The American Legion [Volume 125, No. 5 (November 1988)]

Cover: Veterans Day 1988 by International Defense Images and the Department of Defense -- Our Rendezvous with Destiny: "Some of Them Sleep Forever in the Dark Brooding Judges of the Pacific Islands" by Walter F Gilmore -- Origins of Thanksgiving: Washington Gave the Day National Stature Because He Saw God's Hand in the Nation's Good Fortunes -- The Free Enterprise Patriot, Part 9: Leonard Goes to Jail for Being a Draft Dodger by John Rickey -- Should We Trade with the Soviets?: Two Trade Experts Critically Examine the Economic, Political and Military Advantages and Disadvantages -- Can Democracy Defend Itself?: Surrender on the Installment Plan Awaits Democracies That Pursue the Course of Least Resistance by Arnaud de Borchgrave -- Crisis in Nursing-Home-Care: Millions of Americans Face Poverty Because of Runaway Costs of Long-Term Care by Lester David -- First Aid for Medical Bills: The New Catastrophic-Illness Law Promises to Provide Enormous Benefits for 32 Million Medicare Recipients -- Battle Report: Meuse-Argonne: A Corporal Named Alvin C York Single-Handedly Killed 15 Enemy and Captured 132 by Vernon Pizer -- Report from Louisville: Twenty Thousand Legionnaires Set the Course for 1988-89 -- The American Legion World Series: Cincinnati's Buddle Post 507 Dethrones Defending Boyertown Champions by Bill Siebert -- Big Issues: Should Congress Take the Cap Off Social Security Retirement Income? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Convention Highlights -- Legion Resolutions -- Parting Shots