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How to turn those New Year's resolutions into reality. By Susan Atkins 14 GOING FOR DROKE A look at the Fiscal Year 1991 VA budget. 18 UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

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CommanderTurnerjourneys to the SaudiArabianfront lines. 28 AMERICA'S UNQUENCHABLE THIRST

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Is Hollywood out ofstep with mainstreamAmerica? By Isobel Silden 44 BURDEN OF DEBT

In six shortyears, we've become a debtor nation. By Gordon Williams 46 HEALING THROUGH HEARING An open ear and caring heart helps VApatients. By Dr. William Kornrich 50 LEGION NETWORK WILL HELP DESERT SHIELD FAMILIES The Legion's NEC approves 39 resolutions at the 1990 Fall Meeting. 52 D E P A R T M E NTS

BIG ISSUES ShouldThe U.S. Resume Funding of UNESCO? 12

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Good 01' Boys have required the committee to cut an industry may be adequate for your pub- additional $762 million from the lication, but have you considered the In your article about limiting terms budget. Furthermore, because the various components of the industry he served in Congress, Rep. Henry Hyde passage of H.R. 303 would place the lambasted? fails to mention that America is sup- Veterans Affairs Committee over its Independent agents don't get their posed to be a nation governed "by the budget targets, any member could insurance free, and they are as angry at people," not an artistocracy. By object to the consideration of bills rising premium costs as your consum- limiting our elected officials to a reported from the committee, meaning ers. The insurance industry's most pow- maximum of 12 years, we get rid of that important legislation such as H.R. erful adversary is trial lawyers. This some of the "good oV boys" that have a 5326, which provides a 4.5 percent article is a one-sided attack by an stranglehold on the chairmanships of cost-of-living adjustment for service- attorney on a currently popular victim. the committees that control Congress. disabled veterans, could not be consid- Your decision to print it demonstrates Wayne Goodno ered by the House. an equal one-sidedness. Ft. Dodge, Iowa The Armed Services Committee was J. Michael Sheldon not scheduled to consider H.R. 303 Mechanicsburg, Pa. H.R. 303 Update before the end of the 101st Congress, and it was highly unlikely the bill would Knowing your readers' interest in No Hurry have been enacted in 1990. I simply In reference to your article "Your H.R. 303, I want to update you on this could not justify hurting other veterans' legislation that would eliminate the law Military Records" (August), you may programs, and I felt it was in the best requiring a disabled career military want to mention that it can take up to interest of all those concerned to with- veteran to waive the amount of his two years before receiving any action. draw the bill from the mark-up retired pay equal to the amount of his In January 1989, I requested verifica- schedule. VA disability compensation. tion of an organizational assignment I am extremely encouraged, how- On July 26, 1990, the Subcommittee between August 1943 and December ever, by the actions taken on H.R. 303 on Compensation, Pension and Insur- 1944. I have written three follow-up in this session of Congress and I am ance approved H.R. 303. The full Vet- letters and, to date, have received three optimistic that H.R. 303 will be consid- erans Affairs Committee was scheduled letters offering encouragement that ered favorably next year. Rest assured I to mark up the bill on Oct. 15, 1990, they may send it. Twenty-two months is will continue to work diligently to but many members expressed concern more than sufficient time to be patient secure the passage of this equitable about the cost associated with H.R. and await results. Again, anyone legislation. requesting information should be 303. I prepared an amendment which Rep. Michael Bilirakis incorporated the provisions of S. 190 forewarned there may be a lengthy 9th District, Florida and would have enacted a graduated waiting period. offset of military pay and VA disability Tlieodore G. Mulder Cherry Valley, Calif. benefits for those rated at less than 100 Care For Widow percent disabled. The cost estimate I am a 100 percent disabled World associated with the amendment was War II veteran and just discovered that Fever Request $762 million. when I die my widow will not receive We are looking for any veterans who After careful consideration, I with- much from VA to live on. Most wives of served in Korea who may have con- drew the bill from the committee's World War II veterans are too old to tracted Hemmorhalgic Fever. This dis- agenda. Under the complex budget pro- work. I think it's about time VA ease is extremely hard to diagnose, but cedures of the House of Representa- dis- changed the law so the widows of it appears that the body retains the virus tives, the Veterans Affairs Committee abled veterans would receive a monthly or cause of the malady indefinitely. We would have been "scored" for the entire check equal to the amount her spouse are forming a network to share informa- cost of H.R. 303. Scorekeeping is a received. 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better ways to achieve a decent degree A National Curriculum Would Benefit of efficiency in educating our young- sters than to impose a national cur- riculum, but one thing is for sure: If we don't succeed in motivating our citizenry to adopt a far different set of U.S. STUDENTS priorities, we'll soon be completely outclassed by a lot of emerging nations. Eric R. Fietz Forest City, Iowa I N THE September issue, The American Leg/on Magazine asked

i readers to respond to the question: Would a national standard curriculum

I benefit U.S. students? Of those who responded, 60 percent stated they

favored a national standard curriculum and 40 percent opposed it. Home schooling and individualized

' Of those in the majority who wrote that a national standard curriculum curriculum has proved itself with higher would benefit U.S. students, many stated it is needed because ofpoor education than average test scores and creativity. standards. Some also wrote that a national curriculum would help those who are mobile Supposedly, because most Japanese by standardizing the teaching timetable and material covered. Some support a national technology is adapted from foreign curriculum because they believe discipline and the basics of reading, writing and innovations, that country is inves- arithmetic need to be emphasized more in schools. tigating the U.S. home-schooling move- Of the 40 percent of respondents in the minority, many stated that a national ment, with its bonus of lower stress.

curriculum would increase thefederal government 's control over citizens and take control National standard curriculum danger- from school boards that have more vested in their communities' education efforts. A ously invades religious and other con- national curriculum would also diminish our constitutional rights offree speech andfree stitutional rights. Keep free enterprise religion, some wrote. Others in the minority cited budgetary restraints as a reason not to alive in the education market. adopt a national curriculum. W. Lewandowski In addition, many respondents offered ideas for improving the U.S. education system. Phoenix

Respondents ' letters are excerpted below.

Students ought to know how to find

answers rather than memorize them. I believe that approach is valid, because Our education system needs to be but how many people know about the while students of other countries are dismantled. But that's simply not in the local, regional, state, national and busily engaged in rote memorization,

cards. If we can't dismantle it, then we international mathematics contests? our students have been encouraged to should support a voucher plan, which is Students learn what is important by think. Yes, think. And this philosophy now in place in a few states and working what they see and hear. Compare the has paid off. At the present time, it is well. The voucher plan allows parents amount of time and space given to reported that there may be more than to pick their own schools. Just give sports on television and in newspapers 1 .3 million foreign students studying in parents income tax deductions for to that given science and mathematics. our colleges and universities. Why is parochial or private schools and college Compare the salaries given to athletes that? Certainly, it is not because our tuitions, and they will send their chil- and coaches to those of teachers and education system is poor. Robert E. Migneault dren to the good teachers. The results professors. I fear for our country's

will soon improve the deadbeat public future based on what I see in our Buffalo, S.D. schools. schools. Our top students are very

David S. Long good, but a few is not enough. Instead Enon Valley, Pa. of tearing them down, let us start We have become a highly mobile working together to build up our society. As a retired military man who schools. has moved from duty station to duty

I am a mathematics teacher and Leonard J. Yutkins station, I can speak to the need for a strongly support the establishment of a Attleboro, Mass. national education curriculum.

national curriculum. Education does I was transferred from California to not take place in a vacuum. To make a Maine. When my son enrolled in valid comparison of the students in our If a national curriculum were based school, he was several months ahead of country with those of other nations, we on the courses of nations we are the others. Then, when we moved from have to look at the divorce rates, drug behind, there might be some merit in Maine to New York, he was behind. problems, and support and recognition adopting it. My progress in grade Mathematics, history, English and sci- of academic achievement. For example, school and high school in Canada in the ence are a few of the subjects that we all see students wearing varsity early years of this century was depen- should be standardized. There is no jackets for accomplishments in sports, dent on passing exams. There may be Please turn page

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reason to have differences in these sub- dividends. The United States was then a tled; it's the dangerous caste system jects from one state to another. A stan- world leader in most science and which has separated the poor from the dard curriculum and standard teaching engineering fields. This is not true rich, the black from the white, and the

methods are essential if we are ever to today, and it is getting worse. We now ignorant from the educated. If there is

regain control of our education mess. import scientists and engineers by the any money left in the till, we must tear Edward M. Gandersen thousands. down the cities' slums and create new Gloversville, N.Y. Lewis E. Rosson jobs for the homeless and unemployed, Kingman, Ariz. eliminate the degradation of welfare and subsidies, and provide some incen- tive for parents to care their chil- Nowhere in the articles in the Sep- about tember issue of The American Because our American society is a dren's futures. democracy, our education system is George M. Goldberg Legion Magazine did I see mention of one of the most important aspects of based on the principle of equal freedom Pevely, Mo. the learning process: discipline. Instil- and equal rights for all. American edu- ling democratic principles to children's cation embodies the principle of diver- plastic minds does not include giving sity in unity. Each institution will con- Remove teacher tenure if you want to them freedom to choose their.own dress tinue to make a contribution in its own improve education. With teacher try to code, to have a smoking area, and to be way, but education leaders should tenure, taxpayers' hands are tied. It is allowed unexcused absences. Tight agree on certain common objectives very difficult, time consuming and jeans, short-short cutoffs, low-cut that can serve as a guide to individual expensive to get an ineffective teacher blouses and T-shirts with obscene decisions. removed because even the most incom- phrases or beer advertisements do Tony C. Poloski petent teacher will be supported by nothing to promote education. St. Joseph, Mo. strong teacher unions. If we want to It's partly the fault of parents with give our students a better education, we their busy lives detracting from interest will have to set a higher standard for a Something other than the tired ten- in what's going on at school and what, teaching degree. dency to resort to increased national for the past 40 years, has been their Sandra Blunk prescription and paternalism is sorely flawed thinking that strong disciplining Brunswick, Mo. needed. There is little wrong with should not be allowed by the teacher or American education that a strong dose principal. Untie the teachers' discipli- of American free enterprise could not nary ropes and see learning rebound. cure. mounting demand for parental We have three teachers in our family. Jack Cornell A free choice among competing educa- One teaches elementary school and two La Grande, Ore. teach high school. agree tion alternatives is the hallmark of edu- They that America needs to create a national stand- cation in our era. It is time to recognize training. that the fatal weakness in public educa- ard curriculum of studies and The education situation in the United We need to return to the basics in the tion is its shelter from healthy competi- States is a conundrum. There are so tion in the free market. lower grades and mandate entrance many variables that it is impossible to for students entering high Sam B. Peavy examinations find and start at a beginning. As an Louisville, Ky. school and college. There should be a absolute minimum, just find a Mark core of knowledge all high school Twain or Will Rogers and have them graduates must always know, and the establish a minimum basic curriculum No measures will ever make sense teachers and parents must be account- for our students. until the nation pays attention to basic able for the students completing their Arnold G. Lecheler issues such as the complete breakdown homework. Arcadia, Wis. of our traditional values, the abdication We emphasized to our children how

of parental responsibilities, and the important school was and that it was a gradual disintegration of social habits privilege to have top educators sharing Separation of the slow learners from and cultural tastes. We have become a their knowledge with the students. We

l he more capable is a must, from the nation of illiterates only because the told them that attending school was fourth grade through high school. media has made heroes of drug-crazed their job at that stage of their lives, and Keeping the less competent among the rock stars, promiscuous actors and doing their very best would bring them advanced students does a disservice to, actresses, crooked bond dealers, rapa- rewards scholastically and in their

boili. To be aware of one's limitations is cious industrialists and well-entrenched careers. They heeded our advice and no crime. We could take a lesson or two politicians lacking scruples of any kind. now all enjoy successful careers, and from two of the most progressive Reaching a high level of academic they are highly involved in their own nai ions — Germany and Japan. More learning seems not nearly as rewarding children's schooling. It takes team-

than 50 years ago, it was common prac- as reaping illegal profits from gam- work.

tice lor U. S. schools to classify studenls bling, drugs or prostitution. It isn't the Rosalie Fladoos

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DESERT SHIELD HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR ALL

HE commercial airliner America can take with a medical unit. When he learned I lifted off the runway at would report our findings to the Presi- King Khalid International pride in its dent and to American Legionnaires, he Airport and climbed into asked me to convey to you that he and

the mid-morning sky. I troops in his fellow troops are proud to serve took a last look out the Saudi Arabia and their country and know why they have window at the endless been sent half way around the world. ocean of sand of the Saudi the Persian Gulf John said. "We're professionals and T Arabian desert below. we'll get the job done." _ Six days earlier, National Adjutant That sort of "can-do" spirit pos- Robert W. Spanogle, Dominic D. sessed all of the troops we met

DiFrancesco, former chairman of during the trip. I can tell you per- the Legislative Commission, and I sonally that they understand their touched down at the same airport roles. They're intelligent, highly and began a journey that would trained, educated and motivated. take us to the heart of Operation Many of those who have been Desert Shield, the mammoth deployed in Operation Desert deployment of U.S. troops and Shield are citizen-soldiers, mem- equipment to Saudi Arabia at the bers of the National Guard and request of that government. The Reserves. In fact, one of our driv- operation, the largest of its kind ers during our tour was a Guards- since American troops stormed the man from New York who had been beaches in the D-Day invasion, activated for 90 days of duty. He was a swift response to Iraqi dic- was in the middle of a college tator Saddam Hussein's bloody semester when he and his unit were conquest of tiny Kuwait. given the green light. What we observed and learned Perhaps many of you know from our brief trip can be found in someone next door or at work who a special report in this issue (see has been called to duty. They're page 28). As you read this, a new fulfilling a role in the Defense RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Turner had the year is about to begin, a time we Department's Total Force concept, chance to meet with his grand-nephew, John usually associate with hope, prom- which integrates elements of our Messer, during the Legion's fact-finding tour. ise and resolutions for improve- active duty and reserves into a ment. But as I write this in early unified force during emergencies. November, the world teeters on the They live with the constant threat of Often, the activation of some units brink, waiting and worrying what war. Day after day, hour after hour. occurs overnight and families are put to Hussein's next move might be. With Operation Desert Shield is not a the test. This issue contains pertinent the advent of 1991 , let us pray for a remote action involving only U.S. information that can assist families who peaceful and just resolution to the war troops. Given the enormity of the opera- have been affected by Operation Desert clouds that arc enshrouding the Mid- tion—with more than 240,000 troops in Shield. east region. Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, and Quite obviously, the families they left

What I want to tell you about in this more to come — it's bound to have an behind are the major concern of our message concerns the many fine young effect on those at home. We've all been troops in Saudi Arabia. They want men and women serving in America's touched by this crisis in one way or assurance that their spouses, children

Armed f orces in Saudi Arabia. I met another. Many of us have children or and any other relatives affected by their them personally, shook their hands and grandchildren in that region or know deployment will be cared for during

I listened to their concerns. I was proud someone who has been called to duty. their absence. And this is how you can to witness their professionalism and During our visit, I had the chance to get involved. pride. They are performing a difficult meet my brother's grandson. Army By now, most of you have heard job in a harsh land and environment. Pvt. John E. Messer, who is stationed Please turn to page 82

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SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RESUME FUNDING FOR UNESCO?

Rep. Esteban E. Torres, D-California Rep. Gus Yatron, D-Pennsylvania

The world has changed The U.N. system, for better enormously since 1984, or worse, is fully engaged when the United States YES NO in the process by which pulled out of the United Nations Educa- governments and nations interact with tional, Scientific, and Cultural Organiza- each other in multi-lateral forums. tion (UNESCO). In the emerging world Through its principal organs, governing order of the 1990s, UN. agencies will be bodies and autonomous organizations, increasingly important. The U.N.'s arm the United Nations is involved in a mul- in education, science and culture — our titude of activities, including child survi- "competitiveness" sectors — will share in that growing val, nuclear safeguards, human rights, peacekeeping, health importance. promotion, food distribution and environmental protection, The 1989 report issued by the U.S. State Department, just to mention a few. calling for the United States to stay out of UNESCO, is an Throughout the 1970s and most of the 1980s, the United isolated, biased view written by a handful of hardliners who, Nation's resources were not well managed and the U.S. point unfortunately, have the jurisdiction over the organization. of view on both budget and political matters was not given The State Department's report does not reflect any consulta- serious consideration. In order to promote much needed tion with other federal agencies active in UNESCO's fields reforms, Congress and the Reagan administration began or with American organizations active in the fields of sci- withholding a portion of the United States' U.N. dues. ence, education and culture. It is not a credible assessment Allegations of corruption in the UNESCO Secretariat, on U.S. interests in UNESCO and progress on reform. poor management, and the insistence by some member The truth is that UNESCO, with the leadership of a new states to adopt an information program which could result in director general, Dr. Federico Mayor of Spain, has made press censorship prompted the Department of State to termi- considerable progress on reform, particularly in the area of nate U.S. membership in 1984. I felt that there was no other communications, which most troubled the United States. option but to accept that decision. I agreed with many of the UNESCO's general conference in 1989 satisfactorily administration's views about UNESCO, but as a super- addressed lingering American concerns about the free flow power, I felt that the United States might be better served by of information. The new medium-term plan it adopted staying in the organization and fighting for our position. affirms that freedom of information is a top UNESCO prior- It is against this backdrop that one must consider the State ity. To demonstrate that, UNESCO brought together media Department decision not to re-enter UNESCO. But, recent representatives from Eastern Europe with media profession- developments have led some policymakers to reconsider our als from the West, including the United States, for an East- current relationship with UNESCO. Under new manage- West press initiative. ment, corruption has been curtailed and rhetorical attacks Yet, critics of UNESCO say we must wait until the new against the United States have been all but eliminated. Still, reforms mandated by the general conference are UNESCO remains plagued by demands by its staff and implemented before we rejoin the organization. I say the member states to incorporate programs that completely evidence of change is there now. We already are witnessing contradict the underlying principles of its charter. In addi- the reforms that were deemed necessary for U.S. re-entry. tion, the organization has concentrated far too much time on The old bi-polar order based on ideological conflict, of Mideast issues that appear to cater to the Palestinian Libera- which the vexing political controversies at UNESCO were a tion Organization's political objectives in that region of the part, has crumbled. In the multi-polar world order emerging world. in the 1990s, international collaboration through multi- I am hopeful that one day the United States will be able lateral agencies, including to return to a reformed UNESCO, will be more UNESCO. But until that IN 1-900-321-0101 important than ever. There CALL YOUR OPINION, time, the United States is nothing to be gained Do you believe the United States should resume funding UNESCO? should invest its limited for- Call your opinion to 1 -900-321 -0101. You can vote, receive a tally, record by our absence from eign aid resources in those your opinion for possible publication, and hear the opinions of others. UNESCO; there is much U.N. agencies that directly Calls are $1 per minute, and proceeds are used for Legion programs. to Se lost. serve U.S. interests.

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AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Remember The First Time You ReallyMissed Your Mother?

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©1991 HC. All Rights Reserved. | | "The 1991 budget was a long time in G O 1 N G coming, and it is not the best we would FOR expect," said National Commander Robert S. Turner. "It is also not the worst. For years we have told Congress and administration officials that The American Legion will not stand by if veterans were singled out for unfair treatment at budget-writing time. We have agreed to share some of the pain, if all other federal beneficiaries share as BROKE well. What Congress did was to come up with a plan to spread the fiscal pain After much foot-dragging and debate, among all agencies. "Our goal is not to accept pain." the FY 1991 budget was passed. Once Turner said. "It is to help veterans and dependents who earned benefits and again, veterans are shortchanged. need to know that the country won't forsake them. Congress should know that we will be watching its behavior

very closely. If it appears that veterans will be expected to bear a dispropor- tionate share of the budget-balancing burden, we will be on the phone and in members' offices." By passing the deficit-reduction plan. Congress avoided the Gramm- Rudman-imposed sequestration of funds, which would have reduced fed- eral budgets according to a predeter- mined formula. If the Gramm-Rudman cuts had been imposed, the VA medical budget would have lost about $600 mil- lion, and many VA regional offices would have faced closure. "Veterans did not cause the problems we face today, and they should not be expected to bail the government out

when it does not show the courage to

correct problems it caused," Turner said. BITTER PILL — While funding for VA medical programs increased for the current One of the most significant savings fiscal year, Legion leaders say it will not meet all of veterans' needs. created in the VA budget was the elimi- nation of automatic presumption of total disability for veterans aged 65. Veterans 65 years old or older wanting LATE autumn, Con- nue enhancement projects in the next disability ratings must submit to the gress and the President year. normal process of determining percent- bounced budget proposals After congressional haggling, the age of disability. This plan is estimated between each other like a 1991 VA budget now stands at $31.3 to save $17 million in the first year of ONlopsided medicine ball. billion with $12.3 billion for VA health implementation and $313 million in After weeks of negotia- care. There were no budget-cutting five years. Several VA revenue enhance- tions and deadline post- measures enacted directly in VAs medi- ments also were established, including ponements, Congress and cal budget, but to save money VA will charging for outpatient prescriptions, the President agreed on a change eligibility for certain benefits better checks of benefit eligibility and plan to reduce the federal deficit by and eliminate others. And to make stepped-up collection of third-party $500 billion during the next five years. money, VA will charge for some previ- reimbursements and copayments. The results for VA funding are ously free VA services. The five-year The 16 VA-related deficit-reduction mixed. VAs 1 99 1 budget increased by deficit-reduction plan requires more plans include: about $l .5 billion more than the previ- than $3.6 billion in VA savings, and the • Limiting compensation to incom- ous year's budget, but the deficit-reduc- money from the cuts and revenue petent veterans. Savings: $125 million tion plan calls for $621 million in "sav- enhancements represents about 0.5 in the first year; $291 million in five ings" from VA programs and VA reve- percent of the total deficit reduction. Please turn page

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years. Effective until Sept. 30, 1992, • Establishing $2 copayment for 30- homes with VA home loan guarantees. compensation and pension are sus- day outpatient prescriptions. Savings: • Increasing the home loan guaranty pended to hospitalized incompetent $66 million in one year; $85 million in fee. Savings: $79 million in one year. veterans with no dependents whose five years. Through Sept. 30, 1991 , VA The VA loan funding fee for veterans estates equal or exceed $1 ,500, until will require a $2 copayment for each making no down payments would the value of the estate is reduced to 30-day or less supply of medication increase from 1 .25 percent to 1 .875 $500. And payments to non-hos- provided on an outpatient basis for percent of the loan amount for loans pitalized incompetent veterans will not treatment of a non-service-connected guaranteed by VA for conventionally be granted if the value of the veteran's disability or condition. Veterans receiv- built houses. The loan fee for veterans estate is $25,000 or more, until the ing treatment for a service-connected making down payments of 5 percent, estate is valued at less than $10,000. condition or veterans rated 50 percent but less than 10 percent, increases from

• Eliminating presumption of total or more service-connected would be 0.75 percent to 1 .375 percent of the disability at age 65. Savings: $17 mil- exempt from this copayment. loan amount. For veterans making a lion in one year; $313 million in five • Modifying copayment and deducti- down payment of 10 percent or more, years. Veterans aged 65 will no longer ble requirements. Savings: $35 million the fee is increased from 0.5 percent to be automatically declared totally dis- in one year; $45 million in five years. 1.125 percent of the loan amount. abled for the non-service-connected These increases will be effective pension program. Determinations of through Sept. 30, 1991. unemployability must be made in all • Eliminating headstone and marker cases to determine basic entitlement. allowance. Savings: $3 million in the • Reducing pensions for veterans in first year; $19 million in five years. The Medicaid nursing homes. Savings: $87 headstone allowance is eliminated,

$22 million in one year; $ 1 24 million in but veterans can still receive a govern- five years. Effective through Sept. What ment-provided headstone or marker. 30, 1992, payments for non-service- • Limiting burial plot allowance. connected disability pension to a congress did Savings: $27 million in one year; $147 Medicaid-eligible, single veteran with million in five years. The plot allow- no dependent spouse or child will be was come up ance of $150 is eliminated except for limited to no more than $90 a month veterans who receive VA disability while the veteran is in a Medicaid- with a plan compensation or pension benefits. covered nursing home. • Verification of pension recipients' • Repealing benefit eligibility for to spread the income. Savings: $28 million in one remarried spouses and married chil- fiscal pain year; $743 million in five years. VA will dren. Savings: $19 million in one year; be provided with IRS income data to $374 million in five years. After remar- among all verify veterans' income. Applicants for ried spouses or children of deceased certain VA benefits will be notified of veterans terminate their new mar- agencies.' the possible comparision of informa- riages, they are no longer able to regain tion. their prior eligibility for VA death • Prohibiting compensation pay- benefits. ments for secondary effects of willful • Rounding down compensation, misconduct. Savings: $10 million in Dependents Indemnity Compensation one year; $334 million in five years. (DIC) and COLA and delaying 1991 Through Sept. 30, 1991, for certain This restriction prohibits payments of COLA. Savings: $49 million in one copayments and deductibles for medi- compensation for disabilities resulting year; $44 million in five years. Com- cal care, this provision eliminates the from alcohol or drug abuse. pensation and DIC COLA adjustments distinction between Category B and C • Requiring disclosure of the Social are limited to no more than 5.4 percent veterans. VA will also assess non-enti- Security number with certain VA and all odd dollars are rounded down tled veterans a copayment of $10 per claims. Savings: $4 million in one year; when calculating new ratings. The 1 99 day for inpatient care and a copayment $47 million in five years. VA will be compensation and DIC COLA will not of $5 per day for nursing home care. allowed to verify claimants' receipt of be effective earlier than Jan. 1, 1991. • Limiting vocational rehabilitation Social Security and determine if any • Implementing a VA medical care to veterans rated 20 percent or more. benefits are being illegally claimed on cost-recovery fund to be used to Savings: $20 million in one year; $180 behalf of a deceased veteran. recover money owed from third parties, million in five years. For those veterans "With these savings and revenue such as insurance companies, for care who apply for vocational rehabilitation enhancement initiatives, VA has shared

provided at VA medical facilities. Sav- on or after Nov. 1 , 1990, eligibility is in the deficit-reduction process," Turner

ings: $113 million in one year; $826 restricted to veterans rated 20 percent said. "And as soon as it appears that the million in five years. This plan seeks to or more disabled. country's financial house is in order, secure copayments that have not been • Permitting manufactured home we will count on Congress to live up to made. VA is authorized to collect these loan guaranty claim election. Savings: its responsibility to provide adequate funds until Sept. 30, 1993, and can hire $4 million in one year; $14 million in health care, employment training and

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Denny resemble Jewish and Christian beliefs and are considered by PBtBHj N THE years since Moslems to have been embraced Hj the Iranian Islamic by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, H Hh revolution and the Jesus and all other true prophets I American hostage as well as by Muhammed, the I crisis, a far more final prophet, whom Moslems I fateful development believe confirmed what came BH in the worldwide before, and corrected errors and I revival of Islam has deviations that crept into the HHbhH been the progres- older religions. Moslems believe sive growth and domestication of that God is one, eternal, just and Moslem communities in the merciful. West. This unprecedented turn of The one unforgivable sin, events promises to alter the religi- according to the Koran, Islam's ous landscape of countries like scripture, is idolatry — associat- France, England, Canada and the ing anything with God. However, United States, and challenges Moslems believe angels exist and Moslems worldwide to rethink serve as God's intermediaries. traditional beliefs and customs. Moslems also believe that God As Moslems in some Middle spoke through prophets, to whom Eastern countries call for holy he gave holy books for the guid- war against the "infidel" West, ance of humankind. All people Moslems in places like Mar- will be resurrected at the end of seilles, Birmingham and Dearborn the world and judged individually LOOKING EAST - Bowing toward Mecca and are pondering what it means to praying five times daily is a part of Islamic custom. for their deeds. The righteous will live and work with fellow citizens go to heaven and the unrighteous of other religions. As an immi- to hell, although no one can pre- grant American Moslem said at a enjoining what is right and forbidding dict the outcome because God's mercy national Islamic conference recently, what is wrong." works in mysterious ways. Finally, "We can't continue to blame the West Moslems traditionally have believed Moslems believe that God decrees all for all our problems, because we are that there should be no separation that happens, while granting humans also now part of the West and thus, between religion and state. Thus, they free will. responsible to some extent for its well- often characterize Islam as a complete Moslems observe five "pillars" of being." way of life in which God is Lord over Islam, all considered forms of worship The Arabic word, islam, means "sub- all, entrusting His faithful servants with of God: mission" to the one true God, the same stewardship of this world. The conduct • Witnessing to the unity of God and God worshipped by Jews and Chris- of life in a Moslem community requires the prophetic messenger Muhammed tians. A person who submits is called a habits of the mind, heart and body that (to testify sincerely, "There is no god tnoslem. Moslems believe that if they will often be at odds with secular, but God," and that "Muhammed is the surrender completely to God, they will materialistic values. For example, messenger of God" is all that is required be empowered to act as God's agents Moslems believe that social mixing of to become a Moslem. for good in the world, fearing nothing the sexes beyond the family is wrong. • Prayer five times daily, with purifi- except His displeasure and judgment. Islam likewise forbids all intoxicants. cation beforehand according to a set When we think of Moslems, we should Advertising and the profusion of bars pattern of words and bodily postures. regard them as they themselves do: as a and liquor stores in America are con- • Alms giving for the benefit of Mos- people serious about obeying God's stant reminders to Moslems in our lems in need and for the general command to "invite to all that is good, midst of an alien ethic concerning the strengthening of the community. stewardship of our bodies. Like • Daytime fasting during the holy Frederick M. Denny is a professor at the Jews, Moslems also are forbidden to eat month of Ramadan. (Jni\ ersity of Colorado and is an expert on or in any way make use of pork • Pilgrimage to Mecca, if possible. Islamic customs and culture. products. Please turn to page 78

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tanks are massed for combat. Before this first international crisis

of the Bush administration ends, I pre- dict that there will be war in the gulf. If that war is to earn the support of the NO PLAUSIBLE American people, its causes and conse- quences must be understood, its pur- pose defined, and its meaning made plain.

The war that is coming is not simply about oil, although access to the life-

blood of the industrial world is obvi- ously vital to our economic well being. It is not simply about who controls Kuwait, although the protection of a

sovereign state against aggression is fundamental to the future world order. The crisis in the Persian Gulf involves oil It is not simply about the reach of a malevolent Iraqi tyrant, although con- order and containment. The outcome will de- taining Saddam Hussein is a shared termine our role in the Post Cold-War era purpose that unites Soviets and Amer- icans, rich nations and poor ones, even Arabs and Israelis. The coming war against Iraq involves all the issues of oil, order and contain-

ment. But it also involves the transcen- dent issue of America's role in the post- Cold War world. An American defeat in the gulf would gravely diminish the strength and authority with which the United States emerged from a half cen- tury of opposition to the idea that mili-

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nations. It takes "the vision thing" to see that, and leadership to make the choices, all of them risky, that Saddam Hussein has forced upon us. What makes the gulf crisis a "de- fining issue" for American policy is the brashness of Iraqi aggression. If we fail

when the issue is so clear, when the aggression is so unambiguous, when BATTLE-HARDENED - Many of Iraq's troops are combat veterans of the decade- the values are so fundamental, when long war with neighboring Iran. the judgment of the international com-

munity is so single-minded, how will we fare in the far more common condi- defenseless member state of the United tion of confusion, divided opinion, By Richard N. Perle Nations. With an embargo in place, ambiguity and moral uncertainty? Saddam Hussein's reign of terror is In the immediate aftermath of Iraq's IS NOW more than three Iraq's last remaining export. invasion of Kuwait, President Bush and months since Saddam With extraordinary cohesion, the the United Nations coalition he gal- Hussein's tanks led an U.N. Security Council has voted vanized into rhetorical action defined onslaught against tiny increasingly comprehensive economic the objective of American gulf policy as nTKuwait. The first quar- sanctions against Iraq. 240, 000 Amer- the removal of Iraq's forces from ter's results are grim: the ican and 150,000 troops from Britain, Please turn page brutal murder of innocent France, Egypt, Syria and other Arab civilians, the taking of nations are poised in the Saudi Arabian Richard N. Perle is a resident fellow at the hostages on a scale unpre- desert while a large international American Enterprise Institute for Public cedented in this century, threats of mass armada patrols the gulf. Hundreds of Policy Research and served as arms con- destruction with chemical weapons, western combat aircraft are massed trol negotiator with the Defense Depart- wholesale pillaging, the uprooting of within striking range of Iraq and its ment from 1981 to 1987. He has written millions, and the destruction of a army occupying Kuwait. Thousands of several articles for this magazine.

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Of course it is true that "Saddam can't drink the oil he seeks to control." But he can potentially manipulate mar- kets in a monopolistic fashion that OPEC's diverse membership has never managed to achieve. And, more impor- tant, he hopes to use control over oil to achieve political purposes, the most important of which is his ascendancy to the leadership of the Arab nations. If he and his war machine survive the current crisis, he will control directly the com- bined oil resources of Iraq and Kuwait. Indirectly, he could, with threats and intimidation, compel militarily weak gulf oil states to do his bidding. No one can confidently predict how SADDAM INSANE — The Iraqi president's ploy to use "human shields" as a defense Saddam would use his military power against attacks is common. and his influence over the gulf. That he seeks the destruction of the other gulf states' leadership is beyond doubt. But

Kuwait. With Saddam Hussein in pos- where would it stop? No oil for western session of overwhelming military fleets in the Eastern Mediterranean? No power in the gulf, this was no easy pros- i iAi oil for countries unwilling to sell him pect. With America's awesome military the technology to complete his drive to power so far away, we were hardly in a 11 HAT mokes acquire nuclear weapons? No oil pro- position to demand more. Indeed, even duced in collaboration with American : the threat a that appears to have surprised Saddam producers? No oil for countries that Hussein: he clearly believed he would I defining issue extradite terrorists? encounter no effective opposition as he isthebrash- And what of the vast revenues he swallowed Kuwait and defiantly I could earn by diminishing the oil pro-

declared it a province of Iraq. duction of, say, Saudi Arabia, while % ness of Iraqi But the overwhelming military ad- expanding his own to maximize Iraqi vantage that Iraq enjoyed on Aug. 2 I aggression. earnings? It's naive to expect that he has now, with the buildup of American would invest in day care centers and the and allied forces in the region, given Baghdad symphony. Support for inter- way to a far more even match. On Aug. been formidable. national terrorism and an anti-western 2, Saddam Hussein had the offensive Now, with allied military forces in jihad would be more likely, along with forces to attack elsewhere in the gulf place, Saddam Hussein can no longer the installation of little Saddams after crushing Kuwait. President attack Saudi Arabia successfully. The around the world. The issue is not the Bush's immediate task was to put in President's first urgent task has been price at the pump. It's the indepen- place sufficient force to defend Saudi accomplished. Saddam Hussein can dig dence of the policies of his neighbors Arabia from the Iraqi tank columns lest in to defend his Kuwaiti conquest and now, and the rest of us later. The admin- they be tempted to continue down the Iraq itself, but he cannot project sus- istration should stop pretending that oil

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tance shorter than that from Baghdad to This is why we now have a military self-serving or insubstantial. It must, Kuwait. option that did not exist three months instead, explain why the oil issue has

It is one of the ironies of this sordid ago. It is also why we must now make profound implications for our foreign history that Saddam Hussein, assuming the transition from buying time to using policy as well as our economy.

he would be unopposed in taking it for the broader purpose of mobilizing Order. The Administration's talk of Kuwait, refrained from moving for the destruction of Saddam Hus- the nature of the "new world order" to immediately against Saudi Arabia as sein's military machine. come out of this crisis strikes many as

well. Had he known the trouble he was Oil. It is a dangerous trivialization of theoretical, abstract, even quaint. But it headed for, he might well have seized the western interest in oil to suggest is more than that. The defeat of Saddam the Saudi oil fields with a view to that we have sent American troops to Hussein will not guarantee a world exchanging them for clear title to the gulf to protect western access to order unburdened by the weight of mili- Kuwait. And while one likes to think cheap gasoline. In the larger sense, the tary power. But his success will assure that we would have resisted conceding industrial world cannot survive, much that the national sovereignty and ter- Kuwait under those circumstances, the less prosper, without access to oil. The ritorial integrity of weak states are in counsels of appeasement would have concentration of control over much of Please turn to page 84

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MERICAN Legion offi- convinced that the U.S. response to cials visiting Operation COMMANDER Iraq's invasion of Kuwait is correct and Desert Shield in late proper. Their visits with U.S. ground October found that TURNER'S DELEGATION troops, their commanders and Amer- morale is high and the ican diplomats provided numerous troops are making equip- insights on conditions in the Mideast, ment function properly JOURNEYED TO THE and they reported their findings to the by using old-fashioned President in November. American ingenuity to FRONT LINES. THEY The Legion's visit to Saudi Arabia combat the desert heat and sand. They was the first private trip of its kind to be know why they've been deployed and FOUND ENTHUSIASM, made in full cooperation with the White they are eager to get the job done. House, the Department of Defense and "Don't let the politicians get in the PROFESSIONALISM, the State Department. Turner, Spanogle way of the President," one sergeant told and DiFrancesco were briefed by Presi- National Commander Robert S. Turner. dent Bush immediately prior to their "Do what you can to help him carry out AND PRIDE AMONG departure and have submitted a full what we're over here to do." That written report to the White House feeling was echoed in a more personal U.S. TROOPS. regarding their observations and recom- way by Turner's grand-nephew, John E. mendations. Messer, who is stationed with an Army medical unit. Upon advising Messer THE American Legion established that he would be reporting to the Presi- its position on the current Mideast dent, Turner was asked to deliver this crisis when it adopted Resolution message: "Tell the President," Messer 603 at the 72nd National Convention in said, "that he has my support. We know Indianapolis in August. The resolution why we are here, we are professionals supports the United States' current and we will get the job done and he will policy and response to Iraq's invasion be proud of us." of Kuwait. Realizing that there was National Commander Turner, much more at stake than the price of a National Adjutant Robert W. Spanogle, gallon of gasoline at American pumps, and former Legislative Commission American Legion officials scheduled Chairman Dominic D. DiFrancesco their trip to observe first hand the condi- returned from an exhaustive week-long tion of military equipment, troop readi- fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia ness and morale, and to discuss with U.S. diplomats and military comman- ders other issues such as appropriate COMMAND PER FORMERS -Turner's response to aggression, maintenance of group was briefed by all levels of com- mand, Including Gen. Norman Schwarz- Mideast stability and the options avail- kopf, commander of U.S. forces. able to the free world to avoid being

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FIRING LINE -Intensive training before the Iraq crisis prepared the 82nd Airborne Div. for the desert climate.

held hostage by hostile control of the dangerous threat to global stability few days after the surprise invasion. He world's richest petroleum-producing both economically and militarily. vowed that Americans and any of their region. "We will make the Persian Gulf a allies who dared to intervene would "go What Legion leaders found was a graveyard for all those who think of home shrouded in sad coffins." highly motivated force of professional committing aggression, starting with Worldwide condemnation came soldiers who understand their mission those cowardly American navies," swiftly, as the U.N. Security Council and fully support U.S. actions in the boasted Hussein on Baghdad radio a immediately called for the uncondi- region. "The level Of readiness among our troops, the Saudis and other Arab troops is high and so is their confi- dence," Turner said. "We also found that many of our citizens may not fully understand the issues involved or the conditions our troops are facing." The focus of the world has been on the Mideast since Aug. 2, when hun- dreds of Iraqi tanks thundered across the border into defenseless Kuwait, one of the richest nations of the region. Saddam Hussein's troops, battle-har- dened after nearly a decade of war with Iran, conquered the oil-rich emirate within hours. Having taken Kuwait, Hussein became the strongest and most feared leader in the Arab world, the most prominent player in the interna- tional oil cartel, and the most

UP FRONT-CommanderTurner met with hundreds of troops during his trip.

JANUARY 1991 29 tional withdrawal of Iraqi troops. At the American Legion, the President also that there are numerous misconcep- request of the Saudi government, which activated numerous National Guard tions concerning the operation. Amer- feared that Hussein would attack Saudi and Reserve units. Operation Desert icans aren't getting the full story about Arabia next, President Bush committed Shield, the code name of the operation, conditions or the level of commitment," elements of the 82nd and 101st Air- soon became a household name. Spanogle said. One of the greatest dis- borne divisions of the U.S. Central At press time about 240,000 U.S. tortions is that the morale of U.S. Command, as well as other combat and troops had been deployed, and plans service personnel is low. support units of the Army, Air Force, had been announced to send another "Nothing could be further from Marines and Navy. In keeping with the 150,000 in the near future. the truth," Turner said. "We met with

total force concept supported by The "During our visit, it became clear hundreds of troops ranging from first- term privates to Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who is affectionately called "Stormin' Norman" and the "Bear" by soldiers in the field, and was described as a "GI General" similar to Omar Bradley of World War II by Turner. "He visits the troops in the field several times a week, listens to their concerns, fills them in on the latest information, and pumps them up. Their esprit de corps is obvious." There have been some accounts reported in the media that troops are angered about their deployment to the region and that morale is low. One such report in The New York Times was refuted by the very soldiers who were inter- viewed and quoted. Claiming that their statements were used out of context, they sent a rebuttal to the newspaper. "Sure, we heard some gripes. Just as their fathers and grandfathers before them, some complained about the food," said DiFrancesco. "Many said

WRITE STUFF-Th/s trooper with the 24th Mechanized Inf. Dlv. records his thoughts on the day he arrived.

V) AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE 130 miles behind the Iraq-Saudi border, and PACKAGE DEAL-Sgt. Michael Harger of the 82nd Airborne Div. was given a cassette recorder by the delegation after one sent by his mother was lost.

they weren't exactly fond of MREs at home haven't neglected to write. Operation Desert Shield, APO New (Meals-Ready-to-Eat field rations). "More than 70 tons of mail are distrib- York 09848-0006. Letters to Navy, During the Korean War, we had the uted daily to our troops in Saudi Marines and Coast Guard members at same complaint about K-rations, just Arabia," Turner said. "And I was told sea should be addressed either by name

like the Vietnam guys griped about C- they would welcome 700 tons of it and and unit, or: Any Service Member,

rations. Others told us that they wanted get every letter where it was supposed Operation Desert Shield, FPO New to be home with their families during to go." York 09866-0006. the holidays; what GI wouldn't want to Letters to land-based troops should Mail aside, the troops' primary con- be home during the holidays? be addressed either by name and pre- cern centers on the welfare of those "The most serious gripe centered on cise unit, or: Any Service Member, family members they left at home. the lack of a published rotation schedule that would let them know when replacements would arrive. That's an issue we'll bring up with the President. Some expressed concern about slow delivery of mail, but just as in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, the mail units don't get deployed until after combat readiness has been estab- lished," DiFrancesco said.

INDEED, mail call is the favorite time of all GIs, regardless of when or where they served. Although service has improved vastly within the past several weeks, the Legion officials did their part to bring news from home by delivering letters written by students of the West Newton Elementary School, Linwood Elementary School, Valley Mills Elementary School, and residents of Decatur Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, all of Indiana. Despite delivery problems, the folks

SUDS 'R' US-Troops still must maintain proper military bearing despite the heat and the ubiquitous sand.

JANUARY 1991 "Like everyone, they're worried about Units by employing the nationwide it takes to get the job done. One young their spouses and children in case of telephone network. The Family Support Army sergeant's comments were typ- emergency," Turner said. "It was a great Network complements the family assist- ical of many: "I missed seeing my baby comfort and morale booster to them ance programs already in use by the take his first steps and pull up to a when they found out about the Family military, and helps those families chair— the kind of ordinary things that Support Network of The American whose lives have been disrupted by parents see every day. Sure, I missed Legion." Operation Desert Shield. As in pre- those moments, but my wife and I A special toll-free telephone number vious wars, American Legion members understand that I have a job to do here. (1-800-786-0901) was established in are proving themselves once again to be That's what you're expected to do October, which provides military good neighbors and friends of those when you're a professional soldier. You families with a way to get various kinds who have answered their country's call. can tell the President for us that I'm of assistance from local Legion and With family support assured, the proud to serve my country, and so are Auxiliary Departments, Posts and troops are fully resolved to do whatever my fellow soldiers." While many of the troops personally met with Legion officials, others were introduced to the Legion through the U.N. TAKES A STAND caring of China Post 1 , which has been in exile since 1948. Working with the

Marine Corps League, China Post 1 BETWEEN Aug. 2 and Oct. 27, Res. 666 repeats the security launched "Host-A-Hero," in which 1990, the United Nations Secu- council's concern for foreign Legionnaires and other members of the rity Council passed 10 resolutions nationals held against their will by American community opened their condemning the Iraqi invasion of Iraqi authorities. It also established hearts and homes to U.S. troops in the Kuwait. The U.N. has urged its exceptions for supervised shipments Mideast. members to economically and dip- of humanitarian aid to the civilian For a few hours, service personnel lomatically isolate Saddam Hus- populations of Iraq and Kuwait. sein's regime. A summary of the (Sept. 13) U.N. initiatives: Res. 667 demands the immediate Res. 660 condemns the Iraqi inva- release of all diplomatic personnel sion and demanded immediate with- and restoration of their right to drawal from Kuwait. (Aug. 2) diplomatic immunity. Iraq was HE U.N. Res. 661 imposes a series of criticized for violating all codes of has demonded economic sanctions by member international conduct, and its deci- nations under Chapter VII of the sion to close all diplomatic and Iraq's unconditional U.N. Charter to persuade Iraq to consular offices in occupied Kuwait exit from Kuwait The withdraw from Kuwait. The resolu- was universally condemned. The tion also seeks the cooperation of U.N. declared Iraq responsible for standoff has the non-members in isolating Iraq. Res. the safety of all foreign nationals. 661 is the most sweeping in scope of (Sept. 16) world on edge. the security council resolutions. Res. 669 repeats prior resolutions (Aug. 6) that maintain the sovereignty of Res. 662 rejects Iraqi claims to Kuwait despite Iraq's invasion. It sovereignty over Kuwait and calls pledges support in protecting can relax, do laundry, eat a home- again for Iraq to withdraw from its Kuwait's assets from Iraq. (Sept. 24) cooked meal, escape from the rigors of neighbor's territory. Iraq's declara- Res. 670 condemns Iraq's con- duty and— best of all— call home. More

tion that it annexed Kuwait is tinuing occupation of Kuwait, than 10,000 GIs have found respite

rejected by the U.N. , which con- deplores the treatment of Kuwait's from the every day tension of foreign siders the annexation "null and citizens by Iraqi troops, and duty and the brutal desert heat, where void." (Aug. 9) criticizes Iraq's strategy of forcing temperatures rise higher than 100 Res. 664 demands Iraq take no Kuwaitis out of their own country. degrees even during the winter. The action to endanger the health and The resolution more closely defines "Host-A-Hero" program has also pro- safety of any foreign nationals of embargo measures taken earlier, and vided hot meals and some of the com- third countries; that such persons be calls on all nations to deny overflight forts of home to the troops in the field. allowed to leave Iraq and Kuwait. privileges to any aircraft bound for The Legion contingent got a The resolution also demands that Iraq or Kuwait. (Sept. 25) firsthand look at how the program foreign nationals be allowed to con- Res. 674 calls again for Iraq's works when they visited the home of tact their consulate or embassy per- immediate withdrawal from Kuwait, one Legionnaire. "When we arrived, sonnel. (Aug. 18) expressing UN. concern for the con- there were two GIs relaxing with their Res. 665 encourages U.N. mem- tinued human and economic cost equipment piled high on the floor," bers to maintain the pressure sparked by the Iraqi invasion. The Turner said. "They were washing their through their economic embargo security council resolution for the BDUs (Battle Dress Uniforms), which against Iraq, particularly a maritime first time uses the word "hostage" in is modern military talk for what we blockade preventing Iraqi oil referring to foreign nationals held by used to call 'fatigues.' These young exports. CAug. 25) Iraq. (Oct. 27) men, thanks to concerned Legionnaires in Saudi Arabia, were enjoying a few SAND SCRIPT— Troops of the 24th Mechanized Inf. Div. read about the news they're making in Saudi Arabia.

hours away from the drudgery of duty American know-how and they are incapable of hauling heavy equipment and generally having a good time." keeping the equipment in tip-top such as Abrams tanks and other Also, Legionnaires and their families shape." armored vehicles, which are currently living in Saudi Arabia started a program However, even though every piece of being shipped on naval vessels. A long- that helps GIs beat the heat: American equipment is well maintained, the standing American Legion resolution Legion ICE, or ALICE. They had deliv- Legion officials did observe that the calls for updating of the airframes in the ered more than five tons of ice to mili- airframes are mostly outdated and event of just such a contingency, and tary units in the field to cool body and drink by the time the stateside Legion delegation arrived.

"One of the soldiers I talked with said he thought ALICE was the best deal going," Spanogle said. "When I felt the desert heat and the gritty sand that just seems to hang in the air, I could easily appreciate why ALICE is such a popular service." Much has been made of the supposed sorry condition of U.S. military hardware which has been sent to the Mideast, and of the problems our troops have had making it function properly in the desert sand. To date, more than a billion pounds of materiel have been sent to Saudi Arabia, making it the largest sea and airlift since D-Day. "Unit commanders had problems at first maintaining the equipment in the desert climate," Spanogle said, "but the soldiers — like their fathers before them — learned to adapt and use the same ingenuity that GIs have always MAIL CALL— National Adjutant Spanogle delivered letters from Indiana schoolchil- used to make things work. We have a lot dren to members of the 18th Airborne Corps. of backyard mechanics with good, old

JANUARY 1991 33 supports the building and deployment military sites, including the 552nd of C-17s to replace the aging C-5As AWACS Wing, 4409th Operational Sup- now being used. port Wing, and the 1700th Strategic "The amount of equipment that has Reconnaissance Wing. Visits were also been deployed is staggering," Turner morale of troops made to the Army's 4409th Combat said. "Support Command officers told Support Group, 18th Airborne Corps, is high and so is their us that they had off-loaded more and the 1 1th Air Defense Artillery Bat- supplies and equipment in just 70 days state of readiness, the tery. They toured the Navy's Fleet Hos- than had ever been off-loaded during a pital 5, a modern, air-conditioned tent single year during the height of the Legion delegation facility equipped with operating rooms Vietnam War. Most of the equipment is discovered. and laboratories. The hospital had been already in place, even though some of erected and equipped in a matter of the supply lines to U.S. units are more days by naval and Marine personnel. than 200 miles long." Legion officials also met individu- On a visit to one Marine artillery ally with troops who live in the battery, the Legionnaires saw how was hot and there were flies thousands of bedouin-type tents troops coped with environmental prob- everywhere. Despite such adverse con- supplied by the Saudi government. lems through plain hard work and ditions, the seven Marines who manned Scenes of endless rows of tent cities attention to detail. "We stopped by the gun were eager to open the breech have become synonymous with the an emplacement for a howitzer," said and show us how spotless it was. It American presence in Saudi Arabia. DiFrancesco. "Beneath its camouflage, looked factory new!" While military equipment is abun- it was sweltering; the drinking water The Legion group visited numerous dant, the same is not true of personal items most Americans take for granted back home. Because of the grueling heat and regimen, troops need multi- GET THE FACTS RIGHT vitamins, pre-sweetened powdered drinks like Kool-Aid, talcum powder, blank audio cassettes, AA batteries, fly GROUP of U.S. Army caval- the U.S. Armed Forces. We feel be- A swatters, holiday and seasonal cards to rymen in Saudi Arabia didn't trayed; we are proud soldiers serving mail home, stationery, envelopes, like what they read in The New York our country, and we deserve a fair shaving cream, razors, after shave Times and wrote the newspaper portrayal of our thoughts and opin- lotion, shampoo, soap and just about editor to tell him so. ions in your paper. The misquoting any other toiletry imaginable. The GIs were "outraged, dis- and twisting of words . . . brought To help pass the time, troops said gusted and betrayed" by a bylined discredit upon [the] newspaper and they would appreciate receiving story in the Oct. 18 issue that [the] profession." magazines, paperback books, and reported low morale among them Lt. Col. Glynn E. Pope, com- hometown newspapers. Beginning with and other members of their platoon. mander of the 4th Cav. Rgt. , echoed the December issue, 15,000 copies of The story quoted platoon mem- his troopers' sentiments and sent the The American Legion Magazine bers who criticized the President, letter to the newspaper's ombuds- are being shipped monthly to the troops complained of low morale, poor man with comments of his own: until the crisis is resolved. mail service and lack of communica- "This letter from a group of con- "There is no question that mail and tions, and griped about conditions in cerned soldiers (citizens) has merit 'care' packages do a great deal to keep the desert. and would be of great interest to the morale high," Turner said. He spoke Responding to the newspaper concerned public," Pope wrote. with an Air Force sergeant who said her account, 23 members of the support "Not only is this a rebuttal to a grave brother, a Vietnam veteran, had seldom platoon sent the following letter: injustice, but it also gives the public written during her 1 1 years in the serv- "Outrage, disgust and betrayal an idea of the professionalism and ice. Operation Desert Shield changed are just a few of the emotions that dedication of the young soldiers in that. Now her brother sends her a we, the Support Platoon of the 2nd their Army." package of personal items nearly every Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry Regi- The newspaper story did not jibe week. Like all veterans, he knows what ment, felt after reading the article with what National Commander a soldier in the field needs without ... in your 18 October edition. A Robert S. Turner saw during his being asked. reporter representing a paper the recent visit to Saudi Arabia, either. Turner encouraged Legionnaires, caliber of The New York Times should "The morale of the troops was Auxiliary members and members of show more professional ethics, dis- unquestionably superb," Turner the Sons of The American Legion to set cretion and concern for an honest said. "They have a profound sense of up programs to regularly send "care" representation of the facts. purpose and, despite the obvious packages to the troops. During a visit " Wc are professional soldiers with personal hardships, they are in good with Director of Logistics, Maj. Gen. great respect for our President; we spirits and ready and willing to do William G. Pagonis, USA, Turner was did not and would not insult him. To the job they were sent for." assured that any packages sent to the us, the calm image that Mr. Bush The New York Times has not pub- troops in Saudi Arabia by Legionnaires projected during the first days of the lished the soldiers' letter at press will get delivered, even to the most crisis showed his conf idence in us, time. forward troops. "1 know Legionnaires GROUND POUNDERS— Despite an adverse environment, troops maintain weapons in topnotch shape.

won't let these men and women down," Turner said. Packages should be addressed to: Any Service Person, c/o Chaplain, U.S. ARCENT Support Command, APO New York 09616. Alcoholic beverages and sexually suggestive literature or photographs that would be considered offensive to the host government should not be sent. Legion officials were very concerned about the level of U.S. troop involve- ment should an attack come, and that concern had been fueled by some news accounts published back home. "Based on information we'd seen prior to our visit, we had the impression that our

<0 troops would stand virtually alone if Hussein's one-million-man army attacked," Turner said. "I think a lot of people might think that. However, it's \ not the case. Many reports have neg- lected to point out that about 150,000 Saudi, Egyptian, Kuwaiti and other TIME OUT-C/7/na Post 1 Legionnaires' Arab troops are stationed on the Saudi- TOOL SHED-Support troops have a "Host-A-Hero" program gives field Iraqi border." full complement of machinery and troops such as Navy physician Ira K. equipment to aid fellow soldiers at "American troops are not on the bor- Evans (1) a chance to relax. forward areas. der," Spanogle said. "We're not nose-

JANUARY 1991 35 The American Legion's 72nd National Convention also adopted Resolution 317, which, in part, calls on the United States to play a role in pre- venting the Mideast from being domi- nated by any power, and ensuring a free and uninterrupted flow of petroleum from the Persian Gulf to Europe, Japan and the United States. The United States imports about 42 percent of its oil, and each day con- sumes more than 17 million barrels of petroleum — about the same amount consumed in 1973 when OPEC initiated the first major oil shortage. Virtually every service person who met with Legion officials expressed confi- dence that the American people support

their actions in the Mideast. While it's true that there have been some negative demonstrations, national polls show overwhelming support for Operation Desert Shield. REPORT— President Bush briefed the Legion leaders before their trip and asked "The troops are aware that there is a them to report their findings upon their return from Saudi Arabia. shrill minority at home who have demonstrated against American involvement in the Mideast," Turner to-nose with Iraqi forces. The most oil from the Persian Gulf," Turner said. said, "but it hasn't yet had a detrimental forward of U.S. units are about 30 miles "Some think that's not worth risking effect on morale." behind the front lines." our military forces and spending bil- One private told Turner how he felt Turner said, "It's important that our lions of dollars to protect. But much of about the demonstrations: "That's citizens understand that the United the world, including the industrialized America. Everybody has the right to States does not stand alone in this effort nations of Europe and Asia, depend on say what he wants. But you'd have a to deter Hussein. The 240,000 U.S. oil from Arab nations. If the oil-pro- tough time convincing me that the troops involved in Desert Shield are just ducing nations are threatened or demonstrators are anything more than a a part of the multinational force of occupied by a hostile Hussein, world small group of people who want to grab army, navy and air units from more than competition for petroleum would lead headlines. I guess they're getting that two dozen nations. They are there in to governmental and economic instabil- done, huh?" compliance with U.N. resolutions. The ity. Hussein could, in effect, hold every Still, there is no escaping the grim whole world joins with us in con- industrialized nation hostage." Please turn to page 76 demning Iraq's aggression against Kuwait."

The August invasion was not the first time that Iraq has sent troops into Kuwait. In 1961, shortly after Kuwait gained its independence from Great Britain, Iraqi troops invaded but were turned back when British soldiers inter- vened. Twenty-nine years have passed, and Iraq's military capability— much of which has been fueled by U.S. aid — is now unmatched by other nations in the Mideast. Iraq's stockpiles include an arsenal of chemical weapons, which Hussein has not hesitated to use in the past, even against his own people.

There is also strong evidence that Iraq may be on the verge of developing nuclear capability.

Another matter causing concern is the effect Hussein's further aggression HOSPITAL VISIT-Dom/'n/c DiFrancesco chats with an Army patient, Pvt. Rice may have on the world economy. "The Torrest of South Bend, Ind., during the trip to Saudi Arabia. United States gets only 10 percent of its

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HE United Nations' 1 3,000 troops, 75 aircraft and 14 ships. multinational force GREECE: one ship; ITALY: four deployed to the Mideast ships, eight aircraft; KUWAIT: 7,000 to counter Iraqi aggres- troops: MOROCCO: 2,000 troops, sion continues to monitor expected to reach 7,000 troops; the volatile situation NETHERLANDS: three ships, 18 air- under tough field condi- craft; NORWAY: one ship; OMAN: J>" rf~ tions. More than two ^^^^^ troops included in the 10,000 deployed dozen nations, including by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); the United States, have joined a coor- PAKISTAN: 5,000 troops. dinated military response to Saddam SAUDI ARABIA: 60,000 troops, Hussein's invasion of Kuwait Aug. 2. 180 aircraft, eight ships; SPAIN: three The Saudi Arabian government ships; SYRIA: 19,000 troops, plus invited Arab and other governments, additional 50,000 stationed on the including the United States, to send Syria-Iraqi border; UNITED ARAB military assistance to that nation. At EMIRATES: contingent part of GCC; press time, the U.S. contingent num- UNITED KINGDOM: 6,000 troops, bered 240,000, but it is by no means Mill 58 aircraft, 12 ships; British troop the only foreign force there. Front-line levels are expected to reach 15,000. troops consist of about 150,000 Also contributing are Bahrain, the ALLIES-The French Foreign troops from Arab nations, who are Federal Republic of Germany, Qatar, Legion is among the forces of the stationed at the Iraq-Saudi border. nations in the Persian Gulf. Senegal, and Japan. The most forward U.S. units are In addition, the Soviet Union, deployed 30 miles from the border. while not taking part in the U.N. Information available at press time LADESH: 2,000 troops; BELGIUM: blockade, has deployed several ships to on the multinational force and its con- three ships; CANADA: three ships, the area. Poland has one hospital ship tributions include: 18 aircraft; DENMARK: one ship; on station; and Czechoslovakia has ARGENTINA: 100 troops; AUS- EGYPT: 14,000 troops with an supplied a special 200-man chemical TRALIA: three ships; BANG- additional 6,000 expected; FRANCE: defense unit.

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would have been otherwise. Through- By Bill Harris DESPITE out the world, 428 nuclear electric plants in 26 nations displace 6 million barrels of OPEC oil each day. N OCT. 30, a steam line FUEL CRUNCHES IN While the United States must reduce ruptured on board the USS its use of oil, it must meet another Iwo Jima, an amphibious THE 1970S, WE'VE energy challenge: our rising demand for assault ship just off the electricity. Our society and our econ- H coast of Bahrain. Ten DONE LITTLE TO omy run on electric power and cannot American sailors were afford to run short. Microwave ovens, killed. Will they be the personal computers and new industrial only tragic casualties of CURB OUR DE- technologies like infrared ovens, micro- this latest Persian Gulf wave dryers, lasers and robots are crisis? Or are they just among the first PENDENCE ON boosting electricity demand faster than of hundreds— or thousands— of Amer- new generating capacity is being ican servicemen who will pay dearly for FOREIGN OIL added. This signals a looming crisis in our nation's excessive dependence on electricity supply and reliability. foreign oil? No one knows exactly how much new The United States has had ample electric capacity the United States will warning that foreign oil addiction was One of the few bright and encourag- need in the next 10 years. But history bad for our nation's health. Twice ing movements toward U.S. energy shows that if our economy grows by 2 before, in 1973 and 1979, political independence since 1973 has been the percent to 3 percent a year, demand for unrest in the oil-rich Persian Gulf sent development of nuclear energy as a electricity will grow at about the same shocks reverberating through the West. major energy source. In 1973, nuclear pace. That works out to between More than a decade has passed since energy supplied only 5 percent of U.S. 100,000 and 200,000 megawatts of these warnings. What has this nation electricity, while oil supplied 17 per- new capacity in only 10 years. That's at done to take heed? Unfortunately, not cent. Today, those figures have least as much electric capacity as there enough. Today, the United States is reversed; oil supplies only 5 percent of is today in all of California, Arizona, more dependent on foreign oil than just U.S. electricity, while nuclear energy Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, before the 1973 Arab oil embargo. supplies nearly 20 percent. Idaho, Maine, New Jersey and Connec- America now imports almost half the Since 1973, nuclear energy dis- ticut. oil it uses. Some experts believe that by placed over 4 billion barrels of oil: 2000, America could be importing enough to fuel every motor vehicle in [ILL those additional megawatts more than 12 million barrels a day— America— cars, buses, trucks — for be there when we need them? nearly two-thirds of our total oil well over a year. And nuclear energy Right now, it looks doubtful. needs— and paying over $100 billion a has kept $125 billion right here in this Only 86,200 megawatts of new capac- year. country that otherwise would have ity are planned, and 55 percent of that is Perhaps the current Mideast crisis flowed into the pockets of foreign oil not yet under construction. and the American lives at risk— will producers. The first signs of trouble already have spur us to do what we should have done Those are the savings in the United appeared. In the last few years, we've long ago: kick the foreign oil monkey States alone. France, Japan and other seen brownouts, and public appeals to off our back. industrialized nations have systemati- conserve, all the way from New Eng- cally replaced imported oil with elec- land to Florida. Electric utilities nation- Bill Harris is senior vice president of the tricity, generated largely by nuclear wide have seen electric demand not U.S. Council for Energy Awareness in power. As a result, they are much less expected until the mid-90s or even later. Washington, D.C. dependent on imported oil than they Clearly, the United States will need

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE POTENTIAL TARGET?—A security guard stands watch at a refinery in an oil-rich region of eastern Arabia.

every available generating source- environment. It does not emit small amount of waste each year, about including nuclear energy— to meet our "greenhouse" gases. And, thanks to the 30 tons per plant. Waste is used fuel

nation's growing power demands with- nation's 1 12 nuclear energy plants, which has already discharged its energy out using more foreign oil. Nuclear annual U.S. sulfur oxide emissions have to make electricity. Every bit of used energy already supplies nearly 20 per- been reduced by 5 million tons and fuel ever produced by nuclear electric cent of U.S. electricity. It should be nitrogen oxide emissions by 2 million plants is stored safely, mostly on plant given the chance to do more. tons. sites in concrete storage pools lined Unfortunately, just at the time Nuclear energy plants produce a very Please turn to page 74 utilities should be using less oil to make electricity, they are being forced to use

more. During the 1980s, it became financially risky for utilities to build large plants, like nuclear energy and coal, and many plant orders were can- celed. As demand for electricity rose, utilities had no choice but to fire up older, oil-burning plants. Utility oil use has increased 34 percent since 1987. New England now gets 35 to 40 percent of its electricity from oil. On Long Island, where political wrangling has kept the Shoreham nuclear power plant closed, nearly 100 percent of electricity comes from burning oil. Nuclear energy can help supply the electricity we'need without harming our

CLASSICAL GAS-Fueled by fear of gasoline shortages, prices skyrocketed after Iraq's invasion.

JANUARY 1991 39 By TIheTime We Get To PHOENIX

The Volley of the Sun" ploys host to the 73rdAmericon Legion Notionol Convention. Old West hospitolity will be woiting.

HERE would you go verge on Phoenix, Ariz., host city of to find more than The American Legion's 73rd National 100 world-class golf Convention, Aug. 30-Sept. 5. courses? A place The Phoenix area is known as the where the sun shines "Valley of the Sun," and its citizens are 300 days each year? justifiably proud of their city. It's one of NATURAL WONDER— Ar/zona is a It is a place that the 10 largest cities in the country and land of beauty, from the grandeur of offers fishing, hiking, still growing. Yet, despite its size, its canyons to the elegance of the inspiring scenery and Phoenix is considered by visitors to be Phoenix Civic Center (below). fascinating his tory. And at the end of one of the friendliest communities in summer, 25,000 Legionnaires will con- America. The Phoenix area is a study in con- restaurants in the Phoenix area include trasts. From the cool, fresh waters of the Pinnacle Peak Patio, known far and the Salt River to the dry, healthy wide for its mesquite grilled steaks and warmth of the Sonora Desert; from the hickory smoked chicken. If it's western thin, invigorating air of the mountains atmosphere and fine dining you're to the impressive grandeur of its searching for, consider the Mining canyons. And the contrasts extend Camp Restaurant and Trading Post. beyond the landscapes. This rustic eatery sits at the base of the Adventure seekers can visit one of scenic Superstition Mountains and fea- the sailplane fields to soar above the tures a family style, all-you-can-eat Arizona desert; or join a Jeep safari and menu. explore the same land that lured gold prospectors, outlaws and scientists to PHOENIX can be a land of nostal- Arizona. You may want to shoot the gia. Many movies have been rapids of the Salt River on a raft or hike filmed in the "Valley of the Sun" the trails of the Superstition Mountains. region and a number of ghost-town Even Arizona cuisine can be an movie lots are within a short drive of the adventure. Daring visitors may want to city. The Old West lives again as you sample some of the authentic South- walk the streets past dance halls, western dishes offering unique flavors blacksmith shops and saloons. A few of and unusual names — even unusual these towns are available for rent, com- foods, like rattlesnake — in one of the plete with catered food, entertainment many fine restaurants in Phoenix. and high-noon shootouts. Some of the finer and more unusual If your tastes are more refined, museums and galleries abound in Phoenix. For instance, the Champlin NATIVE AMERICAN -Phoen/'x and the great Southwest are proud of their his- Fighter Museum in nearby Mesa dis- tory and heritage. plays fighter aircraft dating from WWI

40 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE VARIETY-T/ie convention city offers something for everyone, from the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright to the thrills of the rodeo.

ter or airplane. The famous London Bridge has been moved, lock, stock and pilings, to Lake Havasu City, Ariz. For those feeling especially adventurous, just north of Phoenix, buried deep within the Superstition Mountains, lies Lost Dutchman Park. Even the site of the 73rd National Convention is awesome. The Phoenix Civic Plaza is one of the most modern convention facilities in the country. Conventioneers will find a host of serv- ices within ultra-modern surroundings. It's almost as though the city invented the word convenient. Phoenix is served by an array of major airlines; two major interstate highways and a number of federal highways link Phoenix to the to Vietnam, along with memorabilia, Wright, Phoenix is an adventure in cul- rest of the nation. paintings and information about the ture. History, heritage, adventure, sports, men who flew in combat. Phoenix's reputation for catering to good food and drink, a fabulous zoo If art is your passion, be sure to visit visitors is legendary. Nearly 70,000 and more attractions await discovery in Phoenix's Craftsmen's Cooperative Phoenix-area residents are employed in Phoenix. Here, the Old West meets the Gallery at Heritage Square, where the the tourist industry. In addition, 21st Century in the "Valley of the Sun." gallery is owned and operated by its Phoenix is the "jumping off point for Better yet, by the time you get to artisan members. From the Hall of visits to other areas of interest. A visitor Phoenix, your Legionnaire friends and Flame firefighters' museum to the vis- may tour the Grand Canyon by taking a the 73rd National Convention will be ionary architecture of Frank Lloyd leisurely four-hour drive, or by helicop- on hand to greet you.

JANUARY 1991 41 HE Navy Destroyer USS wart, at Charleston, S.C. They spent Borie rolled through 47 years ago, they the late autumn day touring World War the heaving sea and dark- faced each other II-vintage naval vessels and got an ness, searching for the insider's look at a nuclear attack sub- hidden enemy. For the as enemies. Now, marine and a submarine tender. last four years, Nazi Ger- The Germans were invited to visit by many's Unterseeboote — there is respect; South Carolina Department Comman- the dreaded U-boat serv- they were just der J. Norris Kinion, also a Navy vet- T ice—had sent countless eran of World War II. It was a visit that tons of ships, cargo and men to the doing theirjob. Brown, a resident of nearby Dillon, bottom of the icy North Atlantic. S.C, did not want to miss. It's But the tide slowly had begun to not every day that you get the turn in favor of the Allies in chance to visit with old ghosts. recent months. "I thought we had seen the last Senior Lt. Philip B. Brown, of that U-boat because we executive officer of the USS immediately saw an oil slick," Borie, and the rest of the crew Brown said, recalling the early were watching for any signs of U- morning clash from nearly five boat activity, which earlier had decades ago. "I said, 'scratch one

been reported. At about 1 a.m., big boat, we're looking for " Nov. I, 1943, they found what more.' they were looking for. Comman- What happened below is that der Wilhelm Friedrich Brauel and an external fuel tank began to his 50-man crew aboard U-256 leak after U-256 was tossed about were riding shotgun for a "milch by the concussions from the cow," a German submarine that depth charges. Brauel ordered his supplied U-boats. crew to set a course for German- Brauel knew his craft, an anti- occupied Brest, France, where aircraft escort submarine, had the crippled submarine could be

been detected and he ordered it repaired. into a crash dive as the Borie From 1939 until the end of the closed in. Brown's crew went war, German U-boats and their about the grim task of hunting the deadly use of "wolf packs" in the enemy below by jettisoning depth Atlantic sank 2,600 merchant charges, that, if effective, would ships, 175 allied naval vessels, send U-256 to the ocean floor. As and killed more than 30,000 the explosions stormed beneath troops. But these warriors in

the water one found its mark and Hitler's silent service also paid a knocked out the submarine's heavy price during that period- periscope, sound gear and a tor- more than 28,000 of the 40,000 pedo tube, and water began to in U-boat service never returned seep in. home. By the time the Borie and Forty-seven years after the U-256 encountered each other, REMINISCING — Former U-boat commander encounter in the North Atlantic, U-boat activity, while in decline, Wilhelm Brauel gets the other side's version of the Brown reunited with Brauel and was still a constant danger. encounter between his sub and the destroyer USS two of his U-boat crew, Brown, Brauel, Schutze and members Borie during his U.S. visit. Otto Schut/e and Konrad Ell- Ellwart climbed below the deck

42 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE OLD AND NEW-Sraue/ and C/ndr. Rodney Locke, skipper of the nuclear sub, USS Bluefish, discuss how times have changed.

of the WWII diesel submarine USS Clamagore. This is no place for claustrophobics and privacy does not aCwallife exist in the black, seaborne cocoon.

"This is so large compared to the U-

boat I served on," said Schutze, who served as executive commander aboard U-256. That particular class of German submarine was half the length of U.S. subs, but carried a like number of crew.

THE men ducked their heads and ASstepped through the hatch into the weapons room, Brauel stopped and rested his hand on a torpedo tube. Through an interpreter he said the out- come might have been different if he had planned a little differently. A few days before the encounter, Brauel ordered the torpedo tube emptied so he

could fill the cavity with extra ammuni- tion for his topside anti-aircraft guns. Submarine commanders typically car- ried such torpedos in the rear of the boats to sink chasing naval vessels.

"If I had had a torpedo that morning, maybe you wouldn't be standing here today," Brauel said. "Now that I've met

you, I'm glad I didn't." "I'm also glad that you didn't," said Brown, who has been active in The American Legion in the past. Brown's earlier epithet of looking for more boats would become a stark reality not long after the engagement with U-256. At about 3 a.m., the Borie's radar and searchlights honed in on U-405. For nearly an hour, the two vessels slugged

it out with guns, before the skipper of COMRADES OF THE SEA-lV/fh the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown looming in the the destroyer ordered his men at the background, Konrad Ellwart, Phil Brown, Brauel and Otto Schutze gather on the helm to ram the submarine. Locked in a Charleston, S.C. The group dined deck of the WWII submarine USS Clamagore in twisted, deadly dance on the Atlantic, later and sang "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary." Please turn to page 88

43 JANUARY 1991 "

America-bash- ing movies are popular

today. Is it what the pub- ONE WITH THE lic wants, or has Hollywood become the medium for liberals? o mmt

By Isobel Silden Are car chases and shoot-em-ups every- For the most part, filmmakers day occurrences? approve of what their industry is pro- The answer is yes to the last ques- ducing, with some qualifications. As OLLYWOOD has both tion, unfortunately. Most major cities some now-forgotten Hollywood sage influenced and mirrored do have daily car chases and random once said: "No one sets out to make a America in the last cen- shootings. The first two? Probably not. bad picture."

tury. But is it presenting Hollywood, as the theater, must exag- Perhaps not, but too many do. Still, an accurate picture today? gerate situations for dramatic conflict. looking at the bottom line, movies are Is the average businessman But is Hollywood shortselling making more money today than ever, as salacious and evil as America? Do the movies and TV shows and not just because of higher prices at portrayed on television? produced in Hollywood, or in New the box office. There is an audience for Does the average woman York, receive acceptance in our coun- everything. Shakespeare lives on and so crave other men outside her marriage? try's heartland? do today's risque comics. But veteran actor Charlton Heston, portrayer of Moses, John the Baptist and U.S. Presidents, is not entirely happy with Hollywood films. "I think Hollywood's political position is extraordinarily further to the left than

that of America. I think one of the reasons is that actors, who rely on their emotions for a living, tend to give more value to their emotional responses than to their intellectual responses. "I believe our movies are accepted in Peoria, but they do express liberal opin- ions. The only heavies tend to be bankers, military men over the rank of major, small town politicians and red- necks." Now 67, Heston has turned down many roles during his 43-year career. One he recalls dealt with an Erskine Caldwell novel adaptation in which he HIGH NOON would play an evangelist-con man. He felt audiences that have accepted him as 7 think TVbos been a positive influence on European people, a Renaissance painter, a 17th century cardinal or Tudor king might not want to seeing our way of life, which is so much better and, I think, make that leap of faith, as he puts it. encouraged their fightfor freedom.

Isabel Silden is a Los Angeles-based free- Lloyd Bridges lance writer who covers the entertainment industry.

44 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE " "

THE THORN BIRDS

"Ipersonally like non-fiction and I would not do anti- American projects that reflect badly on the U.S.

David Wolper

a lot of crime in films, but they also

realize we exaggerate it. People in other countries see the freedom we have, and

I believe that's good." Producer Stan Margulies, since his amicable split from partner David Wolper, also selects their joint ventures, Roots and The Thorn Birds, as projects to 7 think Hollywood's politi- be proud of. He is currently in produc- cal position is extraordi- tion on a four-hour miniseries about narilyfurther to the left than Thurgood Marshall arguing the school that ofAmerica. segregation case, starring Sidney the opening and closing ceremonies of Poitier. Charlton Heston the 1984 Olympics, the 100th birthday "America is a fit topic that doesn't celebration for the Statue of Liberty, get done often enough. Things that deal The Thorn Birds (with Margulies) and with substance have to be done by the Jacques Cousteau specials. people who have a passion. Unfortu- He believes American films and tele- Wolper believes Hollywood movies nately, the networks are interested in vision generally have a favorable influ- do a good and honest job in represent- ratings and the studios in box office. As ence on viewers in other countries. "I ing this country. Wolper, a filmmaker long as that situation prevails, I don't think one of the reasons the Eastern for almost 40 years, regards the indus- see any immediate change. On the bloc countries went for democracy is try as a library of sorts. other hand, those of us with passion do that they have seen enough television to "There should be something for get things on the air. give them an idea of what it is like." everybody. I personally like non-fic- "In school we're taught that America

David L. Wolper has produced 637 tion, and I would not do anti-American became great because it was a melting films. He has two Oscars, 46 Emmys, projects that would reflect badly on the pot: People of many divergent and five George Foster Peabody awards United States. More than 50 percent of nationalities came here for freedom and for meritorious television. He is prob- films shown in other countries are found a way to make this country grow ably best known as co-producer (with American; I believe they have a favor- and prosper. We have lost sight of that, Stan Margulies) of Alex Haley's Roots, able influence. People here say there is Please turn to page 86

JANUARY 1991 45 foreign owners could sell every share of U.S. stock and every U.S. factory tomorrow morning and demand to be paid off. Even if we sold all we own in other countries to raise the money, we'd still fall $650 billion short.

It's astonishing how quickly it hap- pened. As recently as 1984, we had no BURDEN foreign debt. In 1981, the rest of the world owed us $141 billion. But we fell O F into debt in 1985, and we've been get- ting in deeper ever since. As you'd guess, we owe Japan a bundle— more than $300 billion at the start of the year. Britain, Germany, France and the Netherlands are also big holders of our IOUs. But each year the list of creditors gets longer. It now includes such less-than-world-class powers as Panama, Bermuda and Yugoslavia. Six years ago we lent money to the rest How could the world's richest country go so quickly from creditor to of the world. Today we are the globe's debtor? The fast answer is that we spend too much and save too little. Our biggest debtor. could the world's How economy doubled in the 1980s to nearly richest nation get in hock so quickly? $5.5 trillion— growth we should have paid for from the combined savings of American consumers, business and government. than Brazil, Argentina or Mexico owe. But business savings grew by barely By Gordon Williams But that doesn't count even a penny 75 percent in the 1980s, and consumer of the national debt Uncle Sam owes savings by less than 50 percent. The ATCH a home game of to Americans— to those of us, for government, of course, doesn't save at the Birmingham Barons instance, who own U.S. Savings Bonds. all. That's why our national debt grew baseball team this summer Our foreign debt isn't like the from $900 billion in 1980 to $3 trillion and part of the ticket price mortgage on your house — a loan that today. will end up in Japan. A sub- someday must be repaid, plus interest, Just like any family that lives beyond sidiary of Japanese bev- to the last penny. To be precise, it's the its means, we made up the difference by erage company Suntory difference between what Americans borrowing. You borrow from the bank. bought the Southern own in foreign countries and what We, as a nation, borrow from countries League club this past year. foreigners own here. that save more than we do. Compared Join the throngs that visit New York We're still the world's biggest econ- with the 5 percent of income U.S. con- City's Rockefeller Center; Japanese omy, and we own a lot overseas— nearly sumers save, Germans save 12 percent, real estate company Mitsubishi now $1.5 trillion worth. That includes every- Japanese 17 percent and Italians 22 per- thing from the shares that U.S. investors cent. owns 5 1 percent of Rockefeller Center. Not since the earliest days of our own in foreign companies to the over- country have foreign investors owned seas plants of U.S. corporations. WOULDN'T be so bad if we only factories and so much of the United States— stocks But now, foreigners own more than ITborrowed to pay for new and bonds of our companies, office $2 trillion in U.S. assets. Because facilities for our economy. We'd still debtors, but that debt buildings and factories, even the U.S. foreigners like our investment markets, be international that Treasury securities that finance our they own $500 billion of U.S. stocks would create growth and jobs us in future. But national debt. So much foreign money and bonds. Our government counts on would benefit the Meyer, vice president and has poured in so fast, that in just six foreigners to help finance the national Stephen years we've gone from being lender debt, thus, foreign investors own $400 economist at the Federal Reserve Bank in of Philadelphia, estimates nearly half to the world, to the world's biggest billion Treasury securities. The in debtor. dollar has been so cheap lately that of all we borrowed from abroad went not for long-term Our debt to other countries was $650 foreigners can buy U.S. companies at the 1980s investment but for day-to-day con- billion at the start of 1990 — an increase bargain prices. Foreigners now own sumption. of $1 15 billion in a year, and far more $400 billion of U.S. businesses- including the "Birmingham Barons." That means we're borrowing from Gordon Williams, a business correspon- So that $650 billion is the difference the thrifty in other countries to pay for dentfor ABC News, writes frequently on between what we own there and what our cars and our televisions and to keep the economy, they own here. It's debt because those our government running from day-to-

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE MERICA has mortgages gained 0.75 percent in were special to Japan, but it still caused borrowed heavily on barely a month. That happened our rates to go up." when our housing market was in a Kellner doubts the Japanese tried world markets but failed slump and needed lower mort- deliberately to weaken our economy by to use the foreign gage rates to recover. Instead, Please turn to page 70 financing a home suddenly capital to expand its became more costly. productive capacity. Foreign investors don't lend money to us because they con- sider us deserving people. They lend to us because we pay higher day— all of which we should be paying interest rates than other countries. for from our own pockets. Meyer When rates in other countries go up, our

rightly calls it, "Taking on long-term rates must go up, too. Otherwise, debt to finance short-term pleasures." foreign investors might take their But we'd have another kind of money home and leave our economy in trouble if we hadn't taken on that debt: the soup. Because foreign money We'd have gone through the '80s per- covers about one-third of the federal petually short of money. "The outcome budget deficit each year, the U.S. would have been higher interest rates, Treasury would be among the first to feel lower investment and slower economic pain if foreign money went back home. growth," said Meyer. "Around the third week in December Because we are so deeply in debt, the 1989, interest rates started to climb in

next question is what does it mean to Japan," explained Irwin Kellner, chief our economy today and in the future? economist at New York's Manufac- We got a dramatic taste last winter of turers Hanover Trust. "Those conditions

what it means to live in a debtor nation. For no apparent reason, borrowing LIVE TODAY— We have acquired a long- rates in the United States suddenly term debt to finance short-term plea- began skyrocketing. The rate on home sures like cars and TVs.

JANUARY 1991 47 Veterans update

0ESERVISTS and National of Reservists or their spouses; and len- Guard forces called to ders must seek a court order to fore- active duty have enough to close a loan. A judge's primary concern keep them occupied with- in such cases will be to answer the ques- out worrying if their fami- tion: Has entering active military serv- lies will be taken care of. ice affected this service member's abil- Generally, questions ity to maintain his or her loan obliga- concerning benefits and tion? Because of the Mideast situation, entitlements should be lenders should familiarize themselves referred to military bases nearest the with Power of Attorney as it relates to families. In the absence of a nearby loans, and income reduction and occu- military base, Reservists, National pancy requirements in connection with Guardsmen, active-duty personnel and pending home loans for active duty or their spouses can contact the Family Reservists deployed in the Persian Gulf. Support Network of The American • Life insurance — Servicemen's Legion by calling 1-800-786-0901 for Group Life Insurance is provided for referral assistance or direct help. all active-duty personnel, with a Although the number of regulations maximum of $50,000 coverage. concerning benefits are too lengthy to Optional Service Disabled Veterans' cover in the space provided here, some Insurance, up to $10,000, is available of the most common concerns include: for veterans suffering service-con- • Employer health insurance cover- HOMECOMING— Reservists, such as nected disabilities. age—Many employers maintain cover- this Air Force officer, are eligible for According to the Soldiers' and age in group health plans for the dura- certain services if activated. Sailors' Relief Act, any service member tion of the employee's active-duty serv- can defer life insurance premium pay- ice. Employers who don't must provide ments if the policy was in force a the Reservists or the Reservists' spouses active duty by the President are eligible minimum of 1 80 days before the call to with a copy of their rights under the for VA loan guaranty, the same as any active duty. Permission must be Consolidated Omnibus Budget Recon- wartime veteran. Active-duty person- requested by submitting VA Form 29- ciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). Under nel can apply for VA loan guaranty ben- 380, Application for Protection of federal law, Reservists and their efits after 1 8 1 days of continuous active Commercial Life Insurance Policy, families can continue being covered duty. which must be mailed to the Chief under their company's group health VA regulations allow considerable Actuary (290D), VA Regional Office plans at their own expense. A company leeway for modifying loan terms to and Insurance Center, Box 8079, cannot cancel a group health insurance avoid foreclosure when a service Philadelphia, PA 19101. Veterans have policy by arguing their employee is member's ability to make loan pay- two years to repay deferred premiums; covered by military health plans. ments is altered by a call to active duty. if they fail to make payments, the • The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Those recently activated, or a family unpaid premiums are treated like a Relief Act of 1940-This federal law member, should discuss their rights loan. Some commercial policies con- frees service personnel from certain under the act with private counsel or tain clauses cancelling coverage or civil and financial obligations made military attorneys. The Soldiers' and increasing premiums because of serv- prior to entering into active service. Sailors' Relief Act urges the veteran ice in the military, so be sure to check Army pamphlet 27-166 details provi- and loan holder to work together to your policy. sions of the Soldiers' and Sailors' adjust payments to suit the service • Burial benefits—VA burial bene- Relief Act. Two of the act's major arti- members' financial situation. For fits extend to Reservists who die while cles concern loan agreements and life example, under the act interest pay- on active duty, and all members of insurance. ments on a loan can be cut to 6 percent called-up National Guard units. Those • Loan guaranty—The Persian Gulf while a Reservist remains on active eligible are entitled to burial in one of crisis changed the rules of eligibility for duty. 1 13 national cemeteries where space is loan guaranty benefits. Because of the Provisions of the act state creditors available, along with a headstone or present emergency, members of the cannot enforce their rights under a loan grave marker, and a burial flag if the Reserves or National Guard called to agreement without the written approval military does not provide one.

48 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE 1958-1991 The American Legion Life Insurance Plan—A VETERAN In Its Own Right! Ever since 1958, The American Legion Life Insurance Plan (ALLIP) has been on the Job protecting Legionnaires and their families.

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VA's affiliation with U.S. medical schools has forged an enduring bond between America's veterans and physicians.

Gehrig's disease had gradually wasted By Dr.WilliamJ. Kornrich his body. He was a philosophy professor, an OST physicians re- author and an expert on ancient Greek member one special philosophy. One of his greatest loves patient who epitomizes was his students, whom he continued to all that is unique and teach until the advance of his illness

wonderful about the made teaching impossible. As I entered doctor-patient relation- his room, the thin man turned his head ship. I met the profes- toward me. "You must be my new doc- sor while working as an tor," he said. "It's nice to meet you."

intern at a VA hospital. I noticed he was unable to move his He had advanced cancer that made it withered arms and legs. On the table difficult for him to eat, and Lou next to his bed was a tape recorder, with pieces of plastic tubing attached. He explained how this ingenious device TRAINING GROUND—More than half of was constructed for him at VA, and that U.S. physicians have received some training in VA hospitals. by manipulating the plastic tubes with his lips, he could control the tape re- corder and dictate his new book. In the reassure me: "Doc," he said, "I know coming weeks, we became friends and you're doing your best. Thank you." delighted in his small medical victories. Weeks later, this courageous veteran,

Passing by his room, I often heard his who epitomized all that is best about eloquent speech as he dictated. Late the human spirit, died.

one night, pneumonia struck him. I could see pain on his face as I tried to CARING for America's veterans has thread an intravenous line into his thin, been among the most rewarding

frail veins to give him antibiotics. I so experiences of my career as a phy-

much wanted to help him, to give him sician. I currently work as a resident in

comfort and make him well. I felt guilty internal medicine at the Northport VA because he was in pain. Remarkably, Medical Center and its affiliated Uni-

through his suffering, he reached out to versity hospital, where I had worked as a medical student and a resident. Since

Dr. William J. Kornrich is a resident physi- 1 946, VA hospitals and medical schools cian with Stony Brook (N.Y.) University have participated in an affiliation pro- I iospital. gram that has benefited generations of

',0 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Another veteran whose kidneys were failing told me with tears in his eyes

that I could never under- stand the horror of his war- time experiences— he was a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March. The war had exacted a physical and mental toll during the years, yet this veteran had built a successful business and raised a family. Al-

though I could not under- stand the pain and death he had witnessed, nor the

depth of his suffering, I realized that healing can emerge from the art of lis-

tening. At the VA, I discov- ered that when doctors come to appreciate their patients as whole human beings, true healing and compassion emerge. The physician-veteran and medical student-vet- eran interaction is the core of what makes the VA-med- ical school affiliation bene- ficial to all involved. Young doctors and medical stu- dents encounter men and women who served their country, and who, in their time of medical need, show endless patience and grat- itude for their care. Affil- iation produces doctors who are attuned to the special needs of America's veterans and have received the finest, most up-to-date veterans and young physicians; it's medical training. A recent study by Dr. truly one of America's most honorable Thomas W. Miller published in Military traditions. As of late 1989, 102 medical Medicine, states 88 percent of VA hospi- schools were affiliated with 134 of the HEN doctors tal patients agree or strongly agree that nation's 172 VA hospitals. In addition, their doctors give them the best care more than half of the physicians prac- come to oppreciote possible. The excellent training physi- ticing in the United States have received their potients os cians receive in VA hospitals, from some training in a VA hospital. emergency wards to intensive-care My experiences are perhaps typical whole humon beings, units, prepares them well for their of the many physicians who have medical careers. true heeling ond trained at medical schools and resi- I believe VA-medical school affilia- dency programs that have a VA affilia- compossion emerge tion forges an enduring bond between tion. Third- and fourth-year medical America's veterans and physicians.

:>, '", a,-. * » i, < a < v ".B students participate in "clerkships" and Doctors who train at VA hospitals learn "sub-internships" in the wards of many skills that stay with them for a lifetime of our nation's VA hospitals. ans told. A WW II veteran in a wheel- and become acutely aware of the spe- I quickly discovered how caring, chair who suffered from an incurable cial diversity that America's veterans considerate and grateful our veterans disease held me spellbound with his represent. I will always remember the are to the young doctors and medical accounts of parachuting through the stories and the irrepressible spirits of students who care for them. I listened darkened skies over Europe and waging the wonderful men and women veter- closely to the fascinating stories veter- hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. ans I have met.

JANUARY 1991 51 The NECmen also learned about the LEGION NETWORK WILL HELP newly initiated Family Support Net- work of The American Legion, which processes requests to help families of active-duty military personnel while I their loved ones are deployed in the Mideast. Calls to the nationwide, toll-

free number, (800) 786-0901 , are referred to the appropriate Legion Department, which then contacts Districts and Posts for action. F A M I L I The network's dual objectives are referrals and handling personal or household needs of families coping The NEC puts its stomp of opprovol with their spouses' absence. Legion- on Legion progrom ond 39 naires also help callers with questions o new about legal or health services by refer- resolutions ot the 1990 Foil Meeting. ring them to the proper military agency. The network was put to an initial test during the Fall Meeting when an Indi- anapolis Legionnaire heard about a problem and volunteered to mow the yard of a spouse whose husband was on active duty. The network has received an assist from Dave Thomas, founder of the Wendy's Hamburgers chain, who offered to publicize the network's toll- free number on his restaurants' billboards nationwide. In other veterans' matters, congres- sional budget-cutting practices drew the ire of Turner, who told NECmen that VA medical programs, aside from suffering chronic underbudgeting, also faced sequestration because of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings balanced- budget law. Turner chided Congress for its failure to manage the nation's business. "During the past weeks we've observed the sorriest display of partisan politics ever seen," Turner said. "We CAREFUL REVIEW-A/at/'ona/ Vice Commander James T. Anderson of Wyoming urge the Congress to put aside partisan takes a close look at plans to implement the Family Support Network. politics and get the job done." After renewed haggling, at press time Con- gress had finally reached a budget NEW strategy to protect the flag. Legion strategists have been agreement. For details of the VA budget the U.S. Flag from developing a new approach after the cuts, see page 18. desecration and a nation- Supreme Court, in a controversial During the meeting, the NEC passed wide program to assist 5-4 ruling last summer, declared the 39 resolutions, several of them opposing families of U.S. troops in federal Flag Protection Act of 1989 any attempt to sacrifice veterans' the Mideast dominated unconstitutional. health programs. The NEC urged Con- the proceedings at Because polls show a majority of gress to maintain the VA as sole pro- the National Executive Americans favor an amendment to pro- vider of health and benefit programs for Committee's Fall Meet- tect the flag, the new strategy targets veterans, rejecting suggestions veter- ing held Oct. 1 7- IX at National Head- passage of memorializing resolutions in ans' health-care services be integrated quarters in Indianapolis. at least 38 of the 50 state legislatures, with the private sector. According to "The American people want the flag the required three-fourths needed to Res. 12, the Legion opposes the prac- protected and it's up to us to see that amend the Constitution. Turner called tice of "mainstreaming," because "it they get what they want," National on all Legionnaires to renew the fight is not the function of the program of Commander Robert S. Turner told the to protect the flag. "If we've ever had medical care for veterans to rescue the NEC about renewed efforts to promote an issue that's close to us, it's this private sector medical community from a constitutional amendment to protect one," Turner said. Please mm page

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funding for veterans' programs. Putnam then enlisted the aid of the Legion's legislative liaisons, and asked Departments to persuade local legis- lators to send memorial resolutions to AMERICA'S Congress supporting the establishment of a National Archives. Delegates at the Third National Con- vention in Kansas City, Mo., in 1921 unanimously passed the first Legion resolution supporting the establishment WAREHOUSE of a National Archives building, and at subsequent National Conventions, Legionnaires passed similar resolu- tions. Because of Legion pressure, Con- gress passed the Public Building Act of 1926, which authorized $6.9 million for the construction of the National Archives. After the legislation passed, Putnam told Legion delegates to the Eighth National Convention in Philadelphia: "For nearly 20 years, the most active of our historical and patriotic societies have worked for the erection of an Ar- chive building and have been aided by far-sighted and appreciative members of Congress .... And although upon two or three occasions success seemed almost within grasp, there would inter- vene at the last moment an insurmount- able obstacle .... The accomplish- ment of this objective would be a matter

of great satisfaction as for 1 50 years this nation has been making history; pro- HISTORY'S HOME— Establishment of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., was one of the first initiatives of The American Legion. viding safe places in which to keep records of those years is a far wiser and greater sesquicentennial memorial than any other which could be thought of." What is past is prologue. records, were haphazardly stored, were Ground breaking ceremonies for the

Inscription on National Archives not catalogued and scattered in building were Sept. 9, 1 93 1 , and Presi- numerous buildings in Washington. In dent Herbert Hoover laid the first cor- HE stately National addition to rodents and mold causing nerstone Feb. 20, 1933. The building Archives in Washington, damage to several thousands of cubic was officially accepted by the govern- D.C., stores America's feet of irreplaceable records, mountains ment in October 1935. memory, from such docu- of stored documents posed a fire Through the work of Putnam and ments as the Constitution hazard. other Legionnaires, a home for the and Declaration of Inde- nation's most hallowed documents — pendence to family his- BEFORE Legion involvement, Con- the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and tories and slave trade gress considered about 60 bills seek- the Declaration of Independence — was T records. But the building ing the establishment of a storehouse secured. probably would not have been con- for the nation's records, but none passed. Commending the Legion for its role structed without the tenacity and dedi- Since the Legion's 1919 St. Louis in the creation of the National Archives, cation of the Legionnaires who helped Caucus, Legionnaires have been today's Archivist of the United States the Archives evolve from an abstract interested in preserving our govern- Don W. Wilson gave a certificate of idea to a concrete reality. ment's records. The Legion, led by first appreciation to the Legion this past The need for proper storage of gov- National Historian Eben Putnam, cam- year, citing the Legion for "historic ernment documents was recognized as paigned to build an archives at the support of the establishment of a early as 1X10 when Josiah Quincy of request of J. Franklin Jameson, known National Archives, as evidenced in the Massachusetts began collecting such as the "father of the Archives." Jameson records of the National Archives of the records. In the early 1920s, though, the sought the Legion's legislative exper- United States; their encouragement of necessity for such a building became tise during congressional budget battles active patriotism; and their work apparent. Valuable records, including about the proposed archives because of toward the promotion of history of the WWI veterans' medical and service the Legion's success in obtaining United States."

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Rt. , 1 ) 458-2185 Evancich, 210 Blairsden Ave., Carmel, IN 848- 1 07 Lombardy, ) 855-1 1 Box 44-A1 . Viola. AR 72583 (501 (317) Trenton, TN 38382 (901 91 3rd & 4th Def. Bns. (Midway/Pearl Harbor) (Sept-New 2604 735th Tank Bn. (Sept-Indianapolis) Frank Chambers, Port Richey, FL) John Barlock, Box 1737, Elfers, FL 96th FA Bn. (Korea) (Sept-Huron, SD) Arnold Anderson, 309 S. Greentree Dr., Muncie, IN 47304 (317) 284- 34680 1350 4th St. SW, Huron, SD 57350 (605)352-6313 2735 7th Cav. Regt. 1950-51 (June-Dayton, OH) Dall Miller, 101st Airborne Div. Assn. (Aug-Reno, NV) Ivan Worrell, 740th AAA Bn., D Btry. (WWII) (May-Binghamton, NY) Hill 101 E. Morris St., Sweetwater, 37874 337- 3602 Echo Ln. , Dayton, OH 45430 (513) 426-031 TN (615) John Mosher, 3713 River Rd., Endwell, NY 13763 7th Inf. Div. Assn. (June-Bloomington, MN) Bill Bentley, 4103 (607)748-7917 1721 Olive St., Mattoon, IL 61 938 (21 7) 234-7189 102nd Inf. Div. Crossing the Roer (Feb-Lancaster, PA) 744th Railroad Operating Bn. (June-Hot Springs, AR) 7th Inf. Rgt., 3rd Inf. Div., D Co. (Mar-Springfield, MO) George Hagerty Jr., 8420 Hegerman St., Philadelphia, Dominic Salviola, 817 E. 4th, Dell Rapids. SD 57022 Marion Throne, Rt. 1, Box 147A, Hume, MO 64752 PA 19136 (215) 333-61 12 (605)428-3688 (816) 643-7849 104th Inf. Rgt., 26th Inf. Div. (Apr-Lancaster, PA) Roger 766th MP Bn. Band (Mar-Houston) Lee Snow, 109

- 12th Arm'd Div. (No. Central Chapter) (Apr-Mankato, Hemond, Box 3523, Springfield, MA 01 1 01 (413) 593- Southfield Rd, #1 28, Shreveport, LA 71 1 05 (318) 861 MN) Neil Gregor, Rt. 2, Box 131 C, LeCenter, MN 56057 9764 0255 (612)357-6770 115th/196th FA Bns. (Aug-Charleston, SC) Ward 803rd Engr. Avn. Bn. (Sept-Port Allegany, PA) Chester

14th Arm'd Div. (Midwest) (Apr-LaCrosse, Wl) H.H. Horton, Rt. 1 , Box 21 0, Heath Springs, SC 29058 (803) Smith, 1 Smith PI., Port Allegany, PA 16743 (814) 642- Kiehne, 927 Milson Ct., LaCrosse, Wl 54601 (608) 273-4316 9277 785-1931 121st Inf. Rgt. Assn. (May-Macon, GA) Jim McClendon, 807th Avn Engr. Bn. (Sept-Minneapolis) Ben Craig, 21st Ord. Trng. Bn., Co. C (Camp Santa Anita/1943- 5060 Pine Ridge Dr., Macon, GA 31210 (912) 477- Bucksport, ME 0441 6 (207) 469-3771 44) (July-Harrisburg, PA) Joseph Breitenbach, 917 4206 865th Av. Bn., C Co. (June-Williamsburg, VA) Robert Hamilton St., Carlisle, PA 1 701 3 (71 7) 243-6272 124th Cav. Rgt.,TX NG, F Troop WWII (Apr) Glenn Arth, H221 2 Windjammer Village, Little River, SC 23rd Inf. Div. (WW ll/Vietnam) (June-Hyannis, MA) Wm. Hines, 513 S.E. 21st St., Mineral Wells, TX 76067 29566(803)249-7824 McLaughlin, 59 Florence Ave., Mashpee, MA 02649 (817)325-3284 865th AAA AW Bn., D Btry., HQ (WWII) (Apr-St. Louis) 24th Inf. Rgt. Assn. (July-Columbia, SC) Taylor Moore 128th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (May-Palm Beach, FL) Charles Martin, 901 W. Loire St., Peoria, IL 61600 III. Box 3428. Columbia, SC 29203 (803) 252-6264 Charles DeCoff, 919 Cochran Dr.. Lake Worth, FL (309)691-0500 26th Yankee Div. (Midwest Chapter) (May- 33461 (407) 585-4818 878th Ord. HAM Co. (Sept-San Antonio) James Adkins, Bloomington, IL) Kent Stephens, 107 Bluffview Ln., 142nd Ord. Base Auto. Maint. Bn. (WWII) (Sept) John 91 Red Cedar Ct., Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 (609) 234- Collinsville, IL 62234 (618)344-1616 Henderson, 5290 ManhassetCove, Atlanta, G A 30338 2737 29th Division (FL Dept.) (Jan-Satellite Beach, FL) (404) 394-0260 899th TD, A Co. (July-Duluth, MN) Goe Gorman, Star Rt. George Smith, 241 2 Griswold Ct., New Port Richey, FL 158th RCT, 147th FA, 760th Clearing Co. (Sept-Mesa, 2, Box 84C, Danbury, Wl 54830 (71 5) 656-41 72 34655 (813) 372-8752 AZ) Stanley Pitchford, 3720 E. Yale, Phoenix, AZ 922nd Engr. Avn. Rgt. (June-Norfolk, VA) John Marus- 30th Signal Co., 30th Div. (WWII) (May-Asheville, NC) 85008 (602) 275-2963 chak Jr., 1210 N. Van Buren St., Allentown, PA 18103 Ray Haley. 2 Haley Ln., Canton, NC 28716 (704) 648- 158th RCT, 147th F.A., 670th Clearing Co. (May- (215)435-3283 0744 Williamsburg, VA) Robert Feagans, Rt. 5, Box 324, 976th F.A. Bn. (Sept-Atlantic City, NJ) Michael Lattanzi,

31st Inf. Rgt. Assn. (June-Lawton, OK) Oliver Madison Hts., VA 24572 (804) 846-7443 273-C Berwick Ct., Ridge, NY 1 1 961 (51 6) 821-6751 Robertson, 1621 N.W. 39th, Lawton, OK 73505 (405) 166th Station Hospital (May-St. Louis) Horace Zeigler, 8063rd MASH (Feb-Amelia Island, FL) Dr. Jim Jones, #6 355-5217 1 7603 Hood Rd., Livingston, LA 70754 (504) 698-6496 Green Winged Teal, Amelia Island, FL 32034 (904) 31st/241st Engr. Bns. (July-Little Falls, NY) Gerald 188th FA Bn., Svc. Btry. (June-Wishek, ND) Milton 261-0946 Stone, 507 Lake St., Herkimer, NY 13350 (315) 866- Wiest, Box 642, Wishek, ND 58495 (701 ) 452-2673 Adak Post QM (WWII) (Oct-Orlando, FL) BobKolarich, 5447 196th LIB Americal, B Co., 1/46th (June-Marthasville, 2002 Dixon Ct., Godfrey, IL 62035 (618)466-5344 34th/1341st Combat Engrs. 1941-45 (May-Richmond, MO) Allen Wilson, Rt. 3, Box 250A, Manchester, IA CA, 36th A.I.R., 3rd Arm'd Div. (WWII) (June-Harris- VA) Delles Hamlett, 481 7 Bonnie Brae Rd., Richmond, 52057 (319) 927-4494 burg, PA) Clyde Grubb, 73 Race St., Highspire, PA VA 23234 209th AAA AW Bn., A Btry. (Sept-Iron Mountain, Ml) 17034(717)939-5977 35th Inf. Rgt., 25th Div., F Co. ((WWII)) (Sept-Nashville, Francis Sielaff, 21 16 Sherman St., Niagara. Wl 54151 Chosin Few (Army Chapter) (May-Lawton, OK) Oliver TN) C.L. Kausalik, 732 38th Ave., East Moline, IL (715) 251-3281 Robertson, 1621 N.W. 39th St., Lawton. OK 73505 61244 (309) 755-6687 226th MP Co. (WWII) (Apr-Laughlin, NV) Leslie Sim- (405)355-5217 39th Rgt., 9th Inf. Div., B Co. (June-Lake Canandaigua, mons, 1444 N. Recker Rd. #108, Mesa, AZ 85205 HQ, Bremerhaven Port of Embark. (1953-56) (Aug- NY) Joseph Gravino, 10 Center St., Macedon, NY (602)981-7265 Harrisburg, PA) Joseph Breitenbach, 917 Hamilton 14502 (315) 986-7872 279th Inf., 45th Div., M Co. (Aug-Cedar Rapids, IA) St., Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 243-6272

40th Tank Bn., 4th Inf. Div. (1951-53) (July-Gil- Joseph Nurre, Rt. 1 , Box 22, Greeley, IA 52050 (319) bertsville, KY) Edgar Parker, Rt. 1, Box 93, Sandoval, 925-2703 IL62882(618)247-3111 292nd Combat Engr. Bn. (June-Huntington, IN) Robert 42nd Rainbow Div. Vets Assn. (Mar-Tempe, AZ) Gilbert Ackerman, 608 Opal St., Huntington, IN 46750 (219) Navy Koehler, 1269 E, Manhatton Dr., Tempe, AZ 85282 356-6267 (602) 838-2816 303rd Inf., 97th Div., D Co. (Sept-San Francisco) Clem

44th Engrs. 1 949-52 (May) Bonnie Gardner, 3428 Alex- Schlosser, 1 County Rd., #3207, Waconia, MN 55387 1st Beach Bn. (May-New Orleans) Edwin Roberts, 219 well Rd., Alexandria, AL 36250 (205) 820-4438 (612) 442-5882 Hardy Ave., Nederland, TX 77627 (409) 722-551 44th QM Railhead Co. (May-San Diego) Gilbert Carlin, 309th Inf. Rgt., 78th Div., E Co. (May-Chambersburg, 4th NCB (WWII) (Apr-Nashville, TN) Herbert Higdon, 1325 SE 18th St., Ocala. FL 32671 (904) 629-1158 PA) George Osterman, 184 S. Eight St., Cham- 188 Bay Ave., Prince Frederick, MD 20678 (301) 535- 52nd Arm'd Inf. Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (WWII) (May-Hot bersburg, PA 17201 (717)267-1805 3919 Springs. AR) Vern Reaugh, 222A Island Cove Ct., 371st Engr. Bn. (Sept-Milwaukee) Dan Burkee, N95- 24th NCB (Apr-Norfolk, VA) Frank Veasey, Box 218, Hampton, VA 23669 (804) 723-4859 W19839 Azalea Rd.. Menomonee Falls, Wl 53051 Leeds, AL 35094 (205) 640- 5295 53rd Inf., 7th Div. (May-Laughlin, NV) Robert Smith, (414)255-1914 302nd NCB (July-Reno, NV) Robert Totans, 25444 Inf. Div. 253-2504 4317 Westlawn Ave , Los Angeles, CA 90066 (213) 373rd FA Bn., 100th (May-France/Germany) Madrone Dr., Willils, CA 95490 (717)

397-4368 Frank Andros, P.O. Box 55, Hyde Park, NY 1 2538 (914) Base Hospital #15 (Manus Island) (June-Milwaukee, 54th QM Base Depot (Mar-San Francisco) Joseph 229-2330 373rd FA Bn. Assn. (100th Inf. Div.) (Apr- Wl) Marion Cook Sr., Box 853, Laurens, SC 29360

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850th Aviation Engrs. (May-Traverse City, Ml) Gordon 566th AAA AW Bn. (WWII) Phil Haddaway, 1 105 Mul- Terpening, Box 343, 507 Ash St., Kingsley, Ml 49649 berry Hill Apts., Easton, MD21601 (301)822-2918 (616)263-7384 740th MP Bn. Stanley Fulkerson, 29 S. Herbert St., 906th Air Refueling Sq. (Oct-Houston) Kemp Martin, Miscellaneous Harrisburg, IL 62946 (618) 253-8467 8433 Katy Freeway, Suite 102, Houston, TX 77024 873rd Engr. Avn Bn. (WW II) Thomas Passons, 638 (713)467-5435 Cassell Ave., Barberton, OH 44203 All aerial gunners (May-Dayton, OH) Francis Surovick, 1053rd QM, 26th Serv. Grp. (Avn) (June-Chicago) 1988th QM TRK. J. Shellhammer, Box 1 68, HCR 1 , Old Bernard Hoffman, 1656 W. Jarvis, Chicago, IL 60626 Rt. 2, Albion, PA 16401 (814) 756-4622 Town, FL 32680 (904) 542- 8426 (312)761-2022 Hour Glass Assn. (Jul-Owensboro, KY) Mary Wise, 3520th Ord., M.A.M. Co. (WWII) Richard Sharp, 165 234-6534 5040th QMS, 102nd Sec (Elmendorf) (Feb-San 3001 Richmond Ave., Mattoon, IL 61 938 21 7 Sproat Ave., Freedom, PA 15042 (412) 869-4689 Antonio) Bob Lockhart, HCR Box 38, Logan, NM Korean War Veterans Assn. FL Dept. (Sept-Return to 41 31 st QM Service, C Co. Sanford Williams, 801 Locust 88426 (505) 487-2349 Korea visit) Nancy Andreu, 2691 E. Oakland Park St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 238-1 172 6910th Security Wing, Det. 2 (June-Bellevue, NE) Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306 (305) 563-1177 4287th QM Salvage Repair/343rd QM Meliss Jandreau, Chuck Mansfield, 2503 E Chandler Rd., Bellevue, NE Pearl Harbor Return (Nov-Honolulu) John Horm, Box Rt. 3. Box 91 9, St. Francis, ME 04774 (207) 398-3431 68005 (402) 291-8300 3333, Youngstown, OH 44513 (21 6) 758-731 5135th Transportation Corps (WWII/S. Wales) Harve 7260th Support Sq. (Weisbaden) (July-Aurora, KY) Jim Salpan Reunion (Oct-Saipan) Bill Eger, 14159 W. Ringheim, 7400 Roe Cir., Prairie Village, KS 66208 Center Dr., Lakewood, 80228 989-3054 Brandeberry, 1054 Ariana Blvd . Auburndale, FL CO (303) (913) 722-4533 33823 (800) 843-6756 9108th T.S.U., AGRS QMC (1948/Alaska) Harry Fogle,

Albrook AFB, Panama Canal Baseball Teams (1950- 4870 Coconut Dr. , Titusville, FL 32780 (407) 269-3229 55) (Aug-Estes Park, CO) Herb Boetto, 115 E. Echo AOC-8, Ft. Riley, KS (1948-49) Elvin Burger, 5310 Lane. Phoenix, AZ 85020 (602) 943-2884 Castle Way, San Antonio, TX 7821 Pilot Class 52-B (Oct-Boston) Jack Lee. 14 Morrison HUSAFPOA, HQ, Ft. Shatter (WWII) Elmer Miller, Box Rd., Windham, NH 03087 (603) 432-9632 LET'S GET TOGETHER 177, Tipton, MO 65081 (816) 433-5635 Pilot Primary Class 54-0 (USAF/Callf. Eastern OCS Class 33, TIS, Ft. Benning, GA (1942) Robert This column is for notices of proposed reunions. Airways) (Oct-Columbus AFB, MS) Joseph Discount Mott, 12979 Camino Ramillette, San Diego, CA92128 Notices should be submitted on official forms that can be Jr., 53 Chantam Ave., Milford. CT 06460 (203) 874- obtained sending self-addressed stamped envelope 7729 by a to Let's Get Together, The American Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices are published only one time per unit per year. No notices are Navy Marines published in November, the Convention issue.

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Disturbing The Peace Seen on a car bumper sticker: "Honk if you like peace and quiet."

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