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THE CUniNG EDGE OF COMGAT MEDICINE Amazing new technologies mean better medical care on thefrontlines. By Steve Salerno 20

THE ARTIST FROM NO-MAN'S LAND: THE TRIOMPH OF HORACE PIPPIN

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TRUE LIES: INSIDE THE POW/MIA COVER-UP

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WHY INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS DON'T WORK

Here 's why economic sanctions are America 'sforeign-policy placebo. By Peter Schweizer 28

THE TRAIL TO PORRAND

Legionnaires head to the great Northwestfor this year's National Convention. 30

MORAL DEREGULATION

Today, what used to be normal is deviant—and what used to be deviant is normal By Charles Krauthammer 32

FREEING CAMP SANTO TOMAS

Concentration camp. Japanese-style: 4, 000 civilians were held in the By Bill Underwood 34 DEPARTMENTS

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VETVOICE 4 VETERANS UPDATE 38 PARTING SHOTS 72

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Most states The use of atomic bombs at month of active, honorable service have militias that are approved by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki may not have ("Legion Plays Key Role In New GI Department of Defense to help the looked good or civilized, but war is Bill," Veterans Update, November). National Guard in times of emer- not good or civilized. Let us also not This kind of GI Bill would ensure forget gency. Their true goal is to support that the bombs may have ended retraining opportunities for all veter- National Guard soldiers. Just because the war, but it was the heroism of mil- ans during their working years, carry radical groups use militias as a name lions of American men and women out this country's responsibility to does not mean all militias are gun- that put us in a position to win the provide all veterans with educational crazed terrorists. war. To them, we owe a very special assistance, and attract quality appli- Ron W. Sewell debt of gratitude. Let us make sure cants into the all-volunteer U.S. mili- Lexington, N.C. that America's school children are tary forces. taught the correct history of World Jerry Kessel War II, not what the revisionists wish Galesburg, III. Enola Gay them to know. While it is true that we destroyed William F. Laverty two cities in two flashes, it is also true Ike Error Millburn, N.J. that our actions saved the rest of Congratulations on another superb from annihilation, and who knows issue commemorating World War II. The article, "Rewriting Enola how many of our own men ("Rewrit- December's "The War Years—The Gay's History," corroborates that there ing Enola Gay's History," November End Is In Sight" by Norman Goldstein are forces being subsidized by our by Brian Smith). I tell our children is excellent. I would like to correct an own tax money that would defame, had it not been for the bomb, they error in the sidebar "Why Ike Was humiliate and dishonor the men in our would never have been bom. Liked." Gen. Eisenhower did not die armed forces past and present. The Legionnaires, keep plugging. Tell at his Gettysburg, Pa., home. He died Smithsonian should tell their sob-sis- the Enola Gay story like it really March 28, 1969, at the Walter Reed ter, one-sided story to those poor was—that she actually saved lives. Army Medical Center in Washington, brave men entombed in the Arizona. And the fear of that horrible monster D.C. His wife, Mamie, also died at Ralph J. Cramer Walter Reed. Huntingdon, Pa. James P. Stueve WE WANT YOUR Public Affairs Specialist It looks like the Smithsonian has Walter Reed Army Medical Center OPINIONS jumped on the politically correct band- Washington, D.C. wagon. I watched the Enola Gay The AMERICAN Legion debate on Nightline, Oct. 25, 1994, Senseless Census Magazine welcomes letters to between National Commander the editor concerning articles William Detweiler and the Smithson- Because mistakes on census that appear in the publication. Be ian representative. It became obvious records cannot be corrected by the sure to include a daytime phone to me that the Smithsonian was even- Census Bureau, they blur the real his- number for verification. Short tually going to display the Enola Gay tory of our country ("Who Is Ameri- letters are more likely to be with their interpretation of its mission. ca?" December). In the 1990 census, published, and all letters are I am sure there are a lot of veterans for example, there was confusion subject to editing for clarity and like myself who would cancel their between the categories "Indian Ameri- brevity. Volume precludes in- memberships with the Smithsonian in can" and "Asian Indian." Also, when dividual acknowledgments of protest of a display that portrayed the vast numbers of Slovaks came to these comments on editorial content. as the villain in the war shores before and after the turn of the You can leave an electronic against Japan. century from Austria-Hungary, they letter to the editor at James E. Laughlin were counted as either Austrians or (314) 474-7474 Virginia Beach, Va. Hungarians. Callers' opinions are considered Michael Fedor for publication and receive a D To those who take issue with the Hollidayshurg, Pa. symbol when used. decision to use the atom bomb to end Or you can write to: the war: Check out the details of the On Guard The American Legion magazine battle for Okinawa. On this island 60

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Cer- whiners and complainers. our American Flag for granted. In our tainly, this battle played a large role in He offers the use of sensationalism homeland, everywhere you look you the decision to drop the bomb in as good journalism. Emotionalism is can see a Flag, from farmhouses to the August. the bane of society, and I see too much White House. It becomes so common- Q Robert S. Arvans emotionalism coming from sources place, you do not think about the true Willowbrook, III. such as Goulden. I distrust folks such meaning of Old Glory. But after serv- as Goulden who discredit any voice ing in a foreign country that will not Please add my loud support in that does not cater to one opinion. We let you fly the Stars and Stripes on a depicting the factual history of the must avoid the trend toward one polit- daily basis, you realize just how pre- Enola Gay. We should not forget the ical voice, one political party. cious the Flag is. Each workday I joy that followed shortly after the J.W. Nugent looked at an empty flagpole in front of Japanese surrender. Littleton, Colo. the U.S. Force- headquarters, G. Robert Bock and I stopped and thought about what Rapid City, S.D. A Question Of Service an important symbol of democracy our Flag is. Don't let the sacrifices of our I am writing to rebut a November The Preamble to the Constitution of forefathers go up in smoke. Take a letter by Mr. Jerold S. Weiner of The American Legion includes the fol- stand against Flag burners. Blairstown, N.J. ("Anniversary Issue," lowing: "...to preserve the Thank you, American Legion, for memories Vetvoice). President Clinton did not and incidents of our associations in the your efforts in saving our Flag. serve in the military, but he is com- Dean W. Hockney Great Wars..." mander-in-chief now and has volun- Perhaps some other people should Eareckson Air Station, tarily taken on a great and grave do the same. responsibility. He was elected to his Dan Welle Has there been even one instance of office by the people, including veter- Hamilton, Mont. Flag burning in the entire country in ans. Like all of us, he has made mis- the past few years? The Flag Amend- takes but as our President, he is due ment would "protect" against exactly As a WWII veteran of the Pacific our respect and forgiveness. Abe Lin- nothing, but it would cost your valu- campaign, I was gratified to see The coln had no military record and also able rights of free speech. American Legion setting things had serious problems before he proved As I suspected when I wrote my straight about the Enola Gay. himself. [earlier] letter regarding the erroneous I named my only child Enola Gay Evelyn C. Hendrixson position of the Legion on the Flag, and she has worn the name with pride. Abilene, Texas John Turgeon you don't print letters which express Chicopee, Mass. contrary views. Stars And Stripes Albert R.Dilley While America is sharply divided Grand Rapids, Mich. Posting Competition along political, social, economic, gen- Postmaster W.S. Chasteen of der, religious and racial lines, the one Editor' s note: Yes, we do. And yes, S.C., ("Pocketing Property," Hodges, thing that unites America more than there have been recent incidents of Vetvoice, November) hit the nail on any other thing is the American Flag. Flag burning. See Legion News, page the head he observed that when There are few sights in America that 40, for more information. so-called "cheating" companies use capture the attention and affection of urgent mail to get overnight and most Americans like Old Glory waving Escape TV cheaper service. Maybe the Postal Ser- majestically high above the ground. 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HE SMITHSONIAN In- revisionist history. It is unfortunate that

stitution finally realized it took a long time for the institution to

what was really important realize that it was wrong. when it announced that it In essence, the exhibit said the would replace the Enola Americans were the aggressors and the Gay exhibit, "The Last Japanese were the victims. "The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of and the End of World War World War II," initially ignored the T II." Instead, the famous bombing of , the brutal airplane and a video of its crew's treatment of U.S. prisoners of war, the important mission will be shown at the Bataan Death March, atrocities com- National Air and Space Museum. mitted by the Japanese against civilians The original script for the exhibit, during the Pacific fighting, and the which The Washington Post called mindset of the Japanese soldier, which "anti-American," was flawed from the would not allow him to surrender. beginning. The American Legion had The American Legion and the pointed out many mistakes in the American people deserve an exhibit Smithsonian's version of World War that captures the big picture, that recog- II events, but the museum seemed nizes that the Enola Gay mission ended more interested in interpreting history World War II, saved countless GIs and rather than commemorating America's restored the peace that was shattered by

victory and the courage of its veterans. Japanese aggression. role in Nat' I. Cmdr. William M. Detweiler Our World The Enola Gay, the B-29 that War n is something that we should all

unleashed the atomic bomb on Hiroshi- had it not been for the Enola Gay." be proud of. ma and helped the United States win President Truman's decision to use "The atomic bomb stopped the

World War 11, became an object to spur the atomic bomb on the Japanese in war," said Legionnaire Arthur Morimit- debate about what we should or World War II was a proper, moral and su in an interview with the Associated shouldn't have done in pursuit of victo- just decision made for the purpose of Press. Morimitsu fought as a GI in ry. Instead of honoring the contribu- saving American lives. Rather than World War II as part of the Nisei (sec- tions of World War II veterans, the appreciate the American lives that were ond generation) Japanese-Americans script questioned our use of atomic saved, the Smithsonian's original script who were members of the U.S. Armed weapons. It ignored the fact that the argued that in the summer of 1945 Forces. Japanese had the resolve to fight to the Japan was a defeated nation, and that "I know Japanese history," said last man and would have never surren- the use of the atomic bomb was moti- Morimitsu. "Without the bomb, they dered before countless GIs were unnec- vated by racism and vengeance. would have kept fighting to the last essarily killed. Curators described the conflict as a person. The Americans would have

I. Michael Heyman, secretary of the war to defend Japan's unique culture suffered heavy casualties." Smithsonian Institution, finally admit- from Western imperialism. They also The Smithsonian Institution, by ted that the museum was in error. "We said estimates of probable casualties in rethinking this display and removing its at the Smithsonian do not want to have an invasion of the home islands were controversial script, has taken the first this controversy overshadow the recog- inflated. step in heeding its goal for World War nition that our veterans so richly Debate among historians, military II commemorations nothing should deserve," he said in a prepared state- experts and the Smithsonian raged over overshadow the contributions of veter- ment on January 30. probable casualty numbers for a World ans. It's not a victory for The American Nothing should overshadow the con- War II invasion of Japan. This pointless Legion, it's a victory for all Americans. tributions of veterans. Many Legion- exercise did not do justice to the histor- Now, it is the responsibility of this naires are alive today because we used ical significance of the Enola Gay's great archive to build an exhibit that the atomic bomb. Said Charles R. mission: to end World War II and save does justice to the World War II veter- Rhodes of Bay Ridge, Ohio, in a letter American lives. an. The American Legion stands ready to THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGA- We must remember so the world to help the Smithsonian Institution see

ZINE: "1 have several friends and rela- will not forget. It is unfortunate that the that nothing overshadows the contribu- tives who may never have been born Smithsonian got caught in the throes of tions of veterans.

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For the past two years, I Despite the end of the have had the honor of , critics of serving as a member of YES KO cuts in military spend- the Senate Armed Services Committee. ing say that America is headed toward

In each of those years, I have voted a hollow military force. I disagree. against the annual defense bill passed by How can anybody conceive of us Congress because of my belief that we becoming a hollow force when we are are not spending enough to ensure our spending $260 billion a year on national defense. defense? Before the Armed Services Committee puts together its The real problem is that we have not been able to break annual defense bill, we hold a series of hearings with the out of our Cold War mentality. nation's top military leaders. We ask about the readiness of With the collapse of the , we can now save our forces, the morale among the troops, the need for new hundreds of billions of dollars by canceling plans to buy weapons systems and the military threat to our country. more expensive defense systems designed to deter a Cold What I've heard troubles me. War. At one hearing, a leading general warned that our airlift For example, instead of spending $4 billion to $5 billion capability is broken. At another, the Secretary of the Navy on new Trident II ballistic missiles, we could admitted that he could not afford all of the ships called for continue to use the Trident I missiles we already have. in the President's defense strategy. Often we heard about a Instead of buying 120 C-17 transports at $450 million growing backlog of necessary repairs to equipment and each, we should buy modified Boeing 747s or C-5s and get facilities worth billions of dollars. And recently, we read similar capability for about one-third the cost. Instead of news reports of training exercises being canceled because paying $20 billion for 20 more B-2 , we could the Department of Defense couldn't afford them. That is spend $4 billion to fix our fleet of 96 B-lBs. The list goes inexcusable. When we send our men and women into on and on. action, possibly into harm's way, we owe them the best Yet efforts to provide such common-sense choices get equipment and best training available. only a few votes in Congress, largely because of the influ- The trends resulting from current defense cuts are not ence of the big defense manufacturers, their high-paid lob- encouraging. As this administration continues to cut defense byists, and their contributions. spending, we will be forced to cut the size of our forces, The time is past when we can continue to waste billions reduce procurement of advanced weapons—which save of dollars on needless programs simply because they happen American lives—and postpone repairs to our equipment and to employ a few people in a certain congressional district. buildings. These actions will signal the return of the "hollow The Pentagon faces a budget shortage of $40 billion to forces" we saw at the end of the Carter administration. $150 billion over the next five years. Unless we cut unnec- Worst of all, we are shortchanging the men and women essary weapons programs, that amount will have to come who volunteer to wear the uniform of the United States. out of military pay, retirement benefits, medical care, hous-

Last year, the President wanted to give our troops a 1 .6 per- ing, commissaries, training, maintenance and other cent pay raise. Congress made cuts elsewhere to give our accounts which really are critical to the readiness of our military personnel a 2.6 percent pay raise. If we do not give armed forces and the well being of our military retirees and our military personnel and their families a decent quality of veterans. life, we will lose the good people we have today. Our armed forces could only become hollow if we fail History has shown that a militarily strong America is a to invest in our people, since even the best weapons are force for peace and pros- useless if they are not sup- perity around the world. YOUR OPINIONS COUNT, TOO ported by the best people. We have cut our military It is the Haitis, the Soma- Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- too quickly and too deeply. points. You may express your views by writing The l-lonorable lias, the Iraqs that pose the That is why we must spend (name), U.S. Senate, Washiington, DC 20510, or Thie Honorable most serious threat. Our more on defense to protect (name), U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. money should be going Or, you may call the U.S. Senate at: 224-3121; and the America's national securi- (202) into the things we are House at (202)225-3121. ty interests. I I most likely to need.

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CHARGE—Troops of the 27th [nf. Bn. race across the bridge, dodging enemy fire and cutting detonation cables.

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Oberkassel intact. They crossed it, cut- Brig. Gen. William M. as a major general and was ting wires to detonating charges, but Hoge, who had a knack for being in commander of American Legion Post during the night the Germans rewired the thick of things. Hoge headed the 5 in Nashville, Term., for 10 years.) the charges and exploded the bridge. initial building of the Alcan Highway, Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges, com- Such problematic sorties aside, unloaded supplies on D-Day, and mander of the 1st U.S. Army, relayed Allied offensives continued. Operation fought with distinction at the Bulge. the news to Bradley. "Hot dog, Court- Lumberjack by the U.S. 1st and 3rd He was now moving south to hook up ney, this will bust him wide open!" armies was intended to clear the west with Patton but had hopes of snatching Bradley exclaimed. "Shove everything bank of the Rhine from Cologne to a bridge en route. you can across it." Coblenz. Operation Undertone had the "Grab that bridge!" he ordered. Just Bradley turned to Bull. "There goes U.S. 7th Inf. and Algerian 3rd Inf. then Hoge got orders to keep moving your ball game, Pink." divisions driving to the river at the south. He ignored them. "You've got a bridge, but it's in the southern end of the line. Lt. Col. Leonard Engeman's 14th wrong place," Bull replied. "It just These plans were abruptly Tank Bn. and the 27th doesn't fit the overall plan." It was disrupted at 1300 hours on Armored Inf. Bn. quickly then that the normally equable Bradley WORLD March 7 when Lt. Emmet J. secured Remagen. Captured descended to sarcasm, asking if Bull Burrows peered through his WAR Germans told them the wanted the bridge blown. field glasses at an astonishing II bridge was to go in 45 min- Bull did have a point. The east end sight. The Ludendorff railroad BATTLE utes. Tension built when, at of the crossing was overlooked by a bridge spanning the Rhine at 1435, a preliminary detona- 600-foot cliff. Troops then had to REPORTS Remagen was still standing. tion blew a hole in the negotiate six miles of forest before On paper, German Capt. approaches. At 1535, a Ger- reaching a stretch of autobahn. But Willi Bratge was defending the bridge man sergeant ignited an emergency Eisenhower was delighted when he with some 1,000 soldiers. In reality, he primer. When the smoke cleared, the got the news about Remagen that had only a handful of troops available. bridge was still up. evening. Mindful of not undercutting He also had other problems. Remagen "Let's get across. I'll see you on the proud and easily irritated Mont- townspeople had invoked an ancient the other side, and we'll all have a gomery, Ike told Bradley to exploit the law forbidding him from cutting down chicken dinner," shouted the easygo- Remagen crossing, but limited him to any tree to block approaches to the ing Maj. Murray Deevers, commander five divisions. bridge. And his superior was more of the 27th Armored Inf. Bn. No one Years later Bradley admitted he interested in defending Bonn, the hal- moved. was "a little deceitful" in cramming as lowed birthplace of composer Ludwig "Get going!" Deevers now ordered. many men and as much materiel Beethoven. Nonetheless, Bratge had Co. A, led by 2nd Lt. Karl H. Tim- across the Rhine as he could to present decided to blow the bridge at 1520, merman, took off at a run as artillery Ike with a fait accompli. Bradley's using 60 pre-wired charges. shielded their dash with smoke shells. plan all along had been a multiple "My God!" exclaimed Maj. Ben Sgt. Alexander Drabik, a 34-year-old offensive into Germany. Based on past Cothran, the operations officer for the former butcher from Holland, Ohio, experience, he had little faith that division's Combat Command B, when ran so fast his helmet fell off. Dodging Montgomery would deliver on his he saw what Burrows saw. He imme- bullets, Drabik was the first over and Please turn to page 58

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Amazing technological breakthroughs bring hospital- quality care to the frontlines.

scene describes a system battle-tested in Somalia and now in place among U.S. forces in . This innova- tion telemedicine—demonstrates how far combat medicine has come since the techniques and practices depicted in such TV shows as M*A*S*H. "It's a whole new world out there," leagues back in the United States. says Elizabeth Mauger, chief spokes- By Steve Salerno They take X-rays of the affected person for the Air Force Surgeon Gen- area and relay them via satellite to eral's Office. "And the progress is con- N AMERICAN GI at- Bethesda Naval Hospital. Seconds tinually ongoing." tached to a U.N. peace- later, two medical teams—one in Indeed, thanks to startling techno- H keeping force in the Maryland, one in faraway Southern logical breakthroughs—affecting I Baltics is wounded in a Europe begin debating several med- everything from the smallest medical I — I sudden fierce firefight. ical options. Still in doubt, the Bethes- utensils to the design and construction Uncertain of the extent of da doctors use a computer to make a of the field hospitals where those uten- internal injuries or the risk three-dimensional mock-up of the sils are used—soldiers nowadays go involved in repairing the wound, which they modem to skilled into battle with markedly greater odds suspected damage, medics specialists. Based on what they see, the of survival and post-military quality of on-site decide to consult with their col- U.S. -based team renders its verdict: life. Prompt surgery is indicated. Sleve Salerno is Editor of THE Though it may sound like some- HELPFUL HARDWARE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE. thing out of Star Trek, the foregoing Just as computer automation has

20 THE AMERICAN LEGION revolutionized most other aspects of The images are transmitted back to

American society, it is transforming fixed medical stations tucked safely to the practice of combat medicine. When the rear, or even continents away. This Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf was allows front-line medics the luxury of asked how his Allied forces managed obtaining second opin- to crush the much-ballyhooed Iraqi ions before beginning or PREVENTING— defenses, he gave a one-word reply: ending medical treat- Navy Cmdr. Dr. "Computers." Though Schwarzkopf ment. Kevin Hanson, was speaking more of missiles than "Field medical per- chief epidemiolo- medicine, the point applies here as sonnel are no longer gist for the Army well. And nowhere is the role of com- alone out there on a and Marine Corps puter technology more noticeable than limb," says Pentagon created a system in telemedicine. medical specialist Air to monitor troops' Force Col. Doug Hart. diseases. CONSIDER the Army's imaginative "From a consulting Remote Clinical Communication standpoint, they have access to just System (RCCS), which links three about everything modem medicine has pieces of modern electronic wiz- to offer." ardry—the video camera, the commu- The tele-med network relies on nications satellite (COMSAT) and the "visualization software" that creates desk-top computer. RCCS-equipped computer graphics which were unheard battlefield personnel can videotape of as little as five years ago. Users wounds and other medical emergencies back at the command center can easily just as newscasters with minicams can distinguish the whirls in a fingerprint provide live coverage of stories. or abnormalities in a group of white

MARCH 1995 blood cells, says Army doctor Lt. Col. utes, cutting troops off from supply Edward R. Gomez of Walter Reed lines. In past wars, countless soldiers Army Hospital, a chief cog in the died because equipment couldn't be RCCS program. brought to the front in time. By The hardware and software making medical equipment as work together to provide compact as possible, planners unprecedented benefits for vastly increase the number and combat troops. Gomez de- variety of items that can travel scribes an incident in which a with the troops. Fewer injured soldier who had a bullet soldiers will have to await sup- removed from his back began ply trucks or special requisi- having seizures following tions. surgery. "We thought they Some examples of today's might be a symptom of irre- "smaller-is-better" goal: versible nerve damage," the • The Army and Marines doctor recalls. "But 3-D imag- have deployed lightweight ing revealed a small fragment mini-defibrillators. Used to lodged near the spine that was "jump start" a stalled heart, causing irritation to adjacent these electro-shock paddles are nerves." Without the advan- about the size of standard tele- tage of such technology, says phone handsets. They are total- Gomez, the soldier, who has ly self-contained, thereby elimi- since fully recovered, risked nating the copying-machine- continued unnecessary pain sized equipment that powers and permanent nerve damage. hospital defibrillators. The system may be just as • Notepad and briefcase valuable for its ability to show when POTEHT PORTABLES computers are being introduced to aid surgery isn't required, according to Lt. medical decision-making. Says Camp Mark McDonald of the Navy's Bureau By making medical Pendleton-based Navy Cmdr. Dr. of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), Kevin Hanson, chief epidemiologist which monitors and administers health equipment as compact for the Army and Marine Corps, "A care for the Navy and Marine Corps. lot of infectious diseases look alike to McDonald tells of a Marine in Zagreb, as possible, the the clinician. Somebody has a fever, Croatia whose chest X-ray revealed "a but don't necessarily know what number and variety you dull spot" on a lung. "Using telemedi- caused it. So there has been a lot of cine, they compared the new X-ray side of items that can 'high tech' applied to the diagnostics by side on the [computer] screen with in the field," Hanson says of the many an old X-ray from his medical files travel with troops are software programs that now help sort back in the States. And they determined out and differentiate between symp- that the dull spot was an existing condi- vastly increased. toms and illnesses. tion." The comparison saved the He says the labs in forward areas of Marine from exploratory surgery that Somalia boasted diagnostic facilities would have been risky and pointless. that "probably even exceed what Once telemedicine is universally Meanwhile, family members at you'd find back at Walter Reed." deployed, fatalities and crippling home can rest more easily knowing • The Navy has invented an auto- injuries may be cut by as much as 20 that front-line action in some remote mated lap-top translator enabling a percent, according to some Pentagon nation does not mean being separated doctor to interview a patient who estimates. "The key is the ability to do from top-notch medical expertise. speaks a different language. Says these things in real time," stresses "When you have sons or daughters in McDonald, "You pick a phrase that McDonald. Adds Walter Reed's service," says the Pentagon's Hart, you want to say in one of the lan- Gomez, "A major problem in battle "you're never completely at peace. guages you have in the program."

has always been keeping someone But it certainly helps to think that The system represents a quantum alive until you reached the nearest these kinds of resources are available leap in tackling one of the most vexing medical facility. With [telemedicine] in case the worst happens." problems posed by doing battle in far- this is far less of a problem today, and away lands. It is particularly useful becoming less so ail the time." POTENT PORTABLES given today's humanitarian missions As these advances are publicized, Portability is a second battlefield and joint exercises with troops from soldiers increasingly will enter battle watchword, again following a trend in other nations. with healthier mental outlooks, says civilian life. The more cumbersome a the Navy's McDonald. An injured sol- piece of gear, the greater the logistics FUTURISTIC FACILITIES dier wants to believe—as the decision problems in getting it to the front The glamour project among today's is made to take his limb—that every lines. Plus, there's the unpredictability medical facilities is CHATH—the odd- possible medical consideration was of the combat environment: A battle- sounding acronym that stands for factored in. field situation can deteriorate in min- Please turn to page 67

22 THE AMERICAN LEGION "

Artist From No-Man's Land

J

By Stephen May

How one disabled WWI veteran and Legionnaire overcame disabiiiiy and prejudice to become a nationwide art sensation.

HERE WERE no chroni- clers, no painters, no writers reaching greatness because of World War I," Marine veteran Laurence Stallings once wrote. But Stallings, the co-author of the celebra- ted play. What Price Gloiy?, overlooked Legionnaire Pippin the foremost self-trained Horace Pippin. American artist of the 20th century. VISIONS OF WAR— Pippin taught paint Pippin, an African-Amer- It was in the trenches of in himself to as therapy for his ican, overcame obstacles of 1918 that Pippin found his first sub- physical and mental wounds from

' race and handicap to be- jects and, ironically, suffered the grie- World War I. Left, Bursting Shells" come an overnight sensation vous wounds that launched his brief and above, ^'Self-portrait.

in the American art world in but illustrious artistic career. "When I the 1940s. Many consider was a boy I loved to make pictures,"

MARCH 1995 23 LEGIONNAIRE— Pippin, a member of

Post 362 in West Chester, Pa., painted veterans he met at Legion activities: "Portrait of Paul Dague" above; and "Major General Smedley D. Butler, U.S.M.C., Retired" above

right.

WARSCAPE— Pippin said the tragedy

of World War I motivated him to paint "Shell Holes and Observations

Balloon," right.

he wrote in his memoirs, but it was

World War I that "brought out all the art in me. I can never forget the suffer- ing and I will never forget the sunsets.

So I came home with all of it in my mind and I paint from it today." Dropping out of school at age 14 to help support his family, Pippin knocked around in a series of menial previously white regiments, the Amer- delight of the men—were filled with jobs. In 1917, at age 29, he enlisted in ican high command placed Pippin's French wine." the 15th Rgt. of the New York Nation- 369th under the control of the French The 369th was in the thick of the al Guard. At the end of 1917, his all- army. bloody Champagne-Mame and Aisne- black unit and its white officers were One of the white officers assigned Mame battles in the summer of 1918, sent to France where they became part to Pippin's Co. K was Capt. Hamilton and the costly Meuse-Argonne offen- of the 369th Inf. Rgt., 93rd Div. Fish — later an American Legion sive that fall. Serving 191 days on the Reluctant to integrate American founder and long-time congressman frontlines —longer than any other units by assigning black soldiers to from New York. Fish recalled later American regiment—they never lost that when his troops turned in their an inch of ground or had a man cap- Stephen May, an Army veteran and American equipment, they were issued tured by the enemy. In tribute, the freelance writer, covers American art French rifles, helmets and "canteens French government awarded the Croix and culture from Washington, DC. that had no water but—much to the de Guerre to the "Harlem Hell Fight-

THE AMERICAN LEGION stretcher exposed to the elements for some time before being evacuated to a hospital. Honorably discharged with a small disability pension. Pippin returned to civilian life in West Chester. Because the Bible taught that all men were brothers, his wartime experience of suffering and killing depressed and confused him. Worse still, his right arm was virtu- ally paralyzed. The limb would become a haunting, lifelong reminder of the horrors of trench warfare. For years. Pippin scraped by on his pension, income from odd jobs and his wife's earnings from taking in wash- ing. A dignified, friendly but reticent man, he organized a Boy Scout troop, umpired neighborhood ball games and was involved in the Elks Club and church activities. For several years he served as Commander of Nathan Holmes Post 362, the local Legion Post where he helped set up a drum and bugle corps. As a wounded veter- an, he participated in patriotic activi- ties and proudly wore his Purple Heart

after it was belatedly awarded to him in 1945. To combat frequent "blue spells" and rehabilitate his injured limb, Pip- pin decided he would try to express himself through some form of art work. At the outset he took a burning poker to wood, then he tried charcoal drawings, always supporting his weak- ened right arm at the wrist with his Please turn to page 66

Pippin On Exhibit constant gunfire and deadly poison TRAVELING exhibi- OVERCOMING IGNORANCE—In the gas the troops suffered as they hud- THE tion, "I Tell My Heart: The 1943 painting "Mr. Prejudice," Pippin dled in what he dubbed "them lonely, Art of Horace Pippin," compris- warned against allowing racial cooty, muddy trenches." ing 80 of his works, includes intolerance to divide America on its Assigned to patrols into "no-man's most of his war-related paint- land," Pippin participated in the bru- way to victory in World War 11. ings. It was organized by cura- tal, molelike combat of the Western tor Judith E. Stein of the Penn- Front, where an advance of a few sylvania Academy of the Fine ers," as they came to be known. dozen yards was a major victory in Arts. Sponsored by Philip Mor- In one of the few autobiographical itself. ris Companies Inc., the show accounts by an African-American sol- Of his fateful, final mission. Pippin can be seen at the Metropolitan dier to come out of World War I, Pip- wrote, "I seen a ... [and] I Museum of Art in New York pin recounted his nightmarish wartime got him." But when he went after City from Feb. 1 though April memories in inexpensive copy books, another machine gunner, "he let me 30, 1995. Pippin is the first illustrated with pencil and crayon have it." Bullets shattered Pippin's African-American artist to have drawings of marching troops, gas- right shoulder and arm. and the right- a one-man exhibition at the masked soldiers, exploding shells and handed soldier tumbled into a deep Metropolitan Museum, suggest- aerial dogfights. In spite of mis- shell hole. Pinned down by sniper fire, ing the high esteem in which his spellings and awkward grammar, Pip- he lost much blood and was unable to work is held in the art world. pin's combat memoirs vividly convey move. After hours in the cold and the bone-chilling cold, ceaseless rain. rain, he was rescued, only to lay in a

MARCH 1995 25 —

INTERVIEW BILL BELL

Inside The POW/MU Cover-iqi

A POW/MIA expert divulges what the government never wonted you to know about the thousands

of GIs left In enemy hands after World War II , Vietnam and the Cold War

MERICANS were held by after after World War II, Korea and the Cold War, too. And the the war ended and our government failed to families of our POW/MIAs have suffered. respond aggressively to show a firm commit- ment to bring them home," says POW/MIA Q. Why have you formed a group to help these fami- expert Bill Bell. lies? That's not what the Senate Select Commit- A There are 78,000 Americans listed as MIA from tee on POW/MIA Affairs wanted to hear, he World War II, more than 8,000 from Korea and over claims. In fact, certain members of the commit- 2,000 from Vietnam.

tee made it clear they didn't want any testimo- The families of these men no longer trust the U.S. gov-

ny from him that would spark controversy or drag out the ernment because it hasn't admitted its mistakes. hearings. When the ended, our nation could have Disgusted with the committee's "lack of sincerity," Bell fought or negotiated for an honorable conclusion that formed the National Veterans Research Center in Fort included the fullest possible accounting of our POW/MIAs. Smith, Ark., to assist families of POW/MIAs—and to ask Instead, we left men behind. the questions whose answers the Senate POW/MIA panel The National Veterans Research Center was formed to was too afraid to hear. give the families of our POW/MIAs a place to go for inde- Bell is former head of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA pendent research about their missing loved ones. We have Affairs in Hanoi, former chief of operations of the Joint about 15 people who work on this issue—all volunteers Casualty Resolution Center in , and has worked for and we will not accept money from families. We're doing the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency on the this because we want to see the status of our fellow veter- POW/MIA issue. ans resolved honorably. For 26 years, he has investigated the cases of U.S. ser- vicemen listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. In Q. Who or what is responsible for our nation's failure this interview with THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE, on this issue? he explains why America failed to bring home some of its A In the case of Vietnam, all the POW/MIAs are in POW/MIAs, and how such a tragedy can be prevented in Southeast Asia, but most of the people looking for the future. them are in Hawaii or Washington, D.C. So you have 10,000 miles between the people missing and those looking American Legion Magazine: How has the gov- for them. ernment failed to keep faith with our POW/MIAs? From an intelligence standpoint, the real problem over the years has been that each agency has its own reporting Bill Bell: Americans were held by Vietnam after the channel. You have agencies in Southeast Asia under the war ended and our government failed to respond aggres- control of U.S. embassies that don't report through military sively to show a firm commitment to bring them home until channels. They report through State Department channels.

it was too late and the trail was cold. We made mistakes Important information gets lost in the translation.

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION ' " " "

Also, the United States didn't learn from the French the HIGHLIGHT perils of getting into Vietnam or from the French mistakes in getting out of Vietnam. It's really startling how the information the French provided us about POW/MIAs has been very precise in terms of what has happened with our BiMBMO,^... dealings with the Vietnamese. The French paid the Vietnamese some $10 million per Our mistakes: "All the POW/MIAs are In year from 1954-1986, a total of about $320 million. With Southeast Asia but most of the people our various humanitarian deals, we're nowhere near looking for them are in Hawaii or approaching that figure but we probably will be before we Washington, D.C. have 10,000 get any real cooperation out of the Vietnamese. So you The French got 24,000 remains back in a four-month miles between the people missing and period in 1986 after having dealt with the Vietnamese all those looking for them. those years. The French, of course, knew the Vietnamese had those remains stored away, but they did not want it to More mistakes: "Ihe United States didn't become a political issue in their country. So their veterans learn from the French the perils of administration decided to pay the money. getting Into Vietnam or from the French The United States, instead, made believe the Viet- mistakes In getting out of Vietnam. namese were cooperating fully in order to keep the POW/MIA issue from entering domestic politics. It didn't The cover-up: "/ think there were some always work. people In our government who knew Buying remains caused me considerable consternation that prisoners were being held and during the time I was head of the U.S. POW/MIA Office in Hanoi because I was supposed to get in front of the media exploited, but that Information was and say the Vietnamese were bending over backwards and never made available to the public. their cooperation was very strong. But it simply wasn't true. POW/MIA families: The families no longer

Q. Why has the Vietnam War dominated the head- trust the U.S. government because It lines on the POW/MIA issue? What about World War hasn't admitted Its mistakes. Please turn to page 62

MARCH 1995 27 { Sanctions are an ^ overrated tool - politicians use to ERNATIOniAL i make them look

% decisive while

% they avoid making

% tough decisions about foreign I % policy.

By Peter Schweizer

N RECENT times, econom- ic sanctions have been as much a part of our interna- tional-affairs arsenal as any high-tech weapon or troop deployment. Over the past 20 years, the United States has employed such sanc- tions against , Viet- nam, the Soviet Union, , Libya, Syria, Iraq, Serbia, , and Poland—to name just a few. They have been used to protest acts of aggression against third-world coun- tries, punish states engaged in terror- ism, and express American concern over human rights. Halting the devel- opment of nuclear weapons by third- world tyrants is the latest aim of these sanctions. Because they are used with such frequency, you might expect sanctions to have a long and successful track record. On the contrary, they have been a dismal failure, proving to be, as former National Security Adviser William Clark once said, "perhaps the most overrated tool in foreign policy." This has not prevented economic adopted against China. Sun Tzu believed that surrounding sanctions from being one of the most The reason they are used so regu- your enemies and squeezing them to

popular foreign policy tools of the larly is simple: the brink of starvation was a tactic Clinton administration. They are in They are a convenient veil for inac- employed by the "wisest" of leaders. progress against Haiti, Bosnia and tion. During the American Civil War, the , and they were almost If the administration were truly Union was able to use its naval superi- serious about sanctions, they would ority to blockade Confederate ports Peter Schweizer is a foreign-affairs not be suggested as an alternative to with surprising effectiveness. In the writer and president of the James military force. In order to work, sanc- 1920s, many members of the ill-fated Madison Institute in Tallahassee, Fla. tions require an effective military that League of Nations hoped that sanc- His most recent hook is Victory: The can ensure compliance. tions would replace armed warfare as Reagan Administration's Secret Strat- The idea of using economic sanc- the best means of stopping aggression.

egy That Hastened The Collapse Of tions and blockades is as old as actual In fact, economic sanctions were The Soviet Union. warfare. The ancient Chinese strategist quite effective at promoting American

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION SANCTIONS D0N7 WORK

WHY SANCTIONS ARE IMPOSED NORTH KOREA • To arrest the development of nuclear weapons.

SERBIA • To protest acts of aggression against Bosnia.

HAITI • To protest human rights violations. t WHY SANCTIONS FAIL r. NORTH KOREA

• Only w/orks if China agrees to participate.

SERBIA • undermines U.S. policy by continuing

to supply oil and other goods for the Serbian war effort.

AITI ruling regime

lie to transfer ds out of U.S.

-ol; the can Republic

to police its rder with HAITI ^ * -.z

foreign policy interests in the early threat of economic sanctions forced Why the dramatic change? part of the 20th Century—a pattern the Netherlands to recognize Indone- One major reason is the evolving that actually lasted right on through sian independence. In 1956, the Unit- nature of the world economy over the the post-World War II years and into ed States used sanctions to pressure past 40 years. In the period immedi- the early 1970s. Economists Gary France and Britain to withdraw their ately following World War II, the Hufbauer, Kimberly Elliott and Jeffrey troops from . mammoth U.S. economy accounted Schott conducted an extensive study By the mid-70s, however, the for almost half of world production in of sanctions for the Institute for Inter- effectiveness of economic sanctions some key categories, giving America national Economics. Entitled "Eco- had waned. When Hufbauer, Elliott enormous economic influence. This nomic Sanctions Reconsidered," the and Schott studied the period from changed as Europe and Japan recov- 1990 study revealed that sanctions 1973 to 1990, they concluded that ered from the devastation of World worked effectively in 18 of 35 cases sanctions failed to contribute to U.S. War II and many developing countries during the 1947-1973 period. foreign policy objectives in 38 of 46 rapidly industrialized. The relative In 1949-1950, for example, the cases. Please turn to page 64

MARCH 1995 29 I CoDveation 'OS

ORTLAND is a city of the dramatic and unconven- tional—with a mountain in its backyard, a volcano within city limits and the REEL 24-hour Church of Elvis, THING—Fly where four quarters will fishing at buy you a wedding cere- Trillium Lal

Portland is a place that uniquely Square, right,

lends itself to the reflective mood is the heart of sought by convention planners. You Portland. Local walk read the city's side- can and on residents walks, which are inscribed with revere the famous quotes. You can take a stroll square as the through 5,000-acre Forest Park, the city's open-air nation's largest city park. Or for con- living room. trast, you can stroll over the nation's smallest dedicated park. Mill Ends Park, which is just a 24-inch square. All told, Portland has 37,000 acres of

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION —

parks in the metro area and is the only U.S. city to have an extinct volcano,

Mount Tabor, within its confines. Or you can just sit and sip at its bevy of coffee shops and refreshment spots. Portland has more micro-brew- eries—they brew their beer on site than any other U.S. city, and more restaurants and theaters per capita. Shoppers will be glad to know that Oregon has no sales tax. Convention- goers can easily get to the downtown Galleria with its 50 shops, and the 70- CENTERED— shop Pioneer Place shopping complex- es. There's also the Portland Saturday Glass and Market, a downtown open-air bazaar steel spires, offering 280 booths of handicraft above right, goods, food and entertainment. tower over tlie For intellectual pursuits, the coun- Oregon try's largest bookstore—Powell's Convention Books—has 500,000 volumes on its Center, the site shelves. And at the century-old Port- of the Legion's land Art Museum, the walls are hung 77th National with paintings by Picasso, Renoir and Convention. Monet, as well as the works of Native American and Asian artists. WATER For those seeking a little more WAY— action, you can start your day skiing RiverPlace, on Mount Hood 65 miles away and

left, on top it off with a whirl through Port- Willamette land's night life. to feel it's like River in Do you want what Portland's to be in an earthquake? Visit the downtown, world's most advanced OMNIMAX theater at the Oregon Museum of Sci- features a ence and Industry, the nation's fifth marina, park, largest. Or climb aboard the USS Blue- and a fantastic hack, a submarine used in the filming fountain with of The Hunt for Red October. 100 jets. The Oregon Maritime Center & Museum features a historic steamboat Please turn to page 60 O Jl Y ^ S

1960s caused an explo- sion of deviancy in almost all areas of pub- lic and private life. And

we have dealt with it in the only way possible: by making "normal" what a more civilized d and healthy society would long ago have labeled—and long ago did label—deviant. 5 Traditional notions the problem has grown, it has been Moynihan was right. But that is recast as just another lifestyle choice. only half the story. There is a comple- I of beliavior liave (Dan Quayle may have been right, but mentary social phenomenon that been turned goes I Murphy Brown won the ratings war.) with defining deviancy down. In the I upside down We have also become accustomed to vast project of social leveling now levels of crime that were considered being undertaken with such zeal by so thiat deviancy i intolerable 30 years ago. Homicide social workers, intellectuals and the

is these days is as ineradica- it I now viewed an mass media, is not enough for the normai...and ble part of the social landscape, much deviant to be normalized. I like car accidents. The normal must also be found to % normaioyis be deviant. By so doing, the image- shapers noted above can strip the life I deviant. of the bourgeois West of its respect- ability and moral sheen. Therefore, while the bar defining normality has been lowered for the criminals and the crazies, the bar By Charles Krauthammer defining normality has been raised for the ordinary citizen. A MEMORABLE 1993 Large areas of behavior hitherto essay for The American considered benign have had their Scholar entitled "Defining threshold redefined radically up. The ' Deviancy Down," Sen. 1 result is that once-innocent behavior DNDaniel Patrick Moynihan now stands condemned. offered a compelling view Take, for example, family life. In of the epidemic of crimi- this bold new way of looking at

nality, family breakdown things, it turns out that the traditional and mental illness that has middle-class family is not the bedrock come to characterize latter-day Ameri- of social and psychic stability

can society. DATING— once claimed. Instead, it is a Deviancy has reached such incom- Offering a cauldron of pathology, a teem- drink or being prehensible proportions, argued ing source of depression and verbally Moynihan, that we have had to adopt a dysfunction. And at the heart of insistent these singular form of denial: We deal with days is often the family lies the 1990s ver- the epidemic simply by defining away Or consider mental ill- called rape. sion of original sin: child abuse. most of the disease. ness. In 1955, New York Child abuse is both a crime For example, single parenthood has state asylums had 93,000 patients. and a tragedy—but is it nine times

more than tripled since 1960. Yet, as Last year they had 1 1 ,000. In one gen- more prevalent today than 30 years

eration, a flood of pathetically ill peo- ago? That is what the statistics say. In Charles Krauthammer, a syndicat- ple has washed onto the streets of 1963, 150,000 reported cases. In 1992, ed columnist for the Washington Post America's cities, also becoming 2.9 million. Writers Group, writes a monthly essay accepted as part of the natural land- Given the great strides in child- for Time and is a regular panelist on scape. We have managed to redefine welfare reform since the 19th centu- the syndicated political talk show, them as people who simply lack ry—when child labor and child slav- Inside Washington. In 1987, he won affordable housing. ery were common— it is hard to the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished Moynihan's powerful point was believe that treatment of children has commentary. that the "moral deregulation" of the Please turn to page 55

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION MARCH 1995 33 The dramatic liberation of this Philippine internment camp was one of the most triumphant moments

of World War II.

warplane swooped low over downtown set off on a 70-mile mad dash deep By Bill Underwood Manila and dropped a goggles case into enemy territory. The mission of into the Santo Tomas Internment the "flying column" was to liberate VEN among World War Camp. "Roll out the barrel," read the Santo Tomas before the long-suffering II's best-known examples coy note inside. "There's going to be a internees were killed by the cornered of military heroism and hot time in the old town tonight!" Japanese, who were becoming increas- human triumph, Santo Among the most eager recipients of ingly fanatical. Tomas stands out. The dra- the message was 18-year-old Dennis Now Greene looked on as the lead matic rescue of nearly Greene. Along with his father and tank of the 44th Tank Bn., "Battlin' 4,000 American and Allied younger sister, Greene had been an Basic," crashed through the ornate civilians imprisoned on a inmate of Santo Tomas for all of the 37 front gate. The "Georgia Peach" tank Philippine University cam- hellish months the Japanese Imperial and Annasenz and other GIs were right pus perhaps best symbolizes America's Army had occupied the Philippines. As behind. role of restoring freedom for millions word spread, young Greene quietly It was 9 p.m. And for 3,768 starving across the Asian continent. made his way to the roof of the prison non-combatants, deliverance from For the prisoners, liberation began camp's main building — where he Santo Tomas was at hand. at dusk on Feb. 3, 1945. A U.S. Marine stared in amazement as armored vehi- For the Greene family, the nightmare cles appeared in the distance. had begun on Jan. 2, 1942, a mere four Bill Underwood, a former newspa- Two days earlier, U.S. Army Staff weeks after Pearl Harbor. The Greenes per reporter, is a freelance writer Sgt. Henry Annasenz's unit, H Troop, tried to flee the supposedly "open city" based in Carmichael, Calif. 5th Gov. Rgt. of the 1st Cav. Div. had of Manila in their new Dodge.

34 THE AMERICAN LEGION CIVILIANS— The Japanese held 4,000 U.S. and

Allied civilian prisoners on the grounds of the University of Santo

Tomas in Manila. Far

left, jubilant internees cheer as a

U.S. Flag is unfurled. Center, GIs protect internees from retreating Japanese troops. Near

left, prisoners were barely given enough food to

Abiko, who instructed inmates in the newly mandatory art of bowing to their captors. Abiko 's forced labor projects were expanded, though one involving a camp moat was thankfully dropped. Disease ran rampant due to the meager diet and dismal sanitation. The Greenes supplemented their lugaw with red ants—or stray cats, the latter through an arrangement with an interned physician. "I would catch the cat, the doctor

"We drove right into the Japanese eyes if you want privacy" became a would skin it and my father would Army," recalls Greene, just 15 at the running joke. cook it," says Greene. Because time. "They were marching in as we Malnutrition was always the chief Greene's sister refused to dine on were trying to get out." The trio was hardship. The staple of the overtaxed feline, he and his father donated their detained, but managed to return home camp food line was a soupy rice food line rations to her. in the commotion. known as lugaw. The ladles used in the Hope arrived in September 1944 For their second escape attempt, the food line grew ever smaller, remem- with U.S. air raids on Manila. News of Greenes disguised themselves as Fil- bers Greene, who always kept a spoon the key American landing on Leyte ipino laborers and piled into an old car. tucked in his belt in case any morsel Island in October prompted the quip, When the ruse came undone at a was overlooked. "Better Leyte than never." The agitated Japanese road block, the family was Japanese troops dug bomb shelters. taken directly to the University of CONDITIONS deteriorated further They staged bayonet practice by day Santo Tomas. Three-quarters of the in February 1944, when the Japan- and blacked out the camp at night. "enemy aliens" crammed into the 50- ese military took direct control of "We knew the Japanese were losing acre campus were U.S. citizens. Santo Tomas amid mounting war loss- the war," Greene says, "but we were

Conditions were miserable to start es. New off-limits areas were created. getting it worse than ever." Four mem- and steadily worsened. There were no Mug shots with serial numbers were bers of the camp's internee committee beds at the outset, and few toilets. In taken, and prisoners were forced to were secretly beheaded in January three years, says Greene, "I don't think sign pledges promising not to escape. 1945. That month alone, 32 internees I ever just walked into a bathroom" Twice-daily standing roll calls were died, double December's total. without waiting in line. "Close your often supervised by the harsh Lt. With the food line providing barely

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was burning," says Annasenz. fewer than 200 GIs and a relative But at the Santo Tomas Internment handful of tanks—and a few ad hoc Camp, cries of "The boys are back! conscriptees. Greene and a fellow The boys are back!" were accompanied teenage volunteer braved Japanese rifle by cheering, weeping and spontaneous fire during a foot raid on the camp's singing of "God Bless America." rice storehouse. Today, as a result, he However, the celebration was pre- goes by the nickname of "Banzai" at mature. All of Santo Tomas annual reunions of Santo Tomas sur-

was not yet free. vivors, is DAILY MEAL— where the incident referred to Eyewitness accounts paint as "The Charge of the Rice House." mother cooks a vivid picture of a fierce Lt. Though Santo Tomas had been corn meal mush Abiko emerging from the freed, the Battle of Manila would rage for her children. education building, where for another month, thanks to 16,000 By January 1945, more than 50 Japanese were diehard Japanese naval troops who the camp was barricaded. He lunged for- massacred thousands of Filipino civil- literally starving. ward while reaching for a ians before making their own suicide suicide in his shoul- stand. Greene went out on perimeter der pouch. An alert Army major patrols and worked as a stretcher-bear- grabbed a GI's carbine and shot Abiko er, bringing the bodies of "dozens and through the stomach without aiming. dozens" of U.S. soldiers back into the Internees kicked and spit on the hated camp. "I remember thinking what

guard, who, the story has it, was buried great-looking American boys these face down in mud. were and how we just piled them up," says Greene, who later served in the ABIKO'S dramatic demise still . didn't put an end to the ordeal for The remaining Japanese holdouts some long-suffering internees. It were escorted out of Santo Tomas at was not until after tank cannons began daybreak on Feb. 5; they had been to blast away at the three-story educa- allowed to keep their swords and tion building that anyone realized that sidearms in exchange for freeing the over 200 people—Greene's father hostages. Sgt. Dan Balkin, an Army among them—were being held hostage medical artist and photographer, inside. A tense standoff ensued, during entered the camp that day to document which the elder Greene escaped from internee health and living conditions. the top floor of the stucco building "An almost immediate, physical 700 calories per day, adult males using a homemade rope of knotted change seemed to come over them," dropped to an average weight of 1 1 cloth. He fell due to his weakened con- says Balkin, describing the curative pounds. By the time Sgt. Annasenz dition and was not located among the power of freedom. For internees and came ashore at 's wounded for three days. GIs alike, he says, the liberation of on Jan. 27, Santo Tomas was literally Finally, 36 hours after the shelling Santo Tomas generated a "tremendous starving to death. "We had never heard began, the camp was liberated. The feeling of being part of something of Santo Tomas," said Annasenz, part mission had been accomplished by great." of a crack machine-gun unit with H Troop, 5th Cav. Rgt., 1st Cav. Div. "We were just told to drive into Manila and liberate some prisoners." Despite stiff resistance, the REUNION—Left armored column charged to right, SSgt. through Japanese lines on Henry Annasenz, Feb. 1, well ahead of the main a camp liberator; force. By Feb. 3, the deter- Dennis Greene, a mined cavalrymen had be- prisoner; and come the first GIs to re-enter Sgt. Dan Balkin, the Philippine capital. an Army medical Methodically blowing up artist. buildings as it retreated, the Japanese Army was razing the 800-year-old city once known as the "Pearl of the ." "It was so bright that you could have read a newspaper that night," recalls Annasenz, who would earn a Purple Heart the next day and another the following month. "The whole city

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SMITHSONIAN CANCELS ENOLA GAY EXHIBIT

iAIRNESS tri- Earliest versions portrayed ly low estimate of probable to those who tried to make umphed over the Japanese as innocent American losses if an inva- the exhibit historically accu- historical revi- victims, ignoring Japanese sion of the Japanese main- rate. Heyman noted that the F sionism on Jan- expansionism and atrocities, land had taken place. Smithsonian "has much to luary 30 when the , Most responsible esti- learn from this experience, the Smithsonian Institution and the Bataan Death mates of American casual- [which has] gotten in the Board of Regents canceled March. The exhibit also ties in such an invasion way of the commemoration its controversial Enola Gay used suspect data in second- range from a low of 260,000 of our nation's victory...." exhibit. Instead, the muse- guessing President Harry S. to as many as a million, Yet to be determined is um plans to display the Truman's decision to drop depending on the length of how much of the aircraft will famed B-29 without the the A-bomb. the operation; the Smithson- be displayed. The Smithson- script that sparked such out- The American Legion ian decided to go with just ian plans to show just the rage among The American was working with the 63,000. section of the fuselage con- Legion, members of Con- Smithsonian to create a A letter from 81 mem- taining the command center gress and others. compromise script until bers of Congress to the and bomb bay. The Legion "The winners, just as museum Director Martin Smithsonian called Harwit' would like the Enola Gay they were 50 years ago, are Harwit inserted an extreme- decision "a slap in the face" shown in its entirety. the American people," said National Commander Wil- liam M. Detweiler. Howev- FLAG AMENDMENT BE INTBOODCED er, he added, "The Ameri- TO can Legion still has no solid HE Citizens for such an Then, three-fourths of j answers to the central ques- Flag Alliance's amendment. ^. . state legislatures must Citizens A tion remaining: How did pursuit of a Solomon's res-

I this exhibit come to be so constitutional olution would "^^"^ for final rati- T I Ajffincejnc. biased and one-sided?" I amendment to word the 28th fication.

Smithsonian Secretary I. protect the U.S. Flag from Amendment as follows: The need to let Congress Michael Heyman admitted physical desecration is one "The Congress and the know that the people sup- there was "a fundamental step closer to reality. States shall have power to port the amendment is criti- flaw" in the concept of the At press time, Rep. Gerald prohibit the physical dese- cal, says Daniel S. Wheeler, exhibition, titled "The Last B. Solomon of New York cration of the flag of the CFA president. Act: The Atomic Bomb and planned to introduce a resolu- United States." To support the CPA's the End of World War II." tion in January that would call This wording, supported campaign. Wheeler urges by the Citizens Flag Al- you to call and write your liance Inc. (CFA), is similar senators and representa- Top 10 American Legion Posts to a bill Sen. Bob Dole of tives. In addition, the CFA Kansas introduced in 1990. is conducting a petition THE FOLLOWING list represents the top 10 Amer- Although a majority of drive and plans to present ican Legion Posts reported by their Departments as Congress voted for the Congress with 20 million "king-sized Posts" in membership. Thirty Posts were 1990 bill, it fell short of the signatures of Americans included in the reports as having membership of 2,000 two-thirds needed for pas- who want the U.S. Flag pro- or more in July 1994. sage. tected. Ppst# Location Members The Senate may begin At press time, the CFA Post 3 Lincoln, Neb. 7,947 hearings on the amendment had collected more than 2 Post 435 Richfield, Minn. 4,779 by Flag Day, June 14. million signatures. Post 183 Parkville, Md. 4,694 Fifty-nine senators and 282 As of mid-January, 83 Post 251 Robbinsdale, Minn. 4,251 members of the House have organizations representing indicated support for such more than 27 million Amer- Post 110 Port Charlotte, Fla. 3,641 legislation, with a large per- icans had joined CFA. Post 1 Omaha, Neb. 3,500 centage of supporters hav- You can join the Citizens Post 83 Sandusky, Ohio 3,046 ing already agreed to co- Flag Alliance, receive peti- Post 42 Hagerstown, Md. 2,817 sponsor the amendment. tions or make a donation by Post 159 Venice, Fla. 2,766 For passage, the amend- calling Po,st 136 Greenbelt, Md. 2,759 ment needs 290 votes in the (800) 424-FLAG House and 67 in the Senate. (800) 424-3524

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Detweiler Makes Historic Visit To Vietnam

RADE between and to where sightings of remains , Okinawa, Tai- Vietnam and discuss American POW/ have been reported. wan, the Philippines and [America must MIAs. In Hanoi, he participated Hawaii. While in the Philip- not be resumed "The American Legion in repatriation ceremonies pines, National Commander

I until we learn believes the Vietnamese for eight sets of remains Detweiler met with Presi- the fates of our missing ser- government has information thought to be those of U.S. dent Fidel Ramos and dis- vicemen, said National and documentation about servicemen. "It was an cussed national security and Commander William Det- the fates of our MIAs and honor to observe and partic- U.S. citizenship for Fil-

weiler after his historic trip POWs," said Detweiler, a ipate in the ceremony, and it ipinos who served in World to Vietnam in December. Vietnam-era veteran. serves as a sobering re- War II. Detweiler is the first Detweiler and Nguyen minder of why this issue American Legion National Hong Linh, Vietnam's head must be settled," Detweiler Commander to visit Viet- of the Office for Seeking said. Legion Founder nam since the end of the Missing Personnel in Ho The commander's week- Dukmejian Dies war. He met with Viet- Chi Minh City, visited an long trip to the namese officials in Hanoi excavation site near Cu Chi, included stops in , |NE OF three r e m a i n i n g I [American Le- GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUCKS IN A ROW o. gion Founders, I Vahan Dukme- jian, died Nov. 20. He was 101. Bom in Turkey in 1893, Dukmejian emigrated to America in 1913 and joined the Marine Corps during

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fied that the Service Mem- FLAG BURNINGS CONTINUE bers Occupational Con-

i S THE Citizens a scuffle with several people windshield. Then they version and Training Act Flag Alliance's who tried to save the Flag. burned a Flag. As they were should be used to place all

I campaign to The Ohio State Supreme dousing a second Flag with veterans in permanent posi- I protect the Flag Court ruled that she was not lighter fluid, a young man tions, not seasonal jobs. A I ' briskly moves only within her constitution- snatched the Flag from their (House Veterans Affairs ahead, an often-heard rebut- al rights when she burned hands. The crowd attacked Education, Training and tal is, "No one is burning the the Flag, but she could not the young man—beating Employment Subcommit- Flag, so this is a non-issue." be charged with assault him as he fell to the ground tee). "Whether Flags are being because the people trying to clutching the Flag. His wal- Entitlements Reform. burned or not is irrelevant," stop her were interfering let and car keys were stolen Supported fixing out-of- says Citizens Flag Alliance with those rights. before police could inter- control programs and op- President Daniel S. Wheel- And how did the protest- vene. posed across-the-board caps

er. "When it does happen, it er celebrate after the Ohio "This is an issue that we on entitlements. Told Con- should be a crime. However, court found in her favor? as Americans must address," gress not to single out veter- Flags have been desecrated She burned another Flag on says Wheeler. ans for budget cuts. (Presi- and the media often over- the steps of the court house dential Bi-Partisan Commis- looks it." and walked away free. sion on Entitlement and Tax For example, protesters The week before last Reform). burned flags during Desert November's elections, there THE Legion Gulf veterans' ailments. Storm and again after the was another Flag burning in IN CONGRESS Urged an in-depth probe Gulf War. In Cleveland, , Calif. A group into the causes of the Ohio, one anti-war demon- protesting Proposition 187, Transitional Assistance diverse illnesses showing up strator came to a welcome- the state's controversial Program (TAP). Urged among Gulf War veterans home celebration for Gulf attempt to curtail illegal adequate funding for the so that VA health care can War veterans and burned the immigration, began by Disabled Veterans Outreach be authorized and these vet- Flag. She was arrested and attacking the driver of a Program and the Local Vet- erans can get the care they charged with Flag desecra- pick-up truck. They beat on erans Employment Repre- deserve. (Armed Services tion and assault as 4 result of the truck, smashing its sentatives programs. Testi- Force Requirements and Personnel Subcommittee). COMMAND PRESENCE LEGION CELEBRATES

BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH SEVENTY-SIX years ago, on March 15, 1919, WWI veterans assem- bled in Paris to create what is now the world's largest veterans' organization. The American Legion. From its first-year mem- bership of 843,013, the Legion has grown to in- clude more than 3.1 million wartime veterans of all wars from World War I to the Gulf War. "A Legion birthday cele- bration at your Post is an Post 20 of Greenwood, S.C., boasts four former Department witfi military ser- excellent way to spotlight vice spanning from World War I to Vietnam. They are from left: WWI veteran Julian White; The American Legion in WWII veteran William Jennings Bryan Dornand, a former congressman who served as the your community," says chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee; WWII veteran Pat Patterson; and Viet- nam veteran Wayne B. Richey. National Adjutant Robert W. Spanogle.

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Div., 104th Rgt Assn. #11637 119th Evac Hospital (ETO) WWII #22999 26th Inf. Div. Assn. "Yankee Dhr" (WWI/WWii) 126th AAA Gun Bn. Mobile, Hq. Btry. (WWil) FINDING A RUDDY #20303 #30136 28th inf. Div., 103rd Engr. (C) Bn., A/B/C/D Co. 147th Rgt, K Co. #20100 (WWII, Korea) #13710 148th General Hospital (Hawaii/) Looking for an buddy or long lost relative? VETS' Find- 29th inf. Div. Assn. #16230 #10079 ers/Seekers service will send you a computer listing of 30th Ord. (HM) Co. (Korea-all years) #11226 150th Engr. (C) Bn. Assn. (WWII) #16131 31st/241st Engr.(C) Bns. (WWII) #16501 158th RCT, "Bushmasters Assn" & Attchd. names, addresses and phone numbers of people in the United 31st Div., ISSth Rgt Medical Co. #19184 Units #15623 31st Inf. Div., ISSth Rgt, I Co./lst Bn., 106th 160th Ord. Tire Rep. Co. (Rorence, Italy 44/45) States who have the same name as the person you're seeking. Med. Rgt. (WWII) #15768 #19293 32nd Inf. 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MARCH 1995 55 fy prejudiced thinking, instincts, anec- The university offered the young man MORALS dotes, attitudes. a plea bargain: Proceedings would be A University of Michigan student stopped if he confessed the error of his Continuedfrom page 55 who offers the opinion in class that ways and allowed himself to be re- homosexuality is an illness, finds him- educated through a "program for liv- self hauled before a formal university ing in a diverse community environ- hearing on charges of harassing stu- ment." "Nonviolent Sexual Coercion" chapter dents on the basis of sexual orienta- Meanwhile, the psychotic raving in in Acquaintance Rape: The Hidden tion. the middle of Broadway is free to Crime, (John Wiley, 1991): "We The irony here is that homosexuali- rave. define verbal sexual coercion as a ty was itself considered deviant not One kind of deviancy we are pre- vv'oman's consenting to unwanted sex- long ago. But now that it has been pared to live with, the other kind we ual activity because of a man's verbal declared a simple lifestyle choice, are not. Indeed, one kind—psy- arguments, not including verbal those who are not current with the new chosis—we are hardly prepared to call threats of physical force." With rape definitions, and have the misfortune to deviancy at all. so dramatically redefined up—to say so in public, are themselves As Moynihan observed, it is now include offering a drink or being ver- accused of deviancy. part of the landscape. bally persistent—it is no surprise that There is, of course, the now- And so the rationalization of the result is an apparent epidemic of famous case of the University of deviancy reaches its inevitable conclu- so-called sexual deviancy. Pennsylvania student who called a sion. The deviant is declared normal. Which brings us to the third great group of rowdy black sorority sisters And the normal is unmasked as area of the new deviancy: thought "water buffaloes" for making noise deviant. crimes. outside his dorm in the middle of the The project of moral leveling, long Again we begin with true deviance, night. He was charged with racial a consuming passion of those who the violent discrimination of the kind harassment. A host of learned scholars preach the creed of diversity at all once carried out by the Ku Klux Klan was then assigned the task of locating costs, is complete: What real differ- and perpetuated today by various skin- the racial underpinnings of the term; ence is there between us after all? head groups and others. These crimes they could find none. And that is the point. Defining are outlawed, of course. But now that Undeterred, and having already deviancy up, like defining deviancy overt discriminatory actions have been made up their minds that some hidden down, is an adventure in moral equiv- criminalized and are routinely pun- racial animosity lurked behind the alence. Because once it becomes, to ished, the standards have been ratch- term, chancellors resolved not to let use Catherine McKinnon's words, eted up again. The project is to identi- the student's "crime" go unpunished. "difficult to sustain the customary dis- tinctions between pathology and nor- malcy," the moral superiority to which NORDICTRACK'S WALKFIT IS THE SAFEST, EASIEST, MOST normalcy pretends vanishes. CONVENIENT TOTAL-BODY WORKOUT YOU CAN GET Defining deviancy up also serves a

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Balloon (1935) replicate the mutilated celebrity. PIPPIN terrain of the Western Front. In Dog- The outbreak of World War II HORACE fight Over Trenches (1935), GIs in a deeply troubled Pippin, who was also Continuedfrom page 25 dugout watch aerial combat, depicting concerned about the persistence of the time Pippin saw a German plane bigotry in America. Though a staunch crash in flames, leaving its two occu- supporter of the war effort, in his pants looking "like mush." painting Mr. Prejudice (1943), Pippin good left hand. It was a start, but the Art historian Selden Rodman, in his depicted the threats to national unity crude renderings failed to satisfy Pip- biography of Pippin, called these posed by racial discrimination on the pin's creative urge. So, using the same works "a cycle of war scenes that has home front and in the military. The slow and painful process—one arm not been approached in power by any painting showed the sinister title fig- supporting the other—he gradually sophisticated painter... [They] must ure driving a wedge into a V-for-Vic- taught himself to guide brush across rank among the greatest of war pic- tory sign, while an evil Ku Klux canvas. tures." Klansman and a slave master, whip in His first major effort, The End of hand, look on. Arrayed against these the War: Starting Home (1930), took 'HILE friends and neighbors malevolent forces are a black Statue of three years and 100 coats of paint to knew of Pippin's artistic efforts, Liberty, black and white machinists complete. It shows German soldiers no one took them seriously, working in harmony, and an integrated emerging from trenches and sur- much less bought any; he occasionally group of military men from both rendering to black American infantry- bartered pictures for goods or dis- world wars. men. Bursting shells, planes falling played them for sale for a few dollars. The painting's unmistakable mes- from the sky, menacing barbed-wire But the paintings did provide Pippin sage: Intolerance must be overcome, fences and the expressionless faces of with a way to come to terms with the and the races must work together, if troops on both sides underscore the trauma of war and perhaps to purge America was to win the war. violence and devastation of war. his memory of it. Inspired by his knowledge of Isa- Over the next several years the In 1937, one of his paintings was iah's biblical prophecy about the lamb artist produced other war-related spotted in the window of a West and the lion lying down together. Pip- images, most notable for their frank, Chester shoe repair shop by N.C. pin continued to convey his vision of often brutal renderings of life at the Wyeth, the renowned illustrator of how the world ought to be. In the fore- front. Robert Louis Stevenson books. Wyeth ground of three paintings of his Holy The battle-scarred buildings, large soon helped organize a well-received Mountain series, a white-robed black shell craters and muddy soldiers' foot- show of Pippin's work. Word of this child, standing with a shepherd's prints in Shell Holes and Observation so-called primitive talent spread rapid- crook, oversees a peaceful gathering ly. Within a matter of months, with the of lambs, lions and other animals. Introducing the Revolutionary help of an aggressive art Such tranquil scenes contrast with the dealer. Pippin's paintings were dark woods of the background, where DR® POWER displayed in major museums. soldiers fight and tiny white crosses Before long he was churning out suggest military cemeteries. 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Dague, first exhibition. Pippin died in his then deputy sheriff of Chester County sleep of a stroke. He is buried in West and later the area's congressman, in Chester under a modest stone marker full Marine dress uniform with sym- that reads: bols of American Legion authority Dump ifa^ bed makes for easy around him. ^^^<*C^7?mo55 * HORACE PIPPIN unloading of gravel, soil, Pippin continued to live in a mod- 1888-1946 firewood and rocks. • Made to order for est brick house in the heart of town, suburban/rural property owners, plus businesses PFC CO. K - 369TH INF. working at night under an unshaded ofany size; pays for itself over and over in time WORLD WAR light in a parlor serving as a labor saved!_ bulb fnd i>i«2£CHP,'™. makeshift studio. 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