The American Legion [Volume 121, No. 3 (September 1986)]

Cover: Composite Photo Featuring the McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle by Aerospace Publishing, Pilot Press Ltd. And the Image Bank -- Revival on Main Street: Economic Rejuvenation Restores the Thrill of Going Downtown by Ben Daviss -- Another Panama Canal Giveaway?: America "Gave Away the Store" Once. Is History About to Repeat Itself? by Rep. Webb Franklin -- Espionage in America: Thousands of Agents Seek Access to the Nation's High Tech Research by M Stanton Evans -- How the Soviets Steal Our Secrets: By Stealing, Buying Copying and Using Turncoat Americans, Spies Get the Goods by Thomas Polgar -- FBI: We're Winning the Espionage War: Creating A Hostile Environment Helps Our G-Men Nab Spies -- "Sowing the Seeds of Victory": A Pictorial Tribute to the Posters of War That Helped Mobilize the Nation's Will to Win -- Were They Really the Gold Old Days?: Memory Has a Way of Accentuating the Positive by Joseph C Keeley -- Showdown: F-16 vs. F-20: May the Better Fighter Win This Battle to Improve Our Tactical Air Power by Jay Stuller -- What's Right With America: "Doomsayers Be Damned," Says Peter Ueberroth, "There's a lot Right with America!" -- U.S. Military Reserves: Ready or Not?: Are We Giving Our Reserve Forces too Little and Expecting too Much? by Steve Salerno -- Reye's Syndrome: Portrait of a Killer: Despite Medical Breakthroughs, Young Lives Are in Danger by Edward Edelson -- The U.S. Constitution: This We Will Defend: The Secretary of the Army Recalls the "Miracle of Philadelphia" by John O Marsh Jr -- Big Issues: Should Congress Ban the Advertising of Tobacco Products? -- Letters -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Post of the Month -- Legionnaires in Action -- Veterans Alert -- Veterans Adviser -- Parting Shots