The American Legion [Volume 126, No. 6 (June 1989)]

Cover: Abandoned Fields by Ed Sauk -- Computers in Education: Do Computers Promote Learning or Lead to Better Writing? by Gary Turbak -- Know Your America: Old Glory, the Great Seal and the Bald Eagle Are the Symbols of Freedom by Lester David -- Dustbowl Days for American Oil?: America Capped Its Wells and Bough Cheap Foreign Oil. Was It a Bargain? by Philip C Clarke -- The Battle for Oil: The Valdez Disaster Bodes Ill for Further Arctic Oil Exploration by Charles Philips -- Forty-Four Years Inside the Soviet Union: One Man's Story of Life in the Worker's Paradise -- Our Poor Savings Rate Saps the Economy: Americans Save Little for the Future, and Rainy Days Are Forecasted -- Battle Report: Normandy: Fifty-Five Years Ago This Month, the Largest Amphibious Invasion in History Was Launched by Vernon Pizer -- Flowers That Fly: Warm Days and Butterflies Delight the Young at Heart by Sam Sherman -- The Citizen's Right to Be Safe and Free: The Balance Between the Right to Privacy and the Right to Safety Is Central to Our Heritage by William H Webster -- Social and Psychological Scars: The Human Costs of War: Part Three of the Legion-Columbia University Study Details Wounds Felt but Not Seen -- Big Issues: Should Congress Raise the Fuel Tax to Reduce the Deficit? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline -- Your American Legion -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Veterans Alert -- Parting Shots