The American Legion [Volume 127, No. 6 (December 1989)]

Cover: Christmas 1989 by The Stock Market-Kunio Owaki -- Agent Orange Claims Should Be Paid Now: A Leading Toxicologist Takes the Government to Task by Dr. Ellen K Silbergeld -- Beyond Those Defense Horror Stories: When Will the Pentagon Get Credit for Its Cost-Cutting Efforts? by Oliver Starr Jr -- Head Games: Physical Fitness Is Commendable, but the Brain Needs Exercise, Too by Dudley M Lynch -- Lies Behind the Smiles: The KGB Has a New Face, but It Has the Same Old Intentions -- A Christmas to Remember: Washington's Delaware Crossing Ranks Among the Boldest of Military Triumphs by Lester David -- High Cost of Blame: Have the Courts Gone too Far in Spreading Liability Risks? by Richard K Willard -- Their Memory Lives On: Fallen GIs Forever Own a Piece of Vietnam by Gary Turbak -- You Can Be What You Want to Be: All It Takes Is God and Gumption by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale -- Mensas, Densas and Rhinos: If You Belong to an Organization, Welcome to the Club by Jay Stuller -- Winter's Winners: Disabled Veterans Challenge the Colorado Rockies -- "Some Go Home and Die": Nat'l Cmdr. Epling Testifies on Capitol Hill -- Big Issues: Should the Capital Gains Tax Be Reduced? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Opinions -- Dateline -- Veterans Update -- Your American Legion -- Legion News -- Legionnaires in Action -- Veterans Alert -- Parting Shots