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AUGUST, 193 + (fforQodand'country , we associate ourselves togetherjor thefollowing purposes: Qo upholdand defend the Constitution «_/ ofthe'LlnitedStates ofAmerica; to maintain law and order; tofosterandperpetuate a onehundredpercent Americanism topreserve the memories and incidents ofour association in theQreatTWar; to inculcate a sense ofindividual obligation to the com- munity,state andnation; to combat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses; to make right the master ofmight; topromote peaceandgoodwillon earth/to safeguardand transmit to posterity the principles ofjustice.Jreedom and democracy ; to conse- crate andsanc^ our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.— Preamble to tke Constitution. ofThe American Legion. Vol. No. 2 August, 1934 LegionY The American 17, MONTH L Y Published Monthly by The Legion Publishing Corporation, 4fj West izd Street, Chicago, Illinois EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES EXECUTIVE OFFICES WESTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE 521 Fifth Avenue, New York Indianapolis, Indiana 307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago Editorial and Advertising Correspondence Should be Addressed to the New York Offices, All Other Mail to Indianapolis Cover Design: "land where my fathers died' by Loren F. Wilford Twenty Years After by Alexander Gardiner 5 Uncorking Good Time by Hugh Wiley 7 Illustrations by Kenneth Fuller Camp How the German Veteran Is Faring by Dorothy Giles 10 Youth Must Choose by Rupert Hughes 12 Cartoons by John Cassel Points South by Fred C. Painton 16 For Man and for God by Alva J. Brasted 18 Drawing by Herbert Morton Stoops Navy Undress Blues by Clarence H. Philbrick 20 Cartoons by Herb Roth The Core of Preparedness by William H. Tschappat 22 All Washed Up by Wallgren 24 Bursts and Duds Conducted by Dan Sowers 25 Parks and People by Alexander Sprunt, Jr. 26 All Under One Roof by Walter Gregory 28 Cartoons by George Shanks Water, Water, Nowhere by Philip Von Blon 30 Hitting the Line on the Home Front by John J. Noll 34 The Voice of the Legion 38 Attend Your Department Convention AUGUST is the most popular Department Convention month. A score or more of L JL States will hold their annual conventions in the next four weeks. Your own De- partment may be one of them. Perhaps it is meeting in a hospitable city, at a moun- tain playground or beside cooling waters. Wherever it is, you'll be welcome. There will be lots of fun, and work too— and by being there you'll know early the im- portant things which will come up at the Miami National Convention in October The American Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion and The American Legion Auxiliary and is owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1934, by The Legion Publishing Corporation. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 26, 1931, at the PostofEce at Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1879. General Manager, James F. Barton; Editor, John T. Winterich; Managing Editor, Philip Von Blon; Art Editor, William MacLean; Associate Editors, Alexander Gardiner and John J. Noll; Advertising Manager, B. L. Dombrowski; Business Manager, Richard E. Brann. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917. authorized January 5, 1925. Price, single copy 25 cents, yearly subscription in the United States and possessions of the United States $1.50, in Canada $2, in otner countries $2.50. In reporting change of address (to Indianapolis office) be sure to include the old address as well as the new 2 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly The order of the day is to order a case of BUDWEISER for the home. With this world-famous lager beer in the refriger- ator, you become a perfect host on a moment's notice. To For those u ho make living a art fine offer your guests beer is hospitality, but to offer them BUDWEISER is a gracious compliment. Serve it at dinner, Budweiser with light luncheons, at bridge or on any occasion that KING BOTTLED brings good friends together. One generation after another has recognized BUDWEISER as the symbol of good living. N QUI AUGUST, 1934 3 R I T T EN HOUSE STRAIGHT RYEI 100 PROOT The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly — TWENTY YEARS A T^T^T? T) C2y c/Llexander l\Y 1 iLrV ffardiiner TWENTY years ago this month fate The front page headlines dis- depression period; it was vacation time caught up with ten million more played by the group above tell this war scare would end as others before or less young Europeans and began the story—it is August, 1914, it had. And here are some of the things feeding them into the gigantic and the world is aflame. And that came to pass before war flamed. hopper of a war that eventually became what were YOU doing just be- the greatest in history. The world is still fore "An Austrian Army Aw- BEEF prices were rising and a German paying for the blood and treasure that fully Arrayed Boldly By Battery aviator named Linnekogel made a were poured out in that fifty-one months Besieged Belgrade"? In the ac- new world's altitude record of 21,450 of concentrated fury, in the last twenty companying article are listed feet.

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