The American Legion Magazine [Volume 80, No. 6 (June 1966)]

Cover by Gerald L. Steibel -- Should We Be Firm or Soft in Asia?: A Look at Some Facts of Recent History Which Shaped Our Policy Toward Red China by National Commander L. Eldon James -- If We Should Leave Vietnam . . . Then What?: It's Easier to Say "Get Out of Vietnam" if You Operate on the Thesis that There's No Tomorrow. Here's a Look at What Seems to Be in the Cards if We Leave by Gerald L. Steibel -- Lightning on the Prowl: Some People Think They're Immune to Being Struck by Lightning, Which Is One of Two Reasons Why This Old-Fashioned Killer Is Getting More and More Targets to Hit by John W. Ball -- Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Rep. Richard Fulton (D-Tenn.) Con: Rep. Glenn Andrews (R-Ala.) -- The Story of Old Ironsides, America's Most Beloved Fighting Ship: Still in Commission Is the 169-Year-Old Ship that Established Young America's Right to the Seas. Here's Her Story by Paul Ditzel -- A New Look at Washington, D.C.: A Preview of What's New in this Year's American Legion Convention City Since We Were Last There in Force in 1954 by Deane and David Heller -- Ghosts of Gold and Opera in Central City, Colorado: A Travel Article for Today's Motorists About Colorado's Best Preserved Early Gold-Mining Center and Its Nearby Ghost Towns. Twenty-Third in the Series "Seeing Historic America" by Alden Stevens -- Editor's Corner -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Personal -- Books -- Life in the Outdoors -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots