The American Legion [Volume 120, No. 5 (May 1986)]

Cover: A Memorial Day Tribute: ". . . These Dead Shall Not Have Died in Vain . . . " by Tom Bookwalter -- The Philippines: Steering a New Course: Can Aquino Keep the Communists Out and U.S. Bases In? by Philip C Clarke -- Soviet Encroachment in the Pacific Rim Nations by Dr. Arnold Beichman -- Brave Men: Uncommon Valor: Mud-Sloggin GIs Who Fought and Died for Freedom, Immortalized by Ernie Pyle -- How Strong Is the U.S. Financial System?: It's Holding Its Own, but It's Badly Bent, Warns a Leading Economist -- In Honored Glory: A Memorial Day Tribute to Those Who Gave Their Lives in the Defense of Freedom -- Managing the Burgeoning Defense Industry: DoD Is Trying to Spend Our Defense Dollars More Wisely by William H Taft IV -- Inside the Soviet Mind: A Soviet Emigre Probes the Communist Mindset by Dr. Gregory Raiport -- Our Biased Textbooks: Our School-Children Are Not Getting the Whole Truth by Prof. Paul C Vitz -- America In Bloom: As Spring Bursts Forth, a Carpet of Flowers Blankets America by Gary Turbak -- Can Americans Afford to Stay Healthy?: The Staggering Cost of Medical Care Threatens to Undermine the Nation's Health by Vernon Pizer -- Convention Plans Take Shape: Labor Day Membership Rally and Family Outing Planned for Cincinnati -- Renaud Blasts Congress for "Fiddling with Veterans Benefits": Legislative Rally Stirs Legionnaires at Washington Conference -- Big Issues: Should We Limit Contributions by Political Action Committees? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Veterans Adviser -- Post of the Month -- Legionnaires in Action -- Veterans Alert -- Orben's World -- Parting Shots