36801 and area ones. Man has increased Enclosed is $1.00 . . . Please send me the illustrated informa- his ability to destroy his brother and tion package including complete instructions on "HOW TO has done so with dispatch. Here at DRILL FOR WATER." home we have seen a gradual, but none the less steady decline in moral- PRINT NAME ity, in sanctity of the home, in re- ADDRESS spect for the God-given rights of others, in following the Golden Rule. CITY STATE ZIP © 1977, Deeprock Mfg. Co. The mention of God has been pro-

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 33 Michael Colantuono of Cornwells Heights, PA is the winner of the 1978 Department of Pennsylvania High School Essay Contest. A junior at Ben- salem Senior High School, Michael received a $500 Scholarship and will read his essay at the 60th State Con- vention in Philadelphia. Second place honors and a $250 scholarship went to Steven Kopelic of Glenshaw, PA, and Theresa Marie Gabana of Shickshinny won third place and a $100 scholarship. The topic of this year's essay was "My Rights and Responsibilities as a Young American".

Captain Harry B. Doremus Post 55, Hackensack, NJ, has pledged a $25,000 donation to the Hackensack Hospital's Burn Service over the next three years. Dr. Anthony Barbara, Chief of Burn Services (left) describes some of the specialized equipment POSTS used in treating burn victims to Post 55 Commander Henry Thiem (right) as Fire Chief Charles Jones, Past Commander, looks on. Presentation of a check represent- ing the first installment of the three-year pledge was made at Post 55's annual dinner

IN The Pennsylvania War Veterans Council recently honored State Repre- sentative A. J. DeMediio with a testi- ACTION monial dinner recognizing DeMedio's "long and dedicated service in the Pennsylvania Legislature in behalf of several million Pennsylvania veterans." Council President, Commander Joseph More than 200 Legionnaires from posts Dougherty, characterized DeMedio as throughout the state of New Jersey at- the driving force behind all meaningful tended the 23rd Annual Leadership veterans legislation passed by the Gen- College and 5th Annual Service Officers' eral Assembly in recent years. School in Fort Dix, NJ. Directed by The Chairman of the House Military At the Annual Dart Banquet of Clara Past Department Commander Joseph and Veterans Affairs Committee, De- Barton Post 324, Edison, NJ, left to F. Ward and Department Service Officer Medio has introduced or sponsored bills right: League President Joseph La- Thaddeus J. Gnidziejko, the three-day to convert a state hospital into a 500- Rocca; JoAnna DeBoer, President of workshops centered on the major Le- bed home for veterans; provide real the women's league; Women's League gion Programs. Speakers and lecturers estate tax exemptions for 100% dis- Secretary Gale Zick; and League Co- included Robert W. Spanogle, Internal abled war veterans with demonstrable ordinator Thomas Heaton stand behind Affairs Director, Americanism Com- needs; and called for representation by an impressive array of trophies. Post mission Chairman Daniel J. O'Connor, all veterans' organizations on the State 324 organized a competitive dart league Maj. Gen. William A. Patch, Fort Dix, Veterans Commission. six years ago. Last year, a six-team and representatives of state government. women's league was organized.

William J. Hocking Post 91, Wharton, NJ celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open house featuring the pictorial and written history of the post. The Golden Anniversary year got under way in grand style as Post 91 went over the top in membership for the 14th consecutive year. Above, left to right, Wharton Mayor Thomas Grohowski presents a certificate May was "American Legion-American Legion Auxiliary Poppy of appreciation for the post's half-century of service to the Month" in Pennsylvania. Witnessing Governor Milton Shapp's community to Post 91 Commander Charles F. Ullman. Looking signing of the proclamation are Department Commander on are Harry Weeks, Sr., DEC from Morris County, NJ and Eugene C. Eichelberger, seated left; Edward T. Hoak, Depart- Past Commander William Kassay, 50th Anniversary Committee ment Adjutant, standing; and Pennsylvania Auxiliary President Chairman. Mrs. John Stay, right

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4) because other states refuse to accept continue, but the drift is clear. Notes on Our Desk offshore drilling or strip-mining or Clearer still is the danger. Costs nuclear plants." What is Edwards' could be increased, while production are holding up construction of facili- solution? He wants to keep Louisi- is decreased. ties for handling Alaskan crude oil ana petroleum in the ground. As the Yet, at this juncture in the na- oil that cannot all be consumed in governor remarked, "that may sound tion's history, we need—perhaps Pacific states and must be shipped provincial to you, but we'll rejoin more than ever before—as much en- to other regions. The still-stalled the union when New York does, and ergy as we can economically lay plan, calling for shipment by pipeline California and West Virginia." our hands on, not curtailed by sup- through California, is cheaper by far Edwards is not alone in his views. plies. President Carter's intent was than the alternatives ... yet it The governor of Oklahoma has indi- to produce a fair national energy languishes in the bureaucracy. cated that unless consuming regions plan. As he put it, "our guiding Farther north, in Washington make "some form of energy sacri- principle, as we developed the plan, State, there is considerable antago- fice, we will have to re-evaluate our was that none of our people should nism to a plan that would result in position" about providing oil and be asked to bear an unfair burden, additional crude oil tankers plying gas to other states. and none should reap an unfair the waters of Puget Sound. The Curtailed production is not the advantage. There will be sacrifices, destination—via pipeline—of this only tool available to producing but they will be gradual, reasonable petroleum from Alaska and else- states. In Louisiana, there is talk of —and fair." where would be the energy-thirsty instituting a "first-use" tax on We might dispute the fairness of midwest. Let's listen to what the petroleum coming to Louisiana re- Carter's plan, but there is no argu- Seattle Post-Intelligencer says about fineries from its off-shore platforms. ing that whatever plan is adopted this idea: "It seems to us the time Texas is contemplating a refinery- be a fair one. That goal is has come to say no, definitely, to processing tax—most of which undebatable and essential. But

. . . planning to . . . any company would be passed on to Eastern con- regionalism is not fair. tanker large amounts of oil into the sumers. And Alaska is considering As the Washington Post editorial- to the midwest. sound for shipment legislation that would bar, in three ized, "The rest of the country is . . . state will be too The costs to the years, the flow of state-owned oil to subsidizing imports of . . . oil, most high. The benefits nil." other states and increase, as well, of it into the Atlantic states. It Worse still, Congress has endorsed the severance tax on Alaskan oil. If isn't a government subsidy; it's paid this position. Last October, a seem- enacted, measures of this sort would by one consumer to another through ingly innocuous amendment to a inevitably increase the cost to con- the refiners and distributors, to was marine mammal protection act . sumers . . while generating mount- equalize fuel costs nationwide . . . introduced by Sen. Warren Magnu- ing regional hostilities. The sections of the country that pro- son (D-WA). In short order, the act The catalog of regionalisms could (Continued on page Jf6) and amendment became law. In the process, a major option for distribut- oil midwest was ing Alaskan to the A small Tampa Cigar eliminated. The New York Times has editorially characterized Magnu- Manufacturer son's move as "bad lawmaking." would like to Why? Again quoting the Times, be- demonstrate to a cause "it pre-empts an option that at least deserved to be discussed and few Havana Lovers weighed on the merits." I couldn't that you can still enjoy agree more. the unique Havana Flavor In the Rockies, Colorado is invok- ing environmental regulations to without Mr. Castro's permission. ensure veto power over oil shale If you remember savoring and linger- development in the western part of My Offer to Cigar Lovers ing over a fantastically mild and flavor- I will send you postpaid a variety of 60 Factory Fresh the state. Meanwhile, its western ful Cuban leaf cigar in the days before Cigars. Smoke one or a half dozen with our compliments. neighbor, Utah, is seeking to develop the Cuban embargo, you will be inter- If these cigars aren't all you expect and a great deal more, its eastern portion. Since prevailing ested in this offer — and the story return the remainder by Parcel Post and I'll refund your behind it! money. No questions asked. Your delivered cost is only winds move west to east, conflict is When the Cuban embargo hit, we $9.90 for 60 Factory Fresh Cuban Seed Leaf Cigars. certainly brewing. More importantly, and other small manufacturers of fine oil shale is one of this however, custom-made cigars faced ruin. Our F** To order: Fill in & mail coupon to: ""I nation's richest untapped energy very existence depended on maintain- ing the same incomparable quality we THOMPSON CIGAR CO. lodes, containing an energy-equiva- Dept. A192, 200 No. Edison Ave., P.O. Box 1839, Tampa, FL 33601 had made our reputation on. j lent far higher than our petroleum " OK., TOM! Ship me the Thompson Sampler under The solution was pure cloak-and- your money-back guarantee for only $9.90 reserves. Blocking its development | dagger. One dark night a few years ago • Check for $9.90 enclosed. (Fla. residents add unnecessarily would be counter- a group of daring Cuban expatriates I 4% sales tax.) ID Charge to my rsa productive to the entire effort to put to sea carrying a precious cargo of BankAmericard «S master cftaige Master Charge effective national Cuban tobacco seeds. After running a | Ifj formulate an Diners Club gauntlet of Cuban gunboats they energy policy. I American Express finally reached their destination — Perhaps as a reaction to develop- I Honduras. Here under almost identical | Credit Card No. (Print All Digits) ments in consuming-states, key conditions of climate and soil, this producing-states are enlisting in the prime tobacco flourishes to this day, I Master Charge Also Enter EXP. DATE 4 Digits Below Your Acct. No. movement toward factionalization. far from its native land. This is the to- I As columinist Joseph Kraft com- bacco we use to make our superbly mild and flavorable cigars — cigars an mented, Louisiana Gov. Edwards is expert can't tell from Havana. "not prepared to let his state be city 'drained' of its energy resources

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that occasion, Clay said the U.S. would INCREDIBLE FLAMELESS American Legion Life Insurance be in a stronger position if it followed BLOWTORCH Month Ending March 31, 1978 more closely the Foreign Policy views of the Legion. The following is an actual case from the files of The American Legion Life Insurance BLASTS PAINT Plan: OUTFIT REUNIONS A 44-year old Legionnaire died in an air- Reunion will be held in month indicated. plane crash. His widow was awarded $19,800. For particulars write person whose address OFF INSTANTLY! He paid a total of $528 for his insurance. is given. Notices accepted on official forms only. Benefits Paid January 1, 1978— For form send stamped, addressed return March 31, 1978 $ 760,193.94 envelope to O. R. Form. American Legion JUST PLUG IT IN! Benefits Paid Since April 1958 ..$25,802,358.00 Magazine, 1608 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. (120 Volt AC) Basic Units In Force (number). 192,534.00 20006. Notices should be received at least New Applications Approved five months before scheduled reunion. No Since January 1, 1978 660 written letter necessary to get form. New Applications Declined .... 197

New Applications Suspended . . 206 (Applicants failed to return ARMY Health Form) 1st Arm'd Div— (Sept) PO Box 1048, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 POWERFUL 5th (Sept) 1125-DEGREE "Effective January 1. 1978 the 10^ 'across 2nd Inf Anti Tank Co Div— the board' increase will be extended to De- Virgil Wettig, 206 Lincoln St., Richmond, HALOGEN cember 31. 1978" IN 47374 BEAM! 712 The American Legion Life Insurance is an 3rd Inf Regt— (Sept) Jake Klotzbeacher, official program of the American Legion, 8th St., Farmington, MN 55024 • Zap* Paint Oil 1 170 Evergreen, adopted by the National Executive Com- 5th Div— (Sept) John Pfiaum, • Thaws Frozan Pipes! mittee. 1958. It is decreasing term insurance, Elmhurst, IL 60126 • Dastroya issued on application to paid-up members of 5th Med Bn 5th Inf Div (WW2)— (Sept) Ray- Driveway Weeds! 1137 Pkwy., The American Legion subject to approval mond Carlson, Kay Ann • Makes Tile-Laying based on health and employment statement. Arbor, MI 48103 a Breeze! 5th (Sept) D. K. Youngblood, 2726 Effective Jan. 1, 1976, death benefits range QM Bn— Sunset Dr., Charlotte, NC 28209 • Warms Engines, from $60,000 (6 units through age 29, 25 in Thaws Locks! Ohio) in decreasing steps of $125 unit at 5th Sta Hosp (WW2)— (Sept) Jean Splann, (>i • Repairs Vinyl Tops! age 75 or over). Previously, maximum was 322 Harbour Dr. 303A, Naples, FL 33940 Har- • Dries Body Filler 4 units. This protection is available through- 6th Ord MM Co—(Sept) Lawrence Dyersville, IA 52040 and Paint! out life, as long as the annual premium is grafen, R 2, Box 36, 7th FA— (Sept) Warren Caldwell, 51 South • Removes Dacala and paid, the insured remains a member of The Woodgrain from American Legion, and the Plan stays in ef- St., Milford, NH 03055 Strickland, Station Wagona! fect. Available up to six units at a flat rate 11th AAA Gp— (Sept) Edward of per unit a year on a calendar year RT 3, Jefferson, GA 30549 • Stripe Marine Paint and $24 (Sept) A. B. basis, pro-rated during the first year at $2 11th Eng Comb Bn & Regt— Varnish in a Fraction a month per unit for insurance approved Harward, 523 College Dr., Raeford, NC of the Time! 28376 • Instantly Caulking after January 1. Underwritten by two com- Sata Torres, and Fiberlill! mercial life insurance companies, the Occi- 11th Inf Regt— (Sept) Lilly 8000 dental Life Insurance Co. of California and Sargent Rd.. Indianapolis, IN 46256 • Legal in Yards Where Flame la Banned! United States Lite Insurance Co. in the City 17th Sig Oper Bn (WW2)— (Sept) E. F. Open of New York. American Legion Life Insur- Hofmeister, 710 Crown Ave., Scranton, PA 18505 ance and Trust Fund is managed by trustees operating under the laws of Missouri. No 18th Coast Artly— (Sept) Chas. Justus, 625 Save Money on Repairs! other insurance full Yaronia Dr. N.. Columbus, OH 43214 may use the words Now do hundreds of jobs faster and Legion." 21st Avn Eng (WW2)— (Sept) Calvin Eckert, y "American Administered by The easier than ever before, and without American Legion Life Insurance Division, RD #3, Box 316, Dillsburg, PA 17019 21st Ord (MM) Co— (Sept) Wm. Koryak, spending a dime on caustic removers, abrasive materials, P.O. Box 5609, Chicago, Illinois 60680, to or other expensive equipment. which write for further details. 1919 Pallas Ave., North Braddock, PA 15104 22nd Inf, Med Co, 4th Inf Div (1951-52)— (Sept) Cois Bobo, 1100 Hwy 431 N., Albert- TAPS ville, AL 35950 26th Artly 2nd TA Bn, Ft. Bragg, NC— (Sept) Arthur Kane, Rural RT #1, Media, The Taps Notice mentions, when- IL 61460 ever possible, those Legionnaires who 29th Div— (Sept) Clyde Wilson, 32480 Wood- dale Rd., Lisbon, OH 44432 have held high National or Department 29th Sta Hosp & 170th Evac UnnV-(Sept) Helen Hinchley Storm, 3931 21st Court E, Office in the Legion, US Government, Veterans Village, New Port Richey, FL or other forms of national prominence. 33552 32nd Red Arrow Div (WW1 & 2,— (Sept) Eugene Phelps, 2202 S. 23rd St., La Crosse, Tom B. Clark, 82, died March 31. Mr. WI 54601 34th Inf Div— (Sept) Glenn Carlson, 2211 Clark served as Dept. Cdr. of Okla. Ave "I", Council Bluffs, IA 51501 35th Withrow, Box (1958-59), alternate Div— (Sept) Wm. PO NECman (1959- 4022, Topeka, KS 66604 65) and as the Legion's National Chap- 37th Div— (Sept) Jack Wander, 65 S. Front St., Rm 707, Columbus, OH 43215 lain (1953-54). 39th Comb Eng (WW2)— (Sept) Thomas Sweares, 122 Southlane Dr., New White- Imagine! TORCHLAMP shoots out a powerful halogen land, IN 46184 beam at temperatures that range from 300° to 1125°. Miguel A. Munoz, 87, died recently in 43rd Inf Div— (Sept) Thomas Maroon, 33 Makes short work of the toughest, most time-consuming Cushman Rd., Winslow, ME 04902 jobs. It removes paint or varnish from houses, furniture, Santurce, Puerto Rico. He served as 46th Eng (WW2)— (Sept) Donald McGuire, boats without dangerous tlame or damage to surfaces. 3527 E. 42nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55406 For professional results! Heats plastic counter tops so Nat'l. Vice Cdr. (1933-34). 46th Tank Bn, 13th Amid Div— (Sept) J. B. they bend easily around corners. Removes old mastic Teel, 1562 Champlin Dr., St. Louis, MO from the tile walls for repair or new installation. Softens 63136 putty when re-glazing windows. Use it anywhere where J. Hardwick, flame was needed before. Roy Lewis Cook died at the age of 79. 54th Sig Bn (WW2) — (Sept) R. 17350 E. Temple #39, La Puente, CA 91744 Complete with 75-hour lamp (replacements available) Mr. Cook served the Dept. of New 70th Eng Lght Pntn Co (WW2)— (Sept) David and free welder's glasses. Full operating instructions. Russell, 51 S. Lippincott Ave., Maple Satisfaction guaranteed or money returned. Made in Mexico as Commander (1930-31), Nat'l Shade, NJ 08052 U.S.A. Only $34.95. 74th Eng Lght Pntn Co (WW2)— (Sept) Vice Cdr. (1931-34), Nat'l Exec. Com- _ — RUSH NO-RISK COUPON , George Walker, 317 Lorraine St., N. Bell- Try It for 15 Daya. Satlafaction Guaranteed mittee (1931-33), and as chairman of more, NY 11710 or Money Back. 79th Div Co H 314th Inf— (Sept) William the Nat'l Emblem Committee (1936-42). The John Sturges House, Inc., Dept. TLA- Karre, Hayes Center, NE 69032 49 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT 06880 87th Eng Hvy Pntn Bn (WW2)— (Sept) Please Ralph Wilson, 54 Nakota, Clawson, MI rush one TORCHLAMP @ $34 95 48017 plus $1.00 postage and handling. General Lucius D. Clay died at the 87th Inf Div— (Sept) Gladwin Pascuzzo, SAVEI Order two for only $65.00. We pay postage. 2374 Crt., age of 80 on April 16. Commander of N. Dundee Highland Greens I enclose $ (Add applicable sales tax) Estates, Highland, MI 48031 a Carte Blanche BankAmericard the US military forces in Europe CHARGE after 94th Sig Bn— (Sept) Kalmer Ostby, 1510 3rd Master Charge Diner's Club Ave NE, Rochester, 55901 World War II, Gen. Clay MN Interbank No prevented 100th Inf Div— (Sept) Anthony Tom, 25 Acct. No Exp. Date Soviet attempts to cut off Allied access Luanne Rd., Stratford, CT 06497 103rd Med Bn & Regt 28th Inf Div— (Sept) PRINT NAME to Berlin in 1948, and directed an air- Robert Goldsmith, 37 Farmbrook Dr., Levittown, lift of 2.4 million tons of coal PA 19055 and food 110th FA 29th Div Bat A (WW2)— (Sept) to Berlin for 16 months. In 1962 he Hank Crawford, 2030 Flintshire Rd., Apt 201, Baltimore, MD 21237 received the Legion's highest award, 110th Inf, 28th Div (WW2)— (Sept) Charles STATE the Distinguished Service Chattaway, 400 W. Main St., Monogahela, Medal. On PA 15063 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 37 —

751st Tank Bn (M)— (Sept) Lester Pollmann, 413 E. Washington, Owensville, MO 65066 772nd TD Bn (WW2)— (Sept) Geo. Heldt, 889 E. Maryland Ave., St. Paul, MN 55106 773rd Tank Dest Bn— (Sept) Edward Mc- Clelland, 4384 W. 182nd St., Cleveland, OH 44135 775th Fid Art'y Bn— (Sept) L. W. Reynolds, 4525 S. First St., Louisville, KY 40214 775th Tank Bn— (Sept) Sam Yonovitz, 3212 Falbo Ave., Lorain, OH 44052 792nd AAA AW Bn— (Sept) Edward Orwig, 568 Hillcrest PI., Gettysburg, PA 17325 803rd TD Bn— (Sept) R. S. Wagenhals, 2821 S. Newland, Denver, CO 80227 813th Avn Eng Bn (WW2)— (Sept) Swede Wachter, Mather, WI 54641 836th Sig Radio Relay Co— (Sept) J. R. Marker, 272 Bonnett St SW., N. Canton, OH 44720 884th ORD (HAM Co)— (Sept) Harold Bell, RR #1, Box 44, Hume, MO 64752 893rd Tank Dest Bn— (Sept) Harry Sinclair, RT 2. Box 126 A, Gambrills, MD 21054 894th Ord HAM Co (WW2)— (Sept) Henry Schwab, 7429 Bramell Ave., Detroit, MI 48239 926th Sig Bn 9th TAC, 322nd & 422nd Sig Co (WW2)—(Aug) Russell Eyer, PO Box 235, John W. Pershing, only surviving grandchild of Gen. John J. Pershing, unveils the Palmyra, IL 62674 plaque designating the General's Laclede, MO home as a Registered National Land- 988th MP Co (WW2)— (Sept) John Robert- son, 1130 Ashbridge Rd., Chester, mark. Plans are for a national memorial to Pershing and his gallant WW 1 legions, W. PA 19380 including a Wall of Honor for veterans of the War to End All Wars and a "living" 1268th Comb Eng— (Sept) Paul Dylyn, 3402 museum. Information on the memorial is available from the Pershing Memorial De- Bader Ave., Cleveland, OH 44109 velopment Fund, P.O. Box 177, Laclede, MO 64651 3432nd MAM Ord Co— (Sept) Wm. Berglund, Albion, NE 68620 3499th ORD MAM Co— (Sept) Rod Cowgill, 113th Eng (WWl)— (Sept) Glen McCool, 1820 315th Inf Regt (WW2)— (Sept) Francis 3504 Gladden Dr., Louisville, KY 40218 E. Sycamore St., Kokomo, IN 46901 Oczko, 144 N. 6th St., New Hyde Park, 3873rd GAS Supply Bn— (Sept) Frank Witt, 61820 116th Inf Co E 29th Div ( WW2)— (Sept) NY 11040 PO Box 151, Champaign, IL Jim Gary, 1117 Glendale Ln., Nashville, 322nd FA— (Sept) C. W. Fitzpatrick, 210 N. Merrill's Marauders— (Sept) Tom Martini, TN 37204 Main St., Dayton, OH 45402 625 A. Archdale Dr., Charlotte, NC 28210 119th Inf, Co G— (Sept) Richard Earll, Box 324th Inf Regt 44th Div (WW2)— (Sept) Bill 288, Union City, PA 16438 Applegate, 2310 Harley Dr., Madison, WI 120th Mobile Gun Bn AAA— (Sept) Jasper 53711 NAVY Leone, 2650 E. Palo Alto, Fresno. CA 93710 334th Sta Hosp— (Sept) Wm. Jennings, 6625 3rd Spec (Sept) Martin, 121 126th FA Bat B (WW2)— (Sept) Gene Bra- NCB— Robert St. RD 28W., LaFayette, IN 47905 14th St., City, 64105 zeau, 2530 E. Rose, Orange, 92667 W. Kansas MO CA 347th Sta Hosp (Sept) Loy Landers, 37th Spec Denny, 127th Inf— (Sept) Henry Kriha, 813 Haw- (WW2)— NCB— (Sept) Raymond 2309 Ridge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 3011 S. 12th St., Sheboygan, 53081 thorne St., Oshkosh, 54901 WI WI 352nd Ord (Sept) Cockatoo Inn, 51st (Sept) Barnett, 825 131st Maint of 9th (WW2)— NCB— Eugene Oak Ord Bn Armd Div— (Sept) 4334 W. Imperial Hwy., Hawthorne, CA Al Irwin, Terr Crt., Placerville, CA 95667 Mount City, KS 66056 355th Inf (WWl)—(Sept) Paul Fleming, 15th 19th Spec (Sept) Theo- 132nd AAA Bat A (Sept) James Beauton, & 41st NCB— — Beaver City, NE 68926 dore Lyse, 101, Davenport, 99122 212 Batts Rd., Hamden, CT 06514 Box WA 393rd FA Bn— (Sept) Jesse Younger, 352 W. 62nd Glenn Burch, 1, 133rd Inf 34th Div Co E (Sept) Dar- NCB— (Sept) RR (WW2)— McLurg, Frankfort, IN 46041 Bloomfield, IN 47424 win Ferguson, Box 91, Webster City, IA 399th Inf Cannon Co 100th Div— (Sept) Wm. 63rd I. 8815 Pine- 50595 NCB—(Sept) N. Mayfield, Williams, 210 E. Frank St., Schenectady, ridge Rd., San Antonio, 78217 139th Inf Co A, 35th Div (WWl)— (Sept) TX NY 10980 77th (Sept) Wm. Tudor, 2634 S. Ban- J. D. Harris, RR1, Box 452, Bartlesville, NCB— nock St., 80223 74003 400th Arm'd FA Bn— (Sept) Edward Petri- Denver, CO OK 97th 108th (Sept) Albert Stokes, 147th Inf Co (Sept) 114 sin, 3318 Marmore Ave., Parma. OH 44134 & NCB— K— Harry Ark, Louis, 63116 Fairview Ave., Springfield, 45504 404th 643rd Eng Bn (WW2)—(Sept) Thomas 4775 S. Spring Ave.. St. MO OH 107th Joseph, 2020 S. 156th Gen Hosp (England) (Sept) Eleanor Sweares, 122 Southlane Dr., New White- NCB— (Sept) Norman — 14th Ave., Broadview, IL 60153 Pipper Stanislaw, 3130 N. Webberville Rd., head, IN 46184 114th NCB, 627th, 629th, 628th Webberville, MI 48892 423rd MP Escort Grd Co— (Sept) Garner CMBU— (Sept) Ralph Evans, 235 99th St., 163rd AAA Gun Bn Bat B— (Sept) Simon Heasley, 3912 S. Felton St., Marion, IN PO Box 46952 236, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247 Sacks, 1510 Cliff Rd., Overbrook Hills, PA 19151 436th AAA AW Bn Bat C— (Sept) Robert Air Grnd Lia, Naval Gunfire, Shore Party St., (4th 22nd 29th Mar 165th Eng Comb Bn (Sept) Harvey Mitchell, Bosh, 609 Elk Schuyler, NE 68661 Comm Tms WW2) 451st Sad, 322nd (Sept) R. E. (Sept) John Hagenah, PO Box 382, Hills- PO Box 1702, Burlington, NC 27215 Bmb Bmb Gp— 168th Inf 34th Div Potratz, 4211, 42nd St., Des Moines, IA boro, WI 54634 Co E (WW2)—(Sept) Dale Const Unit Harold Castle, 208 West Sheridan, Shenandoah, 50310 USCG 26 (WW2)— (Sept) IA 51601 457th AAA Bat B— (Sept) Tom Schull, #95 Ricketts, RR 2, Elgin, ND 58533 383 (Sept) Dennis McNeary, 170th Comb Eng, Co C (Sept) Im- St. Edward Ln., Florissant, MO 63033 LST (WW2)— — James 3049 55426 hoff 461st Anti Arcrft Bn— (Sept) Edward Gerge- S. Hampshire, Minneapolis, MN Sr., 1800 Waunona Way, Madison, WI 304 53713 rich, 318 Hawthorne Rd., Pittsburgh, PA LST 607—(Sept) Lee James, Vesper 15209 Ave., Federalsburg, 21632 187th Sig Repair (Sept) John Sheridan, MD Co— 497th AAA Gun (Sept) Laverne LST 829— (Sept) Albert Ryzner, 943 Rock- 115 Firestone Dr., Rochester, NY 14624 Bn— Huschka, 2141 Memorial Dr., Janesville, dale Ave,. New Bedford, MA 02740 194th FA Bn— (Sept) Orville Seamer, RR 1, 53545 PT Boats, (Sept) J. M. Newberry, Goose Lake, 52750 WI Inc— PO IA Memphis, 38101 198th, 736th, 945th 261st 508th Parachute Inf (WW2)— (Sept) Jim Box 109, TN AAA & CA (HD) Spec Augmnt #7 (Sept) Charles Del NG Units— (Sept) Arthur Biloon, Allardyce, 335 Ardussi St., Frankenmuth, Hosp — PO Lyons, 128 W. Autumn Ln., East Peoria, Box 2781, Wilmington, 19805 MI 48734 DE IL 61611 198th Ord Div (Aleutian Island)— (Sept) 512th Eng LP Co— (Sept) George Early, 1114 Deerfield John Sailor, RT #1, Box 314, Worthing- SE 14th Dr., Beach, FL 33441 Tin Can Sailors— (Sept) Edward Ward, ton, WV 26591 530th FA 252nd CA—(Sept) Don Keohane, Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA 02721 200th QM Gasoline Supp Co— (Sept) John RR #1, Box 108- A, Plainview, IL 62676 VF-54— (Sept) Meldon Wasko, 3650 Niblick 531st Shore Regt, 1st Spec FerreU, 911 S. B. St.. St. Albans, WV 25177 Eng Eng Brig— Dr., La Mesa, CA 92041 203rd FA, Serv Bat— (Sept) Rex Rusbult, (Sept) Richard Ready, 84 Selwyn St., Ros- USS Amycus (ARL-2)— (Sept) V. E. Jack- lindale, 02131 469 Jacalyn Dr., Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 MA son, 3562 Ben St., San Diego, CA 92111 536th Amph. Tractor 206th CA (AA)— (Sept) W. J. Chambers, PO Bn (WW2)— (Sept) USS Ault (DD 698) (WW2)— (Sept) Jim Lloyd 1292, Ft. Worth, Box 5806, Little Rock, AR 72215 Wood, PO Box TX Clark, 4 N. Morgan Ave., Havertown, PA 227th & 229th Sig Oper (WW2)— (Sept) Ray 76101 19083 Green, RD #2, Birdsboro, PA 19508 550th Arbrne Inf— (Sept) Al Roberts, Box USS Balch/USS Porterfield— (Sept) Sam Olivia, 28368 233rd AAA S/L Bn, Bat (Sept) 123, NC Thomas, c/o Frank Longtin, 7449 Salerno C— Norman 555th AA Bn— (Sept) Sidney Broussard, RT Latter, 2055 Ardsheal, La Habra CA 90631 St., San Diego, CA 92111 1, Box 244, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 USS Birmingham (CL 62)— (Sept) Herman 235th, 48th Eng Bn 1108th Eng Gp— (Sept) 555th Bat (Sept) Delbert AAA AW Bn C— Montis, 419 E. Wildey St., Philadelphia, John Mailey, 2572 Frostwood Ave., Martin, Box 25, Buda, IL 61314 Youngstown, OH 44515 PA 19125 558th AAA AW Bn— (Sept) John Sackandy, USS Boham (AG 71)— (Sept) Charles Fleece, 240th Eng Bn Co C— (Sept) Don Musser, 1902 Ave., Sloan Latrobe, PA 15650 2099 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 1658 8th St., NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 605th TD Bn— (Sept) Lawrence Montgomery, 48013 243rd — Coast Art'y (HD) Bat D ( WW2) 120 E. 1st Ave., Plainwell, MI 49080 USS Brooklyn (CL 40)— (Sept) A. V. (Sept) Charles Brothers, 48 Jastram St., 613th OBAM Bn— (Sept) LeRoy Steiner, 1924 Showen, 307 Barcelona Rd., W. Palm Providence, RI 02908 N. 39th St., Milwaukee, WI 53208 Beach, FL 33401 246th Coast Art'y— (Sept) Ray Cross, 1209 635th QM Co— (Sept) Neil Puleo, 1508 River- USS Buchanan (DD 484)— (Sept) John Kerns Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24015 side Rd., Verona, PA 15147 Kerins, 137 Hollyoke Rd., Somerdale, NJ 249th CAC Bat B— (Sept) L. F. Rude, 715 722nd Rlwy Oper Bn, Milt Rlwy Serv Vets 08083 Penn Ave., Ashland, OR 97520 —(Sept) Robert Seeley, 527 Gaines St., USS Carina (AK 74)—(Sept) Jim Nance, 252nd Coast Art'y, 530th FA— (Sept) Robert Elmira, NY 14904 RT 3, Colome, SD 57528 Hopkins, 10324 Renfrew Dr., St. Louis, 726th Ord LM Co (WW2)— (Sept) Charles USS Clay— (Sept) John Brass, 403 E. 330, MO 63137 Birmingham, 1 "A" St., Wrentham, MA Willowick, OH 44094 252nd Ord Co— (Sept) Stanley Villa, Box 94, 02093 USS Copahee (CVE-12)— (Sept) Joe Downs, Jerome, PA 15937 729th Rlwy Oper Bn— (Sept) Albert Colello, PO Box 672, Huntsville, AR 72740 307th Fid Sig Bn 82nd Div— (Sept) Paul 4251 4th Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 USS Corry (DD 463)— (Sept) Grant Gullick- Frederick, 320 Bluff St., Beloit, WI 53511 735th ROB— (Aug) Virgil Freymann, 1558 son, 1909 Salk St., VA Beach, VA 23455 311th Ord Depot Co (WW2)— (Sept) Fred Parkway, Dubuque, IA 52001 USS James E. Craig (DE 201)— (Sept) Ray Ferguson, Box 9127, Huntington, WV 741st Eng Base Equip Co— (Sept) Russell Iafrate, 1310 Lark St., Schenectady, NY 25704 Denzine, 909 Wood St., Valparaiso, IN 46383 12306

38 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 USS Missouri— (Sept) Thomas Fluck, 258 W. 1956. Contact CID 500. at these Clarkstown Rd., Spring Valley, NY 10977 USS Alcor—Need information from anyone Look USS Munargo (AP 20)— (Sept) Joseph Good, who remembers William C. Arquitt was 6434 Lawnside Dr., St. Louis, MO 63123 treated for osteo arthritis of the cervical USS Northhampton (CA-26)— (Sept) Joe spine while stationed at NOB, Norfolk, Botti, 1395 Orangewood Sq., Corona, CA VA in 1944. Contact CID 501. 91720 HQ Co, 6th AC—Need to hear from com- USS Philadelphia (CL-41)— (Sept) Frank rades who recall Edward G. Miller suf- Amoroson, 93 Dunbar St., Somerset, NJ fered from black out spells while stationed 08873 at Landshut, Germany 1953-54. Contact USS Quincy— (Sept) Albert Levesque, 46 CID 502. Foster St.. Pawtucket, RI 02861 1st Marine Div—Need information from USS Savannah (CL 42)— (Sept) Murray anyone who remembers Albert G. Lopez Flanders, 417 W. Vista Crt., Mobile, AL injured his head just outside of living 36609 quarters, British compound while sta- USS Thornhill (DE 195)— (Sept) Henry Cet- tioned at Tientsin, China, March 15, 1947. kowski. Box 180, RD #2, Titusville, NJ Contact CID 503. 08560 USS Tutuila (ARG-4) (WW2)— (Sept) John Hennessey, 1013 Covedale Ave., Cincin- nati. OH 45238 LIFE MEMBERSHIP The award of a life membership to a Le- AIR gionnaire by a Post is a testimonial by those 44th Repair Sqd, 81st ADG 5th AF— (Sept) who know best that such a member has Norman Grude, 523 S. Yale Ave., Villa served The American Legion well. Park, IL 60181 Below are listed some of the previously 49th Serv Sqd 36th Serv Gp—(Sept) Mark unpublished life membership Post awards Grass, 2236 Kern St., Charlotte, NC 28208 that have been reported to the editors. They 66th Airdrome Sqd (WW2)— (Sept) Bill are arranged by States or Departments. Austing, 1046 Rose Cir., Park Hills, KY 41011 Raymond Hackl, Earl Copeland, Ellen 85th Depot Repair Sqd (WW2)— (Sept) Steinbaugh (all 1978) Post 29, Glendale, AZ Thomas Roushey, 409 Lewis Dr., Fair- Wm. Bruce, Harry Enck, Grant Jacobson, born, OH 45324 Lester Tappan, Dr. H. C. Wolfe (all 1978) 86th Air Serv Sqd (C-B-I 1943-46)— (Sept) Post 661, Ben Lomond, CA Grover Baity, Jr., 503 Duke St., Thomas- Donald Ambrose (1977) Post 795, South $250 ville, NC 27360 Lake Tahoe, CA to $9 profit 97th Bmb Gp/Wing (1946-55)— (Sept) Joe Morris Lynn, A. M. Minton, Meredith Pasek, 115 W. Minneapolis, Salina, KS Stone, F. Hayes O wings, Emil Bons (all 67401 1978) Post 81, Melbourne, FL per pair. 315th Trp Carr Gp (WW2)— (Sept) Duncan Norman Hussey (1977) Arthur Reece, Har- McRae Sr., 254 Lake Point Dr., Shreve- old Ellis (both 1978) Post 148, Riverview, port, LA 71109 FL 324th Serv Sqd— (Sept) Hilmer Nelson, 5215 George Bedell (1976) Post 258, Greenacres, 11th Ave., Moline, IL 61265 FL 381st Bmb Gp (H) 8th AF, RidgeweU Harry Evans (1978) Post 265, Tamarac, England (WW2)— (Sept) Paxton Sher- FL wood. 515 Woodland View Dr., York, PA Ward Scott (1977) Post 13, Plainfield, IL 17402 Ted Nath, Harry Killmer, Otis Stump, 402nd Ftr Sqd 370th Ftr Gp— (Sept) Ed. Harry Loucks, Nihles Nihlen, Lee Schamle, Meyer Jr., 4829 Dreux Ave., New Orleans, (all 1978) Post 85, Perry, IA LA 70126 Eugene Blanke, Michael Marchese (both 434th TCW— (Sept) Talmage McCord Jr., 1978) Post 203, New Orleans, LA 117 S. Spencer Ave., Indianapolis, IN Robert Drost, Wm. Spotten, Marion Wal- 46219 ter Sr. (all 1978) Post 20, Baltimore, MD 452nd Bmb, 8th AF (England)— (Sept) Rom George Johnson (1978) Post 87, Crystal Blaylock, 2103 Center Ave., New Bern, Falls, MI Make money the NC 28560 Ray Pomeroy, Paul Todd, Lloyd Whipple, 820th Med Air Evac Sqd (54th Trp Carr (all 1978) Elmo Badder (1974) Post 380, Car- Wng)— (Sept) Richard Brown, 350 Light- son City, MI Mason Shoe Way! ner Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314 Eugene Howard, Helmer Jorgenson, Frank 833rd Avia Eng Bn— (Sept) Loren Paris, Klump, Ferd Lehman, Ray Lyon, Herman How many orders could you write for shoes like these, Box 21, Newton, IN 47969 Mensing (all 1978) Post 89, Blue Earth, MN if all you had to do was show your friends the styles 1st Spec Serv Force—(Aug) William Story, William Kaye (1978) Post 25, Milltown, and let them pick the one they like best (350 styles 240 Thornwood Rd., Stamford, CT 06903 NJ Thomas McGarrey, Frederick Myers, John to choose from—satisfaction guaranteed)? Ward (all 1978) Post 94, Clementon, NJ Could you sell 1 or two pairs after supper? Saturday COMRADES IN DISTRESS Joseph Huck, Thomas Bryan (both 1977) morning? Readers who can help these veterans are Post 98, Rochester, NY urged to do so. Usually a statement is Eugene Grover, Howard DeLong, Alfonse If you could, you'd pick up a quick $2.50 to $18.00 Papa, Edmond Wilcox (all 1977) Post 137, needed in support of a VA claim. extra, depending on how many pairs and which styles Notices are run only at the request of Gloversville, NY American Legion Service Officers represent- Joseph Martini (1978) Post 360, Hunting- you sold. ton, ing claimants, using Search For Witness NY We've got them all—men's, women's dress, sport, work Forms available only from State Legion Edward Bartz, George Hengerer, Eugene Service Officers. Klinczar (all 1978) Post 527, Hamburg, NY and safety shoes. Matching handbags for the ladies, Please contact CID # , The American Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" Donald Adams (1972) Clifford Blakeslee too. Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006. (1970) Donald Blakely (1971) DeForest Chaf- fee (1973) Wm. Cuddy (1975) Ms. Arlyeen Need money now? That's the nice thing about writing Stillwater, OK—Need to hear from com- Edel (1976) Post 814, Portville, NY orders for Mason Shoes—you get your profit right rades who recall Doris "Skip" Sadowski John Saft, Richard Saft, Peter Shuman- when you take the order. Merrill was injured during a swimming ski, Henry Sudol, James Westerfield, Jr., accident when another WAVE jumped Gordon Zanetti (all 1978) Post 1308, Pine And, there's no investment, ever. All you need to get into water landing on her back while Bush, NY started is our catalog. All you have to do to get the stationed at OK A College, July 1944. Joseph Graziano (1978) Milton Fulfaro, & M catalog is mail the coupon. Contact CID 495-A. Robert Kane, Jack O'Shaughnessy (all 1973) Secret Service G-2—Need information from Louis Troisi (1975) Post 1436, Brooklyn, NY Read the coupon before you decide. anyone who remembers Robert M. Belyea Henry Adelwerth, Fred Davids (both 1977) in active service from April 1943 to 1955. George Davis, Stephen Kubicki, Andrew Contact CID 495-B. Mathil (all 1976) Wm. Lashuk (1978) Post 7th Army 1545, Eastport, 517th Ordanance HM Co—Need NY MASON SHOE MFG. CO. to hear from comrades who recall Joseph Walter Schmidt, Sidney Engall (both C. Allen fell and injured his left knee 1977) Post 1603, Lyndonville, NY Dept. H-175 while stationed at Kauserslautern, Ger- Edward Voisard (1977) Post 323, St. Marys, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 54729 many, Oct. 1953. Contact CID 496. OH 5th Inf, Ft. Jackson, SC, Sept. 1947-Dec. Clayton Canfield, La Rue Hosmer, Ray- Send me your FREE giant color catalog 1947 Need information from mond Schweitzer, Wm. Zingley Sr. (all — anyone who of 350 new and exciting shoe styles. Tell remembers Roy Calvin White had a pre- 1970) Post 31, Freemansburg, PA existing disease causing inability to per- Everett Braden (1976) Kent Haecherl, me how I can make $2.50 to $9.00 profit Howard Bice form military duties while stationed also (both 1977) Laurence Hayden per pair. And tell me how I can earn at Seoul, Korea, April 1948-Aug. 1948 (1978) Post 14, Vancouver, with WA shoes for myself while I'm at it! the 7th Med. Bn. Contact CID 498. Albert Di Nardo (1975) Francis Kessel USS Fiske—Need to hear from comrades (1976) Earl Hall (1977) Post 134, Seattle, WA who recall John A. Spera injured his legs ^Richard Ware (1978) Post 16, Huntington, and back when ship was struck by enemy torpedoes Aug. 2, 1944. Contact Name CID 497. Life Memberships are accepted for pub- USS Charles Ausbume DD 570—Need infor- lication only on an official form, which we mation from anyone who remembers provide. Reports received only from Com- Address Thurman O. Mobley, Bkr/3C had a high mander, Adjutant or Finance Officer of Post blood condition while stationed in the which awarded the life membership. South Pacific Area, May 1943. Contact They may get form by sending stamped, City CID 499. self-addressed return envelope to: 68th AAA Bn—Need to hear from comrades "L.M. Form American Legion Magazine, who recall Mr. Nora Yancey fell from a 1608 K St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006." gun embankment on a mountain top On a corner of the return envelope write State Zip injuring his back while stationed at the number of names you wish to report. Inchon, Korea (Womadau Island) March No written letter necessary to get forms.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 39 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12) California coast, to warn of Japanese 30-caliber machine gun. Close Encounter of Flight 101 attack and to spot and sink Japanese On her daily patrols, the L-8 flew submarines. It had been instituted from the Golden Gate Bridge to the of this airship, nothing broken or in the midst of nearly hysterical fears Farallons, then to Point Reyes and spilled, nothing out of place. No of a Japanese invasion. In January, along the coast back to the Bridge. blood, nor bullet holes, nor smell of the scow Tahoe had rammed an en- She repeated this patrol as often as gunpowder from the machine gun. emy submarine in broad daylight off possible on her 150-gallon fuel ca- Nothing at all. Not even a crew! the Farallons just outside the Golden pacity. Field A salvage crew from Moffett Gate. On that same day a submarine On Aug. 16, shortly before 6:00 arrived to take charge of the recov- put a shell through the oil tanker a.m., a member of the ground crew ery operations. Lt. George E. Swartz, Agwiworld off the coast of Santa at Treasure Island started the L-8's USN, was the first commissioned Cruz, south of San Francisco. engines. For 15 minutes he listened officer on the scene. Immediately he In February 1942, President and checked and rechecked her con- spotted what he was after behind the Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive trols. pilot's seat the heavily weighted Order 9066 allowing — the Secretary of Aviation Machinist's Mate James and locked briefcase with the classi- to define military War areas and to Riley Hill arrived a few minutes after fied orders. remove all "any and persons" from 6:00 a.m. He had flown on the L-8 The airship was the L-8, a patrol those areas. patrol the previous day and he ex- blimp of Airship Patrol Squadron Feb. the first On 23, Japanese at- pected to make this routine Sunday 32. Earlier in the day it had taken tack on the West Coast took place. flight. He made some pre-flight log off from its Treasure Island base on Shortly after 7:00 p.m., Japanese a entries. Moments later Lt. Cody a routine patrol and had been logged submarine surfaced in the Santa climbed aboard the craft followed by as Flight 101. Wing Commander for Barbara Channel, cruised in close to Ensign Charles Ellis Adams. Squadron 32 was Lt. Cdr. George F. shore and fired more than 30 shells Cody, 27, was one of the most Watson. The pilot of 101 was Lt. E. inland. The shells sailed over High- capable pilots in the Wing Command. DeWitt Cody, an experienced naval way 101 along the coast, where traf- He was a 1938 graduate of the U.S. airman. fic continued uninterrupted. Drivers Naval Academy. Superiors said he "always displayed keen intelligence and sound judgment." Other naval personnel at the base remembered him as quiet and introspective and in no way excitable. He had 800 hours flying time in non-rigid airships. Ensign Adams had been commis- sioned only the previous day after 20 years as an enlisted man. He had flown in every type of naval aircraft and had logged nearly 2,300 hours of flying time. He was 37. The L-8 was towed onto the short runway. Because she was statically heavy, she would need to taxi down the runway for more than 100 yards The Navy blimp L-8 and a Navy ground crew in 1942 before becoming airborne. Cody was at the controls. He placed his hat on Watson was informed that the air- apparently thought it was an Ameri- the instrument panel and his brief- ship was overdue at 10:30 a.m. He can sub firing practice rounds. Later case behind his seat. He gunned the was relatively unconcerned because that evening, after observing the engines and watched the flight in- of his faith in Cody, but he ordered California traffic, the sub commander struments. Then he turned to Hill a full report when Flight 101 came radioed Emperor Hirohito that he and ordered him from the ship. Hill in. Only seconds later, Watson was had left Santa Barbara "a seething waited for an explanation. None was informed that the flight had been re- mass of flames, with wild panic vis- forthcoming. Cody and Adams stared ported over south San Francisco. ible on shore." out the windows and waited for Hill Her engines were not running and At 3 a.m. on Feb. 25, unidentified to depart. Finally, the machinist's she seemed to be misshapen, he was aircraft were reported over Los mate stood, opened the door and told. Angeles, and antiaircraft batteries jumped onto the runway. He closed Search parties set out to find the around the city blazed away. the door behind him. He stood on the missing airmen. Sea and air units As a result of all of this, the runway and watched the L-8 taxi for were dispatched. lighter-than-air craft patrols were about 150 yards before lifting off, But the missing airmen were never instituted as an early warning and heading toward the Golden Gate seen again. defense system. Squadron 32 took off Bridge. It was as if the crew of Flight 101 from Treasure Island and patrolled had been snatched without warning a 50-mile radius from the Golden At 7:38 a.m., the first message from Flight 101 arrived at Treasure from their airship while it was still Gate Bridge. The L-8 was relatively Island: "Position in flight. But how? And by whom? small as airships went, only 150 feet four miles east of And for what reason? To this day, long and with a maximum diameter Farallons—stand by." the riddle of Flight 101 and the fate of 47 feet. Her helium content was Four minutes later a second mes- of her crew remain unsolved. 123,000 cubic feet. She was pro- sage: "Am investigating suspicious Flight 101 was a part of the West pelled by two Warner Super-Scarab oil slick—stand by." Coast blimp patrol inaugurated in type 50 engines, each with 145 horse- That was the last message received April 1942. The patrol was intended power. Her armaments were two from Flight 101. to provide a security net for the Mark 17 Aircraft depth bombs and a But there were other ships and air-

40 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 — craft in the area and Flight 101 was pletely open. It was possible that the was either spotted on the surface of observed by several. men inside had opened it and locked the water. Or washed ashore. And if The S.S. Daisy Gray was making it that way, but it was more likely the blimp had suddenly lost 350-400 her way toward San Francisco Bay that the opening had been done from pounds she would have shot very when Capt. A. A. Backman spotted the outside. The bent condition of the quickly upward and ascended through the L-8 coming overhead from the craft was due simply to loss of the cloud cover until she reached a east. Five minutes later the lookout helium. height to valve helium automatically. called to him, "Come up here! Look The only unusual evidence aboard Nobody saw her rise quickly. And at that smoke down on the water!" Flight 101 was the fact that the am- there was no indication that she Backman took the binoculars and plifier for outside speaker on the ever did. watched the L-8, which was about craft had been switched to "stand "While there is a strong presump- one mile to port. On the surface of by." The switch normally remained tion that both Lt. Cody and Ensign the water directly below the craft he off. The crew had either spoken with Adams fell out of the gondola and saw two areas of smoke and some someone outside or was preparing to were drowned, there is no definite flames. The blimp was slowly de- speak with someone outside. But to evidence to that effect," the board scending, apparently under control. whom? And where? In the water? concluded. The men aboard Flight Backman concluded that she had On the beach? In the clouds? 101 were listed officially as "miss- dropped some signals. A special Board of Investigation at ing." They are still today, more than The steamship Albert Gallatin Moffett Field called a dozen wit- 35 years later. under Capt. Byrus Brown was sev- nesses. Some were asked to speculate Film writer/ director Steven Spiel- eral miles behind the Daisy Gray on what happened. Nobody had a berg had mysteries like that of Flight when her lookout spotted Flight 101. convincing answer. Lt. Cdr. Watson 101 in mind when he suggested a He saw her drop a smoke bomb, the finally concluded that "nothing I solution in his "Close Encounters of signal for submarine below me. A have been able to discover has given the Third Kind." Spielberg imagined general alarm aboard the ship was me any grounds to form a reasonable the first officially recorded landing of sounded. It was 7:42 a.m. The deck opinion as to the sequence of events, an alien spacecraft on Earth. When guns on the Albert Gallatin were why the airship was abandoned or the door of the craft opened, a group manned. Brown watched the L-8 what happened to her personnel." of dazed men slowly walked out. slowly descend to within 30 feet of There was a possibility—a very re- "They were dressed in naval flak the water. Since there were no ob- mote possibility—that both crew jackets of the forties," Spielberg jects in the sea beneath her except members had fallen out the open wrote. "They were all very young the smoke signals, he concluded that door. Yet there was neither a strong and several of them were holding the L-8 had spotted a whale and was wind on that day nor rough seas. leather helmets and flight goggles in carrying out a practice maneuver. Neither man was seen to fall. Nor their hands." Larry Engelmann There was nothing unusual in her movements. 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42 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 "If Patton was PERSONAL anything less than MIDYEAR ECONOMIC WRAP-UP. a man of genius, GROUND RULES FOR STARGAZERS. I'd probably be CONSUMERS COULD GET $ BREAKS. dead today."

Nat Frankel was a tank commander un- Inflation will be more of a problem in the second half of this year than der Patton. Many call his old unit the in the first six months. This is what to look for: best single combat force in American will be in a 7 percent 1 ) The overall inflation rate in the months ahead history. But Nat Frankel was an NCO past, to 7 Vi percent range. We've had more alarming rates than that in the and this book, PATTON'S BEST: An In- but the scary thing about the current figures is that they could portend formal History of the 4th Armored Divi- real trouble in 1979. sion is one fighting man's appreciation of an 2) Some costs will rise dramatically in the second half, while a few will extraordinary military man. In less than slacken. For example: one year, the 4th rolled from the beaches of Normandy to the • Food costs won't rise nearly so much in the next six months as they streets of Prague— with stops along the did last spring. The upturn will be around 7 percent vs. the double digit way at Bastogne and the Rhine. Frankel leap of a few months ago. saw it all from the turret of a tank and steadily. The • On the other hand, housing and energy costs will go up describes these momentous battles viv- coal wage pact is adding new leverage to energy prices, while material idly. But it is in capturing the human costs keep boosting housing tags. details of war that his book is most ab- • Interest rates have started a new climb, particularly for short-term sorbing: little-known names and faces along with loans. But mortgages, too, will be affected. commanders such as John S. Wood, Thomas Churchill, Edgar Con- • As for unemployment, it likely won't exceed the 6V2 percent mark. ley, Albin Irzyk, Creighton Abrams and, Meantime, here are some new data on living costs by regions: The Sun of course, George S. Patton; the humor Belt is by far the least expensive for families with intermediate incomes. and the courage; the less-famous but Austin, TX, ranks No. 1 in low living costs, followed by Orlando, Baton no-less-bloody battles at Singling, Metz, Rouge and Nashville. High costs occur in Boston, New York, Washington, and the Meuse; the first American liber- Buffalo, Milwaukee and San Francisco. Highest of all: Alaska and Hawaii. ation of a concentration camp; and above all, the brilliant, arrogant, unfor- gettable man who drove the 4th to "im- possible" triumphs. General Patton New space probes, movies and a spate of popular books are giving himself once remarked, "There has astronomy an unprecedented boost. If you're tempted to join the ranks of never been such a superb fighting or- amateur stargazers, heed this advice from the experts: ganization as the 4th Armored Division!' 1) Don't rush off to buy a telescope. A good pair of binoculars will do In this book, one of his men shows why! for a starter. 2) Your first priority is to familiarize yourself with the location and movements of celestial bodies. You can do this via books, maps and be- ginners' courses at nearby schools or astronomy clubs. If you can't locate a club via your phone book or library, write Norman Sperling, Sky and Telescope, 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138. 3) As for telescopes themselves: Prices for worthwhile ones begin at about $250 and range on up into the thousands of dollars. You can build your own for much less, and there's a growing second-hand market.

Notes of the month: COLOR TV SETS: Prices were expected to rise sharply this year but the reverse is happening—you can get bargains galore if you shop around.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 47 MISSING PERSONS

Dloiv where are all those girls Who in my youth would fly, Preferring the advances Of a much, much older guy? R. C. Shebelski

TONSORIAL PICTORIAL? Men have but three hair styles, No matter what fads have started. Parted, unparted, and departed! Ruth M. Walsh

Sage Advice: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No point in mak- ing a fool of yourself. Dallas Reed

DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE

It must be a Highway Department plot, Putting roadside tables at a spot, Where we can't stop to snack, 'Cause we had to buy it—a mile back! Kathleen M. Deiter

WELL-L-L

"Is life really worth living?" the philoso- pher asked his students. From the back row came this reply: "What else can you do with it?" Mary Ruddy

"You're kidding! He's at the dangerous age?! CREDIT WORTHY THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE My husband, a World War II veteran, decided to fly Old Glory from the terrace NO WIN of our new home. At the specialty shop he made his flag The minister's son had been sent away from the table and told to wash selection, carried it to the counter, wrote his hands. As he went, he mumbled, "All I ever hear around here is germs out a check and said, "Wait, I'll give you and Jesus—and I've never seen either one." Dorothea Kent some identification." "That won't be necessary," replied the TALK IS CHEAP cashier, "People who buy flags don't write The first woman said, "My husband bought me some diamond brace- bad checks. Dorothy Eichen lets. Then my skin broke out and the doctor said I was allergic to diamonds. So we had to return them." The second said her husband bought her a mink coat, which had to be returned because she was allergic to mink. The third woman fainted. "I'm allergic to hot air," she explained when revived. Lucille Goodyear

THE GOOD . . . AND THE BAD A real estate broker called his actor client. "Good news," he said. "We can get that estate for only half a million." "That's great," said the actor. "What's the bad news?" "They want a thousand dollars down." Fran Allen

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Be kind to your friends. If it weren't for them you'd be a total stranger. Gene Forster

Too Late: Harried mother, after another day of cooking, cleaning, and disciplining children: "Sometimes I wish I had loved and lost." Doris Dolphin

SIGN OF THE TIMES It used to be that a fool and his money were soon parted; nowadays it happens to all of us. Henry Leabo

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48 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1978 DAVIESS COUNTY Welcomes The American Legion

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24 kt. gold leaf. It will be available only a short time in Louisiana. * After the

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