The American Legion [Volume 114, No. 1 (January 1983)]

Silent Woods and Untracked Trails: Some 4 Million People -Young and Old- Have Been Drawn to the Rolling Terrain and Quiet Forests of Cross-Country Skiing by Phyllis Zauner -- How the War Was Won and Poland Was Lost: The Allies Handed Poland to the Soviet Union on a Silver Platter at the End of WWII. This Eyewitness Account Tells Why by Jan Nowak -- Dueling: The Dying Art: Duels Were Often Passionately Fought for an Honorable Cause -but the Results Were Sometimes Pure Slapstick by William E. Miles -- Putting Prisons to Work!: Prisons Are an Economic Drain that Taxpayers Are, Increasingly, Loathe to Tolerate. But There Are Solutions by Jay Stuller -- Coat of Navy Blue: A Topcoat Is only a Topcoat, but a Pea Coat Is a Friend by Bill Earls -- Let's Make a Safe Sport Safer: The Person Who Pulls the Trigger Is the only One Who Makes a Gun Safe -or Unsafe. Here Are 10 Rules to Make Yours a Safe Shot by E. S. McCawley, Jr -- Commander's Message: No Time for Excuses -- Letters: Our Readers Comments -- Big Issues: Should Congress Approve New Chemical Weapons? -- News to Use: Helpful Hints for Consumers -- Dateline Washington: Issues and Opinions from the Capital -- Books: Interesting New Titles -- Veterans" Update: Decisions that Affect You -- News for Legionnaires: Your Organization at Work -- Parting Shots: To Leave You Laughing