The American Legion [Volume 127, No. 2 (August 1989)]

Cover: . . ."These Dead Shall Not Have Died in Vain" -- Ft. McHenry: Birthplace of Freedom: One of the Baltimore Convention's Many Attractions by Alan R Walden -- Soaring into History: The Enola Gay Restoration Gains Momentum -- The Washington Tea Party: When the Public Speaks, Government Sometimes Listens by Philip C Clarke -- They Just Keep Coming: How Can We Turn the Tide of Immigrants? by Charles Phillips -- Meltdown of the Melting Pot: Decision at the Border: Who Can Stay, Who Must Go? by Charles Phillips -- Formula for Success: U.S. Industry's Struggle to Make the Customer King Again by Steve Salerno -- Battler Report: Heartbreak Ridge: Inch by Inch They Fought and Died for a Hill America Will Never Forget by Vernon Pizer -- Glasnost: The Waiting Game: When the Soviets Played This Game Before, It Was Called Detente by Brian Crozier -- Home Away from Home: For 48 Years and Three Wars, the USO Has Entertained U.S. Troops on Land and Sea by Philip C Clarke -- The Wounds of War: Part Four of the Legion-Columbia University Study Examines the Wounds the World Ignores -- Strike Up the Band: Some of America's Best Music Is Found in the Legion -- Springing NEC Meeting Report: VA Underbudgeting Imperils Veterans Health-Care System, Warns Nat'l Cmdr. H F "Sparky" Gierke -- 1 Billion Dollar Foreclosure?: Bankruptcy Threatens the VA Home-Loan Program -- Big Issues: Should the 1978 Panama Canal Treaties Be Repealed? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline -- Your American Legion -- Veterans Update -- Legion News -- Legionnaires in Action -- Veterans Alert -- Parting Shots