The American Legion [Volume 123, No. 5 (November 1987)]

Cover: Veterans Day 1987. Photo Courtesy of McDonnell Douglas, Ingalls Shipbuilding, General Dynamics and the U.S. Marine Corps -- Learning to Live with Arthritis: Arthritis Is Limiting, but Not Necessarily Debilitating by Gary Turbak -- We Remember: From Belleau Wood to the Persian Gulf, We Remember . . . -- No Allusions in the Classroom: Roman Emperor Sid Caesar May Think It Funny, but Educators Don't! by Jamie M O'Neill -- Let's Get Back to Basics!: It's Time to Do Something About the Quality of American Schools -- Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised?: A U.S. Senator and a Noted Author Square Off on this Issue -- "Women Were Casualties, Too": It's Time to Build a Memorial to America's Women Veterans -- The Lie of Communism: Robbed of Individual Incentive, They Became sniveling Beggars by Ayn Rand -- Vignettes of Courage: Their Common Characteristic Was Uncommon Valor by Vernon Pizer -- The Problems of Limited War: The Only Thing Limited in a "Limited War" Is the Ability to Win by Ernest Cuneo -- America's Beloved Prince of Clowns: Red Skelton: A Class Act for 64 Years by Paul Martin -- Helping Us Help Veterans: The American Legion Unveils a VISA Card for Legionnaires -- Big Issues: Should the Gramm-Rudman Balanced-Budget Law Be Repealed? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Report from San Antonio -- Convention Highlights -- Legion World Series -- Legion Resolutions -- Parting Shots