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Copyright1994byTheAmericanLegion And learn all about a small wonder. M7MW^m^^- TmohnethAlmyerbiycTahneLAemgeiroinca(nISLSeNgi0on8,865-5162134W).is74ptuhblSitsreheetd, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Second-class postage paid at Bettersoundthroughresearch® Indianapolis, IN 46204and additional mailing offices. Price: Annual subscription, $12 ($18, Foreign); post- sponsoredgiftsubscriptions,$6; Singlecopy, $2. POST- MR./MRS./MS. MASTER;SendaddresschangestoTheAmericanLegion, NAME(PLEASEPRINT) InputServices,P.O.Box1954,Indianapolis,IN46206. ChangeofAddress: NotifyTheAmerican Legion, Input Services,P.O.Box1954,Indianapolis,IN46206.317-328- 4640. Attach old address label, provide old and new addressesandcurrentmembershipcardnumber. ^^^^^'"^^^^B CITY STATE ZIP TMiocrroefqilumess,t3m0i0crNo.fiZlemebcoRpdi.e,s,AnpnleAarbsoer,wrMilte48to1:06University ^^^fH^^H DAYTIMETELEPHONE (EVENING)TELEPHONE sCDieascntoraindbdautciPolonas)stsSIamnlatieelsrnmAaatgtiroteneaerlmaePtnutbMlaiNncoia.ltai5oC4ne6sn3t2Mr1aa.lllRP(eoC-saetnnatodfefiriaecnde datedDecember22,1991. PrintedInUSA Call 1-800-845-BOSE, ext. RP168 TOhremaMioluntto:aiBno,seFCroarmpionrgahtaimo,n,MDAept0.17C0D1-D91R6P81.SH, MemberAdultBureauofCirculations 2 THEAMERICANLEGION " you want the If best workout, ask the doctor who wrote the book on fitness. Dr. KennethCooper, world's leading authorityon aerobic Whatdoes NordicTrack exercise, will tell you NordicTrack isthe best workout you can get. giveyouthatordinary ^ "Cross-countryskiing stands headandshoulders exercisers don't? aboveallotherexercisesforattaining aerobic In three words: total-body fitness. 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FREE Video and Brochure! NLower their blood pressure an average of 12%. PleasesendmeaFREEbrochure AlsoaFREE VHS videotape ordiclrack Phone ( ) m A CML Company State .Zip. The World's Best Aerobic Exerciser® Callorsendto:NordicTrack,Dept. 127A5 104PeaveyRoad,Chaska,MN 55318-2355 ©1995NordicTrack.Inc..ACMLCompany•Allrightsreserved. Fighting For Enola Gay spoke in Japanese, and the interpreter "Rewriting Enola Gay's H—istory" The American Legion deserves translated: "The war is over. We are made me madder than hell mad boundless praise on its rightful stand now friends." enough to write my congressman and against the Smithsonian Institution's Thank God for the Enola Gay and demand that we withdraw all taxpayer National Air and Space Museum the role it played in history. It saved support from the Smithsonian. These ("Rewriting Enola Gay's History," those of us who held on to life by a brats' revision of history is uncon- November, by Brian D. Smith). The thread. scionable. Ourproblem is thatthey are truth about the Smithsonian's anti- EverettD. Reamer younger than us and will be around AthmeerEincoalna bGiaays iassouat.syItmbpollanonfedAmtoeruis-e LakeHavasu City,Ariz. lwiolnlgehraptpoednowthheenirtdhiertWyWwIoIrkv.etWshaarte The Japanese were the brutal forces gone? catatnitagugdreesosfiotnh.eIfSmthiatthissotnhieanpr,evtahielinngI in World War II, not the Americans. I Allan C. Stover think the Enola Gay should go to the think the Japanese got every bit that EllicottCity,Md. AwihrerFeorciet Mwuousledumbein aDcayctoornd,edOhitoh,e pwcelarestdagicenoldymitdonidgfitgthhoetrtithgoehtmth.tehiTlnhags.et Jmaapna.neWsee comTmiebbnettssiwna"sOruirghJtoobnWtaasrgTetowWiitnh.h"is respect itis due. I am proud of the Legion's firm JosephDeClue CharlesA. Dowling stand on this issue. Keep 'em blinking Jefferson City,Mo. Warwick,N.Y. CommanderDetweiler. JosephL.Nelson Three cheers for Paul W. Tibbets Let us give thanks to the Smithson- Nauvoo,III. Jr. ("Our Job Was To Win," Novem- ian. They solved the problem of how ber) and his crew of the Enola Gay! I to conquerJapan without dropping the notTrheecalilditohtats aafttetrhPeeaSrmliHtahrsboonri,atnecdho- pwuatstinogntthehemiisssliaonndtwohgietlheert,hbeuytwIedried bbaotmtbe.ryWchoemnmatnhdeebroimnbaf4el0l,mImwaanstia- nteoclhongiyqugeasveweusdimdannoytwheaavpeonbesfoarned. nHoitroksnhoiwmait aatfttehre ttihmee. bIofmlebw owvaesr LaiurzcornaftinbtahtetaPhliiloinppoinnest.heWeishlaanddjuosft The atomic bomb was another step in dropped. If it saved only one Ameri- completed rehearsing for the invasion our favor. Our enemies would have can serviceman's life, itwas worthit. oftheJapanesemainland. used it against us if they had the NoRritchhAatrtdleEb.orQou,iMnansJsr.. thaTthaebopeuotpl5e0,u0ps0t0airosftuosldwuosuflldat doiuet choice. Hitler, for example, used V-ls and V-2s against English civilians. establishing the first beachhead. While PeteHardiman WE WANT YOUR I admit to a lack ofimpartiality in this Please turnpage Hillsboro, Ore. OPINIONS Corrections Only when everyone connected with the whole Enola Gay subversion The American legion • The October article, "The Battle attempt is completely out of the MAGAZINE welcomes letters to For Leyte Gulf," should have stated Smithsonian will the veterans' organi- the editor concerning articles that there were 39 PT boats positioned zations have won apermanentvictory. thatappearin thepublication. Be across the Surigao Straits. These PT LelandE. Smith sure to include a daytime phone boats reported on the position of the Nashville, Tenn. number for verification. Short Japanese southern force and attacked letters are more likely to be ships exiting the straits. It was my privilege to defend Cor- published, and all letters are • The November article, "The Bat- regidor. We reluctantly surrendered to subject to editing for clarity and tle Of The Bulge," should have stated Japan on May 6, 1942. At that point, brevity. Volume precludes in- that the 285th Field Artillery Observa- we became Japanese prisoners of war. dividual acknowledgments of tion Battalion was involved with the The harsh, bitter, inhumane treatment comments oneditorialcontent. Malmedymassacre. that followed is beyond normal human You can leave an electronic • In our recent coverage of WWII comprehension. lettertotheeditorat battles, some contributions of our I was among the first to be trans- (314) 474-7474 armed forces were inadvertently omit- ported to Japan from the Philippines to Callers' opinions are considered ted, including: Glider pilots who perform slave labor. Starvation and for publication and receive a Q assisted U.S. troops trapped in Bas- harsh treatment was the rule for the symbol when used. togne; the U.S. 7th Army during the months that followed. 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Waters couldnot substantiate this anddoubted When we went ashore the day after Etowah,N.C. they were everlegally married. the surrender, we found their coastal WalterD. Cason defenses in caves facing outward. The TV networks do, indeed, run DeerPark, Calif. Their defenses could have cost us the media in America. They are able Pavlov's TV 50,000. It is true that there were to do so because their most consistent tremendous civilian casualties at viewers are those who have a great By constant repetition, TV viewers Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the other deal oftime on their hands and no ini- are conditioned to accept dishonesty, hand, our conventional bombings had tiative to work or occupy their lives. immorality and teenage sex as normal already cost them thousands of civil- This is particularly true in the daytime acceptable conduct ("Screens Of Vio- iancasualties. with the insulting fare offered by lence," October). Television and the BenHarney Oprah, Donahue, Sally whatever-her- movies have used Pavlov-type condi- Spokane, Wash. name-is andthose ofthe same ilk. tioning to destroy our values so that The liberal press has made any we now are a nation ofpleasure seek- The WWII vets won the war. The intelligent discussions of the social ers andmoney grabbers. battle to take away that victory and breakdown unfashionable. They do so WilliamF. FitzGerald replace it with shame began some time by immediately calling any position WhiteHorseBay,Mass. ago. It has surfaced with force at the contrary to their own view as "bigot- Smithsonian. I am proud that the ed" "racist" or "homophobic." These I urge Legionnaires to resist theris- Legion has engaged the enemy! Let's buzz words are used to reduce any ing tide of violence in the entertain- notquit until the truthprevails. arguments contrary to the media's as ment industry. Every combat veteran EverettL.Johnson hatred. knows thatviolence is neveraccompa- Augusta, Kan. RoccoL. Campagna nied by the nauseating faux-witty Dunmore,Pa. remarks contained in trash movies How were the Japanese "defending such asDieHardandThe Terminator. Flag Respect their unique culture against Western The American Psychological Asso- Imperialism" as stated in the Smith- I really enjoyed your article on our ciation recently reported that the aver- sonian's original script? Was the Flag ("To Protect Our Flag," October, age child sees 100,000 acts of violent Bataan Death March an expression of by Assistant Editor T. Douglas Don- "entertainment" by the time he or she "their unique culture?" The Japanese aldson). Let us hope that in the future, finishes elementary school. If this sort military was as brutal and arrogant as respect for the great traditions for of mindless glamorizing of violence the German Nazis and had the same what the Flag stands for will once damages even one child, isn't that one contempt for the Geneva Conventions more be broughtback into focus. childtoomany? in theirtreatment ofprisoners ofwar. LeonardOwczarzak MichaelH. Dougherty Is this some more of the politically Brooklyn, Mich. High View, W.Va. correct agenda rampant now in Wash- A ington? We have been distributing ourpeti- Posting Reply KarlR. Tripp tions to keep the American Flag fly- The reply by Postmaster W.S. Houston, Texas ing. Anybody who thinks they have Chasteen to the Paul Craig Roberts Aiming At AIM the right to burn the American Flag in article was pretty pathetic and typifies protest is a disgust to the American what is wrong with the U.S. Postal Accuracy in Media (AIM) is noth- people. Service ("Pocketing Property," ing more than a fringe organization H JohnJ. Lyons November, Vetvoice). People and established to foster the slanted view- Benton,Ky. businesses do vote with their pocket- point of founder Reed Irvine ("The books. Fast and reliable delivery is Euro's Marriage Press's Prejudices," November). For importanttothem. several years, I worked for main- My mother wrote one of the manu- To penalize businesses for using stream media, including the Associat- scripts that the book "I Married Wyatt high-priced, private services for reli- ed Press, Newhouse News Service, Earp" was based on ("On The Trail Of able delivery is preposterous. Armed Forces Radio and Television Wyatt Earp," October, by Larry Trit- GeraldL. Clendenin Service in New York, and American ten). Mother's manuscript covers the Modesto, Calif. Forces Network in Frankfurt and years after Tombstone and came 75th Congrats never once was I instructed to write, directly from the mouth of Josie Earp edit or broadcast a single story with a and were independently corroborated. You and your entire staff are to be "left-wing bias." I find it extremely About Wyatt's and Josie's mar- congratulated on the special Septem- difficult to believe that there is a con- riage: Josie told mother they were Please turnpage 6 THEAMERICANLEGION " HAD A TOUGH TIME "I GOING THE DISTANCE." Every time traveled someplace, was worried about finding I I a bathroom so I could urinate. Itwasfrustrating. I sawmydoctor, and hetold me I washavingthesymptomsof aprostatecondition called BPH. Heprescribed HYTRIN". And guesswhat? HYTRIN8 HELPED HYTRIN is a medication that can improve the symptoms of BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), which is an enlargement of the prostate gland. HYTRIN can help in as little as 2to4 weeks. And it only hasto betaken once a day. Are youa man over 50 with urinary discomforts? Do you urinate often during the day or night? Isyour urine stream difficultto start? Is it weak or interrupted? Does your bladder feel as if it isn't emptyingcompletely? If so, see your doctor. Your doctor can determine whether you have symptomatic BPH (or other conditions such as prostate cancer). Yourdoctorcanalsoexplainthedifferenttreatmentoptions for symptomatic BPH: surgery; "watchful waiting," which consistsofhavingregularcheckupsovertime;andoral medications such asHYTRIN. HYTRIN can cause a sudden drop in blood pressure at the beginningoftreatment(orifyoumissdosesandthenstarttaking themedicationagain). Youmayfeeldizzy, faint, or "light-headed, particularlyaftergettingupfromachairorbed. Talkwithyourdoctortodayand call to receiveyourFREE informative bookletonsymptomaticBPHand HYTRIN. 1-800-888-9993 ASK YOUR DOCTOR TODAY ABOUT HYTRIN ttemzosiwil IT CAN HELP IN A MATTER OF WEEKS ©1994.AbbottLaboratories Pleaseseepatient 409-501-3757C informationonadjacentpage. m m VETVOICE HYTRIN •IfHYTRINishelpingyou,youshouldnoticean effect on your particular symptoms in 2 to 4 weeksofstartingtotakethemedication. •EventhoughyoutakeHYTRINanditmayhelp (terazosinw) you, HYTRIN may not prevent the need for surgeryinthefuture. PATIENT INFORMATION Whatyou should knowwhiletaking HYTRINfor BPH ABOUT WARNINGS ber issue ofthe magazine marking our HYTRIN® (HI-TRIN) HPrYeTssRuIreNAfCtaenrtChaeuVsEeRAYSFuIdRdSeTnDDOrSoEp.iYnouBlmoaoyd 7a5ntdhCaonunnitvreyr"sanroyt.oIntslythmeamdee"mFeorprGooudd feel dizzy, faint, or"light-headed" particularlyafter to be a member but also encouraged Generic Name: you get up from bed orfrom achair. This is more some ofmy friends tojoin. terazosin (ter-A-zo-sin) likelytooccurafteryou'vetakenthefirstfewdoses, FrankJ. Nappi but can occurat any time while you are taking the Massapequa,N.Y. hydrochloride drug.Itcanalsooccurifyoustoptakingthedrugand thenre-starttreatment. When used to treat Becauseofthiseffect,yourdoctormayhavetoldyou Concurrent Receipt BENIGN PROSTATIC totakeHYTRINatbedtime.IfyoutakeHYTRINat bedtimebutneedtogetupfrombedtogotothebath- Retired military service-connected HYPERPLASIA (BPH) room,getupslowlyandcautiouslyuntilyouaresure disabled veterans should receive their howthemedicineaffectsyou.Itisalsoimportantto VA disability dollar for dollar, despite PHsclYreiTapRsteiIoNn.r.eTaAhdlissot,ihnirsfeoarldmeaaitftileeotancshbheotfuiolmrdeeNyoyOuoTugettasktaaertntheetwapklpiarncege- gydtehroteiuvueelfpeofarerscnldtosohwolaowynfyyftohhreauozmrmaeeraaddcicotchuaatsotiritHoaoYnsr.kTsRbIueIfndNtyi.oaltuyYaoobnuueygasirthneiomuutelsodeudfnnetoteitlol aatinnosynrrfeeoctreiirwveeomeuVnntAdpsadyia.snabdNioldniitcsyaarbcieolemirtpievenestseanr-o- odofcatofrulslhdoiuslcdusdsiisocnuswsitHhYyToRurINdocatnord.yYoourucaonnddiytoiuonr dizzy,sitorliedownuntilyoufeelbetter. matterwhat. bHoperrYfeoTBsrsPReuHIry.eNouHi(ssYhtuayTrsptReetdIratNtkeoinntsigrsieoiatantla)sbn.oednuaiTtsgheynidospurtroolsretetaagrfteulialectatrhhycidphgeeehsrcckpbr-lliuaopbsosei.dsa ••TgOYethotheusenruwstisehlidledetsdotoeafstrfhteeecwwteiisftlflhyecobtaueo1cfionmtuchlgredemadhesoadesvideceaaotswfihoyiHnol.YueTrtRabIkoiNdn.yg Big Brother?/S.pErdinwgarHidllE,vFalnas. HYTRINonlyasatreatmentforBPH. HviYsiToRn,INnauisnecal,udeordr"opwusfifniensess,s"bloufrrtehdeofreehtazoyr CliffKincaid stated, "A revolution- What is BPH? hands. Discuss any unexpected effects you ary breakthrough in drug-testing tech- Theprostateisaglandlocatedbelowthebladder. It noticewithyourdoctor. nology for police could also be suit- surrounds the urethra(you-REETH-rah), which is a Otherimportantfacts able for widespread testing in the etunbleartgheamtednrtaionfsthueripnreosftratoemgtlhaendb.laTdhdeer.syBmpPtHomissaonf •You shouldseeaneffect on yoursymptoms in workplace" ("Drug Testing," Wash- BPH, however,can becausedby an increase in the 2to4weeks.So,youwillneedtocontinuesee- ington Watch, November). Horror of tinisgihdtenetshseopfromsutsacteletsighintent,hethperyosctaatne.sqIufetehzeemtuhesculrees- iynoguryoBuPrHdoacntdorttoomcohneictkoryoyuorurprbolgoroedssprreesgsaurrdeinign horrTohres!idea that U.S. citizens should thra and slow the flow of urine. This can lead to additiontoyourotherregularcheck-ups. willingly give up their bodily fluids sym•patowmesaksuocrhinast:erruptedstreamwhenurinating •YBmoaPunHrcadanoncdthonarovtehafBsorPpHrperosascntrdaitbeperdocsaHtnaYcteTer.RcIaHNnocweferovreatry,otuhrea feorrnmteesnttinigs binycraendieblmep.loyer or the gov- •a feeling that you cannot empty your bladder sametime.Doctorsusuallyrecommendthatmen Please, America, do not openly completely becheckedforprostatecanceronceayearwhen invite Big Brother into our lives. Too •afeelingofdelaywhenyoustarttourinate theyturn50(or40ifafamilymemberhashad many of our freedoms have already ••aanfeeeeldintgotuhraitnaytoeuomftuesnt,eursipneactiealrliyghattaniwgahyt.,or pearvtoersnteaaittfemyeocnautncaferorer)tp.arokTsihtneagsteeHYccTahnReccIekrN.s.sHhoYuTlRdIcNontisinnuoet beresenwhsoeritohuisnlkytehreoydekdnobwy mpoolriecyambaoku-t Treatmentoptionsfor BPH •About Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). Your whatis goodforus than wedo. TherearethreemaintreatmentoptionsforBPH: doctormayhavedone abloodtestcalledPSA. SidneyE. Gilbert •Program of monitoring or "Watchful Waiting". Your doctor is aware that HYTRIN does not RedondoBeach, Calif. Some men have an enlarged prostate gland, but affectPSAlevels.Youmaywanttoaskyourdoctor no symptoms, orsymptoms that are notbother- moreaboutthisifyouhavehadaPSAtestdone. Veterans Day Kudos sdeocmied.eIofntahipsraopgprliaems,ofymoouniatnodriynoguirncdloucdtionrgmreagy- Howtotake HYTRIN On behalf of the Mineral Wells ularcheckups,insteadofmedicationorsurgery. Followyourdoctor'sinstructionsabouthowtotake High School and myself, I thank you •MtsiceordniibcueadsteiHdoYn.tToTRhtIreeNraetfaoBrrPeyHdo.iuf.fYeSroeeunert"kdiWonhcdatsotrofHhmYaesTdRipcIraeN-- HsaacnYfrdTiebwRebIded.NayT.csaa,uYltkoyiouowuuimstmuhasaytybootuuhartakvdeeopiocttsteosovirreberilsfyetaydrodtaiuyzitzdaiaotntnet'ashtse1.tdamokDsgeoeidtponrfsoeoe-tr fgmoarrgaamfzeiaintnuerti(hn"egVeNotouevrraenVmsebtDeearrya:nissAsuDeCaeyolefpbrrtoah--e does"below. share HYTRIN with anyone else; it was prescribed tion For All Ages," by Les Brindley). •Surgery.Somepatientsmayneedsurgery.Your onlyforyou. This program is truly outstanding and dcoecdtuorrescatnodtersecartiBbePHse.veWrahlidcihffeprreonctesduurrgeicaislpbreos-t KeepHYTRINandallmedicinesoutofthereachof spotlights the efforts Post 75 started dependsonyoursymptomsandmedicalcondition. cFhOilRdreMn.OREINFORMATIONABOUTHYTRIN 11 years ago. The community and the What HYTRIN does AND BPH, TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR, nation should be more aware of what HYTRIN relaxes the tightness of a certain type of NURSE,PHARMACISTOROTHER HEALTH our veterans have given to ensure our muscleintheprostateandattheopeningoftheblad- CAREPROVIDER. heritage of freedom. Brindley did an der. This may increasethe rateofurine flowand/or Ref.03-4458-R1-RevisedSept., 1993 excellent job of getting the essence of decreasethesymptomsyouarehaving. a the story to your readers. The pho- •HYTRINhelpsrelievethesymptomsofBPH.It AbbottLaboratories tographs were well done, too. It has doesNOTchangethesizeoftheprostate,which NorthChicago,IL60064 been the talk of the town since we mpraoystatceontdioneusenotto ngercoews.sarHiloywecvaeurs,e amorlaergoerr PRINTEDINU.S.A. Please turn topage 93 worsesymptoms. 8 THEAMERICANLEGION