The American Legion Magazine [Volume 90, No. 4 (April 1971)]

Cover: The Chow Line At Fort Dix, N.J. photo by John Pitkin -- What the Army Is Doing to Make Out without the Draft: Steps the Army Is Taking to See if-It-Can't Make Out on Volunteers and Reenlistments by 1973. They're Getting Rid of Some of the "Chicken," for One by Leavitt A. Knight, Jr -- Should One-Way Containers Be Banned?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Rep. Joseph P. Vigorito (D-Pa.) Con: Sen. Jennings Randolph (D-W.Va.) -- The Rowdy Early Days of the Volunteer Fire Departments: An Account of the Gaudy Era of Big City Volunteer Fire Fighters, from Their Dignified Beginning in the 1700's to Their Fall in 1865 by Paul Ditzel -- Some GI Letters from Vietnam: A Small Sample of Some Largely Ignored Views of Young People Who Are More Involved in Vietnam Than Anyone Else by Maurice Ries -- How to Get Teenagers Involved in Your Business, Trade, Profession or Hobby: An Old, Familiar Organization Now Has 217,000 High School Youths Sampling the Inside Life of Industry, Business, Medicine, Police Work, Fire Fighting or You Name It. A Phone Call Might Get You In as a Sponsor, Too, if You're Interested by Peter D. Bolter -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- News of the American Legion -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots