The American Legion Magazine [Volume 81, No. 6 (December 1966)]

Should There Be a Department of Consumers?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-L, N.Y.) Con: Rep. John N. Erlenborn (R-Ill.) -- The Story of the Great Indonesian Blood Bath: A Narrative Account of the Great Anti-Communist Explosion in Indonesia that Has Seen Sukarno Toppled and Nearly Half a Million Reds Wiped Out Since Oct. 1965 by Thomas A. Hoge -- What Will Laser Beams Do Next?: It's Just a Beam of Light, but the Seven-Year-Old Laser Is Doing Fantastic Things that Will Touch All of Our Lives. Here's a Summary of What the Laser Is, What It Has Already Done and What It May Do by Robert P. Isaacs -- Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo: Within a Few Minutes on April 18, 1942, 16 American Bombers Zeroed in on the Japanese Mainland, Dropped Their Bombs and Headed for China. What Had it Taken to Achieve Those Few Minutes and What Followed Afterwards? By Col. Carroll V. Glines, Jr. -- An Old Russian Beachhead in California: A Travel Article for Today's Motorists on an Early Russian Settlement in the Continental United States. Twenty-Eighth in the Series "Seeing Historic America" by Alden Stevens -- How Christmas and Its Customs Began: Worship and Revel; Santa Claus and Gifts; Mistletoe, Holly Wreaths, Christmas Trees, Yule Logs and Candles; Wassail and Carols -How Did They All Become Attached to Our Best-Loved Holiday? By Robert Silverberg -- How Will We Welcome the Vietnam Vets?: With the Opening of Legion Membership to Many New Veterans, the Legion Has Assumed Some Obligations to Them by National Commander John E. Davis -- Editor's Corner -- Letters to the Editor -- Books -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Personal -- Life in the Outdoors -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots