The American Legion Magazine [Volume 93, No. 1 (July 1972)]

A Dangerous Vacuum in the Indian Ocean: Long relatively quiet, the Indian Ocean stands today as the possible scene of the sort of big power contention for which the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean are better known in modern history by Thomas Weyr -- Lindbergh's Flight to Paris: An account of the man who first flew non-stop from New York to Paris, and in so doing electrified the world by Harvey Ardman -- Should the U.S. Develop the Space Shuttle? Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Sen. Frank E. Moss (D-UT), Con: Sen. Walter F. Mondale (D-MN) -- Inching Toward the Metric System: It hurts to change old habits, but the U.S. is probably going metric soon. Here's an introduction to what most of us will face, and a review of the foibles of our present ways of measuring things by H. Allen Perry -- Cover: Map Painting by Ken Thompson -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of The American Legion -- Personal -- Life in the Outdoors -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots