The American Legion Magazine [Volume 43, No. 1 (July 1947)]

Cover Photo by Leo Aarons -- Dang'dest Show on Earth by C. C. Springfield. How Texas convicts bust bulls and sometimes try to bust out at their rodeo -- Sidewise Johansen (fiction) by Fred Lane. An up-and-coming chief mate gets his come-uppance -- No End to Traffic Deaths? by Myron Stearns. Motorists carry the seeds of destruction within themselves -- Brass Knocker by R. Wilson Brown. How a sergeant whittled very important people down to size -- Where Are the Veterans' Hospitals? by Charles Hurd and Robert B. Pitkin. There are many scapegoats but the villain is Mr. Average Citizen -- Three Answers to Housing Question by J.C. Keeley. Pictures that tell more than most of the words spoken on this subject -- Look, No Motor! by Alexis Dawydoff. How modern Darius Greens are leaving the world behind -- Our Fight Against Communism by Paul H. Griffith. Freedom vs. Bondage as seen by the National Commander -- More Than a Comeback by Robert R. Richards. How far can you go in the prize ring on an aluminum leg? -- The Editors' Corner -- Sound Off! -- Sports Varieties -- Veterans with Ideas -- Parting Shots